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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2013 | VOL. 17, NO. 52 | $1 + GST | www.lakecowichangazette.com

LCS student pens LCS Christmas play: Elementary students perform

Honeymoon Bay community spirit:

Annual ‘Potlick Dimmer’ packs the house

Annual Reports: Lake Cowichan and Mesachie Fire Departments and Chamber of Commerce

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Dennis Skalicky

It was a snowy-last-day of school before the winter break and kids and staff alike delighted in play. From left: Mayson Callihoo, Helena Barger, Sarah Brown, Chelsea Hill-Fellows, Mackenna Howes, Chelsea Martel, Jenae Weir, Danielle Bissett, Elise Nelson, Raya Halusiak, Jayden Hamilton and Mr. Dunn. See photos from Palsson Elementary School’s A Berry Merry Holiday on page 3.

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Sincerely,2013 Poppy Committee

The Royal Canadian Legion, Lake Cowichan Branch No. 210

Legion Branch #210, Lake cowichan has made donations from their Bingo and Meat Draw funds to the following:

St. John Ambulance $600.00Cowichan Lake District Figure Skating $500.00Cowichan Valley Lacrosse $250.00Sonya Matthews, for wheel chair ramp $250.00Duncan Christian School, Basketball Championship $250.00Lake Cowichan Minor Hockey, Bantams $250.00Army Cadet Corp., Duncan $800.00D.A.R.E. B.C. equipment & supplies $500.00Lake Cowichan Road Hockey Tourny $500.00Cowichan Pipes and Drum Corp. $800.00Admiral Mainguy Sea Cadets $800.00#744 Cowichan Air Cadet Squadron $800.00community Services: -Summer Camp Program $2,500.00 - Activity Center $2,500.00 -Parenting Group $2,500.00 -Children and Adult Programs $2,500.00 - Meals on Wheels $2,500.00L.c.S.S. Bursaries: -Sierra Tjepkema $500.00 -Leah Hudson $500.00 -Darien Robertson $500,00 -Nicole Gibson $500.00 -David Piatkowski $500.00 -Mallory Marrs $500.00community Services: - Christmas Hampers $750.00Lake Cowichan Minor Hockey, Initiation Teams Jamboree $250.00 total $23,301.00Approximately $7,630,50 was raised in this years Poppy Campaign. Donations made from 2012 Poppy Campaign were to the Cowichan District Hospital for drapes and refurbishing of the Cairnsmore Annex in the amount of 1,500.00.Many thanks to the community, our patrons, and our members for their support over the year.

On behalf of the Executive of Legion Br. #210,Lake Cowichan,BEST WISHES FOR A MERRY CHRISTMASAND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!Sincerely, Wilma Rowbottom, President.

Malcolm Chalmers

Top, clockwise:

The ‘Choir of Angels’ from the Grades 4/5 classes singing the Christmas songs at LCS’s student Laura Frost’s Christmas play the Light of Christmas Morning.

Jewel Jamieson, Grade 6, plays the Christmas fairy.

Alexa Balbes, Grade 7, plays the shining star in the sky.

Lauren Frost, Grade 11, is all smiles after her successful run of the play she wrote.

Meaghan McKechnie, Grade 7 and Allan Aldes, Grade 6 are the narrators of the play that takes place Christmas Eve.


Frost pens and directs the ‘Light of Christmas Morning’ at LCS

The crowd was hushed as the lake Cowichan School theatre opened its elementary Christmas production penned and directed by Grade 11 student Lauren Frost.

“The play is basically about a small Scrooge-like town, obsessed with presents,” said Lauren.

Susan — who was played by Sage De Pol — loves the generosity and spirit of Christmas. She moves to the small Scrooge-like town and is pestered by the other kids because she tries to tell them the true meaning of Christmas and they don’t believe her.

In a letter to Santa, Susan asked that he help the kids believe and understand what Christmas was about.

Santa sends a Christmas fairy — played by Jewel Jamieson — who waved her wand over the town, the angels sang, yet the kids still don’t believe even with Sasha Snow Angel — played by Divinity Arbic — telling them it was all true. With that, the Christmas star — played by Alexa Balbes — shone down and told the Christmas story and the town started to understand and believe.

Touched with the spirit of Christmas giving, the kids bought presents and donated them to charity.

“Merry Christmas to all, and to all good night!”

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Top, clockwise:

The ‘Choir of Angels’ from the Grades 4/5 classes singing the Christmas songs at LCS’s student Laura Frost’s Christmas play the Light of Christmas Morning.

Jewel Jamieson, Grade 6, plays the Christmas fairy.

Alexa Balbes, Grade 7, plays the shining star in the sky.

Lauren Frost, Grade 11, is all smiles after her successful run of the play she wrote.

Meaghan McKechnie, Grade 7 and Allan Aldes, Grade 6 are the narrators of the play that takes place Christmas Eve.


Frost pens and directs the ‘Light of Christmas Morning’ at LCS

The crowd was hushed as the lake Cowichan School theatre opened its elementary Christmas production penned and directed by Grade 11 student Lauren Frost.

“The play is basically about a small Scrooge-like town, obsessed with presents,” said Lauren.

Susan — who was played by Sage De Pol — loves the generosity and spirit of Christmas. She moves to the small Scrooge-like town and is pestered by the other kids because she tries to tell them the true meaning of Christmas and they don’t believe her.

In a letter to Santa, Susan asked that he help the kids believe and understand what Christmas was about.

Santa sends a Christmas fairy — played by Jewel Jamieson — who waved her wand over the town, the angels sang, yet the kids still don’t believe even with Sasha Snow Angel — played by Divinity Arbic — telling them it was all true. With that, the Christmas star — played by Alexa Balbes — shone down and told the Christmas story and the town started to understand and believe.

Touched with the spirit of Christmas giving, the kids bought presents and donated them to charity.

“Merry Christmas to all, and to all good night!”

From the top: Bears of all colours on stage at Palsson Elementary School’s holiday musical A Beary Merry Holiday. The costumes were made by the team of Mrs. Marshall, Mrs. Drake and Mrs. Yvette Friday — Mrs. Drake’s mom.The singers with Mrs. Potter and Mrs. Cochrane’s Division 3 and Mr. Dunn’s Div. 2 choir sang in the play last Wednesday morning. Savanna Birosh-Varao, Anaya Bath, Breeanna Essler-Edgar, Savanna Screaton are serious about their performance.Above left: Hannah Montgomery, Megan Rowbottom and Jerry Edson await their turns to perform in the musical. Above right: Panda Bears — from Mrs. Walter’s class wait to do their scene PandaMonium — Emily Bath, blows a kiss to the crowd, while Myah Smith smiles at the gesture and Hannah Torrie looks on from behind.

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A Berry Merry Holiday at Palsson school

Malcolm Chalmers Photos

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One of Canada’s great entrepreneurial success stories in recent years is WestJet, the Calgary-based airline that is expanding across the country and taking on European routes.

Clive Beddoe, the founding CEO of Westjet, was famous for helping the cabin crew tidy up the plane before getting off a fl ight. And the company is also known for its profi t-sharing program, with all employees referred to as “owners” who have a stake in the success of the operation.

I thought of this management approach when news emerged that the B.C. government was offering public service unions a new kind of contract, with a fi ve-year term and wage increases tied to improved economic growth.

The surprising thing is that unions are accepting the idea, even though provincial growth must exceed the government’s independent economic forecast council projections before it can take effect in a given year.

The generally non-militant Health Sciences Association was the fi rst to recommend acceptance of a fi ve-year agreement with only 5.5 per cent raises guaranteed. Then they were joined by negotiators for 51,000 health and social services employees, represented by the B.C. Government Employees’ Union and other unions that have long been adversaries of the B.C. Liberals.

John Fryer, negotiator for the BCGEU going back to the epic battles with Social Credit governments and now a professor at University of Victoria, wasn’t impressed when he heard the news.

“These deals refl ect what happens when public sector unions back the losing party in a provincial election,” he said.

“Union bargaining power takes a trip down the pooper.”

I think there’s more than that going on. Perhaps today’s union leadership is beginning to accept that its wage, benefi t and pension arrangements look pretty good compared to the harsh reality of private businesses competing in a global economy.

I asked Premier Christy Clark if this new approach is inspired by private-sector profi t sharing. She agreed that is the model.

“I think that’s a great principle for all of us to work from,” Clark said. “Until now, the growth of

public sector wages has been completely insulated from changes in the private sector. And this is the fi rst time we’ve ever been able to successfully link

those two things. At this point it’s still a small increment wage growth, but it’s a big change, and I hope we can continue to build on it.”

From an employee perspective, it is indeed modest. If real gross domestic product increases one per cent beyond the independent forecast used in the provincial budget, employees get an additional half of one per cent raise for that year.

It takes me back to my fi rst union job, where I was warned never to take just one sick day. We negotiated for two at a time, so always take two, the union rep told me. Implicit in this is the mindset that employees should give as little and take as much as possible.

Looking through my fi les each December for the B.C. story of the year, I consider what is likely to matter fi ve or 10 years from now.

This partnership approach to building the provincial economy is my pick for 2013.

Tom Fletcher is the legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press.

Reach him at t [email protected].

Realistic approach to contracts a big important change

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It has been just over six months since Lake Days went country. Now it’s time to start planning for the 70th Lake Days Celebration.

Last year’s celebration was a successful event, thanks to our fantastic community spirit and, of course, fantastic weather.

The Lake Days Society could never accomplish this event without the tremendous support from local businesses and our dedicated volunteers.

We hope to bring back the ever popular West Coast Lumberjack to perform on Lake Days weekend.

The local forest companies happily sponsor this event every year that showcases logging technique from the past and present with a taste of comedy and

some crowd participation. This group has a larger show they can bring to town, which would include log burling and spar tree-climbing. If we can add a couple more corporate sponsors this would be possible.

We will be holding our annual general meeting in mid-January, and invite anyone who is interested to come join us. After the AGM we meet monthly to plan the week-long festival during the second week in June.

If you wish to fi nd out more about Lake Days and it’s history, please visit our website at cowichanlakedays.com and if you want to ask any questions don’t hesitate to send us an email at [email protected]

—Bob K Day

Organizers hope to expand Lake Days logger sports show

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“We have breakfast in the morning before we open any presents. It’s a big breakfast with the whole family.”

Cheryl Power “Yes. I like to go the Christmas

Mass in Victoria at the Christ Church Cathedral.”

Bonnie Makowsky

“Yes. We fondue on Christ-mas Eve, and weeks before Christmas I get together with my granddaughters and do baking and crafting.”

Elaine Scheffer “Yes. Stocking stuffers are

always the same. Every year we have got to have silver dol-lar chocolates, the orange in the stocking and the lifesaver box.”

Monika Kraus “My parents are German so we

open our presents on Christmas Eve. It makes for a much more re-laxing Christmas morning.”

Small towns like Lake Cowichan depend on a reliable and regular postal service.

From seniors waiting for cheques to small businesses that use mail to deliver packages, Canada Post is a necessary public service.

In fact, the Conservative government said so when it forced Canada Post employees back to work when they went on strike in 2011.

So it comes as a surprise that the Conser-vative government no longer believes that home delivery, affordable lettermail prices

or supporting rural post offices is necessary and applauded Canada Post’s plans to fundamentally change the service they provide to Canadians.

Canada Post announced on Dec. 11 that it would stop door-to-door mail delivery to five million homes, charge more for a single letter and reduce the number of employees by up to 8,000.

While most people in our area either have rural delivery or go to a lockbox for their mail, this change means more and more people will be expected to use super mailboxes.

And as the CBC reported on the same day Canada Post announced these changes in British Columbia alone thieves targeted those super mailboxes nearly 5,000 times between 2008 and 2013. The people whose mail was stolen had to change credit cards, bank accounts and other vital information.

We know that the number of parcels Canada Post delivers is actually going up thanks to online shopping. So while it is true that lettermail is dropping, Canada Post still has a lot of material to deliver.

Most people I know want to see Canada Post modernized instead of cutting services and driving away customers while raising costs. And more and more people are asking if Canada Post could take on new services.

Organizations like the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives have called for Canada Post to provide banking services. Since postal outlets are in every community in the country, they could provide a valuable al-ternative to the big banks, especially in small communities that no longer have a bank or credit union.

Canada Post itself has taken on new partnerships with courier compa-nies to provide last-mile parcel deliveries in rural and smaller communi-ties that are unaffordable for the couriers to do.

Here on Vancouver Island we have faced a reduction in the number of service locations for federal government departments - like the closure of the immigration office and a reduction in the number of Service Canada outlets.

Where once the post office was the place to go to get a paper copy of the tax return, it could provide even more government services now. At the very least, postal employees could be trained to help people navigate government websites since postal outlets have provided high-speed Inter-net access since the 1990s.

If you don’t want to see Canada Post cut its services, I encourage you to send a letter to the Minister responsible for Canada Post, Lisa Raitt, Minis-ter of Transport at House of Commons, Ottawa K1A 0A6.

Jean Crowder is the Member of Parliament for Nanaimo-Cowichan.

In my opinion: There is a way to stop cutbacks and that is to make your voice heard

Canada Post a necessary service that needs government support

Honeymoon Bay’s community pot-luck lots of festive fun

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With Malcolm Chalmers Street Beat Do you have any traditions you

follow at Christmas?

Malcolm Chalmers PhotosClockwise from top left: Jason and Clara Teo share a quick kiss while filling their plates at the annual Honeymoon Bay “Pot-Lick Dimmer” on Sunday, Dec. 15. About 170 residents attended the event; Juliett Bodig plays with her presents from Santa while her dad Matt Brown looks on; Wesley Parker dressed up like Santa and posed with him for fun holiday shot; Lennox Webber happily displays his Power Rangers blocks he received from Santa who doled out gifts to about 40 excited children; Volunteers organizers Guy Patten and Anne Orman watch with delight as Santa cradles a newborn.

The lucky winner of the beautiful, handmade pewter bowl door-prize was Dena McCaughey.


Having explored just about every hill and dale, river and stream in the Lake area, pio-neer Trevor Green was well acquainted with the 10 islands located in Cowichan Lake.

Apart from two is-lands, both called

Deadman‘s Island — which were mentioned in this column recently — there were plenty of oth-er islands for Green to explore.

Starting at the south end of the lake near Lakeview Park was the fi rst island, which was nameless. In 1986 Green explained that it was situated close to the shore near the park and that it was “virtually un-changed in appearance from snapshots taken in the early 1900s when early logging was active in that area.”

The second island was lo-cated near Marble Bay and was nothing more than merely a “cluster of willow branches far too impenetrable and low-lying to camp on.” (When this author took a kayak trip up to these islands four years ago, it was discovered that the entire former island mass, other than a few scraggly bushes visible above the waterline, was entirely underwater.)

The third island, the most visible and acces-sible, is Goat Island which sits within view of both Honeymoon Bay and Gordon Bay. In 1986, Green described it as a “forest of conifers and as-pen trees.” These trees had replaced the original old growth timber that had been destroyed by fi re many decades prior.

On a nearby lakefront property — presently owned by the University of Victoria — was the home of Dr. Richard Stoker and his wife Susan. The couple kept a herd of goats which foraged freely on the Stoker acreage. Since it was quite

impossible for the Stokers to keep their herd of goats away from the large vegetable garden, the animals were banished to the island, thus the name Goat Island.

The next island, number four, lies adjacent to Youbou and is also called Goat Island. In recent years the island has been increasingly referred to incorrectly, as Billy Goat Island. The pictur-esque island lies adjacent to the community of Youbou and was described by Green in 1986 as being “quite unspoiled and added greatly to the fi ne views” near Youbou.

A favourite of Green’s was the fi fth island which lies fur-ther west on the south shore of the lake.

Green recalled a “vivid memory” of a day long ago (July 1919) when he, at age 10, along with his parents and several other families, hired a “launch” (boat) to take them through the Narrows near Gor-don Bay. The destination was the upper part of Cowichan Lake, (near Youbou) where the

group was to enjoy a Sunday picnic. Back then this area was “relatively unknown

country,” recalled Green, and of those who vis-ited this area back then few knew of the winds which regularly blew up in that part of the lake. Being in the Narrows during such winds could be, and still is, frightening as well as dangerous.

As luck would have it, the launch was in the Narrows when the winds blew in. With the water so rough it was impossible to land on shore so the guide — who was also captain of the launch — did his best to keep the launch upright while looking for a safe place to bring in the boat.

Meanwhile the anxious parents instructed the children to lie on the bottom of the boat and pray. Years later Green said “and pray we did.” The guide eventually landed the launch and his 12 passengers safely on a nearby island.

To be continued next week.

Courtesy Kaatza Station Museum and Archives

A view of the Lake Cowichan Hatchery property on the Big Pool of the upper Cowichan River, March 1927. Today the land seen beyond the boathouses, ramp and wharf, is Central Park. Downriver, not far from this point, lies the fi rst island on the upper Cowichan River. Although apparently nameless, the small treed island could be called Bird House Island due of the many birdhouses that were placed in the trees on the island several years ago.

Trevor`s take on the islands in the Cowichan Lake


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What could Santa do to make the world a better place?According to Lake Cowichan School’s Grades 4 and 5 students in Mrs. Olson’s class

AkivaI just want to help other people that need tooth brushes, pen-

cils, food, paper for school, water and money. I just want to help people in need so could you please bring peace and love?

TahliaMy wish for families is a home to live with running water,

a bed, food, heat, clothes and medicine and a big school with books, water, pencils and paper. I want all of the families and kids to have a healthy and great life. I wish peace in your life. I wish everyone a nice Christmas dinner and to wake up on Christmas morning and see all the gifts underneath the tree and see joy in their eyes. All I want is families, friends to have a healthy life.

RaineeFor Christmas I want to help the people in need. I want you

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AllyAll I want for Christmas is health for others and families to

have a Christmas dinner. There is a lot of sick people out there. They do not have health or food or water or even any family to help them survive. Some don’t even have any books! I mean imagine growing up without books or pencils. I hope you can try. They could not write to you because they can’t read or write. They need help.

NathanIt is sad for some people in some countries and places. It

would be great if you could give people some food and wa-ter to a poor country or place. There are lots of diseases out there and some people don’t have any protection from them. It would be awesome if you could give a country or place medi-cine because it is terrible that some people are suffering or dieing from diseases that they have cures for.

DylanIf you could deliver presents to the poor and medicine for

the sick people then I’m pretty sure they will love you. And for the animals that may not survive then get them some medicine as well.

TaylorMay I have for Christmas a gift to help others like people

in need? Can you please get them education and a school and also peace, no war, no ghting and no guns. So please get them things they need to survive like fresh water and food. And, what would you do if people were sick? They would need medicine. So, please help people in need survive and also give them a house.

DaltonI want it all for the kids that don’t have any money so they

haven’t went to school because they have no money. So are you getting the point? I’m running out of ideas . We all need

paper so we can draw, pencils to write and we need lap-tops for the class so we can type quickly.

HannahFor Christmas can you get all the children in the

world that have no food and water, food and water? Can you get the children that have no books, books? Can you get the children that are very ill medicine? Can you help the animals that are going extinct?

OwenI wish there was no war in the world but lots

of peace and love. I wish you could make medi-cine for the sick and food for the ones that don’t have any. I wish you could bring toys for the ones that don’t have any. I wish there would be water for the ones that don’t have any and to share what you bring to the world and to have peace.

CurtisCan you bring the things for kids? Toothbrushes for the

kids that don’t have them and toothpaste and dental fl oss. And, things for kids for school, like books, paper, pencils and that kind of stuff. I’m sure they would like that. I’m sure they would like more health things like medicine so they would feel a lot better.

RileyOnly if you can give the people what they need desperately;

like fresh water, food, money, medicine and jobs. If you can please do so.

BreezeCould you please give other people who need gifts, not us.

I was thinking of building schools for kids and teachers with books, pencils, crayons, paper, desks and chairs. Also, give them food like Christmas dinner, apples, chips, veggies, fruit. A few more would be fresh water, peace, no war, no ghting, no guns, no bombs and no killing. Give them a city with jobs to make money and to make a family feel loved.

KiercePlease help all the children who don’t have any homes and

all the children who don’t have any clothes or dental care by giving them what they need and not the children that don’t need it. Please Santa.

Kyle H.Please help all the kids that can not afford stuff like tooth-

brushes and tooth paste or medicine, school, food and water. So please don’t get me a lot of stuff, get the people that don’t have toys and things to keep them healthy.

Kyle M.I wish someone would help animals more and people in

need. Maybe they could have fresh water and food. Maybe there could be no war, no ghting. That’s my wish.

CameronIf you could deliver 2 billion presents in 24 hours, then it

should be easy to give some to the poor people and give some to animals. Give medicine, education, peace, jobs and shelter. I could keep going but I think you get my point. There’s a lot of spoiled kids out there and there’s a lot of poor ones too. So, take one year to think of the poor.

Allie For Christmas this year I would like to focus on the needs

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TristenFor Christmas we want other people to have the gift of life,

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At this time last year the Choose Cowichan Lake Committee did not exist.

A public meeting had been held to talk about the fact that Lake Cowichan was about to lose our last two doctors and from that meeting a number of people volunteered to form a committee, which met for the first time on Jan. 10 at the Lake Cowichan Council Chambers. Since that first meeting a dedicated group of volunteers, under the leadership of Laurie Johnson, has met every month, and in just one year, has accomplished a lot!

Although our original goal was simply to try to attract new doctors to our community, we have expanded our mission to state that we are “committed to improving the determinants of health for the Cowichan Lake Community, through advocacy and promotion.”

So one of our first tasks was to explore the ways that doctors come to communities and to form alliances with people and organizations that could help us. Throughout 2013 we have had the support and encouragement of the Cowichan Division of Family Practice, the VIHA (Island Health) Physician’s Recruitment office, and the Cowichan Community Health Network. We also made contact with other communities and on several occasions made our situation known not only to local politicians but also directly to the Minister of Health.

As we expanded our search beyond just looking for doctors, we were very excited to be selected as a designated community for an Integrated Health Network, which will be opening in the former Kaatza Health unit with a case manager (registered nurse position), a dietician, a behaviorist (social worker position), and a medical office assistant. All of these people will be providing support to patients with chronic health conditions beginning in January or February of 2014.

We then applied and were approved for a nurse practitioner for Lake Cowichan. As a result Valerie Jefford, our new NP, will be starting work in January alongside Dr. Gary Toth at the newly re-opened Brookside Medical Clinic. As well we were very happy to welcome to Lake Cowichan Dr. Vincent Rossouw and our first-ever part-time walk-in medical clinic.

In the spring we supported the Town of Lake Cowichan in applying for a B.C. Healthy Communities grant and were the recipients of a $4,500 grant to improve health in our community.

Two major projects underway are the creation of a brochure listing all the health and wellness services in the community and a health and wellness fair to be held at the community hall on March 1, 2014.

We realized early on that we needed to publicize the benefits of living in the Cowichan Lake area so a sub-committee worked with the Town to make major improvements to the Town’s website and a Choose Cowichan Lake Facebook page.

Of course for the entire year we also stayed focused on our goal of attracting new doctors, so we put together a welcome package for interested physicians. By working with the Physician’s Recruitment office we were able — over the past 10 months — to host a total of seven internationally-trained doctors on day-visits to our town. As a result of those visits, as long as all goes well, by the summer of 2014 two of these physician should be coming to Lake Cowichan to establish brand-new family practices.

We are very happy with what we have accomplished in just one year and we look forward to continuing to work towards making Lake Cowichan one of the healthiest communities on Vancouver Island.

— Submitted by Margaret Davis, secretary,Choose Cowichan Lake Committee

Gazette fileResidents prepare to listen and discuss the doctor short-age in the Cowichan Lake area at the firs tcommunity meeting on Dec. 11, 2012.

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The biggest issue this past year has been dealing with the dust and mud for the residents of Youbou townsite.

After making many phone calls and attending many meetings and listening to feedback from the residents, I have been informed by TimberWest that they have decided to install a truck wash on the west side of the townsite.

The site location and permits are being pursued now and once everything is in place the truck wash should be installed early in the new year.

Two street lights have been installed in the upper Beaver Road area.

The old wharf, which was a safety issue, has been removed from the North Arm of the lake at Sunset.

The zoning for the properties at Marble Bay has been changed to allow year-round residence for the owners.

I sat in on and contributed to the meetings in the search for medical services for the Cowichan Lake area. It looks very favourable for a nurse practitioner to be in place in the new year. The walk-in clinic is now open a couple of days per week at 138 South Shore Road.

The Cowichan Community Health Network meets monthly in Duncan. Part of our job is to look for new site for a new hospital.

The swimming pool in Duncan is a big issue that keeps coming forward. My concern is that any decisions made about our contributing financially to the pool

should be voted on in a referendum. All costs and responsibilities need to be clearly laid out for our residents so they can make an informed decision.

The community spirit in Youbou is alive and well. The Youbou

Regatta, the haunted house, the annual craft fair and Christmas and New Year’s events are well attended and family oriented.

The good news is that the Youbou Community Church is actively being restored and used by the community.

My main focus as your area director is to bring forward concerns and issues affecting residents of the Youbou/Meade Creek area to the Board table at the CVRD. I also work really hard to control taxes.

On your behalf I attend Board meetings, Regional Services Committee, Electoral Area Services Committee, Engineering and Environment Services Committee, Cowichan Community Health Network, Communications Committee, Emergency Preparedness Committee, Parks Committee and Transit Committee.

If you have any questions, want to provide feedback or want to talk to me please call 250-749-3230 or 250 710-3145 or e-mail me at [email protected].

Thank you to all of those people who have called over the past year. I enjoy your feedback.

A special thank you to my alternate, Director Brooke Hodson, who fills in when I am unable to attend meetings.

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Please note that the Regular Meeting dates for Council of the Town of Lake Cowichan for 2014 are as follows:

• January 28th

• February 25th

• March 25th

• April 22nd

• May 6th

• May 27th

• June 24th

• July 22nd

• August 26th

• September 16th

• October 28th

• November 25th

• December 23rd

The start time for the meetings is 6:00 pm and the meetings are held at 39 South Shore Road, Lake Cowichan (Municipal Hall).

Dates this 18th day of December, 2013.

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As 2013 draws to a close, there comes a time to look back at what the annual year’s proceedings has had to offer, and Lake Cowichan Fire Department is no different.

One of the biggest highlights in the first quarter of the year for LCFD came about in March when the team conducted a river rescue at a local duck pond after a young boy lost control of his kayak and became water bound.

It was just a regular day at the office, although back then the new rescue boat was nowhere to be seen and another vessel had to be borrowed.

In May, the team started a swift water rescue program involving 24 people.

June saw a strength in numbers scenario as LCFD assisted their Sahtlam colleagues with a travel trailer fire tanker incident.

In the same month, the team did order its new rescue boat after donations were received, and the vessel would indeed arrive later in the year.

A busy June would continue with some low

slopes rescue training and end with a muscular dystrophy ball tournament involving a number of fire departments in the Cowichan Valley. The tournament raised $42,000.

July would see an ATV accident four kilometres southeast of Johel Road that would see the team rescue a man as his vehicle flipped after hitting a log.

A rescue truck contract was awarded to International Truck Bodies out of Surrey, B.C.

Also, preplanning would begin in July as LCFD officials began analyzing the team’s buildings and drawing up floor plans.

In August, the team assisted the RCMP with the recovery of a drowning elderly male below Skutz Falls although unfortunately the second person, the man’s wife, was never found.

Further on in August, the team rescued s distressed child who was locked in a Central Park washroom.

Into October and the team organized a fund raiser for former fire chief Dick Newman and his family,

raising more than $32,000. December has so far seen

river boat training with local fishing guides accompanying LCFD on the water and a food and toy drive for community services.

And all of that was amidst regular everyday calls of

power lines being down alongside more typical camp and chimney fires.

LCFD wishes everyone a merry Christmas and a safe new year.

—Submitted Ray Bourassa,Lake Cowichan Fire

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New rescue boat highlight of a busy year for Lake Cowichan firefighters


We started this year with news of our gaming grant being accepted for the amount of $25,000 which allowed us to purchase low-slope rope rescue systems, helmets and harnesses.

Our firefighters participated in many training exercises this past year: officer training, low-slope rope rescue, auto extrication, and mutual aid with Honeymoon Bay Volunteer Fire Department covering pumping, drafting and large diameter water supply.

During the summer on long weekends we sold hot dogs, shirts, hats and raised more than $400. We chose the Monday of the holiday weekends as it seemed more people where coming back into town on those days and we plan on doing this again next year.

We had some very dedicated people take on the project of raising money for rescue equipment and the training involved to use it by selling tickets on a new quad. A total of $10,000 was raised for us including buying the quad.

The MD Auction and Ball Tournament raised $42,400.

Even our annual Christmas dinner last week helped the Community Services Christmas Hampers with a donation of $315.

With all of the fire departments in the area needing people to join, please if you can, join your local volunteer fire department and help you friends and neighbours.

—Submitted Gary Eve, Mesachie Lake Volunteer Fire/Rescue Department

Learning and fundraising dominate Mesachie Lake firefighters’ year

The Cowichan Lake District Chamber of Commerce has made it through another year with many successes. The Junk-in-the-Trunk sales during the summer and the wine and cheese tasting at the Shaker Mill in November, were just 2 successful events.

The Breakfast in the Town —sponsored by CVRD Areas F and I — in June, the Burger and a Beer fundraiser at the Riverside Hotel in October, and the December Madness along with the Christmas Tree Light Up with Santa Claus in Saywell Park, were all well received by those who attended.

Add to this the scholarships of $500 each to two graduating students of Lake Cowichan Secondary School, and our donation of $2,500 to the Lady of the Lake Committee, it was a banner year.

Visitors to the Cowichan Lake Region this year toppled the 30,000 mark setting a new record and putting our Visitor Centre at number two on the Island behind Victoria.

The addition and continued usage of the Pacific Marine Route has proven to be beneficial to Cowichan Lake as traffic has increased considerably since its completion.

The Town of Lake Cowichan’s sidewalk and road improvements through the town did little to slow the amount of visitors down. The addition of the traffic circle and the clean new look of the main drive through town has enhanced its appeal. Well done.

This along with the addition of the new Cowichan Region Visitors Centre in

Duncan will most likely create even more of an increase in the visitor explosion.

In December the Cowichan Lake District Chamber of Commerce signed an accord with the Chambers of Commerce

from Duncan, Ladysmith, Chemainus, and South Cowichan to jointly promote and advocate for business in the Cowichan Valley.

The agreement was also sanctioned and signed by the President of the B.C. Chamber of Commerce. This signing has the potential to create and foster new business for the Cowichan Lake Region as well as the Cowichan Valley. Time

and hard work will tell.Our program and events committee is

already in the process of putting together the 2014 events and the list looks pretty promising.

To add to the successful events of 2013, we plan a return of a remodelled Spring Fling in May and a Small Business Expo in October during small business week.

Our general meetings will include more guest speakers who can provide assistance and knowledge to new entrepreneurs as well as our current small business owners.

Cowichan Lake District Chamber of Commerce intends to lead by example in 2014, to assist the Town of Lake Cowichan, and the Cowichan Valley Regional District Areas F and I, to promote business and tourism in our region. It promises to be a banner year.

With that said, the Cowichan Lake District Chamber of Commerce wishes a very Merry Christmas to our residents and a joyous and prosperous New Year to all.

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Malcolm ChalmersLCFD Rescue 11, a 65 horsepower pontoon jet boat, is Lake Cowichan Fire Departments’s newest piece of rescue equipment. Lake Cowichan Fire Chief Doug Knott (far right), firefighter Steve Johnson (bow) and local river expert Kenzie Cuthbert leave the lake and make their way down the Cowichan River. Cuthbert was helping to train six firefighters in the use of the jet boat on the river.

Many reasons to consider this a banner year on the business front

Seasons Greetingsand all the best in the New Year

Lake CowichanFire Department


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2013 has been a very productive year in the Cowichan stewardship community.

The year started with frustration over the governance of our precious water resources. The newly formed One Cowichan group was able to demonstrate the degree of public outrage in our community over failed water management practices and the government regulators listened.

The weir management rules were changed to allow for more summer water storage in the lake, which is necessary to offset the effects of the 35 per cent decrease in our summer rainfall totals. This was a step in the right direction as we strive to build resilience to climate instability into our community.

The Cowichan Lake and River Stewardship Society was very active, hosting a lakeshore riparian workshop in April. The workshop was attended by civic leaders, conservation groups, government agencies and local industries all working together for the common good. This two-day event identified sensitive riparian areas and developed priorities for restoration work.

This summer, more than 100 lakefront property owners were visited by CLRSS directors to discuss riparian values.

The annual river cleanup netted 1,100 kilograms of garbage and $600 worth of returnable bottles.

The Saywell Park riparian restoration was started in November. Invasive blackberries were removed and over 1,000 native plants were put in their place by CLRSS members and students from Lake Cowichan School.

A comprehensive water sampling program was completed in the fall in the lake and many of its tributaries. The data obtained confirmed that our water is generally of excellent quality but a few sources of pollution were identified for further investigation.

CLRSS president Gerald Thom was awarded the 2013 Volunteer of the Year Award from the B.C. Lake Stewardship Society for his tireless conservation leadership.

The Cowichan Stewardship Roundtable

continued monthly meetings where constituent groups shared information and coordinated their activities. CSR meetings include representation from Cowichan Tribes, the Cowichan Watershed Board, CVRD, provincial and federal government

agencies and several conservation groups. CSR members activities this year included eel grass restoration, water sampling and kelp bed surveys in Cowichan Bay.

The tremendous returns of salmon were analyzed and much was credited to the Stoltz Bluffs remediation project. Massive amounts of gravel were removed from the lower river to help with fish migration and flood control measures.

Several interesting reports were released during the past year that will be very useful tools for us to use to build a better community.

The first was the LIDAR survey, which is a map of all Cowichan Lake shoreline properties where aerial photographs of the houses are shown with property lines and various lake water levels superimposed over the images. This survey is invaluable information for use in any discussions about increased summer water storage in the lake that is being proposed.

Another study details the specific changes that we can expect here as a result of climate change. We have also inventoried all of our agricultural land and when we combine all this information we can come up with ideas about how to approach water management and agriculture in future decades.

We are very lucky to be blessed with the geography we have and the people that are all working to protect and preserve our community far into the future. We have made good progress in several areas and our conservation community is growing.

The most encouraging and important part of our growth is in youth involvement. I have been inspired by the young people I have worked with this year and I am looking forward to many more productive years as we work together to prepare for the future.

Malcolm Chalmers/FileRod Tipton and Klaus Kuhn help diver Ed Singer remove bottles, cans and assorted garbage from the Cowichan River at the annual clean-up in August that netted 1,100 kilograms of garbage and $600 worth of returnable bottles.

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Honda’s contemporary on a dying breed2014 Honda Accord Coupe V6

It’s fascinating to watch trends in the auto industry play out over time. Some changes happen quickly, with one manufacturer coming out with a feature, then the rest of the industry following suit. Backup cameras would be a good example of this. Other trends are much slower, changing because of demographic fluctuations. One example of a slow-moving trend is the two-door coupe falling out of favour and its replacement by sedans and crossovers. This trend is greatly affected by baby boomers getting older and buying more for practical reason, rather than styling. In the 1980s, and even the beginning of the 90s, there were plenty of coupes to choose from and they sold well. But where are the Honda Prelude, Toyota Celica, Pontiac Sunfire and Ford Probe coupes? Now gone and many not re-placed with newer models. I’m thrilled to report that there are a few coupes still available and one that is worthy of consideration is this new 2014 Honda Accord Coupe V6.

Looks The Accord Coupe is based on the all-new Accord sedan that has been selling very well for Honda. In fact, it won the Canadian Car of the Year this year as decided by the Automobile Journalist Association of Canada. Honda has done a good job of updating this big coupe with a more modern twist. Sold in three configurations from the base EX to the EX-L Navi (L stand for leather and navi is self-explanatory),

which are both 4-cylinder equipped models. The top trim is the EX-L Navi with V6. This top trim level is the model seen here: it comes with LED projector head-lamps, 18-inch wheels and duel chrome exhaust tips. The 4-cylinder equipped models come with halogen headlamps and 17-inch alloy wheels. The coupe starts at $26,400, a $2,500 premium over the regular sedan but when the sedan is equipped with alloy wheels, the price is almost identical. The EX-L is $30,100 for the leather and navi and the V6 premium is $35,500. Not an inexpensive car but most are very well equipped.

Inside It’s a big and comfortable coupe. The back seat is actually usable for adults and the front seats are very comfortable. The trunk is huge and the back seat folds for extra long items but the seats do not split and fold, plus the opening to the back seat is small. Standard feature on all Accord models is a backup camera and heated seats. Honda, in my opinion, has raised the bar in the mid-sized category and produced the nicest dash I have seen in this class. There are two screens in the centre console, one for the navigation unit and the other for the radio. They are framed in beautiful, high quality satin metal, chrome and soft touch materials. One area that could be improved is the

way the radio stores and retrieves pre-set radio stations. It took a long time to set the stereo up and having to go back and forth between different screens is not that intuitive. The rest of the dash is large, with big cup holder and plenty of storage areas. The steering wheel buttons and heat controls on the dash use first rate switches and they are placed with precision.

Drive Another trend that Honda is bucking, with this Accord Coupe, is the inclusion of a 6-speed manual transmission and V6 engine. The latest movement is to turbo or super-charged 4-cylinder engines to replace V6 power plants and duel clutch automatic transmission in favour of a manual. I’m glad that Honda still offers this layout; it shows they are serious about being a true enthusiast’s car company. Granted, most buyers will get the very good 6-speed automatic transmission with the 3.5L V6, but with 278hp and 252 lb.-ft. of torque it will be a very lively car in either configuration. The manual is a joy to use and it is like a throwback to drive a V6 equipped manual car. The 4-cylin-der models have 185hp from a direct injection 2.4L engine and either a manu-al transmission or continuously variable transmission (CVT) for added fuel sav-ings. The CVT is capable of 7.8L/100km in the city and 5.7L on the highway. The

V6 uses more at 10.0L/100km in the city and 6.1L on the highway.

Verdict When I started reviewing cars back in the early 1990s, cars like this were common: a mid-sized sedan with a V6 engine and a manual transmission. I can clearly remember driving a Toyota Camry, Nissan Maxima and Accord equipped this way. While most compa-nies are moving away from this design, Honda is sticking with it for now. Soon Honda will have smaller turbo-charged 4-cylinder engines available and this big coupe might too be fitted with something more efficient. If you like the idea of a smart looking car that is well equipped and powerful, you might want to move on an Accord Coupe V6 before it follows the latest trend.

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Compared to the previous generation Forester, the ’09 came with a new chassis with a wider track and a lon-ger wheelbase (by 9 cm), plus a new double wishbone rear suspension. The structural changes also yielded extra cargo space and more rear passenger head and legroom.The single overhead camshaft base engine can produce 170hp and fuel economy is rated at 10.6/7.5 L/100 km (city/highway). While reliable, it’s no rocket, and flat-out acceleration to 100 km/h takes more than 10 seconds. Agile handling does help compensate for tame straight-line speed. A turbocharged variant has

twin-cam-shafts and can produce 224hp. However, it likes premium fuel and consumes 10.9/8.3 L/100 km (city/high-way). Manual transmission models have an electronic “hill holder” feature. When stopped on an incline this feature

delays release of the foot brake to prevent the vehicle from rolling back-ward and gives the driver more time to achieve a smooth take-off. The automatic option was a conventional four-speed.Forester got top marks from the In-surance Institute for Highway Safety in its rollover test. The roof is more than double the strength required by U.S. federal safety standards. In addition to its all-wheel drive sys-tem, a Forester comes with anti-lock brakes and an electronic stability control system called Vehicle Dynam-ics Control. It also provides what Subaru de-scribes as a ‘virtual’ limited slip rear

differential function. The 2009 Forester was offered in four trim levels: 2.5X, 2.5X Touring Package, 2.5X Limited and a 2.5XT Limited model with a turbocharged engine. Even a base Forester 2.5X comes well-equipped with heat-ed seats, air conditioning, power windows and mirrors, roof rails, a tilt and telescoping steering wheel with audio controls.A new partial-zero-emissions-vehicle edition of Forester was added for the 2010 model year. Emissions are about 90 per cent lower than most 2010 vehicles, according to Subaru. In 2011, the base 2.5L boxer engine got a double overhead camshaft upgrade, plus new bore and stroke dimensions. While maximum output remained at about the same level, more power is available at a lower rpm and fuel economy improved. Other than a new height-adjustable front passenger seat, no significant

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Recalls2009 - An oil supply pipe to the engine turbocharger may crack at the stay brazing on the cylinder head-side, and this could potentially cause an engine compartment fire. 2009 to 2012: A faulty centre rear seating position seatbelt retractor may not allow proper installation of a child restraint or booster seat. 2009 to 2012: Dealer-installed acces-sory puddle lights may short circuit and cause the lights to melt.

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2009 2.5X Limited $16,000 to $20,000

2010 2.5X Limited $19,000 to $23,000

2011 2.5X Limited $22,000 to $26,000

2012 2.5X Limited $25,000 to $29,000

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Subaru Forester 2009 to 2012A dependable, utilitarian ride

‘‘The reliable Forester is a very impressive blend of utility, comfort, handling and fuel efficiency..’’Bob McHugh

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Grade 5 student Emma Torrie, 10-years-old, on the left, along with Grade 4 student Taylor Svendsen, 9-years-old, and Grade 5 student Breeze Silvaggio, 10-years-old (far right) with Ms. Garner at the dance.

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The gymnasium at Lake Cowichan School was a hub of activitiy and delicious smells as the school held their annual turkey dinner for students and staff on Wednesday, Dec.18. A group of volunteers were kept busy during the lunch hour as a steady stream of students, along with their teachers moved along the food line to load up their plates with turkey dinner and all the trimmings. It was also one of the school’s fun days — Crazy Hair Day. Above clockwise: Grade 6 student Abbey Helliwell lines up to get her turkey dinner; Crazy coiffured Grade 7 students Jessie McCoy (left) and Haley Burant get their turkey dinner; Grade 4 students Caylee Medal (left) and Asia Nichols have their dinner with teacher Ms. Bhandari.


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of this and that

See Ya Later dance at LCS has everyone snow dancing for Ms. garner Lake Cowichan School had an outdoor going away “see you later” dance planned for vice-principal Ms. Garner on Friday, Dec. 20 and it was going to happen rain or shine. They didn’t get the sun or the rain but they did get some snow to add some fun to the function.

The music played and a group of students and teach-ers danced to the music as snow fell gently around them as they said “so long” to the popular VP as she heads to Bench School for the remainder of the year.


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Grade 5 student Emma Torrie, 10-years-old, on the left, along with Grade 4 student Taylor Svendsen, 9-years-old, and Grade 5 student Breeze Silvaggio, 10-years-old (far right) with Ms. Garner at the dance.

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The gymnasium at Lake Cowichan School was a hub of activitiy and delicious smells as the school held their annual turkey dinner for students and staff on Wednesday, Dec.18. A group of volunteers were kept busy during the lunch hour as a steady stream of students, along with their teachers moved along the food line to load up their plates with turkey dinner and all the trimmings. It was also one of the school’s fun days — Crazy Hair Day. Above clockwise: Grade 6 student Abbey Helliwell lines up to get her turkey dinner; Crazy coiffured Grade 7 students Jessie McCoy (left) and Haley Burant get their turkey dinner; Grade 4 students Caylee Medal (left) and Asia Nichols have their dinner with teacher Ms. Bhandari.


Inside the inside back: A more little

of this and that

See Ya Later dance at LCS has everyone snow dancing for Ms. garner Lake Cowichan School had an outdoor going away “see you later” dance planned for vice-principal Ms. Garner on Friday, Dec. 20 and it was going to happen rain or shine. They didn’t get the sun or the rain but they did get some snow to add some fun to the function.

The music played and a group of students and teach-ers danced to the music as snow fell gently around them as they said “so long” to the popular VP as she heads to Bench School for the remainder of the year.


The inside back: A little of this and that Mark your calendar• Looking to kick-up your heels? Cowichan Lake Recreation is having an adult only New Year’s Eve dance at the upper Youbou Hall starting at 9 p.m. Tickets at arena in Lake Cowicha, Youbou Hall and Shop and Save in Youbou. Call 250-749-6742 or 250-745-3712 for more information.

• Cowichan Lake Recreation has a number of new classes beginning in the new year. For the dog lover who needs a little help and direction with training Fido is the dog obedi-ence class starting Jan. 14.

If your New Year's Eve resolution was to get fit try Zumba or yoga classes. Call 250-749-6742 for all the information.

• If you are looking for some fun in the new year, don't forget to check out the Youbou Community Bowling Ally — the only hand-set, 10-pin lanes in Canada! You can play 5-pin, 10-pin and even cosmic bowl. The next family bowling Loonie Night is Jan. 3, 2014. Call 250-745-3712 for more information

LCS ‘new’ acting VP• Lake Cowichan School welcome’s Mrs. Kyla Bridge as their new acting vice-prin-cipal.

Bridge will be taking over for Mrs. Garner when school resumes in January after the winter break and will be in the position until the end of the school year.

“Having Mrs. Bridge in the office will be great for the school because she is already familiar with staff, students and parents.” said a post on the school’s Facebook page.

A combination of Bridge’s and Garner’s

teaching positions will be posted and filled. Garner is expected to return to LCS in July

Atom Laker teams play host this weekendThe Atom Lakers — Synergy Safety Lakers and the Kaatza Logging Lakers — play tournament host from Dec. 28 to 30 at the Cowichan Lake Sports Arena.

“There are seven teams in the tournament; our two laker teams, Sooke Thunderbirds, Port Alberni Ice Breakers and three teams from the Cowichan Valley,” said coordinator Belinda Waller in an email to the Gazette.

The puck drops at the first game, 7:30 a.m. on Saturday when the Kaatza Logging Lakers play the Cowichan Valley Mighty Midgets. The next Laker game scheduled is Lakers Synergy Safety versus Alberni at 10:30 followed by a puck toss.

Check out all the fun. There will be tickets for raffle baskets all weekend long with the draw being held on Monday at 11 a.m. and 50/50 draws during every game except for the games where there is a puck toss at the end. Go Lakers go!

Seniors Centre on roll for Nickels for NicholeThe Lake Cowichan Seniors Centre is on a roll.

The Nickels for Nichole campaign — formerly Nichole Stock Penny Drive — is underway. This is the 22 year the Lake has been raising money for the charity Variety Show of Hearts.

In 1991, at just nine-years-old, Nichole

was watching the Show of Hearts telethon on TV with her grandmother when she decided she wanted to be a part of helping other children too.

Sadly, Nichole passed away in 1999, but not before she had the chance to walk alongside her friends during her graduation from Lake Cowichan Secondary School. The community has since named the annual Community Service Award after Nichole as a reminder of the work she did to help other children.

If you have any change that you would like to donate bring it by the Centre on 55 Coronation Street, or pop it into one of the many containers on local business counters.

All donations are presented to the charity’s annual telethon on January 24.

For more information please contact Jackie at 250-749-6121.

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Gazette Wesley Parker, 6-years-old, Grade 1; Harmony Grossman, 5-years-old and Damian Essler-Edgar, 5-years-old, both in Kindergarten, were all dressed up for Pajama Day at Palsson school.

Perfect day to wear pajamas to schoolThere were plenty of PJs and even a San-ta in Miss Dodge’s Kindergarten/Grade 1 class at Palsson Elementary School on Friday, Dec. 20 as the school celebrated Pajama Day and the kids got wrapped up in the excitement of the last day of school before the Christmas Break.

The teachers even joined in coming to work in night-time attire.

Gazette file Seniors Centre members roll coins for the Nichole Stock Penny Drive last year.


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