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ALL SMILES AS CHEMAINUS GRADS SHOW OFF FINERYThe graduating class of 2015 from Chemainus Secondary School was all decked out in their prom duds Friday evening, as, before the big event, they gathered in downtown at Waterwheel Park first for a parade in a variety of shiny vehicles through the main artery of town, then for a walk up the path through Waterwheel Park, where friends and family lined the route, cameras at the ready.[ANDREA RONDEAU/CITIZEN]

Opening the west: road push onANDREA RONDEAU CITIZEN

A push is on to improve the road between Cowichan Lake, Nitinat and Port Alberni, with the aim of opening up the area for business development.

Driving the movement is the Huu-ay-aht First Nation, a group of about 750 members which owns 8,500 hectares of land in the

Barkley Sound region on the west coast of Vancouver Island at the entrance to the Alberni Inlet.

The Huu-ay-aht signed their treaty with the provincial and federal governments in 2011, and now operate under a muni-cipal system where they collect taxes to provide services to their people.

The Huu-ay-aht want “signifi-

cant” road improvements to the 120 kilometre stretch to bolster the development of two large industrial projects, a transship-ment hub in Port Alberni and a liquid natural gas project at Sarita Bay.

These projects are key to the future of the band, said Chief Councillor Jeffrey Cook, because 85 per cent of their people don’t

live on the nation’s lands, and they’d like to lure them home with the promise of good jobs.

Both proposed projects will require materials to be trans-ported overland from the east to the west coast of the Island.

The long-ignored stretch of what they’re calling the West Coast Vancouver Island Road is the preferred route.

“We’ve been talking about the road for the better part of 30 years,” said James Edwards, theband’s executive director, but said upgrade proposals are finallystarting to gain some traction.

The province has indicated thedevelopment is a matter of when,not if, he said.

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Boosting the signal: CICV expands reachLEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Mike Bishop of Radio Cowichan is ecstatic.“More than five years of preparation can be

summed up in one word: approved!” he said.That’s the magic word the volunteer-run com-

munity radio station, CICV, has been waiting to hear from Industry Canada, the final link in a long chain of events.

Now preparation turns to installation of equipment that will increase CICV’s broadcast strength tenfold, going from five watts to 50 watts.

That means the Cowichan Valley Community Radio Society’s board and volunteers are busy.

“We are working feverously to relocate our broadcast antenna to its new and improved ele-vation near the intersection of Deer Road and the Youbou Highway, next-door to Ts’uubaa-asatx, the Lake Cowichan First Nation,” said Bishop, who besides being an on air stalwart, is also CVCRS chair.

The power increase sounds tiny but it’s huge for this little station.

Right now, it can only be heard around Cowi-chan Lake but the CICV gang have been count-ing on the increase in wattage to increase their audience.

“Only final testing will confirm the coverage area but we are targeting the complete Cowichan watershed starting in Youbou and fanning out south-eastward from Crofton to Cobble Hill,” he said.

Another change is a move to a new spot on the radio dial.

“Because of the power increase CICV has been instructed as part of the upgrade to change our frequency to 97.5 MHz FM. We will be conduct-ing an information blitz when the new frequency takes effect.”

Worldwide listeners will still find a link to the station’s programming at cicv.ca where you click on the old-fashioned radio, give the tubes a second to warm up, and then Cowichan Lake is broadcasting to you.

The Radio Cowichan studios are now located in the former band room at the Lake Cowichan School, after moving from the previous site in the old ranger station in the downtown core.

“This location on the school campus allows for great interaction between station volunteers and the student/teacher population,” Bishop said, pointing out that it’s a community station offer-ing tours and broadcast training to interested students, a recording and broadcast venue to local artists, and perhaps most importantly an off-the-grid link between the general public and emergency services in times of emergency or disaster.

Although they’re staffed by volunteers, there’s always the need for money to support the oper-ation of the station and its many community minded projects.

Donations can be made at any branch of Island Savings to account number 2068823.

It’s been a long journey for the Cowichan Val-

ley Community Radio Society, which owes its existence to three friends: Ron McKenzie, Karl Dalskog and Brian Simpson.

They were sitting around the kitchen table over cups of tea about eight years ago, and according to Bishop, “the dis-cussion started, the pen hit the napkin and an idea took form: a radio station for the Lake Cowichan area.”

An Internet operation at first, the fledg-ling station moved from location to loca-tion and finally found a home in the old Lake Cowichan Ambulance building which had been moved to Wellington Road.

The three “founding fathers” filled out all the necessary paperwork to obtain a CRTC licence to operate as a low power “developmental” station.

CICV has been on the air ever since,

except for some dead air due to the occa-sional equipment malfunction.

Bishop said that the favourable deci-sion from Industry Canada allowing the actual construction of the new antenna and operation of the more powerful transmitter was due in large part to two very favourable letters of support, one from the Cowichan Valley Regional Dis-trict, the other from the Lake Cowichan First Nation.

The CVRD’s Conrad Cowan, manager of its public safety division, wrote to Bishop, saying, “From a public safety perspective, the CVRD Emergency Pro-gram is pleased to know the [society] has the ability to broadcast off the grid in times of a power failure during emer-gency or disaster events. Broadcasting via their new transmitter antenna will afford maximum listener coverage at

times when it will be of great benefit to all the residents of the greater Cowichan Valley,” Cowan said.

“It is a pleasure knowing that the Cowichan Valley has such dedicatedorganizations like the Cowichan Valley Community Radio Society serving our communities,” he added.

The Lake Cowichan First Nation’sChief Cyril Livingstone, said the band had also looked carefully at the applica-tion to move the tower.

“We are pleased to see that over thelong term there is an appetite and desire to have joint programming occur to haveour traditional language shared across the airwaves,” Livingstone said. “We feelthat this will only enhance our efforts toregain our language and culture and webelieve that any and all mediums should be utilized to assist in such a process.”

CICV’s Rick Endres is one of the folks who has worked hard to establish the station as a Valley communications hub. [CITIZEN FILE]


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KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Federal NDP leader Tom Mul-cair praised the efforts of depart-ing Nanaimo-Cowichan MP Jean Crowder as he visited the Cowi-chan Valley last Thursday to reaffirm his party’s dedication to protecting B.C.’s coast and waterways.

“I’m extremely proud of Jean’s work,” Mulcair said.

Mulcair’s visit came just a day after Crowder’s bill on derelict vessels was defeated 145-113 in the House of Commons, with only one Conservative MP vot-ing in favour. Mulcair joined Crowder and Cowichan-Malahat-Langford NDP candidate Alistair MacGregor at Verdier Point in Mill Bay to discuss the issue.

“The federal government is responsible for keeping Canada’s waters and coasts safe, secure, and free of environmental con-tamination,” Mulcair said. “Con-servatives have time and time again abandoned their respon-sibility to protect our coasts, lakes and rivers. The NDP is committed on taking immediate action to protect Canada’s waters.”

Crowder’s bill, C-638, would have brought in tough regulations to ensure that derelict vessels were properly dealt with before becom-ing a problem. Under the bill, the

Coast Guard would have been responsible for derelict vessels.

The lone Conservative to vote in favour of Crowder’s bill was West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast MP John Weston, who is planning his own bill on the issue.

“The Conservatives voted down a piece of legislation that would protect British Columbia’s coast from abandoned derelict vessels which are a hazard to safety and the environment,” Crowder said. “Protecting our coast is also a key

component of our economy, jobs and culture.”

Derelicts have been a major issue on the coast of the Cowi-chan Valley, with such high-pro-file examples as the Dominion I, which sat in Cowichan Bay

for years before being removed in June 2013, and the Beaver, a paddlewheeler that sank in Cowi-chan Bay last summer. Maple Bay has also had concerns about dere-lict vessels.

“Taking care of derelict vessels and the Island will start after Oct. 19 with an NDP government,” Mulcair vowed.

MacGregor also commented on the importance of protecting thecoastline.

“We cannot leave our eco-systems and culture at risk,” hesaid. “Canadians deserve bet-ter and they can trust the NDP to fix the damage done by the Conservatives.”

Mulcair took the opportunityof being in South Cowichan to weigh in on the issue of dumpingtoxic materials in the Shawnigan Lake watershed.

He recalled Prime Minister Ste-phen Harper proudly committing$1 billion toward cleaning up the contaminated Giant Mine site in the Northwest Territories in 2013, and wondered why that wasn’t taken as a learning opportunityto avoid similar situations in the future.

“Instead of repeating the past, the federal government has to step up to the plate and work with the provinces and territor-ies,” Mulcair said.

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Both area residents and local volunteers saw and smelled a problem as thick masses of brown algae appeared in the waters of Cowichan Lake recently.

The Cowichan Lake and River Stewardship Society is now sup-plying more information about what led to it.

According to the society’s Parker Jefferson, “this algae growth was present throughout the entire lake, [with] residents of local communities complain-ing about strong rotten organic odours coming off the lake.

“Officials from the B.C. Ministry

of Environment have indicated that there are no toxins associ-ated with this algal bloom, and that typically these blooms are short-lived, and have minimal effect on fish. However, the town of Lake Cowichan recently had a boil water advisory issued due to the water quality in the lake,” he said. That boil water advisory was lifted May 14.

Volunteer researchers from the Stewardship Society first noticed the algae in their weekly read-ings of water quality on May 3, and data collected on May 10 con-firmed that the lake water was not nearly as clear as it normally would be, Jefferson said.

“At this time of the year, depth visibility is normally 10 to 12 metres; however measurements over the past two weeks have indi-cated that this has been reduced to about four metres. Local resi-dents claim that they have never seen such a situation in over 40 years,” he said.

Algal blooms are not unusual in smaller lakes in Canada, but are rarely developed in larger lakes. A similar algal bloom was noted in 2008 on Shuswap Lake, and again in 2010 on Mara Lake in the north Okanagan, accord-ing to the society.

“The cause of this algal bloom in Cowichan Lake has not been

identified, but possible contribut-ing causes may be an unusuallywarm winter, and a lack of run-off from snow pack in the moun-tains,” he said.

Typically, these algal bloomsdisappear after seven to 10 days, which is occurring in this situation.

At 42 kilometres in length, Cowichan Lake, the second lar-gest lake on Vancouver Islandhas long been renowned for the clarity of its water. It is the head-waters of the heritage-designated Cowichan River which supplies all the water needs for the resi-dential area around Duncan and the Crofton Pulp Mill.

Federal NDP leader Tom Mulcair, second from right, was joined by Cowichan-Malahat-Langford candidate Alistair MacGregor, current Nanaimo-Cowichan MP Jean Crowder and Malahat chief Michael Harry as he expressed disappointment that Crowder’s derelict vessels bill was defeated in Parliament last week. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Cowichan Lake algae non-toxic, expected to be short-lived

Parker Jefferson


Solar installations not in realm of government

Re: Solar power in the Cowi-chan Valley

In a recent letter Ms. Wallace states that Germany receives less hours of sunshine than the Cowichan Valley.

Germany is a big country; a country average is misleading. More to the point, what are the average hours of sunshine where the solar generators are located? For example maps by ecosmartsun.com show that the east Kootenay and Oka-nagan enjoy between 2,200 and 2,600 plus units of solar energy yield while Cowichan receives between 1,800 and 2,000 units. (To reduce B.C.’s dependence on conventional power sources these higher yield areas are the obvious locations for solar gen-eration, not Cowichan.)

No doubt there is similar range of solar energy yield across Germany and the high areas are seeing the majority of solar generation. If individuals choose to generate solar energy after crunching the numbers, speculating on future hydro costs or for ideological reasons that is one thing. However solar energy generation is definitely not an area for local government “investment”.

Local government has a man-date to provide basic services, but not electricity. Tax dollars are not paid to local government to fund forays into ventures that are far from their expertise nor are taxes levied to subsidize pri-vate solar installations. Anyone who thinks that government can efficiently generate and distrib-ute solar power must be happy with BC Ferries, BC Hydro, Can-ada Post and other such govern-ment ventures.

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RV owners not contaminating the lake

Re: Water quality matters…keep sewage out of the lake; May 8, 2015

The writer refers to the Nantree/Peri Road area of 35 lots where 25 lots have been used seasonally either with cot-tages or RVs for over 50 years.

There is good reason for that as the area is in the flood plain and traditional septic field sys-tems often flood in the winter. Only 10 residences were built with septic systems, which by today’s standards would not be approved.

A group of owners, in consul-tation with the CVRD, has asked that seasonal recreational use be recognized through a zoning

or amendment process currently underway.

There is no evidence that seasonal owners are damaging the shore, the lake or drinking water any more than residential owners with outdated septic systems. RVs do have hold-ing tanks and while pit toilets are not the most elegant way to handle sewage, they have existed for thousands of years. Properly constructed, accord-ing to established guidelines, they are an effective means of waste disposal and indeed are in common use around the lake on private property, regional parks, forestry campsites and provin-cial parks.

The suggestion that we are willingly contaminating the land, the lake shore and the lake

is ridiculous. We do, after all, bring our children and grand-children to our cottages and RV sites. We are as respectful of the environment and nature’s beauty as anyone, perhaps more so, as that is one of the reasons we come to the lake.

The Nantree/Peri neighbour-hood is a relatively pristine area of forest and natural flora. The alternative development of 25 lots and construction of residential housing with sewage treatment plants would have a far greater effect on the environ-ment and the riparian eco-system than cottages and RVs used for three or four months of the year.

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So let’s talk broom.Scotch broom to be

precise. That yellow scourge that vis-

itors to the province see lining the roadsides and overtaking clearings everywhere and exclaim that it’s so pretty.

Locals know differently.Broom is an invader that we’ve

so far failed to repel, and it creeps further and further into untouched areas every year.

The Invasive Species Council of British Columbia tells us that southern Vancouver Island is the epicentre of this outbreak.

So what’s the big deal?

This plant is not natural to this area, but it sure thrives here.

That’s a problem for native species, which tend to be pushed out by its onslaught of explod-ing seed pods. Each mature plant can have as many as 3,500 pods, each containing five to 12 seeds. What chance do camas and others have against such a prolific spreader?

Not much, as it turns out.Broom also increases the risk

of wildfire, providing fuel for the flames.

And the stuff is horribly stub-born and hardy in our Island cli-mate, which seems to be perfect

for it to thrive.It doesn’t just take one cut-

ting to kill this miscreant. You have to go back year after year. And you have to get it before the seeds mature enough to be viable. So, basically, right now is when we should be out in force tackling this problem.

And while some groups and individuals have taken on the task and done good work, it’s not nearly enough. That’s obvious just to the naked eye on a quick trip around the Valley.

We’d like to see some regula-tions requiring anyone who owns cleared sections of land

— vacant building lots and the like — to be responsible for mak-ing sure broom on them is cut down or removed.

By far the worst offenders are BC Hydro and the province itself.

Our power utility owns a veritable network of broom corridors, where the plant has been allowed to run unchecked deep into otherwise untouched lands. The broom, of course, fails to stay just in the Hydro rights-of-way.

Our highway shoulders are likewise a perfect corridor for the stuff to go forth and

multiply.If these two entities, our prov-

ince and Hydro made a concert-ed effort to curb the spread of broom it would be much easier to get a handle on it.

There is no quick fix. At this point the contagion has spread so widely that it will, realistic-ally, be years before we can really make inroads.

But the more people to lend a hand and try, both in the phys-ical cutting and in putting pres-sure on the broom enablers to do their part, the sooner progress will be made.

Happy cutting.

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There are many people in the Cowichan Valley

dedicated to return-ing our wild salmon runs to their previous abundance.

And they were heart-ened to hear news of a court decision against the Minister of Fish-eries and Oceans for failing to protect wild fish stocks.

On May 6, 2015, Justice Rennie of the Federal Court ruled that the Minister for DFO could not delegate her authority to Marine Harvest to determine whether or not introducing smolts carry-ing the piscine reovirus could be harmful to wild fish stocks. (Reo-virus is not harmful to humans.)

The Minister had tried to argue that under the Fishery (General) Regulations (FGRs) and the Pacific Aquaculture Regulations, Marine Harvest had the right to transfer live fish to their ocean-based pens in the Broughton Archipelago.

But Justice Rennie did not see it that way. And as part of his deci-sion, he referenced the Cohen Commission into the Fraser River Sockeye — that diseases on fish farms posed some risk to wild salmon and that “DFO’s number one priority in conduct-ing fish health work” should be protecting the health of wild stocks.

Marine Harvest argued that there is no conclusive link

between the piscine reovirus and the much more serious disease, Heart and Skeletal Muscle Inflamma-tion (HSMI), so their decision to move the smolts to open water was a sound one.

The Minister “shel-tered behind Marine Harvest’s evidence” said the judge, noting

that the Minister presented no evidence.

The judge pointed out that his role was not to judge the merits of the science but the “reason-ableness of the Minister’s exer-cise of discretion”.

And that is where the real story lies. In its submission, DFO said the Minister depended on guid-ance from expert advisers and scientific criteria when setting licence conditions.

But the judge noted that the Minister said nothing about the science used to help deter-mine those conditions and used “unsupported statements of science.”

The federal court decision went on to say that “The precaution-ary principal recognizes, that as a matter of sound public policy, the lack of complete scientific certainty should not be used as a basis for avoiding or postponing measures to protect the environ-ment, as there are inherent limits in being able to predict environ-mental harm.”

The licence allowed Marine

Harvest to move fish from a diseased stock as long as it did not require treatment.

The judge found that the licence was inconsis-tent with the FGRs and that it relieved Marine Harvest from its obligation under the law to test for harmful disease since HSMI does not mani-fest until five to nine months after smolts are transferred to the sea.

The judge found that although the Minister could delegate authority to Marine Harvest to determine if a transfer of fish was permis-sible, the delegation was not proper because the licence gave unlimited discretion to Marine Harvest to determine the transfer and super-visory control over the assessment should have remained with the department.

The ultimate decision is that parts of Marine Harvest’s licence were declared invalid and to have no force and effect.

It is suspended for four months to allow the Minister to make the necessary regulatory changes for licences.

Whether you support finish aquaculture or not, I think we can all agree that DFO’s main responsibility is the preservation of fish stocks and this decision raps the Minister’s knuckles for forgetting that.

Jean Crowder is the Member of Parliament for Nanaimo-Cowichan. She can be reached at her Duncan office at 250-746-4896.

Court fi nds against Ministry of Fisheries

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COMMUNITY REPORT

Zoning history at the LakeRe: “Speak up against RV zoning at the Lake”

May 8, 2015The area in question is a 35 lot subdivision

bounded by Marble Bay, Nantree and Peri Roads subdivided into half acre lots in 1961, prior to the CVRD’s existence.

Few, if any, records exist, however evidence suggests the lots were marketed and sold as unserviced seasonal recreational properties. Indeed the majority of the lots have been used for that purpose ever since, primarily in the summer months. The CVRD zoned the area “residential” in 1975, as it did 90 per cent of the lakeshore.

Unfortunately, it would appear little investiga-tion was done to confirm the suitability of this, and other areas, for actual year-round residen-tial use.

Specifically in our neighbourhood, lot size and winter flooding has proved detrimental to resi-dential construction. Indeed the entire area is within the 100 year flood plain.

Nevertheless 10 houses were constructed in the late ’70s and ’80s apparently with septic sys-tems which by today’s regulations would not be approved. The remaining properties are family cottages or RV sites.

Clearly our recreational properties, as well as similar lots on both sides of the lake, have been in contravention of the zoning bylaws. In order to address this situation a group of property owners approached the CVRD to resolve the situation.

We were advised to submit a rezoning/zoning amendment application as the only mechanism to address the problem. CVRD agreed that the interface of residential and recreational use is a problem not only around Lake Cowichan but other high intensity recreational areas on Van-couver Island and the interior of B.C.

The current process of CVRD planning staff’s review as well as public meetings, is to come to a reasonable solution which all Nantree/Peri owners can live with and perhaps can be applied to other areas.

Sherri NilssonVictoria

Don’t do as the photo suggestsWith regard to Tim Schewe’s column in the

paper of Wednesday, April 29. His columns are concerned with driver ability and safety, so it is alarming to see the photo at the head of his article.

This shows a driver who has received either very incompetent driver training or has chosen to ignore competent instruction.

The driver is about to turn to her right but has her left hand inverted and projecting through the steering wheel.

This stance is potentially dangerous as it is impossible to have full control of a vehicle with such a hand position.

It is also compounded by the driver being too near the steering wheel for a fully functional driving position. It should also guarantee a fail-ure of any driving test.

F. KnoxDuncan

Editor’s note: The photo that was published with Tim Schewe’s column was chosen by Cit-izen staff, not the columnist.

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Join Us to Learn More!Liquid Waste Management Planning – Amending the Central Sector PlanThe Cowichan Valley Regional District, working with partners the City of Duncan, Municipality of North Cowichan and Cowichan Tribes, is in the process of amending the current Central Sector Liquid Waste Management Plan (CSLWMP) to relocate an existing treated wastewater outfall from the Cowichan River. As part of this review, the CVRD and partners are consulting with community members, stakeholder groups and partners about environmental, technical and cost considerations.

We invite the public to join us at a June Infosession to learn more about cost estimates and relevance to property owners. When: June 2 (Tuesday) 7-9 pm Where: Mesachie Room, Island Savings Centre, Duncan Format: Presentation at 7 pm. Open house following Refreshments servedWe look forward to sharing information about.... - The need for the project - Expected costs for property owners - Potential opportunities to reduce costsMore About the ProjectWhy is this happening now? Reduced summer water flows in the river, the changing course of the river in the area of the existing outfall, and a commitment to Cowichan Tribes in part of a lease agreement to remove the outfall from the river, are just a few of the factors combining to make this project a priority.

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Stop spending Saltair taxpayers’ money

I hope the residents of Saltair turn out Thursday, May 7 to show their appreciation to Director Mel Dorey for once again increasing our property taxes far higher than the inflation rate. The following increases since 2010 with inflation rate in brackets: 2010 9.46 per cent [2.35 per cent], 2011 2.69 per cent [2.30 per cent], 2012 6.62 per cent [0.83 per cent], 2013 9.23 per cent [1.24 per cent], 2014 5.48 per cent [1.47 per cent], 2015 10.23 per cent.

For comparison, this year Nanaimo tax increase is one per cent, and Victoria 2.2 per cent, but Mel cannot take all the credit. A loud round of applause goes to the secret society called Saltair Ratepayers, [their meet-ings are closed to non-paid members]. I believe they should change their name to “Saltair tax raiser associa-tion”. Online definition of ratepayer association is, “a group lobbying to demand local government to restrain its spending, and end/or curtail tax increases, and to steer clear of direct involvement in local politics, and not align with candidate at any level of government”.

The Saltair group is very active at encouraging new property tax levies, and were very active at getting voters

out to re-elect Mel.Thursday night we will get to hear

of future grand plans for our tax dol-lars. Transit and kitchen compost are two that are on agenda. I made some phone calls about transit. We have seen the empty transit bus travel-ling Chemainus to Ladysmith, with monthly operating cost $22,000, times 12 equals $264,000 a year, 16 riders a day, or perhaps eight people doing a round trip, costing $46 per rider per trip, minus $2 fare, means $44 subsidy per rider per trip...Such a deal!

I called local taxi for estimate of trip from Chemainus to Timmys in Lady-smith, best guess was $25-$30.

The winners in this scheme would be Ladysmith and North Cowichan as Saltair money would reduce their transit levy. And all of Area G includ-ing Thetis island would be paying...that’s how transit levy works. But if transit is such a good idea, why is there no transit from Nanaimo to either the airport or Duke Point ferry? I suspect it has to do with the high cost/low rider volume. Once again, the push for transit is coming from the Saltair tax raiser group.

Then the subject of new levy for compost pick up. Most folks in Saltair use the backyard composter they got through the CVRD a few years back.

And the white elephant in our midst,

the old school....if it were a car, it would have been sent to scrap yard years ago. CVRD received a cost esti-mate July 2014 (yes, last summer) that stated a new roof cost of over half a million dollars. Add to that replace-ment of heating system and other maintenance, and there will likely be demands of seismic upgrades espe-cially after the earthquake in Nepal. One million dollars and counting. Sub-divide building off from greenspace, and work with new owner to re-zone building and save the community from further tax increases.

On the subject of water, last summer Mel agreed to give it away for free to a commercial water truck business until a local person heard about it and called CVRD. Then when they started charging for water, it was half the amount that Ladysmith charges com-mercial operators.

We were misled three years ago into thinking grant money would be avail-able to offset the cost of upgrades we need to the water infrastructure. CVRD recently told the community we will not be receiving grant money as our situation is not urgent, it is elect-ive surgery. We pay $340 extra a year for 15 years. Such a deal!

Tom HockinSaltair

LETTERS to the editor Alberta NDP win due to vote splitI find recent comments about the NDP win in

Alberta annoying and insulting.The comments were made without ever doing

an analysis of the election results.The Alberta NDP won only 25 seats on their

name alone. This was no orange crush. The other 28 seats that the NDP won were won by vote splitting between the Conservatives and the Wild Rose party.

One has to wonder, which party would the votes have gone to if there was no Wild Rose party in the provincial election? Remember all Wild Rose candidates were disgruntled Conservatives.

In summary, news headlines about the NDP win should have read, NDP wins in Alberta because of vote splitting.

Joe SawchukDuncan

Bus fees not a big impositionRe: bus feesI am at a loss to understand what is the issue

with bus fees. Fees are not $200 for ALL as they are based on

family income. Families with income under I believe $35,000 pay no fees at all and there are many options for paying, it does not need to be paid all at once.

I am happy to pay $20 per month or 50 cents each way for our child to safely ride the bus as I am very aware there is no way I would be able to transport her for such a small amount when insurance, gas and vehicle maintenance are factored in, $1 a day for busing is less than the price of a coffee at Timmy’s.

Busing takes cars off the road, helps reduce vehicle exhaust emission and it eliminates congestion around the schools. Its very simple — pay the bus fees or we will loose even more from our children’s classrooms.

Trish AttridgeMill Bay

SIA site terrible for toxic soilDear Minister Polack,I am writing to request that you rescind

the Environmental Appeal Board decision to permit dumping of millions of tonnes of toxic waste in the Shawnigan Lake watershed.

The “science” presented by the proponents was neither independent nor peer reviewed — it is not science and does not provide a proper basis for the permit.

The finding for the permit on “the balance of probabilities” means that it is a gamble. Unfortunately the Appeal Board is not gam-bling with it’s own money, but with the money of the people who use the water. We drink it, cook with it, wash our dishes in it, shower in it etc. I have lived at Shawnigan for many years, and have trouble sleeping when I think about this toxic mess above us. A community water-shed is not a suitable place for toxic waste, and an engineered system is not the answer to an unsuitable site.

The site is not only at higher elevation than Shawnigan Lake, it is also higher than Sooke Lake, Victoria’s water source. The Shawnigan and Sooke Lake aquifers are contiguous. Sur-face flow is toward Shawnigan, but once con-tamination gets into the underground layers it’s anyone’s guess where it will go. The site is doubly unsuitable for a toxic waste dump.

The Cowichan Valley Regional District offered to work together to find a suitable site in the region. The offer remains on the table as an honourable and practical alternative.

Please revoke this terrible, precedent setting decision.

E.E. WhiteShawnigan Lake


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“We want to make sure the when is soon,” said Edwards.

The goal is to have the road designated a public highway and brought up to safety standards and either have asphalt laid or have the surface chip-sealed.

Saying that “the road isn’t great, perhaps is an understatement,” Edwards said.

At some times of the year it’s not really even passable, he said, and is certainly not suitable for those looking to go camping or hiking in the area.

Attracting such visitors is also an import-ant part of developing the entire area eco-nomically, he said, including Lake Cowi-chan, and Nitinat.

Fixing the road will also significantly improve access to medical and emergency services, Edwards said, especially if a dis-aster were to occur.

The current lone highway into Port Alberni has both safety and congestion issues, he pointed out, and a secondary route is smart development.

The vision is to pay for the upgrades with both private and public funding.

“We do see that this is going to take a partnership,” Edwards said.

The CVRD is being asked to voice their support for the project and be part of a group meeting with the province to sell the idea.

Directors were enthusiastic about the possibilities.

Coun. Tim McGonigle from Lake Cowi-chan said he could see that the area “would most definitely benefit,” while Dir. Ian Mor-rison said of the proposal, “This is music to my ears.

The proposal will come back to the board for action at a later date.

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Poverty, school readiness problem at LakeLEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

The Cowichan Lake area learned on May 4 that children in the area are dispro-portionately not ready for school, many are living in poverty, and retaining youths in the community is also an issue.

Cindy Lise of Our Cowichan Commun-ities Health Network, the new name for the group that emerged after Cowichan Lodge closed, said the group has been helping to spread the word about a massive 207-page state of the region report from Island Health, covering the 12 determinants of health.

“We’ve now got this network. But we need to find out what we need to tackle,” she said.

“We’re bringing the profile to you. We need to know if we’ve missed anything. What else can we do?”

Paul Hasselback, Medical Health Officer for Vancouver Island, went through the sections of the document that were most germane to the Cowichan Lake area, not-ing that income and social status is one of the most important and that a weak, less sustainable economy is more sensitive to problems.

No area in the Cowichan Valley is suc-cessful in retaining its youth but Lake Cowichan is especially hard hit in this regard.

And in Lake Cowichan “one in every three children is living in poverty.”

There’s been a huge jump in that; the area really got hit harder by the recession than other parts of the Valley, he said.

However, the Cowichan Lake area is

pretty good when it comes to children in care; it has the second best rate on the Island, he said.

Lake Cowichan Mayor Ross Forrest, one of a group of high-level representatives of governing bodies and agencies who attended the meeting, told Hasselback that more availability of affordable hous-ing at the Lake may be skewing the area’s demographic to include more low-income families.

Hasselback agreed but said that an

important part of helping people achieve a better social environment overall is a community that takes time to focus on the family.

Civic participation in elections is also good in Lake Cowichan as is satisfaction with public transit, and residents’ stan-dards of personal health practices and coping skills, he said.

But when it comes to getting children ready for school, Lake Cowichan is in trouble, with their little ones seen as the

most vulnerable on the Island.It’s not the first year he’s pointed that

out but he reiterated that there is a needto tailor programs to what the communityneeds.

Comments from the public after hispresentation showed that there was a lot of concern about the community’s youngchildren and distress at discovering howmany students at Palsson ElementarySchool had been going to school hungry.

Food bank representatives say they don’t necessarily see those families and the meet-ing also heard that there are more childrenusing the “hungry kids cupboard” at thatschool.

However, it also appeared that now the community had heard about that situa-tion, there’s a willingness to try to address it.

In addition, school district efforts already underway and programs planned to startin the fall should have a beneficial effecton the area’s children.

Another subject, aging in place, also came up, as over the years Lake Cowichanpeople have expressed a wish to be able to stay closer to the area they love.

Again, Forrest said that the Town of LakeCowichan was looking at the situation.

“We got a grant to hire a consultant to look at this. There is an age-friendly work-shop for everybody on Saturday, May 23from 2-4 p.m. at the Over 50 Centre in LakeCowichan. It’s not just about getting LakeCowichan a home or housing, it’s every-thing to do with aging. I would encourageeverybody of all ages to attend the work-shop,” he said.

Our Cowichan’s Cindy Lise talks about the group’s need for direction from the community during a meeting at Lake Cowichan to discuss a wide-ranging report. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

10 Wednesday, May 20, 2015 | Cowichan Valley Citizen LivingNaval offi cer Horace Lascelles’s career was short, but exciting

The vengeful jour-nalist sued Lascelles for false imprison-ment, our hero set-tling the affair out of court with what’s believed to have been a sizeable cheque.

No fewer than 14 Vancou-ver Island

landmarks owe their origin to one man: Lt.-Cdr. the Hon. Horace Douglas Las-celles, RN, seventh son of the third Earl of Harewood. With a handle like that, it’s no wonder that mapmakers have broken it down into its components.

Nanaimo’s Harewood Dis-trict, Plains and Lake honour his family title and estate; Kelsey Bay area’s Mount Hare-wood, his father. Also found there, in recognition of his surname, is Mount Lascelles. Queen Charlotte Sound is home to Lascelles Point. Doug-las Bay (also off Kelsey Bay) honours his middle name.

Then there’s Thynne Penin-sula, Forward Harbour (named after his ship) in memory of his mom, Louisa, Countess of Harewood. We won’t go into those features named after his brother and four sisters.

Lt. Harewood arrived at Esquimalt as first officer of HMS Topaze in 1860, being promoted to command the gunboat Forward the following

year. His three-and-one-half years in this capacity are among the more exciting in provin-cial history, it being the Forward’s pri-mary duties to act not as a man-of-war but as policeman, “revenooer” and coast guard for the

length of the B.C. coast. She continually risked uncharted waters and storms to aid distressed mariners. Once, she was so long on lifesaving patrol that she and her com-pany were given up as lost. In short, Lt. Lascelles (and his men) earned mapmakers’ respect.

A studio-staged portrait shows him in civvies, derby hat in the crook of his arm, Prince Albert jacket and vest — the picture of sartorial splendour, aristocracy and money. His dark wavy hair (very un-navy-like in its length) parted in the middle, atop a bushy fringe-beard, and eyes staring straight into the camera, show a man comfort-able with himself and with his position in life. As indeed he should have been, as an officer and a gentleman of means.

His association with Nanaimo began in 1861 when his friend, Dr. Alfred Benson (Mount Benson), acquired

3,000 acres in the Chase River Val-ley for coal mining development. Benson didn’t have the necessary capital but Lascelles did, his fam-ily having made its fortune in the West Indies sugar trade. With an initial investment of $30,000 (you can multiply that by at least 25 for today’s value), the Harewood Coal Co. was born.

Under the forceful direction of its new manager, an ambitious young Robert Dunsmuir, future coal baron, a small crew exposed a six-foot-wide seam, samples from which were tested in Victoria and said to be of good quality. Alas, to export coal to world markets meant a tidewater terminal, in this case Departure Bay, and a railway across competing Vancouver Coal Co. lands.

Legal, legislative and financial blows doomed the young company. Dunsmuir, soon to strike out on his own and begin a coal mining empire, quit.

Lascelles’s most exciting time on this coast occurred in 1863 when Lamalchi Indians murdered sev-eral whites then retreated to their fortified village on Kuper (Penela-kut) Island.

With police and marines, HMS Forward anchored offshore and demanded that those respon-sible be given up. The Lamalchis responded with a volley of musket fire. For 90 minutes Lascalles poured hundreds of rounds of

solid shot, shell, grapeshot and musket fire into their camp. When a seaman was killed he withdrew and the Lamalchis abandoned their village, which Lascelles ordered burned the next day.

Victoria’s Evening Express criticized Forward’s (Lascelles’s) role in the expedition. The ship’s company (Lascelles) took offence, lured one of the newspaper’s pub-lishers aboard the gunboat and began to steam out of Victoria Harbour. Panicking, the shang-haied journalist leaped over the side; he’d almost drowned by the time seamen could lower a boat and retrieve him. He was put ashore, the worse for wear, two miles from town.

The vengeful scribe sued Las-celles for false imprisonment, our hero settling the affair out of court with what’s believed to have been a sizeable cheque.

With his increasing involve-ment in the Harewood Coal Co. and other investments, Lascelles returned to the Old Country to retire from the navy.

Once back on the Island, he settled in Victoria and invested in real estate. He was only 34 years old when he died, purportedly of dropsy, on June 15, 1869. He’s bur-ied in Esquimalt’s naval cemetery beneath an imposing marker of red granite.

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Lt.-Cdr. the Hon. Horace Douglas Lascelles, RN, seventh son of the third Earl of Harewood, first arrived in Esquimalt in 1860 as the first officer of the HMS Topaze, above. [SUBMITTED]

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AT‐LARGE ADVISORY DESIGN PANEL VACANCIES

Duncan City Council is accepting applications for two (2) at‐large appointments to the Advisory Design Panel for a two year term to commence June 15, 2015 (tentative date).

The Advisory Design Panel exists to review and advise Council on major Development Permit applications (commercial development over 200 square meters, or residential development with 5 or more units) and other matters referred to it by Council or staff. The Panel may be requested to provide guidance on design‐related policies, such as updates to Development Permit Area Guidelines.

Citizens who are interested in volunteering their time to sit on the above named Panel are invited to obtain a “COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE/BOARD APPLICATION FORM” and a copy of the Terms of Reference from the Corporate Services Department at City Hall, 200 Craig Street, Duncan, BC or on the City’s website at www.duncan.ca under the City Hall heading “Meetings and Minutes”.

Persons wishing to apply for an appointment must have a demonstrated background or experience in development or design. Experience may include:

A person with recognized qualifications in sustainable building design or sustainable community design (i.e. an accredited member of the Canadian Green Building Council or Built Green builder)

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• Ten thousand students from across British Columbia competed, 240 made the provincial finals, and one student from the Cowichan Val-ley took home a top award in this year’s pan-provincial French public speaking competition, Concours d’art oratoire.

Finalists from Cowichan included Macy Wiebe, a Grade 6 student at École Mount Prevost; Sydnae Lowe, a Grade 9 student at École Cowichan Sec-ondary; Jamie Bell, a Grade 8 student at École Cowichan Secondary; Leila Megevand, a Grade 8 student at Brentwood College; and Sarah Rosen, a Grade 10 student at Brentwood College.

Cowichan’s top winner was Felix Wilson, a Grade 7 student at École Cobble Hill Elementary, who won a first place.

“It’s an incredible feat to make it to the prov-incial finals — taking home a medal is a real achievement. We congratulate everyone who participated; they are all winners. Félicitations!” added Concours d’art oratoire chief judge, Dr. Renée Hamilton-Clark.

• Two Cowichan Valley organizations are among the list of grant recipients announced by the Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation. Six Vancouver Island organizations will receive a combined total of $470,000 to support fish and wildlife projects on the Island.

The Garry Oak Ecosystems Recovery Team will get a $25,000 grant to fund the western bluebird reintroduction project in the Cowichan Valley.

The second Cowichan recipient is E. Wind Con-sulting, which has been approved for a $24,000 grant to radio-track western toads to their hiber-nation sites near Duncan.

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Cowichan’s Felix Wilson takes home a top prize from the pan-provincial French public speaking competition. [SUBMITTED]


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On Wednesday, May 13, Daphne Swift, the team captain of the Swift

Walkers from the Scotiabank Duncan MS Walk hosted an MS Ladies Night fundraiser. The event was held at the Best Western Cowichan Valley Inn and raised over $1,000 for the MS Society. There were vari-ous booths set up with local home-based businesses selling their goods with some of the proceeds going to MS as well as a silent auction.

When I asked Daphne what inspired this creative idea she said she was running a home business a couple of years ago while looking after her mom and thought this would be a

fun way to raise money for MS. Daphne wanted to get involved with the walk because of her connection to the cause. A few years ago her friend’s sister passed away from MS and a fam-ily member has recently been diagnosed. Creating a team in the 2015 Duncan Scotiabank MS Walk is her way of giving back and getting involved. If you would like to donate please go to www.mswalks.ca and search Swift Walkers to make an online donation.

Since its founding in 1948, the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada has acted as a key part-ner to the MS research commun-ity. The MS Society currently provides over $10 million per year

to MS research and is the single largest funder of MS research in Canada.

The Society also provides pro-grams and services.

The Duncan MS Walk is an inclusive and family oriented event with face painting, bal-loons, coffee and continental breakfast, healthy lunch, doggie treats and bandanas, motivation-al speakers and lots of commun-ity spirit. All routes are wheel chair accessible.

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Speaker series turns eyes to Killer Whales of British Columbia coast

The Cowichan Watershed Board’s speaker series presents Killer Whales of British Colum-bia: Past, Present and Future on Wednesday, May 20.

The free public talk begins at 7 p.m. at the VIU Cowichan Campus in room 140.

“Come early to get a seat — sure to be a packed house,” the event press release said.

The presentation is being given by Dr. John Ford of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Ford is a senior marine mammal scientist with over 40 years of whale observations and know-ledge to share.

He will delve into the ecology, behaviour and acoustic communication of Killer Whales, including their relationship to Chinook salmon and other marine creatures of the coast.

Chemainus Wednesday market gearing up for summer season

The Chemainus Wednesday Market is gearing up for an exciting summer.

Starting May 20 and running clear through to Sept. 23, with the exception of July 1, the vendors are in place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Organizers are challenging Valley residents to take a spin to Chemainus for the chance to pur-chase something that’s both unique and locally made.

For those who are hoping for the return of favorite vendors, like Providence Farm, rest assured, most are returning to enjoy their new surroundings.

In addition, there are a number of new vend-ors with products as diverse as garden bling to pet treats and, if you get tired, there’s even a vendor who will give you a massage to revive your spirits.

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Sahtlam Volunteer Fire Rescue Department 7th Annual Food Drive took place April 25 and 26. The department thanks all in the Sahtlam community for their generous donations. In total they collected $291 and 1,100 pounds of food were donated. [SUBMITTED]

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Miscellaneous• Cowichan Jacobin Reading Group in cooperation

with The Joseph Mairs Memorial Committee hosting “Our Wood Our Oil: The Case For Public Democratic Ownership” Saturday, May 23, 1 p.m., Mercury Theatre,331 Brae Rd., Duncan. Presenter: author and journalistMitchell Anderson.

• Inner Peace Movement of Canada lectures Tues-day, May 26, Travelodge, Duncan. Trust Your Intuition seminar 1 and 7 p.m. Talks 90 minutes, $21 at the door.Learn about life purpose, angels, cycles of life. Info:www.innerpeacemovement.ca

• Cowichan Fish and Game Association hosts Canad-ian Firearm Safety course (PAL/RPAL) starting Friday,May 29. Info: Mike 250-748-0319 or [email protected]

• Giant SPCA Garage Sale Saturday, May 30, Sunday,May 31, 8 a.m.-3 p.m., Cowichan Exhibition Grounds.All proceeds to local SPCA.

• École Cobble Hill Ecostravaganza celebrating World Environment Day, Saturday, June 6, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the school. Theme: Water. Yours to Protect.

• Koksilah Farmers Institute presents Linda Gilkeson: Canning and Preserving workshop, June20, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., The Hub, 2375 Koksilah Rd. Limited seating. Contact [email protected] for info and registration. $40 fee.

• Love horses? Cowichan Therapeutic Riding Asso-ciation needs dedicated volunteers in lots of differentareas. Help our special needs riders to reach theirgoals in the ring. No experience necessary, trainingprovided. Info: 250-746-1028, email [email protected], web-site www.ctra.ca

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

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

Recreation• All-ages chess club: all skill levels and ages welcome

to play and learn chess in supportive, 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.cowichanflyfishers.com

• Teen Yarn Craft Group, Duncan library, Thursdays,5-6 p.m., ages 13-18. Learn to knit, crochet. Extra nee-dles and yarn provided.

• Family storytime at Duncan library Tuesdays, 10:30-11 a.m., ages 0-5 and families. Stories, songs, rhymesand fun.

• Art Film Night at Sylvan United Church, monthly double features $5. For info see Facebook page or sign up for distribution list at [email protected]

Meetings• Cowichan Historical Society meeting, May 21,

7:30 p.m., St. Peter’s Church Hall, Duncan. Speaker: Jim Ward of the Cobble Hill Historical Society on a project researching historic Cobble Hill properties.

• Branch 53 Legion meeting Sunday, May 24, 2 p.m., Duncan Community Lodge, Moose Road, Duncan. All members needed, important items for discussion and vote. Mark you calendar for June 21, 2 p.m., ThriftyFoods Duncan meeting room.

• Cowichan Valley Garden Club meets the second Wednesday of each month at St. John’s Anglican Church hall, 486 Jubilee St., Duncan, 7 p.m. Newcom-ers welcome. Info: 250-709-2608.

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

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

• Chemainus TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) meets weekly, Wednesdays, 5 p.m., boardroom Che-mainus Health Care Centre, info: [email protected]

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TIM SCHEWE SPECIAL TO THE CITIZEN

Life must present quite a challenge when you are no longer able to walk very far under your own

power. The mobility scooter is a bless-ing for those who can afford one. It gives much greater range than predecessors that were powered for however long your arms could push. In fact, I checked a man zooming down the side of a freeway in a shiny new one. The vendor had promised him a range of 17 kilometres and he was testing the truth of it.

Pedestrians, and the law considers the disabled person in a mobility scooter as a pedestrian, often take risks and fail to follow the rules. I’ve even seen scooters being driven like a car, the driver calmly sitting in the middle of the lane at a four way stop, left hand signal light on wait-ing his turn. Of course, this is not how it is supposed to be done and invites a collision.

When the sidewalk is present and pass-able, this is where the scooter operator must be. Otherwise, the left edge of the roadway facing traffic like any other ped-estrian is where to “walk.”

Having said that, I’ve noticed that many homeowners have planted trees and hedges at the edge of the sidewalk in front of their homes. If proper main-tenance is not done, these plants soon encroach on the sidewalk and prevent scooter operators from using it. I’m nimble enough to walk around, but there may not be an opportunity for the scoot-er operator to follow suit. Take a careful look at your landscaping and trim it if needed. There’s no sense causing a prob-lem for others or having bylaw enforce-ment knocking on your door.

Tim Schewe is a retired constable with many years of traffic law enforcement experience. To comment or learn more, please visit drives-martbc.ca.

Mobility scooters: use, misusePeople use mobility scooters for any number of reasons. Use them wisely. [CITIZEN FILE]

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Spirituality of gardening: what makes it a beloved activity?Our company is very

fortunate to meet with many seniors and their

families about their care needs at home. It’s an opportunity for us to learn about them and what makes them happy. We take that opportunity to ask about what’s important to them with a question like, “What do you love to do?”, or “What did you used to love to do?”. Either question gives insight into how we are going to make a positive difference to them in some way.

Interestingly, one very common answer is “gardening”. I wonder why gardening is such a desired activity. With the popu-larity of community gardens ever grow-ing as well, there must be something to this right?

It seems in asking around that the rea-sons many people give in response to the question of “why”, is that it is peaceful, it is gratifying, there is a sense of accom-plishment, and it gives many people a

sense of “presence”. There is not just an avoidance of the daily stress when working in the yard, but also a calming influence it seems.

Could it be there is something spiritual in gardening?

Fresh, cleansing air. Warm, comforting sun. The feel of fresh soil in your hands. The transformation of a garden by intention. The accomplish-ment — it’s natural immediate

gratification. Being present in nature — your own piece of nature. You plant a seed. You nurture it. It grows into some-thing you wanted it to. It’s creation you guide.

How do you feel when that seed you planted grows into the living thing you wanted it to? Do you remember the first time your parent helped you plant your first seed — and it magically grew into something amazing? My nana and papa did that for me — it was a sunflower in their back yard that we planted. Seeing it

sprout out of the soil, and turn into the sunflower — as a young boy — it was one of those wow moments that stuck with me.

It’s clear to me that there is something more to working with the earth, than just working with the earth. The feeling of cre-ation, peace and presence that it tends to inspire in many people, and the fact that so many of the wise seniors we get to meet with covet the activity, suggest its deep connection.

Is it coincidence that kneeling,

the position of worship, is also the pos-ition of gardening? Well, that’s a little tongue in cheek — we don’t need to over-think it here.

Whatever the case, there’s only one thing left to do.

I’m heading out to the garden.

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There are many beautiful private gardens in the Cowichan Valley. [CITIZEN FILE]


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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 55+ drop in centre pancake breakfast Saturday, May 16, 9-11 a.m. Hosted by the Carpet Bowlers. $5.

• Chemainus 55+ drop in centre pot luck birthday party Saturday, May 16, 5-8:30 p.m. Entertainment.

• Chemainus 55+ drop in centre blood pressure clinic Wednesday, May 20, 9:30-11 a.m.

• Chemainus 55+ drop in centre soup and sandwich Wednesday, May 20, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., $5. Enter-tainment by Centre Belles Ladies Choir.

• Lake Cowichan 50 plus activ-ity 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 welcome. Info: 250-749-6121.

• Attention Lake Cowichan! Rivernotes Women’s Choir meets Mondays, 6 p.m. at the Lake Cowi-chan Senior Centre. Lots of fun and a great vocal workout!

• Valley Seniors Activity Centre, 198 Government St., Duncan open 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday to Friday, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday. $20 per year. Carpet bowling, cribbage, billiards crafts, bridge, choir, bus trips on our own bus. Live music Mondays and Wednesdays 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Dances every 1st and 3rd Saturday evening 7:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m. Open to public for Bingo each Tuesday. Many special events throughout the year. Check out Monthly News-letter at valley-seniors.org and con-sider membership if you’re 55 years or older. Info: 250-746-4433.Info: 250-746-4433 or www.valley-seniors.org

• Bingo for over 19s, Seniors Activity Centre (198 Government St., Duncan), Tuesdays 11:30 a.m. Early Bird Draw, Loonie Pot, Odd and Even, Number Seven and Bon-anza. Info: 250-746-4433 or www. valley-seniors.org

• Chemainus 55+ drop in centre new activities: floor curling and darts.

• Chemainus 55+ drop in centre cribbage every second and fourth Saturday, 1-4 p.m.

• Chemainus 55+ drop in centre line dancing every Tuesday, 9:30- 11 a.m.

• Weekly bingo, Tuesdays, 11:30 a.m., Valley Seniors Centre, Dun-can. Info: 250-746-4433 or www. valley-seniors.org.

• Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre ladies exercises Tuesdays at 11 a.m., Come and get fit with Lesley.

• Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre choirs. Mens Choir Mon-

days, 9-10:30 a.m.; Ladies Choir Mondays, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Mixed Choirs Fridays 10-11:30 a.m.

• Chemainus 55+ drop in centre bridge for beginners Thursdays, 1 p.m. Info: Al Taylor 250-246-4134.

• Chemainus Seniors Centre bridge classes: Monday 1-4 p.m., Tuesday pairs 7:30-9:30 p.m., Friday pairs 1-4 p.m. Dupli-cate bridge Wednesday, 1-4 p.m. Crib Classes 2nd and 4th Saturday of eachmonth.

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ALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF B.C.

Family caregivers of people with dementia are often called “the invisible second clients” for good reason.

As many Cowichan Valley families have found, their roles as informal caregivers are crit-ical to the quality of life of the person they care for, who gen-erally require increasing levels of care.

“Without caregivers, people with dementia would have an increasingly poorer quality of life and would need residential care more quickly,” explained Jane Hope, the Alzheimer Soci-ety of B.C.’s support and edu-cation coordinator for the Val-ley and the Central and North Island.

The support, though, can come at a cost: caregiver exhaustion. And that’s why the Society is bringing its free Family Care-giver workshop to Duncan on two Saturdays, May 23 and 30.

The two-part workshop helps caregivers learn strategies to care for someone with demen-tia and to take care of their own health, to ensure they are prepared to continue to pro-vide care to for their family members.

“We provide practical tech-niques and strategies that care-givers can begin using immedi-ately,” Hope said.

Topics to be covered include:• Understanding Alzheimer’s

disease and other dementias.• Effective and creative ways

of facilitating communication with a person with dementia.

• Understanding behaviour as a form of communication.

• Self-care for the caregiver.• Planning for the future.The workshop runs on May 23

and 30 from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. at St. Ann’s Garden Club at Provi-dence Farm, 1843 Tzouhalem Rd.

Pre-registration is required. For information and to register

contact Jane Hope toll-free at 1-800-462-2833 or e-mail [email protected]

The workshop is free thanks to partial funding by the Prov-ince of B.C., Provincial Employ-ees Community Services Fund, RBC Foundation, Seacliff Foundation, Victoria Founda-tion, Mott Electric GP, Paul Lee Family Foundation, Djavad Mowafaghian Foundation, Frank and Yvonne McCracken Foundation, Kaatza Founda-tion, and the Lohn Founda-tion. They are joined by London Drugs Foundation, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc., Pfizer Canada Inc., Morris & Helen Belkin Foundation, Bell-ringer Family Foundation, and generous individual donors who contributed.

More information on Alzhe-imer’s disease and other dementias, as well as resources for living with their impact, are available by visiting www.alzheimerbc.org

The second ‘invisible’ patient

History of May 20Did you know that on May 20, 1932 Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. She departed Newfoundland, at 7 p.m. and landed near Londonderry, Ireland, completing a 2,026-mile flight in about 13 hours. Five years later, along with her navigator Fred Noonan, she disappeared while trying to fly around the equator.

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Cowichan Secondary’s art teacher Teresa Nicholson is reminding everyone to mark their calendars as the annual art show opens at the school Friday, May 22 at 6:45 p.m.

The presentation of student art continues May 25-26 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. so there’s plenty of time to drop by and check it out.

Lexi Bainas, Citizen

Cow High students show off their works

◆ ART SHOW

LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

A generous donation by longtime Cowichan Valley resident and avid art collector Bruce Blyth is seeing the Cowichan Campus of Vancouver Island University acquiring a painting entitled Howe Sound 2010, by Vancouver Island artist Peter Lawson.

Blyth, a great supporter of the Cowi-chan Valley Arts Council, saw the painting in 2010 and was so struck by its beauty that he purchased it.

Upon his 90th birthday last year, how-ever, he decided to donate the painting to VIU Cowichan Campus.

VIU Cowichan recently received more significant art pieces as well, with the donation of a collection of First Nations prints from the Salish Weave Collection.

Titled Box Sets I & II, the donation of 18 prints by Victoria residents Christiane and George Smyth represents work by seven different First Nations artists, six of whom reside on Vancouver Island.

The Smyths were encouraged to donate the prints by one of the artists repre-sented in the collection, lessLIE (Leslie Robert Sam), who is a VIU alumnus.

Box Set I & II is a collection of Coast Salish graphic art rendered through the serigraph, or silkscreen printing process.

Artists represented in the outstanding collection are lessLIE, Andy Everson, Luke Marston, Susan Point, Dylan Thomas, Maynard Johnny Jr. and Chris Paul.

The donors of these artworks were recognized in a special reception and unveiling at VIU Cowichan Campus held Wednesday, May 6 where campus academic administrator Warren Weir

recognized how the art donations enrich the campus.

“The Smyths’ Salish Weave donationsrepresent the integral relationship VIU has with its Coast Salish First Nationspartners, supporters, faculty, staff, and students,” Weir said. “The Blyth dona-tion reinforces the essential connectionVIU has with the West Coast in general,and Vancouver Island specifically.”

Art donations to grace VIU

VIU President and Vice-Chancellor Ralph Nilson, left, joins VIU Cowichan Campus Academic Administrator Warren Weir, right in offering their thanks to art donor and long-time Cowichan Valley resident Bruce Blyth for his donation of the painting Howe Sound 2010, by Vancouver Island artist Peter Lawson. [SUBMITTED]


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NOTHING LIKE A LITTLE APRIL WINE

Canadian rock and roll icons April Wine took the stage in front of an appreciative Cowichan Valley audience last week at the Cowichan Performing Arts Centre in Duncan. [CHRIS HAWKINS PHOTOGRAPHY]

LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

The Encore! Women’s Choir is presenting its spring concert, entitled We Are One on Sat-urday, May 23 starting at 7:30 p.m. at the Christian Reformed Church.

Encore! performs a musical mix from folk to classical — from The Battle of Jericho to Wagner’s Spinning Chorus.

The program presents selec-tions of poetry in masterful settings like Wings, with text

by Victor Hugo, and Love’s Phil-osophy, a poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Lively selections includ-ing Bashana Haba’ah, a piece that imagines a world with-out war, complement the full Missa Brevis by Nancy Telfer and Oscar Peterson’s Hymn to Freedom.

The choir is excited to debut Light by local composer, and Encore! choir member Deborah Sumner and the stirring Music in My Mother’s House is also not

to be missed, according to choir manager Trish Dandy.

This year’s scholarship stu-dent, Hanna Seinen, will also sing a group of three songs as part of her preparation for a performance at the ProvincialMusic Festival in Powell River in late May.

Tickets are $20 at the door, $15 in advance and $5 for childrenunder 12. Get them from choirmembers, online at encore womenschoir.com or call 250-715-1568 and reserve your seat.

Encore! presents poetry in songLEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Dancers at Mill Bay’s Steps Ahead studio are preparing for their annual production, this year entitled Performing @ Home XII at Brentwood’s T. Gil Bunch the-atre on May 22-23.

With 150 dancers aged three to 18 participating in a show featur-ing sections called Under Sea Fantasy and Menagerie, there’s sure to be lots of fun for dance fans, and, of course the families and friends of the performers who always pack the audience.

Shows are scheduled for

7:30 p.m. both nights with a 2:30 p.m. matinee as well on May 23.

Tickets are available at theatre.brentwood.bc.ca for $15 each.

This year, like many of the past years, Steps Ahead students have entered for examinations with two world wide associations; the Royal Academy of Dance (ballet) and Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance (tap) with many coming back accompanied by the glow of success.

The troupe is elatedly awaiting February of next year when they will take a trip to California to perform at Disneyland.

The Steps Ahead dance show always offers a wide variety of styles, from ballet to jazz. [CITIZEN FILE]

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Simon LeungGuest Accompanist

Robyn Crosbywith String Orchestra & band

Saturday, May 30 at 2 p.m.Lake Cowichan St Christopher’s & St Aidan’s Anglican Church, 70 Cowichan Road, West

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YOUNG MUSICIAN OF THE WEEK

Recently moved from Fort St. James to Duncan, Billie Lawrick is a junior level flute student studying with Joy Ann Bannerman. She is working hard at her pieces and is progressing well, Bannerman says. Billie likes folk music and reggae and also enjoys listening to live music.

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Chemainus Classical Concerts presents pian-ist Alejandro Ochoa in a show called Flashes of Brilliance on Sunday, May 24 at St. Michael’s Church starting at 2 p.m.

The Colombian-Canadian performer reveals both the fevered brilliance and subtle poign-ancy contained within great Romantic piano works by Beethoven, Schubert, Lecuona and Brahms.

Tickets to the show are $20 at the door or $15 in advance.

Check www.chemainusclassicalconcerts.ca to find your closest advance ticket outlet.

Lexi Bainas, Citizen

Ochoa promises Flashes of Brilliance

Medford Singers head back in music historyLEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

It’s time to get Back to the Beatles, according to the Medford Singers.

That’s the lively title of their upcom-ing afternoon shows, scheduled for Sat-urday, May 30 at St. Christopher’s and St. Aidan’s Church at 70 Cowichan Ave.

in Lake Cowichan and again Sunday, May 31 at Duncan United Church at Jubilee and Ingram in Duncan.

Both performances start at 2 p.m.Conductor Simon Leung and the sing-

ers are readying an exciting mix of music sure to please every taste.

Accompaniment will be provided by

Robyn Crosby and the string orchestraand band.

Tickets are $17 in advance from VolumeOne bookstore in Duncan, Salon 87 in Lake Cowichan or from choir members.Or get them for $20 at the door.

Children 12 and under will be admit-ted free.

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If you’ve spent all your life writ-ing by typing on various keyboards you may have no idea of the grace-ful art you could create simply byputting words on paper.

The Warmland Calligraphers of the Cowichan Valley, now a groupof 70 men and women, have beenlearning and sharing the art of beautiful writing for the past 20 years.

Using the hands-on method of learning, members take on challen-ges as they progress every month. The resulting artwork goes into a galleria.

The group’s founder, Betty Locke,has years of teaching experience and usually leads the galleria cri-tique but all members join in dis-cussing the works giving the artists valuable feedback and encourage-ment, according to member Bar-bara Qualley.

But it’s not all serious business.Eight “playtime” sessions a year

offer members the chance to learnnew techniques or design ideas and there are also several workshops a year with leading calligraphersfrom across Canada, the U.S. andEurope.

A recent group project was to create calligraphic artwork using poems written by Grade 2 stu-dents from Alexander ElementarySchool.

They resulting creations wereframed and displayed at SunridgePlace for two months, and thenreturned to the eager students in time for Mother’s Day.

Interested? Email warmland [email protected] or call Lucyat 250-748-5518.

Calligraphers partner with school

The Medford Singers will perform in Lake Cowichan and Duncan at the end of the month, bringing their show Back to the Beatles to a broad Cowichan Valley audience. [CITIZEN FILE]

A partnership with Alexander Elementary gave the calligraphers a whole new challenge, with wonderful results for all. [SUBMITTED]





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After reaching the semifinals of the Plate Competition at the Lon-don Sevens last weekend, Cowi-chan Valley products Pat Kay and Matt Evans and the Canad-ian men’s rugby sevens team fin-ished ninth out of 22 participat-ing nations in the 2014/15 Sevens World Series.

Kay was a member of the team throughout the season, while Evans, a veteran of the national XV team and professional player with the Cornish Pirates of the RFU Championship, joined Can-ada for the final stop of the World Series.

Neither Kay nor Evans was part of the scoring in London.

Canada opened with a 17-14 win over Samoa, then beat Argentina 26-5. That was followed by three consecutive losses: 31-14 to top-ranked Fiji, 29-10 to the U.S., and 33-15 to New Zealand.

A week earlier, at the Glasgow Sevens, Kay scored a try to give Canada a 12-7 lead over Scotland in the Plate semifinal. Scotland managed to score again as time expired, and kicked the winning points on the conversion.

Kay was part of the Canadian team that finished fourth at the Tokyo Sevens in April, picking up an historic 19-15 win over New Zealand in the process.

The top four teams from the 2014/15 World Series (Fiji, South Africa, New Zealand and Eng-

land) all qualified for the 2016Olympics, where rugby sevenswill make its debut. Canada still has chances to qualify for the Olympics through the NorthAmerican Sevens Championships and final Olympic qualificationtournament.

The Canadian women’s sev-ens team, which includes 2014 Shawnigan Lake School gradu-ate Hannah Darling, has all butlocked up an Olympic berth, sit-ting comfortably among the top four teams in the World Seriesstandings with one event left, next weekend in Amsterdam.

The Canadian women lost an agonizingly close Cup final 20-17 to Australia at the London Sevenslast weekend.

The Hummingbirds, one of two all-girls teams, proudly display the new headwear they received on Rally Cap Day at Evans Park. Each year, the youngest players registered with Duncan Junior Baseball — and other programs across the country — get their Rally Caps part way through the season to mark different levels of achievement.[KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Evans joins Kay on national 7s team

Pat Kay in action with the Canadian men’s sevens team. [RUGBY CANADA PHOTO]

26 Wednesday, May 20, 2015 | Cowichan Valley Citizen Sports


Cowichan Secondary School ath-letes led the way at the Mid Island Track and Field Championships at the Cowichan Sportsplex on May 5 and 6, collecting 119 med-als over the two-day meet.

In second place was Fran-ces Kelsey Secondary, with 55, while Duncan Christian School was fourth with 17, just edging the 16 amassed by Chemainus Secondary.

Brentwood College School and Lake Cowichan School tied with 14 medals apiece, followed by Queen of Angels with 12, Queen Margaret’s School with 10, and

the Cowichan Valley Open Learn-ing Cooperative with eight.

Among individual athletes, Sion Griffiths of Brentwood finished with a meet-high five medals, including gold in the bantam boys 200m, javelin, shot put and triple jump, and silver in high jump.

Six more athletes collected four medals apiece, including Cowi-chan Secondary’s Josh Charles (gold in senior boys discus and jav-elin, silver in triple jump, bronze in long jump), Philip Summers of CVOLC (gold in senior boys 800m, silver in 400m, bronze in 100m and 200m), Danielle Groenendijk of Duncan Christian (gold in jun-ior girls shot put, bronze in 100m,

200m and javelin), Olivia Burton of Cowichan Secondary (silver in junior girls 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m), Danae Gendall of Kelsey (gold in midget girls 200m and high jump, silver in 100m and long jump), and Q of A’s Faith Knelson (silver in midget girls 400m, 800m, shot put and high jump).

Finishing the meet with three medals apiece were Kabir Beller-ose of Brentwood (gold in senior boys 200m and 400m, silver in 100m), Mikayla Cook of Duncan Christian (gold in senior girls dis-cus, silver in triple jump, bronze in long jump), Emily Lindsay of Cowichan Secondary (gold in senior girls triple jump, sil-

ver in long jump, bronze in 100m), Andrew Derocher of Cowichan Secondary (silver in senior boys long jump, bronze in triple jump and javelin), Daniel Cheng of Chemainus (gold in junior boys triple jump, silver in 400m and discus), Riley Hogg of Kelsey (gold in junior girls javelin, silver in shot put and triple jump), Ryan Jacobson of CVOLC (silver in junior boys long jump, bronze in 100m and 200m), Emma Dewit of Cowi-chan Secondary (gold in bantam girls 100m, 200m and shot put), Robyn Zinkan of Kelsey (gold in bantam girls 400m and 800m, bronze in discus), Charlotte

Mackeil of Cowichan Second-ary (gold in bantam girls triple jump, bronze in 800m and high jump), Brandon Reymerink of Cowichan Secondary (silver in bantam boys shot put and triple jump, bronze in discus), RobinDe Valk Zaiss of Kelsey (gold in midget girls 400m and 1500m, bronze in 200m), Aaron Dewitof Cowichan Secondary (gold in midget boys discus, silver in shot put, bronze in javelin), HaydenKlassen of Kelsey (gold in midget boys 1500m and 3000m, bronzein 400M), and Oliver Castle of Cowichan Secondary (silver in midget boys high jump, bronzein 800m and shot put).

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CowichanHigh jump: Danae Gendall, KelseyLong jump: Madelynn Pollock, CSSTriple jump: Ashley Oud, CSS

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BANTAM GIRLS100m: Emma Dewit, CSS200m: Emma Dewit, CSS400m: Robyn Zinkan, Kelsey800m: Robyn Zinkan, Kelsey1500m: Julia Cutt, CSS3000m: Emerald White, KelseyDiscus: Brooklyn Paisley, KelseyJavelin: Nairee Paulus, BrentwoodShot put: Emma Dewit, CSSHigh jump: Mackenzie Johnston,

KelseyLong jump: Hannah Geldewys, CSSTriple jump: Charlotte Mackeil, CSS

BANTAM BOYS100m: Jace Hilton, Kelsey200m: Sion Griffiths, Brentwood400m: Aiden Pacholuc, CSS800m: Riley Wainman, CSS1500m: Isaac Tonkin-Palmer, Kelsey3000m: Eric Maginson, Lake CowichanDiscus: David DeVries, KelseyJavelin: Sion Griffiths, BrentwoodShot put: Sion Griffiths, BrentwoodHigh jump: Dawson Tomich, CSSLong jump: Adam Brownlow, Chem.Triple jump: Sion Griffiths, Brentwood

JUNIOR GIRLS100m: Teresa Melchior, Lake Cowichan200m: Denise Roy, Brentwood400m: Denise Roy, Brentwood800m: Madison Heisterman, QMS1500m: Desirae Ridenour, CSS3000m: Desirae Ridenour, CSSDiscus: Robin Fleming, CSSJavelin: Riley Hogg, KelseyShot put: Danielle Groenendijk, DCSHigh jump: Robin Fleming, CSSLong jump: Courtney Witt, KelseyTriple jump: Courtney Witt, Kelsey

JUNIOR BOYS100m: Nicholas Yu, CSS200m: Nicholas Yu, CSS400m: Luke Armstrong, CSS800m: Brendan Kerwin, CSS1500m: Brendan Kerwin, CSS3000m: Jeremy Kissack, KelseyDiscus: Kell Straker, DCSJavelin: Riley Windsor, CSSShot put: Zack Waddington, CSSHigh jump: Keiran Marrett-Hitch,

BrentwoodLong jump: Luca Klotz, CSSTriple jump: Daniel Cheng, Chemainus

SENIOR GIRLS100m: Taryn Smiley, CSS200m: Nicole Lindsay, CSS400m: Nicole Lindsay, CSS1500m: Kath Harrison, Kelsey3000m: Belle White, KelseyDiscus: Mikayla Cook, DCSJavelin: Tina Dicarlo, QMSShot put: Taylor Brouer, CSSHigh jump: Avii Ursulam, Lake

CowichanLong jump: Rachel Jerome, BrentwoodTriple jump: Emily Lindsay, CSS

SENIOR BOYS100m: Chase Gunderson, CSS200m: Kabir Bellerose, Brentwood400m: Kabir Bellerose, Brentwood800m: Philip Summers, CVOLC1500m: Reid Urquhart, CSS3000m: Reid Urquhart, CSSDiscus: Josh Charles, CSSJavelin: Josh Charles, CSSShot put: Noah Charles, CSSHigh jump: Ben Williams, CSSLong jump: Kain Powell, CSSTriple jump: Kain Melchior, CSS

Cow High leads Mid Island medal paradeAthletes race in the final of the senior boys 100m, won by Cowichan Secondary School’s Chase Gunderson. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

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