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Serving the Cowichan Valley www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com Friday, October 2, 2015 Cowichan Pipes and Drums march into China LIVING, Page 19 Cowichan T-Birds take Ferreira tournament SPORTS, Page 28 Eight trees at the École Mt. Prevost playground, which officially opened on June 17, were felled overnight by a vandal. Buckerfields CEO Kelvin McCulloch has offered to replace the trees for the school. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN] Community steps up after vandal chops trees SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN It was a distressing morning for staff and students at École Mt. Prevost Elementary, Wednes- day. They arrived at school to see eight of the trees that were plant- ed when the new playground went in this summer chopped down. Principal Lise Pagé confirmed the destruction. “Eight trees were sawed down. It is very sad for the children,” Pagé said, adding the school dis- trict’s operations department was quickly called to clean up the mess. “It was really upset- ting for all of the students.” Pagé said the school is work- ing closely with the school’s Parent Advisory Council to come up with a solution. “We don’t know yet what we’ll do with those trees,” she said. “They mean a lot to the students.” Witness Kyle Hughes said he and a friend saw the alleged lumberjack. “I was hanging out there with a friend last night at the play- ground just sitting there talk- ing and some guy walked over towards one of the trees and I heard cutting noise,” Hughes said Wednesday. “So I yelled over to where he was, asking him what he was doing, and he said cutting an [expletive] tree and then threatened me with his hand saw.” Hughes and his friend left the area and called police. North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Krista Hobday said police aren’t sure whether it’s somebody with a grudge against the school or PAC, or if it’s more of a mental health situation. “We’re unsure if there’s any mental health issues involved though he did do what we con- sider to be the very unusual in turning to threaten the com- plainant with a saw,” she said. “It was quite dark so we were unable to locate him,” Hob- day said, noting that despite rumours, the suspect’s age is unknown. See BUCKERFIELDS, Page 9 Debbie Simmonds, B.A. Associate Broker Simmonds Lifestyles Team RE/MAX OCEAN POINTE Direct: 250-246-0708 Phone: 250-246-3700 Fax: 250-246-1282 [email protected] • www.debbiesimmonds.com LT A ASH ROAD, Chemainus MLS # 397835 $220,000 460 BATTIE DRIVE, Ladysmith MLS# 395480 $144,900 3657 CLIFCOE ROAD, Saltair MLS# 397264 $534,900 9844 CROFT STREET, Chemainus MLS# 380660 $89,900 9942 DANIEL STREET, Chemainus MLS# 380595 $109,900 1680 EMILY STREET, Crofton MLS# 398260 $279,900 9851 FIR STREET, Chemainus MLS# 393241 $269,900 2877 FULLER LAKE ROAD, Chemainus MLS# 379921 $359,900 7205878 For Professional Financial Advice Call Roger Bruce 250-715-3051 [email protected]National Bank Financial 206-2763 Beverly Street, Duncan, BC RRSPs, stocks/bonds, insurance, income ideas 22 years experience as a financial advisor lifetime valley resident National Bank Financial is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of National Bank of Canada which is a public company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (NA:TSX). 6958022
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Serving the Cowichan Valley www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com Friday, October 2, 2015
Cowichan Pipes and Drums march into China LIVING, Page 19
Cowichan T-Birds take Ferreira tournament SPORTS, Page 28
Eight trees at the École Mt. Prevost playground, which officially opened on June 17, were felled overnight by a vandal. Buckerfields CEO Kelvin McCulloch has offered to replace the trees for the school. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]
Community steps up after vandal chops treesSARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN
It was a distressing morning for staff and students at École Mt. Prevost Elementary, Wednes-day. They arrived at school to see eight of the trees that were plant-ed when the new playground went in this summer chopped down.
Principal Lise Pagé confirmed the destruction.
“Eight trees were sawed down. It is very sad for the children,” Pagé said, adding the school dis-trict’s operations department was quickly called to clean up the mess. “It was really upset-ting for all of the students.”
Pagé said the school is work-ing closely with the school’s Parent Advisory Council to come up with a solution.
“We don’t know yet what we’ll do with those trees,” she said. “They mean a lot to the students.”
Witness Kyle Hughes said he and a friend saw the alleged lumberjack.
“I was hanging out there with a friend last night at the play-
ground just sitting there talk-ing and some guy walked over towards one of the trees and I heard cutting noise,” Hughes said Wednesday. “So I yelled over to where he was, asking him what he was doing, and he said cutting an [expletive] tree and then threatened me with his hand saw.”
Hughes and his friend left the area and called police.
North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Krista Hobday said police aren’t sure whether it’s somebody with a grudge against the school or PAC, or if it’s more of a mental health situation.
“We’re unsure if there’s any mental health issues involved though he did do what we con-sider to be the very unusual in turning to threaten the com-plainant with a saw,” she said. “It was quite dark so we were unable to locate him,” Hob-day said, noting that despite rumours, the suspect’s age is unknown.
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SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN
Despite it being the longest lead up to an election since 1872, newly installed Cowic-han-Malahat-Langford Liberal candidate Luke Krayenhoff has less than three weeks to make an impact.
Krayenhoff replaced Maria Manna on Monday after she withdrew from the race follow-ing controversy surrounding her 2013 comments on Face-book about 9-11.
“I am excited to be able to rep-resent the Liberal Party of Can-ada. I look forward to the next 21 days,” Krayenhoff said.
The Saanich resident was able to be nominated for the pos-ition quickly as he’d previous-ly tried to win the candidacy in the Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke riding and so had already been vetted by the Liberal Party.
Despite being dropped into the Cowichan-Malahat-Lang-ford riding at the last minute, Krayenhoff said he doesn’t feel like he’s behind.
“It places me in the under-dog position, but the party as a whole has been great in getting the message out and Trudeau has been doing great in the debates,” he said. “I’m pretty up to speed on the national issues like infrastructure, middle class prosperity and veterans.”
As a former RCMP officer who’s worked in government to help streamline police services, not to mention lived near the
Royal Canadian Navy’s Pacific Fleet for most of his life, Kray-enhoff holds a special place in his heart for current and for-mer service people.
“Veterans’ issues are a top priority for me,” he said.
Improved highways and com-muter rail are also high on his list. “We really have to get going on transportation initiatives; we’ve really got to get that Highway 1 moving,” he said.
While transit solutions have to be part of the overall solu-tion, so too does rail.
“I know the Island Corridor Foundation has been strug-gling along to get things going, working to get funding com-mitments, but I’d like to see the feds and province step in to help.”
Acknowledging the riding’s diversity, from the more agri-cultural, resource base of the Cowichan Valley in the north to the more urban develop-ment-minded tone of Langford, with First Nations playing a role throughout, Krayenhoff said the Liberals have the best plan that works for all.
“There’s a lot of people who are going to vote strategically to unseat Harper, but I really think the Liberals have the best chance of forming government; we have the most credibility,” he said. “Once you’re in, you have to have a good set of poli-cies, and we do.
“The role of government is to set the stage for the private
sector to create wealth,” he added. “The idea is not to get everybody working for the civil service, it’s to have a good foun-dation to grow the economy. Government can be kind of a baffling thing, and it’s import-ant to know [its] limitations and I think I do.”
A biography sent by Kray-enhoff Tuesday afternoon notes he’s got more than 25 years of experience in both the public and private sectors in finance, policy, mediation and arbitration.
He holds a BA in Business Administration and a Masters of Public Management and is the former director of Justice Programs for the B.C. Attorney General.
“Luke has more than 25 years’ experience in change manage-ment in the public and private sectors,” said his bio. “He has worked with policy, stakehold-er engagement, facilitation and mediation, and finance to help government agencies, non-prof-its and individuals see through their current circumstances to achieve their ideals. He works as a change manager with a track record of achieving con-sensus among stakeholders with differing viewpoints.”
Krayenhoff is also the cur-rent president of Langham Court Theatre in Victoria and is active at the Royal Victoria Yacht Club.
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Check your tote bins, electoral area resi-dents. Sometime over the next two months you will receive a survey from the CVRD asking your thoughts on the possibility of enhancing curbside collection in your area.
The notes will appear on residents’ recyc-ling bins between now and Nov. 23.
Your choices: keep things the same, or check the boxes of the new services you’d like to see offered: organics for example. Once the survey is filled out, simply reattach it to your recycling tote bin for pickup on the next recycling day.
“The results of the survey will be used to inform CVRD staff and board of directors of the curbside collection preferences of residents in these areas,” said CVRD waste management manager Tauseef Waraich in a press release.
Not all electoral areas are serviced the same.
Areas A, B, C, and H only have their recycling picked up by the CVRD. Garbage has been contracted out.
Areas D, E, F, G, and I receive recycling and garbage collection from the CVRD.
Some homes don’t get any pick-up at all.“There are currently 5,000 homes in
the electoral areas that do not have bylaw-mandated garbage collection, which sees residents self-managing approximately 1,500 tonnes of garbage annually,” Waraich said. “Implementing a bylaw-mandated garbage collection ser-vice could see lower incidences of illegal dumping and burning of garbage.”
Multi-Material BC recently began provid-ing funding to the CVRD to support the curbside recycling collection program.
Jason Adair, the CVRD’s solid waste operations superintendent believes now is an “opportune time” for residents to consider adding garbage and organics col-lection to their curbside services.
A 2015 waste composition study found that in the 13,000 homes in CVRD elector-
al areas where organics are not collected at the curbside, compostable food waste material made up 36 per cent of the total garbage.
“The CVRD currently ships 19,000 tonnes of garbage annually to a landfill in the United States. The introduction of organ-ics pick-up would divert up to 1,300 tonnes of waste from the landfill and reduce the amount of landfill-produced methane,” Adair said. “It would also give us the opportunity to turn that food waste into compost locally and stop it from making the long journey to Washington State.”
The surveys will be conducted one elec-toral area at a time beginning with Area H.
After the survey has been conducted, an open house event will be held in each area to provide residents with an opportunity to discuss their curbside collection program and the proposed changes.
New programs could be launched as ear-ly as 2016.
Visit cvrd.bc.ca/survey to learn more about the survey and options.
SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN
Cowichan Tribes brass is citing mis-communication after a member living on reserve land has been left with a hole in his roof for almost a year.
A single parent of two boys, John Alphonse said his Indian Road home was damaged when a tree fell on his house during a windstorm.
“I tried to get help from Cowichan Tribes but they took one partial tree off my house and I had to do the rest,” Alphonse said. “I did try to get help from them but they don’t give me a response.”
Prior to the tree incident, a grease fire in the home damaged the ceiling and he fears asbestos is falling out and making him ill.
“The doctors did tell me I had to get that resolved sooner than later because the asbestos can flow without you seeing it,” he said. “I’ve had to go to the doctor more than once but they said unless I get the hole in my ceiling resolved there’s noth-ing much more he can do.”
Alphonse said his calls to the band’s housing office have largely been ignored.
“They told me they’d get back to me but nobody has phoned back or I get a voice-mail if they find out it’s me calling,” he said. “With my roof, they say we’ll send somebody out and nobody ever does come out. I’m just worried about the win-ter coming up.”
He fears the tarp on his roof won’t hold if the region sees any significant snowfall.
“This house was willed to me from my grandmother, they can’t help me, so I’m just frustrated that I don’t get any help,” he said.
Chief William Seymour (Squtxulen-uhw) said he understands sometimes people get frustrated when they feel they’re not being heard. He said, though, that nobody at Cowichan Tribes has a record of Alphonse’s house damage.
“In speaking with our housing manager and the general manager, both of them had no idea that there was problems there. Housing is looking at it now,” Sey-mour said. “I guess nobody had any idea about a tree falling on his house, or a stove fire. It’s news to us.”
This situation is made more complex, Seymour added, because it’s not band-owned housing.
“He does own it, he is responsible for it, but when we look at emergencies like wind damage and that kind of thing, or fire damage, we do try to help.”
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“I guess nobody had any idea about a tree falling on his house, or a stove fire. It’s news to us.”
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Vote NDP for women’s progress
For the first time in a long time I am excited for an election!
If you look at Canadian hist-ory, specifically the last 50 years, you’ll see a society that has pro-gressed to benefit many largely due to government policies: uni-versal medicare, anti-discrimin-ation laws, Indigenous rights, LGBTQ equality. But we are not done. Women still need policies that reduce their barriers to make equal pay and safety a reality.
The NDP has a plan to see more progress happen.
Their affordable childcare policy means recognizing how it’s time to give women the opportunity to have safe, available childcare so they can pursue career goals and income opportunities like men trad-itionally have.
They will also implement a national action plan to end vio-lence against women and girls. Finally, a government that is proposing tangible solutions to end domestic violence and rape. We have improved the conditions of so many groups already in Canada and we have the opportunity to continue the progress of humanity by voting NDP this election!
Aniko MartinDuncan
Bike lanes on Government not needed
While reading Mark Williams letter to the editor (Duncan planning substandard) I could only concur. I don’t know what our planners are thinking.
When I saw the medians being torn up on Government Street I thought we were finally going to get some proper paving done. This is after all a busy thor-oughfare that has been patched and re-patched for many years leaving it a rough ride and an eyesore.
Imagine my disappointment when I discovered that the removal of the medians and construction of new islands was only to widen this road to allow for a bike lane to be positioned.
Now we have lines and multiple bicycle shaped stencils painted from the traffic circle at Gibbins through to downtown. We also now get to see and negotiate the rough ugly road areas that were previously covered by the old traffic islands.
I drive this road multiple time each day and can count on my fingers and toes the number of times I have seen anybody ride a bike down this road. What is the cost for all the painting, sign-age, median removal (and the disruption of traffic for all those weeks) for a bike lane? You real-ly should have just paved the road — it would have benefited many more of our citizens.
Mike WelsbyDuncan
Prevost Vet Clinic deserves accolades
Re: Prevost Veterinary ClinicSo often a business is just that
— a business. Cowichan Valley is lucky to
have a vet hospital that is not afraid to be human.
My dog had the misfortune of suffering from bladder stones diagnosed this past week. The treatment that she and I received from the staff at Pre-vost was phenomenal.
We seem too quick to criticize but slow to compliment. I’m hoping you will print this and give them a smidgen of the accolades they deserve.
Judy HalpennyCowichan Bay
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Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN), a more severe vari-ant of Stevens Johnson
syndrome, is without a doubt a horrifying thing to be struck with.
Anything that has to be treat-ed in a similar way to severe burns is devastating.
TEN is a rare side effect of a newly prescribed medication, that causes the top layer of skin to separate from the other layers, causing severe blisters inside and out and leaving the patient prone to infection.
The patient, in this case, is Cowichan’s Andrew Blount, and
he’s in the kind of pain none of us want to imagine, let alone experience.
Recovery will take months.But the situation is actual-
ly worse than just what he is suffering physically.
Andrew was an entrepreneur who ran his own business, and thus there was no provision for sick leave.
So he’s lost his business and livelihood. His employees have been laid off.
He and his wife Teresa may also lose their home, as she is limiting her work schedule to try to be with him in Victoria
and support him, which he will desperately need if he is to get better.
Community members are stepping up to help the couple financially and the fundraising efforts (https://www.gofundme.com/rx4x279c) will hopefully be successful enough to help them keep their heads above water and a roof over them.
But we can’t help but think that it shouldn’t be up to a fundraising effort to help people like Andrew and Teresa sur-vive a medical blindside that they could not possibly have predicted.
In Canada we often comfort ourselves with the knowledge that we will not have to pay massive, crippling hospital bills in the event of an emergency medical situation, as people do in the United States, where health problems regularly spawn bankruptcies.
But just because you can go to a hospital here and not be asked to immediately empty your wallet doesn’t mean that sudden health woes don’t take a huge financial toll on families and individuals in Canada.
Self-employment is only increasing as people face layoffs
and difficulty in finding more traditional jobs.
This growing number of people, like Andrew, are espe-cially vulnerable.
We should have some kind of provisions in place — govern-ment funding — to help folks in these kinds of situations so people aren’t driven into poverty and destitution because of the roll of the dice.
Having people become impoverished in a double blow with a serious illness helps nobody — not the individual and not our community as a whole.
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Once again, as in so many previous cases, the so called “confidential” voters almost always show their true colours in one way or another.
How do you tell these people from all others? Just take a drive around the neighbourhood and highway and observe the election signs. Which signs are usually destroyed and defaced? Right you are, and they are most likely not the NDP signs. Draw your own conclusions about the mentality of these voters in our so-called democratic society.
Okay, now let’s go to an all candidate’s forum in Chemainus on the evening of Sept. 29., as I did and observe a less anonymous behaviour of these same kind of voters. The very kind and accommodating organizers of this event, graciously requested of the audience to refrain
from personal comments and applause until the end of the evening in order to give as much time as possible to the candidates and questions raised by the attendees. Simple enough to understand, right?
Well, well, not so simple for simple people! When the PC candidate stated his opinion on a certain matter, a large part of the attendees vented their lungs with a loud “boo” and “ooh”. Again, they were reminded to please refrain from this behaviour. In spite of this, I heard more similar vent-ing, as well as applause when “their” candidate opined in a, to them, favourable manner.
My question then, is this: Who do we want to run our beloved country, these people, or the ones who can control their faculties and use the wisdom God has granted them, for the betterment of the country as a whole?
One last word. Please take the time to vote or forever hold your peace! Remem-
ber this, if you don’t vote, it’s one less vote for the party you wanted and one more vote for the party you didn’t want.
See you at the ballot box.
Rolf Leben,Chemainus
Attack ad is poorly researched garbage
A quote from (Meanwhile in Canada) on Facebook”
“Fun Facts: Justin Tru-deau has more years of parliamentary experience than Barack Obama, David Cameron, Mulroney and even his own father had when they became leaders. He’s the same age as JFK was when he became presi-dent and four years older than Joe Clark was when he became prime minister.”
So how misleading is the ad that he is just not ready? Just a garbage, poorly researched ad.
John A. McDonaldDuncan
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Duncan’s George Dodd can’t even reach the top of his huge tomato plant, which stands at least 10 feet tall and has given he and his wife Camilla over 1,000 tomatoes this year so far, with more still ripening on the vine. Dodd says he didn’t put anything special on the plant. [ANDREA RONDEAU/CITIZEN]
No matter what any-one says
during this long federal election campaign, cli-mate change is the biggest threat to Can-adians’ health, security and economy. The sci-entific evidence is incontrovertible, the research wide-ranging and overwhelming.
Wastefully burning fossil fuels at such a rapid rate is jeopardizing the planet’s life-support systems — harm-ing human health, destroy-ing landscapes and habitat, causing widespread extreme weather events and contrib-uting less to the economy and job-creation than clean energy development. Not only that, our rate of using and export-ing these fuels means reserves will be depleted before long. In the meantime, as easily accessible sources run out, fossil fuels have become more difficult, dangerous, expensive and environmentally damag-ing to exploit.
Canada has a long history of extracting and exporting raw resources to fuel its economy. But that’s no longer a sensible long-term plan, especially with non-renewable resources. It’s incomprehensible that a country with such a diverse, educated, innovative and caring population can’t get beyond this outdated way of doing things. The recent oil price plunge illustrates the folly.
As world leaders prepare for the December UN climate summit in Paris, we need our government to play a responsible, constructive role. Canada has been chastised at previous summits for obstruct-ing progress and working to water down agreements. The summit’s goal is for all the
world’s countries to reach a legally binding pact on climate change and greenhouse gas emissions to keep global aver-age temperatures from rising more than 2 C, the threshold beyond which experts and world leaders
agree could bring catastrophic consequences.
Increasing extreme weather, including heat waves, floods, droughts and storms put lives, agriculture and economies at risk. Subsequent conflicts over resources reduce global security and exacerbate refu-gee problems. Pollution from burning fossil fuels increases heart disease and respiratory illnesses, including asthma. Deep-sea drilling, oil sands mining and mountaintop removal destroy the eco-systems, habitat, wildlife and natural capital on which our health and survival depend.
Everyone seeking election must get serious about the climate, so no matter which party or parties form govern-ment after Oct. 19, Canada will be part of the solution.
Continuing with business as usual will only ensure more extreme weather leading to floods and droughts; negative health impacts, including increases in premature deaths; harm to food production and security; more pipeline, rail and marine accidents; and missed opportunities to divers-ify the economy.
Although climate change, resource development and infrastructure have been raised in this election, the talking points don’t always match the severity of the prob-lem. It’s up to all of us as vot-ers to question candidates and inform ourselves about the various party platforms before casting ballots — and to make
sure all the parties and their candidates listen and make climate change a priority.
Canada is a great country, an example to the world of how people with diverse views, backgrounds and cultures can live well together and take care of each other. We are blessed with spectacular nature, abundant clean water, fertile agricultural land, rich resources, an educated populace, vibrant democratic traditions and strong social programs. But we can’t take any of it for granted. We must protect what we have and strive to be better, to move beyond our outdated ways of thinking and acting.
There are numerous election issues that can’t be ignored, including health, child care, jobs and the economy, infra-structure, education, inter-national trade and relations, and our global responsib-ility to confront terrorism. Addressing climate change by shifting from the short-term prospects of the polluting fossil fuel economy to a more stable, healthy, green econ-omy would go a long way to reducing health-care costs, creating jobs, diversifying the economy and improving our international reputation.
We have an important choice, as voters and as a country. We can heed the sci-entists, healthcare specialists, religious leaders, politicians, international organizations, business people and citizens around the world who say we no longer have time to lose when it comes to protecting the climate and ourselves. Or we can carry on as if nothing is wrong, and live with the mounting consequences.
Exercising your democratic right as a voter is a critical step.
Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation senior editor Ian Hanington.
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“He’s kind of unpredictable. If you know him, come and let us know as opposed to approaching him,” Hobday added.
Buckerfields CEO Kelvin McCulloch has since offered to replace the trees for the school.
“We’re very pleased to do it. It’s not a huge cost, but it’s a huge issue, I think,” he said.
McCulloch said when he heard about what happened he knew he needed to act fast so that the school children could receive good news quickly after learning about the incident.
“So they don’t have to worry about it,” he explained. “They’re going to get new trees.”
But that’s not all. “I said to them we should think about
doing something maybe a little different and a little better so that the whole mem-ory has changed of the event,” he said. “If we just put it back it doesn’t really erase that event at all.”
He said he’s left it up to the PAC to decide what they might like.
“I think what happened is appalling and it’s easily within our means to make that right,” he said.
It was a senseless act of vandalism but there are heroes in the community too, according to École Mt. Prevost PAC president Amber Marsh.
“It’s so frustrating to put so much work, heart and soul into a project to have it so senselessly vandalized,” she said. “We’re all reeling, but we live in such an amazing community. Bucker-
fields will be replacing all of our trees and restoring the playground and our spirit.”
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Buckerfi elds replacing trees
Nothing but stumps were left by the vandal who struck at École Mt. Prevost’s new playground. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]
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A provincial g rant has afforded five workers a chance at hands-on agricultural job experience within the Cowic-han Valley.
Community and Employer Partnership funding to the tune of $120,000 enables Cowic-han Green Community to train workers in farming and agri-culture, giving them work for about a year.
“Cowichan Green Community is honoured to be offering the Cowichan Agriculture Training project with support from the Project-Based Labour Market Training funding,” said Rosa-lie Sawrie, a project manager for Cowichan Green Commun-ity. “This project is going to be extremely beneficial not only for the participants, but also for our local agriculture sector.”
Sawrie said by providing such in-depth training related to many facets of farming and growing food, they will be help-ing to increase food production and food security for the entire community.
Participants will learn about
animal care, greenhouse oper-ations, soil fertility, fruit tree planting and pruning, seed production, weed management, crop planting and rotation, har-vesting and bee keeping. They will also receive organic mas-ter gardener certification from Gaia College.
“The benefits of having the participants engaged in this type of project is already becoming apparent and we feel confident that we will be able to meet, if not exceed, all the pro-jected outcomes,” Sawrie said.
Employees are on board.“I feel this program is bring-
ing me closer to the commun-ity while learning sustainable skills that can be passed down to my children to better their futures as well,” said partici-pant Shannon Cook.
“The CAT program is a great opportunity to get to know the region and the local farm-ing community,” added Abbi Spencer.
To date, the program has helped more than 800 job seek-ers benefit from work experi-ence and funded nearly 180 pro-jects throughout the province.
It’s not the only project bene-fitting the Valley.
The Town of Lake Cowichan is receiving more than $37,300 in government funding for six people to get construction work experience by fixing up the town’s downtown core.
“The team of participants we have on the program have already contributed greatly to our objective of constructing a public washroom in the central area of our small community,” according to Dalton Smith the manager of the Cowichan Lake Education Centre.
In addition to constructing new picnic tables for Central park, the group will rebuild the public washrooms during the 32-week project, in order to provide better accessibility for people with disabilities. New picnic tables will also be built for the park.
According to a provincial press release, the Community and Employer Partnerships pro-gram is featured in B.C.’s Skills for Jobs Blueprint and provides more support to people who are struggling to gain a foothold in the job market.
SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN
Norway-based Höegh LNG and Bechtel of San Francisco have been selected for the pre-front end engineering and design of the Malahat LNG project.
The companies were announced Sept. 23 as the primary designers of the proposed floating natural gas liquefaction and export facili-ties located on the shoreline of Malahat Nation-owned land at Bamberton.
“This agreement is a reflection of our commitment to developing projects to the highest technical and environmental standards,” said Nigel Kuzemko, CEO of Steel-head LNG. “Together, Höegh and Bechtel provide Malahat LNG with a unique combination of experi-ence and expertise in maritime operations and the design and con-struction of LNG facilities.”
T he work wil l commence immediately, according to the
press release, and will run through to spring 2016 and will include both environmental assessments and facilities permitting processes.
The awarding of the contract to Höegh LNG and Bechtel, both experienced providers of special-ized services in the LNG sector, “is a reflection of the importance Malahat Nation and Steelhead have placed on making sure the design of the Project is appropri-ate environmentally and technic-ally for the Saanich Inlet,” said Lawrence Lewis, Malahat Nation’s CEO.
“We look forward to working with them as the proposed project moves forward.”
Sveinung J. S. Støhle, president and CEO of Höegh LNG, said his company looks forward to work-ing closely with Bechtel and Steel-head “to deliver a cost-effective LNG solution that fully addresses the environmental and technical aspects of the project.”
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224(2)(a) Not-for-Profit Lot A, Plan 24353 5650 Club Rd Duncan Day Care Centre 2,362$ 2,485$ 4,847$ Lot A, Plan 44627 198 Government St Valley Seniors Organization 6,198 6,429 12,627 Leased area of Lot 1, Plan 23647 820 Wharncliffe Rd Cowichan Pre-School 86 90 176 Lot PT4, Block 8, Plan 12568 760 Government St Cowichan Lawn Bowling 163 171 334 Leased area of Lot 1, Plan 29453 280 First St Cowichan Lawn Bowling 789 842 1,631 50% of the non leased area Land and Building assessment for Lot 1, Plan 29453
280 First St Duncan Housing Society 12,454 13,104 25,558
Leased area of Lot A, Plan 40864 200 Craig St Cowichan Volunteer Society 571 592 1,163 Lots 5-8 & 11, Block 1, Plan 1935 520-540 Cairnsmore St SD # 79 Growing Together 515 542 1,057 Top Floor of Building at Lot 1, Plan 17515
145 Station St Duncan Elks 514 551 1,065
Lots 24 & 25, Plan 1182 321/331 Cairnsmore St Girl Guide Association 1,216 1,534 2,750 Undisclosed Undisclosed CW Against Violence Society 1,736 1,827 3,563 Portion shown Red on DD615, except Plan 260BL, (Railway RW Mile 39.16 to Mile 39.92 Victoria Sub)
No address Island Corridor Foundation (ICF) 2,396 1,395 3,791
1.223 Km Mainline No address Island Corridor Foundation (ICF) 672 391 1,063 26.67% of the Land and Building Assessment for Lot 6, Block 3, Plan 798
121 First St Cowichan Independent Living Resource Society
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224(2)(b) Local AuthoritiesPart of Sec. 17, Rg 6, Quamichan Land District, Plan DD615 -Lease # GCMK 102-0301 R/W Land
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224(2)(h) Seniors Homes, Hospitals, Private SchoolsLot 1, Plan 2610 660 Brownsey Ave Queen Margaret's School 932 966 1,898 Lot 1, Plan 3773 660 Brownsey Ave Queen Margaret's School 574 596 1,170 Lot A, Plan 83377 660 Brownsey Ave Queen Margaret's School 3,019 3,131 6,150 Lot 15, Plan 1175/Lot A Plan 25100 770 Trunk Rd Kiwanis Village Society 5,803 6,106 11,909
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Notice is hereby given, pursuant to Section 227 of the Community Charter , that City Council will give final consideration to the following bylaws at a Council meeting on Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. in Council Chambers at City Hall, 200 Craig Street, Duncan.
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Cowichan-Malahat-Langford Green Party candidate Fran Hunt-Jinnouchi applauds her party’s leader Elizabeth May during a packed town hall meeting in Duncan last weekend. While discussing the challenges facing the next Parliament, Green Party of Canada leader Elizabeth May said the powers of the prime minister’s office need to be vastly reduced by the next government.“ The Prime Minister is merely first among equals,” May said. “All MPs are equal.” Audience concerns ranged from deep cuts made to Veterans Affairs to the need for better home support services for seniors.[LINDSAY STEWART PHOTO]
ANDREA RONDEAU CITIZEN
The Matraea Centre in Duncan is launching an ambitious fundraising project to help Syrian refugees.
They’re calling it the Cowichan Community Business Challenge, and they aim to raise $25,000 by Nov. 30, which the federal government has pledged to match, for a total of $50,000.
There’s an information meeting to familiarize those interested with the project on Tuesday, Oct. 6 at 7 p.m. at the Matraea Centre classroom.
“We envision a community response to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Syria,” said Rupert Koyote, a managing partner of the Cen-tre. The numbers are stark, and Koyote lists some of them in his appeal.
Eleven million Syrians have been displaced by the civil war in their country, with 6.5 million having left their homes to try to find a safe place within the country, and over four million having travelled into surrounding countries like Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt and Iraq. Hundreds of thousands have fled to Europe, with the majority remaining in refugee camps.
“The situation has reached the point that it has been dubbed the largest refugee crisis since World War II,” said Koyote.
On Sept. 12, the Canadian government pledged to match private donations of emergency human-itarian aid directed to Syrian refugee camps up to $100 million before Dec. 31 and the Matraea Centre has their eyes on that promise.
The Centre is partnering with PLAN Canada’s Syrian Refugee Appeal on the project.
PLAN is a registered charity focused on assist-ing women and children throughout the devel-oped world. Founded in 1937, PLAN has no polit-ical or religious affiliation.
The Matraea Centre is also putting their money where their mouths are, getting the fundraising ball rolling with a $1,000 donation.
For more information on what you can do con-tact [email protected] or call 778-422-3003.
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October was the eighth month on the original Roman calendar, hence the name derived from Lat-in “octo”, mean-ing eight.
Daylights Sav-ings time ends in October, and it is Apple Month.
It’s also the month we cele-brate the spooky and weird with Halloween, as well as Oktober-fest, a festival that traces its roots back to 1810 Germany.
In October of 1908 Henry Ford’s Model T car went on sale for the affordable price of $825 each.
Plea for farmers’ safety prompts 2nd look SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN
Former North Cowichan councillor Jen Woike appeared before council Wednesday to urge the group to take a second look at farm signage before they firm up plans to install more within the municipality’s rural areas.
Woike, who hails from a long-time farming family, said the size and message on signs is simply insufficient.
“It doesn’t matter if its spring, fall, winter or summer in the Cowichan Valley, any time of year, our tractors are on our rural roads. Inside every one of those tractors is someone’s hus-band, son, brother — even girls even drive tractors, yes, it could be someone’s mother, sister or daughter,” she said.
Woike said her husband had an accident 20 years ago while driving a tractor on Herd Road and already this year she’s been flashed the finger, sworn at, yelled at and swerved at, all while driving at minimum a 20,000-pound vehicle — and that’s if it doesn’t have any attachments. “These vehicles usually drive slow — around 35-40 km/h and they cannot stop as quickly as a regular car, truck or SUV can,” she said.
Woike described an incident this year when one of her employees was driving a large tractor pulling the hay baler. He had felt the pressure from two motorcycles behind him for about three kilometres.
“He went to make a wide right turn and hit a motorcycle who passed on the inside. It hit the front of the tractor. Luckily no one was hurt, the driver of the motorcycle walked away. His bike was a write-off but he walked away from it,” she said.
Woike said she’s been doing
some research on effective signage.
“It has to be uniform, it has to attract attention. It has to be clear and visible and it has to be easy to understand. I personally think that the sign that we’ve had in North Cowichan with the tractor on it is not effective. It doesn’t warn people of what they need to be looking out for.”
Where to put new signs was on the agenda for Wednesday’s council meeting. That took a back seat when some council-lors agreed the type of signs the municipality has traditionally used weren’t doing their jobs.
CAO Dave Devana explained the current signage is the Min-istry of Transportation and Infrastructure standard.
“Other municipalities have varied away from this sign. We have not,” he said.
Councillor Maeve Maguire wondered why.
“Are these the best signs we can do? I’m thinking about what Mrs. Woike said about the type of sign we’re using,”
she said. “Do we have other options? Are they doing it bet-ter elsewhere?”
Maguire went on to note signs aren’t the only way to alert driv-ers to farm vehicles on the road.
“Recognizing that signage is one aspect of this, it’s not the magic pill, it’s not going to solve everything and maybe an edu-cational piece is also required,” she said. “But if there’s some-thing we can do better for the signage then maybe we need to look at that.”
Council is at liberty to create new signage, North Cowichan engineering director David Conway said.
“We have so far chosen to fol-low the manual uniform traffic control signage and haven’t explored other types of sign-age,” he said, noting other juris-dictions often do complement their signage with education campaigns at various times of the year “with suggestions to motorists to slow down and be aware that there are farm vehi-cles crossing and on the road.”
Coun. Kate Marsh wasn’t so sure now was the best time to be mak-ing changes. She said it was time to get the signs up in their designated spots, and the sooner the better, as it’s harvest season.
“I do have a lot of respect for Mrs. Woike but I feel that the signage, with the addition of ‘share the road’ is adequate,” Marsh said. Not in favour of doing more work on the issue, Marsh highlighted what she sees as the root cause of near misses with regular traffic and farm vehicles.
“I think the problem is speeding everywhere. It’s not just on rural roads. We have speeding every-where,” Marsh said.
But Coun. Joyce Behnsen and the majority of council agreed it was better to get it right than to get it done for this harvest season.
“Being as agriculturally based as we are and supportive of our farm-ers I think we really need to set the pace here, not just status quo from the Ministry, and come up with something that’s much more effect-ive,” Behnsen said.
Council has referred the matter to the agricultural committee for fur-ther investigation into alternative signage. The issue will come back to council at a future meeting.
In the meantime, Woike is urging citizens to think twice before zoom-ing around farm equipment on the roads this fall.
“During the spring and summer months please slow down, back off a little, take the time to enjoy the beautiful rural are that you are driving through,” she said. “These people are feeding you, give them a little respect on the road.”
Farmer Jen Woike made a passionate plea to North Cowichan council to do more to keep farmers safe on the roadways. [CITIZEN FILE]
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14 Friday, October 2, 2015 | Cowichan Valley Citizen LivingComing home with tour moves offi cerSARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN
The sun was hot and bright Tuesday afternoon as the 2015 Tour de Rock con-tingent reached the smiling faces and open arms of supporters at Beverly Cor-ners on Day 10 of their campaign to raise funds for the Canadian Cancer Society and pediatric cancer research.
North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP mem-ber Ian Wetzel-Eden, that detachment’s rider this year, said it was a homecom-ing like none other.
“Coming home and seeing the support from your own community is totally different than rolling into some other communities,” he said. “We see them pull together but to come home and see the friendly faces and how everybody comes together — we’re all coming from different walks of life in the Valley, but you see everybody come together as a community and that’s something really special.”
The group wraps up its Island-long trek on Oct. 2 in Victoria after having started off at the north end of the Island
on Sept. 19.The sun has shone on the riders for the
entire trip thus far.“The weather has been exactly like
this, sunny and bright,” Wetzel-Eden said. “I look at it as a blessing from all those kids who’ve come before us and have paved the path with sunshine. For those that didn’t win their battle, they’re making ours a lot easier and we’re so blessed and thankful for that.”
The group tackled the Malahat Wed-nesday, “No Big Deal,” Wetzel-Eden said, and made a few more stops before finish-ing up on Friday in Victoria.
“It’s coming to a close, it’s kind of bittersweet,” he said. “It’s certainly a journey worth doing.”
Wetzel-Eden said he will not take a break from his bike after the events are over.
“This has kindled a love for it in me,” he said. “It’s more than just cycling now, it’s about promoting health as well. It’s not just for cancer, it’s about living healthily and this has certainly taught me that.”
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Savannah Goldsmith, 13, raised $360.55 and cut her lovely long hair in support of the Tour de Rock effort. She offered her contribution during the Tour de Rock festivities at Beverly Corners Tuesday afternoon. More photos: cowichanvalleycitizen.com [SARAH SIMPSON/CITIZEN]
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On behalf of the Board of Education, School District No. 79 (Cowichan Valley), I extend a sincere “Thank you Teachers”for the excellent work you do every day in your classrooms to educate our students.
Thank you for your professionalism and for the inspiration you offer to the students in the schools of our district.
Candace Spilsbury,Chair, Board of EducationSchool District No. 79 (Cowichan Valley)
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Editor’s note: If you haven’t met “Flo” yet, this superhero spent the summer visiting Cowichan communities, help-ing us face the severe drought and water restrictions, and interviewing local watershed heroes about their solutions. Cowichan Watershed Board summer student Lauren Frost wraps up her reports on Flo’s conversations this week.
Nature Interpreter; co-chair, Cowichan Watershed Steward-ship Roundtable; coordinator, Cowichan Valley Docents; co-chair, Eves Provincial Park, Honeymoon Bay and Mt. Tzouhalem Ecological Reserves Warden
Why Flo likes her: Unabashed Nature Lover
Flo: Nice to meet you Genevieve! I have heard about your inspiring
work as a watershed steward
and educator. What keeps you so motivated?
Genevieve: Hi Flo! I would say it is my deep love for nature and wanting a better world for my husband’s and my four children and all of us. As a child, my parents introduced me to my mentor, Freeman King, through the Victoria Natural History Jun-ior Naturalists. That meeting sparked a lifelong passion, and a 45-year career as a nature interpreter in BC Parks and other natural areas.
Flo: I love that you help chil-dren connect with nature. Can you tell me more about that?
Genevieve: With the help of the amazing Cowichan Val-ley Docents (we are always looking for new docents!) and the support of School District 79, BC Parks, Girl Guides of Canada, Somenos Marsh Society, Cowichan Land Trust and others, we have engaged many children of the Valley in nature walks. Immersing chil-
dren in nature is so important. It is my dream that every child in the Valley is taken out for a least a few guided nature walks.
Flo: Amazing! Now tell me about the Cowichan Steward-ship Roundtable.
Genevieve: Formed in 2002, the Roundtable is an open and collaborative group of stewardship organizations, businesses, industry, govern-ment and individuals focused on protecting our water and watersheds, now and for generations to come. We meet monthly and we share a common understanding: the health of watersheds is the key to the health of our fam-ilies, businesses and environ-ment. I currently have the hon-our of co-chairing with Parker Jefferson and I am pleased to share my facilitation and con-sensus building skills with the Roundtable.
Water Hero Chronicles with Flo
Every child should get out in natureFlo and Genevieve Singleton talk about the importance of getting kids out into nature. [SUBMITTED]
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Flo: You have been immersed in watershed stewardship all your adult life. From your perspective, what is the most important achievement we’ve made over the past 20 years, and what is the most important work that has not yet been done?
Genevieve: Our stewardship com-munity created the excellent Cowichan Basin Water Management Plan, which the Roundtable and other groups use as a mission statement. That is a significant accomplishment. Our current work to raise the weir is very important.
What is worrisome, I think, is the lack of nature education for both children and adults in these days of climate change.
Children are not outdoors enough; they are spending a great deal of times indoors in the virtual world.
Flo: If you could ask every Cowichan region resident to do one thing for our watershed, what would it be?
Genevieve: Gather up the children you know and get them outdoors. Connect them and yourself with nature.
Flo: Any closing thoughts?Genevieve: Only by knowing nature
can you love it and only by loving nature can you care for it.
EVERY CHILD, From Page 17
‘Only by knowing nature can you love it’
Breastfeeding Challenge at Duncan Farmers Market
Island Health’s Quintessence Breast-feeding Challenge aims to nourish the minds and bodies of children on Saturday, Oct. 3.
There will be nine simultaneously timed public breastfeeding events across Van-couver Island, with one scheduled for City Square during the Duncan Farmers Market.
Events will feature story time, give-aways and a public breastfeeding latch-on. Each event will begin with story time at 10:30 a.m., followed the latch-on at 11 a.m.
Participants join a lengthening tradition. The Quintessence Breastfeeding Challenge began in 2001 in B.C. with 856 babies and their moms at 26 sites. Last year’s event counted 164 babies participating just on Vancouver Island. It’s also now celebrated in at least 16 countries worldwide.
Meet federal election candidates in Crofton
Would you like to speak with the candi-dates for the Cowichan-Malahat-Langford riding in the upcoming federal election one-on-one?
You’ll have that opportunity on Saturday, Oct. 3, from 1:30-4:30 p.m. at an all-candi-dates meet and greet at the Crofton Sen-iors Centre (at the foot of Joan Avenue).
Organizers say this event will be differ-ent from recent debates as it will provide an informal atmosphere that will give everyone a chance to voice their con-cerns, ask their questions and chat with the candidates.
“There will be no speeches, no debates,” organizers said.
So head out to Crofton with your ques-tions ready.
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This year’s breastfeeding challenge is taking place at the Duncan Farmers Market. [CITIZEN FILE]
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Pipes and Drums march into China
Members of the Cowichan Pipes and Drums Society perform as they stand on the Great Wall of China during a recent trip of a lifetime. [ALL PHOTOS SUBMITTED]
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Members of the Cowichan Pipes and Drums Society got to see the new Orient last month, performing in the massive Shanghai Tourism Festival and even fit-ting in some time to visit Beijing before returning to the Valley.
According to Diane Gregory, a member of the Society, the event was the trip of a lifetime and saw them away from home from Sept. 9-20.
It all began more than a year ago with an invitation to perform at the famous Festival.
“It’s a five day thing where, if they invite you, they pay for everything. So, we just had to pay for our airfare.”
However, the 39-member group decided that going all the way to China for five days was too short a time and extended their time in the Shanghai area by two days before going on to Beijing for three days more.
They started in Shanghai on a Friday night with a long rehearsal.
“It was bone-numbing and went on until one in the morning but it was great. There were people from everywhere, all over the world. We were the only Canadian group and the only Scottish/Celtic pipe band involved,” Gregory said.
The mix of participants was staggering.“There was only one group from the
States but there were groups from Ger-many, Switzerland, the Czech Repub-lic, Mauritius, it was just amazing. The rehearsal was fun because you’re seeing groups practise in this big schoolyard area and you get to greet them. The Canadian group that went last year, a pipe band from Saskatchewan, said it was like going to the Olympics with all these countries repre-sented,” she said.
The marquee event itself is a perform-ance parade, a lot like the huge Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro.
A pipe band, being used to performing as it marches, fits right in to what is needed, she said.
“Every group that was there did some-thing in the way of music in a parade down 2.2 kilometres of Huaihai Road in Shang-hai. There was a big reviewing stand, all lit up, at the beginning with all the dignitar-ies. Then there are a few minor grandstand areas as you go along but mostly it’s people along the roadsides all the way along. They gave us a banner and we had our own in behind as well.”
In addition to that enormous moving show, the band was taken on tours to present public performances around Shanghai.
“We did three of them in Shanghai, one in one of the central courtyards at the Global Harbour Commercial Centre, which is the largest mall in Asia. We also performed on Nanjing Road, a pedestrian mall, and then another one at the Pearl Tower, which is that really fancy-shaped one you always see pictures of,” Gregory said.
They were lucky to enjoy some spectacu-lar weather while they were there, too.
“The amazing thing was that they expect five blue sky days a year in Shanghai and we had three of them,” she said.
The impact of Shanghai, home to 24 million people, is huge to people from the Cowichan Valley.
“It was pretty amazing. There are fas-cinating things about the size of it. For instance when we build an apartment
building we build a building. When they do it, they build 40 matching buildings. You’d look and you’d see all these brown ones and they all matched and then the next row was all matching grey ones.”
Once the Cowichan contingent had finished with their performance duties, they toured to gardens in Xuzhow, which is near Shanghai, as well as the shiny new Shanghai museum, and took a boat ride to see the area from the water.
“Our guide also took us on the maglev [magnetic levitation] train at 430 kilo-metres an hour. We regret that one of the guys didn’t take his bagpipes so we could have had the fastest bagpiper in the world,” Gregory said.
They also went to Beijing and were photographed on the Great Wall.
“It was certainly something you would only get one chance to do,” she said. “A once in a lifetime experience.”
The Cowichan Pipes and Drums march past the Shangai Parade review stant.
The Pipes and Drums walk behind the parade banner.
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Though monarchs reigned, Mr. Carson ruled.Among the hire help the butler’s word was law!
By the time I was 10, I had a hazy, perhaps crazy, idea of what I wanted to be when I
grew up. Not for me the glamour of piloting a Spitfire, (there were lots of them flying around at the time). Nor did I want to drive the massive “Flying Scotsman” locomotive from my home town to London every day.
That’s the sort of thrill my classmates hankered after. No.....I fancied a larger role and a quieter life, with lots of world travel, the best of food and drink, plus the chance to wear a clean shirt every day, with a bow tie and a claw ham-mer black jacket. “Bill the butler” seemed like a good career choice to me, but naturally I expected to be called Mister by everyone in the manor house, and on occasion Wil-liam, by his lordship.
This ambition of mine was ini-tially fed by two comical sources. I devoured the exploits of P.G Wode-house’s Bertie Wooster, who was rescued regularly by Jeeves, his indispensable, learned and unflap-pable manservant, and also by the
Hollywood movie My Man Godfrey. I saw it twice. In those days I was at a highly impressionable age, although I indignantly denied the charge by my bosom buddy, that the real reason for this unusual career path was influenced by one of those naughty seaside peep shows, everybody’s holiday favour-ite......What the Butler Saw!
My mother was in service to a wealthy Northumbrian family in her late teens. She reminisced occasionally, that living in the Big House was hard work with poor pay, but she was always treated kindly, ate well and enjoyed one afternoon and evening off, every week.
But she emphasized that the snobbish pecking order below stairs was a daily fact of life, and she learned two priorities while she was there: servants who were not in livery had to be virtually invis-ible, never to be seen upstairs and also, the family butler always stood head and shoulders above the rest of the staff. He set the standard of service which contributed to the reputation of the house and of the people who owned it. His word was law on both levels, upstairs and down, as to how things should be done. The job sounded absolutely perfect. I became sold on a career
of butling for the high and the mighty.
Inevitably my zeal to rule a houseful of servants in coun-try estates and London palac-es began to lose steam. I even figured that living in a Pari-sian garret, daubing paint on canvas, surrounded by semi-clad models, was more my style. Of course as time went by these aspirations changed, but I always retained an inter-est in the role of the butler and how much the wealthy relied on him, and on the rest of us peons in the lower class-es, to keep them in the style to which they felt entitled. And obviously that same interest continues to be shared around the world today, hence the enormous popularity of such blockbuster entertainments as Downton Abbey, which I discussed in my column last month.
I found it interesting to examine these traditional ser-vant roles because they were very diverse, and still are, so let me share some thoughts with you. We’ll start at the top, with the butler. Originally he was the household’s wine and ale steward who commanded the “buttery”, where the bar-rels were kept. In later years he was given charge of the family meals from breakfasts to banquets, laying a proper table for each occasion with cutlery, glassware and huge bouquets from the house gardeners.
In the big mansions, liveried footmen served the meals under the butler’s eagle eye. Having come up through the ranks from around the age of 12, there wasn’t a job in the household that he didn’t thor-oughly understand, though the female staff was usually the responsibility of a house-keeper, a formidable martinet in many cases who shared his priority for discipline and detail.
A good butler has always been a treasure to the master and particularly to the mis-tress of the house — a self-ed-ucated superior being, discreet in every way, able to put guests at their ease, answer questions about the food on
the plates or the wine being served, and if pressed, what race horse had won the Derby that very afternoon. There were many legendary butlers, and some were lured away by envious gentry to better paying positions in grander establishments. Guests always tipped the butler on taking their leave, which more than matched the man’s salary, so that many of them were able to afford a servant or two in their retirement.
One in particular, after a lifetime of private service, was rich enough to establish Clar-idge’s in London. It opened in 1856 and the hotel soon became a favourite of royalty and European heads of state. These days, the smart set is happy to pay 1,200 pounds for an overnight stay in one of the smaller suites. That doesn’t include tips of course. But they do throw in breakfast.
There are many stories of legendary butlers. The most famous is probably Edwin Lee, who served Lord Aster for almost half a century and held the reins with an iron grip at the magnificent Cliveden estate. The forceful personali-ty of Lady Astor sorely tested Lee’s patience, so much so, that one day in exasperation,
he threatened to resign. Hor-rified, the lady of the house replied “In that case Lee, I beg you to tell me where you’re going, because I’m coming with you!”
The members of Britain’s royal family, with their many town homes and country retreats, have always been cos-seted by an army of servants, whose wages are partly paid by the over-taxed population. It takes 1,200 men and women to serve in a variety of posts across all five royal residenc-es. Buckingham Palace alone employs 339 full time staff. Naturally there just isn’t one man there who does the but-ling, there’s a whole team of under butlers and then below them are the footmen, and the valets, and so on down the line, to the young beginners in the pantries.
Once someone learns their trade there, a good reference is a guarantee of a top job elsewhere. Recently a former footman who spent three years at the palace was persuaded to move to the States as personal butler to a Texas billionaire. The carrot was a salary of $75,000 plus a house and two cars!
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A surprising number of today’s households will understand exactly how Lady Aster felt at the prospect of losing a vital key to her luxurious lifestyle. There are now more butlers man-aging Mayfair mansions than there were in the 1930s and an esti-mated 3,000 are currently working around the U.K. After the last war, some social commentators pre-dicted that, by the ’60s, this role would simply fade away, together with the House of Lords and expensive private schools. The pundits were so wrong. The advent of televi-sion programs chronicling the lives of people upstairs and those below, has actually given a boost to the popularity of employing butlers, those all-seeing, all-knowing founts of efficiency.
In the Middle East, China, Russia and India, the wealthy have acquired British butlers as ultimate status symbols. There are schools in the U.K. that train staff to per-form the traditional major domo roles that were honed in Victorian and Edwardian days, and there are companies in London which place these people around the world in private homes, embassies and royal palaces.
We’re told that not all butlers were the epitome of rectitude.
Historically, some less scrupulous were not averse to quaffing the master’s private reserve or having a little fun at their employers’ expense. An anec-dote involving Edwardian political hostess Mrs. Ronnie Granville is worth repeating. She suspected her butler of
having had a go at the sherry before serving in the dining room and wrote him a hasty note: “You are drunk. Leave the room at once!” Her butler received the note with a slight bow, placed it on a tray, walked around the table and present-ed it to one of her guests, the aquiline, toffee-nosed Tory MP, Austen Chamberlain. Sadly we don’t know the outcome of this marvelous initiative.
Well, so much for butlers, those indispensable servants like Lee, Jeeves and Downton Abbey’s Mr. Carson.
They still play an imperious role in the lives of those who can afford them. But history reminds us of the stark neces-sity for so many lesser people to live and work below stairs, because for centuries, a life in service was much preferable to eking out a meagre living in various other ways — in the dirty, mindless, serf-like jobs that the burgeoning population of cheap labour was expected to perform. The terrible alternative was being unemployed in an uncaring society, when often desper-ate men, their wives and their children, literally starved. Wasn’t it Charles Dickens
who alone sustained his family at the age of 11, by working in a blacking facto-
ry 12 hours a day, while his father languished in a debtor’s prison?
The statistics I’ve been read-ing are a sobering reminder that in those hard times, by serving the rich, so many of the poor survived.
About the author:
Bill Greenwell prospered in the ad agency arena for 40 years in the U.K. and Can-ada. He retains a passion for medieval history, marine paintings and piscatorial
pursuits. His wife Patricia indulges him in these interests, but being a seasoned writer from a similar background, she has always deplored his weakness for alliter-ation. This has sadly had no effect on his writing style, whatsoever.
Now more butlers than there were in the 1930s; they are considered a status symbolMUSINGS, From Page 20
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War is hell: but to die after you come home is worse
I can vividly recall the shock, followed by rage, all these years
later. The shock that a former
soldier had just died in a veteran’s hospital where he’d been laid up from the First World War, some 40-odd years before. And the rage at the thought that he’d spent two-thirds of his lifetime disabled and suffering in a hos-pital ward, far, far from the trenches and long, long after Armistice Day.
It wasn’t right! It was so unfair!I was, obviously, young and very naive to
think, first, that this couldn’t possibly be, then, since it must be so, that it was nothing less than unspeakable and prolonged cruelty.
Only later, as I matured, as I observed, as I learned more not just about history but about life, did I come to realize that he was but one of tens of thousands of servicemen of all nations whose devastating injuries had been beyond healing, whose daily medical needs could only be met in a hospital.
But the discovery that he and the others were still lingering under medical care from a war that had ended well before I was born truly distressed me.
How sad, I thought then; how sad, I think now. And my research of Cowichan’s contribu-tion of young men — Duncan had the highest enlistment rate per capita in all of Canada — has only deepened my sense of sadness for those names on the cenotaph.
For some, there was the bitter irony of mak-ing it home only to die later as a direct result of their war service. Talk about adding insult to injury!
Let me introduce you to Sapper Harry Parker, 9th Canadian Railway Troops (1st Canadian Platoon) formerly of the 10th Bn., C.E.F. and, previous to that, a printer and linotype oper-ator with the Cowichan Leader.
Handsome, with wavy hair, he was the youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. A.W.J. Parker of Duncan. For all his youth he was the Leader’s senior employee, having joined the firm during its previous incarnation as the Duncans Enter-prise. But, with war, he, too, as had so many others, enlisted and, in March 1915, he was off with the 50th Regiment then reassigned to the 48th Bn. and, in July, dispatched to England. After less than 10 weeks’ training the 48th was sent to the front.
For a year Harry served in the front lines, until the third battle of Ypres in June 1916 when he was wounded in the foot, then gassed. Both times he required hospitalization and both times he returned to active duty, latterly with the 1st Canadian Pioneers with whom he fought at the Somme and Arras.
But the gassing had done its work and his health wasn’t the same. Given leave on com-passionate grounds, he returned home in time for Christmas 1918, a month after Armistice. By this time a corporal (sapper in the engineer-ing corps) he took his discharge from the army.
“For a time he appeared to be quite well,” a friend at the Leader wrote later, “and engaged in various open air tasks [no more printshop for Harry Parker, obviously], but last summer the effects of the gas and tuberculosis sent him to hospital in Victoria.
See HARRY’S FOUR BROTHERS, Page 23
T.W. PatersonCHRONICLES
Cowichan Valley Citizen | Friday, October 2, 2015 23
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He spent last Christmas in Duncan and subsequently was removed to [the provincial sanitarium at] Balfour.”
A member of the Typograph-ical Union, of the Duncan Court of the A.O.F. and of the Duncan Fire Brigade, he’d “exercised a beneficial influ-ence” in the local Great War Veterans Association and had been appointed to the provin-cial executive at its convention in the spring of 1919.
His workmates remembered him as an excellent crafts-man with a “genial, sunny nature which won him friends everywhere...”
All five Parker boys had answered the call. Brothers Shircliffe, Hugh and George were in various units of the Canadian Army and Frank was with the American Exped-itionary Force. None could make it home for the funeral.
Ten days after his death, Harry Parker was given a military funeral at St. Mary’s, Somenos. A detachment of Canadian Engineers from Victoria paid honour to one of their own who’d been wound-ed twice and served 14 months in the hellish trenches.
As a gun carriage to bear the casket wasn’t available, a specially prepared wagon was pressed into service and
a lengthy cortege of cars and mourners slowly made their from Duncan to Somenos where the Revs. Christmas and Bagshaw waited to offi-ciate in a church filled to overflowing.
The Leader glumly noted that Harry Parker was the Val-ley’s first soldier to die since returning home, that he “truly gave his life for his country as if he had fallen overseas”.
One of the more poign-ant wreaths was that of the Nanaimo branch of the ITU with “30” spelled out in flowers — the universal news-paper signoff for The End.
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WAR, From Page 22
Harry’s four brothers also enlisted for service
The cenotaph in Duncan bears witness to the many Cowichan area men and women who lost their lives to war. Those who did come home would never be the same, including Harry Parker. [CITIZEN FILE]
Did you know?
Use of poison gases during the First World War already constituted war crimes, as it violated the 1899 Hague Declara-tion Concerning Asphyxiating Gases and the 1907 Hague Convention on Land Warfare. Nevertheless, trench soldiers were exposed to attacks with tear gas, mus-tard gas, phos-gene gas and chlorine gas, the latter two being the deadliest. Only four per cent of combat deaths were caused by gas.
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Sadly at the age of 61, David Charles Burns unexpectedly passed away on August 27, 2015 in Duncan, BC.
Dave was born and raised in Brantford Ont. He was a
very skilled auto Mechanic, and talented drift wood carver. He
was a loving father to Miranda, Auralee and Shawna and grandfather of Rayden, Keiren and Aislee.
Predeceased by his father Carol and sister Karen. Dear son of Marie Burns. Brother of Rochelle (Tomo), Bobby (Joy), Michael, Leona (Ted), Cathy (Ted), Shirley (Rick), Margie (Dave), Brenda (Jim), Theresa (Bill), Pam (Steve), Darcy, Tammy (Jim). Dave will also be missed by many nieces, nephews, extended family members and friends. Cremation has already taken place.
There will be a small celebration of life on Saturday October 3th from 3-5 pm
at Vimy Hall in Duncan.
BURNS, DAVID
Frank died surrounded by love at home in Duncan, BC on September 25th, 2015 in his 72nd year.
His “Katie” and his “boys” Jason, Ethan, Ryan and Kyle and Katie’s son Neill will miss him a great deal.
He adored and was adored by his grandchildren; Alexander, Sarah and Erika, Braydon, Madison, Mason and Jaimeson, Meghan and Alec.
Frank was the third child of Nora Flack and Francis Newman. He was born on the 3rd of November 1943 in Lachine, Quebec.
His sister Jane (Ed), brother Skeith (Danielle), his closest friend Bryan (Val) and many good friends and neighbours will remember and miss his contrarian turn of mind. His furry four legged friends; Jasper, Olivia, Trevor and Georgie will miss their cookie treats. A very smart man with strongly held opinions, Frank taught for many years on the West Island of Montreal. He retired to Vancouver Island and he and his Katie enjoyed living the West Coast life, especially watching the garden grow and Friday night dinners out with friends. Travelling to visit grandchildren and trips south and to the UK were great fun until Frank’s health worsened.
The last few years he fought valiantly to stay with us and enjoy the life he loved. He was our hero!
“May God hold you in the palm of his hand until we meet again” - Katie
We would like to thank the Duncan Dialysis Clinic and Home Care for their compassion and help. The Royal Jubilee Hospital staff and specially; Dr. Greg Ganz, Dr. Matt Robinson and Dr. Todd Yip for their expertise and faith in Frank. Finally having as our family doctor, Dr. Patricia Seymour was the greatest gift.
A memorial service will be held in Montreal in the spring of 2016.
Donations to the Vancouver Island Kidney Patients’ Association (vikpa.org) would be appreciated.
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Francis Ernest Newman
(our Frank)
Hankins, Stanley WallacePassed away peacefully with family at his side on September 24, 2015.Born in Saskatchewan, July 24, 1929. Predeceased by his wife Elsie and step son Dale Reinholz. Survived by his 2 sons; Wayne and Ralph, step son Lynn Reinholz and daughters in-law, grandchildren and great grandchildren one of which he called “my little one” Ayla.His big smile, witty humor, wood carvings along with his jokes and stories will be greatly missed. Stan took every opportunity to make everyone smile or laugh.Special thanks to all the staff at Cairnsmore.
“Gramps”, “Pops” we will miss you.No service by my Fathers request.
In Loving Memory ofTom Currie
November 24, 1944 - September 8, 2002&
Bill KernachanMay 18, 1934 - October 5, 2013
We thought of you with love today,but that was nothing new.
We thought about you yesterday,and the days before that too.
We think of you in silence,we often speak yor name.
Now all we have are memories,and your picture in a frame.
Your memory is our keepsake,we have you in our hearts.
Your Family
Patrick Charles LowePa The family of Patrick wishes to thank members of the extended family and many friends who helped and gave support during our loss. We deeply appreciate your prayers, visits and attendance at his service. The beautiful flowers, cards, baking, meals and donations made to the Comox Valley Recovery Center have touched our hearts and comforted our spirits. During this difficult time we realize how much our family and friends mean to us.
Thank you, Love the families of Glen and Ida Lowe XO
We had you. We loved you. We still love you. We will always love you.
On July 9, 2015, at 3300 Cowichan Lake Road, Duncan, B.C., Peace Officer(s) of the Duncan RCMP seized, at the time indicated, the subject property, described as: a 1999 black Volkswagen Jetta, BCLP: AP064M, VIN: 3VWRA29M8XM058609, $250 CAD, and three Samsung cell phones, all on or about 16:00 Hours. The subject property was seized because there was evidence that the subject property had been used in and/or obtained by the commission of an offence (or offences) under section 5(2) (possession for purpose of trafficking) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act of Canada. Notice is hereby given that the subject property, CFO file Number: 2015-3089, is subject to forfeiture under Part 3.1 of the CFA and will be forfeited to
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Miscellaneous• Living with Stroke, eight-week
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• Women invited to life-transforming 2015 Women of Faith conference: Loved – the Farewell Tour, Friday, Oct. 2, 6:30 p.m., and Saturday, Oct. 3, 9 a.m., New Life Church, Duncan. $25 (includes meals). Register: 222. newlifechurch.ca/register
• Prevost Veterinary Clinic open house Wednesday, Oct. 7, 6-8 p.m., to celebrate Animal Health Week. Learn about pet welfare, socialization, dentistry, nutrition, guided tours, scavenger hunt, face painting. Leave pets at home. Location: 1057 Canada Ave., Duncan.
• Craft Fair, Oct. 31, Duncan Sen-iors Activity Centre, 198 Government St. Book your table now, $15. Info: 250-746-4433.
• Canadian Firearm Safety course (non-restricted and restricted) starting Friday, Nov. 13, Duncan. Registration and information: Mike 250-748-0319 or [email protected]
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• 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.
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• 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.
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• Duncan Badminton Club, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8-10 p.m., October through March Multi-purpose Hall, Island Savings Centre. Recreational and competitive. All welcome. Info: 250-746-4380.
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• All-ages chess club: all skill levels and ages welcome to play and learn chess in supportive, fun environment. Mondays 6-8 p.m., Duncan library gathering place or available tables.
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The Cowichan Thunderbirds won their second consecutive tournament to start the high school field hockey season when they topped the field at their own John Ferreira Memorial Tourna-ment at the Cowichan Sportsplex last weekend.
The T-Birds beat the Frances Kelsey Breakers 1-0 to win the small tournament — Shawnigan Lake School and the South Delta Sun Devils were the other entries — thanks to Sara Goodman’s penalty-corner goal.
“Kelsey gave us a really good final,” Cowichan coach Perri Espeseth said. “They have a lot of girls our players really know well, so it was a friendly game, but a competitive game.”
Cowichan and Kelsey battled to a scoreless tie when they played earlier in the two-day tournament.
“That was a really close game,” Espeseth said. “It could have gone either way.”
When they met in the final, both teams were just coming off a game against South Del-ta where each team played 30 minutes in order to give the Sun Devils a fourth game after they made the trip over to Vancouver Island.
Emma Dame was among the standouts for Cowichan through-out the tournament.
“We had one player, Brittany Smith, sitting out, and Emma did a good job filling in for her at centre midfield for the weekend,” Espeseth said.
After winning the Friendship Cup the weekend before, the T-Birds got off to a slow start in the Ferreira tournament, but were back in form by the end.
“We improved a lot over the tournament,” Espeseth said. “We started the weekend on a
bit of a low, but we were able to build back up again. We needed to get our legs going again, but we pulled it all together.”
The tournament had several benefits for the T-Birds early in the season.
“It was a good learning oppor-tunity, definitely,” Espeseth said. “South Delta brought a few dif-ferent things that we hadn’t come across yet.”
After getting this weekend off, the T-Birds will be back in action on the Thanksgiving weekend as they play in the Bridgman Cup tournament at the University of Victoria.
The Bridgman offers teams a good chance to prepare for the provincial tournament — which Cowichan, Kelsey and Shawnigan will be hosting this year — because it attracts most of the top teams in the province and teams play a busy schedule of six games over three days.
KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN
Mill Bay’s Brian Harrison, a former longtime director for Area A of the Cowichan Valley Regional District and three-time chair of the CVRD board, has been named the junior division coordinator for BC Hockey as of Sept. 23.
As the junior coordinator, Har-rison will provide oversight of all junior hockey programs gov-erned by BC Hockey, working closely with the leagues — the junior A B.C. Hockey League and the junior B Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League, Pacific Junior Hockey League, and Koo-tenay International Junior Hock-ey League.
Before his latest appointment, Harrison was the Junior B Direc-tor for about 10 years. He has been involved in the Kerry Park Minor Hockey Association for
many years, including terms as president and referee-in-chief. He has also served as chair and secretary of the VIJHL.
Outside of hockey, Harrison was Area A director between 1982 and 1993, and again from 2009 to 2011. He was CVRD chair from 1986 to 1988.
KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN
Two Cowichan Valley teams played to decisive seven-goal victories in Vancouver Island Ladies Field Hockey action last weekend.
In Division 2, the Cowichan Cardinals defeated the Rebels Blue Jays 7-0 thanks to a hat trick by Jill Roberts and single goals by Ashley Brown, Shy-layne Davidson, Teresa Gregus
and Shannon Parker.The Cowichan Stellers also
won 7-0 over the Devils in Divi-sion 3. Jaime Court and Maiya Hermant each scored twice, while Birkley Anderson, Karis-sa Birch and Jill Dayton had one goal apiece.
Also in Div. 3, the Kestrels were edged 3-2 by the Oak Bay Demons. Gregus and Morgan Battie had the goals for the Kestrels.
Mill Bay’s Brian Harrison named to BC Hockey junior division post
Lucky sevens for Cowichan Cardinals and Kestrels
Brian Harrison
T-Birds take the FerreiraCowichan’s Sara Goodman keeps the ball away from Frances Kelsey defenders during the final game of the John Ferreira Memorial Tournament at the Cowichan Sportsplex last Sunday. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]
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The Cowichan Piggies sal-vaged a 25-25 tie with the Port Alberni Black Sheep, but they weren’t exactly pleased with the result despite drawing even with the defending Vancouver Island Rugby Union First Divi-sion champions.
“It was a very winnable game,” Cowichan head coach Gord McGeachy said. “We did enough to put ourselves in a position to win the game. But we left at least three tries on the field by not finishing when we had opportunities to.
“Taking the whole game into context, we played well and should have won the game, so not winning was disappoint-ing. Having said that, we have started to improve after the first three games. We’ve made up some good ground on where we left off last year.”
The Black Sheep scored the opening try against the flow of the game, about 15 minutes in, picking off a Cowichan pass and running the ball about 70 metres to score. Cowichan continued to pressure, and it wasn’t long before Mike Rea scored to tie the game at 5-5. Ten minutes after that, Ryan Spooner scored to give the Pig-gies a 10-5 edge.
Not long after that, Alberni kicked a penalty to make it 10-8, but Kyle Joe scored in the corner around the 35-minute mark to put the Piggies up 15-8. Alberni scored just as the first half expired and converted the try to make it 15-15.
“We had played very well [in the first half],” McGeachy said. “We had the better part of the territory and possession. We had a couple of lapses on defence that let them score a couple of soft tries.”
The Piggies started the sec-ond half well, and Lucas Quast scored about five minutes in to make it 20-15. Port Alberni managed to tie the score, then pull ahead 25-20.
Cowichan’s Peter Budina evened things up once again with about five minutes left, but the Piggies missed the convert, which would have put them up by two points. They also missed a penalty kick for three points in the last five minutes.
The Piggies’ standouts in the contest included veteran Dan
James in the forward pack, and Cowichan Secondary Grade 12 player Kyle Joe, who played in the backs and forwards.
“He started the game on the wing and finished the game at flanker,” McGeachy said. “He played a tremendous game for a 17-year-old kid.”
Following the match, both teams adjourned to the Red Arrow brewery to celebrated the launch of Piggy Pale Ale, some of the proceeds of which will go to support the rugby club.
The Piggies will battle the Hornets in Nanaimo this Saturday.
“Until we see what they have, it’s hard to predict at this stage,” McGeachy said. “As always, we expect a pretty tough battle up there.”
KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN
The U15 Mid Island Lightning split their first two games of the Vancouver Island Field Lacrosse season at the Cowichan Sportsplex last weekend.
The Lightning got off to a rough start on Saturday as they fell 19-6 against the Pacific Rim tier 1 team despite a fierce effort.
Hunter Hieta led the attack with three goals, while Brody Black, Jack Sanderson and Gavin Spencer
had one apiece.The Lightning more than made
up for Saturday’s defeat when they disposed of the Nanaimo Raiders 11-2 on Sunday. Mid Island allowed two goals in the first period, but shut down the Nanaimo offence for the rest of the contest.
Spencer, Sam Baxter, Caleb Nord-strom and Dawson Webb each scored twice, while Hieta, Denton MacDonald and Nolan Thibodeau had singles. Hieta, Baxter, Black and Jazzy Shafi added assists.
Team captain Sherry Spence scored the lone try as Cowichan’s senior women’s rugby team lost 48-5 to Castaway Wanderers in Vancouver Island regional play last Saturday.
“Unfor tunately, with play-ers missing from our roster, we
couldn’t come out with the win,” Spence said. “CW had a young, fast team that scored on the wings.”
Spence and scrum-half Jenna Bugden shared Player of the Game honours, as selected by the Cast-aways players.
This weekend, Cowichan travels to Nanaimo to face the Hornets, who have started the year with two consecutive defeats.
U15 Lightning start with a splitMid Island’s Gavin Spencer attacks the Nanaimo net. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]
Cowichan women’s rugby team falls to Castaways
Piggies settle for draw with defending Island champions
Kyle Joe scores Cowichan’s second try against Alberni last Saturday. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]
The Cowichan Val-ley’s very own Matt Evans scored in the 44th minute to give Canada their first lead of the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England and Wales, but the lead didn’t stand up as the Canadians fell 23-18 to Italy in Cardiff last Saturday.
Including a loss to Ireland the previous we e ke n d , C a n a d a went into Thursday’s match with France at 0-2. Canada’s last game in pool play is scheduled for Sunday, O c t . 6 , a g a i n s t Romania.
Evans is one of five f o r m e r C ow i c h a n Piggies on the squad, along with Aaron Carpenter, Djustice Sears -Duru, Doug Wooldridge and Brett Beukeboom.
Matt Evans scores for Canada at RWC
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The Cowichan Lawn Bowling Club’s Thursday evening pairs league wrapped up the season with semifinals and finals on Sept. 18.
In the first semifinal, the team of Jim Irvine and Tom Clark got past Maria Ridewood and Mari-lyn Boechler, while the other semi saw Bill Cleary and Judith Bulley edge out Marvin Thor-geirson and Joan Wilson.
Cleary and Bulley then topped the Irvine and Clark duo in a very close final. Pat Unger pre-sented the championship trophy to the winning team.
Some of the same bowlers also took part in the Invitation Pairs Tournament on Sept. 13. Using the Australian pairs format, the men’s and women’s teams each played several games in their own divisions, with the top women’s team — Ridewood and Phyl Ingram — taking on the winning men’s duo of Cleary and Tom Slemko. Cleary and Slemko prevailed in the final game.
The Closing Jitney, the final event of the lawn bowling sea-son, was played on Sept. 27, with bowlers dressed in traditional black mourning garb to mark their dismay at the end of the year.
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The Cowichan Bulldogs had trouble containing the Richmond Raiders in last weekend’s bantam football clash at McAdam Park, and the Raiders left town with a 41-2 victory.
“Richmond just came in and played a little more aggressive-ly,” Cowichan head coach Mike Williams said. “They had a big, strong running back, and defen-sively, we struggled early getting to the team tackle.”
The Bulldogs are now 0-3, but Williams likes what he has seen from game to game.
“There’s been improvement week over week,” he said. “Hope-fully it won’t be a year-long pro-cess to get better.”
Kilion VennRyan had a strong outing on both sides of the ball, picking up an interception on defence and a 30-yard pass recep-tion on offence. Quarterback Car-son Maertz also had a good game.
“He threw the ball well,” Wil-liams said. “We just have to work on better routes.”
The bantam Bulldogs have a bye this week, and will prepare for a road trip to Vancouver the following weekend.
“We’ll be working on being more disciplined and running better pass routes,” the coach said. “We’re playing with more heart than we did in week one, so there’s progress.”
The midget Cowichan Timber-men also lost last weekend, falling 42-0 on the road against Chilliwack. The game was played on Saturday, which caused prob-lems for the T-Men from the outset as seven players and two assistant coaches were unable to make the trip for work reasons.
“The entire linebacker corps and ful lbacks were out ,” coach Opie Williams said. “And we lost two players with minor injuries during the game. It was just one of those days. It was a short bench and had play-ers in positions that they had
never played before.”Chilliwack set the tone early,
returning the opening kickoff for a touchdown.
“We were able to move the ball at times, but the short bench and the lack of conditioning showed,” Williams said. “The boys realized the importance of practice attendance to improve ourselves.”
The T-Men have added three new signings to their roster and should have everyone in uniform this Sunday as they open a three-game home-stand against the Comox Raiders at 1:30 p.m.
Double defeats for ’Dogs and T-Men
Cowichan bantam Boston Hardy runs the ball up the middle against Richmond. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]
Pairs league wraps up bowling season
Pat Unger presents the CLBC pairs league trophy to winners Judith Bulley and Bill Cleary. [SUBMITTED]
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All in means price inclusive of ALL fees including doc, destination, PDI, admin, etc. ONLY added charge may be taxes. Vehicles available at the time of print and vehicles may not be exactly as shown. 15143A, 15215A, P3460, 15221A, PF3432A, 15325A, 15111A Example Stk#15226A Based on 4.99% for 72 months cost of borrowing $2004.96.
2012FORD F150
$32,8872011
GMC SIERRA 1500
$24,990
$32,8872003
TOYOTA COROLLA
$9,480
2014CHEVY CRUZE
$14,388STK# 15269A STK# 15389A
STK# 15466BSTK# 15480A
2014FORD FOCUS
$19,388
FORD FOCUS
$19388STK# 15280B
2011FORD FIESTA
$13,498STK# 15423A
2013FORD EDGE SEL
$25,388STK# P3473
7050701All in means price inclusive of ALL fees including doc, destination, PDI, admin, etc. ONLY added charge may be taxes. Vehicles available at the time of print and vehicles may not be exactly as shown. 16030, 16003,
15445, 15395 are all based on 96 months OAC � nancing. Example Stk#16030 Based on 3.99% for 96 months cost of borrowing $4858.88. OAC � nancing.
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2013FORD FOCUS
$14,489STK# 15421B
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Disclaimer: All vehicle payments based on 72mths 4.99% oac plus taxes example 15421B cost of borrowing$ 2343.22
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2013 MAZDA 3GS SKY
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2012 DODGE JOURNEY SE LOW KMS, PUSH BUTTON START,
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