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Dalai Lama: Lake Cowichan woman meets spiritual leader PAGE 3

Town staffers avoid strike by agreeing to deal with council PAGE 2

Summer Nights is back: Music every Saturday through July and August PAGE 10

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Stephen Nahirick and BJ Sihota from the Kinsmen Club present a $5000 cheque to Sarah DeBodt of Community Services. On Friday, June 27 two members of the Lake Cowichan Kinsmen Club were at Lake Cowichan Community Services with a $5,000 cheque for the organization. The money was raised by the Kinsmen from fundraising events during the year. The funds will be used by Community Services for their Summer Camp programs. The local Kinsmen have been donating funds for the summer programs for over 20 years.

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Rain dances are being urged now by Cowichan River watchers.

Without rain, this year’s salmon run, and fry from other species, could die by fall.

“Is there cause to be concerned? You’re darned right!” said Paul Rickard, senior member of the Cowichan Stewardship Round Table.

He cited the 2003 drought as disastrous for Cowichan’s fish.

“2003 was bad, and it’s worse than that now,” Rickard said of the river that’s nearly

dry and down to seven cubic metres per second — the minimum legal summer flow allowed by the province. “The only tool we have is river-flow rate.”

That rate — controlled by the Lake Cowichan’s weir — will continue to be debated on by an ad-hoc river-flow committee, helmed by Catalyst’s Brian Houle.

Stakeholders will look at lake and river levels, expected summer rainfall and other factors affecting flow rates needed for fish, and Catalyst’s Crofton pulp mill. Once stakeholders reach a consensus on a flowrate action plan, they still need nods from

Ministry of Forests brass to bend the river’s mandated flow rule curve level.

“Ministry guys seldom take part in these discussions,” said Parker Jefferson of One Cowichan. “If we decide as a community to be proactive, we can’t do anything without approval from these guys who haven’t been there to hear our concerns and the technical issues we’re facing.”

Rickard said the river would normally be at 15 CMS, “and there’s some risk to lowering it for emerging late-spawning coho fry, and resident rainbow and brown trout, and steelhead.”

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“We may have to restrict the river flow over this summer to make sure we have enough for fall,” said Jefferson. “All we can do is pray for rain. Climate change is coming really quickly and that is evident here. We’re down by about 35% of summer rain since the ‘70s.”

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Low water flow levels bring concerns over salmon life cycle He and Jefferson remembered the 2003, 2006 and 2012 droughts when salmon were trucked upstream to spawn — crises that hatched local folks’ demands for more flow release control from Victoria.

“This year we don’t have the water to dump in. We’re well below the top of the weir,” said Jefferson.

“In the past 30 years, water input into Cowichan Lake has declined by 20% to 30 %,” added Rickard. “now packs have been lighter than usual for the past 10 years, and haven’t lasted as long.

“We do get heavy rains with pineapple expresses, and short periods of rain during the winter, but not summer top ups.”

Rickard noted about two-dozen lake landowners appealed to Victoria against allowing a month’s longer storage, but that appeal failed.

“Given all of this (drought), and the regular occurrence of it, is it time to look at storing more water in Lake Cowichan?”

Lake Cowichan Mayor Ross Forrest said last Tuesday night at a regular council meeting that the water news is “quite concerning.”

“Catalyst are going to meet once a week and North Cowichan and Duncan are already considering their water regulations for the summer,” said Forrest. “We will put this on our next Public Works Committee agenda.”

Forrest says Catalyst has turned down the water flow “so all the water isn’t gone too early.”

“We wouldn’t have enough water in the river to provide food for the fish. We also need dilution for sewer outflow.”

Councillor Jayne Ingram is equally concerned.

“We have salmon coming in the fall and if we don’t have any rainfall, a drought is a big concern,” she said.

-with files from Ross Armour

TOWN OF LAKE COWICHAN Property for Sale The Town of Lake Cowichan has the following properties for sale: PROPERTY PRICE UPSET PRICE 1. Lot 1, VIP81283 (with improvements) $275,900

Sealed bids marked “37 Wellington Property” and for no less than the upset price must be received by the undersigned no later than 4:30 pm, July 18th, 2014 and MUST be accompanied by a ten percent (10%) deposit (in the form of a certified cheque or bank draft) of the bid price. Only unsuccessful bids will have their deposits returned.

Balance of payment on the successful bid must be made by certified cheque or bank draft. Purchaser/s will be responsible for payment of all applicable conveyance, legal and tax expense costs.

Additional information may be obtained at the Municipal office.

Joseph A. Fernandez, Chief Administrative Officer Town of Lake Cowichan PO Box 860, 39 South Shore Road Lake Cowichan, BC V0R 2G0 *the highest or any bid not necessarily accepted*

SUMMER BOARD OFFICE HOURS The School Board Office will be closed to the public: Monday, July 7, 2014 to Friday, August 22, 2014 Re-opening Monday, August 25, 2014 (See: www.sd79.bc.ca for full details)

Central Receiving Summer Hours 8:00 am – 3:30 pm July 2, 2014 to August 22, 2014 Closed 12:00 noon to 12:30 pm

Operations Department Summer Hours 7:30 am – 3:30 pm June 30, 2014 to August 22, 2014 Closed 11:30 am to 12:30 pm

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Low water flow levels in the Cowichan River are causing concern over the life cycle of salmon and fry for this fall.

Strike averted as Lake Cowichan staffers accept four-year contract Unionized workers receive retroactive raises, keep floater holiday, gain minor benefits under deal ratified by council and staff last Tuesday night

Peter Rusland

Lake CowiChan Gazette

Members Town of Lake Cowichan staffers and council averted a strike by ratifying a four-year contract Tuesday June 24.

Workers had served council a 72-hour strike notice the previous Wednesday.

But Tuesday saw members vote to accept retroactive raises, and to keep their cherished annual floater holiday, by inking the four-year deal with town council.

Town chief administrator Joe Fernandez said his 16 employees, members of the United Steelworkers Local 1-1937, voted 64 per cent in favour of the deal retroactive to June 15, 2013.

“Council voted in favour of that (acceptance) also,” he said.

Terms give Lake Cowichan’s inside and outside workers a 45¢ per hour wage hop, retroactive to June 15, 2013.

Starting June 15, 2014 , they receive a 1% per hour raise — and will get a 1%

raise every six months until the contract expires on June 2017, he explained.

Town employees earned an average of $28.15 an hour before the new deal.

They will receive no increase in pensions, but did gain some minor additions to their benefits, Fernandez noted.

The contract followed a year of talks that eventually crumbled.

On May 30, USW members voted 88% in favour of strike action.

June 5 saw the USW bargaining committee given what a union release called an ultimatum: accept the town’s May 27 offer, before end of day June 14, or the entire raise for the first year would drop to zero.

Things changed by June 24 and the workers voted on accepting the town’s terms.

“The Town of Lake Cowichan’s USW workers have accepted a tentative collective agreement with a 64 per cent in favour vote. While relieved strike action

has been avoided, the result suggests there is still work to be done in the work environment,” said union business agent Chris Cinkant in a press release. “We are hopeful both parties can work together to rebuild a good and productive relationship in the immediate future. The now ratified Collective Agreement should be the first step in that direction.”

Lake Cowichan council is seemingly pleased a deal has been reached at long last.

“It was a difficult negotiating process but we are pleased to reach agreement so together with our employees, council could move forward with the important work it has planned for this and future years and achieve our goals of providing quality service to our residents,” said Mayor Ross Forrest.

-with files from Ross Armour

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Lake Cowichan woman meets the Dalai Lama Diana Hutton

Lake CowiChan Gazette

When we hear the word Buddhist, images of earnest young men in saffron robes, mountain top temples or souvenir statues of a fat and smiling deity often spring to mind. But Buddhists, like all believers, come in a variety of guises.

Buddhism, from the word “budhi” (to awaken or enlighten) dates back approximately 2500 years, when Siddhartha Gotama (the Buddha) was first enlightened at age 35. For many, Buddhism is more a way of life or philosophy, than a traditional religion. Its doctrines can be summed up in three simple points: 1) to lead a moral life, 2) to be mindful and aware of thoughts and actions and 3) to follow the Buddhist path of love of knowledge by developing wisdom and understanding. Today, there are over three hundred million practicing Buddhists worldwide. For Buddhists all over the world, an audience with his holiness, the Daili Lama is the dream of a lifetime.

For one Lake Cowichan woman, that dream came true this past April, when she was able to experience firsthand the teachings of the Nobel Prize winning Tibetan leader.

Valerie Yeow has called Lake Cowichan home since 2007, but spends 6 months of each year in India.

“When I first started going, I was teaching English to nuns and studying Buddhist philosophy,” said Yeow, who is a retired elementary school teacher who called Toronto home before moving to the island. “I actually took an early retirement so that I could do this. I’m lucky as by dividing my time between Lake Cowichan and India, I get the best of both worlds.”

Malaysian by birth , Yeow was raised in a Buddhist family, but like many people brought up in a certain religion, it was just something they were, but there was never much in the way of instruction or education about their beliefs. She moved from Malaysia to London, England and spent three years there, before moving to Toronto in 1971. It was later in life that Yeow started to research the faith that she had been raised in and a strong commitment was born.

“The first time I went to India was in 1996. I took a year off and did a lot of reading up on Buddhist philosophy in the Tibetan library in Dharamsala, while I was teaching English there,” said Yeow. “I had my first audience with his Holiness.

It was very different in those days, there was no security and you could be very close and take pictures.”

Yeow returned to Toronto in and in February 1997, everything changed.

“Two of his closest disciples were murdered in the monastery and suddenly security was tightened. People must now register before going to hear his teachings. It is very

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Valerie Yeow (front row third from the left) was part of this lucky audience who met the Dalai Lama in India recently.

different now,” said Yeow. to earth, just about being a good, compassionate and kind The Dalai Lama (which means “ocean of wisdom”) person.” was born Lhamo Dhondub, in 1935 to a farming family Yeow laughingly dispels many of the pre-conceived ideas and was recognised by Buddhist officials at age two, as that people have about Buddhists. the reincarnation of the previous 13 Dalai Lamas. He was “We’re not saintly people, or all vegetarians or anything enthroned before his fourth birthday. He went on to be like that. We’re just normal people who try to live good educated at a monastery and achieved the Geshe Llarampa lives,” Yeow explained. “You can’t pray to Buddha to fix or Degree (a doctorate of Buddhist philosophy). It was 1959, change things; you have to do things for yourself. You can’t when the he was forced to flee Tibet after a crackdown by blame problems on other people. It all starts within you.” the Chinese. He and an entourage of 20 men, including She describes a common occurrence, which takes place six Tibetan cabinet ministers made the perilous 15 day on the streets of Dharamsala whenever the Dalai Lama’s journey on foot from the Tibetan capital of Lhasa, over the motorcade is expected to pass by taking him to or from a Himalayan Mountains into India. Approximately 80,000 speaking engagement or meeting.

Tibetans followed their spiritual leader into exile, settling in “People line the streets and wait quite happily for hours for Dharamsala, a city in the Kangra district of north-western that one moment when they might see him,” said Yeow. “It’s India, where they had been offered asylum. His life of difficult to describe what it’s like being in his presence. His peaceful resistance earned him the Nobel Peace prize in warmth and humour just make you feel something by being 1989. close to him. It gives you goose-bumps! That’s just how he Yeow’s Buddhist beliefs are manifested in her warm and makes people feel.” tranquil presence.

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Lake legion doing well Ross Armour

Lake CowiChan Gazette

With news recently that the Royal Canadian Legion Branch in Duncan is on the verge of closure, Lake Cowichan’s version continues to have better fortunes.

Wilma Rowbottom, president of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 210 says all is well at Lake Cowichan’s legion and the branch has made a profit for the past three years.

“We are doing very well,” said Rowbottom. “We have paid all our bills for this year, we have money in the bank and we are getting new members all the time.”

Due to declining membership, amongst other things, the Cowichan Legion in Duncan is set to close this month.

That branch, number 53, cannot currently pay the rent on its Duncan building, a problem Rowbottom’s branch doesn’t have.

“We own our building so we don’t have a mortgage,” she said. “Our biggest expenses each year are taxes and wages.

“Our membership is just under 300 and it keeps increasing all the time which is very good. We’ve just passed a bylaw that new members can now vote as well, even if they’ve just

joined, so that’s good.”

Last year, the Lake Cowichan legion gave out $23, 301 to the community including through sports and high school bursaries.

Getting volunteers is never a problem either.

“The only time we have a problem getting volunteers is when we need people to sell poppies for Remembrance Day,” said Rowbottom. “Normally we have too many. We recently renovated our lounge and had lots of people come out to help with the painting and carpentry work.”

Rowbottom is saddened by the demise of the Cowichan Legion.

“I’m very sad about it,” she said.

“They gave out lots of money to the army and air cadets, the pipe band and they’ll all be missing out on those funds now. They gave out lots of money to the community every year. They always put on a fantastic Remembrance Day ceremony as well so it’ll be a real shame to see it go.

Rowbottom thinks legions must continue to attract younger members.

“People tend to think the legion is just an old fogies club. We have a lot of members in the 40, 50 and 60 age range and that does help. We always put on events that will keep them here.”

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A brief history of teacher demands VICTORIA – A few things have changed since the last all-out teacher strike in B.C. That was just two years ago, when the B.C. Teachers’ Federation was coming off its second-ever voluntary agreement with a 16% raise over five years and what the union termed an “enhanced” signing bonus of $4,000. Even with special teacheronly top-ups, BCTF members almost rejected the last of the government’s big-spending pre-Olympic labour deals signed in 2006.

By 2012, outraged teachers were back on the legislature lawn, howling for another 16%, with backup vocals provided as usual by HEU, CUPE, BCGEU and other public sector unions that settled for less. Teachers had just sailed through a crippling global recession with a series of raises, but were oblivious to all that.

Last week the protest venue switched to Vancouver, where both the crowd and the demands looked a bit thinner. The signing bonus target is up to $5,000, but the raise is a mere 8% over five years (compounded, for those who passed math), plus another huge basket of cash disguised as benefit improvements and so forth. Government negotiators put their total compensation demand at 14.5%.

One obvious dodge: they want the bottom two steps of the teacher salary grid dropped. That’s simply a raise for entry-level teachers. Admittedly those are rare creatures these days with shrinking enrolment and ironclad seniority rules that allow retired teachers to monopolize substitute work.

Something else that’s changed since 2012 is that the government has granted the BCTF’s wish to bargain directly with the province. The education ministry executed a takeover of the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association after last year’s election, and installed veteran industrial union negotiator Peter Cameron. He’s backed up by long-time

labour specialist Lee Doney, whose task is to keep the teacher deal within Treasury Board limits that have defined all other public sector union settlements.

Doney made it clear last week that no mediator is going to come in and “split the baby” as long as the BCTF position is so far beyond the current compensation framework.

Despite constant union complaints of low wages and deteriorating working conditions in B.C. schools, education grads remain lined up around the block hoping to get in. Why is that?

For those who have been exposed to life outside school for a while, it’s fairly simple. The job market out here in the real world is tough. And here’s how the real world evaluates a teaching job.

Start with 189 working days, each nine hours long as per the accepted definition, and the top-heavy seniority list that places the average teacher salary at around $72,000 a year. That works out to $42.32 an hour, plus a suite of benefits that most private sector employees can only dream about, starting with three months of prime-time vacation.

I am occasionally lectured by teachers that the job goes far beyond five hours in the classroom and an additional four hours a day preparing and marking.

They throw out different estimates, variously defined. Alas, it’s a salaried job, and we salaried employees in the real world don’t waste a lot of time counting hours. Here’s the work, here’s the deadline, here’s the pay. Take it or leave it.

Consider another union demand that seems to be just another thinly disguised raise. The BCTF wants a large increase in preparation time for elementary school. There are no duties being added here. For this one item, government negotiators calculate the cost to taxpayers at $86.2 million every year by the fifth year of the BCTF proposal.

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

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Alarmingly low water levels

in the Cowichan River brings about high levels of concern

With news recently of the low water levels in the Cowichan River and the fact that very little rainfall, as predicted for the summer, could affect the life cyle of salmon and fry fish come the fall, local political hierarchy as well as water experts have been outlining their concerns in a concrete way.

In the event of a drought, the fear is that lack of rain over the next few months will see the salmon die out following the summer, as there will not be enough water in the Cowichan River to keep them all alive.

Having heard further discussion concerning this subject last week, as I attended the Town of Lake Cowichan’s regular council meeting, it is clear that there now has to be a voice of concern for the fish.

At that council meeting, all of the councillors around the table as well as Mayor Ross Forrest and town staff, outlined their concerns to me.

That was last Tuesday.

In the next few days after that, I read and heard

from many local water stalwarts including Parker Jefferson and Bob Crandall who also outlined the worrying situation.

In the past few months, Jefferson, along with Cowichan Lake River Stewardship Society’s Gerald Thom have been declaring their hope and wish for local control of activities taking place in our watershed.

Right now, that weir is controlled by Catalyst.

With the current river situation looking to be worse than the droughts in previous years, its obvious that action needs to be taken immediately.

It will take a concerted effort by all the interested parties to solve this urgent problem.

There are different groups who have their own agendas in the discussion, but there needs to be a solution that works for all concerned parties.

But one thing’s for sure, all concerned are going to have to work together to figure out the best solution for the salmon and fry.

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THELAKE LAKE COWICHAN GAZETTE Wednesday, Wednesday, July 2, 2014 THE COWICHAN GAZETTE July 02, 2014 55

Street Beat

Cowichan Lake

SAYS

We asked: What do you think of Lake Cowichan Council having 10, 15 or 20 year financial plans for capital projects instead of just the five year plan?

Larry Comeau “I think it is a good idea, because all the businesses are leaving this town, they should plan farther into the future especially with tourism.”

Sheri Anderson “I am not a planner myself so having a five year plan is awsome. I don’t know about a 10 year because things can change so much. If the five year is working why change it?”

Louise MacDonald

Lisa Sharpe “Personally I think it “It might be better, it should just be five year, might be cheaper to start this town as you know is saving for long term projjust becomming a ghost ects now.” town, people come in set up shop , two months later they close, it is terrible. Stick with short term goals give people a break.”

Marjatta Breuhan “I think it is a good idea because you need to plan somewhat ahead instead of just a five year window.”

Lake Cowichan’s weir needs to be raised Any summer rains will help improve the situation, but very little rain is expected this year.

The submerged vegetation so preferred by our young salmon and trout will all be gone and many thousands of fry are going to be stranded in drying pools.

Fry rescue operations are ongoing, but that may not be enough to save our fish because they will have very little habitat available to them where they can avoid predation.

Our shrinking ne OwiChan river will force all fish into the main stem of the river where there is no shelter from the sun and the low flow rate will deal a double blow as the water will likely reach the lethal temperature of 24 degrees in many areas this summer. Our returning adult Chinook and Coho salmon could once again be stranded in the estuary, unable to enter the river, and be eaten by seals and sea lions this fall.

Parker Jefferson

At a recent Watershed Board Speaker Series talk at VIU we saw an amazing photograph that clearly demonstrates the value of our riparian vegetation and the importance of high water levels to our native fish.

James Craig of the BC Conservation Society explained that on a recent night swim they saw no fry in a 50 meter stretch of river until they came across a partially submerged Nootka Rose.

There, in the water among the thorns and rose hips were hundreds of fry, packed in like sardines. The rose was providing critical shelter for the growing fish.

That evening Wilf Leudke of DFO showed how our Chinook salmon are a very important indicator of river health. He also showed how our stewardship efforts are having a very positive impact on our Chinook salmon.

He said the degree of effort and coordination demonstrated here is unique in Canada and he commended us for our initiative. When asked what is the single most important thing we could do to improve the health of our lake and river he did not hesitate to say “Raise the weir”, a comment immediately echoed by James Craig.

On June 28, the flow in the Cowichan River was reduced to 5 cubic meters per second from our normal summer rate of 7. This was done to delay the point when we reach zero storage and river runs dry until October 1.

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A minimum flow is required for Catalyst to continue to operate its mill in Crofton, and there is a very good chance that minimum may be seen this year causing a shut down that has been estimated to cost about $1 million per day to our economy.

There will also be serious concerns for the operation of the sewage plant that services the lower valley including Duncan and North Cowichan.

Minimum flows are required in order to provide enough dilution of the discharge that enters the river.

Expensive remediation measures will need to be taken for the Joint Utility Board to continue to operate the treatment plant safely.

Emergency measures are now being considered including installing huge water pumps in the lake that will pump water over the bottom of the weir to keep the river running this fall.

This will be an expensive and temporary solution, but we need a permanent solution to what is expected to be a recurring problem.

We must store more water when we get it in the winter and early spring. We must raise the weir.

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The Cowichan Lake District Chamber of Commerce held it’s annual summer barbeque on Wednesday, June 25 with 43 members and guests attending. This year the get together was held at Cowichan River Wilderness Lodge. Left: Katherine Worsley, Chamber visitor centre co-ordinator, Dennis Caldecott of Wall Street Vacations and Guy Patten relax in the shade after dinner. Right: Chuck and Shirley Anderson,who now live in Nanaimo, but owned a B&B in Honeymoon Bay for years came down for the barbeque.

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Photo shows the western end of Nitinat Camp (Camp 3) with the logging rail line going right through the camp that employed hundreds of loggers over the years, many of whose families also lived in camp in company-owned family residences. From 1937 until 1972 Shaw Creek School, later called Nitinat Elementary School, provided primary and elementary education to camp children and years later providing education for children from the Nitinat (First Nations) village twenty miles away. Long-time school teacher, the late Emily Garnett taught in the school for many years.

It was a logging camp and logging community, Nitinat (Camp 3) was located at the head of Cowichan Rolli Lake towards Gunderson the Nitinat Valley.

In the 1920’s it was PAGES OF HISTORY called Kissinger camp (situated near Kissinger Lake) just past the far end of Cowichan Lake. At that time it became a holding of Industrial Lumber Mills (ITM) who also owned the lumber mill at Youbou.

Due to the Depression the operation was closed in 1931 leaving many men without employment and Nitinat camp almost a ghost town.

Five years later the business was purchased by International Lumber Mills which hired some 200 employees who came to work and live in camp.

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Products (BCFP) “was formed out of ITM” (source MOFM website) and ran the operation until it was purchased by Crown Zellerbach in the early 1950’s.

Things went relatively well for the next few decades but the early 1980’s, Camp 3 was on its last legs and soon after the camp closed for good. Some of the employees retired while others found work elsewhere, regardless, everyone eventually moved away.

The place began to take on a look of a ghost town.

Logging equipment, railway tracks and buildings, including workshops, residences, cookhouse, bunkhouses, community hall, school and residences were moved or torn down.

Anything left behind (wood) either rotted or returned to the soil. Eventually the forest took back the land leaving no clue that an active work place and community had once been there. At nearby Kissinger Lake, a campsite was eventually established and is still popular today.

Around the end of the 1980’s the New Zealand company Fletcher Challenge (Fletcher Challenge Canada) purchased the entire BCFP and Crown Zellerbach holdings made up of actual logging locations and saw and pulp mills throughout Canada.

The sale included the land (and forests) that had once been home to many employees and their families who had called Nitinat / Camp 3 home.

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The view looking west from the business end of Camp 3 (Nitinat Camp) 1947, was one of industry amid the forest. The residence on the left is that of the camp superintendent, with the rest of the company dwellings at the east (opposite) end of camp beyond the home of the super. The big building on the right was the locomotive repair shops, machine and blacksmith shops, gas engine and power saw shops and a power generating plant for operating the shop machinery and the camp buildings. Across the tracks was the new Camp 3 community hall which was officially opened October 1946 and which has the effect of transforming camp life from a comparatively monotonous routine to social events that give camp life a new meaning.

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Musical evenings at Central Park Saturdays through July and August Ross Armour

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Here is just a few of the CICV 98.7 FM family at their “Power Up the Tower” radio fundraiser. DJ Liz Andres, program director Rick Andres, DJ Julie Black, Haley Fleming, Lucy and Richard Vermier, “Grandma” Grace Bond and Andy Rowe.

Summer Nights is back for its third consecutive year and will see a whole range of musicians and entertainers take to the Central Park stage every Saturday night throughout July and August.

Organizer Elvin Hedden, also a member of The Good Times Band, explained that there will be live music or entertainment in the park every Saturday from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., with an open stage to begin with.

For the first half an hour, the stage at the park in lake Cowichan will be ‘open’ with any local artist or entertainer encouraged to come on down and strut their stuff.

“Anyone can come on down and put on a show,” said Hedden. “They can tell a joke, sing, dance, whatever they want. I will have a CD burner that they can use to sing to a track if they wish, although it all has to be family appropriate material of course.”

From 6:30 p.m. onwards, an artist or group will perform for the next two hours, with some old and new faces set to take to the stage this time around.

The 2014 lineup is as follows: July 5: Country and Western performer Terry Brennan July 12: Jan Matthews in Overdrive July 19: Mary Egan and Ron Ingram July 26: Unified Five / Balaam’s Donkey August 2: Mazimba Marimba

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“Grandma” Grace Bond, Julie Black, Liz Andres and “Far away Grandma” are just a few of the DJ’s Broadcasting Live from the Lake Cowichan radio station CICV 98.7 FM. Saturday (June 28) was their “Power up the Tower” fundraiser. Money raised will allow the radio station to purchase a 50-watt transmitter so the radio station can increase its broadcast range from Duncan to Youbou. How do you appreciate living in Canada? Let the CICV Radio know and win a gift bag from Royal LePage realty or send in your entry to www.win@cicv.ca, contest ends Thursday, July 3.

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Hedden and the Summer Nights Committee have raised $1,800 this year in sponsorship money which they are extremely grateful for.

“We pay our performers $100 and that will cover that. We try not to go to the same businesses for sponsorship all the time. We’ve only been paying the performers the last two years as the first year was all volunteer, so last year we decided to start paying the performers $100 an hour.”

Hedden believes that is great value for money with some excellent entertainment already lined up.

“The average rate for a musician is $300 an hour.

When I did all the bookings, they all said that this is their livelihood and what they love to do but they did say it would be nice to get a little something to cover the cost and expenses.”

Sponsors for this year’s Summer Nights are Pringles Insurance Duncan, CVRD Areas F and I, Darling Tire, Royal Bank of Canada, Bell’s Custom Flooring, Lake Cowichan Curves, Built 2 Last Construction and Cowichan Valley Arts Council.

Tim Hortons is also providing 10 packets of coffee each night as well as Timbits.

“Pat Weaver and Ian Morrison at the CVRD have been great with their sponsorship,” said Hedden.

“There will be a 50/50 draw each night and all the not-for-profit groups will be going round with cans, looking for donations. We’ll also sell popcorn and pop and all the donations and profits will go to the not-for-profit groups.”

This year’s NFP groups at Summer Nights are CICV Radio, the Seniors’ Centre, Kaatza Historical Society, Lake Cowichan Animal Rescue and the Kaatza Arts Group.

“Generally the audience has gotten bigger every year,” said Hedden. “It all depends on the timing and the weather but an artist will go out and perform even if there is just one person sitting in the audience. That’s the way performers are.

“Our goal when we started was to give an opportunity to young performers to come out and perform. It was also to draw people into the community from places like Honeymoon Bay, Duncan and all over the Island. And of course to give the NFP groups some money.

“The best thing about the evenings and my favourite thing is looking into the audience, seeing people participate, smile and enjoy themselves,” said Hedden.”

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Top: Lake Cowichan’s PeeWee Lakers were awarded the “Most Sportsmanlike Team” while playing at the Chris Fenton Memorial Tournament in Chemainus earlier this season. The award is given by the umpires to the team that showed the most respect to the umpires and their calls.

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Some guys quit after a number of holes , but not Graeme Cockle.

He skillfully chipped in for a birdie on the first hole and then chipped in for a second bird on the same hole on the second nine.

Jug Kalar shot an excellent round of 81 to win the Low Gross prize, while Ray Bourassa had a Low Gross of 84, which gave him the Low Net prize at 69. K.P.’s went to Leo Tardiff and Lance Lingren.

Bourassa scored a Bird and a Chip In Par. Kalar also got a Chip In Par and Tom Clarkson had a Chip In Bird.

Rick Nott blasted from a trap for a Sandy Par.

Jug Kalar will play against Gary Callender for the Match- Play Championship.

Coming up soon are the InterClub Matches at Cottonwood and Mt.Brenton. Watch for the Sign-up Sheets.

Some players have been complaining about the slow pace of play lately. Duffer O’Doule offers this advice: “If you are feeling pressed by the foursome behind you…wave them through… and then speed up!”

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Building off that success Some Jeep aficionados is the introduction of an might not be intrigued The 2014 all-new Cherokee. It has by this new design but been almost twenty years Cherokee is a newcomers to the brand since we had a Cherokee thoroughly modern might. The starting price in the market and this is $23,495, which is less SUV with goone is radically different than it’s major comfrom anything one might anywhere capability petitors. For this price, remember. Since the you get standard air and around town Chrysler group didn’t have refinement that needs conditioning, Bluetooth a small SUV in its portfolio connectivity, two USB to be experienced. to take on established ports, a 5-inch Uconnect players like the Toyota screen and power winZack Spencer RAV4, Honda CR-V and dows/doors. The AWD Ford Escape, this 2014 Cherokee has a model starts at $25,695, which is also lot riding on its success the lowest price model in this class. The closest competitor, on price, image and Looks capability might be the Subaru Forester Unlike the last 1990s Cherokee, this for $25,995. radically different Jeep is based on a car platform instead of a rugged truck Inside chassis. This approach is lighter, to The interior of the all-new Cherokee is save fuel, and rewards the driver with more upscale than most of the competgood on-road manners. Built off the itors. The doors, armrest and dash are same Alfa Romeo-derived platform covered in soft touch materials. The front

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The rear seats too are comfy and slide for and aft for more cargo storage.

When placed in the normal position, the legroom isn’t ample but on par with others in this class. Connecting to the Cherokee is a snap with the optional 8.4-inch Uconnect system that pairs with smartphone in seconds, is very quick between commands, and has nice looking graphics. The base screen is five inches but has many of the same functionality. Behind the steering wheel, inside the instrument cluster, is another programmable screen for all the information the driver needs frequently.

Drive The base 2.4L 4-cylinder with 184hp is the base engine on all trim levels.

For just $1,300 any Cherokee can be equipped with the optional 3.2L V6 engine – making the walk up to this 271hp engine within reach for many buyers. In addition, this is the very first application of a 9-speed automatic anywhere in the auto industry, providing improved fuel economy and drivability. Having a chance to drive both the 4-cylinder and V6 models with the all-new 9-speed automatic, I’m torn. The V6 is the engine of choice for towing, steep mountain

A good off-roader, comfortable and an easy street performer, the Cherokee does both equally well.

runs and longer distance driving. The flip side is that the 4-cylinder is a very good in-city commuter and the lighter engine helps this Cherokee to corner, brake and manouevre better. The 9-speed automatic shifts quickly and smoothly, in fact I forgot it had so many cogs but it does improve fuel economy with a highway rating of 6.4L/100km with the 4-cylinder and 7.0L with the V6.

Most Canadians will opt for the AWD versions thanks to our winter conditions, but here too there are more choices.

Jeep has included three AWD systems.

The first is a called Active Drive 1 with a selectable drive mode called Select-Terrain, for automatic, snow, mud and sand settings. The second is called Active Drive 2 and offers a two-speed mode for low speed crawling. The most aggressive system is Active Drive Lock, which comes in the off-road purpose-built Cherokee called Trailhawk. The Trailhawk is a ‘real’ Jeep; this is thanks to a locking rear differential and a host of electronic aids. The most impressive feature is the low speed crawling mode for both up and down hill tasks. Therefore, Jeep purists, yes there is a Cherokee for you.

Verdict This new Cherokee is off to a fantastic start. Sales are strong and the sharp design is bringing in buyers, not shoving them away. The 2014 Cherokee could not be further away from the last model; this is a thoroughly modern SUV with go-anywhere capability and aroundtown refinement that needs to be experienced.

The Lowdown Power: 184hp 2.4L 4-cylinder, and 271hp 3.2L V6.

Fill-up: 9.9L/7.0L/100km (city/highway AWD) Sticker price: $23,695-$32,195

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Sara Ferguson, receiving her bursary at Legion Executive meeting, presented by Wilma Rowbottom, president.

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■ Clarification: In the June 25 issue of the Gazette it was incorrectly stated that the Wilderness Watch hosted a classic family fishing derby. It was in fact the Valley Fish & Game Club that hosted the fishing derby as they have for many years.

■ Cowichan Lake Recreation has just announced it is taking registration for its forthcoming summer camps. Kids can now register for the Fun In the Sun Day Camp. The camp runs every day from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. starting July 7. Pre- and post-camp care is also available.

How about teaching them swimming skills? They are offering all levels of Red Cross Swim Preschool and Swim Kids at Arbutus Park.

■ Cowichan Lake Recreation has also just announced that it is now putting on dry floor activites at the Cowichan Lake Sports Arena. Daytime skating is now being offered Monday through Friday 11a.m. to 12:50 p.m. Public skates are also happening on Friday nights from 6:30 p.m. until 7:50 p.m. and a free public skate Mondays from 3:30 p.m. to 4:50 p.m.

Ball hockey is also being offered on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6 p.m. to 9p.m.

Broom ball will fill the same time spot on Wednesdays.

This electrc Tesla SP85 sports car was spotted in town recently. Superintendent Nagi Rizk said, “This car has a zero tailpipe emission, a range of 480 km per charge, 0 to 100 km in 4.4 sec and top speed of 210k km/hr. It is also a $104,400 car. We built the EV charging station and now it is on the web. It is good for the Town, to add this type of attraction to Town and bring in people who can spend more into our local economy, with a minimal carbon footprint to leave behind. “

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email: ldhc@shaw.ca

GaS Bar

TIPTONS GAS BAR

Gas • Diesel Boat Gas Confections • Bait • Ice

250-749-6133

OPEN: Mon.-Sat: 5a.m.-10p.m.

Sun: 7a.m. - 8p.m.

14 North Shore Rd. Lake Cowichan

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• Hot water heaters • Fiberglass tubs • Acrylic jetted tubs • Pumps • Fish ponds • Faucets • Sprinklers • Repair parts from A - Z

GRIFFITHS

HOME PLUMBING CENTRE

251 Government St. ,Duncan

250-746-4534

En-TIRE-ly at your Service 250-749-6614

GRAVEL | SAND | CRUSH ROCK | DRAINROCK | TRUCKING

250-732-4570 Shane Baker

For all your gravel supplies

MINI EXCAVATOR & BOBCAT SERVICES

We are just a short 20 minutes away from Lake Cowichan.

Email: dignhaul@live.ca

Landscaping | Septic Services DUMP TRUCK: 1-6 YARDS

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(Beside the Post Office in Lake Cowichan)

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3881 Finwood Place, Duncan 250-715-3003

Gutters GUtterS 4 Season ❀❂ ❄

DRINK WATER

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250.746.1666

46 South Shore Rd.

vendors welcome Newnew vendors or buskers welcome.

Call Bob: 250-749-7233 or 250-510-1113

STONE R IDGE SAND AND GRAVEL

Gentle, CarinG team

New patients always welcome!

For your free in home heating estimate

20+ years experience

LAKE DENTAL HEALTH CENTRE

eXCaVatING

ROAD

STONERIDGE CONTRACTING

Painting PaINtING

PetS & SUPPLIeS

A gutter above the rest.

Featuring: Crown Moulding

PAINTING

Cowichan Pet Emporium (1996)

Fascia Gutters

Specializing in small jobs & painting textured ceilings

Call Steve for Free estimates!

• Light Commercial • Residential • Interior/Exterior • Small High-End Jobs

GUTTER Company

Locally owned & operated

250-715-6038 250-749-4192

Call Casey

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PACIFIC-WEST ELECTRIC

250-701-1755

• Fish • Pet food/supplies • Otter Co-op Livestock Feed • Wood Pellets • Grooming

MONTHLY VET CLINIC

with Dr. Nancy Holling

170A Cowichan Lake Rd.

250-510-2732

250-749–4454

Tree SerVICe Service tree

trUCkING

Tree Service

SERVICE REPAIRS + UPGRADES • REWIRE NO JOB TOO SMALL

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Commercial & Residential

Dangerous Tree Removal/Storm Prevention •

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Topping, Limbing, Falling

Selective or Clear Cut Logging •

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140 HP chipper for fast, efficient cleanup

Insured & Licensed • Free Estimates & Advice

250-748-3939

Look f Look f pro pro bakin bakin & cr & cr

Foll Foll Saturdays 10 a .m. - 2 p. m.

Every Saturday Greenc 10am - 2pm Greenc May 19 thru to October 11 10am - 2pm C May until Thanksgiving Everything grown, baked, May until isThanksgiving HoC or new hand vendors crafted by welcome our vendors.

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SOMENOS RD.

– ONE CALL COVERS IT ALL –

After hour service | Seniors’ discounts Renovations | New construction | Repairs Hot water tanks | Drain cleaning Septic Design & Installation Water services

dentist DeNtISt

• General & Cosmetic Dentistry • Digital X-rays • Laser Gum Surgery • Wisdom Teeth Extraction

SERVICE, REPAIR AND INSTALL

COVAL PLUMBING

johnportelance@shaw.ca

Honeymoon Bay Bay Honeymoon Outdoor Market Outdoor Market Now in our 8th year!

Every Saturday

SOMENOS RD.

accurate air

JOHN PORTELANCE

250-749-3174

market

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• Oil, Gas & Electric Furnaces • Heat Pumps • Refrigeration • Duct Cleaning

Quality comes first.

• Renovations • Installations • Framing • All Finishing Carpentry • Custom Kitchens • Laminate Flooring • Decks • Fences • Sheds • Additions • Windows & Doors

REG. #12129

FOR ALL YOUR HEATING and COOLING NEEDS

FINISHING CARPENTER WITH OVER 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE.

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Nagi Rizk

TOP SOIL • BARK MULCH COMPOST • SAND • GRAVEL Specializing in delivering 1 - 5 yard loads.

Bill: 250-701-5153

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THE LAKE COWICHAN GAZETTE

www.lakecowichangazette.com

Made for each other.

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With Easy Tablet*, take iPad mini home starting from $0 † up front on Canada’s most reliable ‡ 4G network.

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*Easy Tablet is only available to existing TELUS mobility customers with minimum three months’ tenure or greater and good payment history, subject to existing credit policy. Not available to customers on the credit limit program. Only available at participating locations. Customers must subscribe to an eligible monthly TELUS tablet rate plan ® in order to qualify for the Easy Tablet offer. The monthly Easy Tablet repayment charge is subject to applicable taxes. If the service agreement is cancelled before the end of the term, the remaining balance of the purchase price will be applied as a one-time charge to the account, along with a $50 cancellation fee in applicable provinces. Once the purchase price has been paid, the service will continue on a month-to-month basis without the monthly charge for the tablet. †16 GB iPad mini is $0 up front. You pay the rest of the purchase price over time by adding $19.12 per month to your monthly rate plan on a 2-year term. Taxes, long distance, additional airtime, roaming and pay-per-use charges are extra. ‡Based on testing of voice-call success rates, data-session completion rates and industry-standard call-quality measures against other national wireless service providers in metropolitan areas across Canada. TELUS and the TELUS logo are trademarks of TELUS Corporation, used under licence. TM and © 2013 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. © 2013 TELUS.

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*Easy Tablet is only available to existing TELUS mobility customers with minimum three months tenure or greater and good payment history, subject to existing credit policy. Not available to customers on the credit limit program. Only available at participating locations. Customers must subscribe to an eligible monthly TELUS tablet rate plan in order to qualify for the Easy Tablet offer. The monthly Easy Tablet repayment charge is subject to applicable taxes. If the service agreement is cancelled before the end of the term, the remaining balance of the purchase price will be applied as a one-time charge to the account, along with a $50 cancellation fee in applicable provinces. Once the purchase price has been paid, the service will continue on a month-to-month basis without the monthly charge for the tablet. †16 GB iPad mini is $0 up front. You pay the rest of the purchase price over time by adding $19.12 per month to your monthly rate plan on a 2 year term. Taxes, long distance, additional airtime, roaming and pay-per-use charges are extra. ‡Based on testing of voice-call success rates, data-session completion rates and industry-standard call-quality measures against other national wireless service providers in metropolitan areas across Canada. TELUS and the TELUS logo are trademarks of TELUS Corporation, used under licence. TM and © 2013 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. © 2013 TELUS.

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