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And the winner is...

With a stunning display of lights that has to be seen in person to be believed, our top stop in the ‘Cowichan Valley Citizen’ Christmas lights contest goes to Norm and Mary Morgan, left, of 2390 Trillium Terrace, off of Lakes Road in North Cowichan. Everything in the display is homemade, from the manger scene to the 12 big candy canes, a gingerbread house and a Charlie Brown scene. The couple is thrilled to show off their prize winning display, along with neighbour Norm Ogger, right. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Merry Christmas

Happy Holidays from all of us at the Cowichan Valley Citizen!

Th ank you for your continued and loyal support!

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Check out our second place winner with a drive by 6021 Stonehouse Place in Duncan. Wayne Ellison has gone all out with a beautiful light display. Not only is the roofline lined with lights, but red and green top the bushes along the driveway. [SUBMITTED]

Third place goes to the Defrane/Dykeman/Young family at 2835/2837 Fuller Lake Rd. Their display includes both Santa and Frosty and many more fun characters to make the holiday season bright in their neighbourhood. [SUBMITTED]

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SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

The exact dates have yet to be announced but folks won’t need to travel too far to par-ticipate in the Municipality of North Cow-ichan’s budget talks come the New Year.

Council is well into its budget deliber-ations but hasn’t lost sight of the commun-ity’s ongoing desire to engage. Council, therefore, has decided to host four town hall meetings in late January: one in each of the Mount Prevost area, Maple Bay, Crofton and Chemainus communities.

“I’m excited to get out of council cham-bers and bring the budget discussion to the community,” Councillor Maeve Maguire said. “Budgets aren’t as boring as they sound,” she added. “It’s one of the most important thing we do as a council and it determines our priorities for the next year and beyond.”

According to the municipality’s website the meetings will start off with a presenta-tion on the draft budget and council’s iden-

tified priorities and finish with the chance for the community to have their say.

“These town halls will give our residents and businesses a chance to ask questions and provide feedback before we finalize anything,” Maguire noted.

The town hall meetings are in addition to council’s extensive budget and tax-specif-ic meeting schedule at the municipal hall. Visit www.northcowichan.ca/budget for the complete schedule.

When the details have been ironed out, information about the dates and times of the meetings will be released at www.northcowichan.ca and through the muni-cipality’s Facebook and Twitter pages.

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Evacuation scare exaggerated, Town of Ladysmith confi rms

Downtown Ladysmith was not evacuated Friday morning, Dec. 18, despite a strong smell of natural gas that was reported about 9:45 a.m.

Town administrator Joanna Winter confirmed Friday that Fortis BC and Ladysmith Fire/Rescue were notified and advised the staff at Town Hall that there was no danger or need for evacuation.

“City Hall was briefly evacuated as a precautionary measure when the smell of gas was noticed in the building,” Win-

ter did note. Staff didn’t spend too much time out-

doors — about 10 minutes in total — before heading back inside to carry on business as usual.

Sandy Bowden, Ladysmith’s corpor-ate services director later confirmed the “non-evacuation notice” was issued due to “lots of comments” on social media that the downtown area was indeed being cleared out.

“The source of the leak has not yet been identified,” Bowden said Friday afternoon. “All we know is that it wasn’t a Fortis leak.”

“I’m excited to get out of council chambers and bring the budget discussion to the community.”

MAEVE MAGUIRE, North Cowichan councillor


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Denis Caldecott retired to Honey-moon Bay from Chilliwack in 2011 after 44 years in the trucking industry.

“I bought this house and took pos-session on the 30th of September in 2011,” he said matter-of-factly on Friday morning. “I’ve been here for four years and two months and I’ve been fighting with BC Hydro for that length of time.”

Caldecott has been trying to figure out why his rates are “right off the deep end” and have been since he purchased the home.

“I live downstairs in the bottom floor of my house and I’ve got elec-tric heat in here but there’s no way these electric heat bills should have been high as what they’ve been. I’m pretty frugal with the power.”

So frugal, in fact that he shuts the breakers off — cuts the power to the entire house — when he goes out for the day.

On Thursday, Dec. 17 he finally found out what the problem has been with his billing.

“I found out after probably 36 to 40 phones to BC Hydro over the last four years, that they’ve had me on a commercial rate in my residential house,” he said.

What’s more, he said, the power company has been charging him for using electricity during periods in which he’s actually shut the main breaker in the house off. He can’t get a straight answer as to why.

“These people would not address my problem. They’ve just left me out in left field here. I told them I’m fed up with this. I’m ready to tell Hydro to go to hell and they said ‘That’s your choice.’ They don’t care. they just don’t care.”

By his own admission, Caldecott

is a stubborn man.“I’m dressed up like I’m living in

an igloo here. The temperature in my house is six degrees Celsius.

“I refuse to pay these kind of hydro bills.”

He’s been keeping charts of what he’s experiencing and is eyeing a lawsuit sometime in the New Year.

He’s after a refund for the incorrect rate structure but that’s not all.

“I’m going after them for pain and suffering,” he said. “I’m going after them for what I’ve have to go through down here. Nobody in their right mind would live the way I’m living right now but I’m a stubborn guy. There’s just no way I’m going to put up with this kind of [expletive].”

Caldecott said the corporation needs to be exposed for what they’re doing to people. He said he’s not the only one battling the company.

“Because they’re a monopoly, they don’t give a rat’s ass. They don’t care. They won’t come out and see what’s going on. It’s your problem. How dare them. They need to be exposed.

Denis wants to spread awareness and let people know that it’s okay to speak up.

“People are like sheep going to slaughter. Nobody wants to raise any hell. There’s only a few of us out there that do it. I know there’s a lot of people in B.C. here who going through hell with different issues with Hydro. They all hide. People are intimidated. I’m not.”

BC Hydro spokesman Ted Olynyk said he wasn’t familiar with Cal-decott’s case but did say he was willing to look into it. Given it’s the holiday season and many staffers are out of the office, he admitted a reply shouldn’t be expected until the New Year.

Retiree frustrated with two-year BC Hydro fi ght

Denis Caldecott of Honeymoon Bay is disgusted at the way BC Hydro has been dealing with what he considers a reasonable complaint about overcharging. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

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Greatest gift was true meaning of Christmas

When it comes to Christmas time, I remember my early years and what Christmas meant to me. We were very poor. My mother was a single parent left to raise eight children in the early ’50s.

We were poor but not too poor that every time Christmas came we had plenty of gifts; by that I mean we actually got a whole package of gum and at the church Christmas concert we got a little brown paper bag with Christmas candies and a manda-rin orange — how could life get any better than that?

The greatest gift my moth-er ever gave me though, was to share the true meaning of Christmas. She taught us that Christmas was a time to remem-ber that Jesus came willingly to earth to bring peace and hope to mankind and to offer Himself by dying on the cross, so we could be reconciled to God. In this time of tumult and terror, the child that came so many years ago, still offers us peace and hope. The greatest news ever. After all these years, I elect to thank Jesus for being willing to come as a child to provide a way so that we could have access to father God.

Thank you Jesus that you are being born in us so we can have eternal life.

Helen Van ZutphenDuncan

Working forests provide excellent value

The following is offered as bal-ance to the suggestion by Garth McGeary to retain municipal forests solely as parks.

Forest “parks” require road maintenance, upkeep, gates, security, fire protection and more, and generate no revenue and actually have a cost. North Cowichan’s managed forest pro-vides recreational opportunities as well as real revenue streams at no net cost to the taxpayer. The forest lands are managed by a Registered Professional For-ester and support staff, under the ongoing review by a team of volunteer RPFs. The managed lands provide the following: greater recreational access

and trails within 25 per cent of the municipal land base, that otherwise would be significantly less accessible to local users. They provide mountain biking opportunities, walking and horseback trails, and contrib-uted to the development of the walking trail around Chemainus Lake. The forestry department provided 10.8 direct person years of employment in 2014. The trickle down effect of that includes homes and equipment purchased, as well as vehicles, clothing, food etc., and annual contributions to the tax base by those workers.

The forestry department provides bursaries, donates log loads to charities, works with school groups, cleans up unwanted roadside debris in

the woods, is involved in the development of a community wildfire protection plan, and assists volunteer groups.

What did that cost North Cowichan in 2014? Nothing; in fact a profit was generated of approximately $400,000.

The municipal forestry log-ging best practices allow a regenerative selective program of thinning, logging, planting and maintenance of the forests on a long term sustainable basis that should allow generations to come to benefit from the for-estry program, while users can meanwhile access and enjoy the many kilometres of recreational roads and trails at no cost.

Wayne GourlayNorth Cowichan

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We look at the calen-dar this time of year and it’s easy to feel

overwhelmed.At the paper, we are notified of

dozens of events and must-dos for the holiday season. Each one individually sounds like a lot of fun, but add them all up and you can start to feel tired before you’ve even gone to your first craft fair or Christmas light-up.

And these are the things we try to fit in around our Christ-mas shopping, baking, work commitments and more. It can become easy to see why some just pitch the whole thing and

say, in grand old tradition, “Bah, humbug!”

Then, when the pre-Christmas rush is winding down — the choir and school concerts done, the light displays viewed, the tree bought and trimmed — the family obligations descend for many, fraught with trying to get the gifts all packed into the car while not forgetting any of the kids, or conversely, the turkey in the oven before the doorbell rings. So this Christmas we rec-ommend a little sanity for the holidays, by giving yourself per-mission to not do everything.

You can’t anyway, so just

give up the expectation before you start. Hit a few highlights and save the rest for another year. You wouldn’t enjoy them at warp speed and dead tired anyway.

You cannot be everywhere and everything for everyone. Accepting it is easier said than done, but it’s worth the doing.

So consider, what do you want to remember from this Christ-mas season? To help you figure it out, think back to what you enjoyed most from Christmases past. For many it’s the simple things, like sitting down with the family for a leisurely holi-

day meal, singing Christmas carols, or watching a favourite seasonal movie. Maybe it’s going for a walk to enjoy the Christ-mas lights, or watching the kids play with their gifts after the unwrapping frenzy. Don’t miss those precious moments because you were so busy think-ing about the next thing.

There can be magic in Christ-mas — in a hot apple cider or hot chocolate with marshmal-lows as you stroll the streets of town and exchange smiles with passersby, or sit treeside and toasty warm. You just have to slow down enough to enjoy it.

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Separate procedures by medical urgency

The present health care system we have in effect is failing us big time. There is no sense of urgency in the system.

The system is run on a first come first served basis just like when booking a vaca-tion at the travel agent. The doctor fills out the form for a medical procedure, hands the request to a receptionist who then makes the appointment for the medical procedure.

That is wrong because we only live once with our bod-ies. We are not a car, boat, or a refrigerator. Cannot find a repair part is no problem and waiting till parts are found is okay because these items can still be repaired regard-less of the time factor. The exact opposite of this when it comes to our bodies. Our bod-ies are like a time bomb. Time is of the most importance, in medical issues.

These forms the doctors fill out should have three option boxes that the doctor must check off. The three boxes should be can’t wait,

can wait and exploratory. An example of can’t wait is after a cancer operation has been performed.

After such operations, fur-ther CAT scans, MRIs etc., are required. The waiting times are too long for these further tests and the results mean nothing as the cancer has advanced, but if the test was done using can’t wait, further procedures could have been done to stop the cancer from spreading further.

Another example is people requiring knee replacement operations. Two people require knee replacement operations. One is still walk-ing without a cane, and the other is walking with two canes.

The present system is allowing the person without using a cane to have their operation first before the per-son walking with two canes. No sense of urgency. The person still walking without a cane should have the box checked off as can wait and the person using two canes should have the box checked off as can’t wait.

The exploratory box would

be checked off for items to com-plete your medical file after a recent medical check up. You are in perfect health, but just some basic tests to complete your file.

All we hear about the present medical system is that we need more employees and longer operat-ing hours. Complete hogwash.

Put the above three box check off system into action and the system would work in accordance with urgency being first down the lad-der to minor and wait times would no longer be a factor.

Joe Sawchuk Duncan

Warm wishes for all seasonal celebrants

The Baha’is of the Cowichan Valley extend our warmest wishes to our Christian, and belatedly to our Jewish, neigh-bours during your special cele-brations this season. May you all have peace and joy in your homes!

With warmest wishes,

The Cowichan Valley Baha’i Faith communities

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Wood smoke is the smell of good living

Here we go again with the arguments of getting us hooked onto the monopoly of BC Hydro’s energy grid. In regards to the recent letter written by S. Kostamo about the first law of thermodynamics, I couldn’t agree more about having the security of heat, as well as cooking, dry-ing or whatever other means of utilizing wood fibre as an energy source instead of the sole reliance on electricity or gas — two sources that will let you down during storms or looming catastrophes that could hit us at any time, or so we are constantly being warned of.

Also the fact about different forms of energy to deal with biotic material all around us that some of us choose to turn into heat instead of the slower process of decomposition or worse, shipping it off to another place to deal with it.

Since high school, and further on into my university education, we learned in biology about the all-important car-bon cycle, so let me recap it here in a nutshell: sun’s energy allows growth of plants, plants store carbon and then die or rot, and carbon is released back to the environment and regrowth happens. When we burn wood, we release the sun’s stored energy and reap the byproduct as heat.

A clean burning fireplace will provide energy far more efficiently, and with low-er environmental impact than any other fuel option. Other fuel options include oil, gas and coal, and when these sources are used, a vast amount of stored energy is released very quickly relative to fibre use, and along with it comes a heavy dose of carbon dioxide, hence our con-cern when it comes to climate change. Burning wood essentially is on par with what a naturally left forest would release

as it dies and rots, and wood fire doesn’t contribute to global warming and has a significantly reduced level of greenhouse gas emissions.

When I lived on the Gulf Islands, we often went into days that we could count on one hand that we had no electricity due to storms, hence pretty much every-one had a source of heat that used wood fibre. Those that suffered during the ice storm that hit Montreal in 1998 had no other source of heat, but those that had fireplaces and wood stoves were popular households for many of their neighbours! We in the Cowichan Valley are not far from the Gulf Islanders in number of days each year without power, as well as the duration of each power outage dur-ing these storms.

Those of us, and I mean the silent majority of Cowichan Valley residents that live outside of Duncan and have wood heat as an option, have probably done things this way for several years, and feel that much more connected with our environment. Telling them to get off wood heat and rely solely on the corpor-ate options of electricity or gas, is to me, a foolhardy option. I’d like not to put all my eggs in one basket.

If you buy property next to a farm, airport or race track, know that that operation has already been going on before you decided to move in next door and wanted to shut it down because it bothers you. Moving in to rural and suburban parts of the Cowichan Valley will probably bring you in contact with wood smoke. This is due to clearing up after downed branches and debris after a storm, or a house being heated by wood. It’s the smell of good living and the nor-mal continuation of the carbon cycle.

Gord HutchingsCobble Hill

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Marlin and his employee Kevin have set a new standard of exemplary cus-tomer service.

Kevin educated me on what makes a good used tire. He installed four used tires on my Chevy Express Cargo van working far past closing time on a Sat-urday night to get the job done.

Marlin was very gracious in accepting my old rusty ‘92 G20 van despite having very little room on his car lot.

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The doors to Cowichan-Malahat-Langford NDP MP Alistair MacGregor’s constituency office were officially opened Tuesday morning, Dec. 15, and to help him settle in, he invited the commun-ity to a holiday open house on Dec. 17.

From 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. MacGregor and Cowichan Valley MLA Bill Routley were on hand to meet with members of the community.

MacGregor’s Duncan headquarters are located in the same space as former MP Jean Crowder: 101-126 Ingram St. downtown.

The office will be open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

An office in Langford is expected to open in ear-ly 2016 as well, for those living closer to that area.

MacGregor has been hard at work in his new role as the community’s representative in Ottawa. Having already been there and back since his election in October, MacGregor is hoping to spend some time connecting with the community over the holiday break.

“I am truly humbled by the trust the voters of Cowichan-Malahat-Langford have placed in me, and I intend to work hard in the months and years ahead to keep earning this trust by effect-ively representing our riding in Ottawa,” Mac-Gregor said in a press release.

It didn’t take the rookie MP long to get involved in the goings on in the House of Commons either.

According to his outreach coordinator Jennifer Hermary, on Dec. 9 MacGregor, the NDP's Seniors Critic, took the opportunity to ask a question in the House.

“He questioned the Liberal government on their promise to immediately boost the guaran-teed income supplement by 10 per cent to help low income seniors struggling on fixed incomes,” she said.

“Immediate needs require immediate atten-tion,” MacGregor noted. He remains hopeful that Trudeau's Liberals will place a high priority on seniors and their needs.

He is optimistic about the future and is commit-ted to helping to create positive change not just Canada in the broader sense but for residents of

Cowichan-Malahat-Langford specifically as well. MacGregor intends to hold the Liberal govern-

ment’s feet to the fire when it comes to living up to their campaign promises.

To chat with the MP and his team, visit Mac-Gregor’s new Duncan headquarters during office hours.

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Moo puts more than pizza on Valley tablesSARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

Those who know Melissa Cottam know she means business. And that business is pizza. The owner of arguably the best pizza in the region (if not the whole of Vancouver Island), “Moo” as she’s known by most around town, is an even better person.

Like in years past, this year between Nov. 1 and Dec. 15 Moo and the staff at Moo’s Pizza collected money for the food bank. For every pick-up order for two-for-one pizzas, the pizzeria set aside $2 for the food bank to help buy items to fill the Christmas Hampers for the less fortunate.

In part because her pizza is that good and customers can’t get enough, and in part because so many in the region admire and support Moo’s commitment to the community, this year’s endeavour was a resounding success.

On Friday Moo posted on Facebook that she’d completed her shopping trip and had a huge van load of goods des-

tined for the food bank.She expressed her gratitude to the folks

at Country Grocer for removing the pur-chase limits on some of their bulk items and for their help in packing up the van when all was said and done.

Moo also thanked the Old Farm Mar-ket crew “for the great deal,” and for the envelope of cash she was handed on her way out the door that the market staff raised for the food bank as well.

Despite being the organizer of the event, and the one Facebook friends and followers have begun thanking in earnest under her original Facebook post, Moo’s own thank-you list didn’t end there.

She thanked her “awesome customers” for driving to the storefront to pick up their pizza when it may have been more convenient to have it delivered.

“A couple nights the lobby was so full people were sitting on the window sill,” she wrote.

She also thanked the Kerry Park Atom hockey group donating 100 take n’ bake

pizzas to the food bank for the third year in a row.

“I will cook and deliver in smaller batches to give the lunch cooks a break,” she said.

Moo told the Citizen on Friday all the food she bought with the store’s collec-tion money went to the Basket Society in Duncan.

In addition she said she took four box-es of tuques, mittens and blankets to Warmland House on Lewis Street.

“I have a customer who knits like crazy and each year I trade her for pizza for boxes of knitting,” she said.

There’s a simple reason for doing it every year, Moo explained.

“It makes me feel good to help. It always has. I’m one of those people that would rather give gifts than receive them.”

Moo said her family wasn’t very well off when she was little and her mom went to great lengths to ensure the fam-ily’s Christmases were special and that there were presents under the tree.

“Now I’m an adult...I feel bad that we

all go spending money on material stuff for each other when there’s someone who would just like to have a complete meal for them and the kids at Christmas,” she said. “Also I feel that I need to support a community that supports me. Without them I would have no food on my table so I will alway have their back. Whether it’s Christmas or not I support this community always and feel great doing so.”

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Cowichan schools celebrate the seasonLEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

The gym at Khowhemun Ele-mentary School was festively decorated.

Parents and staff were all lined up ready to start their assigned jobs.

The message for the day was “Meli Klismus, ‘ikw lyus Xews’ Silanun” (Merry Christmas, Happy New Year).

And the entire school popula-tion of students were all seated at long tables, smiling in eager anticipation.

So, what was it?The school’s first-ever Turkey

Lunch, held Friday, Dec. 18, was quickly voted a great success.

In a switchabout, the elders served the children their food, carrying plates to each table or supplying the young diners with gravy and milk.

Lots of businesses stepped up with donations to make the big day possible, including Island Farms, Superstore, M&M Meats, Old Farm Market, 49th Parallel Grocery, Great Canadian Dol-lar Store, Cisco Foods, Save-On Foods, Tim Hortons and the Fer-gus Family.

Alex Aitken Elementary students take a ride on a time machine and you can guess where these ones landed: the energetic 1980s. They’re singing Feliz Navidad to the crowd. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

It’s disco time for these Alex Aitken students as, dressed in 1970s attire, they sing Run, Run Rudolph. For more photos see cowichanvalleycitizen.com [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

Drinkwater School primary students tell the story of writing letters to Santa through several numbers at their Christmas concert on Dec. 16. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

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Janet Cowan ordeal was ‘A coast tragedy without parallel’So said the Victoria

Colonist, Jan. 14, 1896. Although ship-

wrecks were almost com-monplace off Vancouver Island’s treacherous western shore, 120 years ago, the Janet Cowan’s ordeal is unequalled. One hundred and eight days out of Cape Town, the

Cowan raised Cape Flattery light on Dec. 29. For 48 hours Capt. Thompson vainly tried to stand off under a bitter sou’wester which was steadily beating his lightly-laden, 2,497-ton ship into Barkley Sound.

At 2 a.m., Dec. 31, 1895, she grounded off Carmanah Point. Above the roar of wind, wave and buckling plates, the crew debated their chances as the windjammer threatened to break up just 80 yards from shore. It might as well have been 80 miles — no lifeboat could survive that frenzied surf.

When Able Seaman J. Chamberlain offered to swim to shore with a lifeline, Capt. Thompson shouted, “It’s sui-cide!” But as the young Englishman tore off his clothes, his frightened comrades erupted in cheers then fell silent in the knowledge that their lives rested upon this slight youth’s courage. What chance did a boy have against the Pacific Ocean?

Securing the line about his neck, Chamberlain leaped into the sea and vanished in the pounding surf. An hour passed, two hours, as his ship-mates anxiously awaited a jerk on the line. But no signal came and they could see nothing in that raging blackness. He was gone.

They couldn’t know that Chamber-lain was alive, barely, that his lifeline had become entangled on the bottom and, too weak to free it, he’d had to save himself by tearing at the noose with wooden fingers until he finally was able to slip it off and crawl into a hollow log for warmth. In the darkness he didn’t realize that he hadn’t reached shore but a reef some distance away that would be awash at high tide.

When, four hours after Chamberlain dove over the side, the wind slackened enough to allow volunteers to launch a boat, they found him on his ledge, paralyzed with cold, and they bundled him into dry clothing.

Soon, by means of a breeches-buoy, all of the Cowan’s company had reached the ledge whose tenuous sanc-

tuary was painfully apparent. The tide was now coming in and they were yet separated from the beach by a wild surf.

A second hero, this one anonymous, alas, volunteered to swim to shore with another lifeline. This he did suc-cessfully and all 29 survivors rode a bosun’s chair to safety although Capt. Thompson was almost drowned when his benumbed fingers lost their grip and, as he began to fall, his feet became hooked in the ropes and tipped him upside down in the grasping waves.

Once in the trees they built a fire and several crewmen began searching for signs of habitation. What they did find was the Carmanah Point-Cape Beale telegraph line which led them to a linesman’s cabin and crude shelter. The rest of the crew remained by their fire in the trees, trying to keep their feet from being frostbitten. Come mor-

ning and a calmer surf, they were jubi-lant to see the Cowan not only intact but upright, which allowed them to sal-vage food, canvas and, in the words of the Colonist, “everything moveable”.

But not without cost: First Mate Legall broke his leg by falling down a scuttle hole; to get him to their beach camp meant lashing him into the bosun’s chair.

Their troubles had just begun. That afternoon, having ransacked the ship, Second Mate John Howell and appren-tice seamen Walter Logan and William Steele were returning to shore when their boat was capsized in the surf. There was nothing the others could do to help them and, for days, their bodies were to be seen as they were buffeted about by the surf.

(To be continued)

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With a snowy start to the winter and avalanche haz-ard set to rise, the Vancouver Island Avalanche Centre (VIAC) is reminding backcountry skiers, boarders and sledders about the risk of ava-lanche and the things we can do to mitigate those risks.

“We want the public to know the import-ance of getting the proper Avalanche Skills Training and to know about and use the Vancouver Island Avalanche Bulletin at islandavalnachebul-letin.com,” says VIAC Lead Forecaster Jan Neuspiel.

Carrying the right gear when you go into avalanche terrain is vital, she said.

The surf can be daunting at the best of times, let alone during a storm like the one that spelled doom for the Janet Cowan. [WIKIMEDIA COMMONS PHOTO]


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All I want is a Big BrotherDecember always brings about

thoughts of giving and sharing time with family and friends. For

Big Brothers Big Sisters, this time of year reminds us that there are many kids whose Christmas wish is for someone to spend time with.

Currently, Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Cowichan Valley has 17 Little Brothers waiting to be paired with a Big Brother — some of these boys have been waiting literally years for a mentor!

“I have been waiting five years and I really want a Big Brother,” says 10 year old Little Brother Tavion.

At BB BS, we want to make Christmas wishes come true and find male mentors for these boys. Although BBBSCV is lucky to be supported by many volun-teers, the real need is for males to volun-teer to be Big Brothers.

“The agency has been low on male men-tors for a long time, the board of direc-tors and staff are working hard to change this, we know how much these kids need a positive male influence and it’s heart-breaking to see them wait,” reported executive director Erin Generous.

Males tend to shy away from mentoring, even though they have so much to offer, she said.

“Recruiting male mentors is our great-est challenge,” reported Generous. “We highly encourage you to check it out; there is a variety of program options that fit many different time commitments.”

Being a Big Brother is easy, she said, all you have to do is be yourself! Spending time with a boy between the ages of six to19 is nothing more than hanging out and taking part in activities you both like

to do. Maybe it’s working on computers, riding bikes, playing catch, going to a hockey game, working out at the gym, fishing, building something, playing sports, hiking, or just watching cartoons.

It’s not about spending money, she assured, your time is the gift.

“With as little as one hour of your time per week, you could be making a huge difference in someone’s life,” Generous said.

Learn more about the programs by calling 250-748-2447 or visiting www.bbb-scowichan.ca. Or, visit Big Brothers Big Sisters on Facebook and Twitter.

There is a big list of boys waiting for a Big Brother. [CITIZEN FILE]

BRUSHING UP FOR CHRISTMAS

Tony De Lange of delange-airbrush.blogspot.ca, a talented artist in a unique field, shows off his skill by decorating the window of Old Towne Barbershop in Duncan just before Christmas. The inset image shows the finished creation. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]


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Sometimes a little money at the right time makes a big difference.

The Cowichan Foundation, which hands out bursaries to deserving stu-dents every year, is raising money for its next set of awards.

According to Foundation spokesperson Mike Coleman, the group will be handing out about $11,000 this year.

“Basically we raise the money for dis-tribution by Vancouver Island University to Cowichan area students in post sec-ondary education. There are a number of specific awards. We like to get all our fundraising done by year end because that’s when the receipts go out. With our fundraising in the fall; we’re very low key,” he said.

Donations can be made to the Cowic-han Foundation and mailed or delivered to Coleman’s office at 202-58 Station St. in Duncan. Donations must be in by Dec. 31, if donors want a receipt for this year.

“We’re giving students between $750 and $1,000 apiece. It’s helpful. There are some really good letters coming in tell-ing us the difference this money makes,” Coleman said.

The letters express all kinds of gratitude.

One male student said, “with this gen-erous award, I can breathe a little easier with the extra help, bringing me one step closer to my goal of becoming a regis-tered nurse.”

Another student said, “I am an educa-tion student and a mother of two young children. I will graduate next January and begin my career working as a teach-er in the Cowichan Valley. By awarding me the Cowichan Foundation award, you have lightened my financial burden allowed me to focus on school until graduation.”

The Foundation really enjoys getting such replies.

“We know they appreciate us, but it’s still great to hear it,” Coleman said.

Bursaries make a big diff erence Microbes, biodiversity and the benefi ts of getting dirty

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rounded by life, but Earth’s most plentiful living things are invisible to the naked eye. Microbes are not only around us, they live on and in us. Although some cause maladies ranging from food poisoning to smallpox, there are many we couldn’t live without.

Beneficial microbes break down food and produce vitamins in our guts. They coat our skin, protecting us from attacks by harmful microbes. Outside our bodies, they decompose organic waste, fix nitro-gen and produce half the world’s oxygen.

Scientists refer to the microbial com-munities on and in our bodies as “micro-biomes”. Every one of us hosts as many as 100 trillion microbes — our guts alone are home to 500 to 1,000 different bacteria species!

Just as human activity is harming the diversity of visible life, it’s also diminish-ing microbial diversity. As researchers learn more about the profound ways good microbes keep people healthy, they’re also seeing how our urbanized, indoor lifestyles have transformed our microbiomes, increasing the risk of disease.

Just as we pollute the environment out-side us, we can also pollute and upset the “normal flora” of our bodies by what we eat and do. Effects range from indiges-tion to deadly disease. One modern con-sequence of our lack of understanding about the necessity of healthy microbi-omes is seen in our use of antibiotics. Despite their benefits, decades of overuse for personal sanitation, minor maladies and to promote growth in livestock has led to new illnesses and infections as sometimes-harmful bacteria evolve to resist antibiotics and our own microbial defences.

According to Alan Logan, author of Your Brain on Nature, diet and where we live and play have a tre-mendous influence on the microbial ecosystems on our skin and in our noses, mouths and intestines. Logan and experts from a range of disciplines at the Natural Environments Initiative workshop at Harvard School of Public Health found people who live in areas with rich plant diversity have more diverse microbiomes. The air we breathe, the soil we dig and the outdoor plants we come into contact with include a variety of microbes that may be absent in indoor and built environments.

Researchers have even found digging in dirt, wheth-er gardening or playing, can benefit our physical and mental health. A microbe common to mud and wet soils, Mycobacterium vaccae, has been shown to influence brain neurotransmitters to reduce anxiety and improve

cognitive functioning. Another microbe encountered in natural environments, Acinetobacter lwoffii, has been shown to benefit the human immune system, preventing asthma, hay fever and other ailments in children who have been exposed to it — although it can also cause infections and gastric problems for people with compromised immune systems.

Research by Ilkka Hanski and col-leagues at the University of Helsinki found microbe diversity reduced the incidence of allergies. They compared adolescents living in houses surrounded by biodiverse natural areas to those living in landscapes of lawns and con-crete. From skin swabs, they learned that higher native plant diversity appears to be associated with greater and more diverse microbial composition on the participants’ skin, which led to lower risk of a range of allergies.

It’s likely that, as we learn more about the microbial world, we’ll find other beneficial microbes in nature. The research also highlights the importance of overall biodiversity to human health. A good solution to protecting biodivers-ity, from the smallest microbe to the largest animal, and to keeping ourselves healthy, is for all of us to spend more time outside.

According to the American Public Health Association, “People of all ages and abilities enjoy higher levels of health and well-being when they have nature nearby in parks, gardens, greenways, naturalized schoolyards and playgrounds, and natural landscaping around homes and workplaces.”

People responding to David Suzuki Foundation surveys after our annual 30X30 Nature Challenge report sig-nificant mood improvements, more vitality and energy, and increases in nature-specific emotions like awe, curi-osity and fascination. Research has also shown people who develop deeper connections with nature are more likely to care for and protect it, a phenomenon renowned biologist E.O. Wilson called “biophilia.”

As this year’s 30X30 Nature Challenge wraps up, consider it an inspiration to get outside every day of the year. It’s good for your health, mood and microbi-ome — and nature!

Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation senior editor Ian Hanington.

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Nature is good for people, studies have found, so get out and enjoy it. [CITIZEN FILE]


PROPOSED INTER‐COMMUNITY BUSINESS LICENCE AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 3081.01, 2015

The Council of the City of Duncan hereby gives notice, in accordance with Section 59 of the Community Charter, of an opportunity for citizens and businesses to make representation to Council with respect to the proposed "INTER‐COMMUNITY BUSINESS LICENCE AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 3081.01, 2015."

The purpose of this amendment is to add “marijuana related business” to the list of excluded businesses in Schedule A to the Inter‐Community Business Licence Bylaw.

The proposed bylaw is scheduled to proceed to Council for their consideration at a Special Council meeting to be held at City Hall, 200 Craig Street, Duncan, on Monday, January 4, 2016 at 5:30 p.m.

Delegations requesting permission to speak to "INTER‐COMMUNITY BUSINESS LICENCE BYLAW AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 3081.01, 2015" at the January 4, 2016 Special Council Meeting are required to submit a written request to the Corporate Services Department by Monday, January 4, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. Applications to appear as a Delegation can be found at http://www.duncan.ca/duncan_city_hall/meetings.htm

The proposed bylaw, in its entirety, and supporting materials, may be viewed through the City’s website at: http://www.city.duncan.bc.ca/pdf/2015‐12‐21%20Agenda.pdf

For more information about the proposed "INTER‐COMMUNITY BUSINESS LICENCE AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 3081.01, 2015," or to receive a copy of the bylaw, please contact: Karen Robertson, Director of Corporate Services [email protected]. 7363835

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The City of Duncan gives notice, under Section 892 of the Local Government Act, that it will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, January 4, 2016, at 5:30 pm in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 200 Craig Street, Duncan, BC to receive public input on the proposed “ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 3150, 2015”, a bylaw to amend Zoning Bylaw No. 1540, 1988. The purpose of the proposed bylaw is to add “marijuana operation” to the list of uses prohibited in all zones within the City. If you believe your interests may be affected by the proposed Bylaw, you may express your views to City Council at the PUBLIC HEARING. If you cannot attend the Public Hearing, you may write to City Council at the address or fax number shown below, or send an e‐mail to [email protected] before 4:00 pm, Monday, January 4, 2016. Your submission will form part of the public record.

The proposed bylaw in its entirety, and supporting materials, may be viewed through the City’s website at: http://www.city.duncan.bc.ca/pdf/2016‐01‐04%20Public%20Hearing%20Agenda.pdf or at City Hall, 200 Craig Street, Duncan, BC, Monday to Friday, between 8:30 am and 4:00 pm., except Statutory Holidays and the week of December 28 to 31, 2015, from the date of publication of this notice to the date of the Public Hearing.

For more information about the proposed “ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 3150, 2015”, or to have a copy of the bylaw and background emailed to you, please contact: Karen Robertson, Director of Corporate Services at phone: 250‐746‐6126; fax: 250‐746‐6129; or email: [email protected].

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It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and friend. Joan enjoyed looking after her family. You could almost always find her in the kitchen, baking or puttering. She always had an open door and a hot pot of coffee for any friends or family that stopped by to visit.Joan is survived by her loving husband and soulmateAlex of 59 years; her son Les (Maggie); her daughters Debbie (John) Morris and Tracey Hunter (Danny); grandchildren Bryan, Rebecca, Meghan, Marc, Shaun, Alisha and Mathew; great-grandchildren Alex, Tristan, Emily, Gage, Levi, Kianna, Deighton, Brayden, Tegyn, Hudson, Harlynn and Jared. Also her special friends Doris and Caroline.Joan was predeceased by her infant son Trent Matthew (1966) and son Marc Morgan in 2014. A Funeral service will be held at Sand Funeral Chapel, 187 Trunk Road in Duncan, BC on Thursday, December 24th, 2015 at 10:00 am. Burial to follow at Hatley Memorial Gardens. Memorial donations can be made to the Canadian Cancer Society. Condolences may be offered online at www.sandsduncan.ca.

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Ernie passed away peacefully at the Cowichan District Hospital on December 16, 2015. He was born in Vancouver on September 11, 1936 and is survived by his wife Pam and his children Glennon (Tracia), Brooke, Jessica (Aaron) and his grandson Jevin.

There will be a Memorial Service January 1, 2016 at 2:00 pm at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses at 1071 Canada Ave., Duncan.

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The WatcherShe always leaned to watch for us,Anxious if we were late,In winter by the window,In summer by the gate.

And though we mocked her tenderly,Who had such foolish care,The long way home would seem more safeBecause she waited there.

Her thoughts were all so full of us,She never could forget!And so I think that where she isShe must be watching yet.

Waiting till we come home to her,Anxious if we are late,Watching from Heaven’s window,Leaning on Heaven’s gate.

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• Love horses? Cowichan Therapeut-ic Riding Association needs dedicated volunteers in lots of different areas. Help our special needs riders to reach their goals in the ring. No experience necessary, training provided. Info: 250-746-1028, email [email protected], website www.ctra.ca

• Friendly Visitors wanted! Volunteer Cowichan program connects an isolat-ed or lonely senior in the community with a Friendly Visitor. Interested? Call 250-748-2133.

• ShoDai Peace Chant new location Nichiren Peace Centre, Johnny Bear and Cambrai Road. Meditation Thurs-days, 7 p.m., Discovery Sunrise Sun-days, 10 a.m. Website: www.viretreats.com. Info: 250-710-7594. Email: [email protected]

• Duncan United Church Thrift Store, operating for 20 years, supports outreach programs. Great bargains, reasonable prices. Open Fridays, 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

• The Duncan Family History Centre (Genealogy) is open, Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wednesday, 6:30-8 p.m. Free access to Ancestry.com, FindMyPast available, 1815 Tzouhalem Rd, LDS Church. Info: 250-748-9618.

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tre Drop-in Centre New Year’s Eve Dinner and Dance Dec. 31, doors open 6 p.m., dinner 7 p.m., dancing and fun to Andy McCormack. Tickets $30 on sale at AGM, Nov. 19.

• Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre pancake breakfast, Jan. 9, 9-11 a.m.

• Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Cen-tre Burns Night and birthday party, Jan. 16, 5-8:30 p.m.

• Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre soup and sandwich, Jan. 20, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

• Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre blood pressure clinic, Jan. 20.

• Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre muffin mornings Wednesdays and Fri-days 9:30-11 a.m.

• Dance to music from the 50s and 60s at Valley Seniors Centre, 198 Govern-ment St., every Wednesday, 3-5 p.m., $5. Info: 250-746-4433.

• Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre — Bingo every Monday, doors open at 4:45 p.m. starts at 6:40 p.m. Loonie Pot, G-Ball, Bonanza, & 50/50 draw. Every-one Welcome.

• Lake Cowichan’s air-conditionded 50 Plus Activity Centre open 7 a.m.- 3 p.m. Monday-Friday. Bridge, can-asta, cribbage, shuffleboard, pool, line dancing, music. Exercises 9:30 a.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday. Bingo for over 19 Wednesday, 1 p.m. and Sun-day, 7 p.m. Kitchen serves home-made lunches, 11 a.m.-1:15 p.m., weekly spe-cials. Banquets, bazaars and bus trips organized throughout the year. More volunteers wanted. Info: 250-749-6121.

• Valley Seniors Activity Centre, 198 Government St., Duncan open 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday to Friday, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday. $20 per year. Carpet bowling, cribbage, billiards crafts, bridge, choir, bus trips on our own bus. Live music Mondays and Wednesdays 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Dances every 1st and 3rd Saturday evening 7:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m.

Open to public for Bingo each Tuesday. Many special events throughout the year. Check out Monthly Newsletter at valley-seniors.org and consider mem-bership if you’re 55 years or older. Info: 250-746-4433.Info: 250-746-4433 or www.valley-seniors.org

Recreation• Mill Bay Carpet Bowling Group

meets every Wednesday, 1 p.m., Mill Bay Community League Hall, beside Kerry Park Arena. Info: Jim 250-743-5189 or Pauline 250-733-9886.

• Cowichan Kayak and Canoe Club meetings second Tuesday each month except July and August, 7:30 p.m., socializing time 7-7:30 p.m., Seniors Activity Centre, Duncan. Refresh-ments provided. Info: cowichankay-akandcanoe.wordpress.com

• Cowichan Intercultural Society pre-sents Art Healing Series, Wednesdays, 2-3:30 p.m., Mill Bay Library. Meet to paint, draw, sketch and create art pieces. Info: Francoise [email protected] or 250-748-3112.

• Duncan Badminton Club, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8-10 p.m., October through March Multi-purpose Hall, Island Savings Centre. Recreational and competitive. All welcome. Info: 250-746-4380.

• Youth rowing program, Cowichan Bay Maritime Centre, for ages 10-14. Get some rowing experience with summer staff Thursdays 4-6 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m.-noon. $10 drop-in fee, call ahead to reserve a place: 250-746-4955.

Meetings• Adult Child of Alcoholics and Dys-

functional Families (ACOA) meetings 107 Evans St., Duncan, Fridays, 7 p.m.

• Cowichan Valley Prostate Cancer Support Group meetings held the last Thursday of each month from 2-4 p.m. Cancer Society office, 394 Duncan St. Info: Gord Thomas 250-743-6960 or Brian King 250-748-5785.

• Is food a problem for you? Overeat-ers Anonymous is here to help. Meet-ings Sunday morning, Thursday even-ing. For meeting times call 250-746-9366 or go to www.oa.org/membersgroups/find-a-meeting/

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• C h e m a i nu s S ke t c h G r o u p, Jan. 20, Geometric Design on Wood, wood available on site, Fuller Lake Arena, 10 a.m.

• Ladysmith Camera Club presents “Buying/Upgrading a Photo Editing Computer”, a smart shopper’s guide to choosing the right hardware with Brad Grigor or Turning Point Arts, Saltair. Tuesday, Jan. 26, 7 p.m., Hard-wick Hall, High Street at 3rd Avenue. Non-members $5 drop-in fee. Info: www.LadysmithCameraClub.com

• Chemainus Sketch Group, Jan. 27, Still Life, chance to practise drawing skills, Fuller Lake Arena, 10 a.m.

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KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Steve Nash never forgot the man who built the high school program that pro-duced him.

When the retired NBA superstar was inducted into the Phoenix Suns’ Ring of Honor in October, he made sure that Bill Greenwell was there, along with several other of his former coaches.

Greenwell, who grew up in the Cowic-han Lake area and now lives in Youbou, helped turn St. Michael’s University School into a provincial contender in the 1980s and ’90s. He was an assistant coach to Ian Hyde-Lay when Nash came through the program in grades 11 and 12 on his way to becoming a two-time NBA MVP, the 2005 winner of the Lou Marsh Award as Canadian male athlete of the year, and the greatest basketball player in Canadian history. Greenwell was on hand as one of Nash’s many guests during the big ceremony on Oct. 30.

As part of the celebrations, Greenwell got to attend the Suns’ game in a skybox with all of Nash’s guests and attend some other events in Nash’s honour.

“It was very, very special for me,” the retired coach said. “That’s not the kind of thing I normally do.”

Greenwell was first on hand as Nash was recognized by Educare Arizona, a major beneficiary of the Steve Nash Foundation, which provides educational and other

opportunities for children from disadvan-taged backgrounds.

“They get medical care, they get dental care, everything else,” Greenwell said. “It’s really neat.”

There was also a party in Nash’s honour at the Talking Stick Resort — namesake of the Suns’ arena — where Greenwell got to hobnob with the likes of Nash’s former Dallas Mavericks teammate, Dirk Nowitz-ki, Nash’s brother-in-law and former Van-couver Canucks centre Manny Malhotra, and Mike D’Antoni, the Suns’ former head coach, who devised the system under which Nash won his MVP awards.

“There were all kinds of NBA guys and guys he played on the national team with,” Greenwell said. “It was kind of a neat crowd.”

All of Phoenix’s Ring of Honor members were there for the ceremonies, with the exception of late coach Cotton Fitzsim-mons, whose widow was in attendance, as Nash became the 14th member of the prestigious circle.

One of those members, Jerry Colangelo, the former Suns general manager, who drafted Nash out of college, made a prom-ise that shouldn’t be too hard to keep.

“I just want you to know that Steve is going to get into the Hall of Fame,” Colangelo said, according to Greenwell. “Because I’m the chairman of the board.”

See LEADERSHIP, Page 23

Bill Greenwell enjoys the big day with his former basketball student Steve Nash in October. [SUBMITTED]

Former coach is courtside as Steve Nash honouredBASKETBALL: NBA star remembers his Island connections

KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Four members of the Duncan Skating Club reached a tremendous achievement this fall when they completed their Skate Canada Gold Tests.

Courtney Vanderstap did the Gold skills, interpretive and dance tests; Baylee Hopwo did the Gold skills and interpret-ive tests; Anna Brancato did the Gold skills and interpretive tests; and Cecilia Faustino did the Gold skills test.

The dance title alone requires skaters to pass 21 tests. Interpretive requires four tests, and skills requires six tests of three patterns apiece.

“It takes many years for skaters to achieve their gold tests in skating,” coach Lorraine Francisty said. “I would say all of these girls have skate for more than 10 years. They all volunteer to help instruct our Canskaters, which is two hours per week. On average they skate five hours per week.”

Four skaters pass Gold TestsCourtney Vanderstap, Baylee Hopwo, Anna Brancato and Cecilia Faustino completed their Skate Canada Gold Tests earlier this fall. [SUBMITTED PHOTO]

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The characteristics that made Nash a very likely Hall-of-Famer are the same ones that Greenwell remembers setting Nash apart as a high schooler.

“The thing that always char-acterized Steve to me was his incredible work ethic,” Greenwell remembered. “He was the hardest worker I ever had. He was always prepared to work on things until he mastered them. And he mas-tered them, obviously.”

Nash also brought phenomenal leadership abilities to his teams at all levels.

“His teammates always kind of rallied around him,” Greenwell said. “He was a great leader; an awesome leader. Much more than his ability to score, I knew that would carry him on to be success-ful, especially as a point guard.”

Greenwell laughed when he is asked if he ever considered that Nash the high school player might make the NBA some day.

“We were just hoping maybe he would get the chance to play [NCAA] Div. II,” he said.

SMUS was a big deal in B.C. high school basketball at that time, though. Despite being of single-A size, the teams were able to compete at the AAA level.

“We had such an outstand-ing group of kids,” Greenwell recalled. “We actually had two teams. The Grade 11 team Steve’s

brother Martin played on beat most senior teams.”

Heading into the B.C. AAA championships in Nash’s senior year, they hadn’t even had a call back from a university interested in the star point guard. Dick Dav-ey from the University of Santa Clara, however, had received one of the SMUS coaching staff ’s tapes, and despite the video’s questionable quality, decided Nash was worth seeing in person.

“He said, ‘Hmm. If this guy can dribble and make guys fall down while dribbling, maybe I’ll take a look at him for a lark,’” Greenwell said.

Greenwell remembers that Dav-ey looked into the stands when he arrived at the provincial tour-nament and was surprised that there were no other American coaches in attendance. Davey knew that he had found some-thing special, though, and offered Nash a scholarship.

“He got the chance to go, and then he was looking to get the opportunity to get some playing time,” Greenwell said. “He had to earn his stripes all over again.”

Greenwell was there when Nash got his chance. The Santa Clara Broncos were hosting the Cable Car Classic tournament, and the

starting point guard, a junior, got sick. Nash was called on to start and had an outstanding tourna-ment, earning an all-star berth.

“He got the opportunity, and when he got the opportunity, he made the most of it.”

When the original starter came back, they couldn’t just bench Nash, and moved him to shoot-ing guard until the point guard graduated.

“He was better suited to being a point guard. He was a good shooter, but he’d rather pass than shoot.”

With Nash in the lineup, the Broncos went to the NCAA tour-nament in 1993, 1995 and 1996, the only times since 1987 that Santa Clara has gone to the dance.

“That’s when people started to notice him,” Greenwell said.

The rest is history.And there’s no denying Bill

Greenwell played a role in the process.

After a playing career at Lake Cowichan Secondary, Greenwell started coaching at Duncan High School in 1962 when he was in Grade 13.

“I was only a year older than most of the kids, so I got my bap-tism pretty good,” he laughed.

Officially, his coaching career started in Port Alberni, where he led teams and taught math for 13 years before moving on to SMUS in 1980. The move to SMUS almost didn’t happen.

“I told them if I can’t coach basketball, I’m not coming,” he said. “They said I could coach basketball as long as I win a Canadian championship in mathematics.”

When he arrived at SMUS, it was a long way from producing an NBA player. The barebones gym had backboards and rims for basketball, but no nets.

“They were known more for rugby and cricket than basket-ball,” Greenwell recalled.

Greenwell retired in 2000 after 33 years of teaching and coach-ing, and returned to the Cowic-han Lake area five years later when he settled down in Youbou. He still follows basketball closely.

“Fortunately, my wife and I are both fanatics,” said Greenwell, who has two sons, who live in Victoria and Alberta.

Over those three-decades-plus as a basketball mentor, Greenwell coached several great players, and he has remained friends with many of them, including one who will be remembered in the NBA and Canada for a long, long time.

Nash made sure to acknowledge Greenwell, just as he made sure to acknowledge Hyde-Lay, and even his junior high coaches from Arbutus Middle School, when he was named to the Ring of Honor.

“He doesn’t forget his roots,” Greenwell said. “Without a doubt.”

Leadership and work ethic contributed to Hall-of-Fame career FORMER, From Page 22

Steve Nash has a legitimate shot at the Hall of Fame. [WIKICOMMONS PHOTO]

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The characteristics that made Nash a very likely Hall-of-Famer are the same ones that Greenwell remembers setting Nash apart as a high schooler.

“The thing that always char-acterized Steve to me was his incredible work ethic,” Greenwell remembered. “He was the hardest worker I ever had. He was always prepared to work on things until he mastered them. And he mas-tered them, obviously.”

Nash also brought phenomenal leadership abilities to his teams at all levels.

“His teammates always kind of rallied around him,” Greenwell said. “He was a great leader; an awesome leader. Much more than his ability to score, I knew that would carry him on to be success-ful, especially as a point guard.”

Greenwell laughed when he is asked if he ever considered that Nash the high school player might make the NBA some day.

“We were just hoping maybe he would get the chance to play [NCAA] Div. II,” he said.

SMUS was a big deal in B.C. high school basketball at that time, though. Despite being of single-A size, the teams were able to compete at the AAA level.

“We had such an outstand-ing group of kids,” Greenwell recalled. “We actually had two teams. The Grade 11 team Steve’s

brother Martin played on beat most senior teams.”

Heading into the B.C. AAA championships in Nash’s senior year, they hadn’t even had a call back from a university interested in the star point guard. Dick Dav-ey from the University of Santa Clara, however, had received one of the SMUS coaching staff ’s tapes, and despite the video’s questionable quality, decided Nash was worth seeing in person.

“He said, ‘Hmm. If this guy can dribble and make guys fall down while dribbling, maybe I’ll take a look at him for a lark,’” Greenwell said.

Greenwell remembers that Dav-ey looked into the stands when he arrived at the provincial tour-nament and was surprised that there were no other American coaches in attendance. Davey knew that he had found some-thing special, though, and offered Nash a scholarship.

“He got the chance to go, and then he was looking to get the opportunity to get some playing time,” Greenwell said. “He had to earn his stripes all over again.”

Greenwell was there when Nash got his chance. The Santa Clara Broncos were hosting the Cable Car Classic tournament, and the

starting point guard, a junior, got sick. Nash was called on to start and had an outstanding tourna-ment, earning an all-star berth.

“He got the opportunity, and when he got the opportunity, he made the most of it.”

When the original starter came back, they couldn’t just bench Nash, and moved him to shoot-ing guard until the point guard graduated.

“He was better suited to being a point guard. He was a good shooter, but he’d rather pass than shoot.”

With Nash in the lineup, the Broncos went to the NCAA tour-nament in 1993, 1995 and 1996, the only times since 1987 that Santa Clara has gone to the dance.

“That’s when people started to notice him,” Greenwell said.

The rest is history.And there’s no denying Bill

Greenwell played a role in the process.

After a playing career at Lake Cowichan Secondary, Greenwell started coaching at Duncan High School in 1962 when he was in Grade 13.

“I was only a year older than most of the kids, so I got my bap-tism pretty good,” he laughed.

Officially, his coaching career started in Port Alberni, where he led teams and taught math for 13 years before moving on to SMUS in 1980. The move to SMUS almost didn’t happen.

“I told them if I can’t coach basketball, I’m not coming,” he said. “They said I could coach basketball as long as I win a Canadian championship in mathematics.”

When he arrived at SMUS, it was a long way from producing an NBA player. The barebones gym had backboards and rims for basketball, but no nets.

“They were known more for rugby and cricket than basket-ball,” Greenwell recalled.

Greenwell retired in 2000 after 33 years of teaching and coach-ing, and returned to the Cowic-han Lake area five years later when he settled down in Youbou. He still follows basketball closely.

“Fortunately, my wife and I are both fanatics,” said Greenwell, who has two sons, who live in Victoria and Alberta.

Over those three-decades-plus as a basketball mentor, Greenwell coached several great players, and he has remained friends with many of them, including one who will be remembered in the NBA and Canada for a long, long time.

Nash made sure to acknowledge Greenwell, just as he made sure to acknowledge Hyde-Lay, and even his junior high coaches from Arbutus Middle School, when he was named to the Ring of Honor.

“He doesn’t forget his roots,” Greenwell said. “Without a doubt.”

Leadership and work ethic contributed to Hall-of-Fame career FORMER, From Page 22

Steve Nash has a legitimate shot at the Hall of Fame. [WIKICOMMONS PHOTO]


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