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Chamber of Commerce: Update from the visitor centre PAGE 4

Baseball association pleads with town to fix ball field PAGE 3

BC Summer Games: Ball players make Island team PAGE 12

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Alarmingly low water levels in Robertson Creek in the early hours of the morning last Thursday saw the Cowichan Lake Salmonid Enhancement Society move in to conduct a salmon fry rescue act. Fern Androsoff (left) and Ashley Pifko (right) hold a net device used to rescue the fry, which were then placed into white buckets before being transported elsewhere. Bob Crandall from the CLSES, who was also at the scene, said “It is important for landowners adjacent to salmon streams to alert us to drying conditions as we cannot be everywhere at one time. We were able to salvage more than 3,000 coho salmon fry from these drying waters. We are currently involved in a joined project with fry salvage that involves DNA collection for the purpose of eventually reseeding Lake Cowichan tributaries with a dwindling salmon species.”

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Lake Cowichan council will attempt to educate the public as much as possible in the weeks ahead, as the drastic situation of the local watershed continues to occupy heavy discussions.

That theme continued at July’s Public Works Committee meeting at the town hall after recent news of alarmingly low water levels and flow in the Cowichan River, which has prompted fears of the life cycle of salmon come the fall.

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Mayor Ross Forrest agrees the town has to do something and take the bull by the horns.

“I agree we should be doing something,” said the mayor. “We can be reducing. Cutting off 100 per cent is not the answer. I don’t water my lawn at all. We need to constantly be sending the message out there. We’ve got to continue to talk about the problem and educate the public. Everybody wants to conserve, but nobody wants everything to die. The voluntarily approach I think is a good idea. We are metering, so if people overuse they are paying for that. That’s probably helping already.”

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At the Lake Days 2014 Town Steak Dinner, Sam Beldessi and Eileen Pilkington were both presented certificates of appreciation for service of over 20 years marshaling the Lake Days Parade. Sam and Eileen while associated with the Lake Cowichan Lions Club continuously show up every year and put every ounce of energy they can muster into making sure the parade entries all show up every year and get lined up and judged and sent off on their way down South Shore Road. I am always amazed at the dedication and leadership of these two in everything they do. This kind of community service is given selflessly and is seldom recognized. The Lake Days Celebration Society loves these two and hope to have them around for a few more years. This kind of dedication is what keeps the heart of this community beating strong. Bob K. Day.

Community garden still alive Ross Armour

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The prospect of a community garden for Lake Cowichan and the Cowichan Lake area could still be on the cards.

Cowichan Green Community recently submitted a proposal to the town’s council for the garden in order to “support Island Health’s goal to provide innovation solutions and multistakeholder partnerships that enhance community capacity to meet the health needs of Cowichan Lake area residents by creating community gardens.

The proposal is welcome news for Coun. Bob Day who has been driving the idea of a community garden and urban food forest at Centennial Park for months.

Day and the town were recently turned down in grant applications for the projects which were part of the Centennial Park Revitalization plan.

“We were unsuccessful in our grants for the revitalization of Centennial Park but I still feel as though it’s a very valuable next step,” said Day. “I told the public I wasn’t going to stop there and I still don’t know when to push back. I would still like to do it so that it is of no cost to the town or the taxpayer, so through sponsorship and corporate grants. Our only timeline for this is March next year with the budget. The Centennial Park project

Hornbrook’s dismay at pool vote Ross Armour

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isn’t just a place to play baseball or walk the dog, it’s a place for everybody. It could be a miniature Stanley Park.”

Judy Stafford was on hand at last Tuesday’s Parks, Recreation and Culture Committee meeting at the town hall to give details of the proposal.

“Island Health approached us about a month ago on doing a project out in Lake Cowichan,” she said. “Bob is still driving the grants and more money will come. Community consultation is important still. We are offering to do events that will get the community excited about the project.”

Stafford explained that if the garden was to come about, all community consultation and design will have to be done by March 15 of next year.

“It will be quick but it can be done,” she said. “It’s really timely but would be a good step to getting a food forest down the road.

Island Health want people to participate.”

Mayor Ross Forrest still believes determining a concrete location for the garden will be key.

“Identifying the exact location is the most important thing here,” said the mayor.

Day finished by suggesting Stafford meet with the town’s superintendent of public works, Nagi Rizk, to discuss and potentially determine the location.

That will happen in the next couple of weeks.

With news that the Town of Lake Cowichan is in favour of buying into the Cowichan Aquatic Centre in Duncan, that has been met with mixed reviews at the town’s council table.

A recent vote declared almost 80% of the town wish to buy into the pool, which will see residents pay the same price as those in Duncan and North Cowichan to use it.

Residents in CVRD Area F (Cowichan Lake South/Skutz Falls) and I (Youbou/Meade Creek) still have to pay over the double the price if they want to use the pool.

The Town of Lake Cowichan will now pay $3,000 annually so residents using the pool pay the same as Duncan and North Cowichan.

But Coun. Frank Hornbrook is still unhappy and was never an advocate of buying into the deal when discussions were circulating at council months ago.

“51 per cent of residents in North Cowichan and Duncan voted to build that pool and now they want our money to fund it,” said Hornbrook at last Tuesday’s Parks, Recreation and Culture Committee meeting. “I don’t ever see a swim team from Lake Cowichan going there. It’s $3,000 we can use here. If we keep spending our tax dollars over Hill 60 then there’s no point in budgeting for the Town of Lake Cowichan.”

Hornbrook concluded by saying that the Town of Ladysmith doesn’t pay into the Cowichan Aquatic Centre but Coun. Bob Day said that Ladysmith “pays into their own” pool at the Frank Jameson Community Centre.

“The decision has been made and we beat it up,” said Day. “I’m glad it went to the public.”

Mayor Ross Forrest believes the 79.9% majority is emphatically enough to buy into the pool.

CVRD Area E (Glenora/Sahtlam/Cowichan Station), the closest CVRD electoral area to the pool, has already said it will not be buying in and will remain in the two-tier system.

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In-vessel composter still a ways off it seems so we are still looking at all options.”

Coun. Bob Day has been the instigator of an inLake CowiChan Gazette vessel composter for the town from the get-go and The scenario of an in-vessel composter arriving in still wishes that town purchase one in the future, amongst continued efforts for green action.

Lake Cowichan is still a long way off with council “I agree that it’s not a time-sensitive thing but I’d confirming it will not be purchased until next year. still like to see us keep it on the agenda,” said Day at At last Tuesday’s Public Works Committee the meeting. meeting, chief administrator Joe Fernandez “I’d like to hear us have a stated that he doesn’t see the conversation about where we purchased as a time-sensitive would be taking it.” thing with the town still Fernandez said that town staff gathering data on organic will continue to come back to waste. the council table with more info The machine would convert on organics as the town moves organic waste into compost for forward on that front. domestic use, amongst other things.

Coun. Frank Hornbrook, who “There is no update. We are still Joe Fernandez chaired the meeting, concluded gathering information and looking by saying that updates on the inat all the options. It’s not a timevessel composter would continue sensitive thing,” said Fernandez who to stay on the agenda at future explained that a definite purchase public works meetings going forward. wouldn’t come about until 2015 at the earliest.

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Baseball pleads for field fix Ross Armour

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Lake Cowichan District Minor Baseball Association has pleaded with the Town of Lake Cowichan to fix the baseball field at Centennial Park in time for next season.

Bryan Hill, president of the LCDMBA, wrote a letter to council stating the association may have both a midget and bantam team next year.

Currently, the lower field at Centennial Park is unplayable and Lake Cowichan teams must travel elsewhere to play their ‘home games.’

Council has already set aside $30,000 for ball park improvements.

“I am hoping the town can find the money to add to what has already been set aside for the lower field so we can make it our home field again,” said Hill in his letter. “I would like to see the association and Nagi Rizk (superintendent of public works) possibly meet to discuss if it is viable to use what you have given us to level and grade the field this summer and maybe trench it and put drainage in next year if we get more funding.

This is the only way I can see it being usable next year as our home field.”

Hill added that the bantam team this year won the South Island championship and said the only thing that would have made that better was “if we could have done this playing on fields in our home town and I hope we can make this possible for teams in the future.”

Coun. Bob Day sympathized with Hill and hopes council can move forward somehow, despite money constraints, to fix the field for good.

“In my mind, I’ve been dealing with this issue with the public for three or four years now,” said Day at July’s Parks, Recreation and Culture Committee meeting. “We could have two teams that won’t be playing their home games in Lake Cowichan.

I realize with budget we can’t do anymore than $30,000 but I still feel

bad. We spent $7 million that we got from the taxpayer to build the sports arena, but we can’t get the baseball field up to scratch. It’s time we get down there and get it done somehow.

“I’m not putting down this table or past tables, but we want to attract young families to come here.”

Day was referencing the Cowichan Sportsplex in North Cowichan, a multi-million dollar facility, and Mayor Ross Forrest believes this is the expectation local baseball players now have.

“That field is a multi-million dollar facility, it’s used by lots of people,” said Forrest at the meeting. “That is the expectation our ball players have now after playing there. I understand that but unless we have grant money, I don’t see how we can do that. We can’t fix our field for $100,000 as we don’t have the capacity. It’s tough.”

Rizk believes his hands are tied.

“Unless we come up with a plan that’s viable and responsible where we know how everything is going to work, I’m not sure what else I can do,” he said. “I am in touch with Bryan and I said we could trench it and fix the drainage in time for next year. I’d be glad to consider any plans we or they may have, then we can review and go to the experts. It will depend on budget.”

Day is set to remain hopeful.

“We went to a referendum to get money and got $7.6 million for the Cowichan Lake Sports Arena,” he said. “We don’t need that much. To have teams playing here, that’s the future of the town. We need to put the back and forth to bed.”

Forrest also wants to see baseball return to the field as soon as possible.

“I want to see baseball there. But to get to the level of expectation that they have now is going to take an awful lot.

We have to keep applying for grants as we don’t have the capacity right now unless we raise a lot of money.

We need big financial help. I would love to see it happen.”

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Letting drivers set speed limits VICTORIA – “Fast is the new slow,” declared one Toronto newspaper’s front page when the B.C. government announced it is increasing speed limits around the province.

The headline picked up on Transportation Minister Todd Stone’s justification for raising limits on 35 stretches of rural B.C. highway. Stone referred to traffic studies that show portions of the highway system where the vast majority of drivers already travel at the new speeds.

Stone emphasized that accident risk is not so much a function of speed, but of differences in speed between vehicles.

That’s why the signs going up this summer will include a new warning for left lane hogs: “Keep Right – Let Others Pass.”

For the first time, there is a 120 km/h limit on three segments of rural divided highway, parts of the Coquihalla, the Okanagan Connector and a stretch between Parksville and Campbell River on Vancouver Island.

Having regularly driven up and down the B.C. Interior highway system for the past 30 years, I can confirm that particularly once you get “beyond Hope,” drivers do set the speed limit.

In good conditions, it’s generally about 10 km over the posted maximum, particularly in the long spaces between communities where resources to do regular speed enforcement simply don’t exist.

Improvements in the road system, and the modern vehicles that drive it, have been enormous.

My last trip was in June, up the Fraser Canyon and on through the Cariboo to Prince George. The canyon offers some of the harshest road-building conditions in Canada, but even portions of that cliff-hanging, rock-and-tunnel road are getting increases from 90 to 100 km/h.

There are two common assumptions about this move. One is that increasing the speed limit means people will automatically drive faster. The other is that higher speeds mean more accidents,

or at least more severe accidents.

The government downplayed opposition to this change, which Stone signalled last fall when he launched the public consultation.

Police agencies don’t like it. ICBC officials are skeptical to say the least. ICBC’s latest rate increase was attributed mostly to cost pressure from higher injury payouts, and it will be tracking the sections of higher speed limit to see if the number of severe accidents goes up.

Speed wasn’t singled out when interim ICBC boss Mark Blucher made the case for an increase of nearly 5% on basic insurance last fall. One reason why claims for bodily injury, pain and suffering, future care and loss of earnings are going up is that more people are hiring lawyers.

Another reason is distraction, not just from mobile devices but also more pedestrians and cyclists in urban areas.

Are drivers getting worse? A recent report out of Saskatchewan suggests they are.

In 2013, only 48% of new drivers in Saskatchewan passed their road test.

The test hasn’t changed much in the past decade, and there are more immigrants who aren’t accustomed to highway driving, North America style.

But a veteran driving instructor calls today’s new drivers “the weakest generation I’ve ever taught,” after they spent their formative passenger years watching TV or playing with game machines and other screens while on the road.

“The awareness level isn’t where it was when I started 15 years ago,” Margot Podiluk told the Saskatoon StarPhoenix. “Today’s generation, they’re so connected to electronic devices they don’t look out of car windows.”

If raising speed limits is a mistake, accident statistics will soon tell the tale. My expectation is that on rural highways, speed limits are just catching up to the traffic.

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

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Update from the visitor centre

The visitor centre is a vital asset to the communities and the businesses around the lake, and funding is an important component to making sure that the services offered are not decreased or discontinued.

Your support monetarily and through in-kind man hours throughout the year is appreciated and always welcome.

In November of 2013 the chamber started a metal drive fundraiser in order to raise much needed funds to support the summer student wages to operate the visitor centre in the peak season...this project has helped to support the CICV Radio with $800.00 plus recycled fencing to fence the new tower location valued at $1000.00 and the 2014 Grads received $800.00…. the metal bin is now located at Beaver Lake resort and the communities can continue to support this fundraiser by dropping off their metal castoffs.

This year we have three local part time students working at the visitor centre and they have already received reports from some of the thousands of visitors that have enjoyed our communities for the wonderful hospitality, service and natural beautiful attractions.

Many of return visitors commented on the many changes of the street scape and how wonderful it all looks.

They look forward to the completion of the new town square at the new library location.

Still the big request are where are the big

trees, how can they get into the river and lake, there were many suggestions made for what they would like to see here in our area…like a water park, street vendors, bike rentals, and ball rentals for the volley ball court and tennis court.

From January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013, we had a total 30,187. Total visitors to date are at 14,943.

Our month of June saw a 36% increase of visitors…with the annual Lake Days weeklong event bringing in over 2,000 local and far away visitors to the centre.

July we expect to see an even bigger increase as the temperatures will soar and bring more visitors out to area to relax and cool off in the river and on the lake.

While you are out enjoying the refreshing river and lake and the beautiful scenery remember to stop into the Cowichan Lake District Chamber of Commerce Visitor/ Business Centre where you can get all the information you need about our area and beyond. Whether you’re using our business services, seeking local information or joining the Chamber, we look forward to meeting you.

Shop in the local businesses, their specialty is serving you.

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We asked: Many people come to Lake Cowichan for the lake in the summer, what else does it have to offer?

Helen Fearn, Nanaimo “We are here to day to go tubing on the river with the family, what would bring us back wound be, biking or hiking on some of the trails around town.”

Jim Andrews, Malahat “My parents live here so we visit them often. We will come to camp sometimes and we are tubing today.”

Katarina Meglic, Denman Island “Well, I would be interested in fishing the river, summer or fall. I am interested in dining. I would like to try the Stone Soup Restaurant which seems like a destination dining place. I love the river in all seasons. That is what brings me here.”

Maureen Taylor, Victoria “It is the summer for us, come up for a drive, look for a nice lunch, look around a shop or two, maybe a little hike and drive back.”

Dave McNeil, Cape Breton “I heard there was a nice river to float down, I am here to check it out.

I would come back to go camping though.”

Lady of the Lake royalty joins in Duncan Days parade

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The new Lady of the Lake royalties took part in one of their first public appearances last weekend as 2nd Princess Marigold Arbic, 1st Princess Madisyn Young and Lady of the Lake Lauren Frost travelled to the City of Duncan to take part in the annual Duncan Days parade.

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The water situation in the Cowichan region is grave, said Rob Hutchins, Cowichan Watershed Board co-chair.

The combination of a dry spring and low snow pack has resulted in Cowichan Lake being almost 40 centimetres lower than it normally is at this time of year.

Locals were put on stage two water restrictions earlier this month and the area’s largest water user, Catalyst Paper, reduced the Cowichan River’s flow from the seven cubic metres per second permitted in its license to five in an effort to make the water stored behind the weir last until the fall rains.

“Reducing the flow from seven to five buys us 30 extra days (of water) in the lake,” Catalyst’s GM Rob Belanger said, while adding the reduction won’t impact mill operations.

Rodger Hunter, co-ordinator for the CWB said the good news is that all the partners who can do anything about the situation are working together.

“So many people know and care about this watershed...and they should,” Hunter said.

Catalyst hosts weekly calls with representatives from the Cowichan Tribes, the Cowichan Valley Regional District, the CWB and various stewardship groups to monitor the situation, he added.

The situation is worse than in 2003, Hunter said, in that it wasn’t until late August, not mid-July, when Catalyst reduced the river’s flow to five.

“We’re well in advance of previous years,” he said.

The Cowichan Watershed Board was established in 2010 to implement the Cowichan Basin Water Management Plan for the Cowichan watershed.

Actions that have been taken to date: • Catalyst asked its 600 employees for suggestions on conserving water;

• Fisheries and Oceans Canada is prepared, with Cowichan Tribes, to truck chinook salmon to spawning grounds if needed; • Island Health is increasing water quality monitoring • Stewardship groups have moved stranded juvenile fish from side channels and pools to the main part of the river and increased public education initiatives.

• The province co-ordinated a provincial government drought planning session earlier this month.

Despite the proactive measures, Hunter said a number of concerns continue. They include: • Water quality, particularly in the area below the Joint Utility Board sewage lagoons; • Damage to fish populations, including stranding, habitat loss, temperature stress and the fall loss of adult chinook salmon due to inadequate river flows and seal predation; • The inability of the Cowichan Tribes to use fish for ceremonial, food and cultural reasons; • Economic impacts to Catalyst, as well as to the area in reduced recreational opportunities and longer term impacts on commercial and sport fisheries.

Next steps could include: • Continued monitoring of water levels and water quality; • Exploring other options, including placing pumps in Lake Cowichan and pumping water over the weir and reducing the water’s flow from five to four and a half.

“I’m worried but also confident; there are lots of people here in the Cowichan Valley who care about the situation who are used to working together, to ensure the best possible outcome,” Hunter said. “We have the right people who will do their best.”

“The valuable thing about this drought is that it will promote water literacy,” he said.

“With climate change, that’s an important body of knowledge.”

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Built in 1951, the bridge across the Cowichan River, here in town, has undergone regular upkeep ever since and still Rolli Gunderson serves the community well. Perhaps the only change (aesthetic) that has taken place since was the installment of metal guardrails on1951, the bridge’s pedestrian sidewalks.

In 1987 a small grassroots movement to get the Ministry ofever Highways Built in the bridge across the Cowichan River, here in town, has undergone regular upkeep since and still Sherri Brubaker to install the safety feature was successful. Their work paid off with the installation of bridge sidewalk railings in Deserves the community well. Perhaps the only change (aesthetic) that has taken place since was the installment of metal cember 1987. on the bridge’s pedestrian sidewalks. In 1987 a small grassroots movement to get the Ministry of Highways guardrails to install the safety feature was successful. Their work paid off with the installation of bridge sidewalk railings in December 1987.

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The main building, whichthere is operators of The believedseveral to haveownerbeen constructed Daily 1940’s Perk, each servingwas an assortin the early (or before) built byment a Mr. Hanson who sandwiches operated of coffees, and a machine shopThe in the premises.

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He bought the machine shop from Hanson and operated it for several years. The Liebels moved from Lake Cowichan to Courtenay in 1964.

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The sun shone on Central Park this past Saturday night as another Summer Nights evening took place with a bang.

The crowd were treated to music from Jan Matthews in Overdrive (right).

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Frightening low water levels at Robertson Creek overnight last Thursday saw the Cowichan Lake Salmonid Enhancement Society move in to conduct a salmon fry rescue mission. Above: Fern Adrosoff and Ashley Pifko use a net device to rescue the fish.

Lake Cowichan School staff and students would like to extend their sincere THANKS! to the following people, businesses and organizations, in no particular order, for their time and help during the 2013-2014 school year. We also offer our sincere apologies to anyone we may have missed, but want you to know that your help is more than appreciated! It is the efforts and contributions of those like you that help to make LCS a successful learning environment for our students.

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LaForge, Jean April 27, 1924 – July 4, 2014 Our much loved Mom, Gramma and Great Gramma passed away on July 04, 2014, at the age of 90.

Jean was predeceased by her husband Nels, parents Earl and Agnes Stirrett, siblings Bob, Mary and Joan.

She is survived by two sisters Margaret and Hazel. So sadly missed by her five children Earl (Carol), Judy (Norm), Dennis (Coleen), Yvonne and Gary, eight grandchildren Kevin, Rhonda, Lori, Darren, Janice, Stacey, Glen and Scott, eight great grandchildren Rachelle, Taylor, Garrett, Curt, Mitchell, Trevor, Dylan and Brittany.

For over 60 years, Jean called Lake Cowichan home.

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She loved to bake, knit, sew and spend time in her garden. Mom was happiest when her family was around. Her great sense of humour will be missed most of all.

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Wed, July 16, 2014, Lake Cowichan Gazette

Retreads do Newcastle Island and Cowichan Loop

Twenty two Retreads hiked around Newcastle Island which was reached by ferry from Maffeo Sutton Park at the north end of Nanaimo Harbour. It was a beautiful sunny day and we hiked the perimeter of the island, along the ocean. A total 3.5 hours and 7.5 km. It was a neat hike on a quiet island looking out over the Salish Sea toward the coastal mountains on one side and back toward Departure Bay Ferry terminal and Nanaimo city on the other side.

At the far end of the island we met the Nanaimo hiking club at the Giavando Lookout and reconnected with a couple we had hiked with on Quadra Island last month. We had lunch at Midden Bay, a beautiful beach on the ocean facing Nanaimo.

When the hike around the island ended we found ourselves just a short ferry ride from the Dinghy Dock floating pub on Protection Island so decided we must sample the refreshments and sing happy birthday for two members at this well known location. The pub had good food, great ambiance and was close to activities in the harbour.

A week later 20 Retreads and a guest from the UK hiked the Cowichan River Loop. We started from Mayo Road, crossed the river on the forest bridge, followed the river downstream to the 66 mile trestle and came back along the north side of the river.

We hiked through forest then up a short sharp hill that wags have named “heart attack hill.� At the top we had a view of the river far below and the consensus was “that river is really low.� At the first viewpoint alder trees have really grown and the bank looks fairly stable. At the next viewpoint the hill is bare gravel with an overhang. A much less stable situation.

On down the river we stopped for a coffee break on a rocky bluff. (no there is no Tims here, that came later. In more populated countries like the UK you do find coffee shops and pubs along the trails) It was pleasant to sit and chat and watch the river flow by.

Eventually, after a few more ups and downs we reached Trestle 66 where we admired the calm river many metres below. Then we came upon a fleet of Search and Rescue vehicles and personnel. They directed us away from the river at this point because they were on a recovery mission. It gave one a positive feeling to see this is a well equipped and competent organization even on a difficult mission. Further along we stopped at picnic tables at the group camping ground for lunch.

Watching our guest interact with different members of our hike we wondered who are these Retread members? What skills and experience do they bring to the Lake area? A short list included a social worker, teachers, nurses, administrator, computer engineer, a forest biologist, a farmer and agricultural adviser, an entrepreneur and raconteur, and an agriculture and community development specialist. And that was not all the talent. We even had a member who took us through stretch, warm-up and cool down exercises, and that was a sight to behold.

In future we have planned a hike that will take us up the hill above Averill Creek Winery. We will sneak in the back gate and wind up having a pot-luck lunch at the winery picnic area. Interested? Call Willa at 250 749 4144 or get a schedule and join up at the Arena. Â Submitted by David Kidd and Ellen Price

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■ Cowichan voters must wait until September to know their NDP candidate in the 2015 federal election, following Saturday’s nominee-meeting postponement by NDP hierarchy.

Riding hopefuls include Honeymoon Bay’s Ian Morrison as well as Ellen Oxman, Nick Wade, Allister McGregor, and Abbott. Current MP Jean Crowder has announced she will not be running in the 2015 federal election.

■ Vancouver Island Regional Library has a new whale mascot and is giving the public an opportunity to choose the name for the whale. The library’s Name-the-Whale contest is well underway and votes can be registered at any library branch, including the one in Lake Cowichan.

Deadline for voting is August 16.

■ The next event in the Summer Reading Club at Vancouver Island Regional Library in Lake Cowichan will be on Thursday July 17 when guests from Storytheatre will hold a storytelling extravaganza for ages five to 12.

New or exciting things happening? Send us an email: reporter@ lakecowichangazette.com Dennis Skalicky

Over 20 children were at the local library on Thursday, July 10 to see the Summer Reading Club puppet show. Kristen and Diana entertained the young crowd with a puppet show filled with songs and jokes for the kids and their families.

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