Lake Cowichan Gazette, November 25, 2015

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STORM DAMAGE

Youbou residents gather to see the tree that caused a power outage Tuesday morning, Nov. 17. High winds in the area caused branches to fall and trees to topple. This tree blew over landing on the cable/telephone lines while knocking a power line down on the opposite side of Youbou Road. Power was interrupted for over 20 hours on the west side of Youbou. The Cowichan Lake area was just one of many on Vancouver Island slammed by the wind and rainstorm. Thousands were left without power across Vancouver Island, ferries were cancelled and BC Hydro crews were left scrambling to clean up the mess. [MALCOLM CHALMERS PHOTO]

Wood adds $40,000 to new municipal hall plans LEXI BAINAS GAZETTE

When Lake Cowichan gets the final design for its new municipal hall, there will be some significant use of wood in the building’s plans.

Mayor Ross Forrest brought an idea to the town’s economic and sustainable development committee Nov. 17.

A division of

“The administrator [CAO Joe Fernandez] and myself had a conference call yesterday with the architects for the new town hall,” said Forrest.

“Also on the line was a representative of the Wood Council of BC. Because we are a Wood First community, they would like to see us use wood instead of drywall for the ceiling for the new council

chamber and the entrance part of the hall. They’d like to see wood instead of plain gyproc.”

But the change means more money has to be spent.

“The additional cost would probably be about $40,000 but he knows he can get donations of wood and what not through the Wood Council so they can’t give us an exact figure. However, they

have to know about that before they start doing up the detailed plans. They have to know if it’s going to be wood or a drywall ceiling.

“We [Forrest and Fernandez] weren’t going to make that decision ourselves so I’m bringing it you,” he said.

The change in the project still has to be fitted into the upcoming

budget as well.

Fernandez said that since it was a long-term project, the benefit of even $40,000 would be seen for years. Councillors agreed.

Wood has also been used in award-winning ways at both the Cowichan Lake Sports Arena and the Lake Cowichan branch of the Vancouver Island Regional Library.

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Parade ready to roll Sunday night SARAH SIMPSON GAZETTE

Come one, come all to the Christmas parade!

Lake Cowichan’s festive procession is back for its secondstraight year, taking off from Neva Road no later than 5 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 29, and ending at the Visitor Centre at Saywell Park on South Shore Road.

Thus far, 17 floats and walking groups have confirmed their participation in the parade.

More are welcome to join in.

It’s free, but registration is important. Find the Christmas Parade sign-up papers at cowichanlake.ca under the Events Calendar tab.

The deadline has been extended to Nov. 26 to allow for more entries.

On the big night, corporate sponsor Country Grocer will have the duty of transporting the precious cargo, Santa himself, on its float in the parade, according to Katherine Worsley, coordinator of the Cowichan Lake Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Business Centre.

Following the parade, “Our dignitaries, our local politicians, will be at the Christmas tree to do the lighting with Santa Claus,” Worsley said.

That’s expected to happen at 6 p.m.

Those who wish to have a visit with the Big Guy after will have the opportunity to do so but be sure to bring your camera to cap-

ture the moment.

Lake Cowichan Country Grocer will not just be transporting Santa, but will also be putting smiles on the faces of many with free Christmas treats like sugar cookies and candy canes and oranges, and hot chocolate.

“I hope the weather stands because last year we had a beautiful day but it was cold,” Worsley said. “So far it’s looking good.”

She encourages folks to dress warmly, wearing gloves and adding extra socks if need be.

Because there will be lots to see and do and it would be disappointing to be too cold to take it all in.

For those looking to multi-task, vendors will be out at the North Pole Christmas Market, under the gazebo behind the Visitor Centre for gift buying.

There you’ll find wonderful homemade crafts and goodies sure to be a hit with your loved ones — or as a special treat to yourself!

Also for the shoppers in the crowd is a chance to win a $50 gift certificate.

Pick up a Shopping Passport at the Visitor Centre on Friday, Nov. 27.

Then, between Nov. 29 and Dec. 5 shop at participating businesses. Have your passport signed and drop it in the box at the Visitor Centre for your chance to win. The draw will be made at the Gazette office at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 9.

Enter the Christmas Light-Up Contest Sponsored by the Cowichan Lake District Chamber of Commerce Enter by Wednesday, December 9th Judging from Dec. 12th - 13th

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Plan for power outage Nov. 28-29 ANDREA RONDEAU GAZETTE

Amber Mckigney, Kakike Mackay and Bailey Callihou help Katherine and Frank Worsley decorate the Visitors Centre for the Santa Parade and tree light-up on Sunday, Nov. 29. [MALCOLM CHALMERS PHOTO]

Get ready for some time in the dark next weekend.

BC Hydro has scheduled a power outage starting on Saturday, Nov. 28 at 11 p.m. and concluding on Sunday, Nov. 29 at 3 a.m. affecting Lake Cowichan, Mesachie Lake, Youbou, Honeymoon Bay and the surrounding area.

“We need to switch off power in your area for about four hours while we conduct system maintenance,” BC Hydro advised in a press release. “To keep our crews and the public safe, power must be switched off while we complete this important work.”

Hydro said that people should plan to turn off all lights, electrical heaters, major appliances and unplug all electronics prior to the lights-out time to protect their equipment from potential damage during the outage.

“We’ll restore power as soon as we can,” the utility promises.

Power outage notice: planned maintenance Lake Cowichan, Mesachie Lake, Youbou, Honeymoon Bay

Winners will be announced in the December 16th issue of the

Drop your entry form off at the Visitor Centre 125C South Shore Road in Lake Cowichan.

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We need to switch off power in your area for about four hours while we conduct system maintenance. To keep our crews and the public safe, power must be switched off while we complete this important work.

Where:

Lake Cowichan, Mesachie Lake, Youbou, Honeymoon Bay and the surrounding area.

Start time:

11 p.m. on Saturday, November 28, 2015

End time:

3 a.m. on Sunday, November 29, 2015

To protect your equipment from damage during the outage, please turn off all lights, electrical heaters, major appliances and unplug all electronics. We’ll restore power as soon as we can.

Visit bchydro.com/outages or call 1 888 POWERON (1 888 769 3766) for more information.

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Opportunity is there, but don’t get tunnel vision

It is an excellent idea to plan now to take advantage of the huge Sunfest country music extravaganza with its tens of thousands of visitors when it moves to the community.

The proposal seems likely to come to pass, possibly as soon as for the summer of 2016. It’s moving into the nal phases of rezoning approval at the Cowichan Valley Regional District.

It seems to have a lot of general support in the Cowichan Lake area, with some notable exceptions.

There is no doubt that there is a big economic opportunity here for the communities around the lake that have struggled in recent years as mills have closed, leading to subsequent closures of other community businesses and schools in the area, as the number of industrial salaries being spent in the community dwindled.

Tens of thousands of people coming to town will mean foot trafc for food establishments and shops in numbers not normally seen even during the generally busier summer tourist season.

The hope is that at least a portion of these visitors will want to come back to the lake area, too, at another time, to perhaps take advantage of the hiking, camping and lakeshore, thereby spinning one weekend windfall into a longer term economic development opportunity.

But we have reservations about the idea of seeing tourism as a long-term economic saviour for the Cowichan Lake area. Chemainus developed deliberately to feed the tourist trade and is now struggling, with empty storefronts marring the main downtown streets. Tourism can be a ckle business, particularly if it is not developed organically, with an eye to what can keep the community going during the shoulder and low seasons of the year.

Equally problematic is the idea that tourist businesses should bank on hiring baby boomers who are bored and don’t care about making enough money to live on.

This is not a long-term sustainable strategy. Nor will it help to encourage new people to move into the lake’s communities. And in 10 years or so your workforce is gone.

Tourism can certainly be a substantial part of the Lake’s future, and proper planning to encourage that is great. But putting all your eggs in one basket is never a good idea.

Caycuse • Honeymoon Bay • Lake Cowichan • Mesachie Lake • Youbou

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Catalyst should install desalination plant Copy of a letter to the regional water manager: Re: Catalyst application short term water use I am writing to voice my objection to this proposed application. I have lived on the shore of Cowichan Lake, since 1972. My family uses the lake water for our domestic use.

I think it is time to recognize that Cowichan Lake water and the river it supports and the environmental benefits accompanying all that water is far more valuable for human use

than to continue to exploit it for industrial profits.

It may be acceptable during rainy times of excess supply to continue that practice. But when shortages occur, as they have in recent years, it is obvious that conservation and water rationing, although helpful, will not satisfy the need. It is agree that shortages in the future are very likely.

If Catalyst needs more water during those times, they should incorporate a desalination plant on their property and take ocean water as needed to supply the mill. The cost of procuring water in this way will be expen-

sive, but setting up and operating a pumping system, as they propose, will not be cheap either and anyway, it is only a stop-gap solution. Adding a desalination plant to their operation in Crofton would give them assurance of a constant supply of water, as drawn from either source, now and in the future.

I’m sure raising the weir to accommodate more water storage is not a done deal and it will not be inexpensive. Not even considering the politics involved with that proposal.

Norris Nygaard Lake Cowichan

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Street Beat

With Malcolm Chalmers

The Gazette asked: Do you think people drive responsibly on the Lake Cowichan highway?

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“I think it’s 50/50, some people do and some people don’t. I think the biggest offence is speeding and in all weather. They are trying to get past to make it here a few minutes faster and they don’t.”

“For the most part yes, I do believe they do. But there are a lot of people who speed and there are some people who go really slow and hold back people to.”

“No, I think they drive far to quickly, they pass when it is not safe and there is lots of tailgating.”

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By Tom Fletcher eral Courts, and are the opposition NDP appealing. The Doig agreed to turn out River and McLeod Lake Indian the energy-efficient lights and Bands dropped their challenges, head for home. and McLeod Lake’s construction NDP leader John Horgan skipped company has started work on a the last day and headed to the B.C. Site C contract.

Institute of Technology campus West Moberly Chief Roland Willin Burnaby. There he announced son staged a dramatic protest at “PowerBC,” billed as the NDP’s the legislature last spring, bringing “bold, progressive plan for the future of B.C. energy, with a strong a cooler of frozen bull trout from a river below the two existing Peace focus on jobs.” dams, telling media they were too Reporters asked, how many jobs? contaminated with mercury to eat.

Horgan said retrofitting public Flooding land for hydro dams buildings and homes for energy does elevate methylmercury levels efficiency would create jobs all in water, but BC Hydro provided around the province, but he can’t me with the latest study that say how many.

How much does the plan cost, and included fish samples collected by West Moberly members. It shows does it include subsidizing homeaverage methylmercury levels owners to fix their windows and remain below federal guidelines for insulation? “The costing will be limiting consumption of commermore apparent when we get closer cially sold fish. to the election,” Horgan replied.

It’s an odd coincidence that WillWhatever the cost, the NDP plan son suddenly made this claim, 47 apparently rests on the assumpyears after the first Peace dam was tion that the $9 billion Site C dam completed, when he happened to project on the Peace River can be be in court trying to stop Site C. stopped by an NDP government A coalition of U.S. and Canadiafter the 2017 election. That money an environment groups is also would be used to build wind and demanding that Site C be stopped, solar generation, and to install a using typical arguments to appeal sixth and final water turbine at to their low-information donor Revelstoke dam. base. According to the Sierra Club The chances of Site C being stopped are approaching zero. Con- and others, Site C is not renewable energy because the (largely idle) struction of an access road started farmland it floods is a “carbon two months ago, site clearing and sink.” Forests do store carbon, work camp construction a month albeit temporarily, but farmland before that. Energy Minister Bill where the trees have been cleared?

Bennett says the main dam conThis is gluten-free gobbledegook. struction contract will be let shortThey also trot out the claim that ly, followed by the powerhouse Site C will be used to power liquecontract next year. fied natural gas operations. Most Horgan said remaining legal proponents so far have said they challenges could slow or stop the will use gas for LNG processing, project.

“I think on Highway 18 they are okay, the Malahat not so much; they are just crazy. Everybody is in a gigantic hurry to get nowhere.”

Val Sangster “Speeders and tailgaters ... seem to think if they drive right on your butt they will get to Duncan much faster and if they pass me, nine times out of 10 I meet up with them at the next light anyway.”

LETTER to the editor Reconciliation: a meaningful step Re: Myths of the Highway of Tears (B.C. Views, Oct. 28).

Tom Fletcher’s column triggered my memory of the dog whistle politics we saw in the recent federal election.

The Highway of Tears is not a myth and using mythology in the title of that column is an insult to the hundreds of aboriginal families who have lost loved ones as a result of many tragedies that have occurred on that road and across this country.

The identity politics of the outgoing prime minister were properly rewarded, and the party that showed Stephen Harper the door at 24 Sussex Drive has promised an inquiry into the disproportionate number of murders and disappearances that continue to occur in the aboriginal

and if they don’t have hydro available for ancillary power, they will have to burn more gas.

BC Hydro has just finished its latest grid upgrade, a second high-voltage trans-

population. It would be hoped that an inquiry will begin to expose the depth and colour of systemic issues inherent in Canadian institutions that help perpetuate these tragedies, and that the new federal government will commit to real solutions from its recommendations.

The incoming prime minister has made further commitments to the 92 recommendations that came out of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) process.

The TRC has helped many Canadians to understand the origins of deep-rooted problems faced by aboriginal communities both on and off reserve, and to help them move Canadians individually and collectively to a reconciliation commitment. Those current and future problems will always be about the quality of the relationship

mission line from Merritt to Coquitlam. It adds disaster reliability to the system that brings power from the Peace and Columbia dams to the Lower Mainland.

If you’re arguing that hydro-

between the First Nations people and the general non-native population.

Improving the transportation options for people in the North is primary, but it does not solve the systemic problems that continue to poison opportunities for everyone to work together to end the dysphoria that has dominated aboriginal communities both on and off reserve.

Reconciliation Canada (reconciliationcanada.ca) is a key agent of change in this space and is dedicated to building meaningful relationships where all Canadians achieve their full potential and shared prosperity.

Getting informed is the first step. Stepping into this discourse is the next. I am stepping in.

Carl Mashon Victoria

electricity isn’t renewable power, you’ve already lost.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca Twitter: @ tomfletcherbc

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Climate change is here and it in 10 children in Duncan and really is going to change every- Lake Cowichan live in poverty, one in five families have inadthing. The thing is, we have a equate housing and three in 10 very good idea about how it people are living with chronic will change things here in our anxiety or depression. community.

We have goals to enhance our It makes sense for us to get water security, food security ready for the changes that we and energy security. know are coming.

We will soon tick the box About a year ago a group of for water security. We believe us started meeting to figure we will have a new weir that our how to protect the most will increase our summer vulnerable in our community water storage significantly by from the effects of climate 2019, maybe sooner. Increased change. In doing that we will summer water storage will all benefit from being in a more resilient and cooperative enhance the health of our lake and river ecosystems wile community. providing ample water in the We are calling our group the summer for community use, Cowichan Climate Change agriculture and industry.

Collaborative Project and we Today, we are only using are using the principles of colabout half of our agricultural lective impact to connect local land and about 90 per cent resources. of the land we are using is A good example of collective growing food for cows. Clearimpact in our community is ly we have a lot of potential, the Cowichan Stewardship with increased water storage Roundtable, where all levels and longer growing seasons, of government, conservation groups, First Nations and local to grow more food for people in our valley. As food costs industries have made great continue to rise due to the progress in protecting and drought in western North improving the health of our America and increasing transwatershed ecosystems. portation costs the business Our group has inventoried case for local food production local resources including govwill steadily improve. ernments, NGOs, industries, Climate change will bring clubs and volunteers from

increasingly severe storms and we are overdue for a major earthquake. Either of these scenarios have the potential to seriously damage our infrastructure, including ferry terminals. If the ferries ever stopped running, our stores would start running out of food in 72 hours.

The Cowichan Valley is already leading the province in new solar power installations. We need to keep this momentum going and consider large community-based installations that will reduce our dependence on an aging infrastructure to keep the lights on.

We could produce much of our power requirements in the summer when we have long days and increasingly abundant sun and rely on existing hydro installations to get us through the dark and wet winters.

It now appears unlikely that our political leaders will be able to make the changes required to meet the target 2 degrees C temperature increase that science tells us is about all we can afford. I guess that’s the bad news.

The good news is that we are very lucky to live here.

We have abundant pure fresh water, lots of suitable land to grow food and the potential to become much more energy self-sufficient.

We also have abundant human resources; all of you are included in this, and the ability to address these issues.

We can create a resilient and sustainable community if we are willing to face the reality of climate change.

We all want nothing but the best for our children. Now is the time for us all to come together and create a sustainable and resilient community.

It’s going to feel good and we can have fun doing it too.

Parker Jefferson is with community group One Cowichan

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There have been many complaints about the Alternative Approval Processes (AAPs) currently being presented.

The main reason for a preference of AAPs by a local government is that they cost only a fraction of the cost of a referendum.

Another reason is that the tax payers actually have to take action, get out of their chairs. Many people cannot bring themselves to take action, even though they do not agree with the decision being made, which then

results in actions by the local government being approved by default.

Democracy is not an easy form of government. It is not good enough to just take for granted that the elected officials do the right thing. At times they do the wrong thing, take the wrong direction. It is then up to the people to take action, to point the elected government into the right direction.

This could very well be one of these opportunities.

If you think the CVRD board has made the right decision in these instances, then do noth-

ing and let the process take its course.

If you do not agree with one or more of the AAPs then sitting back and doing nothing is not an option for you. Get the forms downloaded from the CVRD website or pick them up, sign them and take them to the CVRD. It is an awkward process, definitely not designed to make it easy for the tax payers. But you owe it to yourself and everybody else to do the right thing.

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LCSS Lakers players celebrate after their win over St. Andrew’s (25-9, 25-22) at the Island single-A girls volleyball championships at Duncan Christian School last Friday. The victory was the only one of the tournament for the Lakers, but they beat a solid team, as St. Andrew’s would go on to place fourth. Avii Ursulom was named to the tournament all-star team. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

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Parade Marshalling at 4:00 pm on Neva Road. The Parade starts from Neva Road at 5:00 pm. Parade ends at Saywell Park (at the Vistor Centre)on South Shore Road. Santa will proceed to the big tree and meet with dignitaries for the lighting at 6:00 pm. Bring your own cameras for picture opportunities and visits with Santa for the children. Free Christmas treats and hot chocolate proudly sponsored by Lake Cowichan Country Grocer You can purchase wonderful crafts and goodies from the vendors of The North Pole Christmas Market, under the gazebo, behind the Visitor Centre. Pick up your local shopping Passport at the Visitor Centre on Friday Nov. 27th. Use the passport from November 29th to Saturday December 5th while shopping at any of the participating businesses listed. Get your passport “stamped� at each place you shop then place your filled-up passport in the draw box at the Visitor Centre for your chance to win a $50.00 shopping gift certificate. The drawing will be held at 1:00 pm Wednesday, December 9th at the Lake Cowichan Gazette.

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TOMMY DOUGLAS COMES TO LAKE COWICHAN John Nolan is Tommy Douglas in his one man play that looks at the life of a beloved Canadian politician.

Nolan researched and wrote the play which he has performed all across Canada. He performed three shows at the Lake Cowichan School theatre as a fundraiser for the Kaatza Museum.

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Lake Cowichan hills come alive with ‘Sound of Music’ LEXI BAINAS GAZETTE

The Medford Singers, under the direction of popular conductor Simon Leung are celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Sound of Music with a show entitled Do Re Me! But it’s not all about the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical.

Selections will include songs like Love is a Many Splendoured Thing and more.

The group will be front and centre at the Duncan United Church, at the corner of Ingram and Jubi-

lee, on Saturday, Nov. 28 for an evening show starting at 7:30 p.m.

But, the hills will be alive with the sound of music, too, as a second performance is scheduled for 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 29 at beautiful little St. Christopher’s and St. Aidan’s Church at 70 West Cowichan Ave. in Lake Cowichan.

The event will also feature guest accompanist Michael Gaudet and several local guest singers, including a presentation from the South Island Musical Theatre Society’s upcoming musical, Anne of Green Gables.

Tickets are $17 in advance from choir members or from Volume One Bookstore (Duncan show) or Lakeside Medical (Lake Cowichan show) or you can pay $20 at the door. Children 12 and under are admitted free.

Some of the cast from the South Island Musical Theatre Society’s production of ‘Anne of Green Gables’ include, in front, Ali Platt (Anne), and behind, from left, Cecilia Dennison, Alora Killam, Lily Killam, John Felton, Casey Heyd and Laura Cardriver. [IRWIN KILLAM PHOTO]

Saving seed a great way to develop custom-bred plants

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peas and beans proith so many duce seed the same varieties of year they’re planted, seed availthey are easiest. able commercially Wait until they’re some gardeners may dead ripe before wonder why they harvesting the fruit, should bother saving then dry the seed and their own, but there put it into packets. is good reason to.

By Mary Lowther Tomato seeds need Successive generato ferment in a bit tions of plants adapt of water for a couple to their region so the of days before you dry them out seeds we save will grow better since the fermentation process plants each year. Saving your own is simple and costs nothing, kills off pathogens.

Biennials like carrots, beets so you might as well give it a try. and onions should be moved Besides, multinational agrito a bed separate from the rest culture corporations have been of the garden at the end of the lobbying our government to make seed collection illegal, pre- first year since it’s easier to tend them when they’re grouped sumably so they can control the together. Carefully dig up the world’s food supply. This could best specimens and transplant put regional seed companies them to the new bed in late fall, out of business, with seed that mid-winter or very early spring has adapted to particular garand they should produce seed by den climate and soil conditions the end of that summer. available only to those who save Some perennials like garlic their own. and asparagus also produce seed I have been saving my own that can be saved and replanted. seed for the last five years and Garlic is a little complicated so wish I had started sooner. Did I will deal with it in a later colI mention how easy it is? Since umn, but I have let asparagus annuals like tomatoes, squash,

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go to seed in its bed. These take a few years to grow into food producing plants but I figure it’s worth a try. With organic asparagus at $10 a pound what have I got to lose?

Stored seeds last longest in cool, dry conditions. I put mine into quart-sized jars with a packet of desiccant in each one, labeled the first and 15th of each month of the growing season, and I put in each jar all the packets of seeds that should be sown on those dates. When the time comes I just look into the jar and sow what’s in there, then move the ones that need re-sowing in a few weeks to the next jar.

Seeds can often remain viable for several years and there are usually more than one needs, so if anyone is interested in swapping their surplus, email me at mary_lowther@yahoo.ca. For more information on this critical subject, Seeds of Diversity Canada has published a manual titled: How To Save Your Own Seeds, and there’s a wealth of information on the Internet that my granddaughter showed me how to find.

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So what does economic development mean to Lake Cowichan?

For some it’s as simple as looking at bringing in a food truck for next summer’s anticipated spike in visitors. For others, it’s developing a town-wide festival to take advantage of the overflow from Sunfest. And for still others, it’s a long-term plan that sees development of the entire Cowichan Lake area as a tourist hotspot.

Glenda Osborne Burg is one of the latter, giving the example of the Bavarian-themed town of Leavenworth — located in the Washington State drybelt south of B.C.’s Okanagan country — as one to follow.

She said that the beauty of the area would draw outdoors enthusiasts from as far away as Germany and Austria, but what was needed first was a careful assessment of what could be on offer.

“I see this in five to seven years as a tourist destination. But we need to form an executive. We need to establish partnerships,” she said. “We need to have infrastructure and co-operation from all areas.”

Others, such as Lake Town Ranch’s Mark Mitchell, suggested Whistler or Tofino or Elkford as examples for Lake Cowichan to follow.

Lake Cowichan Coun. Carolyne Austin said an economic development incentive some time back had produced a branding logo for the area, based on a hiker.

It has not been used much, however, and most of those attending the meeting had not heard of it.

Community Futures’ Cathy Robertson suggested making use of the regional district’s “Cowichan” logo but that idea didn’t draw forth much response, either.

Other commenters told the members of the group that if they were looking at festivals of one kind or another they needed to remember that people who come to those are looking for chances to party, not to see wildlife.

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Jenn Pollner, centre, an enthusiastic member of the emerging community economic development committee in Lake Cowichan, checks out the Tartan Treasures stall at a big Christmas market she helped organize at Centennial Hall Saturday. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN] most, and talked briefly of looking at finding ways an energetic group could put extra wind in the sails of such existing festivals as Cowichan Lake Days and Heritage Days while perhaps developing a companion festival to offer daytime activities in Lake Cowichan itself during Sunfest.

Area resident Sherry Sohye said she thought the town itself would have to seriously look at how it would address the arrival of new enterprises and infrastructure that was sure to arrive when Sunfest does.

Lake Cowichan Mayor Ross Forrest agreed with her, but said he saw the first, best step as one of consultation.

“We need to talk about this. For example, food trucks. Is it to the benefit of our area restaurants to have food trucks here?”

He suggested that a section of quiet road near the Fields store might be great location for half a dozen trucks, particularly if there was festival going on at various locations throughout the town, generating a lot of foot traffic.

“But, the public has to say what it wants to do,” he said. “And, you all need to be ambassadors for this going forward. This is more than just success for a business. We all have a stake in it. We all have something positive to gain with this positive message.”

LAKE Cowichan briefs Lake Cowichan supporting Duncan totem pole ambitions The Town of Lake Cowichan is sending a letter of support to the City of Duncan for their application for money from the Canada 150 Fund for a new totem pole.

It’s all a part of Heritage Canada’s plans to celebrate in 2017, a letter from Duncan Mayor Phil Kent explained.

“The proposed project seeks to add a new totem to the city’s renowned collection in celebration and recognition of Canada’s 150th anniversary — a lasting reminder not only of the milestone event but themed to highlight and tell the story of Cowichan’s important place within Canada during the nation’s first 150 years,” Kent said.

Making sure drinking water safe is key to appeal of town It was written in jest but Lake Cowichan town council is still taking preemptive action on some of its tonguein-cheek suggestions.

Councillors have been kicking around some of the satirical ideas from a book called 13 Ways to Kill Your Community

CAO Joe Fernandez agreed, “the perception is out there, though. It’s important to address this fear of the unknown.”

Newcomer service, youths focus of council discussion

Mayor Ross Forrest and Bob Day, chair of the economic and sustainable development committee, led a discussion at a Nov. 17 council committee meeting.

Since making sure you have good drinking water on offer is important, making sure that Lake Cowichan does not fall under boil water advisory again should be a leading priority, he said, adding, “We did address that issue last year.”

Mayor Ross Forrest added, “We’re on top of it. We know we’ve got good water.

We want everyone to feel confident about it.”

Works superintendent Nagy Rizk added, “We also have to make sure people just don’t judge our community by seeing a boil water advisory on TV.”

Other points of interest in the 13 Ways to Kill Your Community discussion were the subjects of services offered to newcomers and ways to involve youth in the community.

“We talk one-on-one with almost all new arrivals to find out what they need,” works superintendent Nagy Rizk said.

“You can’t get that kind of service in a bigger community.”

Mayor Ross Forrest said that he and other members of council have been working with the high school on the idea of a youth council that might occasionally attend town council meetings.

He learned, in talking to the school, that the student body showed an unprecedented degree of interest in the recent federal election, too.

“I’m quite pleased with what I’m hearing,” he said.

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In Brief Happenings at the Kaatza Station Museum: November, 2015

Friends Del Mauro and Deb Chambers sell their arts and crafts at the Golden Agers Bazaar on Saturday, Nov. 7. Their sign reminds us that there are less than 48 days to Christmas. Have you done your shopping yet? [MALCOLM CHALMERS PHOTO]

Fundraising is ongoing to cover the costs of building an annex to the Kaatza Station Museum and Archives. You can donate at the museum or online at www. kaatzamuseum.ca. Click on the “donate now” button.

The Cowichan Lake Community Forest Co-operative will match all private donations made by Dec. 31 to a total of $30,000. Private donations up to now total $8,698.50.

A calendar featuring Wilmer Gold Photos is now for sale at a cost of $18. They are available at the Footwear Centre, Curves and the Museum.

The total at this point is $30,000 with the goal being $110,000. To build the addition to the lock-up stage will take approximately $50,000. To finish the interior and put in proper storage and shelving would take up the remainder. They will be applying for grants to hire a second person to sift through the collection, catalogue it, and put it into proper containers for storage.

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