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around the province. A full-scale strike in Phase 3 would require a second vote by members to owichan School District authorize. Union members 79 teachers are recently voted 89% to endorse the three-stage joining their strike plan. provincial The government continbrethren in the first stage of ues to push for a 10-year job action this week. deal, but Nilsson said that’s “It’s purely administraunrealistic when the offer tive,’’ said Cowichan Disdoesn’t even keep up with trict Teachers’ Association the cost of living. president Naomi Teachers aren’t Nilsson. “It’s interested in a meant to put some long-term deal pressure onto the under those administration.’’ conditions. The first phase of “It honestly a three-stage strike depends what plan goes into they bring to the effect Wednesday table,’’ Nilsson after the B.C. Naomi Nilsson: said. “I think we Teachers’ Federa- just wants to teach would even sign tion served 72-hour a six- (year-deal) Ashley Degraaf notice following if it had a cost of living. Shawnigan Lake volunteer firefighters attend the scene of a structure fire at Shawnigan Mobile Home Park on Wallbank Road just after 11 a.m. Monday as neighbour rejection of the latest offer Class size and composition Chris Wahl and daughter Hailey watch. from the provincial govis definitely the major issue ernment’s school district for our teachers — espebargaining agency. cially in the valley here.’’ Nilsson said teachers Nilsson indicated it’s unwill still be doing report fortunate kids are stuck in cards and communicating the middle, but valley teachwith parents and extraFriends collecting donations: Most possessions destroyed after blaze breaks out in a mobile home ers are on the same page. curricular activities won’t “They are tired,’’ said She’s currently organizing a donation Details of what his insurance would cover be affected. Ashley Degraaf Nilsson. “Come on (predrive and emergency fund account for her were still fuzzy, he said. “I don’t know if parents News Leader Pictorial mier) Christy (Clark). They neighbour and good friend, who lived in “Everything in the front half sustained will notice much, other just want to teach and they the park home by himself with his Chihuadamage,” SVFD chief Keith Shields conthan the teachers won’t be hawnigan resident Jim Angus just want to teach well and hua puppy. firmed. The back half of the house also saw in supervision,’’ she said. would have been celebrating his they can’t do that right now Angus also has a 10-year-old son, who smoke and heat damage, as well as some of Nilsson said the strike birthday Tuesday. because of the underfundstays with him occasionally, but wasn’t the home’s exterior. plan is quite similar to Instead, the owner of a mobile there Monday. Angus and his dog also “Our guys got their pretty quick,” Shields Phase 1 in 2011-12. There’s ing and it really affects home that erupted in flames morale.’’ weren’t home at the time of the fire. He said, commending his 13-member strong no timeline for escalaMonday was in a state of shock about losNilsson said the funding had left for work with his pup several crew, who spent just shy of two hours at tion of strike action. The ing everything inside the house he’d recently structure doesn’t work and hours before the Shawnigan Lake Volunthe site. CDTA planned to meet renovated. it’s time the government teer Fire Department got the call just after Neighbour Darl Siddall called the fire in. with local trustee Mike Neighbour Kirsten Wahl said Angus realized it. It’s been this way 11 a.m. “Our main concern was his puppy,” McKay while he’s in town lost practically everything in his unit at basically since Clark as“I’m just so glad I took my puppy to said Siddall at Monday’s scene, noting he to address local concerns. the Shawnigan Mobile Home Park off the sumed office as education work and my son wasn’t there when it hap- figured his neighbour would be at work in If the BCTF plan gets south-end of Wallbank Road. minister in 2001, Nilsson pened,” a very distraught Angus said on Victoria. to Phase 2, it will involve “All he’s got is his vehicle and the clothes said. more on page 14 rotating one-day walkouts Tuesday. off his back,” Wahl said Tuesday. News Leader Pictorial
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Owners of the average North Cowichan home, valued at about $326,000, will pay $37.80 more in taxes this year. Council gave third reading to its 2014 budget last week, hiking taxes by 2.64%, slightly below its expected push to 3.05%. Last year’s tax uplift was 3.7%. Mayor Jon Lefebure explained council used
reserves to meet funding commitments, while keeping its 2014 tax jack below forecasted levels. “We had some additional expenditures this year. One was a contribution to the Mount Prevost Fitness Circuit ($18,500) and another is an expense for municipal records keeping ($21,000). “Because they’re one-time expenses, we
found money for them out of reserves. That takes them out of the tax realm.” Lefebure called North Cowichan’s $44-million budget “progressive.” “We’ve added some funds in the budget to do some economic development work and an agricultural plan — each of them got $30,000 and will be very valuable.”
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owichan educational pillar, Dwight International School, is not selling its Shawnigan Lake site and leaving the valley, the head of school says. Contrary to Dwight’s advertisement — through agent Jones Lang LaSalle — indicating its 23.1-acre lakeside property was for sale, “we’re not going to move from the valley,” said Jerry Salvador. “We’ll be in the valley next year, and hopefully for many years.” No price appears in the JLL ad stating, “The vendor will be looking to relocate its campus and student enrollment to a new campus they have identified in Victoria, to align with their growth strategy in B.C.” But Salvador said Dwight has found an investor through internal sources, that is funding “a couple of million dollars” in renovations to its 87,000 square feet of building space and grounds, to help attract more students. Upgrades are being made to structures “and things you don’t see, like new heating and electrical systems.” “We’re looking at other phases of growth and investment.” Dwight has about 120 pupils now — about half from other countries. “We could take about 150 boarders and 150 day students. We have lots of area for growth. With the investment, we can remain here,” Salvador said. An asking price, he noted, was not stated as “we got different amounts and figures, so (price) wasn’t ever determined.” What is clear, he said, is Dwight’s commitment to Cowichan and the former Maxwell Baha’i School site Dwight bought in 2009. “But that doesn’t preclude us from expanding to a second campus,” Salvador explained. “We’d have two campuses. We could have a second one in Victoria, and that wouldn’t impinge on this one.” Meanwhile, Salvador was satisfied about Dwight’s bright local future, and its expansion plans. “We’re very happy out here — it’s a great facility and a great location. We’re loved by everyone.”
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reating opportunities for employment for members of Malahat’s First Nation is how the chief is looking at their recent offer to accept Victoria’s residential kitchen compost. “We’re creating a space to see if there’s an opportunity for us and the regional district for a business partnership,” said Chief Michael Harry recently, following a move by the CRD to ship its scraps to a Lower Mainland facility until a more regional option can be sought. Harry said he was set to sit down with CRD staff this week to discuss the opportunity. “We have a fantastic location,” he said. In the meantime, the Capital Regional District directors agreed
to award a contract of up to $4.7 million to Emterra Environmental to haul food scraps to Richmond for processing between April 2014 and December 2015. Staff will be preparing reports on interim and long-term, in-region options as soon as possible. “The most likely place for a local processing facility is at Hartland Landfill, which already has the necessary zoning,” reported the Times Colonist following a recent CRD meeting. “However, directors did not want to close the door on other options such as shipping food scraps to Malahat First Nation land near Mill Bay for processing. Malahat First Nation told the CRD in a letter it is ready to receive CRD kitchen scraps for the next 50 years. Harry said if the CRD bites on the offer, the band could have a suitable location set up within 60 days at the southwest corner of the Malahat reserve. “Infrastructure build-up would be minimal, provided we have a green light,” said Harry. Mill Bay Director Mike Walker
hadn’t heard about the offer until he read about it in the Times Colonist. “I stay pretty well on top of what they’re doing down there, and I haven’t heard any discussions or seen any major construction happening there,” Walker said. “You need concrete pads, a composting area to have it drained, heaters, tents, enclosed buildings... That’s a major commitment for anyone to build. “They have a two-year window, and that may give them the opportunity to put together a business plan to see if it’s even viable for them.” Walker noted other options could be available to the CRD as well. “There are other players on the island,” he said. “There’s the Bamberton properties. They have industrial land that’s zoned for composting. I’m sure they’ll be keeping an eye out on that. “In the Comox Valley, they’re looking at creating a landfill there, so there are some options out there.” Harry said he hasn’t heard or received any concerns or complaints about the Malahat offer.
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alme Ayr dairy farm has reached first base in its gravel-extraction and feed land-reclamation bid. But despite the Agricultural Land Commission’s March 19 blessing for Balme Ayr’s phased boosting of farmland potential, Oliver and Shelley Balme are likely months from hauling gravel from their 27.9 hectares north of the Island Highway near Dougan lake. “They need a mines permit, and there’s environmentalimpact assessments,” said Cobble Hill regional director Gerry Giles, “so this is really just the start of the process they have to go through. “They’ve removed the trees from where they want to begin the extraction. I couldn’t hazard a guess as to when removal could start.” In July, Cowichan Valley Regional District directors voted to tell the ALC they oppose Balme Ayr’s ninephase plan, over 15 years, to pull 3.2-million cubic metres of gravel, and replace it with soil suitable for growing cattle feed. That decision was based on worries B.C.’s environment ministry staff couldn’t properly police that haul-and-fill job. The CVRD and the ALC also heard concerns from Balme Ayr’s neighbours regarding noise, dust, traffic, and disruption to other nearby farms during the work. But owners Oliver and Shelley Balme were blunt about their goals in a public letter last summer, dismissing CVRD ideas a vineyard may best fit their land. “This proposal starts and ends with agricultural land. We make milk. We do not need a vineyard, nor do we
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The Agricultural Land Commission has approved a Balme Ayr dairy farm plan to remove and replace gravel with feed-growing fill on its spread near Dougan Lake. need a subdivision,” they state. “We need land to grow crops to feed our cows who make the milk that feeds the community.” ALC brass approved Balme Ayr’s application, basically citing its mandate to preserve farmland, and encourage farming in concert with other local bodies. The ALC concluded phased, quarterly monitoring and reporting of Balme Ayr’s progress “will adequately address potential issues of disturbance or impact to nearby farming operations.” Non-farm issues, such as noise, dust and traffic, were best handled by other approval officials, the ALC explains. The Balmes must post a $500,000 irrevocable letter of credit to ensure gravel removal and filling is done under professional advice and monitoring. They also need an industrial-access permit from the transportation ministry. Gravel processing on their land would need CVRD rezoning, or a temporary-use permit. Their other option would be trucking the gravel off site. But again, the Balmes have clearly stated their intentions. “All we are trying to do is make a piece of our farm, that is deemed 42.7% un-farmable farmable, and keep it in the ALR. Gravel does not grow crops, nor does it grow grapes.”
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Duncan Elementary School’s 100th Anniversary was celebrated in grand style! Many thanks to the following for their invaluable contributions to the overwhelming success of the day: • Members of the Planning Committee – Carolyn Prellwitz, Shelley McKelvie, Ann Andersen, Denise Mayea, Pedro Mengual, Mike McMenamin, Bob King, Len Mayea, Tracy Jones and Gina Kueber – and their many volunteers • Mayor Phil Kent, City of Duncan
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• School District 79 Operations Department • Cowichan Valley Open Learning Cooperative Culinary Department • St. Andrews Presbyterian Church • Cowichan News Leader Pictorial • Cowichan Valley Citizen • Beverlee McLeod, local artist, for her donation of her Duncan Elementary Miniature Prints • Ecole Mt. Prevost PAC for their donation of Duncan Elementary centennial note cards • Members of the public who donated or loaned items for the displays • Everyone who attended the celebration!
We look forward to many more years of education at Duncan El!
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Cowichan at the co-op seniors care vanguard
Elder care: Our project could be a template for B.C.
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hen it comes to volunteering, social initiatives and taking care of our own, Cowichan takes a back seat to no one. So it is no coincidence our community is the first in B.C. to qualify for a planning grant through the national Caring Co-operatively Elder Care Project initiative. The issue is as obvious as an early-morning coffee clatch. The Baby Boomers are aging. With government and private support systems dealing with their own challenges, the system needs innovation to make sure this large segment of our population Once again is well-cared for as its members head community into their twilight years. The Elder Care Co-op aims to create shows social a model where much of that care will initiative come from each other. The concept works on the idea that seniors can pool their money in order to get access to services like transportation, home care, grocery shopping and more, right up to establishing a housing residentowned housing complex with quality of life being the primary focus. About 125 people turned out to a fall meeting held in Duncan to gauge interest, a show of social conscience that immediately shot Cowichan to the head of the initiative’s priority list. A planning group formed out of the meeting and has now taken the reins of moving the project forward. The Caring Co-operatively planning grant will allow them to consult potential members, create a workable business plan and establish the local co-op. The goal is to not only provide a necessary service, but to create a template that can be copied across the province. Given our community’s track record, we have no doubt they will succeed.
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As we write this on Earth Day, we have to give a thumbs up to the Cowichan Valley Regional District for its willingness to experiment with new green technology. We speak of the REALice system, a new, energy-efficient technology tested at the Cowichan and Kerry Park Arenas and deemed to be a success. A willingness to find better ways is what the green movement needs.
Kerry Park Arena is using a new ice-making system.
We don’t want bitumen sinking in our waters David Black Black Press
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his is the first of two columns addressing what I see as the greatest threat to the B.C. environment in our lifetime. The oil industry wants to export Alberta bitumen to Asia via tankers. Under no circumstances should we allow that to happen. A bitumen spill at sea could destroy our coastline, together with the fish and wildlife that depend on it, for hundreds of years. Bitumen, even if it is diluted, does not float in sea water if there is sediment present. This has been proven many times, most recently in a thorough 2013 Environment Canada study. Given that there is an abundance of sediment along the B.C. coast, the bitumen will sink rapidly and there will be little chance of recovering any of it if there is a spill. By Northern Gateway’s own admission, the likelihood of a bitumen spill at sea is more
than 10% over the next 50 years. Others say it is much higher. We are in agreement with the position taken by the Coastal First Nations that even the slightest risk of a spill of bitumen at sea is unacceptable. The grounding of the Exxon Valdez in Alaska in 1989 is often held up as an example of how bad an oil spill at sea can be, however, a spill of bitumen at sea would be much worse. The Exxon Valdez carried light crude and lost 250,000 barrels, one eighth of a tanker load. The light oil floated and could be removed from the beaches. Even so, after four years of work with up to 11,000 workers and 1,400 boats involved, less than 10% of it was recovered. Roughly 200,000 birds and many kinds of other wildlife were killed. Approximately 1,300 miles of shoreline were affected and the fishery has yet to fully recover. Bitumen is different. It would harden on shore and much of it would sink to the bottom, making it unrecoverable and killing virtually everything with which it came into contact.
It seems odd that with all its focus on green thinking, local government has yet to give any serious attention to protecting our greenest asset: trees. For the most part, any property owner can mow down any tree he or she wishes. We support the rights of people to do what they wish with their land, but isn’t it time for some comunity standards to be put in place, as well as some incentives to keep this place green?
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Some say that, with GPS-based navigation and double hulls, spills such as Exxon Valdez are not possible today. They are wrong. Double hulls do not prevent hull fracture if there is a collision at speed, only if there is a gentle scrape. As for the GPS claim, most marine accidents are caused by human inattention, not by a lack of knowledge about position. All ships carried systems to indicate their location before GPS. The Exxon Valdez crew could have glanced at their instruments to determine their location but they didn’t, neither did the crew on the Queen of the North. Fortunately, there is a solution that is beneficial for all concerned: all we have to do is build a refinery at Kitimat. The refinery will convert the bitumen to gasoline, diesel and jet fuel which float and evaporate if they are spilled. Often little or no spill remediation is required. These refined fuels simply do not cause the habitat destruction of conventional or synthetic crude oil, or anywhere near the
devastation caused by bitumen. Let me declare my biases. I am for creating thousands of good permanent jobs in B.C. I am for creating billions of new tax dollars for government coffers. I am for reducing the planet’s greenhouse gas emissions. I am for building an oil pipeline that will never leak. I am for building a modern tanker fleet that carries only refined fuels that float and evaporate if spilled. I am against shipping bitumen in tankers. If you agree that we should not put bitumen in tankers, please contact your local MP and say so. The Canadian government makes a decision on this next month. David Black is the majority owner of Black Press, the company that owns this newspaper.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 Have an opinion you’d like to share? email editor@cowichannewsleader.com phone 250-746-4471
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Should Duncan and North Cowichan amalgamate? “Yes, probably take a look into it. We all live close together in the valley. It’s great city planners are looking for student feedback.”
“’I thought Duncan and North Cowichan were one entity anyway. They should get what they find (study) out to the public. They need to resolve differences for what’s best for our community.”
Liam Lindsay, North Cowichan
Kyle Fitzpatrick, Duncan
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Solo will be missed, even by those who never met her
Dear editor I rode my horses this past glorious weekend along the Haul Road in the Rat Lake area of Mill Bay. The sun was shining and the birds were chirping as my horses and dog enjoyed the trails. But I was melancholy. As I scanned the bush looking past delicate new buds and bright skunk cabbage I knew I would not see what I have been hoping to see on my rides and dog walks over the last few months. “Solo” the wolf is dead. She was eliminated by conservation officers in the physical sense, but actually eliminated by ignorance and fear and media sensationalism. The lone wolf did show himself to a lucky few riders and dog walkers but he displayed only curiosity, not aggression. Wolves do not prey on people and he did not even threathen livestock as far as I am aware. It cannot be said that he was too close to subdivisions as something else occurred first. We, the humans, encroached on her backyard before she ever entered ours. I consider myself extremely fortunate to be a short walk or drive away from nature on this stunning island of ours. But be it mountain or meadow or marine, I hike aware of my impact on the environment as well as cognizant and respectful of the wildlife that live there. We can still appreciated the opportunity to experience the richness of nature in our neighbourhoods but now some of the magic is gone. I will continue to enjoy my rides with my animals but somewhat dispirited as a presence is lacking.
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Dear editor Re: more Malahat barriers. Why do we spend so much to prevent bad drivers from doing their thing? Wouldn’t it have been much cheaper to have a couple of police officers there, even 24 hours a day? Heck, it would have been much cheaper to build a small police office at the Malahat summit view point, and have it staffed for 24 hours a day. Harry Veuger comments submitted at cowichannewsleader.com
Trails, not trains please
Kai Rietzel
Dear editor Sure a passenger train sounds like a great idea until you ask yourself and elected officials these key questions: Will it be affordable? Who would be utilizing train services? Will the schedule be convenient? Would visitors transportation budget be nil after arriving by ferry? Is there an understanding the railway would have to be utilized by freight trains as well as passengers to be feasible? Do you want coal trains to be running through your town, city or backyard? What will happen to my property value? The only sustainable option for this corridor is a clean, affordable, easy-to-maintain, paved multi-use, non-motorized, trail from Victoria to Courtenay. A trail would open many doors to a wider tourism market and provide residents with a safe corridor to travel freely. This trail would put Vancouver Island on the world eco-tourism map and invite the world to explore beautiful British Columbia and Vancouver Island in a unique way. Megan Olsen
The Cowichan Land Trust had many helping hands from Julie-Marie Harris’ Grade 2 class of Ecole Mt. Prevost Elementary recently. For Earth Day, the eager students planted more than 50 sword ferns in the riparian area alongside the Cowichan Valley Trail bridge over Bings Creek — part of a larger streamside restoration completed along Bings Creek and a tributary of Averill Creek at 8 ½ Acres Farm. us in some mirage-like tomorSo long Solo and thanks for I hope students continue row. Parents need real solutions being there for me, even though I to their real problems in schools never did see you. study of genocide today, and not these promises and Dear editor Clare Tompkins some airy-fairy “multi-layered” Cobble Hill I am glad to see students are responses from the district. studying the Holocaust and Ever since the duly elected other examples of mass violence. Home birth perfect for me board was removed, the focus of From the list reported in your Dear editor the district seems to have shifted article it would appear no one Re: Ashley Degraaf’s column from creating a safe and supporton our side has ever perpetrated on home birth. I had two home ing learning environment for our mass violence. I wonder if the births and they were both so children to closing schools and students learned about Canada’s different and so amazing. I had selling school lands, with a total to have my third at a hospital (we disregard for the educational needs response (more accurately, lack of response) to the Holocaust. If were living abroad) and while of our children. This cut-and-run not, I recommend they read None I’m thankful for the experience, mentality has created chaotic and is Too Many by Irving Abella and having my babies at home, in crisis-like situations in our schools. Harold Troper. my space, was so perfect and More and more parents are Ken Hiebert comfortable. Wishing an amazing voicing their frustration with this Ladysmith experience for you. district. Their demands are reasonCowichan Vanessa Strickland able. It is heart-breaking for the comments submitted at cowichannewsleader.com parents to see their children come home in tears. Turmoil at DiscovSchool district needs real ery Elementary School has caused many parents to ask for counseling local leadership for upset kids who have been leftHere are some tips: Keep it short — 300 words or less; Keep it local — letters raised in response to isDear editor foundering by the situation. If our sues raised in our pages get top priority; Keep it clean — attack the issue, not the individual. Lack of leadership has plagued You must include your full name, home community and a phone number where we can reach you durschools go, so will go the future of our school district for some time. ing office hours. Addresses and phone numbers will not be published. Letters will be edited for clarity, our communities. Rather than looking after the grammar, length and good taste. Name-withheld letters will not be published. Amrik Prihar Email your thoughts to editor@cowichannewsleader.com We receive more letters than we have space educational needs of our children Duncan for. Publication is not guaranteed. today, it is ever busy in miring
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y the way, did you hear: • Duncan’s Ashton Rota, who won the Jeans Day 2014 Look-Alike contest for his resemblance to Kevin Bieksa from the Vancouver Canucks, is now the poster boy for the B.C. Children’s Hospital Foundation charity drive, with his face on posters, hockey cards and bookmarks across the province. • Sharp-eyed reader and longtime area resident Aldine Kirkpatrick is questioning the April 4 shot we ran with our Duncan Elementary 100th anniversary story was not the same Duncan high school that burned down in 1946. Local historian Carolyn Prellwitz responds: “The photo accompanying the article was taken circa 1911 when Duncan High School first opened. In 1937 renovations added another floor to the school and provided four more classrooms (two at the front of the building), a library, teachers’ room, principal’s office etc. Upon completion of the renos, the school was repainted a brown colour. Thus, when Duncan High burned down nine years later its outer structure would have looked quite different.” • Meanwhile Marie Sketchley wondered about that same Duncan El story. She says Duncan El used the old Somenos School as an annex until 1960, while Prellwitz’s sources said 1958. The
Valley people Name: Rena Gardiner Occupation: retired Age: 79 Hometown: Cobble Hill If you get a chance go see: Beautiful B.C. Right now I am reading: Golf magazine (to know what my husband is talking about) I’m listening to: jazz At least once everyone should: take the bus Most people don’t know: how much volunteering I do Proudest or happiest moment: the day I got presented with an Outstanding Achievement award from the Canadian Cancer Society Most embarrassing moment: the day I fell flat on my face and broke my nose If I was appointed queen of the valley I would: hire a prince Before I die: I want to live Words I live by: love one another
confusion may be from the fact four separate buildings have carried the Somenos school name. Prellwitz says further research supports Sketchley. • The Brigantine Pub in Maple Bay is on its way to becoming the Lion Rampant. New Scottishborn owners Bruce Findlay and Andrew Abernethy say it will be a true Scottish pub and have hired Nancy Hadley as designer and Brian Duffy as menu consultant, for the pub, now closed for renovations, and slated to re-open May 9. • Congratulations are in order for Cowichan arts and culture manager Kirsten Schrader who was recently nominated for an award as theatre presenter of the year for “developing the cultural life in B.C. communities and helping to nurture artists’ careers.” • Maureen Alexander tells us south Cowichan residents, if you want to dive right into Mill Bay/ Malahat Historical Society’s Good Old Daze celebration scheduled for July, now’s the time to get organized. You can win prizes by putting together a life-sized figure with a historical connection to be displayed at Mill Bay Centre. Register by May 1 and start creating. Email dalexander2@shaw.ca for more information. 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.
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Green-thumb volunteers make Cairnsmore bloom
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t’s quite clear during a tour of the gardens at Cairnsmore Place, the volunteer green thumbs there have formed a tight-knit group. “That’s John (Ballard) working on the compost,” said the group’s volunteer co-ordinator Louise Neveu introducing the work party last Wednesday morning at the seniors care facility. “He just doesn’t weed, that’s all, but he’s quite happy to compost.” About 15 volunteers get together once a week at Cairnsmore to beautify the grounds and bond while doing something they sincerely enjoy, explained Neveu. “Some of us ladies even quilt together too,” she
said. “Well, we can’t just sit on our butts all day,” added gardener Glynis Ballard. She and Ann Brown were working on a corner plot at the front of the building, while the rest of the gang was spread out among the care home, working on various gardens. “This was our biggest project from this past year,” Neveu noted of the seniors centre’s front island garden. The group started that project from scratch, after removing three big maple trees that were often chopped to bits by BC Hydro, and ripping out a ton of ivy. They received a $10,000 donation from the Duncan Christian Seniors Housing Society to complete that bed, now bursting with red rhodos,
Garden Fair ready to blossom The Cairnsmore garden gang were the recipients of the Cowichan Valley Garden Fair’s 2013 rhododendron donation. This year’s fair, hosted by the Cowichan Valley Rhododendron Society is being staged at the Cowichan Exhibition grounds Saturday, May 3 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission is free and the early birds will receive complementary coffee and donuts. A special gift is also up for grabs for the first 100 customers. Proceeds from the fair go toward the rhodo donation and other plants to various public institutions in the Cowichan Valley.
daffodils, some rockery, solar lighting and a fountain that was also made possible thanks to another $4,500 donation made from a former Cairnsmore resident. The volunteer group started about six years ago and is still mostly made up of the same people since the get-go. Most of the members worked on gardens at the Cowichan Lodge seniors facility before it was shut down and made the move to Cairnsmore when staff asked them if they’d be willing to. And they were quite happy to accept. The biggest reason the group volunteers their time and work is for the residents. “Quite often the residents watch us from the windows when we’re here,” said Neveu. “We kind of become their entertainment.” And residents watched last week from the large window at the front of the building, where one of the home’s main gardens runs along a concrete pathway. There’s also a large plot at the left side of the building the group started from scratch about four years ago featuring several rhodos donated from last year’s Cowichan Valley Garden Fair.
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Rob Douglas, Roger Hart and Georg Stratemeyer are part of Cowichan’s Elder Care Co-op team. yard work, minor home repairs, snow shoveling, housekeeping and grocery shopping.” Caring Co-operatively Elder Care Project was launched last fall and is managed by the B.C. Co-operative Association with funding from the Government of Canada’s Social Development Partnerships Program and the Vancouver Foundation. The project supports the development of co-op elder care pilot projects across Canada. The funding announcement followed a Cowichan Co-operative Connections and Volunteer Cowichan series of public meetings and
consultations in recent months to gauge local interest in the idea of establishing an elder care cooperative. “With everything that’s happening with Sunridge and many other private care facilities in British Columbia, it’s becoming increasingly clear that we need alternatives that will do a better job of meeting the community’s needs,” stated Cowichan Co-op Connections president Rob Douglas. “Co-ops have a proven track record right across the industrialized world of providing high quality services in a way that allows seniors, workers and members of the community to actively
participate in setting priorities and making decisions. “We hope with this funding we can make the Cowichan Valley a model not only for British Columbia but the rest of Canada on how to do things right.” The community’s response was overwhelming to the series of meetings, and eventually led to the establishment of an advisory committee made up of community members who worked with Cowichan Co-operative Connections and Volunteer Cowichan to submit a full application to the Caring Co-operatively Elder Care Project, states a media release.
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Cowichan Climbing Academy hosts session with Blind Beginnings Rock climbing: Unique program has blind children climbing the walls
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n amazing experience was enjoyed by both blind students from all over Vancouver Island and members of the Cowichan Climbing Academy on March 29. Nine members of the local climbing group, who run one of just two climbing academies in North America at Duncan Elementary School, hosted the organization Blind Beginnings. About 25 members from that group participated in a climbing day at Cowichan’s climbing wall. “Blind Beginnings is an organization that provides opportunities to blind youth and their families,” explained Cowichan Secondary, Quamichan campus principal Jaime Doyle. “This Vancouver-based organization, after hearing about our academy, approached me earlier in the year to see if we could provide an opportunity for their island clients to rock climb in a safe and comfortable environment. “I readily agreed,” Doyle said. “Overall the event was a fantastic success with a great deal of praise heaped upon our students for both their professionalism and compassion.”
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Cowichan Climbing Academy member Charlotte Yarnold helps Elias Allen and his mom Danielle Elias during the recent Blind Beginnings climbing session at the school. One moment in particular sticks out for Doyle. “One blind and autistic young girl repeatedly announced at the top of her lungs for all to hear after climbing her first wall, ‘So happy, so happy, so happy, so happy,’” said Doyle. He was also struck by how the academy kids excelled in the leadership roles placed upon them. “Throughout the year, the academy kids as part of their curriculum do volunteer work in hosting outside groups on the Cowichan climbing walls,” said Doyle. “The walls themselves, while housed at the old Mount Prevost Middle School site, belong to Cowichan Secondary.” The academy has more than 50 kids registered in Grades 9 and 10 and is growing.
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lectric Avenue may be out, but not unplugged. Laurie Schmidt, mother of Cowichan songwriter Parker, indicates her son’s band is still amped to perform despite being dimmed by the band Rebel Coast during YTV’s recent NextStar Super Group finale. 44th ANNUAL
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ON STAGE Woman truly a Painter to her core Spring is more than just sights and smells. In Chemainus, it’s also about the sounds. The Chemainus Classical Concert series returns Sunday with Trios for Spring, a collaboration between three classic talents. “The West Isle Winds, featuring (from left) Heather Walker (French horn), Donna Fal-
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ew blood means many more new and cool mediums being brought to life during the Cowichan Valley Arts Council’s annual spring fine arts show. Organizers are tickled this year’s number of entrants has jumped to 129 from 98 last year. “This is great as it has brought in new members to our arts council,” said CVAC’s office manager and PORTALS studio co-ordinator Morgan Saddington. “Having more entries this year, that was a really big positive for us, to have that response.” The response is both a testament to the arts council’s staging the event last year at a new location — the council studio headquarters at the Island Savings Centre — as well as simply new “It’s really blood lovely being able artistic moving to the valley. to talk to other One such artists and crenewbie is Duncan’s ate that bond.” Cheryl Painter. “I’ve always had this desire to come back to painting,” said Painter, who recently moved here from the Lower Mainland where
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she made her career in graphic design. Painter’s desire to get back into painting also eventually led her back to her Duncan hometown after some 30 years in North Vancouver “I grew up here,” she said. She’s now settled into her cozy home studio with beautiful natural lighting from three windows overlooking her garden. She’s submitted a 30- by 30-inch piece Seaweed and Seashells in this year’s spring show. “I really do love it, the greens and the blues and the shadows working together,” she said, of one of several beach/shell canvasses she’s painted over the years. “I just thought it was a very successful piece. As much as you are there and it’s kind of stinky and slimy, I just love the way it flows, like a second skin,” she added. The mother of two boys, ages 10 and 13, loves visiting and then painting beaches. “Every beach you go to has a different kind of feel to it,” she said, pointing to another canvas that conveys a caramel and licorice look with its colours. And speaking of candy, Painter’s sweet tooth has also inspired her to paint candy shop canvasses after visiting city candy stores. She’s also fond of painting fruit stills, landscapes, old buildings, bridges, and gardenscapes. “I don’t just have one thing,” she said. She often takes a Coolpix
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One of Cowichan Valley Arts Council’s new members Cheryl Painter is with her piece Seaweed and Seashells submitted for this year’s Fine Arts Show. Organizers say this year’s number of entrants has jumped to 129 from 98 last year. camera with her on outings with her family, snapping images she’ll sometimes turn into an etching, and if she’s really digging it, from that sketch she decides on what size painting to transform it into. “I’m out doing things and being part of a location with my family and so I take loads of photos,” she said. “I’m not really up for the bugs and changing weather.” The former president of the North Shore Artists Guild, Painter was quite enthused about
joining the Cowichan Valley Arts Council as well as having her piece chosen for this year’s show. “I really liked being part of a group and I wanted to meet other artists here,” she said. “It’s really lovely being able to talk to other artists and create that bond.” She’s also hooked up with the Cowichan Valley Artisans and the two groups recently came together with a show being staged at CVAC’s PORTALS studio. Painter currently has nine pieces
on show there. CVAC’s 44th annual Fine Arts Show runs from May 1 to 4. The council has three professional jurors who pick up to 35 pieces out of this year’s 129 entries to be featured in a second show in the PORTALS studio during May titled The Best of the Best. And, as in past years, the popular People’s Choice designation will also be awarded. An opening event is scheduled for April 30, 7:30 to 10 p.m.
New Freedom Gospel Choir premieres with a pair of weekend shows in Duncan Cowichan choral conductor: Ann Antonides steps back behind the baton for uplifting new project John McKinley
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t’s new, it’s Gospel and it is ready to hit local fans of choral music not just once this week, but twice. And if that isn’t enough to get the choir crowd drooling, it’s also got well-known valley conductor Ann Antonides stepping back behind the baton. This weekend, the Freedom Gospel Choir presents Freedom Bound, the
debut of Cowichan’s newest choir with two shows in Duncan. Antonides, a leading light in the valley music scene for years as the former long-time director of the Duncan Choral Society, is spearheading this project, sponsored in part by St. Andrews’ Presbyterian Church. “I found I was missing conducting,” Antonides said in a media release. “I went to a couple of workshops specifically on conducting the Gospel genre. I was hooked. “This is a completely different style of music than what’s being offered by most choirs in the valley right now, and the conducting style is also a brand new challenge for me.” Antonides started a recruiting drive late last summer that has yielded about 40 members. Their talents will be pre-
miered during a Saturday evening show and a Sunday matinee. The audience can expect spirituals, freedom songs and gospel favourites including Soon and Very Soon, His Eye is on the Sparrow, Steal Away, and more. And if you feel the urge to join your voice with the choir’s you will get your chance on familiar numbers such as I’ll Fly Away and This Little Light of Mine. Accompanying the Freedom Gospel Choir will be Tanya Gillespie on piano, John Robertson on double bass and Ron Joiner percussion. The Saturday show starts at 7:30 p.m. while Sunday’s begins at 2 p.m. each at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 531 Herbert Street, Duncan. Tickets are $15 from choir members or at the door. Children 12 and under are free.
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Canada Learning Bond Program at VIU: Learn more about saving money for your children’s future post-secondary education.To make an appointment with a Service Canada representative, parents can leave a message for Cato at 250-753-3245. All These Long Years Later: Author Reading: Local author Robyn Gerland will share from her collection of short stories about coming of age in 1950s Vancouver with all the manners, mores, expectations, hypocrisies, and humour of the time at the Chemainus Library, 2592 Legion St., 12 to 1 p.m. Writing Workshop with Jennifer
Manuel: All proceeds going to The Ride to Conquer Cancer by donation. For info and to register for this charity event, go to www.grasmerepublishing.com. Cowichan Aboriginal Festival of Film & Art Opening Ceremonies: He Who Dreams will be presented as part of the opening ceremonies. Cowichan Theatre, Island Savings Centre, 2687 James Street. For info www.aff. cowichan.net or cowichantheatre.ca
Thursday Awareness Meditation Training: With facilitator Gary Greenstein, meditator in the Buddhist tradition for 35 years. At the Cowichan Library, 2687 James
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Cowichan Library’s Tenth Anniversary: celebrating 10 years in the Island Savings Centre. Refreshments and music as well as good books and movies to borrow, 2 to 4 p.m. Lunch & Learn: Young Professionals of Cowichan present Dr. Martin Barker discussing the pros and cons of a Duncan/ North Cowichan amalgamation at the Old Firehouse Wine Bar, 40 Ingram St, Duncan, 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free for YP members, $10 for non-members, all are welcome. Cowichan Historical Society Meeting: featuring a presentation on the Battle of Vimy Ridge by military historian Bill Hampson, 7:30 p.m. St. Peter’s Hall, 5800 Church Rd. Duncan. All are welcome.
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Cowichan Intercultural Society’s Françoise Moulin poses with a portion of 160 feet of a community scarf knitted by about 359 Cowichanians as part of a CIS initiative to create dialouge through art.
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Community scarf: 180 feet of wool united nearly 360 Cowichan residents —new and old Ashley Degraaf
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t brought together the hands of 359 men, women, new and longtime citizens, leaders, activists, students and volunteers. It inspired care, attention, and compassion
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among positive dialogue with complete strangers. It is a scarf. But it’s not just any scarf. It is 160 feet of beautifully mixed material, knitted by Cowichanians as part of a Cowichan Intercultural Society project based on dialogue through art. “Everywhere around the world people are knitting. The idea was to create a way new members of the community could meet with others,” CIS community bridging and welcoming communities co-ordinator Françoise Moulin said. Moulin worked with the society’s Catherine Johnson to create the project that started in December and recently wrapped up. The scarf is now making its rounds through the community. “The scarf project has been a creative undertaking, knitting our community together and offering a welcome to newcomers (immigrants) in the valley while creating a platform for dialogue,” Moulin said. “The premise of the project has been to bridge locals with newcomers, fostering a sense of inclusion with conversation and a craft recognizable to most cultures. “Sharing conversation over a communal project builds relationships and supports a sense of belonging, all the
while creating visibility (of project and visible minorities) in the many venues where the knitting has taken place.” Moulin said knitting started a little slow at the end of December, but as people joined in on the project, word spread and participation spiraled. “It took for people to actually see what we were doing and understand before it could grow,” she said. Moulin hosted 66 knitting sessions. They took place all over the valley including two libraries, two community centres, Tim Horton’s, Somenos Women’s Institute, two churches, three schools, the Tzouhalem Spinners and Weavers Guild, ELSA class and ESL Cafe and Starbucks. “Co-ordinators assisted in focusing the dialogue on intercultural relations during the knitting groups which resulted in warm and lively conversation among strangers (both immigrants and long-time Cowichan residents) who may not have otherwise met and shared personal stories.” The completed colourful scarf took a road trip across Cowichan. It was at the Duncan branch of the Vancouver Island Regional Library, thenMill Bay’s branch then at the Duncan Royal Bank from April 10 to 17.
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Busy, active Physiotherapy office seeking Registered Massage Therapist to join our practice. Work hours could be full-time or part-time, depending upon applicant’s preference. Ideal candidates would be those with a minimum of 1-2 years experience and an established caseload, but motivated new graduates looking for a supportive environment to learn and gain clinical experience are welcome to apply to File #A965. RETAIL SALES Person, F/T or P/T. Occasional lifting. Drop resume to: Duncan Foam and Futons; 4485 Trans Canada Hwy. Vernon Service Company requires Journeyman Service Plumbers/Gasfitters, $36.00/hr Call (250)549-4444 or fax 250-549-4416
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE FUEL/FIREWOOD SEASONED firewood, 1 cord split & delivered. $200/cord. 250-701-1964.
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MAROON LEATHER Loveseat, in new condition, purchased from Uncle Alberts. $500. Bed Chesterfield, $200 firm. Call (250)743-0489, Cobble Hill.
HOSPITAL BED w/linens, $750. 2 chrome cloths rack, spiral, $40, 4’, $30. Print, black grey and purple Irises, 40x28. $40. (250)751-2142.
QUEEN MATTRESS SET: Brand new. Sealed in original plastic. $200. 250-713-9680
GARAGE SALES COBBLE HILL: Sat Apr 26, 9-3, 3481 Watson Ave. Household items, furniture, & more!! DAHLIA TUBER sale!! Sunday 10-2. 100’s of tubers, 7540 Bell McKinnon, left on SPCA driveway. 6 for $20.
DEAN’S MARINE BOATING SWAP & SHOP Sat May 24, 10-3 5147 Polkey Rd
Table rentals: $20 per person/group $30 per business Marine Swap & Shop for all boaters with lots of unused stuff in their garages,etc...so clean it up and let someone else enjoy it! 1/3 of $ collected will go to a local boat related charity. We are also looking for a local charity to run the hot dog sale - all proceeds from the hot dog sale will go to that charity. Information Contact
Karen 250-748-0829
CHIROPRACTIC Office Assistant / Receptionist wanted for 6-14 hours per week ( WED and SAT) to begin immediately. If you are an team orientated, organized, health conscious, and outgoing person please bring resumes to Valleyview Family Chiropractic, ATTN: Dr. Vanessa White, 11- 1400 Cowichan Bay Road, Cobble Hill, BC, V0R 1L3, 250 -743-3775.
DUNCAN 6225 Palahi Rd (off Moorfield Rd) Sat., Apr. 26, 9 am -1 pm. Daycare equip., toys, books, sports equip., clothes, household items, etc.
CONCRETE FINISHERS & Form Setters. Edmonton based company seeks experienced concrete finishers and form setters for work in Edmonton and Northern Alberta. Subsistence and accommodations provided for out of town work; Jobs@RaidersConcrete .com. Fax 780-444-9165. FACILITIES Maintenance Supervisor, Kootenay Trout Hatchery, Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC. For more information: www.gofishbc.com/postings
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DUNCAN COWICHAN SPCA is accepting Quality Donations for their Annual Garage Sale Drop off items at: 7550 Bell McKinnon Rd Mon-Fri: 10 am - 5 pm Sat: 12 noon - 4 pm Good Clean Furniture accepted NO electronics or dated sports equipment
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REAL ESTATE APARTMENT/CONDOS NANAIMO WATERFRONT 2nd floor condo. 1500 sq.ft. LR/DR/2bdrms with view, den, gas FP, secure bldg. 2 underground parking spaces. Maintenance fee includes hot water/gas/landscaping. 1 pet OK. View anytime. $339,900 Reduced to $329,000. (250)7539123
DUPLEX/4-PLEX OPEN HOUSE- Sat & Sun, every weekend, 1-4pm. 5887 Stonehaven Dr, 2050 sq ft, 2 bdrm + den + rec room heat pump, 5 appls, central vac, $364,500. near hospital. Quality home at an affordable price. Call Gord (250)7101947.
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BEAUTIFULLY MAINTAINED 1 bdrm park model home in Chemainus Gardens. One of the best lots in the Park. Pets ok. $89,600. (250)416-5278.
HUSBAND FOR HIRE. Nothing but the best. Carpenter, plumber, painter, electrician, pressure washing. Just ask my wife! Call 250-746-4493 or 250-709-1111 DUNCAN- ONLY $364,500. 2 bdrms+ den, 2.5 bath, supersized rec room, open concept, oak flrs, stainless steel appls. RV parking. (250)710-1947.
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MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE FUTON couch/double bed with comfy cotton-foam cushion in washable Aztec pattern, removable arms, sturdy pine fold-down frame. $150. Call 250-748-8855 after 6 p.m. Power Chair, new batteries, asking $1200. (250)746-8428
LADYSMITH 55+ patio Town House end unit. Immac 2BR 2WR. Spiffy Kit. Jenn-Air Stovetop + Electrolux Wall Oven. 1 pet ok. $259500. Call 250-924-4398.
LOTS COMMERCIAL LOT in Downtown Duncan. $170,000. 250247-7208
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2nd floor, corner unit. 5 appl’s, new laminate floors. N/S. 2524 Lewis St. Avail June 1. $825./mo, lease. Please call 1(250)477-8046 or 1(250)891-8392 Victoria #’s DUNCAN - DINGWALL St. 2 Bdrm Condo, 2nd floor, W/D, F/S, D/W, no pets. $850/mth Avail. May 1. 250-715-8282
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--------1000 sq’ - 7000 sq’ Store front with excellent exposure, overhead doors, ample parking, available now. --------Please call (250)748-9622 to view
COTTAGES COBBLE HILL- 1 bdrm BUNK house, like mobile home, not fancy, but warm. On farm property. (250)743-4392. DUNCAN 1-BDRM clean quiet cabin. N/P. $485. Call 250597-3756.
DUPLEXES/4PLEXES CROFTON: 3bdrm, oceanview near school, bus, shop, backyard, $1100. 250-715-8468 DUNCAN, Quiet 3 bdrm upper, 1.5 baths, 5 appl’s. Fenced yard. NS/NP. $1175 incl’s util. Apr 1. 250-709-8808
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DUNCAN: 1500 Sq ft, prime ground floor retail/office space. Lrg windows, A/C, Station St. Avail. June. 250-715-6880. DUNCAN- OFFICE/ Retail, downtown 950 sq.ft. ground floor, completely reno’d. Reception area, 3 offices. Avail now. Call 250-715-6880. WATERFRONT RETAIL SPACE FOR RENT at Maple Bay Marina, located on the perimeter of Duncan BC on Vancouver Island. Rare opportunity in a prime location for marine related business, recreation or boutique shop. Ample free customer parking. Unit is available immediately. For more information email: info@maplebaymarina.com
SUITES, LOWER 2-BDRM lower suite, Tudor house. 1200sqft. New paint & laminate. 3-acre lot. Ocean view. $825/m. NP/NS. Cherry Pt Rd. Cow. Bay 604-4600662 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. Small pet consid. May 1 or sooner. 250-746-6481. COWICHAN BAY- 1000sqft, ocean view, 1 bdrm, F/S, W/D. NS/NP. $750. Hydro included and heat is not. May 1. (250)246-7109,(250)701-1209. 2 bdrm N/S, N/P. $800 in& hydro.
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HOMES FOR RENT DUNCAN, 2 bdrm in town, 173 McKinstry Pl., Recent 100% reno, 4 appl’s. Gas FP, blinds, deck, patio, carport, shed. NS, NP. Avail June 1, one year lease. $1,125. 250-748-2424
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DUNCAN: NEAR Hospital, mobile home for rent in quiet adult park. Pets ok, avail. June 1st. $850. (250)246-8318.
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MILL BAY- 2 bdrm, 2611A Mill Bay Rd, large yard w/great views, all appls, includes water, garbage, re-cycle, pets ok. $800+ utils. (250)743-1144.
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DUNCAN, large 2 bdrm suite, level entry, 4 appl’s, N/S, small pet considered. Ref’s req. $850 incl’s util’s. Garden space avail. June 1. Call 250748-2855 after 6pm.
1999 DODGE Pickup- 6 new tires, front end joints replaced, Cummins diesel engine. 250758-8930, 604-815-9075.
2007 FREESTAR SEL LX, 118,225 km, Loaded, 6 Disc CD/DVD/AM/FM, Leather, all elect. Trailer hitch. $11,500. 250-715-0875
SHARED ACCOMMODATION M/F Duncan lg br+ storage pet ok $575 all in 250-9000504
DUNCAN (2km south) 1 bdrm spacious, priv entr. F/S, W/D, hydro, cable, internet incld. NON-smoker, no pets. Quiet location. Avail June 1st. $750. (250)748-5290 after 10am.
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Windsor Plywood Duncan 5146 Polkey Road, Duncan, BC
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1992 DODGE 4x4 Cummins Diesel Supercab, 252K original with winch, $3500. 250749-3358
Sites available at Great Rates. Daily, weekly, monthly. Pool, Hot tub, exercise room, laundry, putting green, hiking, fishing, Pickle Ball Court. Free coffee in one of the best clubhouses on the island. Nanaimo area. www.resortonthelake.com 250-754-1975 or
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TOWNHOUSES CHEMAINUSRENO’D 2 bdrm town home, 4 appls, bright, clean, quiet, walk to all amenities. NS/NP. $700. Refs. Call 250-416-1457.
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DUNCAN downtown condo, 1 Bdrm, 2 baths, five appls, gated underground parking, $850/mo. Call 250-748-6679.
Both these jobs include an excellent benefits package.
SUNNY, SPACIOUS 1400 sq ft, 2 BR apt. for rent, private garden. Downtown Cobble Hill, N/S. Avail June 1st. Call Phil 250-743-1450 $975/mth
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Bulldogs in development
Cedar ends DCS girls’ win streak
Spring football: Rookies gaining an understanding of the game Don Bodger
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ll good things must come to an end, the Duncan Christian School senior girls’ soccer team discovered. After three straight wins, DCS was beaten 6-2 by Cedar Secondary in an exhibition game at Nanaimo. The Merle Logan turf field made for a fast-paced match. Mikayla Cook scored the first DCS goal, assisted by Lauren King-Nyberg and Rachelle Van Boven. Becky Bazinet added the second marker, assisted by KingNyberg and Cook. Becky Bazinet and Zoey Alyward shared the goalkeeping duties. DCS previously extended a winning streak from one into three games by beating Chemainus 3-1 and shutting out Lake Cowichan. Cook scored her second hat trick in a row against Chemainus, with two assists from King-Nyberg. Becky Bazinet posted the shutout against Lake Cowichan.
Andrew Leong
Brooke Dillabaugh of Chemainus and Rachelle Van Boven of Duncan Christian School jockey for the ball during a girls’ soccer match at Chemainus secondary. DCS won 3-1, with all three goals from Mikayla Cook.
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ll three Cowichan Valley Football Association teams will be anxious to start the home portion of the Greater Victoria Minor Football Association’s spring season on April 26. Games are at 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 2:15 p.m. against Peninsula at McAdam Park. The Cowichan Atom Bulldogs met a strong Westshore Warriors team last weekend and did a great job applying what’s being coached in practice despite being outscored. The primarily veteran Warriors put up points early, but met some resistance from rookie linebacker Hunter Williams. The Bulldogs put a halt to the Warriors’ advances in the second half, with newcomers Zack Pearson and Koda Lang laying out some huge tackles in the backfield. Kicker and running back Jack NapierGanley caught the Warriors unprepared with some big boots of the ball that set the Bulldogs up in great field position. “Everything is starting to come together and when it does the Bulldogs will be a force to be reckoned with,’’ noted coach Devon Lawrence. The team’s season-opener the previous weekend was against the Gordon Head Raiders, who proved to be stiff opposition. “Even though the atoms were not able to put any points on the board, they
all walked off the field with heads held high,’’ noted Lawrence. Veteran linemen Harrison Padur and Trevor Eccleston put up some huge blocks for the Bulldogs, opening holes for the running game. Defensive linemen Parker Sparks and Williams ensured attempts up the middle were stopped, supported by Luke Larminay. The Peewee Bulldogs, meanwhile, won 16-0 in their game last weekend. Damian McCuaig-Jones scored the first touchdown in the second quarter on a 35-yard run. A 30-yard passing play from quarterback Dakota Cullum to Tyson Duffe set up the scoring play. McCuaig-Jones scored again in the third quarter. Both TDs were converted by Cullum. Billy Bickford and Liam Henning were strong on the offensive line, providing pass protection throughout the game. McCuaig-Jones and Alexander Van Ryk led the defence with hard-hitting tackles. Carson Maertz played quarterback in the fourth quarter, completing passes, picking up first downs and killing the clock. “Great improvement in all areas through their dedication and hard work at practice,’’ coach Brian Scott noted was shown by the players. The previous week’s game for the peewees was a 12-0 loss to Gordon Head. Gordon Head scored on the last play of the first half and added another TD early in the fourth quarter. McCuaig-Jones seemed to be in on every tackle for the Bulldogs at linebacker.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 Got a sports story? email sports@cowichannewsleader.com phone 250-856-0045
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Exciting junior lacrosse on display at Fuller Lake ends in an 11-11 draw
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There’s little to choose between the Nanaimo Timbermen and Victoria Shamrocks junior lacrosse teams this season. “It should be a good year for Island rivalry,’’ noted Rod Wood, general manager and governor for Shamrocks’ junior and intermediate lacrosse. “I think our teams will be pretty even in junior
this year.’’ Evidence of that came at Fuller Lake Arena last Wednesday when the teams fought to an 11-11 exhibition draw. The lead switched hands several times during the game. Valley product McLean Chicquen, pictured, was one of the goal-scorers
for the Shamrocks. Ryan Lewis led the way with five points on three goals and two assists. Cody Shires also picked up five points for Nanaimo with two goals and three assists. Both teams open the regular season on the road this weekend.
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tar Bowl is where football players put themselves to the test against the best of the Vancouver Mainland and Valley Community Football Leagues. Two weekends of practice in Vancouver led up to the big game and Cowichan was well-represented during the event in Langley, with players stepping up to the level of intensity. Cowichan Midget Bulldogs’ Brock Gowanlock was the leader of the pack in his third Star Bowl appearance. He was named the defensive player of the game for his team for the second straight year. “It was pretty special to do that two years in a row,’’ Gowanlock said. He said he owes it all to coaching. “Everything I’ve ever learned is definitely putting forward right now. This year, I definitely think I tightened up my technique a lot and listened to a lot of coaches which helped me prevail in the year.’’ Gowanlock used his previous Star Bowl experience to advantage. “I was more educated,’’ he said. “I already knew a couple of the coaches from previous years. We already had a relationship before so it’s better than the first time, for sure, once you’ve gone a couple of times.’’ Gowanlock, a Grade 12 student at Cowichan Secondary School, stands six-foot-two and weighs 265 pounds but faced bigger guys than that on the
offensive line. “A couple of the guys at the practice were definitely over 300 pounds that I had to go up against — quite a bit bigger than me,’’ he said. Gowanlock is also the recipient of the defensive player of the year in the VMFL for midget. Other Cowichan players at the Star Bowl and the preceding practices included: Cory Lewis, Adam Marchetti, Landon Conville, Wyatt MacWatt, Nick Thomas and R.J. Piche on defence. Offensive representatives were: Eric Williams, Mackey Singh and Eric Maslen. Liam Palcu-Johnston and Drayson Price were selected but unable to attend. Price has a broken hand and PalcuJohnston had commitments with his school studies. “Everyone played a great and hardhitting game, showing the league that Cowichan football is producing some high calibre football players,’’ noted Doug (Opie) Williams, who coached all the players during the regular season with the Midget Bulldogs. Williams cannot wait to get started for next season already, but won’t have the luxury of some standout players who have graduated from midget. He’s been receiving plenty of inquiries about his players, even those with another year of midget eligibility. Maslen has verbally committed to Moore Park Junior College in Burbank, California; Palcu-Johnson has signed a letter of intent with Simon Fraser and Price is bound for UBC.
utstanding results are just part of the regular routine now for the Duncan Dynamics Gymnastics Club. Nine members of the club showcased their talents in the provincial championships at Kamloops. Darby McIntyre continued to dominate in Level 5 Novice, earning the all-around silver medal and securing a berth on Team B.C. for the Western Canadian championships later this week in Saskatoon. She won gold on the floor and vault and locked up the bronze on bars, completing her shoot over on the bars for the first time. Micaylla Broadway also had a solid competition in the National Open category and will join McIntyre in Saskatoon. Broadway improved her top overall score by more than two points to place seventh on bars and ninth on beam while recording her highest vault score of the season at 12.65. Hayley Baker, another National Open gymnast, finished 10th on bars and made a beautiful vault count for the bronze medal with a score of 13.30. Baker missed Western qualifying by one spot and now has an injury that would have prevented her from going anyway. Samantha Johnson, Rebeca Bailey and Trystinna Bailey all qualified for provincials but couldn’t compete due to injuries or illness. Five competitors were entered in Provincial Level 2 categories. Tahara Brown and Cheyenne Mackeil both made a strong showing in Provincial 2 Tyro (2003). Brown was
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fifth on vault and 10th on beam while Mackeil came 13th on vault. Sarah Deschamps’ wonderful floor exercise earned her fourth place to go with a 10th on beam in P2 Tyro (2002). Gabrielle Austin was a silver medalist in P2 Novice (2001) vault and bars with a sixth on floor for fifth allaround out of 25 girls. Kylae Dalby took bronze on the beam and came sixth all-around in P2 Novice (2000). Keerstin Arden did a superb beam to finish with the bronze medal in Level 4 Novice and also came sixth on bars for 10th all-around. Mia Butcher of Duncan, who trains in Victoria, claimed eighth all-around in P2 Tyro with fourths on the vault and uneven bars.
Ben McKinnon An untimely injury will keep Shawnigan Lake School’s First XV rugby team scrum half Ben McKinnon from playing in the upcoming World Youth Invitational Tournament in Japan. “I’ve compressed the cartilage between my sternum and my rib cage after two guys fell on me,’’ noted McKinnon. “The doctor says I’ll be out for around three to six weeks but I’m a fast healer so I’m shooting for two. Just hoping for the best.’’ McKinnon, 17, a Grade 12 student, is still excited about the trip, even though he won’t be playing a direct role. “It’s going to be a great test for us and playing some really skilled teams over there,’’ he said. McKinnon is a five-year rugby player at Shawnigan, having started in Grade 8 and worked his way through the ranks. “He’s been behind some pretty good players and now it’s his moment to step up to the plate and be a leader and he’s doing a good job,’’ said coach Tim Murdy. “These guys spend a lot of time together,’’ McKinnon said. “You form relationships you also keep off the field as well. It really helps because you can carry those onto the field so you’re out there with all your friends.’’
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Craig dropped an 8-7 decision to Saskatchewan’s Darrell McKee in 11 ends in the opener before rattling off three straight wins — 8-4 over New Brunswick’s Mark Armstrong, 11-9 in 11 ends over Alberta’s Mark Johnson and 9-7 over Quebec’s Denis Laflamme. A 10-5 loss to Ontario’s Peter Mellor sent Craig’s team back to earth and an 8-7 defeat against Northern Ontario’s Robbie Gordon evened the team’s record at 3-3. Craig bounced back to beat Prince Edward Island’s Ted McFadyen 6-5 and Yukon’s George Hilderman 10-9 with one in the 10th. The competition ended with the trio of losses, 8-6 to O’Leary, 10-4 to Robertson and 7-3 to Glen Hudy of the Northwest Territories. The same rocks as the Brier were used, Craig pointed out. “They curl a lot more than club rocks. It takes you a while to get used to that, too.’’ Overall, Craig enjoyed his first-ever visit to Yellowknife — that amounted to a 10-day stay — on and off the ice. He even got to enjoy a true Northwest Territories experience. “We went dog-sledding one day,’’ he said.
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