Lake Cowichan Gazette, July 17, 2013

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Melchior gets three years for tossing loot overboard

Locals say Cowichan Lake needs its own community health centre

$2.6 million recovered from the water: Judge also orders Lake Cowichan man to forfeit the cash Peter W. Rusland

Health care concerns: Residents pinpoint access to care as community’s single biggest issue

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A Lake Cowichan man convicted of money laundering — after tossing US $2.6 million overboard as Mounties intercepted his boat off Sidney — must forfeit the cash, and serve three years in jail.

Jeffrey Melchior was not in custody while awaiting Tyson Jones Thursday’s sentencing in Victoria provincial court, LAKE COWICHAN GAZETTE presided by Judge Ernie Quantz.

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‘Grossly underinformed’ director wants probe into wage hikes Morrison wants auditor to investigate: CVRD senior staff uplifts averaging more than 11 per cent Peter W. Rusland

Lake CowiChan Gazette

Cowichan Lake South’s regional director wants provincial audit of wages and raises being paid to Cowichan’s top bureaucrats.

Ian Morrison says he is in shock about recent senior staff remuneration hikes averaging 11.5%. His call for a municipal audit may be ordered by month’s end, he hoped.

“I suggest most of the board read my article (see page 5), and have that on their mind; (the audit request) seems to be a good fit.”

Cowichan Valley Regional District senior staff explained their raises to interested directors during a private session held last Wednesday.

Morrison, said he’s bound by privacy rules not to discuss the particulars of the closed, 45-minute salary huddle. But his public letter calls for the municipal auditor to do a performance audit on CVRD finances and operations.

The auditor’s role, he states, is giving local governments objective information and advice for community accountability about stewardship of public assets, and reaching value for money spent on operations.

CVRD’s options also include hiring consultants to probe their executive pay scales, using private and public wage-rate criteria; freezing wages in coming years; and clawing back remuneration.

“It’s about process, and freezes and clawbacks have to be based on goodquality information,” he said, noting annual economic numbers could guide CVRD’s ability to pay senior wage rates.

Morrison’s mission of ensuring good bang for taxpayers’ bucks was challenged by a local citizen angry about CVRD bureaucrats’ soaring compensations.

“I was aware of the . . . unusual 5.5% the CVRD board had approved,” Morrison’s

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Ian Morrison says he would not have voted for a staff increase during the last budget had he known all the relevant information.

letter states, “but was unable to explain where the additional 6% average increase came from.

“I now understand there are ‘salary bands’ or ‘step ups’ within various management job classifications. I’m sure that accounts for a substantial portion of that unaccounted for

6% increase.”

Still, Morrison mentioned a wage and raise “knowledge gap” senior staff tried to fill for directors Wednesday. Time ran out so another session was likely before month’s end, he signalled.

It could usher an eventual vote about calling in the auditor, or hiring consultants, he indicated.

“To my knowledge, the process of determining senior management salaries has not been fully explained to the CVRD board since I was first elected (2008).”

“I feel grossly under-informed by the administration because I don’t have the necessary information to explain these increases to constituents who ask about them.”

Morrison notes he wouldn’t have voted for an exempt-staff salary increase in 2013 “if this critical information was available to board members when the recommendation from staff was made.”

A further private meeting between directors and staff is expected by July 31, he said.

Routley questions opponent’s Live video set to return Saywell Park ‘cushy’ new government job to Webcam returning: The Saywell Park webcam B.C. Liberal: Defeated Cowichan Valley candidate gets $20,000 government contract

Peter W. Rusland

Lake CowiChan Gazette

Opposition-party claims of Cowichan’s defeated Liberal candidate being rewarded with a $20,000 provincial job have met silence from the party’s local constituency president.

“I have no comment,” George Robbins said of a short-term strategic planning and events contract landed by former candidate Steve Housser. “I haven’t been following (recent Liberal party contract work), to be honest.”

But Steve Housser, who lost by 1,397 votes to Bill Routley,

Cowichan’s incumbent NDP MLA, said he is unconcerned about criticisms he and eight other defeated B.C. Liberals received after receving government contracts in the wake of the May 14 election.

His contract, worth about $20,000, is with the Ministry of Government Communications and Public Engagement.

“It doesn’t mean a great deal to me what people are saying,” he said. “They all applied for a contract and I was successful in getting one.”

Routley was critical following of a Victoria Times Colonist

report about the work given the defeated Liberal hopefuls. He signalled a majority government doesn’t mean rewarding party faithful.

“This (Housser’s contract) shows it doesn’t matter if you’re elected, you’ll get a job anyway,” he said of defeated Liberals who will are “still indirectly paid.”

Routley admitted his party hired “the odd party member” when in power “but I’m not aware of candidates being hired in these kinds of numbers.

“It’s shocking, particularly with the premier running around with Debt Free B.C. on her bus. It’s outrageous that they’re plumping their staff with (defeated) candidates. Isn’t now the time to show some prudence? I’ve seen temporary contracts turning in to long-term ones.”

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The Saywell Park webcam will once again be streaming live video after it’s installed as early as next week, says Joseph Fernandez, Lake Cowichan chief administrative officer.

“We have purchased a new camera and are currently looking for a new location to put it up,” says Fernandez. “We’re looking to get it installed as soon as we can.”

The camera could be up and streaming as early as next week, but during the July 9 council meeting, a set date and location for the camera had yet to be determined.

The webcam was very popular in the past, giving people easy access to the weather conditions around the lake.

The camera was removed because changes needed to be made to the equipment, says Fernandez.

“A lot of people have come to rely on the camera for assessing weather and lake conditions,” he said. “We also like to use the camera in case of vandalism.”

There’s no cost to keeping the webcam running, just the initial cost of purchase and an installation fee, says Fernandez.

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From page 1 The working group is looking to have a care team in place by November, but currently there’s no set date, said McKay. “Ideally, we will get the information out pretty quick. We recognize that the longer it is, the longer the community has to wait,” he said. “Community engagement takes time. We are hearing that we need to do a few more sessions like this, and it’s so valuable to do these — but as I said, it takes time.

The next community engagement session is not yet scheduled, but it will likely take place in the fall, said McKay. “Tonight marks a very significant milestone that we can celebrate,” said Dr. William Cunningham, the president of the British Columbia Medical Association and former emergency physician in Lake Cowichan.

“It’s a very tangible step forward in designing health care delivery that works for this community.”

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Judge also orders Lake Cowichan man to forfeit the cash In April, Quantz issued a 24-page decision on matters of evidence. Text messages recovered from his mobile device recounted a conversation between him and someone in the U.S. expressing concern about “bikes” and “birds” – possibly referring to coast guard boats and helicopters, the Times Colonist reports.

Simmonds said the five-metre, rigid-hull, inflatable boat was just two nautical miles — six minutes — away from the U.S. border when RCMP intercepted it.

Melchior was unarmed, unknown to police, and was the only person aboard.

If it hadn’t been for Melchior allegedly moving at high speed toward the international border, on a route known to smugglers, the RCMP’s border-integrity operations centre might have missed his boat, Simmonds said.

The centre relayed the suspicious information to an RCMP marine patrol, he said, then it cut off Melchior’s craft before it reached the border. There was no high-speed pursuit.

Simmonds said moving currency or contraband in large sums, such as the soggy cash recovered, is a common identifier for organized-crime activity.

It was expected the $2.6 million will go to the federal government’s general revenues, Simmonds said.

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Let’s talk about issues instead of staging theatre By the time the byelection in Westside-Kelowna is certified by Elections B.C., Premier Christy Clark will be off to Niagara-onthe-Lake, Ont. to meet with her fellow premiers in what is now loftily called the Council of the Federation.

These gatherings used to be called First Ministers’ Conferences, and there was a set ritual, largely designed for the consumption of network television. Provincial premiers ganged up on the prime minister to demand federal “funding” for every conceivable need, just as municipal leaders get together each year to present their demands to the B.C. government.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper ended the show, BC declining to

By Tom Fletcher play the role of villain in this bit of political summer stock theatre, and it’s unlikely that any future national leader would reverse this prudent decision.

The result, at least among western premiers, has been a quieter, more pragmatic effort to work together, rather than clumsy attempts to play a shell game with taxpayers’ pockets.

The public got tired of this routine some time ago. I don’t need a poll to tell me this is one of the reasons for the decline in voter participation and engagement in issues. Today, politicians frequently remind themselves out loud that there is “only one taxpayer” supporting the squabbling layers of this overgoverned country.

And yet, the same mistake keeps being made over and over by opposition politicians, and dutifully reported by the news media. The notion that all problems can and should be solved by “more government funding” is now so ingrained in our education system that it seems inescapable.

One of the NDP’s big “gotcha” items last week was the failure of the B.C. government to buy the latest sonar technology to locate and recover the bodies of people who have drowned in one of our thousands of lakes and rivers. As with the health-care system, as soon as something is invented, some assume a right to it, regardless of cost.

The media’s key ingredients are sympathetic victims to fit their narrative that all corporations and governments are greedy, stingy, callous and incompetent in everything they do.

What the opposition has dubbed “Christy Clark’s wheelchair tax” is another case in point. A Fraser Health Authority official patiently Bureau explained what was really going on here.

An average $35 monthly rent for wheelchairs is charged at the majority of care facilities, which are contracted by the health authority. Operators charge as they see fit for maintenance, disinfection and replacement of this equipment, for patients who don’t own their own chairs.

In September, a $25 fee is to be extended to the few facilities still directly run by Fraser Health, which have aging equipment and no fees.

In all facilities, the fee is waived for those who can’t afford it.

It would be useful for our politicians to frankly discuss the trend towards contracted health services, and the role of user fees in forcing people to take more responsibility for maintaining their own health.

But that is not what happens.

The narrative of dumping frail, impoverished seniors from their wheelchairs has no relationship to reality, but it’s how post-modern political theatre is done.

Tom Fletcher is the legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press. Reach him at tfletcher@blackpress.ca.

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You want rural doctors?

Then offer a salary Dear Editor

As a family physician who has spent eight years in a rural community and loves it, I will tell you what made me choose this: I was offered a salary.

Not billing fee-for-service and having to see six patients per hour to pay my clinic overhead and staff. The place where I signed on has a clinic whose staff is paid by the health authority, with rent, equipment, utilities all provided. I come to work each day, see two or three patients an hour,

and go home at the end of the day just like most of the rest of the population. Patients are happier too as they are not waiting interminably then rushed through a five-minute appointment.

Your Cowichan Lake doctors were having to see six or more patients per hour, put in super long days, pay their clinic overhead and staff from their $27/patient MSP billings, and also be on call 24/7.

No way I would sign on to that even though I like your community. Time to change the system and grant MDs reasonable work hours and livelihoods.

That is how you recruit to a rural community.

Steven Miles Comments made at cowichannewsleader.com

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Carol Hunt “I think we need more community involvement and engagement. I think communication that is done in a reciprocal way, so that residents get as much information as possible from working groups such as this, but on the other end, there’s a responsibility to the citizens to let the working group know what is needed.”

Diana Gunderson “I think the team approach that we are working towards here, where we have a number of services offered in one facility, maybe not all the time but at least part time.”

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What do you think Lake Cowichan needs in terms of health care?

Gerry True “I think primarily we need physicians in the area, also a centralized health care hub that residence can come to.”

Sonya Matthews “They need to have doctors here for one, and they need to have it all accessible in one place. We also need to have access to information, back and forth between the hospitals, doctors, nurses — everybody needs to be able to communicate together.”

Linda Blatchford “I agree that we should be putting integrated services into one location and that we should make it more accessible for everybody.”

Municipal auditor should look into spiralling CVRD wage hikes

the entire CVRD was re-organized under this current administrator. To my knowledge, the process of determining senior management salaries has not been fully explained to the CVRD board since I was first elected.

In the four-and-a-half years I have I take the responsibility for taxpayers’ served as a Cowichan Lake South money extremely seriously. As many director, there have been several issues of you know, and I make great efforts raised by different communities, as to be well-prepared and informed examples of local government not about CVRD finances. In this instance, listening to the people we serve.

I feel grossly under-informed by the None has risen to the level of universal condemnation across the entire administration because I don’t have CVRD the way this CVRD exempt-staff the necessary information to explain these increases to compensation issue constituents who ask has in this past about them. month. I want to Believe me, assure readers that people have been I understand their asking! anger and I commit In what appears to doing something to be a “too littleabout it.

Last month I Ian Morrison AreA F report too late” attempt to explain things, was approached the CVRD by a community administrator and chairman called a member, upset about what he viewed closed information session for interested as a pay increase beyond what anyone directors. Directors asked if this was would view as reasonable. I explained open to the public and the answer was what I knew of the circumstances of “no.” senior management receiving two I’ve heard your pleas for restraint annual incremental increases totalling and financial accountability. I have 5.5%, in one year, as being unusual. voted for programs and services my This resident stated that the manager community wants or needs, based on all in question had received an increase the information available to me. of over 12.5% in 2012 versus 2011. I I would not have voted for an promised him I would investigate. exempt staff salary increase in I went onto the CVRD website to 2013 if this critical information was Financial Information and clicked on available to board members when the Statements of Financial Information recommendation from staff was made. and reviewed the reports from 2011 and I would not have voted for the CVRD 2012. I was shocked!

2013 budget as it stands, had I known I proceeded to analyze a random about the extraordinary exempt staff selection of more than a dozen exempt compensation increases paid in 2012. (non-union) staff salaries of those I am calling for the Municipal Auditor earning over $75,000. The average to conduct a performance audit on the increase was more than 11.5%. I was CVRD’s finances and operations in aware of the previously mentioned order to “provide local governments unusual 5.5% the CVRD board had with objective information and relevant approved, but was unable to explain advice that will assist them in their where the additional 6% average accountability to the communities for increase came from. the stewardships of public assets and the I now understand there are “salary achievement of value for money in their bands” or “step-ups” within various management job classifications. I’m sure operations.” that accounts for a substantial portion Ian Morrison is CVRD director of that unaccounted for 6% increase. for Area F: Cowichan Lake South/ I’ve been a director since 2008 when Skutz Falls.

In my opinion: I would not have supported this had I been better informed

Malcolm Chalmers

Dana Styk and friends from Victoria stop to take a photo as they enjoy an afternoon of mountain bike trail riding in Lake Cowichan Saturday, July 6.

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Roundabout not worth the effort

Dear Editor The Mayor of Lake Cowichan has suggested residents put up with a little bit of inconvenience while the road work proceeds in our town. A little inconvenience?

Well, Mr. Mayor the inconvenience would not be so bad if a small bit of intelligence would be used in traffic control. Why would these (8 to 10 or so) traffic controllers let all the cars go from one direction resulting in a massive backup (that takes 15 minutes to clear) from the other direction.

Why not control the traffic in a timely fashion. Let cars proceed from any one direction for three minutes and alternate the wait time in

a fair manner.

Some residents have voiced the opinion that the roundabout will be instrumental in lessening environment impact of cars by creating a better flow of traffic. Unfortunately, this will be blown out of the door by the pollution that is being created by hundreds of cars in the line-ups. For the headache of two months of a traffic boondoggle, I would rather have saved the $2.5 million and settled for a stoplight or three-way stop signs.

Bert Lievre Lake Cowichan

Physio clinic going nowhere

Dear Editor There is a rumour in Lake Cowichan that Lake Co-

wichan Therapy (the physiotherapy clinic) is closing. I’m writing this letter to squelch the rumour. I have no plans of closing either soon or in the near future. I am looking for a buyer for the clinic and have been for some time. This is long-term retirement planning, not imminent departure.

I realize it makes a good story for the doom-sayers: “The doctors are all leaving and now we’re losing our physiotherapist too!” But I would like to reassure my clients — present and future — that I will continue to provide physiotherapy services for the foreseeable future.

Lake Cowichan Therapy has been operating at 103205 South Shore Road since 2008. My phone number is 250-749-3621.

Judith Quinlan Lake Cowichan

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FALL RECREATION COMMUNITY MEETING 7:00 pm, July 25 Lake Cowichan Centennial Hall This is your opportunity to give your input into recreation planning for all Cowichan Lake communities. Our goal is to increase two way communication with regards to recreation planning and demands.

Programming ideas will be welcome and networking will be encouraged. Planning is now under way for the Fall 2013 session and we welcome your ideas.

Come out and have your voice heard!

COWICHAN LAKE RECREATION is searching for energetic, experienced instructors who enjoy working with a variety of different people.

Do you have experience in music, art, health & wellness, life skills that you are willing to share with others?

Planning is under way for the Fall 2013 session of our Recreation Guide.

If you are interested in acting, drawing, painting, music, cooking, health or if you have other ideas, now is the time to bring them forward and we can work together to share your talents.

Please bring your ideas to the Fall Recreation Community Meeting, July 25, 7:30 pm at the Centennial Hall or contact John Cummings at jcummings@cvrd.bc.ca or call 250-749-6742.

We look forward to meeting you and helping to share your talents and experience with others.

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The 1969/1970 teaching staff of J.H. Boyd primary school. Back row from left: Marie Penty, Bea Coulter, Anne Clyton and ruth Ferguson. Front row from left: Nora Johnson, Doretta Davis, Eric Lundberg, principal and Muriel St. Cyr.

This time by what was termed a “decrease in enrollment.” It was the last straw for J. H. Boyd School.

In June of 1983, after 21 years of opEventually the entire building undereration, the much-loved local primary went extensive renovations for use as school called J. H. Boyd was closed the School District 66 (Lake Cowichan) forever. administration offices (reOpening in 1962 for ferred to as the school children living north of the board office) which river, J.H. Boyd was locatincluded maintenance ed on a lovely large piece shops and an area for of property on Oak Lane, the school buses. just off MacDonald Road In the late 1990s here in Lake Cowichan.

Rolli Gunderson our school district Not four years later the was “deemed unnecschool was completely PAGES OF HISTORY essary” by the powers gutted by fire. that be in Victoria This caused the closure of and the first casualty was the all kindergarten classes for closure of the local school board office. the rest of the year (May 22 until end of The J.H. Boyd school property was school year) and the temporary relocalater sold to a private buyer by the new tion of the other classes to the Lake CoSchool District 79 (Duncan). Today the wichan United Church. A new replacement school, larger than the original, was once bustling and popular school building continues to sit — as it has for many constructed soon after and the school years now — a boarded-up, derelict, staff and its students carried on as usual. unsightly and unused eyesore. (How in Unfortunately by 1983 and after its the world, one may wonder, was this alrough start, the school was hit again.

Death of a rural school

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How time flies

Next year, August 19, 2014, will mark the 70th anniversary of the Incorporation of the Village of Lake Cowichan (which later was officially designated a town).

Many events were held throughout the summer of 1994, cumulating in August with a gigantic banquet held in the local arena. The planning for the milestone event took upwards of two years and included hundreds of dedicated volunteers who, together with businesses and organizations, staged perhaps the biggest and most well attended event ever held in the community.

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It was back in 1983, November 26th to be exact, when an armed bank robbery occurred in our peaceful little village!

Yes, it was an authentic bank robbery and it took place in the middle of the day at the Royal Bank here in town. It seems that a few “small operators” (as one local resident called the culprits) called the police headquarters reporting that a “serious traffic accident had taken place somewhere north of Youbou.”

Soon after, the police car and an ambulance took off for the accident only to be notified later that the Royal Bank was robbed!

According to one fellow who was in the bank at the time, the robbers rushed in and ordered everyone to the floor, “or else.”

The culprits carried a firearm which was pointed directly at one of the bank customers who later said it was terrifying.

The robbers quickly left the scene with thier loot, and headed down the highway towards Duncan. It wasn’t long before the cops realized they’d been duped but they did their best and set off in hot pursuit.

For the remainder of the day a hand written sign taped to the front entrance of the bank read “Closed due to a bank robbery.”

It was, as would be expected, the talk of the town for the next several days. Since memories of the eventual outcome are foggy, perhaps one of you can remember the event and whether or not the culprits were apprehended.

Personal connections with good ol’ school days are being renewed in Cowichan.

And that’s thanks to a group of eager folks with the Cowichan Valley Retired Teachers’ Association and newly formed Cowichan Valley Schools Heritage Society and its most recent project identifying former school sites.

“During the process many people have renewed personal connections with the old schools remembering their place in the educational history of the valley by remembering fellow students,” said project co-ordinator Lois Joyce of phase one of the self-directed historic schools project.

Gold school bell-shaped signs have been stapled to fences or stuck in the ground with posts marking 15 local former education sites, including Nitinat School (the original site can be seen at Kissinger Lake Campsite, west of Youbou) and Honeymoon Bay School (now Honeymoon Bay Lodge and Retreat).

“After a year and a half of research by talking to valley residents, looking at old

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Michelle Hume, visiting from Campbell River, inspects the heritage sign marking the old Honeymoon Bay school site.

documents and spending time in archives, the project has reached fruition, with signs posted throughout the school district which indicate the name and dates of the

life of the former schools,” explained Joyce.

She gave kudos to retired teacher and society president Bob King for initiating the project and his, “deep interest in preserving the educational history of the Cowichan Valley.”

The project, which sees the markers mostly at vacant sites, homeowners properties, new businesses where schools either burned down or were demolished down the road, was also funded by the British Columbia Retired Teachers’ Association.

The group received a grant of $3,000.

And it took a whole community to huddle up before signs were posted.

“This project could not have been complete without the support of local governments, owners of private properties, and especially the former school trustees of School District 79 who approved and helped with the installation of the signs,” Joyce said.

About 90 schools in total have been identified in the valley.

Phase two, which involves more research and choosing which sites to honour, is in the works.

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Life-long love affair with art finds new showcase Diana Hutton

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The artistic community is known for their creativity and resourcefulness and Lake Cowichan artists, Pauline and Dave Thompson are no exception.

They wanted a venue to display and sell their work and that of other local artists, while also giving the public a chance to glimpse the artistic process in progress. The most logical solution for them was to create their own gallery in the lower half of their Lake Cowichan home.

“We did everything. Started from bare cement,” said Pauline Thompson. “We dry-walled, plumbed, wired and did all the finishing. We did it all.”

The finished product, called simply “The Studio — By Us” is a combination of gallery space, meeting area and working studio.

It has plenty of large windows affording natural light and tranquil views of their spacious gardens.

The venue was actually completed in 2008, but after a month of heavy rains in November of 2009 caused extensive flooding, the studio had to be renovated to repair major water damage.

The finished studio and gallery at 226 Grants Lake Road had its

grand opening June 15 and will be open Thursdays through Mondays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

“We have space to showcase all of our work as well as the three other artists involved,” said Pauline.

Dave is well-known for his award-winning wooden intarsia pieces as well as his paintings.

He paints in a variety of mediums including oil, acrylic, water colour and egg tempera.

Pauline specializes in glass etching and etching, calligraphy, Ukrainian Easter eggs and has recently added book making to her roster. The gallery will also house the works of Lake Cowichan artists Trudy Kungold Ammann, Loretta Puckrin and Karola Shabernak.

“Karola will have her jewellery, Loretta has her many different forms of art and Trudy will have her printmaking, calligraphy and cast paper work,” said Pauline.

South African-born Dave and his English wife originally met in Toronto and spent many years living in northern Labrador where Dave was employed as a heavy duty mechanic. Dave’s artistic career began by accident.

“I was bored and Pauline told me to go down and do some painting in the basement, so I painted a couple of pieces on plain old writing paper

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Pauline Thompson shows off some of her Ukrainian Easter Eggs, while husband Dave Thompson checks out one of his commissioned intarsia pieces at The Studio — By Us.

using enamel house paint,” said Dave. “She wanted me to paint the basement of course!”

Dave pestered Pauline to “chuck those things in the garbage” and was relieved to come home one day and find them nowhere in sight.

“I asked her if she’d finally chucked them and she said no, I framed them and sold them for $10 apiece!”

So began a career in art that has lasted his whole life. The couple moved to the island in the 1970’s.

In the 90’s, Dave saw a book showcasing intarsia, a method that

entails constructing pictures from carefully cut pieces of wood of differing grains and colours.

With no background in woodworking, he began creating amazing pieces in the medium. Not quite satisfied with the process, he began creating three-dimensional intarsia, carving the usually flat pieces into various animals, birds and scenes resulting in an eyepopping new variation on the medium. For a time, as well he also built kayaks and offered courses to the public.

“We did a course where you could build your own “stitch and glue” wooden kayak,” said Dave. “In eight weeks, you’d be able to take

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home a kayak that you’d built yourself.”

Pauline’s journey into the world of art began more recently, after she joined the Kaatza Art Group.

“It’s just been the last three years or so that I’ve really gotten into it,” she said.

The group uses the studio for functions as well as holding monthly meetings there.

The Thompsons are hopeful that the studio will prove popular with locals and visitors to the area alike. Pauline says that the couple plans on doing some demos in their various mediums as well as providing an ever changing gallery display.

“For anybody who’s interested in becoming the owner of a piece of unique artwork, or seeing artists at work, The Studio — By Us is the place to come.”

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➤ Summer Nights: Central Park Bandshell

Enjoy an evening at the park listening to music. A double feature in the Central Park Bandshell, nestled alongside the river in downtown Lake Cowichan off South Shore Road. Admission is by donation. Show starts with an open mike at 6 p.m., Saturday, July 20 and features the Ray Harvey band at 6:30 p.m. and the Jim Moffat Blues at 7:30 p.m..

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Lake Cowichan’s slo-pitch season ends without a champ Title game controversy: Mules walk off the field, Runs refuse to accept trophy by forfeit

Malcolm Chalmers

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It was not the ending anyone expected.

The Lake Cowichan Co-ed Slo-Pitch Baseball League held their year-end tournament last weekend around the Lake, expecting to crown a champion.

But the first-place trophy was never awarded.

The league — featuring teams from Lake Cowichan and Youbou played a double-knockout-style tournament Thursday and Friday evenings and Saturday to determine the number one position for 2013, a title held for many years by the Mules.

After recording their first loss 14-13 to the Youbou Distillers on Friday night, We Got The Runs came roaring back.

They won their next two games Saturday against the Young Guns and the Distillers, then found themselves

about to face the defending 2012 Champions the Mules.

With the temperatures that day reaching the high 20s, the Runs asked league president Al Capeling for a 30-minute break to cool off after winning their back-toback games. He allowed the Runs the break because of the heat.

That call didn’t sit well with the Mules as they had been waiting most of the day to play in the final.

At the end of their 30-minute grace period the Runs and the Mules faced each other on the diamond. But even before the game started, words were exchanged between the two teams.

The Runs were up to bat first. A questioned call from the umpire got one Runs player ejected. The top of the first inning saw more words exchanged and a Mules player advance against the Runs pitcher. The Mules player was ejected with the score still 0-0.

The Mules then forfeited the game when two of their players decided not to continue.

The forfeiture should have awarded the Runs the trophy but they rejected the honour. “(They) didn’t want to accept it . . . feeling they never played and won,” said Capeling.

Their stance was accepted, so for 2013 there is no champion.

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Children receive swim awards as part of the summer activities provided by Cowichan Lake Recreation.

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Diane Ulher with the Youbou Distillers puts out a player of We got the Runs at second. The Distillers won this Friday night game at the end of the 9th inning with a score of 14-13. This was the first day of the two-day Lake Cowichan Co-ed Slo-Pitch League’s year-end tournament. Inset: Lake Cowichan Co-Ed Slo-Pitch League president Al Capeling holds the trophy that will not be awarded this year.

Golfers explore the gross truth Senior Men’s Golf Report for July 8:

A good turnout of 36 players showed up to play on a beautiful sunny day last Tuesday.

Dave Huggins shot an 83 for the low gross score while Jug Kalar and Rick Nott both shot low net scores of 69. Gross scores are not really “gross”; they are the actual number of shots made over 18 holes.

A net score is the result of deducting the player’s handicap from his gross score.

KPs were achieved by Bob Vessey and John

Barger. Ball prizes were awarded to Nott, Brian Crosson, Huggins and Dave Wall. Chip-ins were made by John Leach, Crosson, Don Cochrane, Barger and John White. This week the locals play a homeand-away match with Mt. Brenton Golf Course.

According to the Duffer’s Dictionary, “Handicap is an allocation of strokes on one or more holes that permits two golfers of very different ability to do equally poorly on the same course.”

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Summer has arrived, and the sun’s heat may have some of us feeling rather lethargic. But do kids ever get tired?

School is out, and there’s a void in the day for those who are too young to work. Thankfully, there are lots of activities available for families and children in the Lake Cowichan area.

“Currently, we have summer day camps running from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. There is also before camp care for parents who have to go to work in the mornings,” says John Cummings, programmer for Cowichan Lake Recreation. “There are arts and crafts, physical activities and a trip to the lake whenever the weather is permitting.”

The camp supervisors are trained and certified lifeguards with the National Lifeguard Services, so you know that your kids will be safe throughout the day.

If you are interested in multi-day camps, there are plenty of those offered around Cowichan Lake as well.

“This year, we are offering specialty camps,” says Cummings.

“We have a pop star camp, which is singing lessons with a chance to perform in the end. We also have a movie magic camp, which is a oneweek all-day camp for the up-and-coming film maker.”

CLR is also hosting drop-in bowling, soccer and ball hockey. They will also be putting on their ever-popular hockey school later this summer.

These are just a few of the activities offered and they could be your answer to the unending energy that all children seem to have.

“The kids will be engaged in fun activities, fitness and staying healthy. There are field trips and themed weeks,” says Cummings.

“We engage them in the community, and they learn some simple life skills along the way.”

If you are still looking for something to do the Youth Drop-in program — for kids that will be entering Grade 6 and up — at Cowichan Lake Community Services will continue over the summer months each Wednesday afternoon 2:30 - 5 p.m.

CLCS’s staff have also planned a couple of great, full-day road trips that you will need to pre-register for. CLCS’s ‘fun bus’ will journey for day trips to Victoria, visiting China Town, Beacon Hill Park and more, and to a secret beach in the Ladysmith area — a lifeguard will go on this trip with the group. There is limited space for these trips and registration is on a first come first serve basis. The cost for each trip is $30.

For more information on programs offered by the CLR visit their website at cvrd.bc.ca/index.aspx?NID=299. A full list of activities available this summer is also in their Play Book, which was sent out earlier this summer.

If you wish to contact Cowichan Lake Community Services, give them a call at 250-749-6822.

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STEEL BUILDING. DIY summer sale! Bonus days extra 5% off. 20x22 $3,998. 25x24 $4,620. 30x34 $6,656. 32x42 $8,488. 40x54 $13,385. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422, www.pioneersteel.ca

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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.

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Submitted Lake Cowichan Legion

On June 25 the Lake Cowichan branch of the Legion presented 40-year service awards to three members.

From left are Sgt. at Arms Sam Jones, Lorne Huddleston, Hank Henry, Legion president Wilma Rowbottom, Bob Simpson, and Theresa Lefloch, Secretary.

☞ Local food bank to host July 27 Summer Night The Lake Cowichan Food Bank will be the hosts of the Saturday, July 27 Summer Nights, music in the Central Park Band Shell.

It would be appreciated if you could bring a donation of non-perishable food to help keep the shelves of the local food bank stocked.

Ed Peekeekoot will be playing from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. and then the Cowichan Swing Band, led by Mike Simkins, will take the stage. Get your dancing shoes on!

☞ Junk in the Trunk returns to Saywell Park, July 28 On Sunday, July 28 you’ll find a plethora of deals as the Cowichan Lake Chamber of Commerce’s popular Junk in the Trunk sale — selling your wares from the trunk of your car or back of your truck — takes place at Saywell Park from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

There are still some stalls available if you have “stuff” to sell. Drop-in at the Visitors’ Centre or call 250-749-3244, to rent one of 30 stalls at the rain or shine event.

Proceeds from the event help with funding the student employees.

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ORKA Lake Cowichan resident Janice Neiser and her granddaughter Morgan enjoy a warm, summer day together tubing down the river thanks to ORKA rentals.

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Kathy Edwards, from the maintance department at Cowichan Lake Sports Arena works on the centreice sign for the arena on Tuesday, July 16.

The ice should be ready for the week of July 29 — according to a CVRD tweet — and the sign will be front and centre for the upcoming season.

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• Lake Cowichan School’s Hockey Program will have some room for Grade 9 students next year. If you are going to be in Grade 9 and are interested in this opportunity, please let Mrs. Boucher know by emailing her at nboucher@sd79.bc.ca

☞ Annual Youbou Regatta

prepares for fun family day

Submitted Angie Fournier, Cowichan Lake Community Services

Lake Cowichan Kinsmen representative Laurie Knippleberg (left) presents a $5,000 cheque to Kelti Blatchford-Duncan, Cowichan Lake Community Services’ Camp Leader (centre) and CLCS’ counsellor Becca Shears. The money will help in providing summer programs at CLCS.

☞ Local businesses and services

• The Cowichan Lake Sports Arena has closed the arena’s dry floor so they can prepare and make the ice rink. The arena will be open for skating starting July 29. Call CLSA at 250-749-6742 for more information on rentals and programs.

• It’s a beautiful day on the water. You’re bouncing along on the waves and . . . sploosh! You watch your favourite sunglasses sink out of sight. Cowichan Lake Marina now carries floating, premium polarized, 100 per cent UV and glare protected sunglasses — guaranteed to float — so that won’t happen again. Drop by their store at 415 Point Ideal

A fun-packed family day at Youbou’s Arbutus Park is in the works for Saturday, August 10. Cowichan Lake Recreation, which has been charged with organizing the event, is currently in the midst of planning Youbou’s biggest annual community event of the year.

As always, the event will kick off at 8 a.m. with a pancake breakfast, courtesy of the Youbou Fire Department, to take place at the Youbou Fire Hall.

The next event is also the most publicly visible of the day; the Youbou Parade, with parade marshalling to take place at the Youbou Hall at 10 a.m. Businesses and the community are encouraged to take part in the parade — just show up prior to marshalling and Tara Day, parade marshal, will organize you into the line-up. Although the parade is extremely short in its run, an impressive number of floats and individuals typically turn out, as evidenced by last year’s colourful parade.

Thereafter, the attention will turn to Arbutus Park, which will be stuffed with family-friendly activities throughout the day. Events from the volleyball tournament to the watermelon eating contest and the Clarence Whittingham Memorial 1/4 mile swim to the

Gazette Coun. Jayne Ingram, David Kidd (Kidd’s B&B) and Coun. Tim McGonigle chat at the Cowichan Lake and District Chamber of Commerce’s annual summer barbecue in June held at the Ingram’s home.

canoe races are all free throughout the day.

Mark your calendar and be sure to join in the fun!

☞ Mesachie Lake’s Lowther

makes finals of song contest

On Friday, July 19, local man David Lowther will perform his song Haut Cuisine to a panel of professional judges and the Islands Folk Festival audience.

Lowther is one of nine finalists performing for the bragging rights of the 2013 Islands Songwriting Contest. Organizers asked that songwriters come up with melodies about food.

Up for grabs for first prize is the winning song recorded and produced in the Woodshop recording Studio by Zak Cohen, a $250 gift certificate at Long & McQuade Music and two tickets to the 2014 Islands Folk Festival. Good luck David!

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