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Golf course fi re closes highwaySARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

In conditions as dry as the Cow-ichan Valley has been experien-cing in recent weeks, it seems nearly anything can set the parched landscape ablaze.

A fence energized by a downed power line is what started a fire at Duncan Meadows Golf Course Monday afternoon just after 3 p.m.

“We’re not quite sure what hap-pened with the [Hydro] equip-ment yet,” North Cowichan’s South End Deputy Chief Brad Coleman said Tuesday. “What we feel happened is that the wire energized the fence line for about 1.2 kilometres and that’s when it went from basically a contained area to running in a line along the highway.”

As if the flames travelling along the highway on multiple fronts weren’t enough, hot spots on the golf course added to the mix.

Only one structure, a mainten-ance hut on the golf course, was ever in any real danger.

“The guys were working hard to protect the exposures there,” Coleman said. “Some of the staff from the golf course were doing whatever they could with what-ever water they could find, as well.”

And then the wind picked up, carrying the flames across the highway.

Gusts between 30 and 32 miles an hour facilitated a jump across the pavement.

“The wind was really gusting there and it really picked up just as we were at a crucial spot and it got into the farmer’s field,” Cole-

man said. “But we were able to get a crew to the other side pretty quickly and we knocked it down within about half an acre.”

Coleman said he made the decision to close Highway 18 between Somenos and North roads and detour traffic when visibility became an issue due to

the smoke.“It got to the point where vehi-

cles were still trying to come through but the smoke was so thick you couldn’t see them com-ing,” he said.

Coleman said a couple of ex-firefighters were on hand to direct traffic until RCMP arrived

to take over.“We managed to get most

people stopped but we still had some vehicles come through,” he said. “It was dangerous at one point there. It was like driving through thick, thick fog.”

The bizarre nature of the fire and the exceedingly dry con-

ditions prompted a full-scale response.

Coleman estimated about 80 firefighters in total, half of those from the South End and Duncan halls, and crews from forestry and also private contractors worked the incident.

“With the nature of the environ-ment right now, we’ve kind of got it in our heads that if it could be anything at all, we err on the side of caution,” Coleman explained. “We can always turn them back but it’s harder to get them coming.”

Members and apparatuses from North Cowichan’s South End, Crofton, and Maple Bay halls attended, as well as equipment and crews from the Sahtlam and Cowichan Bay halls.

A helicopter and ground crew were sent from B.C. Wildfire Services. Even Ladysmith came with their new ground sprinklers, Coleman said.

Luckily for firefighters, water was easily accessible.

“The helicopter was picking right up from the golf course, there’s ponds on the golf course, and we had a hydrant at the end of North Road,” he said. “And with the resources we pulled in from Cowichan Bay and the municipality, water didn’t seem to be an issue. Guys were right on the ball.”

Coleman had high praise for all who worked the incident.

“Fire crews did a great job. With that many resources everybody worked together very well,” he said.

While a fire rages alongside Highway 18, Sean Buckland, a member of the Duncan Meadows Golf Course, works on his chipping on the opposite side of the course. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

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SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

A significant property purchase last week has resulted in the Malahat First Nation effectively tripling in size.

The band announced the acquisition of 525 hectares of land, including the site former-ly known as Bamberton, on Thursday.

Financed through the First Nations Finance Authority, the deal was more than a year in the making and is just one part of a bigger plan to construct a larger Malahat Nation.

“Today marks a monumental moment for the future of the Malahat Nation as this land purchase helps to restore more of our traditional lands into our stewardship,” Chief Michael Harry said Wednesday. “We are moving forward to develop and protect the long-term viability of our people and our lands, while respecting our relationship with the neighbouring communities of southern Vancouver Island.”

But not every neighbour is pleased with the property turnover.

While existing tenants with long-term leases include a cement company, a timber company and an engineering consulting firm, Bamberton Historical Society President Maureen Alexander said her group has been ordered off the property since the sale became official.

“I am dumbfounded at the

news,” she said.Bamberton is considered one

of the most important industrial sites in B.C.’s history, Alexander noted.

For the past eight years the Society has run a museum and tours of the site and possesses the only archive record of the cement company and village.

“This sale will mean the end of our historical society,” she said. “A record of over 100 years of B.C.’s history will be wiped away as well as the memory of thousands of residents and employees.”

The historical society could potentially be replaced with any number of enterprises, including marine and terrestrial develop-ment related to business, tour-ism, light industry, housing, and more.

Expansion was long in the

works. The band developed a Comprehensive Community Plan in 2012 and has used that guiding document to help the Nation “further exercise their sovereignty and make progress toward a future that incorporates social, economic, political, cultur-al growth, and wealth.”

In the last three years the band has built nine new residences, started the construction of four more, and has a longer-term plan to build five more homes in each of the next five years.

In addition to housing, the Kwunew Kwasun Cultural Resource Centre was complet-ed in 2014 and provides a place for the community to learn, share their values, re-build the strengths of their culture and have a space to gather, said a press release issued by the First Nation.

Malahat Nation buys Bamberton lands, more

Part of the Malahat First Nation’s land purchase includes Bamberton, once slated for development as a community. [SARAH SIMPSON/CITIZEN]

LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Police and motorists were praising Lake Cowichan fire-fighters on Friday for their quick, effective handling of a dangerous vehicle fire at Skutz Falls the previous evening.

“It was a line painting truck working for the Department of Highways on Highway 18 near Skutz Falls,” said Lake Cowic-han Fire Chief Doug Knott.

“They heat thermal plastic with propane on the truck, that melts the plastic and then applies it on the road for the centre line but it started to overheat on them. They pulled it off the road and it actually burst into flames. The truck has a very large propane tank on it and it burst into flames, too. The fire destroyed the whole unit.”

Knott got the call about

9:20 p.m. and in a short space of time, the Lake Cowichan fire department emptied as the equipment sped east to deal with the threat, which was intensified by the extreme dry conditions in the forest near the area.

Knott said his fire hall han-dled the job alone.

“There were no injures. All the people that were in the truck got out. But the propane tank was quite a danger,” Knott said.

Motorist Kathryn Swan, who was one of many people stopped on the east side of the fire, praised the fire department for its efforts as she described her view of the scene in an email to the Citizen. With her vehicle stuck in traffic, she was able to talk to the truck driver.

Lake Cowichan firefighters spray the burning truck on the gravel triangle between Highway 18 and Cowichan Lake Road. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

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It has been a long year for the organiz-ers of Rock of the Woods, and a relatively short time to put everything together, but director Dave Bain is confident that the fourth iteration of the music festival will be even better than the first three when it begins this Thursday.

“The CVRD and Rock of the Woods went through a learning process this year, but we’re both going to come out of it with the best festival we’ve ever had,” he said. “The CVRD put a lot of faith in us being able to prove ourselves.”

Rock of the Woods ended up being the guinea pig for the a new event approval process in CVRD Area E, and the length of the process ended up leaving organiz-ers with less time than they would have liked to prepare, but that hasn’t stopped them from booking an impressive roster of acts and making major improvements to the festival site next to the Cowichan River in Sahtlam.

In terms of performers, the lineup is headlined this year by Vancouver pop-punk hitmakers Gob and Calgary indie partiers The Dudes. Also on the bill are popular Cowichan Valley and Victoria acts like Man Made Lake, Carmanah, Band of Rascals, Dante DeCaro, and High Noon to Midnight, the multi-talented Michael Ber-nard Fitzgerald, and some rapidly rising Seattle bands like SISTERS, Motopony and Tango Alpha Tango.

There’s a lot more to Rock of the Woods than just music, however, and big steps have been taken to make sure the entire experience is better than ever. The beer garden is bigger this year. The family zone is also bigger, and in a better spot than it was last year.

“We want to do as much kid- and family-friendly stuff as we can,” Bain emphasized.

Vendors will be set up in more of a food court format this year, with big tables where attendees will be encouraged to get to know each other, emphasizing the community atmosphere of Rock of the Woods. Camping and parking areas have been made larger this year as well.

For Bain, the most important aspect of the festival is the site itself, a secluded

spot at the end of Irvine Drive, off Sunrise Road.

“It’s this natural amphitheatre sur-rounded by old-growth maples, right by the Cowichan River,” he said. “How better do you show off the Cowichan Valley? And on top of that, we’ve got these 30 bands that are going to play unbelievable music. It’s like a provincial park you can go see a music festival at.”

The entire festival is run by volunteers, who have worked extra hard this year to make the festival come together in a short period of time.

“The team has definitely stepped up,” Bain said. “They’ve definitely all got a clear idea about what they wanted to see at this festival.”

Bain included, no one has made money off Rock of the Woods, and that has never been the point.

“Everybody on the team grew up here. We’re all doing it for the idea of bring-ing young people back to the Cowichan Valley.”

Tickets are still available for all four days of the festival. A four-day pass will run $125, with an additional $35 for those who want to camp. Day passes are $45 for Friday, $65 for Saturday, or $30 for Sunday. Tickets can be bought at rockofthewoods.com or at the Cobblestone Pub, Mill Bay Pizza, Duncan Music, or Lyle’s Place in Victoria.

Festival set to open after long road

Dave Bain, right, and fellow volunteers Dave Sheffield, Jeff Baldry and Jenn Miner at the Rock of the Woods site Monday. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

A $400,000 rejuvenation project couldn’t save what many believe to be the prime attraction at Bright Angel Park.

It’s not the suspension bridge over the Koksilah River, or the updated trails, the new playground or even the picnic spots and other upgrades that make Bright Angel a unique hotspot for summer swimmers — it is, and has been for years, the rope swing.

And now it’s gone.“A sad day for us yesterday at Bright

Angel Park,” explained Katrina Grounds, a who’d brought her family there on Sunday.

“To break up a boring day yesterday, I took two of my children to Bright Angel. It’s always a favourite spot for us. Our son will spend two straight hours, swinging off the rope swing.”

Apart from sleeping in, she said, the rope swing is the absolute best part of his summer.

But the joy-inducing swing is gone.“It’s destroyed,” Grounds said. The rope is nowhere to be seen and

what’s left of the branch it was attached to is floating in the river.

“So many confused and disappointed faces yesterday,” Grounds said.

Joy Hachey was among those disappointed.

“Many good family memories have been had on that rope swing,” she wrote on Facebook.

“I’m so sad,” added park patron Jenn Constable McNutt. “We love going there.”

Grounds said she could understand if the CVRD was concerned with liability and water levels and had to temporarily

take the rope down, but she doesn’t think that’s the case.

“The rope swing had been there for years and I don’t recall there ever being a problem,” she said. “It hints of vandalism seeing the limb left like this.”

The news came as a shock to Cowichan Valley Regional District Parks & Trails Manager Brian Farquhar.

“This is the first I’ve heard of anything about it,” he said Monday morning. “I’ll have to look into it.”

Grounds, and likely many others, hopes the swing gets replaced.

“We are so sad that this, oh so special, part of a childhood growing up in the Cowichan Valley is lost,” she said.

Park-goers mourn demise of rope swing at Bright Angel

It’s not just a tree branch in the water, it’s decades of fun in the form of a rope swing lost from the landscape at Bright Angel Park in Cowichan Station. [KATRINA GROUNDS PHOTO]


Developing LNG irresponsible

B.C.’s intention to crack down on deliberate wildfire starters comes as welcome news.

Presumably the first target of this legislation will be Premier Christy Clark for the irrespon-sible manner in which she pro-poses to release immense new quantities of methane and CO2 into the atmosphere through fracking and LNG development.

B.C. is already hard-pressed to cope with drought, tinder dry forests and record numbers of wildfires, and it is frightening to contemplate that the climate change we have already locked in ensures that, throughout the lifetime of our children, each year will be even hotter and drier that the one before.

What will remain of our for-ests and farms, the salmon and free flowing rivers, our lakes and wildlife — the soul of “Beautiful British Columbia” — in years to come if our leaders insist on releasing new sources of carbon into an already dangerously overheated atmosphere?

The science is simple; more methane and CO2 in the atmos-phere means that more of the sun’s energy will be trapped, thereby raising temperatures and drying and igniting our forests.

Forests Minister Steve Thom-son claims you can’t legislate against stupidity but Christy Clark seems intent on proving that you can legislate for it, with an LNG deal that will inevitably accelerate global warming.

Mike WardDuncan

Cowichan Valley public services top notch

While standing on the steps of the town hall watching the well-organized and well-timed summer parade pass by, I was obliged, as was anyone else in earshot, to listen to a diatribe of criticism of public services in the Cowichan Valley.

The pontification came from a large, loudmouthed and cheer-ful gentleman who let everyone know that he had retired early, due to his success in business, and had chosen to grace the Cowichan Valley with his presence.

He has attended local council meetings and is appalled at: the state of transit; of the high property taxes; the gravy train

for public servants’ pensions.My wife and I have lived in the

Valley for 38 years. We have suc-cessfully raised a family here, schooled in the public system. We have enjoyed the amenities of theatre, library, community centre, aquatic centre, ball parks, soccer fields, running track, top quality water supply, flood reduction dikes, fire pro-tection, excellent hospital servi-ces and general infrastructure. If these amenities require taxes above the provincial average, we are very happy to pay them.

The City of Duncan is a far more attractive and lively place than when we arrived in 1977. If the loud-mouthed gentleman from who-knows-where, who was at the town hall at noon on Saturday should read this, I

have a message for him: If you don’t like the way we do things here, then go back to where you came from!

Delmere KittDuncan

Sports fi elds, foliage draining water

I wonder what our mayor will have to say about water running down the road from the round-abouts that have the foliage that we don’t need and the green sports fields? When there is no water in the river for our fish these are more important then a run of salmon don’t you think?

Pete ElzingaDuncan

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There is no doubt that our Cowichan Valley’s vol-unteer fire crews are the

heroes of this story.On Monday afternoon a fire

broke out near the golf course on Highway 18, just outside of Duncan.

While crews from multiple local volunteer fire departments raced to try to contain that blaze, which put smoke into the air so thick that visibility was near zero and fire burning on both sides of the highway shut the road down completely, some had to break off to address a second fire.

This second bush blaze flared up near Osborne Bay Road and Escarpment Way just outside of Crofton.

The Highway 18 fire is the result of a strange case of a downed utility charging a fence.

But such a cause is not the norm in the more than 200 fires burning right now across the province.

Some, of course, have been caused by lightning strikes.

But unfortunately, there are all-too-often villains in these fire tales — people who start the blazes due to carelessness or malice.

The province has been doing everything it possibly can to drill into people’s heads that it is tinder dry, as we haven’t had any significant rainfall in months.

There has been an unpreced-ented campaign to try to ham-mer home the message that smokers are not, under any circumstances, to flick their cigarette butts out of car win-dows onto the kindling roadside grass, or to drop them into mulch along sidewalks.

Yet there are still people too obstinately stupid or self-in-volved or both to get the mes-

sage: this is a dangerous action that could have calamitous effects for whole communities.

Until now we have been lucky on the wildfire front. The closest we’ve gotten has been the smoke that obscured the skies for a few days from wildfires in other communities.

But Monday’s fires should shatter any false sense of secur-ity people have been harbouring.

We cannot trust to luck. We must be vigilant. Don’t toss your cigarette butt

— the littering is gross any-way. Do not use power tools or other equipment that may hit a

stone and spark. Do not light a campfire.

If you don’t need to be out in the woods on your ATV, leave it in the garage. There’s a good reason that governments close the gates on their trails when things get too dry.

Even though Monday’s fires in Cowichan were not per-son-caused, but were rather the result, in one case at least, of downing lines, we cannot take our safety for granted. We can-not take for granted that we can just carry on as we would if we weren’t in a drought.

We must use our heads.

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Sending out tiny bill by mail not very frugal

Today I went to the North Cowichan municipal office to pay my water overage bill of $2.77.

At that time I asked to speak to a person in authority, who turned out to be a person in the financial section.

I asked why I get a bill for $2.77

when the postage was, acciden-tal or by design, exactly 77 cents.

Question: Wouldn’t it be more frugal to send a bill when I’m $10 over?

Answer: We’re not trying to save money, we just want you to know you’re over the limit.

Question: Where does your sal-ary come from?

Answer: From taxes.I might be missing something

here but wonder why the Crof-ton mill gets to use millions of gallons of water when we’re in a near water crisis.

Is a seawater desalination plant not an option?

Why are municipal employees not concerned with saving and conservation?

Gord CooperDuncan

Will solar panels end up like CFL bulbs?

I’ve been a big fan of solar energy for years, so we sited our house to face the right direction and angled the roof correctly.

The cost to get started has come down substantially, though it does still require a considerable long-term investment.

After reading a National Geographic article about the environmental downsides in the manufacturing process and an article about Japan’s disposal difficulties of old panels (because of the toxic elements), I’m beginning to wonder if solar will turn out to be like CFL bulbs.

I always questioned the high cost and the mercury in the bulbs, and sure enough, dispos-al has become a problem.

The vast majority of us send our CFLs to the landfill instead of proper disposal.

Mercury on the loose is not a good thing.

Yes, I know that button bat-teries have even more mercury, but that’s a whole other letter on their equally improper disposal coupled with why are we too lazy to wind a watch anyway?

And you don’t want to get me started on how many of us really do sort and dispose of everything properly?

Lori HamiltonCobble Hill

Leaky septic systems addressed by plan

John Brackenbury’s letter in the July 15 edition of your paper shows just how foolish the uniformed can sound.

The issue of sewage leakage from Shawnigan Lake homes is being addressed in the formation of a South Sector Liquid Waste Plan. Shawnigan Lake has numerous homes and summer cabins that need their sewage upgraded and hopeful-ly that can happen soon. It is reparable.

Shawnigan residents have heard comments like, you have leaky septic systems, you have boats on the lake and even, you have roads around the lake. These are all true, but the difference between these

and SIA’s contaminated site is the fact that leaking hazard-ous contaminants from five million tons of contaminated soil CANNOT be rectified. The others can.

The sewage problem is being addressed and boats and roads are other issues that can be dealt with.

Thank goodness we have the Shawnigan Residents Association and 8,000 Shawn-igan residents fighting SIA’s dump. We are galvanized as a community over this issue and when we win this war we will then have the time and the momentum to address the other issues, good and bad, that affect Shawnigan Lake.

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A Citizen reader recently sent in this photo of a family of quail. The little ones splash in some water while the adults keep watch. [SUBMITTED]

Cell tower not necessary to get rid of dead spots

G’day: I was reading the letter about a cell tower in the Fisher Road area to get rid of dead spots.

A “tower” is not needed to accomplish that type of thing, if one is trying to get rid of ONE important dead spot (if any really are actually). Simply, an antenna on a high spot near that area that, can crossband repeat using a good path to a larger/higher tower, ** away from places children frequent ** will do the job.

Sometimes one thinks that the money is the thing with people who want a tower. It’s part of it obviously but not all of it. I myself have had it, long ago, with being

irradiated for the sake of someone want-ing to send text messages, or surfing the net. It’s ridiculous; the new toys people have are not the norm and in a pinch (quake, or fire etc.) will not be useful.

I am neither for or against, but I don’t need to have my children’s cellular growth diminished, or their cells explod-ed or deformed as they grow up because of stupidity. Another topic is anything wireless in the home, which I absolutely have disdain for.

But the directors’ conclusion is, if not an informed one, still correct. (A licensed amateur radio operator.)

David RichardsShawnigan Lake

MLAs must make voices heard with strong ‘no’

Copy of a letter sent to all MLAsSo how much does it take to convince

Premier Christy Clark and Environment Minister Mary Polak that dumping toxic soil in the Shawnigan Lake watershed is a really bad idea?

How much does it take to convince them that, not only is the brand of the Liberal Party being tarnished, but, the brand of every politician at the Legis-lature is being identified as completely useless and ineffective?

How much does it take to make every-one involved realize that the financial hit in property values that the residents will be/are suffering, just to ensure that Mary Polak does not have to be embarrassed by a decision reversal, is a reprehensible injustice to the voters.

But even more important, how much does it take to convince the Ministry that polluting the area with five million tons of contaminated soil, when there are other alternatives, is a decision bare-ly worthy of a cigar chomping, 50s era industrialist.

Because of the above, the little, unim-portant, unimpressive, out-in-the-rhu-barb village of Shawnigan Lake has had to take a stand and refuse to be bullied into submission by its own government. It is refusing accept the unacceptable,

forced to spend money on legal matters that should rightfully be going to worthy community projects.

The protests will not end. The block-ades will escalate. B.C.’s reputation will be tarnished. All of this because one minister does not know the difference between good and bad policy?

And, what of the cost to the province? When this permit is rejected, and it will be, the province will be stuck with the clean-up, because you can be guaranteed that the proponent will declare bankrupt-cy and walk away from its responsibility. Every truckload (hundreds per month) will need to be removed, at the people’s expense.

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“He pulled [the vehicle] onto the gravel park-ing space while the crew began stopping traffic because of fears that the truck might explode. One of the company’s regular flag persons stat-ed that all had been proceeding normally when she noticed the truck smoking and called 911,” Swan said.

Traffic on the highway was stopped for about an hour but that wasn’t the end of the firefight-ers’ evening, she said.

“Several hours later as we returned to Duncan we saw that the bottom half of what looked like a one ton truck was still there and steaming while at least three or four fire persons were spraying the surrounding ground and vegetation. Thank goodness for all fire department volunteers who show up to help citizens, particularly the able and willing people who helped put out the poten-tially dangerous truck fire that evening.”

Cpl Rory Gonsalves of the Lake Cowichan RCMP agreed with Swan.

“We have to commend the fire department for what they did for this fire and also the one on MacDonald Road [see the Wednesday, July 15 edition of the Citizen], especially the one on MacDonald Road because of all the residences in close proximity and the proximity to the forest area at the rear of those residences. That could have quite quickly become a major incident but they got on top of it quickly,” he said.

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Coleman was proud to say the forestry crews gave the Valley crews a “very good review” from what they saw.

It was a challenge because while many crews were at Duncan Meadows, another brush fire broke out, sending some halls scrambling.

Crofton and Maple Bays crews were doing double duty after a second fire broke out in the brush along Osborne Bay Road near Escarpment Way.

Chemainus crews were also called out to help with the Osborne Bay Road fire, which was initially described as a “25 by 30 fire and mov-ing fast”.

That fire closed Osborne Bay Road for about half an hour but was quickly contained and extinguished.

All that’s left now is the paperwork. The fire on Highway 18 was the biggest multi-jurisdiction-al fire Coleman has ever been a part of. He said typically call-out reports run about a page long. This one was 36 pages.

Flames erupt in brush alongside the Duncan Meadows Golf Course on Monday afternoon. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

GOLF COURSE, From Page 1

Second fi re closes Osborne Bay Road

Expect delays at Allenby-TCHPrepare for slow going southbound on the

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improvements on that intersection.Traffic was backed up right through the Dun-

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Meanwhile in North Cowichan, work continues on the installation of storm water services, road widening, and sidewalk extension projects.

That work takes place Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. and is expected to be com-plete by Aug. 14. Be on the lookout for flaggers who will keep traffic to one lane.

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12 Wednesday, July 22, 2015 | Cowichan Valley Citizen LivingVancouver Island’s ‘Great Fire’ of August 1938, conclusion

It has been estimated that, besides the immediate costs of fighting it, the Great Fire cost the provincial economy 50,000 years’ worth of employment (2,000 men x 25 years) and five billion board feet of cut timber.

For all the efforts of 1,700 fire-fighters, with 45 mile per

hour winds fanning them, the flames advanced four miles in eight hours and now paralleled the Island Highway for a 10-mile stretch.

With the evacuation of the entire region between Head-quarters, Courtenay, Bevan and Cumberland, “The situation on the lower coast is fraught with more serious danger to life and property than has ever existed within the experience of the Lands Department,” it was reported.

The crew of a logging loco-motive who raced through a wall of flames to save 13 piles of cold-decked timber were cited as heroes: “It was the most unbelievably brave thing I have ever seen. Those boys must be made of asbestos,” said an awed observer. It was so hot that rails curled up into horseshoes and the windows of the locomotive’s cab exploded.

Compare this to a new fire at Oyster River that was believed to be the work of an arsonist.

As RCN seamen joined in a bucket brigade at Bevan, Premier T.D. Patullo declared,

“The conflagration is the most serious in the history of the province.” Those who cut hoses to get out of the firelines or who started new fires were “fiends,” he said, and he offered $1,000 reward for their arrest.

With Forbidden Pla-teau now in the fire’s sights, the area under assault extending 25 miles long by five to 10 miles wide. As Bevan, Cumberland and Courtenay prepared to evacuate, July 22 was termed Black Friday. The fire having grown by a third in just 24 hours. Nerves were further rat-tled by erroneous reports in U.S. newspapers that Courtenay and 500 residents were “now ashes!”

Instead, for the 2,500 men now in the firelines, the beginning of a miracle. Although the fire had broken through to tidewater at one point, easing winds and falling humidity changed things dramatically. By July 26 — after three bitter weeks of trying to contain the holocaust, the most threatened communities were now considered to be safe, the fire even “licked.” As indeed proved to be the case. Through-out that week the emergency continued to ease to the point that 400 men were released from the firelines and Aug. 1 brought rain.

Gone were 85 square miles of prime timber and an incalcul-able toll of wildlife. It has been estimated that, besides the

immediate costs of fighting it, the Great Fire cost the provin-cial economy 50,000 years’ worth of employment (2,000 men x 25 years) and five billion board feet of cut timber.

The Great, or Bloedel, Fire isn’t the worst in Island history but it is the most memorable. The charge of sugar in the gas tank of the fire pump at Forbes Landing proved to be erroneous and it has been acknowledged that the almost 2,000 unem-ployed men who were pressed into firefighting service per-formed heroically, without the help of today’s firefighting won-der, the water bomber.

How big was the Great Fire? Just look at a map of mid-Van-couver Island. The area covered is immense. Add in all the development that has occurred since then, the cost of such a conflagration today is almost beyond calculation let alone the threat to human and wildlife. Happily, three-quarters of a cen-tury and Mother Nature have all but obliterated traces of this disaster.

Which brings us to the present and the ongoing, even increasing threat of forest fires throughout this hot and dry summer. Let’s be careful out there, folks!

NOTE: “Darkness at Noon,” a complete timeline of this historic fire compiled by B.C. Forest Service researcher John Parminter in 1994, is available online. Just Google Bloedel Fire.

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Burned trees stand like matchsticks after the Great Fire of 1938. [BC FOREST DISCOVERY CENTRE BLOEDEL FIRE EXHIBIT PHOTOS]

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British Columbia’s history is riddled with fires. According to the BC Wildfire Service, on Sept.17, 1868, Barkerville was destroyed by fire, including 116 homes. The fire was caused by a miner trying to kiss one of the girls in a saloon. The ensuing struggle dislodged a stove pipe, setting the canvas ceiling on fire.Then, On June 13, 1886, fire destroyed most of Vancouver, which had only been incorporated three months earlier. A clearing fire blazed out of control and in one hour only two of the 400 original buildings were left standing.


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We’re facing one of the more serious for-est fire seasons that British Columbia has seen in recent memory.

Many of these fires are caused by human activity with one of the common activities being the careless disposal of cigarette butts. The provincial government has proposed that when the careless disposal occurs from within a motor vehicle, the vehicle should be impounded for a period of time. Will this idea die a quiet death or if the pace of new fires con-tinues, do you think this is a good solution?

I’m convinced that many smokers flick a butt out of their vehicle without thinking. It was not uncommon to stop a violator and see them take a last drag as I walked up to the vehicle and then watch the butt arc out the window onto the ground.

I would offer them the opportunity to retrieve it or suggest I would do it for $81 if they didn’t want to.

Inevitably the person would get out and pick the butt up, but not without some thought about whether I was serious or not first.

This is a general safety problem which occurs in many contexts other than those involving a vehicle. Why should we consider using a road safety tool to deal harshly with only part of a wide ranging problem? Is something of an equivalent nature being planned for a hiker who tosses a still burning butt down on a trail or a city stroller who uses a mulched planter instead of an ashtray? If not, we should consid-er passing on the idea of a vehicle impound.

Why do we seem so reluctant to use people jail on those who put us all at risk? Car jail immediately halts dangerous driving behav-iour because there is a direct relation to the problem. While there are probably many sides to the issue of jailing people, not the least being that it can happen long after the offence, it might be a better choice to focus the mind of careless smokers.

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

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LIGHT SHOW DAZZLES BIG CROWD FRIDAYAlthough it would have been even more dramatic an hour later, the much-anticipated light show from the Vesta troupe delights a big audience gathered July 17 at the intersection of Craig and Station Streets. The show, brought in by Downtown Duncan Days as a last-minute replacement for an event that featured fire, saw performers able to get up close and personal with the crowd.[LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]


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Cooper sings his way to talent winLEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Another large crowd gathered Friday night at Charles Hoey Park to watch Kas-per Cooper handily win the Cover/Show Tunes category of Duncan Has Talent.

Fans of this event marvelled at Cooper’s progress to the point where he is now a polished country singer. On the way to winning the title and the $500 bursary he sang Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way and the sexy Josh Turner tune, Your Man.

Second place and the $250 bursary went to Mary McGill, who presented two entire-ly different styles on the CUPE stage, start-ing with Sixteen Going on Seventeen from The Sound of Music and finishing with Radioactive.

Twelve-year-old Hana Khan took third spot and the $100 prize with her renditions of Faithfully and the CCR standard, Have You Ever Seen the Rain?

The other finalists in this year’s competi-tion were Zeara Broadway who sang Angel and Hallelujah and Naomi Davies, who presented I’m Yours and Mr. Bright Side.

Judges Cathy Schmidt and Laura Cardriver again reminded the crowd that their mentorship of the contestants is a big part of Duncan Has Talent as it’s a week-long process with the pair of them helping the performers with suggestions on previ-ous evenings.

“We’re really excited to get started. The performances have been wonderful, but we’ll be looking to see if they took our advice or not,” she said.

“We’re looking for the pure joy of per-forming, your expressiveness,” Cardriver said. “Everybody was better yesterday than the day before and some by a huge amount.”

Organizer Longevity John Falkner said the mentorship is the strength of the event: the way that Cardriver and Schmidt help the competitor learn “how to enjoy the stage.”

He also praised the supporters of the event.

“When I look out and see this audience, you’re making my dream come true,” he said.

Finally, after the performances, Schmidt said, “The growth we’ve seen in these five has been really amazing but we’re proud of all nine who showed up this week.”

She also thanked the Lions Club for step-ping up to sponsor the bursaries, explain-ing that music lessons are expensive and this year’s financial help is really valuable.

When she announced the winners, Cardriver — a mentor to the end — only wished they could have had another week with each of the performers because they’d seen so many wonderful changes in just a few days.

Kasper Cooper, winner of Duncan Has Talent Friday night, sings Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way. For more photos see cowichanvalleycitizen.com [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

Mary McGill sings the charming Sixteen Going on Seventeen. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

Naomi Davies performs Mr. Bright Side at Duncan’s Got Talent. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

Hana Khan rocks the old CCR favourite Have You Ever Seen the Rain? [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

Zeara Broadway sings Angel for the big crowd and the judges. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]


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Music lovers can enjoy big name performers at all times of the day on all five stages at the Islands Folk Festival this weekend.

On the Islands Stage, there’s Rus-sel deCarle starting at 8 p.m. Fri-day, July 24 and the next day at 2 p.m. Fred Eaglesmith is onstage to delight Fredheads while Coig takes to that same stage Friday night and again Sunday at 2 p.m.

The exciting band Bombolesse hits the Islands Stage Friday night at 10 p.m. and can be seen again at 4 p.m. Sunday just before the closing ceremonies.

Roy Forbes in on the Spirit Stage Saturday at 11:30 a.m. and later music fans can enjoy Genevieve

and the Wild Sundays and Matuto there while the next day, the stage hosts Shari Ulrich and the Dustin Bentall Band.

In the intimate Chapel setting, there’s Dustin Bentall at 1 p.m. on Saturday, with Ulrich to follow while Sunday you can hear Forbes there followed by Eaglesmith.

At the Tzouhalem Stage you can hear Gary Fjellgaard and others on Saturday, with even more on Sunday.

The Heritage Workshop Stage offers the chance to learn while you enjoy, and sessions like Cape Breton fiddle with Coig is just an example of what’s in store if you venture inside for a look.

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Scottish dancing is all about being as light on your feet as a deer and these girls from a group of Cowichan Valley Highland dancers gathered for The 39 Days Intercultural Day celebration July 12 at Charles Hoey Park. The event includes every level of dancer from little ones experiencing an outdoor audience for the first time to highly-polished, competition-ready performers. For more photos see cowichanvalleycitizen.com [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]


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NOTICE TO ELECTORS WITHINELECTORAL AREA B – SHAWNIGAN LAKEElector Approval Process forCVRD Park Land Disposal Bylaw No. 3926 (Empress Park)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of the Cowichan Valley Regional District, (CVRD), proposes to adopt “CVRD Bylaw No. 3926 – Park Land Disposal (Empress Park) Bylaw, 2015”, authorizing the disposal of surplus park land by subdivision, legally described as: PID 000-423-874, Lot 7, Section 9, Range 4, Shawnigan Land District, Plan 36775; and PID 000-423-882, Lot 8, Section 9, Range 4, Shawnigan Land District, Plan 36775; as shown outlined on the map below. Proceeds of the sale of the land will be transferred to the credit of a reserve fund for the purpose of acquiring park land within Electoral Area B – Shawnigan Lake. There is no taxation impact as a result of this sale.

BYLAW SUMMARYIf adopted, Bylaw No. 3926 authorizes the CVRD to dispose of Empress Park, (comprised of Lots 7 & 8 as shown), through subdivision and a public sale. This undeveloped park land has been deemed surplus to the needs of Electoral Area B – Shawnigan Lake. Proceeds of the public sale of the lands will be credited to the Electoral Area B Community Parks Land Acquisition Reserve Fund, a reserve fund for the purpose of acquiring park land within Electoral Area B – Shawnigan Lake. A complete copy of the Bylaw is available for inspection at the CVRD office, located at 175 Ingram Street, Duncan, BC, during regular office hours, Monday to Friday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm, excluding statutory holidays. The Bylaw is also available on the CVRD website at www.cvrd.bc.ca

ALTERNATIVE APPROVAL PROCESS AND ELIGIBILITY The CVRD may adopt this bylaw unless at least 10% of electors within Electoral Area B – Shawnigan Lake indicate that a referendum must be held by submitting a signed Elector Response Form to the CVRD office no later than 4:30 pm, Monday, August 24, 2015. The Elector Response Form must be in the form established by the CVRD, and only those persons who qualify as electors of Electoral Area B – Shawnigan Lake are entitled to sign. An outline of the Electoral Area boundary can be viewed on the CVRD website at www.cvrd.bc.ca. To determine if you live within Electoral Area B – Shawnigan Lake, please refer to the road index posted on the site.

Electors may qualify as either resident electors or as non-resident property electors, as follows:

Resident Elector – You are entitled to submit an Elector Response Form as a resident elector if you are age 18 or older on the day of submission, are a Canadian citizen, have lived in BC for at least six months, and have been a resident of Electoral Area B – Shawnigan Lake for the past 30 days or more.

Non-Resident Property Elector – You are entitled to submit an Elector Response Form as a non-resident property elector if you are age 18 or older on the day of submission, are a Canadian citizen, have lived in BC for at least six months, have owned and held registered title to a property in Electoral Area B – Shawnigan Lake for the past 30 days or more, and do not qualify as a resident elector. NOTE: Only one non-resident property elector may submit a response form per property, regardless of how many owners there may be.

If less than 10% (600) of the area electors submit an Elector Response Form, the bylaw will be deemed to have the approval of the electors and the CVRD Board may adopt the bylaw. For the purpose of conducting the alternative approval opportunity, the number of area electors is calculated at 6,000.

Elector Response Forms are available from the CVRD, 175 Ingram Street, Duncan, BC V9L 1N8, Phone 250.746.2500 / 1.800.665.3955, e-mail [email protected] OR on the CVRD website at www.cvrd.bc.ca

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Sunfest addressing fi re, water and crowdsLEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

The sizzling weather the Cowic-han Valley has been enjoying is only adding to the buzz surround-ing this year’s Sunfest Country Music Festival, which opens Thursday, July 30 and runs until Sunday, Aug. 2.

But, as well as posting the pictures of famous headliners and talking about the non-stop excitement of the huge event, organizers are working hard to improve every aspect of the fes-tival experience.

In partnership with the Muni-cipality of North Cowichan, Sun-fest is stepping up its fire safety plans.

To reduce the risk of fires in the campground and concert bowl, festival organizers have placed a fire ban on propane fire pits and charcoal cooking devices.

Cooking appliances like stoves and barbecues must be four feet off of the ground at all times or they will not be permitted.

In addition, the North Cowic-han fire department will main-tain a 24-hour-a-day presence on the site, including a fire truck.

On top of that, strategically placed water stations through-out the Cowichan Exhibition Grounds, round the clock secur-ity and clearly marked designat-ed smoking areas will greatly increase the safety of the event and reduce the risk of fires.

“This year’s Sunfest is shaping up to be another hot one, and similar to last year, we have an extensive plan in place” said Brad Coleman of the North Cowichan South End fire department.

“Fire crews and Sunfest staff will be doing our very best to educate and enforce safe prac-tices to help ensure this year’s event is as safe as it can be. Crews will be cruising the site on bright orange ATV’s 24/7, so please feel free to stop us, say hello or ask questions. We are onsite for the safety of all patrons and feel that we have a good fire plan in place, working side by side with other safety personal and event staff to ensure public safety is priority number one,” he said.

Cigarette butts can be a prob-lem with dry grass.

The Sunfest team is reminding everyone to please enjoy the fes-

tival safely and responsibly. There are also some other real

changes afoot at Sunfest 2015.It’s now become a What You

Bring In, You Pack Out event. A Sunfest release says, “2014

saw a tremendous amount of waste left behind at individual campsites, and going forward, this kind of careless mentality towards the environment, staff and volunteer crew that work tirelessly to bring you Sunfest, will no longer be tolerated.

“Sunfest 2015 marks the first ever Leave No Trace policy at the event, which will be strictly enforced during the festival.”

What it all means is visitors and campers alike will be asked to utilize the proper recycling and waste receptacles provided by Sunfest onsite.

Organizers promise there will be plenty of well-marked bins,

making it easy to properly dis-pose of recyclables and waste.

One of the discouraging sights for the Sunfest crew and motor-ists passing Exhibition Park last year was the amount of debris left behind.

“We ask that everyone packs out any additional belongings with them, including camping gear, chairs and tents, as these items were never designed to be single-use. The Sunfest team asks that you leave your campsite in the same pristine condition as when you entered the festival grounds. Every year the Sunfest community grows and we need to work together to create an environmentally conscious and sustainable event,” the release concluded.

But, there are more changes coming to streamline Sunfest as well. This year, there will be no on-site single day parking spaces available.

The aim, organizers say, is to maximize full event parking and to increase the flow of traffic both in and out of the event.

With such a massive crowd, traffic control is important and

2015 will see increased traffic control coordination, with an orchestrated drop-off system for patrons and their gear.

In addition, there will be no campsite drop-offs in the camp-site area, which should signifi-cantly reduce traffic, wait times and dust within the campsite access roads.

Anyone who took the handy shuttle bus last year knows what a great service it is and it’s back again for 2015.

A scheduled shuttle bus ser-vice will be running each day with pick-up and drop off loca-tions at the Island Savings Cen-tre in Duncan and at Fuller Lake Arena in Chemainus. Organizers are still working on placement of day parking lots.

As anyone who has ever visited Sunfest knows, keeping hydrated at the event is crucial to a healthy enjoyment of the festival.

A free watering station was really popular last year and this year, there will be more of them. So look around in the Concert Blow, by the campsite and near the Marketplace and keep your water bottle full.

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If you are, have been, or know someone who produces food, consider taking part in a new portrait project that brings the history of food to life. [CITIZEN FILE]

Portrait project puts faces to our foodANDREA RONDEAU CITIZEN

Seniors who produce food in the Cowic-han Valley may soon find themselves sit-ting for a photograph for the new Of Land and Sea: Portraits of Coastal Food Produ-cers project.

The project is being done by the Island Farmers’ Alliance with Victoria-based tin-typist and photographic artist Ken Miner, funded by Service Canada’s New Horizons for Seniors Program.

The IFA is asking senior and elder food producers who are interested in sitting for a photo and sharing a story about their experiences with food to contact them.

The photos won’t be a point-and-click affair. Miner uses his 112-year-old cam-era and an antique photographic process known as wet plate collodin to produce the images. It’s a style of photography that dates back to the 19th Century, capturing black and white photos on glass.

The photos and stories collected will

be compiled into a coffee table book that people can buy in the spring of 2016.

“While the IFA has traditionally focused on Island agriculture,” said IFA Board President Jenny Horn, “the project will include a diversity of food producers and production systems. From agricultural to indigenous food systems, the IFA hopes that this project will profile the diversity of foods produced on Vancouver Island and recognize the histories behind the foods that are currently, or were historic-ally, produced, harvested, and shared.”

Everyone who agrees to take part will get a limited edition signed print of their portrait.

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It is now harder than ever for B.C. seniors to access the basic home support services they need to remain at home, despite the B.C. Ministry of Health’s goal to support seniors to stay independent at home for as long as possible, says a report released in June by the Integrated Care Advocacy Group (ICA) and the BC Health Coalition (BCHC).

The report examines results from focus groups with the people most directly con-nected to the home support system — cli-ents, family caregivers, family physicians, home care nurses and home support workers.

“A strong consensus emerged from the focus group findings: the home support system could be doing so much more to help seniors stay healthy and live inde-pendently,” said report author Marcy Cohen, a researcher with ICA and BCHC and adjunct SFU faculty member. “In the face of rising health costs and an aging population, investing in home support will maximize the health and wellbeing of seniors and the cost effectiveness of our health services.”

The number of seniors in B.C. has near-ly doubled over the past 12 years, but the number of seniors receiving home support in 2013-14 was virtually identical to the number receiving home support in 2001-02.

Experiences from focus group partici-pants revealed that the growing demand for services and limited resources has meant the role of home support workers has become very narrow. As a result, there is an increased burden on family caregiv-ers and no ability for workers to provide the social support and basic services that are so vital to keeping seniors healthy.

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According to the report, home support agencies and health authorities have not been able to resolve the challenges in home support on their own.

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The report recommends the Ministry of Health provide the funding for home support required to increase staffing lev-els, teamwork and training to ensure that seniors can stay in their own homes for as long as possible.

Cohen said this funding should be based on a 10-year plan.

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Growth and learning are ever popular. Even somewhat trendy. Overall, happi-ness has increased across our society over the past few decades. One way we see our senior clients continue to learn and grow is via the Internet and learn-ing about new gadgets. It’s fun!

As for giving thanks, people who regu-larly practice gratitude by taking time to notice and reflect upon the things they’re thankful for experience more positive emotions, feel more alive, sleep better, express more compassion and kindness, and even have stronger immune systems.

Travel and adventure could just be more simply titled “adventure”. Traveling is an adventure. Many of us like being in our comfort zones for varying periods of time, but there are also times when feel-ing adventurous is exhilarating. And if someone isn’t able to visit a certain locale they want to, get creative and bring the

locale to them. Theme nights, posters/images and music are three easy ways that our caregivers get to take some-one there without leaving the comforts of home.

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After a long illness, Charles Meanley left us on Saturday, July 11th, to join his wife Shirley, whom he had dearly missed. Left behind are his two sons, Charles and Paul, his daughter in-law Lauri, who was there to comfort him in his final days, his grandsons Blake and William Meanley, Matt, Dylan and Joshua Davis. His nephews, Mark and Mell Marriot, Lee Sarty and Chuckie Campbell. Born August 6th, 1933 in Chippawa, Ontario to William and Martha Meanley, the youngest of three sons. He is sur-vived by his older brother Len. Like his oldest brother Bill, he went to work for Bell Canada where he went to work in the central office. In 1957, he married Shirley Urquhart sharing fifty six years of marriage. In 1967, tired of Bell Canada moving him every couple of years, he joined General Telephone in Southern California. It was the perfect place to be for a self-professed car guy. He was a hardworking man, who could be counted on to help his sons fix whatever they had broken, no matter what time of day or night. After retiring, Chas and Shirley, returned to their native Canada in 1996, building their house in Youbou, where dad could play with his old Chevy, sing in the choir, enjoy his family, and watch his grandsons grow into manhood. Service will be held Saturday, July 25th at Trinity Lutheran Church, Duncan. Viewing at 11am with service to follow at 12:00pm.

Phyllis ( Joyce) BellOctober 22 1927-July 16 2015

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It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Joyce who left us suddenly while at the Cowichan District Hospital. Predeceased by her husband Stan of 64 years she will always be lovingly remembered by her children Kerry, Corrine, Sandy, Robert, their partners,7 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren.

Aft er a busy life in Victoria raising a family and running a day care and later working at the Hudson Bay Co. and teaching Tai Chi, Joyce and Stan moved to Duncan to be closer to their children. It was here that Joyce was able to pick up with some of her hobbies again such as sewing articles for charity, needle point, quilting and gardening in the back yard with her beloved dog Shilo.

Th ere will be a gathering of family and friends at the Royal Oak Burial Park on July 24th at 1pm with a tea to be announced. At Joyce's request donations can be made to the Hospice Society or the BC SPCA in lieu of fl owers. Condolences may be off ered online at

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MacGregor, Mary Dianne July 9th, 1946 – April 3rd, 2015

Mary Dianne MacGregor, (nee Giles) born July 9th, 1946 in Duncan, BC passed peacefully on April 3rd, 2015 after a long battle with MS. Mary will be reunited with her Mother Megan, Father William and younger brother Robin. Although Mary will be missed, she will live on in the fond memories of her loving husband Paul, her daughters Paula (Bill), Alanna (Mark), Patricia (Jake), Brenda (Richard), her seven grandchildren Jordan, Ben, Sage, Kody, Wade, Talina, Brekkan, siblings Dave, Rosie, Dot and her many nieces and nephews. Mary loved the ocean, and the great outdoors. She enjoyed frequent camping trips, climbing mountains and building sandcastles. After losing her mobility, Mary continued to enjoy the great outdoors through photos and treasures, collected by her children and grandchildren. Mary always placed the highest value on community and went through great lengths to establish strong connections; she was a leader with Guides Canada, a Sunday school teacher, member of the Ocean Falls Women’s Auxiliary and Legion and was a founding member of Kitimat MS Association. Mary’s community involvement went far beyond formal organizations- she was a regular helper at school, the back yard became a regular gathering spot for the kids in the neighborhood and she was always involved in helping the less fortunate. Even in her last days Mary found a way to knit scarves for those in need. Her strength and compassion set an incredible example for everyone around her. Despite enduring great hardship, Mary was always the first to remind everyone that we should be thankful for what we have. Celebration of Life Service will be held in Telford’s Funeral Centre, 595 Townsite Road, Nanaimo, BC, on Saturday, July 25th, 2015 at 1:00pm. In memory of Mary, condolences may be offered to the family at [email protected]

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Dad died at home in his own bed at Berwick by the Sea in Campbell River with his girls holding his hands. He is predeceased by his wife Laurel (Goodship) in 1987 and leaves behind 2 daughters and 5 grandchildren. Laurie (Alf) Soros (Vernon) with Danica, Tegan and Keaton, & SueAnn (Travis) Deeble (Campbell River) with Taryn and Jake (Kailyn).Dad was born in Trail, BC, to Guy and Mable Sanborn. He began his teaching career in Prince George then Lillooet where he met Laurel, the love of his life. Together they moved to Vancouver Island eventually settling in Saltair where they brought up their girls and in Dad’s words ‘gardened, raised cats and enjoyed a great life’.Dad retired from teaching in 1987 but not from education as he served on the Cowichan School Board until 2002. He was involved with the Lions Club for over 40 years. We and others will remember Dad for what he considered everyone’s duty; to be involved.A service to honour Dad’s life will be held in Campbell River at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, at 460 Goodwin Street on Aug 5th at 3pm.

Sanborn, (William) Gordon

Jan 19, 1927 – July 9, 2015

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SMITH, Homer MalcolmAugust 13, 1935 - July 15, 2015

As per his wishes, Homer passed away at home, with his family by his side after a hard fought battle with cancer. He was born on a farm in Euphemia Township, Shetland, Ontario the ninth out of ten children to parents John and Annie.He is survived by his loving family: wife Sally of 57 years; daughters Cindy Cyr (Don), Susan Jeffery (Len), sons Brad and Graeme Smith; grandchildren Shane, Corey, Darren and Melanie Cyr, Kendall, Miranda and Collin Mother-well, and Madelyn Smith; step-granddaughters Kaeley and Courtney Jeffery; three precious great-grandchildren Lucas, Azaleah and Hailey; sisters Mary Williams (Ross) and Janet Millard both of Chatham, Ontario; sisters in-law Margaret Smith of Ontario, Doreen Townsend of Courtney; brother in-law Gary Townsend (Shirley) of Duncan and many, many nieces and nephews.After a stint in the Navy in the 1950’s Homer headed west settling in Duncan in 1957 where he spent most of his years driving chip trucks for Arrow and later Doman’s and Trans Isle Freightways, retiring in 1998.Homer was a volunteer driver with the Kiwanis Ambulance Service for several years ending in 1974. After retiring he volunteered at the Cowichan Exhibition and was a long-time member of the Duncan Curling Club.The family would like to express their heartfelt thanks to Dr. Gilbert, Dr. Masuda and the staff of Community Home Care Nursing. Special thanks to Sharon.A celebration of life will be held at 1:00 pm, Saturday, July 25 at Cowichan Exhibition’s Mellor Hall, 7380 Trans Canada Hwy, Duncan.In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Homer’s memory to the Enterostomal Therapy Education Fund through the ET Clinic at Royal Jubilee Hospital, phone 250-370-8235.Online condolences may be offered at hwwallacebc.com

H.W. Wallace 250-701-0001 5285 Polkey Rd., Duncan

Sharon Siebring, nee PalmerBorn in Moose Jaw, Sask. on September 1, 1948. Moved to Cassidy in 1968. Met and married John Siebring in 1972. Passed on to be with her Lord in CDH on July 17, 2015 of Crohn’s/Colitis complications after a long struggle. Predeceased by both parents. Survived by husband John, 2 sons Steve (Chris) and Tony (Jackie) and 3 grandsons Kyle, Seth and Nathan. Surviving sib-lings Jim (Vivian), Ann (Dave) Wes, Lloyd (Tammy) and Barb, numerous nieces and nephews and un- numbered cousins.Memorial service at Duncan Christian Reformed Church July 22 at 2:00pm. Viewing at H.W. Wallace, 5285 Polkey Rd., Duncan on Wednesday, July 22, 2015 from 4:00 to 6:00pm. No flowers. Free-will donations to Crohn’s/colitis research http://www.crohnsandcolitis.ca

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WIKKERINK: RUDOLF (RUDY) August 30, 1936 – July 18, 2015

It is with great sadness that we mourn the sudden passing of a dear husband, father, grandfather and broth-er who has gone to be with his Lord and Saviour. Rudy is survived by his wife of 55 years, Sadie and his children; Christine and Pete Peereboom and their children Sharlene (Stefan), Daryl (Hilary) and Christopher (Darien); John and Dorothy and their children Tiff anie (Ryan) and Tasha; Fred and Marjan and their children Laurisa, Breanna and Eric; Eileen and Doug Dykstra and their children Kevin, Ryan, Sarah and Alisha.

Rudy is also survived by six brothers, one sister and nu-merous other family members. He was born in Aalten, the Netherlands. He went to trades school to become a paint-er and in April 1954 he immigrated with his parents and siblings to Taber, Alberta where they worked on a farm.

In December 1955 they settled on Vancouver Island. Rudy had many jobs during his time here, from Bamberton cement plant, to Chemainus sawmill, to egg farmer and fi nally to a dairy farm that he purchased in 1971 and fully retired from in 2014. Rudy was active in the church, the Christian School and Island Farms.

He will be greatly missed and his strong faith in God was evident to all.

A Memorial Service will be held at the Duncan Christian Reformed Church, 930 Trunk Road at 1:00 pm on Thursday, July 23, 2015.

In lieu of fl owers donations can be made in his name to Duncan Christian School.Online condolences may be made at www.hwwallacecbc.com

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Roswitha Beate Denz, (nee Haevernick)

JUNE 11, 1934 - JULY 8, 2015

Our dearest Mutti, passed away unex-pectedly at the Cowichan Hospital on July 8, 2015. Roswitha was born June 11, 1934, in Kassel, Germany to Doris (nee Von Nathusius) and Borwin Haevernick. She came to Duncan in 1957 to join her sister Oda and brother-in-law Horst Nowrath, and help them with their young family and growing business. Her sister introduced her to Rolf Denz, and they were married in 1958. Th at year they bought the house that she lived in to her last days.

Roswitha and Rolf had a beautiful garden and she cultivated a broad knowledge of local plants and birds. She loved nature and was a longtime member of the hiking club. Rose enjoyed local history and volunteered at the Cowichan Valley Museum. She was an avid reader and along with German literature, her favou-rites were Th e Natural History of BC, and the Canadian History Magazine. She believed in the art of letter writing.

Besides raising her family, Rose worked as a homemaker and was known for her gentle touch. Her family remembers her simple and delicious home cooked meals. She was an afi cionado of art history and encouraged a love of the arts in all her progeny. She belonged to the Croft on Art Group and particularly enjoyed printmaking.

Roswitha’s greatest passion was music: she remembered her choir days fondly and regularly attended the symphony at the Co-wichan Th eatre. She also enjoyed going to the UBC Opera with her daughter Sylvia and, more recently, broadcasts of the Met. Her favourite composers were Mozart and Bach and she loved to hear her grandchildren play piano.

Roswitha enjoyed travel. She and Rolf travelled in Europe, New Zealand, and throughout BC and Canada. Most recently she went to Mexico with Sylvia. Th ough Roswitha was very practical, she was someone who moved in a world a few steps away from the mundane. She was known for her witty observations.

Rose is predeceased by daughter Doris (1967), brother Oskar (1998), husband Rolf (2011), and niece Cordula Vogt, (2012). She will be greatly missed by daughters Beate Denz(Joe Benge), Stefanie Denz (Lindsay MacQueen) and Sylvia Denz (Denis Bridger); grandchildren Eamon, Aulden, Frieda and Ella Mac-Queen-Denz, Th ea and Maya Bridger Denz; sister Oda (Horst Nowrath) brother Konrad Haevernick, niece and god-daughter Gwen (Phil Mladenov), nephews Bernard Nowrath (Wendy), Borwin Haevernick (Brigitte Bagus), Roland Haevernick (Juliane Spatz) and Albrecht Haevernick. Th e funeral was held at Trinity Lutheran Church Duncan BC July 16.

In lieu of fl owers make donations to the Duncan Basket Society, or Cowichan Estuary Centre http://www.cowichanestuary.ca.

Peter Walkley21 May, 1971 – 22 July, 2014

Peter, It’s been a year now and I still miss and think of you all the time.

Forever in my heart. Never to be forgotten.Love always,

Your wife and her familyxxx

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Brian, Spencer, Shayna, Hannah, Mayla and Dutch.xoxoxo

a and Dutch.

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On January 5, 2015, at the 1000 block of Marchmont Road, Duncan, B.C., Peace Officer(s) of the North Cowichan RCMP seized, at the time indicated, the subject property, described as: miscellaneous household items including tools, electronics, jewelry, and an off-road motorcycle, on or about 09:40 Hours.The subject property was seized because there was a warrant authorized by the court pursuant to the Criminal Code of Canada (CCC) to seize evidence in respect of an offence (or offences) under section 354(1) (possession of property obtained by crime) of the CCC.Notice is hereby given that the subject property, CFO file Number: 2015-2905, is subject to forfeiture under Part 3.1 of the CFA and will be forfeited to the Government for

disposal by the Director of Civil Forfeiture unless a notice of dispute is filed with the Director within the time period set out in this notice.A notice of dispute may be filed by a person who claims to have an interest in all or part of the subject property. The notice of dispute must be filed within 60 days of the date upon which this notice is first published.You may obtain the form of a notice of dispute, which must meet the requirements of Section 14.07 of the CFA, from the Director’s website, accessible online at www.pssg.gov.bc. ca/civilforfeiture. The notice must be in writing, signed in the presence of a lawyer or notary public, and mailed to the Civil Forfeiture Office, PO Box 9234 Station Provincial Government, Victoria, B.C. V8W 9J1.

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Miscellaneous• Canadian Firearm Safety course

(non-restricted and restricted) starts Friday, July 24. Info and registration: Mike 250-748-0319 or canadianfirearm [email protected]

• Bring a lawn chair and blanket and join Kerry Park Recreation Centre for Summer Movies in the Park on Field A, starting at dusk (9:15 p.m. approx.) Aug. 8 Guardians of the Galaxy, Aug. 22 Cinderella. Admission by dona-tion, snacks available for purchase. Info: www.cvrd.bc.ca

• Kerry Park’s Skate Swap & Shop Saturday, Aug. 15, 9 a.m.-12 p.m., Kerry Park Curling Rink. Get rid of hockey and figure skating equipment you no longer need and find new stuff at reasonable cost. Donations accepted: drop off at Kerry Park Aug. 9-15 or rent a table to sell your items. Info: 250-743-5922.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• 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 Bonanza. 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 crib-bage every second and fourth Satur-day, 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, Duncan. 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 Cen-

tre choirs. Mens Choir Mondays, 9-10:30 a.m.; Ladies Choir Mondays, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Mixed Choirs Fri-days 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. Duplicate bridge Wednesday, 1-4 p.m. Crib Classes 2nd and 4th Sat-urday of each month.

Recreation• Youth rowing program, Cowichan

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

• All-ages chess club: all skill levels and ages welcome to play and learn chess in supportive, fun environment. Mondays 6-8 p.m., Duncan library gath-ering 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

• 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]

• Seniors Dragon Boating, Monday and Thursday mornings 9:30 a.m., Hec-ate Park. Info: [email protected]

• Swing Dance Lessons Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m., Island Oak High School, 5814 Banks Rd. Duncan, $10 per class, $12 drop-in fee, private lessons available. No partner necessary. Info: Josef 250-709-8583, [email protected]

Meetings• Duncan PROBUS Club meets 10

a.m. every 3rd Tuesday of the month at the Cowichan Golf Club. Membership information: www.probusduncan.ca

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

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

• TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Cowichan Valley chapters meetings: BC 1376, Wednesdays, 6 p.m., Sundance Room, Duncan United Church; BC 4311, Thursdays, 4:30 p.m., Kidz Co 2, 2739 James St.; BC 1395 Thursdays, 8:30 a.m., Alano Building, 107 Evans St.; BC 2933, Tuesdays, 8:30 a.m., Dining Room, 3550 Watson Rd., Cobble Hill; BC 5295, Wednesdays, 5 p.m., 9909 Esplanade St., Chemainus. Info: Dianne 250-743-1851 or [email protected]

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The Gord Closson Forest Prod-ucts Fastball Club clinched a sweep in the first round of the Nanaimo Senior Men’s Fast-ball League playoffs with a 5-0 win over the Lantzville Pub in Nanaimo last Thursday.

“It was pretty close to what happened in the last game [a 6-1 win over Lantzville the pre-vious Thursday],” manager Joe DiLalla said.

The GCFP scoring was book-ended by a pair of home runs as Dave Devana went yard to lead off the second inning and Dan Whiteford had a solo blast in the fifth inning. In between, the team got two runs in the third inning and one in the fourth.

Trevor Gicas had a team-high two hits in three at-bats, both doubles. Devana finished the game 1-for-3 with two RBIs, and Whiteford was 1-for-4. Also recording hits were Marty Steen (1-for-4 with a run and an RBI), Gord Alberg (1-for-3 with an RBI), Craig Snyder (1-for-4 with a run), and Cam Coss (1-for-3).

Snyder was his usual domin-ant self on the pitching rubber, giving up just two hits while striking out 12 and shutting out

Lantzville over seven innings.“He pitched an even better

game than last time,” DiLalla said.

The NSMFL final series began on Tuesday night as GCFP hosted Wheatsheaf at Waldon Park in Glenora for their final home game of 2015. The second game will go in Nanaimo on

Thursday, and a third game, if necessary, will also be played in Nanaimo. The teams split their season series, but DiLal-la knows it won’t be easy to defend the league title against the regular-season champs.

“We’ll have our hands full with Wheatsheaf,” he acknow-ledged on Monday.


The peewee AA Duncan River-Cats powered through the Island zone baseball tournament at Evans Park last weekend, putting up a perfect record with mercies in four of their five games and outscoring their opponents 76-19 as they advanced to the provin-cial championships.

By and large, that was just a continuation of how the team had been playing all season.

“The kids have been dominant all season since coming togeth-er as a summer ball team,” head coach Warren Hewitt said. “They had only one loss and it was a reminder to them how hard they have to work.”

The RiverCats opened the tour-nament last Friday morning with an 11-1 win over Victoria in five innings behind the pitching of starter Connor Caskenette. Later that same day, Daniel Larson got the start as the team crushed Powell River 18-1, also in just five innings.

In their lone game Saturday, the RiverCats downed Comox 20-8 in five innings with Kyler Hewitt on the mound. Sunday morning had

the RiverCats mercying Ocean-side 16-6 in yet another five-in-ning outing, started by Connor Caskenette. The Duncan team’s last game of the tournament was the only one that went all seven innings, but they still blew away Campbell River 11-3, with Jordan Atcheson starting.

Also pitching well in relief were Nathan Tiemer and Nathan Lavallee, with all the pitching backed up by impressive fielding.

“Unbelievable defence by the whole team all weekend helped keep our pitch count down,” Hew-itt said.

At the same time as the River-Cats were shutting down the opposing bats, the Duncan hitters were putting together an offen-sive tour de force. Caskenette, Atcheson and Owen Ketch hit home runs during the tourna-ment to set the tone.

“All the kids hit like machines, but timely hits by Mitchell Bill-ings, Payten Moreside, Joran Branting and Arjan Manhas led the way to the high scores,” Hew-itt said.

Hewitt was expecting a strong showing from his team at the Island tournament. He isn’t sure

what to expect at the provin-cial championships in Mission, although this group of players has a track record that includes success at that same location.

“I haven’t seen the other teams this year,” Hewitt said. “But these kids, two years ago when they were together, in their age group won the [mosquito] provincials in Mission.”

Peewee RiverCats crush Island opposition

Above: the Island champion Duncan RiverCats. [SUBMITTED]

Right: Nathan Tiemer slides into second for a clean steal. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Closson club moves on to second round of men’s fastball playoff s

Pitcher Craig Snyder was lights-out once again to shut out Lantzville to sweep the first round of the playoffs. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

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The Cowichan Spartans were a little dismayed to finish sixth at the provincial U17 boys soccer championships in Pentic-ton earlier this month, having ended the tournament with a loss, but they had a lot to be proud of,either way.

Not only was the team among the best half-dozen squads in B.C., but they also received the Fair Play Award in recogni-tion of their sportsmanship throughout the tournament.

“The gentleman who presented it to us said it doesn’t seem like much when you’ve just lost, but it’s an important award,” Cowichan head coach Al Longair said.

One of eight qualifying teams from across B.C., the Spartans got off to a rough start in Penticton, but got better steadily as the tournament progressed.

“We had a couple of unfortunate turf bounces,” Longair said. “We hit a crossbar. We didn’t have luck going our way through the four games, but the boys played real-ly hard. The conditions were difficult with the heat, but they worked hard and improved each game.”

The Cowichan team kicked things off on July 9 with a 5-0 loss to the North Vancou-ver Fury, and the following day, they lost 3-0 to the Kootenay South Storm. On the third day of the tournament, they got into the win column by edging Terrace 2-1.

In their final game, they lost 3-0 to the KLM Kings from Vancouver, the team that beat them 2-1 in extra time in the Coastal Cup semifinal two months earlier.

The Kings were a chippy team, but, true to their Fair Play form, the Spartans

weren’t goaded into retaliating.“Our communication got better,” Longair

said. “I felt that our final game was one of our best games as a team. They came together a lot through those four days. It was very rewarding to be involved with that group of boys. They’re a terrific group of kids.”

The players had to overcome a few challenges in the lead-up to provincials. For one thing, they had to add five extra players to the roster because some boys were unable to take time to make the trip. In addition to that, the rest of the team hadn’t played a league game since their season ended in March.

“Our first meaningful game was the first


Following trials in Nanaimo earlier this month, four athletes who call the Cow-ichan Valley home or attend school here have been named to Team BC for the Legion Youth and Midget Track and field Nationals in Saint-Therese, Quebec on Aug. 5-11.

Chicago Bains and Rachel Jerome will represent B.C. in the youth champion-ships for 16- and 17-year-olds, while Sion Griffiths and Madison Heisterman will compete in the midget event for 15-year-olds. Bains and Griffiths are both members of the CVAC Jaguars track team.

Bains, who calls Duncan home and attends Cowichan Secondary School, made the team in the 100m hurdles, the event in which she won gold in 2013 and silver in 2014. Jerome, a Ladysmith product who attends Brentwood College School, will compete in the long jump in Quebec.

Bains finished first at the Team BC trials in both the 100m hurdles and 200m dash, setting new personal bests in both events: 13.84 seconds and 24.82 seconds, respective-ly. Jerome won the long jump with a leap of 5.41 metres, 14 cm ahead of her closest competition.

Griffiths, another Brentwood student, who lives in Cowichan Bay, was named to the midget team for javelin, and Heister-man, who lives in Nanaimo and attends Queen Margaret’s School, was selected for the 1200m.

At the trials, Griffiths placed first in the midget boys javelin and second in hammer throw. Heisterman won both the midget girls 1200m and 800m.

Another CVAC athlete, Casey Heyd, finished second in the youth girls 100m dash at the trials and surpassed the nation-al qualifying standard for the 12th time, but was left off the provincial team as BC Athletics opted to forgo the girls sprint events altogether. She will still compete

at nationals as a member of the Jaguars. Heyd also finished 10th in the 200m dash in Nanaimo.

Also competing in the trials at the youth level, Nicole Lindsay placed fourth in the girls 400m dash and seventh in the 200m, while Keiran Marrett-Hitch was second in high jump. At the midget level, Danae Gendall was seventh in the girls 100m and ninth in the 200m dash preliminaries, missing the final by 0.02 seconds.

Taryn Smiley finished second in both the junior women’s (18-19) 100m and 200m at the same meet, but was not in contention for a Team BC berth, as the junior nation-als had already taken place.

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game of the tournament, up against the top team,” Longair said. “It looked like we hadn’t played together for a while.”

One of the Spartans’ best individual performances of the weekend came from Kevin Harland, who played primarily at centre midfield.

“He got better and better through the tournament,” Longair said. “In the last two games, he was on fire, just all over the field. For the most part, we didn’t have one

player who stood out. He comes to mind because of the extra effort he put in as the tournament progressed, but they all played very hard.

“Matt Gurzinski was another tireless worker at striker, and when we needed him, at centre back. And our co-captain, Jeremy Stacey, primarily at centre back, played every minute of every game. He was vital in our defence and started our attack by going on some good runs.”

Spartans honoured for sportsmanship

The U17 Cowichan Spartans finished sixth in the province and were honoured with the Fair Play Award at the B.C. championships. [SUBMITTED]

Valley athletes off to Legions

Casey Heyd finished second at the Team BC trials and will compete at the national youth championships as an independent athlete. [SUBMITTED]


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Two hockey players who spent at least part of their junior careers in the Cowichan Valley are among more than 50 current or former B.C. Hockey League players attending NHL develop-ment camps this summer.

Connor LaCouvee, who played 20 games in net for the Cowichan Valley Capitals in 2012/13 before

moving on to the Merritt Centen-nials and then the Alberni Val-ley Bulldogs, where he earned a scholarship to Boston University, was invited to the camps of both the Chicago Blackhawks and New York Rangers. LaCouvee, 21, has not been drafted by an NHL team.

Left wing Evan Campbell, who played junior B hockey for the Kerry Park Islanders in 2010/11,

collecting 36 points in 41 games before making the jump to junior A with the Coquitlam Express and Langley Rivermen the fol-lowing year, was invited to the Edmonton Oilers development camp. Campbell, who also made one appearance with the Caps in 2010/11, was drafted by the Oilers in 2013 and has played the last two seasons with the University of Massachusetts Lowell.


Fresh off an appearance in the Duncan Days Grande Parade, the Brass Knuckle Derby Dames are holding a Las Vegas-themed roller derby doubleheader at Fuller Lake Arena this Sunday.

Beginning at 11 a.m. and going until 3 p.m., the event will begin

with a beginner/intermediate scrimmage, followed by an advanced scrimmage.

In addition to the action on the floor, there will be gaming tables, a concession and vendors at the arena, a 50/50 draw and other prizes.

Admission is $5 per spectator, and kids under 12 get in free.

Ex-Cap, ex-Isle called to NHL camps Brass Knuckle Derby Dames set for Sunday scrimmage

The Vernon Vipers’ loss is the Cowichan Valley Capitals’ gain.

The Capitals have acquired 19-year-old Mackenzie Bauer from Vernon in exchange for future considerations.

“Mackenzie had a very good start to the season and has lots of potential,” said Capitals Head Coach and General Manager Bob Beatty on Tuesday.

The forward from Three Hills,

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Five of those points came in his first five games but an injury sidelined the rookie for nearly

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“Mackenzie is an intelligent player who plays hard and will

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