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Volunteer firefighters from the South End and Duncan halls battled a blaze that destroyed a home on Khowutzun Crescent on Tuesday afternoon. No one was home when the fire started and the cause is yet to be determined. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Fire guts Duncan homeKEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

The cause of a f ire that destroyed a home on Khowutzun Crescent on Tuesday afternoon hasn’t yet been determined, but early indications offer no rea-son to think that the blaze was intentional.

“Our investigation so far, in conjunction with the fire depart-ment, leads us to believe that the fire is not suspicious in nature,” North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Chris Swain said.

Firefighters and police were called to the home around 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, and the house was engulfed in flames by the time they arrived. Firefighters moved quickly, but the roof and walls of the south half of the home sustained massive damage. Smoke from the fire could be seen from several blocks away.

There were also concerns that lines supplying electricity to the home may have caught fire, and BC Hydro crews were dispatched to cut power to the home.

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CVRD board suspends commission activitiesANDREA RONDEAU CITIZEN

The Cowichan Valley Regional District board voted Wednesday night to suspend operations of the Economic Development Commission.

The vote comes in support of a staff recommendation. General manager Ross Blackwell explained that six of the appointments to the commission expired at the end of June, and three were empty due to resignations, leaving the commis-sion with just two functional members.

It would be premature to continue operations he said, as the board is in the process of a complete overhaul of the economic development function.

Following the retirement of former eco-nomic development function manager Geoff Millar in 2014, the CVRD board hired a consultant to examine the func-tion and the commission, as there were misgivings about how it was working and what outcomes were being achieved.

Consultant Jerry Berry of JB Consult-ants Inc., delivered a scathing report to the CVRD board in February, detailing significant dysfunctions and recom-mending big changes take place.

The future direction and structure of the economic development function has not yet been determined by the board.

The Economic Development Commis-sion had separately come to four differ-ent recommendations, which were also put before the board Wednesday night.

They were to repopulate the staff com-plement for the economic development function as quickly as possible, that the commission likewise be repopulated and operationalized as quickly as possible, that consideration be given to broad-ening the representation on the commis-sion and that priority be given to resolv-ing the function to support the long term livability of the region.

The board chose to follow the staff rec-ommendation instead.

Directors disagree over new cell towerANDREA RONDEAU CITIZEN

The Cowichan Valley Regional District is opposing the construction of a cell tower at 1345 Fisher Rd. in Cobble Hill.

Roger Communications has proposed the tower, which has to be approved by Indus-try Canada.

The board was not unanimous in oppo-sition to the project, however, with some arguing that the tower would improve safe-ty in an area filled with dead zones, as well as enable businesses to function better.

Lori Iannidinardo led the charge in favour of the tower’s construction.

“There are dead zones,” she said. “I real-ly feel this is a benefit to everyone in the community.”

She described a situation faced by a local winery where visitors cannot phone them from the gate to be let onto the property because there is no cell signal.

But first and foremost it’s about safety on the highway and other roads, Iannidinardo argued.

They heard from former North Cowichan councillor Ruth Hartmann who was in a very serious car accident near Duggan Lake, Iannidinardo said. She was stuck hanging upside down in the vehicle for a considerable time, unable to call for help because of lack of cell service in the area, Iannidinardo recounted.

“I’d look at this as a public safety issue,” Dir. Rob Douglas said, unhappy that he was unable to vote on the topic, as, since it is a land use issue, it was only voted upon by electoral area directors and he represents the Municipality of North Cowichan.

Dir. Matteus Clement of Cobble Hill gave the opposing argument, saying that the tower’s proximity to a school was a

concern in the community, but so was the quality of the presentation by Rogers Communications.

Rogers came to the area twice to present, and did not address any of the communi-ty concerns in their second presentation, Clement said.

“I don’t feel that they were genuine in presenting all of the actual options,” he said, only the cheapest. They didn’t, for example, talk about the possibility of microcell towers, Clement said.

Directors Klaus Kuhn, Ian Morrison, Mel Dorey and Iannidinardo voted against the electoral area directors’ position opposing the tower, but were outvoted.

Lori Iannidinardo, CVRD director

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Although neighbouring houses never appeared to be threatened by the flames, initial reports suggested there may have been two buildings on fire, so the South End fire hall sought assistance from the Duncan department as well. About 20 South End firefighters and another 10

from Duncan responded.“We were there probably two hours,”

South End fire chief Scott Henning said. “It was a quick knockdown. We got there fast and knocked it down.”

According to witnesses, the house was home to a mother and two adult sons. No one was home at the time of the fire, and there were no injuries.

Firefighters try to knock down flames as they claim a home on Khowutzun Crescent this past Tuesday afternoon. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

No one home at time of blazeFIRE GUTS, From Page 1

KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Cowichan Valley RC car hobbyists will soon have a place to test out their vehicles against fellow enthusiasts, thanks to the Duncan RC Shop.

The store is about to open up a race track for radio-controlled cars and trucks across the street from their shop on Government Street. The plan is to have everything open in time for Duncan Days on July 17 and 18.

“We’re going to open it up for families to be able to race their cars, Duncan RC Shop manager/operator Chrissy Hounsell explained.

“And kids who want to race each other.”The track won’t create a lot of noise for

nearby residents to deal with, Hounsell assured. “It’s just for electric vehicles,” she said. “No nitro cars will be running on the track. It won’t be noisy.”

So far a fence and bleachers are in place, but the track itself won’t be ready until clay arrives to complete the surface.

Once the track is ready, it will be open to the public. A full-day pass will cost $25, and a half-day pass will be $15. Users can sign up at the shop where they will get a hand stamp. They can bring their own vehicles or rent from the shop.

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Honeymoon Bay property owners will be taking to the road soon in an attempt to convince their neighbours to buy into a new well that would secure a reliable source of water for the west Cowichan community.

Dir. Ian Morrison said he and the Cowichan Valley Region-al District have been working towards that end, after the area had a problem in 2014.

“We got into a pickle last year. We weren’t able to maintain fire flows over a few days. But it was later in the year, more August or September,” he said.

Morrison and his daughter stopped cars last summer to conduct a successful informa-tion campaign about the need for conservation.

But last year’s crisis led to action, he said.

“Because of that we had a community meeting where we discussed metering and the like. In addition, the engineer-ing staff at the CVRD along with me and a few others acknowledged that we have a water supply issue. For 360 days out of the year we’re probably in okay shape. But, residents, myself included, are frustrated at having to go to Stage 3 water-ing restrictions, especially this early,” he said.

Practical work started. The CVRD contacted a well driller.

“They drilled three test holes and they found a gusher. That’s fantastic news. We’ve got a real-ly productive well with high, high quality water. It’s in the range of 240 imperial gallons per minute.”

Morrison held a public meet-ing on June 20 to talk about that find. Results from a survey gave a “very strong indication” that residents favour moving forward.

A C o m mu n i t y Pe t i t i o n Process will soon be getting underway.

That process is a means of authorization to increase fees and borrow money on behalf of the community to complete this half million dollar project: developing the well, tying it in, connecting the pipes in the ground to the existing treat-ment facility and water tank.

Various options were pre-sented to residents in June.

“The community decided to poll themselves, to get the homeowners within the system to sign the petition,” which will then go to the CVRD.

“It’s not a CVRD-led initiative, it’s a community-led initiative. It’s one of the tools available under the Local Government Act for elector consent,” he said.

Morrison said he’s pleased to see some highly motivated Honeymoon Bay residents will-ing to do the leg work.

“I would suggest that a good portion of the commun-ity water users would like to ensure that they’ve got a consistent and reliable water source into the future,” he said.

Morrison said that Area G went through a similar peti-tion process for a water system upgrade project and although that project was on a much lar-ger scale, it followed the same petition procedure successfully.

“What we’re talking about is around $12-$13 a month per property; in the range of $150 per year.”

Honeymoon Bay, like every other area, has been watching water levels all this year.

Morrison said that Ashburn-ham Creek is normally still flowing into Cowichan Lake at Lily Beach at the end of June.

“This year, Ashburnham Creek had gone subsurface from the shore on March 13,” he said, arguing it’s time to re-as-sess the idea of The Wet Coast.

“We need water to survive. But we’ve got into the habit of thinking it’s literally falling from the sky.”

However, when the entire Cowichan watershed is con-sidered as a whole, the picture changes, he said.

“We have about five metres of annual rainfall at Lake Cow-ichan; it’s less than a metre at Cowichan Bay but it’s all one watershed.”

Morrison said that it was important that people do their best to conserve water; he’s even had property owners ask-ing if they should drill wells.

“I think that we as a commun-ity, if we petition the CVRD to make these improvements, it will secure a supply. “

But residents still had one more vital question.

“They asked me: ‘Does that mean we’ll never have Stage 3 watering restrictions again?’ On the basis of local condi-tions we should never have to go beyond Stage 2 restrictions. However, today, the entire region is implementing Stage 3 on the basis of drought condi-tions. I can’t ever say that won’t happen. We’re all in the same watershed.”

Morrison said he sees it as a good solution with little effect on water rates.

“I believe the Honeymoon Bay system would go from being the fifth cheapest out of 18 water systems in the CVRD operates to the sixth cheapest. It doesn’t change our ranking significant-ly. It’s not considered to be a big increase,” he said.

Honeymoon Bay looks to new water source

Ian Morrison, CVRD director

The BC Coroners Service released the identity of a man killed in a motorcycle crash north of Ladys-mith on June 30.

Colin Thomas Campbell, 61, from Parksville was driving south on the Trans Canada Highway at about 2 p.m. when he collided vehicle that had stopped on the travelled por-

tion of the roadway at the inter-section with Oyster-Sto’Lo Road.

He was flown to Vancouver Gen-eral Hospital for treatment, but died on July 4.

A woman sustained serious injur-ies in the same crash.

The BC Coroners Service and RCMP continue to investigate.

Coroner identifi es crash victim

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Some good ideas, but still some questions

I have been reading the arti-cles written by members of the CVRD Economic Development Committee Mr. Douglas and Mr. Hart.

I agree that small business produces more jobs, pound for pound and that co-ops are good (although the Federated Co-op refinery in Regina is appar-ently well in contravention of emission standards), and local investment funds are good pro-vided no taxation is involved.

No mention of very burden-some regulation and tax collec-tion duties for small business by Ottawa and Victoria, but this is a local opinion.

I do get nervous about govern-ment raising taxes to fund suit-able businesses.

I was however surprised that the articles were totally devoid of any steps of appreciation by local government towards small business.

Would not reduced taxes encourage small business? Why not mention the business licence fee? Why do you have to pay a fee to employ people in a small business? Why are small business premises taxed at six times the rate of residences?

Would these tax reductions not help small business? What does the Centre for Policy Alterna-tives think? The Pembina Insti-tute? The Simon Fraser Univer-sity School of Public Policy?

And how about using the $500,000 a year spent on the CVRD Economic Development meetings as a general tax reduc-tion for people to spend on local organic food?

G. Glen RidgwayDuncan

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Man with dog should do the right thing

What a shame the male couldn’t man up and be the type of man he might want his kid to be proud of, to give his name and to help out.

His big, young off-leash dog attacked the Gallants’ little wee dog, Coco, July 4. He wouldn’t give his name nor help out, he wouldn’t take responsibility and claimed that somehow it was okay because his dog was still a puppy.

Well Coco, a miniature yorkie, is now injured and maybe worse. The Gallants are devastated but determined to keep looking until there is some word of their dog, Coco.

Folks, keep an eye on your dog

at all times. Dog owners do the right thing and keep an eye on your dog at all times. This hap-pened because of the owner, not because of the dog. This type of situation can be avoided.

Maybe the male involved will do the right thing because it is the right thing to do.

Pamela BraunCowichan

Duncan employees working regular shift

Re: Eliminate City of Duncan overtime

Unbelievable but true! Really Joe, if you spent as much time researching your topics as you do complaining, you could actually be a smart man.

The City of Duncan employees you see on weekends are just on their normal five day shift and nobody is receiving any overtime pay. These students are working through their week-ends and receiving their regular rate of pay.

As was suggested once before, if you have so much time on your hands to complain about everything, maybe you should look at volunteering your time somewhere where it would be appreciated. And maybe next time you see one of these stu-dents working on the weekend, you could thank him or her for keeping your city green and beautiful.

Sue WilliamsSahtlam

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Okay, so I want my taxes frozen for 25 years.

And let’s negotiate a significantly reduced rate before we bring that into effect, shall we?

How do you think your local government — or the provincial or federal governments for that matter — would feel about a pro-posal of that ilk?

Yeah, us too.We get it. Liquid Natural Gas

development was a big election promise for Christy Clark and the Liberals.

She’s taken a beating for not being able to move LNG nego-

tiations along at more than a snail’s pace until now.

But we don’t think this is what anyone envisioned when they thought about the potential of this industry and heard the virtues extolled as if we were all going to be rolling in royalties that would set up B.C. for dec-ades to come.

Instead we’re being presented with decades of corporations sitting pretty while ordinary taxpayers stare down the bore of rising rates for everything under the sun. Where are our two-and-a-half decade tax freezes?

They’re not immune under the deal from provincial sales or regular corporate tax raises, but freezes in so many other areas promise huge losses for the pub-lic to benefit corporations that don’t need our help.

The province says it will pro-vide the company in question with the certainty it needs to go forward.

Who gets certainty these days?The ordinary Joe doesn’t get

promises that his job is going to be around for the next 25 years, why is a corporation a special case?

We could just about stomach

some of this if it went with promises of long-term, well-pay-ing jobs for people in this prov-ince, and a plan to put some of the revenue into development of renewable and truly clean energy sources.

Though even then we firmly believe that corporations such as these which are more than capable of doing so while main-taining huge profits, should pay their fair share.

But there are no such promises on the table. Oh sure, they say the project will create up to 4,500 jobs (which in the grand scheme of things isn’t really that many

over a decade), but there are no promises that those jobs will be for British Columbians.

There’s just a desperate gov-ernment negotiating on our behalf as if we need this and the corporations don’t.

This is a sellout of epic pro-portions that will straightjacket our governments for a quarter century. We could not be less impressed with Christy Clark and her negotiating posse.

We wouldn’t want them bar-tering the terms if we were buy-ing a house. In fact, we wouldn’t want them if we were buying a used sofa at a yard sale.

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In reference to your July 1 edi-torial I would like to offer a few comments. As a geologist I am well aware of climate change; some sections of the earth were bound in ice ages even as late as early detectable human activity. Water was locked up in ice and ocean levels were much lower than we see today. Europe experienced a mini ice age in medieval times. There is no doubt that climate continues to evolve and I am glad that our section of the world is warming rather than cooling.

What about influence of the human activity? You point to the undeniable increase in population and changes that we are making to the planet. We can all observe the resulting pollution of the air and water. However your editorial does not cite scientific evidence to link our activities to climate change. Indeed there are many scientists, including the Dan-ish professor and researcher Bjorn Lomborg (one of “The 10 Most-Respected Global Warm-ing Skeptics”) that postulate that sunspots and solar winds play a significant role in climate change.

All things considered, has the scientific community proven beyond a reasonable doubt that human activity is the substan-tial cause of climate change?

Don GrahamChemainus

Hope eff orts to revive Bank of Canada borrowing success

I would like to thank you for publishing the letter from G. Cope on how all of Canada is drowning in debt to make the banks and lenders wealthy.

I often listened to the late Will

Abram of the Cowichan Cit-izens Coalition and Eye Opener films, who spoke so eloquently on the way Canada’s own bank used to lend us our own money, which provided so much employment.

Our local aquatic centre, libraries, hospitals, schools, ferries, roads could all have been financed by borrowing at

a tiny fraction of the private, commercial rate.

I hope Rocco Galati’s efforts to restore the use of the Bank of Canada meet with success — he is treading on dangerous ground and the Big Banks will not treat this lightly.

P. FootDuncan

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STAGE 3 WATERING RESTRICTIONS ARE NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE COWICHAN VALLEY

All local governments in the Cowichan Valley are now on Stage 3 watering restrictions.

During Stage 3, the following restrictions apply:

Sprinkling of lawns is not permitted.

No person is permitted to wash cars or boats (note: car washes recycle and reuse the same water to operate their businesses so those wishing to have their vehicle or boat washed can utilize commercial car washes).

Washing of driveways, sidewalks, or houses is not permitted unless preparing surfaces for painting/preservatives or to prepare the surface for pouring concrete or asphalt.

No person is permitted to fill swimming pools or hot tubs except to replace evaporated water or water lost from general use of the pool or tub.

No use of fountains or ponds is permitted unless using re‐circulated water.

Limited watering of school and municipal playing fields. Although there will be a reduction in the amount of watering in these areas, some irrigation of community infrastructure is necessary to maintain these assets to avoid high replacement costs as they do not bounce back in the fall like residential lawns will.

Hand watering of gardens, trees, and shrubs with a hose with a spring‐loaded nozzle, watering bucket, or pail is still allowed to a maximum of 2 hours per day either between 6:00 am and 8:00 am or 8:00 pm and 10:00 pm. Those with micro‐drip irrigation systems may continue to water their gardens, trees or shrubs any time to a maximum of 4 hours per day as these systems are designed to deliver water to the root of the plant and use less than 20 gallons per hour at less than 25 psi.

Commercial enterprises which require water to facilitate normal business activities such as power washing companies or window washing companies continue to be permitted, unless ordered otherwise, but are expected to conserve as much water as possible without resulting in a loss of business.

This is not an exhaustive list so residents and businesses are encouraged to visit the following local government websites for more comprehensive details.

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The bottom line is, motorized vehicles are not allowed on the trail. [JOHN SCULL PHOTO]

Operators politely breaking the law

Pat Hoskins correctly pointed out that the OHV operators in my picture had politely pulled over and stopped when they encoun-tered pedestrians, which was appreciated. Unfortunately, they were breaking the law at the time, as both OHVs and licensed motor vehicles are illegal on the Cow-ichan Valley Trail, even if their operators are being polite.

This sign is at the entrance to the trail, about 300 metres from where the other picture was taken.

John ScullDuncan

ORVs illegal on trailsPat Hoskin’s letter to the editor

attempting to shame Mr. Scull for making a big deal of off-roaders on local trails missed the most salient point — off-roaders are

banned from most local trails and signs forbidding motorized vehi-cles are clearly posted all along the Trans Canada trail.

Shame on Hoskins for trying to justify an illegal activity and shaming the whistle blower based on a photograph which clearly shows the off roaders in an illegal activity, considerate or not.

P. VoganLake Cowichan

Operators breaking the law, considerately

Regarding the illegal vehicles on our Valley pathways, I had a good chuckle because Pat Hoskins chooses to ignore the fact that motorized vehicles are banned. The riders, many of them too young to drive a car, are breaking the law while being considerate or not.

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The Cowichan Valley’s most famous scientist, Frances Old-ham Kelsey, was appointed as a Member of the Order of Can-ada by Governor General David Johnston on July 1.

Kelsey’s international renown arose because she blew the whistle on the drug thalido-mide, but it’s not the only rea-son she’s received the Canadian recognition.

According to the Order of Can-ada listing, her award comes “for her efforts to protect pub-lic health, notably by helping to end the use of thalidomide, and for her contributions to clinical drug trial regulations.”

Kelsey, who now lives in Lon-don, Ontario, is 100 years old.

While the scientist has been honoured in the Valley by hav-ing a high school named after her, wider Canadian recogni-tion has been slow in coming and businessman Kelly Black is one of those who wanted to see it happen during her lifetime.

With the help of Nanaimo-Co-wichan MP Jean Crowder, he organized a petition earlier this year for that exact purpose and said Thursday that he was thrilled to see her made a Mem-ber of the Order of Canada.

“I was absolutely delighted. It was phenomenal.”

Black said he thought his peti-tion could have played a part in her choice for the honour.

“Raising the profile of Dr. Kelsey on a level outside of the Cowichan Valley certainly helped. And seeing her appoint-ment to the Order of Canada,

I couldn’t be happier. I think the increased awareness of Dr. Kelsey’s work in the Cow-ichan Valley and at a national level because of the compen-sation provided to thalidomide victims certainly helped.”

He agreed that Kelsey shone a light where it needed to be shone.

“Her recognition on a national level is about 60 years overdue but it’s better late than never. I guess I would add that I hope the Order of Canada is only the first of many other awards and nominations that are due to Dr. Kelsey in Canada.”

Black began his campaign after the Department of Can-adian Heritage released a sur-vey last spring that included the question: Which Canadians have inspired you the most over the last 150 years?

From the answers, a list of Canada’s top 10 heroes was put together.

“The list was entirely male; there wasn’t a single female on that list,” said Black. “I felt that was a bit ridiculous.”

When he considered women of significance in Canadian history, as a student of Fran-ces Kelsey Secondary School in Mill Bay from 1998 to 2002, the school’s namesake was the first person that came to mind.

Kelsey was born in Cobble Hill in 1914. She received a BSc and an MSc in pharmacology in Canada, then went to the U.S. where she got her PhD and M.D. degrees.

She began work with the American Food and Drug Administration in 1960.

Kelsey’s main claim to fame comes from her actions in the U.S. Food and Drug Adminis-tration where she refused to approve the use of thalidomide, which was being used in Europe and in Canada to help pregnant women with morning sickness.

Tragically, the drug caused the birth of a number of chil-dren with deformities such as short, flipper-like arms, but families in the United States were spared this horror because Kelsey stood firm against sig-nificant outside pressure.

Crowder was also delighted to see Kelsey named to the Order of Canada.

“It is good news. I did write a letter in support of the nomin-ation. I’m really pleased to see she’s been recognized while she’s still alive, “ she said.

She’s 100 years old now, so the window of opportunity could be closing.

“Kelly Black had done a tre-mendous lot of work on get-ting Frances Kelsey recognized. She’s been recognized in the States for a number of years for her good work. It’s about time Canada recognized her as well.”

Crowder agreed with Black that Kelsey had really slipped under the radar in her native land.

“The naming of Frances Kelsey Secondary School was a way of recognizing the work she had done. She was born in Cobble Hill. But that recogni-tion wasn’t nearly enough. She saved thousands of children from being affected by thalido-mide by the work she did,” she said.

Frances Kelsey named to Order of Canada

Frances Kelsey has received significant recognition in the U.S., but not much in Canada, until now. [FILE]

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of dynamite and two blasting caps on the Rotary Trail between 19th street and 17th street in Courtenay.

The area was searched by an explo-sive search dog but nothing further was located. This incident could have had far different results had the explosive been activated.

RCMP are asking the public for any infor-mation into the origin of the explosives or who is responsible for leaving them in an unsecured public area.

The RCMP are also warning the public that if you come upon what you believe to be an explosive, do not disturb it. Call police right away and make sure no one else goes near the item.

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SAR involved in three operations this past weekend

Members of Comox Valley Ground SAR were running flat out responding to two local operations, two significant training events in the mountains and leading the successful search effort for two missing Ontario hikers in Cathedral Lakes Prov-incial Park near Keremos, B.C.

In the midst of training two emergency calls were received. The first to assist BC Ambulance Service in the evacuation of a mountain biker found unresponsive on a trail in the Cumberland area. CVGSAR, Cumberland Fire Dept. and BCAS worked together to evacuate the seriously injured biker who was then transferred via air ambulance to Victoria.

The second call was to locate an overdue hiker who had failed to return after a hike on the Comox Glacier. A CVGSAR team located the man in the early morning and reunited him with his worried family.

To cap off the weekend, CVGSAR com-mand staff were flown into Keremos at the request of Emergency Management BC to provide support to teams in the Central region of the Province who were involved in a large scale search for two missing Ontario residents, Lynn Carmody and Richard Moynan, who had failed to return

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Mountain fi re threatens homesThe wildfire consuming Dog Mountain

at Sproat Lake doubled in size overnight Tuesday. Now at an estimated 96 hectares, the fire continues to burn aggressively. On Sunday, the fire spread down the face of the mountain, jeopardizing cabins located near the water.

The RCMP assisted those with boat-on-ly access after an evacuation notice was issued. One unoccupied cabin was destroyed by fire. According to Donna MacPherson, fire information officer at the Coastal Fire Centre, a crew of 21 and three helicopters continue efforts to contain the blaze. On Monday, structure protection units, including sprinkler systems, were established for hillside cabins bordering the lake. MacPherson said the area is haz-ardous with falling debris.

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Conservation offi cer suspended for saving bear cubs

Conservation Officer Bryce Casavant has been suspended without pay pending a performance investigation after he refused to put down two bear cubs this weekend.

The baby bears, a brother and sister, were orphaned after their mother was put down after she had, at least twice, broken into a freezer of salmon and deer meat inside a mobile home on Hardy Bay Road.

The babies were estimated to be about eight weeks and weigh 20 to 25 pounds, are healthy and still nursing.

Casavant made the decision to transport the bears down Island to the North Island Wildlife Recovery Association facility in Errington, as per provincial policy regard-ing bear cubs, despite an order that they be destroyed. “I think it is important for the community to know that I am here to do the right thing,” said Casavant.

The controversy occurred after the Min-istry of Environment received conflicting reports, one that said the cubs were eating garbage and another which said that was not the case.

Gordon Hitchcock of the Conservation Officer Service said they don’t discuss per-sonnel matters publicly.

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Military vehicle convoy attracts Duncan crowdLEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

A convoy of historical military vehicles passed through Duncan on Tuesday, stop-ping at the BC Forest Discovery Centre parking lot to delight an excited crowd.

Presented by the Western Command Military Vehicle Society, the idea of the event was to raise awareness of Canada’s veterans.

“We are glad to be able to honour them this way,” said convoy coordinator John Hawthorne of the 12-vehicle cavalcade, which represented the years 1941-1990.

The convoy travelled from Ucluelet, Tofino, Port Alberni and Bowser south through Parksville, Nanaimo and Duncan before hitting Victoria and finally Sidney.

Hawthorne said they stopped along the way at some Legion halls as well.

They rolled right past the Forest Discov-ery Centre on the Trans-Canada Highway at first, but made a quick recovery, doub-ling back and appearing by way of Drink-water Road to a warm reception.

The Valley’s welcoming party included a group of local veterans but also drew plenty of folks who just love old vehicles.

Legion members Joe Kuzyk, left, and Don Langer are dressed in their best to welcome the cavalcade of beatifully restored historical military vehicles. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

The restored trucks and ambulances attract a crowd of people as the parade arrives at the BC Forest Discovery Centre. See www.cowichancitizen.com for more photos. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

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Duncan exhibit opens, storytelling begins

I n c o l l a b o r a t i o n w i t h Hul’q’umi’num’ Language and Culture Collective, the Cowic-han Valley Museum & Archives presents a new exhibit called tthu hwsteli hwulmuhw Coast Salish Canoe Pullers.

Featuring words, sound, and videos in Hul’q’umi’num’ from the Elders and language teachers, the exhibit explores the importance of canoes to the language and culture. It is being held to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Cowic-han canoe races.

This exhibit, which aims to raise awareness about the pres-ervation of the Hul’q’umi’num’ language, will be on view until Nov. 14, but this summer you can hear a special program of storytellers in downtown Duncan.

T h e S t o r y t e l l i n g i n Hul’q’umi’num’ prog ram-ming featuring storytelling with Elders will take place on Wednesday afternoons in July from 4-5 p.m. at the Summer Festival main stage in Charles Hoey Park. You can meet the speakers at the museum from 5-6 p.m. The schedule is: July 15, Ruby Peter “The Thunderbird at Cowichan Bay”; July 22, Wil-lie Seymour “The First Canoe

Race”; and July 29, George Sey-mour “The Blind Wolf”.

The Hul’q’umi’num’ Lan-guage and Culture Collective has developed a website that includes resource materials, videos, and information about upcoming prog ramming. Please visit the site at http://snuhwulh.hwulmuhwqun.ca/.

Funding for this project has been provided by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council grant and Jacob’s Research Fund grants.

The Cowichan Valley Museum & Archives is located in the heritage-designated Duncan Train Station on Canada Avenue in Duncan. Summer hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. daily. Admission is by donation. For more information call Curator/Manager Kathryn Gagnon at 250-746-6612, or email cvmuseum.archives@shaw.ca or go to www.cowichanvalley-museum.bc.ca

Book off ers historic walking tour of Duncan

The Cowichan Valley Museum & Archives has published a guide to the City of Duncan’s heritage buildings and early businesses, and there will be a launch on Wednesday, July 15 from noon to 2 p.m.

Historic Heart of the Cowic-

han Valley: A Walking Tour ofDowntown Duncan provides abrief description of each siteon the route, archival images,and a map. The book, availablein the museum’s gift shop for$9.95, is a fundraiser for the Cowichan Valley Museum &Archives.

The book features storiesabout Duncan’s pioneer busi-nesses such as the R. VentressChemist and Druggist, whoseshop occupied the site that isnow Station Street Park. In1900, Ventress was the first druggist in Duncan and formany years was the only drug-store between Victoria andNanaimo.

In addition to being a vitalsource for professional med-ical assistance and supplies,Ventress’s store also had thefirst telephone in the district.Medical emergencies at thenearby Mt. Sicker copper minesnecessitated a long-distancetelephone connection to thedrugstore. Later, the Cecil Café,a popular diner, operated fromthis site.

Take a walk through Duncan’spast with Historic Heart of the Cowichan Valley: A WalkingTour of Downtown Duncan asyour guide. It’s a great way toexplore the city and learn aboutthe historically significant buildings and sites of the City.

COMING UP IN COWICHAN

Cowichan Bay Races, May, 1968, Photographer: Jay Powley. [COURTESY OF COWICHAN VALLEY MUSEUM & ARCHIVES]

Living

Tear a strip off a cop in Duncan

E ve r wa n t e d t o Tear a Strip Off a Cop? Well here’s your chance. The Cowic-han Valley RCMP 2015 Tour de Rock Rid-er, Ian Wetzel-Eden will be in downtown Duncan Friday, July 17 from 4-8 p.m. at Matisse Day Spa, at your mercy.

An aesthetician from Matisse Day Spa will be on hand to help you choose and apply a wax strip. Then tear away!

There will be a variety of sizes to choose from for a suggested donation. Wetzel-Eden suggests that even if you “don’t give a rip,” swing by to show your support or donate to the Canadian Cancer Society’s Cops for Cancer - Tour de Rock.

Cowichan Lake Community Garden free workshops eye water, edibles

The Cowichan Lake Community Garden will be offering three more free gardening workshops this summer.

The workshops are run by the Cowichan Green Community with funding from Island Health.

The first workshop, Water Conservation Gar-dening, will be Saturday, July 18, 9 a.m.-11 a.m. Participants will learn gardening techniques that will help conserve water and reduce the amount of watering needed.

“We will build simple natural terraces to catch water and make a ‘hugelkultur’ bed, which uses woody debris buried into the ground to hold huge amounts of water,” said Cowichan Green Com-munity’s Erin Ward. “We will also take a tour of the garden and demonstrate good mulching methods and materials, drought resistant plants and watering techniques.”

The second workshop, Therapeutic Gardening for Everyone, will be Saturday, Aug. 1, 9 a.m.- 11 a.m. Christine Pollard will instruct this course and share her knowledge from over 25 years of practising horticultural therapy.

“This workshop will explore some of the motiv-ation behind the creation of our Cowichan Lake Community Garden, as gardening has proven to have a huge array of health benefits,” Ward said. “Find out how therapeutic gardening can specif-ically improve our physical, emotional, cognitive and spiritual selves.”

The third workshop, Edible Garden Plant Iden-tification Tour, will be Saturday, Aug. 15, 9 a.m.- 11 a.m. This workshop will launch participants

into the world of plants while learning how to identify species and touring the garden. Partici-pants will practice getting an eye for botanical features that will improve their plant and eco-logical garden knowledge.

All workshops are held at the Cowichan Lake Community Garden, across from the baseball fields of the Cowichan Lake Sports Arena, 311 South Shore Rd. No registration required.

For more information contact Erin Ward at the Cowichan Green Community, 250-748-8506 or email erin@cowichangreencommunity.org.

The Cowichan Lake Community Garden also holds weekly volunteering opportunities to plant and grow food and flowers in the shared gardens. No gardening experience necessary. For more information contact Cara at 250-749-4296 or email Smithcara50@gmail.com.

Enjoy free movie on big infl atable screen with Sunset Cinema show

Watch a movie out under the stars this sum-mer when Coastal Community’s Sunset Cinema comes to the Cowichan Sportsplex in Duncan Friday, July 17 with a showing of Big Hero 6.

Now in its fifth year, Sunset Cinema offers free showings in communities up and down Vancou-ver Island on their inflatable screen.

“The great thing about our outdoor movie nights is there isn’t a bad seat in the house, as all films are being shown on a massive, three-storey-high inflatable screen,” said Allyson Prescesky, manager of Community Experience and Com-munications with Coastal Community.

If you love popcorn, cotton candy or pop with your movie, Coastal Community has you cov-ered. Each venue will host a concession stand, manned by Coastal Community employee vol-unteers, with all proceeds helping support the credit union’s Young Entrepreneur Program. Young Entrepreneurs is an educational, school-based program designed to help students explore the world of business, while developing valuable life and financial skills. And to help make your concession stand purchase even easier, VanGo — Coastal Community’s ATM on wheels — will be on site at most events.

“Showtime’s at dark, but come early because we have Nanaimo Science and Sustainability Soci-ety on site with their Science Van to entertain kids of all ages until the movie starts,” added Prescesky.

Those interested are also encouraged to go to Coastal Community’s Facebook events page and RSVP to Sunset Cinema for a chance to win a prize.

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This Sunday when I lead the last Black

Track Tour of South Wellington area — this one to accom-modate those who were unable to participate or had to be turned away from last month’s “last” tour — we’ll again visit Fiddick’s Junction.

You have to know where to look for this “station” on the E&N Railway, as it’s listed in the B.C. Gazetteer, as a signboard does not a station make. There is a unique feature to Fiddick’s, though, the vestiges of the underpass by which the Pacific Coast Coal Mines Co., later the Fiddicks, shipped their coal via their own railway to six-mile-distant Boat Harbour. You can still see the deep cut in the rocks through which this forgotten colliery railway made its leisure-ly way to tidewater.

How did Fiddick’s Junction, which sounds like a 1960s sit-com, get its name? Well, to begin with, with Cornish-born patri-arch Sam Fiddick who arrived in Nanaimo in 1854 after crossing the Atlantic by windjammer, the Isthmus of Panama on foot (there being no canal) and the Gulf of Georgia by canoe. Which tells us something of this pioneer’s character and determination.

With two partners Fiddick,

who’d been a tin miner in the Old Country, and who’d served in the Royal Navy, found work on Newcastle Island as a contract coal miner for the Hudson’s Bay Co. Until the Cariboo gold rush beckoned when he and fellow miner John Bryant,

whom he’d known in Cornwall, partnered to try their luck. (Sam had previously prospected in California despite a permanent leg injury suffered while in the navy.)

Antler Creek proved a failure, as did Burns and Nelson Creeks. By winter, Fiddick had had enough and returned to mining coal in Nanaimo, leaving Bryant to seek (and find) his fortune alone. Fiddick struck it rich, too, so to speak, by winning the heart of Elizabeth Grandam. Visiting from Tynemouth, Northumberland, she married Sam on April 4, 1863. Six of their 10 children — Adoris, Charles, Alice, Samuel (the first), Sam-uel (the second) and Elizabeth Maude — were born in their Chapel Street home behind the Nanaimo courthouse, the last four — the two Christophers (first and second), Richard and Harry — at the Fiddicks’ Cedar “ranch.”

Marriage didn’t totally extin-guish Sam’s hankering for gold and he invested considerable work in sinking a mineshaft near Sansum Narrows. But it paid no better than his previous

prospecting ventures, so it was back to family responsibilities as coal miner-farmer-father before beginning a new career as hotelier. For the grand sum (as indeed it was back then) of $8,000 the Fiddicks built Nanaimo’s first “fire-proof” brick hotel. At the corner of Selby and Fitzwilliam Streets, then touted as the “healthiest portion of the city,” the Occi-dental’s there today, a third storey having been added over the years.

When Sam died in January 1900 (only three years before, at age 65, he’d participated in the Klondike gold rush), his funer-al was well-attended; among his pall-bearers were his old friends John Bryant and Mayor Mark Bate. Widow Elizabeth survived him for a further 28 years. The Occidental having been sold long before this, Mrs. Fiddick invested in war bonds and mortgages and contributed to construction of Nanaimo’s

Socialists Hall, for which she was given the honour of laying the cornerstone.

For besting James Dunsmuir in a battle of wills, she won local immortality!

Seven children survived her passing at the age of 84, three — both Samuels and the first Christopher — having died in childhood. Most of them continued to live in Cedar and Cranberry districts. Daughters Alice and Elizabeth married and moved away, Adoris remaining in Nanaimo. As of 1975, Walter John Meyer, great-great-grand-son, noted in a family history filed with the Nanaimo Com-munity Archives, there were 296 living descendants of Sam and Elizabeth Fiddick, 61 of whom lived in the Nanaimo area, the rest throughout B.C.

During the 1920s two gener-ations of Fiddicks operated a coal mine on family property at South Wellington. It was, in a sense, second time ’round for

Richard Fiddick and his sons, the mine having previously been operated by Pacific Coast Collieries. The family had had to confirm in court that their Crown grant included mineral rights because it preceded the provincial land grant to the Dunsmuirs’ E&N Railway.

Because the Fiddicks and the CPR, owners of the E&N, couldn’t come to terms for a siding, the Fiddicks shipped their coal from their own facili-ties at Boat Harbour, much of it being mined from directly beneath the railway’s right-of-way (a story in itself). They ceased operations in 1936.

In 1900 the E&N inaugurated the Wellington-Fiddick Local to transfer Dunsmuir miners to the Extension mines. So-called Fidd-ick’s Junction operated for only six years and only the name, an illustrious one in the greater Nanaimo area, survives.

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Community Festival and all-around good time! New name! New look! It’s that time again…get ready for Downtown Duncan Days on July 17 & 18, 2015. We’re getting ready to close down the streets and put on a free, family-friendly community party! Downtown shops and restaurants will be coming out into the streets with amazing summer sales and great food and there will be lots happening for everyone to enjoy.Friday, July 17th sees the return of the Kids’ Parade to its traditional evening time slot. Judging begins at 5:30 at Kenneth & Jubilee with the parade starting at 6pm. The Duncan Volunteer Firefi ghters are back again to judge the fabulous costumes and provide a cool treat for all participants. A new addition to the Kids’ Parade this year is the Cycle Therapy “Decoration Station” at Kenneth & Jubilee – come and decorate your bike, wagon, stroller, or helmet!Following the Kids’ Parade, you’ll want to be at the intersection of Station & Craig for the 2nd annual Downtown Duncan Days Fashion Show at 7pm. Come and see Downtown Duncan’s very own red carpet event featuring wonderful fashion and accessories from dozens of downtown shops stylishly displayed on the runway by a lovely assortment of enthusiastic models.Be sure to stick around after the Fashion Show because as the sun goes down Vesta Entertainment will be putting on a professionally choreographed Fireshow called “Spectacular, Spectacular” to light up the summer night! Check out Vesta’s website (vestaentertainment.ca) for a sneak preview of the “fi ery” performance.Saturday, July 18th the Farmers’ Market will fi ll City Square and the always-popular Rotary Pancake Breakfast is back from 9–11am (new location in front of Just Jakes on Craig St.) followed by the Duncan Cowichan Summer Festival’s Grande Parade at 11am.After the Grande Parade, the streets will come alive with professional busker shows, jugglers, stilt-walkers, and yo-yo demonstrations by a 15-yr. old National champion. There will also be an interactive Art Zone where you can help create a balloon forest, community collages and add your name to a chalk “name train” that will wind its way along Station St., as well as an interactive “Flow Zone” where the Vesta Entertainment performers will demonstrate and teach various circus skills such as poi, juggling, & devilsticks. What else you ask? Well, lots of great festival food (in addition to regular fare) from our Downtown eateries of course, as well as many stores and local non-profi ts off ering a variety of fun activities from face-painting, CPR demos, and craft stations to a skate park, psychic fair, and an RC track (by donation). And where else can you “Take a Strip off a Cop” to support this year’s Tour de Rock? JuiceFm will be live on location both days too!Keep an eye on our website & facebook page and be sure to pick up our program so you don’t miss a thing. Programs available from Downtown merchants or at the “Experience Downtown Duncan” info booth that will be set up on Station St. during the event. Downtown Duncan Days 2015 - you don’t want to miss it!

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Downtown Duncan Days is an annual community event promoting local businesses and interactive street activities.This year the event has been re-invented. There will be lots of street entertainment such as jugglers & stilt walkers provided by Vesta Entertainment , Harrison Lee,a National Yo-Yo champion, live music, a fi re show, Kids’ Parade,interactive Circus Day Camp, swordplay, the 39 Days of July’s Grande Parade and the popular Friday evening Fashion Show followed by a Fire Show by Vesta Entertainment.

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choreographed Fireshow called “Spectacular, Spectacular” to light up the summer night!

On Saturday, July 18th, the Farmers’ Market will fi ll City Square and the always-popular Rotary Pancake Breakfast is back from 9–11am (new location in front of Just Jakes on Craig St.) followed by the Duncan - Cowichan Summer Festival’s Grande Parade at 11am. After the Grande Parade, the streets will come alive with professional busker shows, jugglers,

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and teach various circus skills such as poi, juggling, & devilsticks. What else you ask? Well, lots of great festival food (in addition to regular fare) from our Downtown eateries of course, as well as many stores and local non-profi ts off ering a

variety of fun activities from face-painting, CPR demos, and craft stations to a skate

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There’s just so, so much to do dur-ing Downtown Duncan Days (July 17-18) this year that it’s best to plan on spending most of those days in the city.

The streets in the business core will be closed all day Friday, July 17 and Saturday, July 18 for an array of activities.

Starting Friday the super-popular sidewalk sales are on all day. Bring your shopping shoes and check out every single display because you never know where your dream item might be waiting.

Friday evening, there’s plenty of family fun, too, including the Kids’ Parade at 6 p.m., the Fashion Show at 7 p.m. and a spectacular Light Show at 8:30 p.m.

The Friday night finale is an awe-inspiring four-person, 30 minute fire show put on by Vesta Entertainment, which includes various circus props (hula hoops, clubs, staffs, bullwhip and boom-stick) all alight (LED lights will be used due to tinder dry conditions).

Ana Francisco of the Duncan

Business Improvement Area Society, said the group is happy to welcome back an old fave to Friday night after trying moving it to a Sunday.

“We’re doing the Kids’ Parade again this year, in its traditional place [from Jubilee along Kenneth to City Hall]. Fri-day is the best day for it, for sure,” she said.

To help youngsters get ready for the Kids’ Parade, there’s a Kids’ Parade Decoration Station to help dress up those bikes, strollers and wagons start-ing at 4 p.m.

Once people are downtown they can enjoy supper in Duncan before taking in that fashion show, which starts at 7 p.m.

Later, once the sky starts to darken, the DBIA has special treat at about 8:30 p.m., at Station and Craig Streets.

“We’ve contracted with Vesta Enter-tainment for a special show,” Francisco said.

The performance had been scheduled to be a performance featuring fire, but with the current fire hazard in the area, the DBIA has had to react quickly.

“Vesta Entertainment, being the pro-fessionals that they are, have modified this exciting show using LED lights to create a spectacular spectacle to delight the entire family. You won’t want to miss this show,” said a late posting on the DBIA Facebook page.

The light show needs some darkness to be effective so the timing might be altered a little if there’s still too much daylight in the sky.

But it will be worth it.

Then, on Saturday, July 18, there’s even more.

The sidewalk sales continue all day, but from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. you can also bring the family down to enjoy the Rotary Club pancake breakfast, which has moved from its traditional City Square spot to a new location on Craig Street outside Just Jakes.

“We’re relocating the Rotary Pancake Breakfast because we’re going to have a full farmers market this year,” Francisco said.

After brekkie, there will be just time to find your favourite places to watch the Grande Parade, which leaves the Island Savings Centre at 11 a.m.

And of course, there’s also the lively Farmers’ Market in and around City Square from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Throughout the downtown core, fam-ilies can also watch jugglers, stilt-walk-ers and other entertainers from noon to 4 p.m.

There’s an Interactive Circus Camp in the Flow Zone where kids can get instruction from Vesta performers on various circus props from noon to 4 p.m.

On top of that, national yo-yo champ Harrison Lee will be out and about per-forming exciting tricks.

“Harrison Lee does a lot of amazing tricks. You’ll be watching him and think the string is going to turn into a knot and it never does. He’s great. He’s won a lot of competitions. I found him at the Victoria Buskers Festival. He’ll be roving around because he has portable music but he’ll certainly be on Station Street and on Craig by the Red Balloon,” Francisco said.

On top of that, Vesta is bringing along an emcee who’ll be helping to keep everyone on top of what’s going on and where, she said.

“He’s going to be walking around to direct people by saying things like: ‘Go down to Jubilee, there’s a yo yo champ there.’”

Finally, in the Come & Create at the Art Zone, kids can help build a balloon forest, add their names to the chalk Name Train and make their marks on a community collage all during the day from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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• Dave Godfrey, known in the Cowichan Valley as the genial owner of Godfrey Brownell Vineyard, was a figure who cast a wide shadow.

He died June 21, after a short bout with pancreatic cancer.

Himself an author who snagged a Governor-General’s award for his book, The New Ancestors, using his experience as a student working in Afri-ca for background, Godfrey was also a founder of three publishing houses, including the respected House of Anan-si and published the work of such authors as Margaret Atwood and Michael Ondaatje, giving what he considered a much-needed plaform to Can-adian authors.

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“In 1967, David Godfrey approached Dennis Lee to talk about his poems while both were teaching at the University of Toronto. Once Dave had read the full collection he was deter-mined to publish them. As Den-nis remembers it, Anansi really started life as a ‘one shot’ enter-prise the sole purpose of which was to publish Dennis’ collec-tion, Kingdom of Absence. In a recent conversation Dennis told me he ‘admired Dave’s literary judgement’ and felt he couldn’t turn Dave down because he was so enthusiastic.

“When they went to print they realized that it would be good to have the name of a publisher on the spine of the book. They spent a couple of hours mulling over a name. Dave had been travelling and teaching in Ghana with CUSO, where he encountered Anansi tales. Naming the press House

of Anansi, after an African spi-der god, and a trickster to boot, seemed the right thing to do!

“And the rest is history. Well, not quite. It all could have end-ed there if it weren’t for Dave’s ‘go get ’em attitude.’ Dennis recalls Dave’s tremendous energy, and that he was really a force of nature.

“He had ‘no fear of jumping off the deep end.’ And so they pushed forward with their first full list in the fall of 1967, which consisted of four titles. The first was a reissue of Kingdom of Absence (they had spelled Anansi with an e instead of an i in the first edition!), followed by The Absolute Smile, a first collection of poetry by George Jonas, and a first collection of short fiction by David Godfrey called Death Goes Better with Coca-Cola, the first work of fic-tion on Anansi’s first publish-ing list!

“And according to Dennis, it

was Dave’s idea to get in touch with Margaret Atwood to see if she would be willing to have Anansi reissue her Governor General’s Award–winning col-lection of poetry, The Circle Game, which was the fourth and final book on the list. And Anansi’s first offices in Toronto were housed in the basement of David and his wife Ellen God-frey’s home at 671 Spadina Avenue, just up the road from our present location.”

Godfrey and his wife, also an acclaimed writer, eventually relocated to Victoria where, among many other things, they moved into the field of software development for distance learn-ing, making a significant name for themselves before eventu-ally selling out and retiring to a vineyard in Glenora, where they played a quiet but vital role in making Cowichan into one of Canada’s promising new wine regions.

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• The Canadian Cancer Soci-ety’s Cowichan branch is look-ing for volunteers to help con-duct a 50/50 draw at Sunfest on Thursday and Friday July 30-31, with partial proceeds going to the Society.

The volunteers are needed to help sell tickets for the draw. Volunteers will work in pairs at the Cowichan Exhibition grounds, and must be 19 years of age or older. Training will be provided on use of a point-of-sale machine.

For more information con-tact Carolyn Cade or Corinna Adams at 1-800-663-7892 ext 226 or virvolunteerengage@bc.cancer.ca or Margaret Davis at 250-749-3869 or meqdavis@gmail.com

• Growing Together Child and Parent Society, serving young

parents and their children in the community for over 20 years, through child care and parent support, celebrated the retirement of long-time Execu-tive Director Kathy Payne.

• Volunteer Cowichan recent-ly hosted their Cowichan Valley Helping Hands volunteer (25-plus) recognition event during their annual general meeting.

“This annual event recogniz-es those individuals that pro-vide their Helping Hands and volunteer in their own special way to make our community a better place to live,” said Vol-unteer Cowichan’s Anne-Marie Koeppen.

“Its all about the nomination as everyone is a ‘winner’ and most especially the commun-ities they serve.

MP Jean Crowder and her

mother handed out certificates of appreciation from the House of Commons to 10 people: Gord Clark, Marilyn Clark, Martha Fraser, Jennifer Lazenby, Monique Lapointe, Donna Brooks, Kitty Johnsen and Cathy Lafrance. Julia Ellison and Beth Caskey were unable to attend.

• During the month of June, golf professionals played from sunrise to sunset to support those living with ALS. On June 30 Andrew Hager and Jan Best from Mount Brenton Golf Course in Chemainus golfed a collective 252 holes in just 12 and a half hours during the Golfathon for ALS.

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Back row: Gord Clark, Marilyn Clark, Martha Fraser, Jennifer Lazenby, Monique Lapointe, Jean Crowder and mom Bobbi, Donna Brooks, Kitty Johnsen. Front row: Cathy Lafrance. Missing Julia Ellison and Beth Caskey.

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‘The Quacks’, left, paddled to first place in the Cowichan Bay Maritime Centre’s 18th annual Fast and Furious Boatbuilding Challenge at Kil-pah-las Beach on June 28, part of the 30th annual Wooden Boat Festival. Six teams had four hours to build their boats from scratch with less than $100 in materials, then race against each other. The remaining teams, some of which are pictured below, had varying degrees of success.

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Arts• Ladysmith Camera Club presents “Putting Togeth-

er a Slide Show”, a how-to guide by Patricia Haugen, Saltair-based photographer, Tuesday, July 28, 7 p.m., Hardwick Hall, High Street at 3rd Avenue, Ladysmith. Non-members $5 drop-in fee. Info: www.Ladysmith-CameraClub.com

• Warmland Calligraphers meet on the second Tuesday of the month at 9 a.m.-noon, Mellor Hall, Cowichan Exhibition grounds. Info: warmlandcal-ligraphers@shaw.ca or http://members.shaw.ca/warmlandcalligraphers.

• Cherry Point artists weekly painting sessions (September to June), Thursdays, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at Cowichan Exhibition fairgrounds. Experienced and beginners welcome. Info: Jack 250-746-4795 or Olive 250-746-8020.

• Cowichan Valley Artisans year round studio tour: 14 professional studios to explore. From Mill Bay to Ladysmith. Www.cowichanvalleyartisans.com for details of each studio’s hours. Admission free.

• Enjoy ‘Ways of Writing’ - short stories, memoirs, poems - Wednesdays, 12:24-3 p.m. at the Seniors Centre in Lake Cowichan. More info: 250-749-4176.

• Tzouhalem Spinners and Weavers Guild meets the second and fourth Tuesday of each month, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., St. Peter’s Anglican Church, 5800 Church Rd., Duncan. Everyone welcome. Info: www.tswguild.word-press.com or Alison 250-746-6330.

• Basics of Soapstone Carving. The one-day course includes the soapstone, use of tools, approximately eight hours of learning, and you will take home your carved soapstone work. Shorter and advanced courses available. Courses usually run on one of the weekdays and Sundays. Call Brian or Linda 250-743-4155. brian-clark@shaw.ca

• Cowichan Valley Heritage Quilters meet Mondays at St. Peter’s Church Hall, Maple Bay Road, Duncan, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. $1.50 drop-in charge, $10 annual mem-bership. All skill levels accepted. New members wel-come. Info: Darlene 250-748-9738.

• Valley Writers meet alternate Monday mornings to share their works and improve their skills. New mem-bers welcome. Call Stephen Watson 250-746-7637.

Music• Maple Bay Marina announces Sunday Music with

STEW for the month of July. Performances of band STEW are free in courtyard outside Mariners Market & Espresso Bar, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Blend of hits from the 30s, ballads, spicy blues, country, classic folk rock. Visiting boaters contact marina at 250-746-8482, 866-746-8482 or info@maplebaymarina.com. Complimentary parking in lots A and B.

• Master Fiddler Pierre Schryer with Irish Piper, Martin Nolan and Victoria Guitarist Abram Dobres perform at Peter Sussman’s Shady Grove house con-certs July 29 at 7 p.m. Entry donation of $15. Check out shadygrove.ca or call Sussman at 250-929-8226 for more details.

• Cowichan Symphony Society presents Amahl and the Night Visitors. Auditions Saturday, Aug. 8, 2 p.m. for principal roles; Sunday, Aug. 9, 2 p.m. for call backs and chorus. Duncan Pentecostal Church, 931 Trunk Rd., Duncan. Audition packages available at Island Savings Centre ticket office and Meredyth Broadway’s Vocal Studio 250-748-6968.

• Chant Circle at the Art House (1756 Wilmot Ave., Shawnigan Lake) first Thursday of the month 7:30- 8:30 p.m. By donation. Vocal experiments, techniques and world chants in a safe, sacred and playful environ-ment to explore the power of the voice. Info: www.MoonDanceArts.ca

• Enjoy a jam of old time music every second Thurs-day at Twisted Sisters Tearoom, 9885 Maple Street, Chemainus. Info: Steve Heizer at 250-722-3115 or Peter Sussman 250-929-8226.

• Chemainus Seniors Centre choirs: Men’s Choir, Mondays, 9-10:30 a.m., Ladies Choir, Mondays, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., mixed choir, Fridays, 10-11:45 a.m.

• Jubilate Choir rehearses Monday nights 7:30 -9 p.m., St. John’s Anglican Church Hall, Duncan. Early and contemporary sacred songs, Eastern European, Afri-can songs and more. New members welcome. Info: 250-701-0687.

• Cowichan Valley Music Teachers Association meets monthly for fellowship and professional development. Info: 250-748-8196, www.cowichanmusicteachers.com

• BRATZ Music Jam Sunday evenings 9 p.m. to mid-night at Roadhouse Pub, Grand Motel, Duncan. Bring your instruments. No cover. Info: 250-715-8115.

Dancing• Traditional Square Dances: come and

dance with us to live music by Shady Grove Dance Band first Friday of every month. No experience or partner needed. Ages 12 and up, $5, at The Hub, Cowichan Station. Info: Peter 250-929-8226.

• Learn to square dance. Lessons at Girl Guide Hall, 321 Cairnsmore St., Duncan. Info: 250-748-6056 or 250-748-9140.

• Cowichan Valley International Folkdan-cers meet Mondays, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Mill Bay Community Hall, beside Kerry Park Arena.

$5 drop-in fee, $80 yearly membership. First night free. Call Kate 250-743-5068 or Lyn 250-743-2686.

• Cowichan Ballroom Dance Club welcomes all fellow dancers to regular 6:30 p.m. Wednes-day night practices at Valley Seniors Centre. Info: 250-597-1132.

• Cowichan Valley Scottish Country Dan-cers, 6:30 p.m. every Thursday at Chemainus Seniors Centre. Singles and couples welcome.

• Cobble Hill Dancers 2011: Classes in coun-try, latin and swing and social ballroom. Held in Cobble Hill or Mill Bay Masonic Hall. Fri-day is practice night, 7 p.m., Mill Bay Masonic

Hall. Info: Barry or Diana at 250-743-7915 or visit www.cobblehilldancers@shaw.ca

• Cape Breton Stepdancing Classes, Wed-nesdays, 7:30-8:30 p.m., Yum Yoga Studio-1701 Pavenham. Info cowichanfiddlers@gmail.com or 250-709-9662.

• Square dance lessons every Sunday, 7 p.m., at the Girl Guide Hall on Cairnsmore Street, Duncan. Brush-ups welcome. More info: 250-746-4127, 250-748-9140, 250-748-3675.

• Clogging dance classes Mondays and Tuesdays in Cobble Hill and Wednesdays at Chemainus Seniors Drop-In Centre. All levels. Call Ev 250-743-2902.

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Kenneth Christopher BoydOctober 23, 1923 to June 25, 2015

Ken is survived by his son, Kenny (Pauline), daughter Sharon (Rob); grandchildren Shawn (Darcy), Deanna (Trevor); and four great grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife Florence and his six siblings. Dad was a bomber pilot in WWII. He ran his own logging company and was a raw land developer and businessman.

This was Dad’s favourite poem:Oh the whiskey was spilled on the bar-room floor

And the bar was closed for the night.A little grey mouse came out of his hole in the floor,

To dance in the pale moonlight.He lapped up the whiskey on the bar-room floor

And back on his haunches he sat.And all through the night, you could hear him roar,

“Bring on the goddamn cat!”

A memorial service will be held Saturday, July 11, 2015 from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM at the Eagles’ Hall, 2965 Boys Road, Duncan, BC.

“Gone with the wind”

Passed away suddenly at home in her 72nd year. She will be lovingly missed by her children,

Michele (Tim) and Jason; her sisters, Reta, Roberta (Larry), Christine (Patrick); her grand-daughter, Kiah; great-grandaughters, Sumer and Dalia, cousins, nephews, and her life long friend, David

Eeley. Marlene worked at the University of Western Ontario in London for 27 years. When she retired she moved to Ladysmith, B.C. to be closer to her children and grand-children. Respecting

Marlene's wishes, there will be no formal funeral service. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts or donations may be made to

The Heart & Stroke Foundation or to a charity of one's choice.Telford's Burial & Cremation Centre

112 French Street, POBox 2086 Ladysmith, BC V9G 1B5www.telfordsladysmith.com

Marlene EeleySeptember 2, 1943 - June 29, 2015

William R. (Bill) KayeNovember 29, 1927 – June 30, 2015

William R. (Bill) Kaye Sr. passed away peacefully in Victoria, BC.Bill is survived by his wife of 59 years, Shirley; sons Bill Jr. (Cindy), Rob (Lynn) and daughters Sherry, Heather, Kathy (Arnie); seven grandchildren and three great granddaughters.Many thanks to Areline and Joe, Shirley and Bob; family and friends are too numerous to name.Loved ones are encouraged to attend a casual reception celebrating Bill’s life on Saturday, July 18, 2015. Location and time to be determined. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the Heart Wing at Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria.

Congratulations to this year’s winners of the

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participate, and special thanks for helping out when the need arose. Great food, as usual.

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The Malahat First Nation is located on the beautiful shores of the Saanich Inlet in Mill Bay, BC (just 35 km north of

Victoria) and is a fast‐paced organization that is currently undergoing growth and development in an effort to achieve self-determination and econom-ic independence. Due to corporate expansion and internal growth the Nation is looking for a Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis. The position will work closely with Management and the planning committee. Responsibilities include compiling and providing analysis towards all forecasting and strategic plan-ning activities, coordinating the Nation’s five year budget process, creating and managing an effective financial and operational metric system, preparation of periodic material for the Finance & Audit Com-mittee, providing analysis of financial results, and performing necessary financial analysis and model-ing in support of various activities as required. Requirements - • An accounting designation or an equivalent

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Donnay Dr 1751 & 1801-1807 Eagle Ridge Pl 6007-6047Eagle Ridge Terr 6011-6097 Eagle View Pl 1680-1732

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Natara Pl 243-247

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COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL

FOR RENT ...

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COTTAGES

COBBLE HILL $700. Includes heat & electricity. N/S, No dogs. 250-743-4010, 250-743-4154.

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GARAGE SALES

1830 KOKSILAH Rd- Sat, July 11, 9-3pm. Yard & Plant Sale. Household, some furni-ture, clothing, dishes etc, plants included hanging bas-kets, tomatoes+ more. Also, Cedar Sale! 10% off all cedar products when you buy more then 1 item, picnic tables, gar-den boxes+ more...

18 SAVOY (off Wilson)- July 11, 9am-1pm, parking at top of the driveway. Great prices.

6036 MARY St- Sat, July 11, 9-1pm.

DUNCAN 325 Day RdSat., July 11th 8:00 to 1:00Moved / downsizing sale; lots of everything!!!

Duncan. 5346 Winchester. July 11 9am-4pm. MULTI-FAMILY BARGAINS! Musical, sports, electronics, craft sup-plies. Bird cage, bikes, winch, wetsuit, many books, videos, DVDs, & more house/yard treasures. Early Birds pay double.

Duncan 6320 Crestwood Dr.(off Highwood off Maple Bay Rd) Sat, July 11, 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM Combining two households. Furniture, few antiques, lots of stuff!

DUNCAN GARAGE SALE 6478 Paddle Rd. Sat, July 11. 8am-3pm. Clothes, furn., tools.

SOUTH SIDE 8042 Edmund St, Sat & Sun, July 11 & 12, 9-2pm. Moving Sale!

GARAGE SALES

Fundraising Sale. Sat,July 11. 9am-2pm. 1094 Marchmont. Raising money for autistic child. All items new and cheap. Gift baskets galore & much more.

Garage Sale. Sat., July 11. 9am-1pm. 6187 Marsh Rd. Come fi nd your treasure, vari-ous household items. Fire-wood etc.

LAKE COWICHAN: Sat., July 11, 8-1pm. Johel Rd. Multi-family. Jewelry, kids, house-hold and so much more!

Mill Bay 3291 Kilipi Road (off Telegraph and LaFortune)MOVING / GARAGE SALE Sat., July 11 -&- Sun., July 12 9:00AM to 3:00PM both daysHousehold goods, furniture, tools, sailboat hardware, sails, kids items, plants, fi rewood.

SAT. JULY 11, 8am-2pm. Household items, tools, an-tique train set (Lionel), salt & pepper shakers, cedar-lined hope chest, etc. 6050 Eagle-ridge Terrace, towards Maple Bay.

SHAWNIGAN LAKE 2534 Lavinia Rd, July 11th & 12th 7:00 - 3:00. Tools, fi shing rods, plant pots, kitchen ware, bookshelves, canning jars, school binders, & much more.

SWAP MEET at Cedar Com-munity Hall, Sundays 8am- 1:30pm. 2388 Cedar Rd. Household items, books, tools, baking & more! For table info call 250-245-3460.

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CHALLENGE FUNDS KIDS FOR CAMP

Teams from around Vancouver Island compete in the 24 Hour Camp Challenge in June at Camp Shawnigan, raising funds for BC Easter Seals overnight camps. Registered teams from businesses, colleges, recreational groups, family and friends participated to put money in the coffers of the camp, which provides camping experiences to more than 800 children in the province with disabilities. Sponsors included: 100.3 The Q, Air North, Caorda Web Solutions, Century Signs, Flo Water, Freeman Audio Visual, GWG Rentals, Knappett Projects, Prince of Whales, Securiguard, Shaw TV, SPR Traffic Services, The Zone 91.3, and Thrifty Foods. [SUBMITTED]

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Miscellaneous• Cowichan Station’s infamous plant sale

plus pancakes and ice cream, Saturday, July 11. Annuals, perennials, hanging bas-kets donated from Dinter Nursery. Capoeira demonstration. Starts 10 a.m. at the HUB, 2375 Koksilah Rd.

• Movie night at the library in July show-ing Chef, a light-hearted movie about a chef who quits his job at a prominent restaurant and launches a food truck. Duncan library, Island Savings Centre, Monday, July 20, 6-8 p.m., free admission.

• Canadian Firearm Safety course (non-re-stricted and restricted) starts Friday, July 24. Info and registration: Mike 250-748-0319 or canadianfirearmsafety@shaw.ca

• Love horses? Cowichan Therapeutic Rid-ing 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 info@ctra.ca, web-site www.ctra.ca

• Friendly Visitors wanted! Volunteer Cow-ichan program connects an isolated or lone-ly senior in the community with a Friendly Visitor. Interested? Call 250-748-2133.

• ShoDai Peace Chant new location Nich-iren Peace Centre, Johnny Bear and Cam-brai Road. Meditation Thursdays, 7 p.m., Discovery Sunrise Sundays, 10 a.m. Web-site: www.viretreats.com. Info: 250-710-7594. Email: peace@viretreats.com

Seniors• Dance to music from the 50s and 60s at

Valley Seniors Centre, 198 Government St., every Wednesday, 3-5 p.m., $5. Info: 250-746-4433.

• Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre — Bingo every Monday, doors open at 5 p.m. starts at 6 p.m. Loonie Pot, G-Ball, Bonanza, & 50/50 draw. Everyone Welcome.

• Lake Cowichan 50 plus activity centre, 55 Coronation St., needs volunteers of all ages. Info: 250-749-6121.

• Lake Cowichan 50 plus activity centre, 55 Coronation St., holds bingo Wednesdays, 1 p.m., Sundays, 7 p.m. Volunteers needed. Info: 250-749-6121.

• Valley Seniors Activity Centre, 198 Gov-ernment 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, bil-

liards crafts, bridge, choir, bus trips on our own bus. Live music Mondays and Wednes-days 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 Tues-day. Many special events throughout the year. Check out Monthly Newsletter at val-ley-seniors.org and consider membership if you’re 55 years or older. Info: 250-746-4433.Info: 250-746-4433 or www.valley-seniors.org

Recreation• 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.

• All-ages chess club: all skill levels and ages welcome to play and learn chess in sup-portive, fun environment. Mondays 6-8 p.m., Duncan library gathering place or available tables.

• Cowichan Fly Fishers meets 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month at the Air Cadet Hall, Gibbins Road. Doors open 7 p.m. Open to all ages and skill levels. Info: www.cowic-hanflyfishers.com

• Art Film Night at Sylvan United Church, monthly double features $5. For info see Facebook page or sign up for distribution list at artfilmnightatsylvan@gmail.com

• Seniors Dragon Boating, Monday and Thursday mornings 9:30 a.m., Hecate Park. Info: sandysand007@shaw.ca

• Swing Dance Lessons Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m., Island Oak High School, 5814 Banks Rd. Duncan, $10 per class, $12 drop-in fee, pri-vate lessons available. No partner necessary. Info: Josef 250-709-8583, jgraf5@yahoo.ca

• Cowichan Valley Scottish Country Dan-cing Thursday evenings 6:30-8 p.m., singles, couples, beginners welcome, Chemainus Seniors Centre. Info: 250-748-9604.

• Calling all chess players, every Wed-nesday, 1-4 p.m. All levels welcome. Info: 250-743-8740.

• Interested in rocks? The Cowichan Val-ley Rockhounds meet the third Monday of each month, 7 p.m., Duncan Airport. Info: 250-743-3769.

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

• Beginners meditation, Wednesdays, 6:30-

7 p.m., regular meditation, 7-8 p.m. Info:email peace@viretreats.com or 250-710-7594.

• Looking for Dragon Boat paddlers for theSea Sisters Team, Cowichan Bay. Come outfor fun and fresh air every Tuesday evening,April-September. Info: Sarah, 250-743-9894 orburdetrs@hotmail.com

Meetings• Duncan PROBUS Club meets 10 a.m.

every 3rd Tuesday of the month at the Cow-ichan Golf Club. Membership information:www.probusdunca.ca

• Cowichan 950 Toastmasters meets Wed-nesdays 7-9 p.m., Island Savings Centre,Duncan. Info: www.cowichantoastmasters.com

• Silverbridge Toastmasters meets everyTuesday, Island Savings Rec. Centre,Duncan, noon to 1 p.m. Learn and improvepublic speaking and communications skills.Info: www.cowichantoastmasters.com

• TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Cow-ichan Valley chapters meetings: BC 1376,Wednesdays, 6 p.m., Sundance Room,Duncan United Church; BC 4311, Thurs-days, 4:30 p.m., Kidz Co 2, 2739 James St.; BC1395 Thursdays, 8:30 a.m., Alano Building,107 Evans St.; BC 2933, Tuesdays, 8:30 a.m.,Dining Room, 3550 Watson Rd., Cobble Hill;BC 5295, Wednesdays, 5 p.m., 9909 EsplanadeSt., Chemainus. Info: Dianne 250-743-1851 orconnerly@telus.net

• The Diggers Club of Cowichan meetsthe second Wednesday of the month,Chemainus United Church, 7 p.m. Comemeet other collectors and see and hearabout collections. Refreshments served.Info: 250-748-5707.

• Chemainus TOPS (Taking Off PoundsSensibly) group meets weekly, Wednesdays,5 p.m., boardroom Chemainus Health CareCentre, info: msaben@shaw.ca

• Support group for stroke survivors andcaregivers every Friday, 1-3 p.m., Cowic-han Library, Duncan, multi-purpose room.Different topic each week eg. education,awareness, communication strategies, cop-ing skills, brain fitness, caregiver support.Membership $20 per year (less than 50 centsa meeting). Contact: Chris Rafuse 778-455-2095 or chrisrafuse@shaw.ca

• SLAA meeting Mondays 7 p.m. A 12-steprecovery program for those wishing torecover from sex and love addiction. Infor-mation: 1-250-592-1916 or 250-748-1238.

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Jake Virtanen has been a lot of places in his hockey career.

The Vancouver Canucks’ first-round draft pick, sixth overall, in 2014, played his junior hockey career with the Western Hockey League’s Calgary Hitmen, and won a gold medal with Canada at the World Junior Champion-ships last January. But he hasn’t forgotten his roots.

Along with goalie hopeful Jack-son Whistle of Kelowna, Virtan-en was one of just two B.C. boys at the Canucks’ Development Camp at Shawnigan Lake School this past week. Virtanen grew up in Abbotsford and had travelled to several tournaments on the Island in his minor hockey days, something he recalled fondly.

“It’s been an awesome experi-ence coming here,” he said on Wednesday, the last day the Van-couver prospects were at the school’s new arena. “Not many guys on the team really know about Shawnigan.”

Virtanen noted he was looking forward to showing his camp-

mates the view from the ferry as they headed back to the Main-land, and was pleased to get to show them a lesser-seen part of the province.

The right wing, who will turn 19 in August, was also pleased with the number of Island fans who turned out for the public ses-sions at the camp, which includ-ed a three-on-three tournament on Tuesday evening.

“There are great fans here,”

he said. “It’s been packed every day.”

Stan Smyl, a Canucks legend now serving as senior advisor to GM Jim Benning and director of player development, was also impressed with the fan turnout.

“It’s called the Vancouver Can-ucks but it’s the whole province of B.C. that follows the team,” he said. “It’s good for these young guys to experience that. This camp shows the passion of our fans [in the Cowichan Valley]. People are coming out in July to watch them.

“This was a great opportunity to come over to Vancouver Island and see what the province of British Columbia has to offer.”

Next on Virtanen’s schedule is the national junior team’s camp in Calgary next month, although he’s hoping he can crack the Can-ucks roster this fall, which would complicate matters with regard to a return to the championships.

“There will be a lot of good guys out there pushing for spots,” he said. “My goal is to stick with Vancouver, so it will be their choice if I go or not.”

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Although she is still eligible to compete at the youth level, because she’s the top hurdler in B.C., Chicago Bains got the call to represent the province at the junior national championships in Edmonton on July 2-5, and came home with a bronze medal in the 100m hurdles.

“I knew what place I was going into the meet, but I was definite-ly surprised,” said Bains, who was ranked fourth in the coun-try among all 100m hurdlers under 19.

She would have liked to come home with the gold, but consid-ering the circumstances, she was pleased with bronze.

“[First place] was obviously my goal, but I’m really happy with third place,” she said. “There’s always room for improvement.”

Over two busy days, Bains ran four races in total, the finals and semifinals for both the 100m and 400m hurdles. She finished second in the 100m semifinals, but the entire field was upended when the eighth-place qualifier surged into second in the final. Bains qualified eighth out of a deep field in the 400m hurdles, and ended up in that same pos-ition in the final.

“I was four seconds off my per-sonal best, so it wasn’t the best race in the world,” she admitted. “The conditions just weren’t there for me.”

Although the runners she was racing against were a little older, and the hurdles are a bit big-ger — juniors leap over 33-inch hurdles while the youth height is 30 inches — Bains wasn’t intimidated.

“The hurdles are higher, but I knew most of the competition,”

she said. “I knew what I was facing.”

It is something of a challenge to change hurdle height con-stantly, but Bains is able to adapt quickly.

“I’ve been doing it throughout the year, going from high hur-dles to low hurdles,” she said. “I’m getting used to it by now.”

This weekend, Bains and sev-eral of her Cowichan Valley Athletic Club teammates will head to Nanaimo for the provin-cial youth team trials. Based on previous years, it shouldn’t be a problem for her to qualify. It’s not a done deal, but Bains knows she’ll still have to be at her best.

“I’m not nervous for it. I’m just hoping I have a clean race and get near my personal best.”

After winning gold in the 100m hurdles at the Legion Youth National Championships in 2013, Bains took silver in 2014 and will be looking to reclaim top spot on the podium this year.

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Bains brings home junior national bronze

Chicago Bains displays her bronze medal from the junior nationals. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

B.C.’s team shows off Shawnigan

Canucks 2014 draft pick Jake Virtanen. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Canucks forward corps hopeful Lukas Jasek moves in on defenceman Justin Lemcke and goalie Jackson Whistle during drills at Shawnigan Lake School’s arena on Wednesday. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

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Valley View Farms’ own Caiden Varasteh helped Canada collect a pair of bronze medals at the 2015 Saddle Seat Invitational in New Orleans late last month.

Varasteh, 14, was the youngest mem-ber of the Canadian team, which won bronze medals in both the three-gaited and five-gaited disciplines, while compet-ing against teams from the U.S. and South Africa.

“It was a really good experience to be able to go there,” Varasteh said. “It was nice being around so many amazing rid-ers from America and South Africa. I met a lot of great people and had a great time.”

Unlike in many other horse competi-tions, riders didn’t take their own mounts to New Orleans, but were assigned hors-es in advance of each round. Each rider rode two different horses in each of the two disciplines, and they were limited to a 15-minute warmup to get to know the horses they were riding. Sometimes, they switched horses if the one they were assigned was better suited to a teammate, making things even more challenging.

“In the end, sometimes you just got a few minutes. I ended up getting a good bunch of horses. I had a bit of trouble in the war-mup, but once you get in the ring, you fig-ure everything out. You kind of have to.”

The two disciplines refer to the number of paces a horse is expected to ride in a competition. In three-gaited, that means walk, trot, canter, and in five-gaited it means walk, trot, canter, slow gait and rack.

While the American and South African teams had enough riders in the competi-

tion that they each could specialize in one discipline, the five Canadian riders all com-peted in both disciplines.

Having the opportunity to ride unfamil-iar horses also led to the best part of the competition for Varasteh.

“The highlight for me was my first three-gaited horse,” she said. “He was so beautiful and high-powered.”

The rest of the Canadian team was com-pletely supportive of Varasteh, who was pleased with her contributions to the bronze-medal efforts.

“I feel I did well for not having been in a lot of horse shows,” she said. “Just riding there was a big step for me. It was pretty cool getting to be there and being able to represent my country.”

Varasteh is now making a push for the Canadian team in the 2016 World Cup in South Africa. Hopefuls are currently sub-mitting videos to the selection committee. If they are successful at that stage, they will be invited to a ride-off in Edmonton in September.

Varasteh believes she has a good chance to make the World Cup squad.

The same three countries, and possibly more, such as Great Britain, Sweden or Namibia, are expected to compete at the World Cup, but on a different scale.

“It’s a bigger competition,” Varasteh said. “There are more riders on all the teams.”

Closer to home, Varasteh won the breed high point award for American saddlebred at the Island Invitational Horse Show, host-ed by Valley View Farms at the Cowichan Exhibition Grounds last weekend. She also expressed thanks to her sponsor, SB Win-dows and Doors, for financial support that helped her get to New Orleans.

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More than 100 competitors took part in Canada’s answer to Wimbledon, the South Cowichan Lawn Tennis Club’s Grass Court Classic on July 26-29.

Between the range of age groups, men’s, women’s and mixed, and singles and doubles events, there were 17 separate draws contested.

Winners included:Women’s 35 singles: Johane MuiMen’s 45 singles: Tim HopperMen’s 45 doubles: Tim Hopper and Shawn

LusignanWomen’s 45 doubles: Toni Lee Kasprow

and Johane MuiMen’s 55 singles: Dan CardinallWomen’s 55 singles: Karen TaberWomen’s 55 doubles: Judith Clarke and

Carol Ann O’BrienMixed 55 doubles: Art and Rita HobbsMen’s 60 singles: Alan LawryMen’s 60 doubles: Kim Jensen and Claude

PierceWomen’s 60 doubles: Shaun Gessner and

Judy MillicheapMen’s 65 singles: Roger SkillingsMen’s 65 doubles: Roger Skillings and

Peter WilsonWomen’s 65 singles: Paddy MannMixed 65 doubles: Allan Gale and Lynne

CowanMen’s 70 singles: John Hylton-FosterMen’s 70 doubles: Allan Robinson and

Peter WilsonThe SCLTC’s next big event is the Van-

couver Island Grass Court Championship on July 19-25, followed soon after by the Biondo Junior Grass Court Championship.

Rider helps Canada to double bronze in New Orleans

Valley View Farms rider Caiden Varasteh competes for Canada at the 2015 Saddle Seat Invitational in New Orleans last month. [SUBMITTED]

More than 100 tennis players entered the SCLTC’s Grass Court Classic. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Grass Court Classic a big draw once again

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The team of Darian Achurch, Joeleen Achurch and Mike Minckler finished first out of seven entries in the competitive triples division at the Canada Day Vol-leython hosted by the Cowichan Outdoor Volleyball League at Brentwood College School.

Second place in the division went to the trio of Dave Vanderschaaf, Andrew Easson and Chantal Bouchard, while Cole Whitelaw, Colin Hutchinson and Tessa Michaels placed third.

The intermediate mixed fours, with nine

teams in two pools, was won by the team of Hailey Hudson, Jordyn Wear, Cassidy Longbottom and Jonny Watson. Alana Baker, Allan Wood, Sherri Bruce and Venus Tabada Marron finished second, and third place went to Cate Broere, Mack-enzie Johnston, Griffin Fougner-Rukus and Siôn Griffiths.

The rec consolation winners were Torrie Miller, Paul Kleinschmidt, Elizabeth Cox and Sean Hutchinson.

Prizes for the tournament were donated by Harlequin Nature Graphics, the Cowic-han Golf Club, and Dickson & Fraser Auto Repairs.

Canada Day Jitney winners Bill Younger and Mildred Butler with Cowichan Lawn Bowling Club president Keith Thorpe and event organizer Ross Bulley. [SUBMITTED]

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From bowling while seated in a chair to bowling with their eyes closed, par-ticipants in the Cowichan Lawn Bowling Club’s Canada Day Jitney had to over-come a number of challenges over several rounds of play.

Club mainstay Ross Bulley created the rules, and 46 members, all dressed in red and white, took part in the annual event.

The Canada Day Jitney is one of many tournaments hosted by the club over the course of the summer, including one- and two-day events, and singles, pairs, triples and fours competitions, and season-long round-robin events.

“We have two open events where play-ers from the clubs in the area are invited. The ladies’ 2-bowl six pack was keenly contested last month when a team from

Canadian Pacific won, with our ladies in second place,” CLBC president Keith Thorpe said.

This week, the CLBC held its annual men’s singles tournament, and the ladies singles will take place next week.

The club also holds fun days on local holidays and some Sundays, as well as 2-bowls and barbecue evenings twice a month when members can invite friends to play. The next barbecue evenings are on July 18, and Aug. 7 and 21.

“The green is open every day when there is a draw for competitive, friendly play at 9:45 a.m.,” Thorpe added. “Anyone interested can come down and join in the fun. Bowls are provided and, if necessary, instruction.”

For more information, visit the CLBC website at marktrueman80.wix.com/cowichanlbc

Canada Day Jitney a real challengeAchurch/Minckler team wins COVL’s Canada Day Volleython at Brentwood

A player in the competitive triples division at the Canada Day Volleython gets airborne to spike the ball during a heated match. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

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Liam Clinging had a goal and three assists as Cowichan beat Juan de Fuca 18-4 at the Q Centre last Saturday. [CITIZEN FILE]

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Light on numbers, the intermediate B Cowic-han Valley Thunder called on four midget call-ups for their game against Juan de Fuca at the Q Centre last Saturday afternoon, but the presence of the younger players did nothing to slow the Thunder down.

Brody Black, Brayden Zunti, Olin Webb and Dawson Webb helped boost the Cowichan lineup, and all made big contributions to the Thunder’s decisive 18-4 victory. Black scored three goals and added two assists and Zunti had a pair of help-ers, while Olin Webb potted his first intermediate goal in his first-ever game at that level.

“We try to keep the game ball because it’s their first senior goal,” Cowichan coach Lorne Winship noted. “They all fit in well. I was pleased.”

Cowichan held a slight 3-1 edge after the first period, then exploded in the second to make it 10-3 and continued to dominate play in the third.

“It kind of went the way I thought it would go,” Winship said. “It felt like they were going to run out of gas. We were a little bit stronger than they were in terms of numbers and talent.”

Mat Jung led the Cowichan attack with three goals and six assists, while James Taylor had four goals and one helper, and Colin Winship had five assists. Kyle Page scored a hat trick and added two assists, Clayton Vickers had two goals and set up another, Liam Clinging had a goal and three assists, and Jacob Taylor had one goal and one helper.

Blowout victories, while they’re good for the individual statistics, aren’t beneficial to the team in the long run, Winship noted.

“You don’t learn as much as you could when you win by that much,” he said.

The Thunder can expect to see a lot of Juan de Fuca in the coming weeks. The teams meet again this Friday at the Island Savings Centre at 7:30 p.m. before the Thunder play their final regular season game on the road against Ocean-side on Saturday. Saanich folded last weekend and Oceanside opted not to enter the playoffs, leaving just Cowichan and JDF to contend for the Island championship and a berth in the provin-cial championships in Langley on July 31-Aug. 3.

“I’d be surprised if it’s not us,” Winship said. “But Juan de Fuca does have some strong players if they all show up.”

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