Lake Cowichan Gazette, August 13, 2014

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River Clean-up: Sixth year for CLRSS river clean-up event coming this weekend PAGE 3

BC Long Weekend: Busiest long weekend on record for local PAGE 2 businesses

Youbou Regatta: See the day in pictures and view game results PAGE 11

CVRD seeks short-term drought mitigation funding Tamu Miles

the lake and installing permanent pumps.

The deadline for a response was given as no later than Aug. 12.

Mayor and council discussed at length At the Aug. 5 Public Works meeting, mayor and council were presented with a letter from the current situation with the Cowichan watershed, acknowledging that they have Rob Hutchins, chair of the Cowichan Valley implemented Stage 3 water restrictions and Regional District (CVRD). The letter is yet that the flow at the weir has been reduced another reflection of the urgency of the low to 4.5. They also discussed the possible water levels in the Cowichan watershed. need for reducing water consumption for “We are writing to ask your organization to each home from 429 cubic meters to 325 in participate in funding short-term mitigation the future. However, the discussion really measures on the Cowichan River came down to finances. in light of current drought “Because of the conditions,” states the As one of the budgetary process there opening paragraph. initial users, is not a pot that we can Basically, the CVRD dip into for $50,000 or is asking for financial we obviously $100,000,” says Coun. support from the have to not only Tim McGonigle. “So provincial government, it would be a planning local governments, Catalyst, have to respect process, or mitigating Cowichan Tribes, local our usage, but the plan, whatever that longstewardship groups and plan is.

GET UP TO others to pitch in $50,000 users downstream term Photo Malcolm Chalmers “As one of the initial $100,000 “or more if able”, Elly Hamilton of Youbou can’t believe she ate the whole thing as she competes in the as well. We’re not users, we obviously have to short term solutions. These to not only have to respect popular watermelon eating contest. solutions include emergency GET TO the only ones who our usage, but the users GET UP UP TO pumping to sustain river flows beyond the projected utilize the Cowichan downstream as well. will have to mitigate the damage as best we its impact, including reducing its water usage We’re not the only ones zero storage date, and Watershed can,” say Jefferson. “We are going to lose by 30 per cent since the weir was installed. who utilize the Cowichan emergency fisheries catch fi sh.”

Government regulations allow the mill to watershed.” and trucking operations of Councillor He adds that the river will have to be draw 2 cubic centimetres per hour from the McGonigle adds that at fry. Ω Tim McGonigle ADJUSTMENTS monitored and trapped salmonIN fryPRICE will have river, but Belonger says the mill usually the recent CVRD meeting Hutchins acknowledges that GET UP TO 3 ΩΩ the and, thanks to staff, to be moved. AMOUNT AVAILABLE ON THE 2014 SONATA draws 1.7 the use of pumps has been GETIN UP TO cm HEV LIMITED W/ TECH because the lower Cowichan PRICE ADJUSTMENTS IN PRICE ADJUSTMENTS company is working toward 1.6 cm3.

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BC Day saw busiest long weekend on record for most Lake Cowichan businesses Tamu Miles Lake CowiChan Gazette

This past BC Day long weekend was a record breaker for many of the businesses here in Lake Cowichan. Many businesses owners attributed the influx of tourists to the hot summer weather, but also to the fact that Sunfest fell on the same weekend. The festival shuttled tubers out to Lake Cowichan over the weekend, adding to the town’s already high numbers.

The Tourist Information Centre reports that they saw an increase of 1 per cent, or 52 parties, but total visitors to the town saw an increase of 15.2 per cent, when compared to last year.

“Last year we had 7,864 (visitors) for the month of July, and this year we had 9,061,” says Katherine Worsley, the Visitor Centre coordinator.

“I think it was a double impact,” says Worsley.

“Our long weekend with the Sunfest was quite extraordinary. All the campgrounds were full, (and) the Circle Route was non-stop, people come off of it, going on to it.”

Worsley adds that between 30 and 40 parties had to be turned away from local campgrounds.

Worsley adds that there were eight weddings around the lake during June and July, adding to tourist volume.

Parking was in high demand over the long weekend. According to Worsely, lots beside the Community Services building, down Pine Point, beside the high school and behind the arena were all full.

Country Grocer manager Jenn Pollner, says that the store broke all of it’s records in terms

of sales, and that they have not seen such a busy weekend since 2009.

Over the last few years numbers have been on a steady increase. The last week of July and the first week of August are the weeks that the store works toward the rest of the year.

“The long weekend is always our busiest day.”

Having a summer heat-wave helps with this increase in traffic through town, adds Pollner.

“We attribute a lot of it to the heat. If it rains, it’s not so fun. We always pray for sun at that time.”

Pollner says that Sunfest played a role in the busy weekend this year because people needed to escape the heat and tubing the Cowichan River was the perfect option.

“Sunfest definitely was a factor this year because it was so hot.”

Country Grocer was just one of the town’s businesses that ran out of certain supplies over the weekend.

“We almost ran out of ice twice,” says Pollner.

“We still had block ice.”

The ice delivery truck had to come out twice on Saturday to ensure that the store was properly stocked for Sunday and Monday, days they don’t deliver.

The Shaker Mill also had a busy weekend, and owner Justin Young says the restaurant had to close down early both Saturday and Sunday.

“Twice we had to close early because we were out of not everything, but enough ingredients that half the menu I can’t serve,” says Young.

Young had to make three trips to Duncan, once to meet the Sisco truck that doesn’t deliver out here on weekends, to re-stock his supplies.

He also attributes the busy weekend to the heat

and to Sunfest.

“Everybody got hit hard.”

Jakes at the Lake also faced a shortage of food problem and owner Liz Steward says that prep was the biggest issue.

“We were cutting as fast as they (customers) were ordering,” says Steward. “It was a recordbreaking weekend, it was huge. We’re always busy on the long weekend, but this year it was more than usual. It’s a sign of things to come, I hope.”

Steward is not sure what to attribute the larger numbers of bodies in town to.

“I don’t know whether it’s the great weather we’ve been having, resulting in more tourism, or if there is better marketing (on the part of the town), but there were way more tourists. All the businesses seem to be doing well and no doubt it’s good for the economy.”

However, not all businesses in town benefitted from the larger-than-usual tourist numbers.

Daniela Saffer, owner of the Bavarian Bakery, says that she saw no increase in customers.

“It was just a warm weekend,” she says. “The Friday was busier than the Saturday, but it always is.”

She says that she has noticed an slight increase in traffic since the completion of the roundabout on South Shore Road, however, like the rest of the businesses in town she relies on the summer months to offset the slow winter.

At the Parks and Recreation meeting on Aug. 5, Mayor Ross Forrest and council members discussed the positive impact the tourist influx had on the town, but also certain issues that came up as a result. One of those issues was centred around making sure there are enough town staff

on the weekends to deal with clean-up.

“We just experienced probably the biggest weekend our town has ever had,” said Forrest.

“And our staff that we have to maintain our washrooms and our garbage were doing the best they could, but they were at Lakeview Park as well, which was extremely busy. With the increase that we’re seeing year to year now I just think on weekends we have to be looking in the future at more coverage.”

Councillor Tim McGonigle agrees with Forest.

“We had a problem during the long weekend with parking [. . .] and I think that we have to try to mitigate some of those problems as well. It was probably the busiest I have ever seen Lake Cowichan in the past 10 years.”

Wendy Klyne, a local real estate agent, attended the meeting and had a few words of feedback for mayor and council.

“One of the things our community does not have is a tourism strategy,” says Klyne.

She recommended that the town have an economic development and a tourism development plan and do research on why people would chose to come to Lake Cowichan.

“My feeling is that if we don’t get a handle on it, if we don’t manage it, they’ll be managing us. And it’s such a great potential for this community, and driving into town is such a beautiful sight from what it was, but what are they actually doing while they’re here?”

However, although it’s clear there is room for improvement when it comes to attracting people and dollars to the town of Lake Cowichan, many businesses benefitted from the influx and that all are hoping to see increasing numbers in the years to come.

Renfrew Town Square now open to the public with only a few small details to complete before grand opening

From left: Coun. Bob Day, Coun. Tim McGonigle, Librarian Kristen Rumohr, and Mayor Ross Forrest enjoy the new Renfrew Town Square.

Tamu Miles Lake CowiChan Gazette

As of last Thursday morning, the South Shore Road side of the new Renfrew Town Square is now open to the public.

Sporting a new (soon to be) covered multi-purpose area, accessible from both Renfrew Street and South Shore Road, a common area, and lots of green space, the new town square has lots of potential for community gatherings and events.

Kristen Rumohr, librarian for the Cowichan Lake branch of the Vancouver Island Regional Library,

says she’s very excited to see the square open to the public.

“We’ve been waiting patiently and we’re really excited. I’m excited to use the space, be able to use it for programming, story-times outside when it’s nice and stuff like that,” says Rumohr.

She’s also happy to have access to the library parking lot opened up once again. “(It’s been) a little pain for a long-term gain,” she says. “But the biggest thing is the gorgeous space. It’s nice to have the library be part of this community square, it’s exactly what we want the library to be is a community hub where people

can come and gather and meet their neighbours and see their friends and sit outside and read.”

There are still a few things that need to be finished up before the town hosts a grand opening, including coloured lights to be inserted into the concrete retaining walls, a canopy for the open air multi-purpose area, and the completion of the gathering area on the Renfrew Road side of the square.

“If we had left this just a parking lot, all it would be, especially at this time of year when our businesses need people moving around, would be another parking lot where the tubers park here for the overflow or business owners park their cars for the day,” says Mayor Ross Forrest.

He states that the purpose of the square is to help get bodies into the mid section of town and into businesses along the main strip along South Shore Road.

“Downtown is just better with people walking around, visiting places and visiting people,” says Forrest.

In response to those who would like to see an open-air market on the weekend, Coun. Tim McGonigle says that’s exactly the kind of thing the space is meant for.

“We hope something gets attracted here that will bring people walking through the downtown core so that instead of just going to the market they’ll stop at the travel agency, they’ll stop at the coffee shop.”

Coun. Bob Day adds that traffic professionals have proven that having a parking area that is located a few minutes walk from a downtown

area is better for local businesses.

“If you think about it too,” says Rumohr, “if you’re parking right in front of the building that you want to go to and visiting it versus driving, parking, and walking, you’re more likely to, if you’re walking, to stop and grab coffee, (or) to pop into a store.”

Mayor and council members say that it was public consultation and input that drove the architectural design of the town square.

“This was all designed with the architect and four or five members of the community,” says Day. “With very little involvement from us.”

In fact there were 15 to 20 people involved in the initial meeting and from there a core group took the lead.

The main criteria, as stated by these community members, were accessibility, social gathering place for residents and employees, street furniture, connection between library and Memorial Park and Ohtaki Park, area for placement of local sculptures and art.

“It was very little involvement from council until we approved the grant application,” says McGonigle.

A date for a grand opening is still to be set as the town is waiting for the custom ordered covering for the multi-purpose area which may not arrive until mid September, as well as the completion of the gathering space on the Renfrew Road side of the park. However, mayor and council admit that they may have to begin planning the grand opening before hand as they don’t want to miss out on taking advantage of the good weather.

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Donate a bit of your time to help with the Annual Cowichan River Clean-up

Gazette Files From divers to jetskiers, volunteers help out in whatever way they can during the annual Cowichan River Cleanup.

Tamu Miles

Lake CowiChan Gazette

It’s that time of year again! Time to slap on your goggles and strap on your fins and help with the annual Cowichan River Cleanup. Everyone is welcome!

This is the sixth year for the event, which is hosted by the Cowichan Lake and River Stewardship Society.

As with last year, this is a two day event with the upper part of the river, from the weir at Lake Cowichan to Little Beach, taking place on Aug. 16, and the lower river, from Little Beach to Cowichan Bay, on Aug. 17.

Registration begins at 9 a.m. on Aug. 16, at the Lake Cowichan town hall, 39 South Shore Road. All volunteers will receive a continental breakfast between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m., a prize donated by local businesses, and a BBQ lunch beginning

at 2 p.m. Food donated by Country Grocer. is in the river.

“We always like to give everybody who comes a little gift,” “Over all the years we’ve done this, we have seen says Lois Atchison, a CLRSS board member. “So if anybody improvement; there is less stuff,” says Jefferson. “But it’s would like to donate to the gift table as a thank-you, that would important to get the community involved so they understand be wonderful.” how important it is to clean up after themselves.”

Organizers ask that you bring your own gloves and Last year volunteers removed 1100 kg of junk from the river appropriate footwear if you plan to help out along the river’s received $600 from all of the returnable bottles from the river edge, and if you plan to help out in the water to bring your own and associated bottle drive. water gear, floatation devices, dive or snorkel gear.

Jefferson says that this year the CLRSS will be working with Children under 14 are asked to be accompanied by an adult.

Bob Crandall of the Cowichan Lake Salmonid Enhancement “We also need volunteers with small aluminum boats or Society and Tom Rutherford of Department of Fisheries and inflatable row boats for clean-up and trucks to haul material to Oceans. These two gentlemen will be helping volunteers make the dump,” says Atchison. note of stranded salmon fry in isolated pools for later rescue and All garbage is disposed of curtesy of the CVRD and the deposit into the main river.

Bottle Depot takes care of all the returnables that are retrieved With the recent passing of the Cowichan Lake and River from the river.

Stewardship’s president, Gerald Thom, organizers want people The big fundraiser this year is a raffle. Local artist Michaela to know that they are still going ahead as planned.

Davidson has supplied a print of one of her works to the society.

“He was the driving force behind the river clean-up,” says Raffle tickets will be on sale at clean-up headquarters at the Jefferson. “Like every other aspect of the Stewardship Society, Lake Cowichan town hall on Aug. 16, as well as at Country he was the lead and he always has been.”

Grocer Wednesday, Aug. 14. Raffle tickets are $2 each. CLRSS Jefferson notes that Thom was always the first to show on t-shirts will also be on sale at the clean-up for $20. All proceeds the mornings of the clean-up, BBQ in the back of his truck, go back into supplies needed for the river clean-up and toward and would work tirelessly setting up tables, cooking food, and the Stewardship’s Oscar the Otter mascot costume. organizing crews of volunteers.

And of course, if you don’t have time to help out in the river, “We understand how important it was to him and how hard he but would still like to contribute, you can bring your bottles to worked (to make it happen).” the town office on Aug. 16, before 2 p.m.

Parker www.lkc.ca Jefferson of One Cowichan says 250.749.6660 that he feels Toll Free Page: 1.800.729.3246 • it’s important Keith Nelson Tracy Forrest 145 South Shore Rd., Lake Cowichan for people to keith@lkc.ca forrestatthelake@gmail.com participate WHEN YOU WANT IT LISTED - WHEN YOU NEED IT SOLD in this event because it RESIDENTIAL LISTINGS helps them to understand just BRIGHT 2 BEDROOM WATERFRONT WATERFRONT HOME how big the NEW LISTING garbage problem This waterfront home has the WOW Start your dream here! Beautiful First time home buyers or UCED

Senior’s Centre: 55 Plus Club Many changes are happening at the Seniors’ Centre in Lake Cowichan. As people aged 50 and over can become members we are planning to rename the centre either the 50 Plus Club or 50 Plus Activity Centre.

Membership is $15.00 per year (Jan. to Dec.) which includes several benefits, including very reasonably priced fresh made meals with dinner specials every day but Thursday. On Fridays we ask for volunteer cooks to prepare their ethnic dishes. Breakfast is served from 8 a.m.-9 a.m., lunch from 11 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. and specials are served from noon.

Recent specials have included roast beef dinner with Yorkshire pudding, tortellini casserole, chilli with cornmeal muffin, chicken and vegetable pie, Mindo’s curried chicken, Joy’s clam chowder, Robert’s curried turkey and many more.

Suggestions are always welcome and gluten-free items are available.

Our Centre is a safe, air-conditioned, comfortable place to visit, meet friends, make new friends and enjoy the activities that abound every week Monday to Friday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Monday: Exercises with Pat at 9 a.m.

Tuesday: Art classes with Robert at 9 a.m.; Bridge for beginners at noon; pre-registered massages by Rita from noon.

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Wednesday: Exercises with Pat at 9 a.m.; Carpet Bowling at 10 a.m.; Bingo at 1 p.m.

Thursday: Craft ladies meet at 11 a.m. and it’s Pie and Music Day with the “Good Time Boys” from noon until 1 p.m. A selection of pies are fresh-baked just for Thursday.

Friday: Exercise classes with Pat at 9 a.m.; Cribbage at noon; Canasta at 1 p.m.

Sunday: Bingo at 7 p.m.

Our centre boasts reconditioned pool and snooker tables, dart board, shuffleboard and the Wii for those who like to play a variety of games as well as a book and puzzle exchange.

Banquets, dances and trips are organized throughout the year. We are planning a wine tasting tour in September, our next banquet happens at Thanksgiving on Oct. 4, and the Halloween dance is on Oct. 25.

Consider dropping in for coffee and dessert or to try our delicious lunches with homemade soup and we’ll bet you’ll come back often.

Call Debbie at 250-749-6121 for more details.

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Lot 34, Creekside Dr.

HUGE WORKSHOP Large Shop for All Your Toys! This 3 bedroom home is located close to all town amenities and is situated on a roomy .32 acre lot.

There is a newer separate 1200 sq ft shop with two bays and 11 ft high doors. Great family home.

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196 Neva Road

Exceptional quality & beautifully designed describes this 3 bedroom rancher on a corner lot. A spacious kitchen w/ plenty of cabinets, custom made blinds, stainless appliances.

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WARM & INVITING Charming 4 bedroom 2 bath home located on .41 acre lot in Mesachie Lake. Spacious kitchen, charming living room & large master bedroom upstairs. Fir floors, wainscoting, heat pump, wood stove & electric fireplace, to many features to list them all. Spectacular backyard – your search is over!

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This one has it all! Great family home with 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms on two floors and over 5100 sq feet of finished living area, plus a 28 x 30 in-house shop/ garage and is located on .42 of an acre.

Too many extra’s to mention. This is one of those must see homes to really appreciate the quality.

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Front yard has many mature fruit trees adding to the character of this home.

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Currently being rented out – might be worth a look to subdivide lot.

183 Neva

$199,900

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Farm changes a great leap forward Tom Fletcher Black Press

VICTORIA – The B.C. government’s intentions for the Agricultural Land Reserve have been clarified by a public consultation that proposes new commercial and industrial uses on farmland.

Political watchers may recall that this was the hill the NDP was prepared to die on this spring. It was going to be a farmland looting spree for right-wing property developers and all hope of “food security” would be dashed.

As I attempted to explain at the time, the changes have little or nothing to do with ALR exclusions. Now a discussion paper poses a series of questions, some of which illustrate the need to bring farmland regulations up to date.

The first one deals with restrictions on retail sales, a case study in arbitrary state control. There is a strict maximum floor space. A minimum one half of retail sales must be produced on that farm. Food packing, preparation and processing are similarly restricted.

This requires multiple duplicate operations of questionable viability. It brings to mind Mao Tse Tung’s Great Leap Forward, where farmers all had little iron smelting furnaces out back to make tools. But I digress.

“Amongst other things,” the discussion paper says, “lessening the restrictions on on-farm processing could allow the establishment of abbatoirs (large, small or mobile) on farms, to serve surrounding cattle, game or poultry farms.” Then there’s cheese, fruit juice and even medical marijuana products.

And did you know that wineries and cideries are allowed on farmland but breweries, distilleries and meaderies aren’t? (Mead is made from honey, and doesn’t have to be drunk from a bronze mug while wearing a horned helmet.)

Now that we’ve discovered that breweries don’t have to be giant

urban industrial plants producing mediocre lager that all tastes the same, possibilities abound.

On-farm wine and cider sales have similarly quaint retail space and product origin restrictions. The government proposes to allow sales of products not made on site, as long as they’re made in B.C. This could make more local retail beverage co-ops viable. Or it could spawn a wave of unregulated rural liquor stores that create chaos on country roads. You decide.

On a more serious note, there are a couple of questions about changes to the newly created “zone two,” the Interior, Kootenay and North regions.

One repeats the government’s intention to open up non-farm use rules to allow certain oil and gas service functions on farmland. This is to reflect the reality already on the ground in the Northeast.

What other non-farm activities it may entail is not yet known, as the consultation and regional meetings continue until Aug. 22.

There are proposals to bypass the Agricultural Land Commission for certain kinds of farmland subdivision in zone two. These are where the subdivided parcels are a quarter section (160 acres) or bigger, or where they are divided by a road or waterway.

And finally there are proposed exemptions from ALC scrutiny of leases, to allow “intergenerational transfer,” so retiring farmers don’t have to plead for state permission to remain on their own property. Another exemption would “encourage the use of otherwise unfarmed land by existing or new farmers.”

NDP agriculture critic Lana Popham, who circulated a photo of herself with a samurai sword in a theatrical “Kill Bill 24” campaign, continues to insist that these changes open up 90 per cent of ALR land for “development.”

It’s a hypocritical as well as a misleading statement, since a portion of her own Saanich farm property is rented to a successful craft gin distillery.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

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Visitor thankful to friendly locals

Clarification

On Sunday, July 27th, I was involved with the Sooke Lions Club Motorcycle Poker Run in support of Camp Shawnigan. We did not realize the parking lot for the Legion was on Darnell, not North Shore, so I had to create new directions in time for the riders coming from Sooke.

Thanks to two terrific staff members at the Home Hardware (Valerie and Dan), I had a large carboard sign to display before the Darnell intersection. Dan provided the cardboard, the rope to secure it and drilled holes in it for me.

Valerie even printed it for me. That is really service! Thankyou.

Secondly, while I was on the center boulevard (in the hot sun), displaying another sign, a wonderful lady stopped her car beside me and gave me a popsicle. I did not get her name, but that was the best cherry popsicle I have had in years.

Again, thank you! What a great community.

In last week’s Gazette there were a couple of errors in the “Taking Care of Cenotaph Business” story.

Earl McIntyre states that the line that read, “There were some holes at the front etc.,” should have read, “Water trapped at the base of the cenotaph was released by drilling holes three feet deep into the base which released considerable water. The problem has been solved.”

McIntyre also states that corrections need to be made to the story behind the plaque on the cenotaph.

“I made up the wording on the existing plaque,” says McIntyre. “I took the wording to a general (town) meeting and received approval to proceed. A foundry in Victoria cast the plaque for us. The plaque was affixed to the base of the cenotaph by our local high school. A plaque for Afghanistan (casualties) is in abeyance but will be on the cenotaph soon, representing our fallen heroes.”

Lioness, Gail Nash Sooke District Lioness Club

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We asked: Would you like to see a market in the new Town Square?

If so, what kind of market: farmers’, crafts, or both?

Everitt Sandville “No, maybe not in that space. But yes, I would like to see one somewhere here, selling farm produce, art work, not that stuff that comes from Mexico or cheap purchases out of China.

Something that comes out of the community.”

Glen Campbell

Betty Thomson

“Absolutely, they could sell fresh produce, maybe garage sale type stuff where you buy your table.

Farmer’s Market stuff by all means fresh produce by local growers, maybe once a week.”

“Absolutely, I’d like to see them sell fruits and vegetables and all sorts of local products. Once a week all Summer Long would be nice.”

Andy Renton “I think that would be a great idea. I work up the road every weekend so I wouldn’t be able to take advantage of it. They could sell farmers market type stuff, produce from a couple of local farms, nic-nac kind of stuff, local art. At least once a month.”

Bob Pearson “Yes, like the one in Honeymoon Bay, we could have it on a Sunday, they could sell much the same as the market in Honeymoon Bay does.”

Where is the Lake Cowichan Town Council hiding the money trees?

It would seem our current Town Council has become very adept at spending money on decorations and things the community can’t afford! Like a Town Square with another band shell?

Why? Oh, I forgot the Mayor says this will encourage people to move to Lake Cowichan! Not likely, particularly when you note how many empty commercial buildings there are, not to mention the businesses hanging on by a thread. Worst of all where are the jobs to bring people to town, particularly families?

Then there is the long line of plantings down the center of the main thoroughfare requiring watering and weeding. How much extra water are we going to pump through the dozens of sprinkler heads now in place while the residents are leaving their lawns brown to ensure we don’t end up with extra bills made possible by the water meters.

On this note I just received my bill for overuse of water. I have not watered my lawn. Our garden and lawn are suffering severely with lack of watering. What makes it even more painful is to drive up past Irly Bird heading to the intersection and see the sprinklers watering the median and the road literally running rivulets of water while the residents do their best to conserve water. What hypocrites our Council is. Taxpayers pay while the Council spends!

Now let’s talk about the new library.

Property given away, Taxpayers funding the library board. No tax revenue from the property. In other words asset gone, no return.

Previously there was a proposal to build a combined Town Hall, Library and Health unit on the Library site, which would have retained ownership of the property and building. The Library and Health unit lease revenue would

have paid for a large percentage of the project.

Now we are hearing $1.2 million for an upgrade to the old Town Hall. That old town hall site should be bulldozed and begin a process of elimination of all buildings along the foreshore of the river not adding structures.

I also find it laughable that up near the arena we have double sidewalks, old sidewalks 10 feet from the curb and an ugly gravel area in between. Oh and then there are the fancy new street lights while the old ones still light up. Up goes the electricity costs!

Please don’t let anyone tell you that tourism is the answer! Never will the tourist dollars take the place of real decent paying jobs that the forest industry used to provide. Any and all efforts should be put into finding ways to encourage and promote Lake Cowichan as a place for some light industry to locate to.

The time is now for some new blood around this council table and probably the beaurocrats offices as well.

Whatever, a stop must be put to the useless spending.

We have recently been hit by parcel taxes purported to upgrade sewer and water systems. So where is the hundreds of thousands of dollars coming from for all the frills and foolishness. Now we see mayor and council are getting raises!

Have they earned them? I think not!

Time for a change, folks, and for the right reasons. Fun and games are over.

Jack Peake Former Mayor and Councilor

Photo: Malcolm Chalmers Friends and family toast Gerald Thom with his favorite rum after the ceremony upstairs in Centenial Hall.

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A memorial was held on Sunday, Aug. 10 for Gerald Thom, president of the Cowichan Lake and River Stewardship Society, who passed away in a plane crash near the Nanaimo Airport on July 26.

After the service upstairs family and friends were invited downstairs to toast Thom with his favourite rum and share memories of what he meant to them.

Three of his friends, all connected to the Cowichan Lake and River Stewardship Society, spoke about Thom and his accomplishments and how they will continue without him.

Joe Saysell, long time Lake Cowichan resident says, “He has left such a void.

He was the real leader, somebody has got to step up to the plate to lead it all and that is going to be so difficult because not that many people can fill Thom’s shoes, its going to be really tough. He understood the Lake people so well after talking to them. He had such a quality he could go talk to other people and he could get along with anyone, it didn’t matter what side, that was the real gift.”

Tim Kulchyski, from Cowichan Tribes says, “Working on the river, he and I shared a lot of the same passions and we knew that (the planning) of these things kind of sucks the life out of you.

We gave each other support when it was needed and that is what kept us going.

He just continually pulled up his socks and just went out and did it. He leaves an absolutely huge hole but at the same time he filled what he did with such passion that it was absolutely contagious. He has inspired a lot of people including myself.”

“The thing about Gearld and I think what happened here today is a testament to that, is that he is the kind of guy that is not only a good person to know but he changed people,” says Tom Rutherford, from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. “He changed how people thought and acted and I have every confidence that that organization will continue to be a factor. There isn’t a person in this room that doesn’t want to do something positive in his memory.

That is what people are going to do, I have every confidence that rather than decrease, things are going to accelerate.”

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Hometown: Youbou I define down time as: swimming, reading, hiking, or just playing games Best thing about living here: the lifestyle, the lake, and the people Fave activity: I love to read Current read: Eat, Pray, Love Fave food: spinach My proudest moment: the birth of my two children If I had $1,000,000: I would encourage my husband to retire Fave moment of the day: the early morning, it’s peaceful, quiet In my car I listen to: Jazz If I was stuck on a desert island I would need: I would definitely need a book My gulity pleasure: Ripple chips

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Queenie the Cow lived at the March’s farm before it became the March Meadows Golf Course we know today.

Queenie the Cow escapes from March Meadows At one time, during the early 1900’s, Queenie lived on Marchs’ farm with several other cows.

The farm was located in an unsettled area — now encompassing March Meadows Golf Course and much of the Walton Road area — eventually known as Honeymoon Bay. Erase from your mind the modern Honeymoon Bay of today, with its paved roads, lovely golf course and modern homes. In its place imagine a small farm in deep wilderness with no road linking it to the settlement at the “foot of the lake” (community of Lake Cowichan).

Long before there was a road into the area Henry March, who homesteaded around 1887, cleared the land planted crops, put in gardens, build barns and a log home. It was here that he and his wife raised their sons and spent the remainder of their lives.

At some point in time, March bought a cow from Mr. Evans, an early Duncan area pioneer, who farmed at Somenos near Duncan. The March farm and the Evans farm were more than twenty miles apart with just a very rough trail cut through the thick forest between them.

One day one of Evans sons, with great excitement, called out to his mother that Queenie was at the [gate] and wanted in. His surprised mother

rushed out to see the cow they had sold to Henry March some five years earlier! The younger children had no idea who Queenie was and no one could figure out how she made the very difficult trip from so far away

Rolli Gunderson

PagEs oF HIstory and so many years later.

It seems that after her arrival at the.

March farm, five years prior, Queenie had “been turned out to pasture in the bush,” according to And so they came to Cowichan by Margaret [Evans] Bishop, and soon after disappeared.

Now, after a long journey, she had somehow returned to her original home! To make the trip Queenie “must have had to swim across the lower part of Cowichan Lake or across Cowichan River to reach the east side,” then make her way down the rough trail/road road to reach her

former home at the Evans farm.

Upon entering the farm through the gate Queenie surprised everyone again when she ran up the driveway in the direction of the old barn “which was in the process of being torn down.” The roof was gone and all siding had been removed except one wall and 2 X 4’s which had separated the stalls. Queenie did not stop until she was home and standing in what was left of the exact stall that had once been hers. Naturally she was rewarded with “a good feed of mash and hay.” The Evans family pondered, was it instinct or intelligence that led Queenie twenty-plus miles back to her old stall at Somenos.

After the excitement cooled down a message was sent up to Henry March, via the stage coach, that his cow Queenie had returned to the Evans farm. Henry and sons then made their way to the Evans farm and took Queenie back to her Honeymoon Bay home. Unfortunately that was her final escape as after her return to the March farm, Queenie was no longer allowed to wander at will; she was tethered.

Many thanks to Doug Parker for permission to use portions of his family history [includes Evans, McLay, Castley] and Oz Nelson for providing the materials and topic.

Clarification: In last week’s paper it was erroniously stated that the Lake Cowichan Food Bank is not able to give tax deductible receipts for their use of rental space. The society does in fact give tax deductible receipts, and they met to discuss possible rental space with Margaret Christopherson of Island Savings Credit Union, not the Royal Bank. However they do plan to meet with Megan Major of the Royal Bank on Aug. 18.

The society is still looking for a suitable Photo submitted space to operate out of here in town, and From left: Cindy Vaast, Dianne Jay, Katherine Worsley, and Betty Sandaar of they spoke with council as a delegation concerning this pressing issue on Aug. 12. the Lake Cowichan Food Bank.

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by Mark Landon Smith The auditions will be held at Centennial Hall in Lake Cowichan. The Creative Edge auditions for the play will take place at 6:30 pm on August 28th, and at 6:30 pm on September 9th.

The Creative Edge will feature talented local performers competing for a total of $750 in prize money as follows: 1st place - $400 | 2nd place - $150 3rd place - $50 | People’s Choice: $150 Tickets are $7 ($5 for members/youth/senior) at the door, and will serve as your ballot for the People’s choice award.

Doors at 6:30, curtain at 7 pm on Sept. 5th at Centennial Hall in Lake Cowichan.

A performance fee of $20 will be charged for each act.

Director Barbara Simkins is looking for a diverse group of four females and three males ranging in age from 18 - 70ish. Auditioners should come prepared to read from the script which will be provided on the night. The play is scheduled for seven performances from November 19 - 23. Rehearsals will be held on Tuesday and Thursday evenings starting in September.

Photo submitted Pictured above are the two Lakeside Medical Clinic walk-in service providers. On the left is Dr. Dave Froese and on the right is Dr. Vincent Rossouw.

Lakeside Medical Clinic Your walk-in service providers When the citizens of the Cowichan Lake community heard that their final two doctors were moving their practices to Duncan, there was a lot of concern and worry. Luckily Dr. Vincent Rossouw, owner of the Beverly Walk-in Clinic in Duncan, was already looking into the possibility of opening a walk-in clinic in Lake Cowichan. As a result we only went for one month without any doctors at all!

Lakeside Medical Clinic opened on Sept. 23, 2013, providing walk-in medical services for the first time in Lake Cowichan. The clinic is located at 138 South Shore Rd., in the same building as the drugstore, and is open from Mon. to Fri. Hours are 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Mon. and Fri., 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Tues. to Thurs. Patients are welcome during those hours without an appointment and usually without a long wait. On Mondays Dr. Rossouw is the doctor. From Tuesday to Thursday it is Dr. David Froese, who is also accepting family practice patients, and on Fridays Dr. Andre DeWit. Check out Lakeside Medical Clinic on Facebook for regular updates of operating hours, closures etc.

When I met with Dr. Rossouw he explained that both of his walk-in clinics are different from those in big cities because they combine walk-in and regular family practice, offering both of these services to their clients. The standard big city walk-in there is little continuity of care, whereas patients at Lakeside have the option of becoming long term patients of Dr. Froese and therefore having follow-up and all the advantages of a regular family doctor if they wish.

I asked both Dr. Russouw and Dr. Froese why a walk-in clinic is a positive addition to the medical services in Lake Cowichan, and they gave several reasons: 1. A walk-in clinic is convenient for busy people with erratic work schedules who can’t schedule doctor appointments a week or more in advance to renew a prescription or deal with some other simple matter.

2. It works well for semi-acute medical emergencies.

Maybe a person needing stitches after a cut or to have something removed from an eye. Without a walk-in clinic these people would be going to the emergency room in Duncan for treatment.

3. Tourists and visitors who have a family doctor elsewhere but get injured or ill, develop a rash or some other problem while here, can access a doctor at the walk-in clinic.

4. Many people in Lake Cowichan now have doctors in Duncan but, especially for the frail elderly, transportation can be a real challenge. If they can’t get to Duncan to see their own doctor they can see a doctor at the walk-in clinic.

5. Then of course there are the people who don’t have, or don’t want, a family doctor. For those people if a medical issue arises their only choice is the walk-in clinic or the hospital.

So a walk-in clinic provides a valuable and unique service that is different from a family practice and also reduces traf-

fic to the hospital. Walk-in clinic doctors are not in competition with family practice doctors. They are always willing to share information about patient visits with the family doctor if the patient wishes, and this is easily done since all the medical records at Lakeside are electronic.

Dr. Froese admits that at first he was unsure about taking on both roles as a family practice doctor and a walk-in clinic doctor, but he is glad that he did and now feels he has the best of both worlds. He has some patients that he has known over a long time and has a great ongoing relationship with them. But he also likes to do office procedures that can solve simple medical problems quickly and efficiently, so he enjoys the variety that walk-in patients provide. Because he accepts both kinds of patients on his three days at the clinic he schedules his day so that he can deal with walk-ins throughout the day too. It is a system that seems to be working well.

Dr. Rossouw agrees that it is the diversity that he loves about his job. He has family practice patients in Duncan and he has walk-in patients in both locations. He describes a walk-in clinic as a bit like a mini-Emergency room because you never know what is going to come through the door, and that can be both exciting and challenging. He’s up to the challenge though!

Dr. Rossouw did his initial medical training in South Africa and then worked in Britain for two years before coming to Canada. He spent six years in rural areas of Northern Saskatchewan with a group of other general practice physicians and no real back-up emergency services. There the doctors were required to deal with every possible medical emergency themselves. He found the work to be exhilarating and never boring! That is why, when he moved here seven years ago, he chose to set up a walk-in clinic rather than simply a regular family practice. The walk-in/family practice combination keeps him on his toes professionally and keeps him interested in his work. He says that he really loves his job, and especially the opportunity to talk with his patients and hear their stories.

Both doctors made a point of saying how warmly they have been welcomed to this community. They like the town and are very attached to their patients. Also there is increasing interaction between Lakeside Medical Clinic and the Primary Health Care team as they refer patients back and forth to each other’s services. They definitely see themselves as part of the larger primary health care community in Lake Cowichan.

New patients are always welcome at Lakeside Medical Clinic, so feel free to phone for an appointment, 250-9329011, or drop by the office Monday to Friday. ~ Submitted by Marg Davis for the Choose Cowichan Lake Committee

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Girls 13 & 14:

Parade Best home-made float :

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Best float - commercial: Best group: Best couple: Quarter Mile Swim Best overall: 1st from swim prgm: Youngest to finnish: Oldest to finish: Front Crawl Girls 7 & 8: Boys 7 & 8: Girls 9 & 10: Boys 9 & 10: Girls 11 & 12: Boys 11 & 12: Girls 13 & 14: Boys 13 & 14: Boys 15 and up: Back Crawl Girls 7 & 8: Girls 9 & 10: Boys 9 & 10: Girls 11 & 12: Girls 13 & 14: Boys 13 & 14: Breast Stroke Girls 7 & 8: Boys 7 & 8: Girls 9 & 10:

1st Olivia Campbell 2nd Laura Newton 3rd Kayla Laberge Hanna Montgomery Elly Hamilton Bernard Hewitt 1st Roselyn Baird 2nd Savannah Birosh 3rd Quinlan Campbell 1st Wolfgang Adair 2nd Chase Adair 1st Caity Day 2nd Maude Karlsson 3rd Hanna Montgomery 1st Nathan Varao 2nd Odhin Rowe 3rd Dillon Wilson 1st Victoria Stedman 2nd Maxine Stedman 3rd Kaiah Pratt 1st Ryder Wise 2nd Gus Boehmevertefeville 1st Kayla Laberge 2nd Rachel Allen 3rd Olivia Campbell 1st Nathan Traviss 2nd Max Baird 3rd Jadon Matthias Tie for first Billy Robertson Brendan Porter 1st Amelia Cove 2nd Quinlan Campbell 1st Caity Day 2nd Ally Day 3rd Ginger Boehmvertefeville 1st Nathan Varao 2nd Odhin Rowe 3rd Dillon Wilson 1st Victoria Stedman 1st Olivia Campbell 2nd Kayla Laberge 3rd Rachal Allen 1st Nathan Traviss 2nd Jadon Matthias 1st Isabelle Birosh 2nd Savannah Birosh 3rd Quinlan Campbell 1st Hunter Rowe 1st Caity Day 2nd Elizabeth Stedman 3rd Anne Stedman

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Youbou Regatta Results 1st The Smith Marigolds 2nd Lifeguards 1st Country Grocer 2nd YVFD 1st The Pirates Voyer Fam 2nd Youbou Lanes 3rd Clowns 1st Magic Sticks 2nd Bicycles

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1st Victoria Stedman 2nd Kayla Laberge 3rd Rachel Allen 1st Jadon Matthias 2nd Nathan Traviss 1st Liam Knightley 2nd Alex Mizak

Elementary Backstroke Girls 9 & 10: 1st Caity Day 2nd Anne Stedman 3rd Elizabeth Stedman Boys 9 & 10: 1st Nathan Varao 2nd Dillon Wilson Girls 11 & 12: 1st Victoria Stedman Boys 15 and up: 1st Alex Mizak 2nd Liam Knightley 3rd Colin Knightley Bellyflop Up to 13 years: 1st Liam Wilson 2nd Hunter Rowe 3rd Cyrus Smith-Davis 14 years and up: 1st Alex Mizak 2nd Billy Robertson 3rd Phillip Castle Cannon Ball Contest Up to 13 years: 1st Gus Boehmevertefeville 2nd Matthias Eades 3rd Savannah Birosh 14 years and up: 1st Rocky Wise 2nd Rick Laurie 3rd Nick Boehme Canoe Race 1st Chad Hogan Dan Hoshal 2nd Jadon Matthias Rick Laurie 3rd Owen Harvey Ray Harvey Whistle, splash, flip 1st Liam Laurie Rick Laurie Kaiah Laurie-Pratt 2nd Isabella Kuta

Photos by Malcolm Chalmers

Arbutus Park Lifeguards from left: Tyler Falk-Chalmers, Ceilidh Robertson, Amber Bell and Bailey Kowaliuk cleaned up in the Lifeguard Challange, beating members of Duncan’s Stingrays Swim Team and the team of local swimmers.

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Chalk Art Contest Kayak Race

Alexandra Leuven 3rd Hannah May Rachel Allen Brieanna Gottfred Jeremy Allen 1st Christine Carter 2nd Liam Word 3rd Caity Day 1st Allen Soler 2nd Trevor Pontifex 3rd Rachel Allen

The winners podium for this years Cannon Ball Contest: 2nd place Rick Laurie, 3rd place Nick Boehme, and 1st place Sr. Rocky Wise and Jr. Gus Boehme-Vertefeuille.

Allan Soler from Youbou in the finals of the Kayak Race. Orka Tube and Kayak rentals were happy to donate the Kayaks for the races.

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Day Five After a great night in Seattle, we woke up to rain, lots of rain, so we went underground to visit the old, hidden city of Seattle. These tours take visitors on a walk through the ruins of Seattle after the massive fire of 1886 and the rebuilding that took place. Seattle is built on top of the old city; there are tunnels and abandoned sections of buildings there to explore.

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Shirley Caroline Meanley Shirley Caroline Meanley, (nee Urquhart) beloved wife of Charles Meanley left us Sunday morning August 2nd. After a battle that saw her body give out before her spirit did, she passed quietly surrounded by her family. Leaving to grief her passing, she leaves her husband of fifty six years, Charles (Chas), Her son Paul, oldest son Charles, her special daughter-in-law Lauri, the apples of her eyes, her grandsons Blake and William Meanley, grandsons Matthew, Dylan and Joshua Davis. Her nephews, Mark and Mell Marriot, Lee Sarty and Chuckie Campbell.

Born April 4, 1936 in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia to William and Aleatha Urquhart, she was the youngest of five sisters who have all predeceased her. The family moved to Niagara Falls, Ontario where two of the most important events of her life took place; she entered the Hamilton General Hospital nursing program and she met Charles, the man who would become her husband. After graduation, she married Chas and began her nursing career at Niagara General hospital, where as luck would have it, she gave birth to her sons Charles and Paul.

In 1967, having grown tired of Bell Canada moving them every couple of years, the family moved to Southern California. It was there that Shirley went to work for Ross-Loos; one of the first HMO’s becoming a charge nurse and setting down roots. Shirley did what all wonderful mothers did, den mother in scouts, little league volunteer and singing in the church choir.

After retiring, Shirley and Chas returned to their native Canada in 1996, building their dream house in Youbou and moving in just in time to survive the worst snow storm in a hundred years. It was a nice welcome home with a flooded basement and no power. While at first she was able to be involved with her church and community, her health began to deteriorate making it difficult for her to participate. We are blessed to have had the time we did with her and happy that she was able to see her grandsons reach the cusp of manhood.

Service was held August 8th at Trinity Lutheran Church, with viewing from 10-10:30, service was at 11:00 with burial at Mountain View cemetery at 1:00pm.

It is with great sadness to announce the passing of a beautiful soul, Aimee Lynn Smith-Brown, Itpassed away is with great sadness to announce the passing of a on August 5, 2014.

Brought beautiful soul, Aimee Lynn Smith-Brown, passed away on into this world from her ever2014. Terry Brought into this world from her ever-loving loving parentsAugust Matt5, and Smith. Along parents her side Mattgrowing and Terry Smith. Along her side growing up up was her two brothers Mike was her twoher brothers and Josh. She married best Mike and Josh. She married her best friend of her dreams, Jeremiah Brown. They raised friend and man of and herman dreams, Jeremiah Brown.

They raised five amazing kids together, Brianna, Danika, Myah, Alex and five amazing kids together, Zoey which she loved Brianna, Danika, Myah, Alex with every inch of her heart and they and Zoey loved with will carry a which piece ofshe her beautiful soul.every inch of her heart and they willShe carry a piece of her beautiful soul. Smith, She who is now reunited is now reunited with her baby boy Tristan had passed at with her baby boy Tristan Smith, who had passed at an early an early age years many years Shewas waspart part of close and loving family age many ago.ago.

She ofaavery very close and loving family full of cousins, auntys, uncles, grandparents and friends full of cousins, aunty’s, uncles, grandparents and friends who all played an who all played an important role in Aimee’s life, and thought important role in Aimee’s life, and thought the world of her. the world of her. Most will remember her for her smile, so her smile, so big soroom bright, she light bigMost andwill soremember bright, her sheforwould light upand any shewould entered.

Others will she remember her for defensive skills used onskills the up any room entered. Others willher remember her for her defensive Lake Cowichan girls hockey team where she gained a whole used on Lake Cowichan team where gained a whole team ofthe sisters.

Let usgirls all hockey join together for she a celebration of Aimee’s life being held on Monday August 18, 2014 between team of sisters.

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Retreads have continued their active life with hikes to Bings Creek and Averill Creek Winery, Botanical Beach at Port Renfrew, and Shaw Creek at the west end of our Lake.

One of our most popular summer hikes is the one that takes us up into the forest at Bings Creek and then back down the hill to Averill Creek Winery. Led by Dave Rife of the Duncan hiking club, twenty five of us set off into the woods. Even though we were in the shade of the trees, there was a lot of sweating as we made our way uphill in the heat. Our reward was the panoramic vista across Duncan to the ocean when we arrived at an old road high above the winery.

We then made our way down and past fields of grapes to the patio of the winery where we enjoyed a delicious pot-luck picnic and some fine wine, with other members who joined us there.

This is the third year in a row that our group has been welcomed by this family-run winery which has been operating since 2001. While some of us relaxed on their lovely patio, others took advantage of the wine-tasting offered by our host — both great ways to spend a sunny summer’s day.

Most seasoned Retreads will tell you that Wednesday is our lucky day weather-wise. So, true to form, although it was raining in Lake Cowichan (one of the few wet days for weeks), nine of us set off for Juan de Fuca Park. By the time we reached Port Renfrew there was only a light drizzle and soon even that was over; a Retreads Wednesday.

We hiked this loop in a counterclockwise direction starting at the north end of the trail. Our first stop was at a beautiful pebbled beach where several of our members demonstrated their rock-skipping skills. Then it was on to a spectacular rocky bluff where we could gaze for miles across the Juan de Fuca strait.

From there, the trail wound along the coast through an area of trees so stunted and twisted by the winds that it was like walking through an enchanted forest.

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Our morning coffee break was at Botany Bay, another lovely beach with lots of driftwood, rock formations, cliff faces and other natural items of interest. Then it was along more of the salal-lined path to Botanical Beach and the fascinating circular tidal pools sculpted by wave action into the sandstone shelves there. Although there were some anemones, chitons, and other marine life present in these pools, they were certainly no longer in the abundance that they had been years ago.

A highlight of our day was spotting two otters busily fishing just off the shoreline. Some knowledgeable individuals identified them as river otters which are much smaller, more stream-lined, and less furry than their marine counterparts the sea otters (river otters average about 20-25 lbs compared to 50-100 lb sea otters).

Typical of river otters, the ones we watched were swimming on their bellies and hauling their fish up on a rock to consume them. Sea otters, on the other hand, spend most of their time on their backs and usually eat while floating in this position.

As we often do on longer trips, we found a great little cafĂŠ where we enjoyed fresh coffee and baked goods before driving home at the end of the day.

The next trip was out through Youbou and on to Shaw Creek. We parked up the road and hiked up across a meadow and then down to the creek where there was a waterfall and pool. Here the temptation was too great and a few hardy souls stripped off for a swim. It was cold! Back down across the road beside the real estate signs and we made our way down toward the estuary near the lake.

One new comer, with us only three weeks, was really impressed with the terrain and the scenery. ~ Submitted by Willa Suntjen, Jean Atkinson and David Kidd

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Smith-Brown was only 31 years old and left 5 children of the most impressive, striking, and tastiest edible gardens and farms the Cowichan Region has to be tour organizer.

“It is important that these stories fundraiser for the family of Aimee Smith-Brown, who • Cowichan Lake Primary Health Care Service Open and a husband along with with her mother, father, aunts and uncles, and numerous friends — offer. Each day will showcase five or more andsofarms. are givenof thegrowing chance tofood told togardens others, thatAttendees the knowledge House recently lost—her battle Cancer.

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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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