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‘We’re not going to take this garbage’ Counterpetition: CVRD promises savings, opponents say plan is undemocratic, anti-business Peter W. Rusland
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Sandy Clements commands her special skill dog, Odell, to push the button to activate the automatic door for access to the Island Savings Centre’s library on Wednesday.
Woman’s best friend opening doors in Cowichan Paws with a cause: Odell the special skills dog making the simple things in life much easier for disabled Cowichan woman Don Bodger
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oggone it, Odell the special skills dog is handy to have around. The 2 1/2-year-old purebred black Lab can help with the laundry, grocery shopping and many other chores. She’s a godsend for owner Sandy Clements. “She is my ¿rst one,’’ said Clements, 52. “She has been a blessing for me.’’ Clements was hit by a truck a decade ago while crossing Canada Avenue between the train station and the Bank of
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Club, Clements Àew to Ontario with a girlfriend in July of last year and spent three weeks at a facility in Oakville where the dogs are trained. “They have ¿ve different dogs they train,’’ explained Clements. Others are assigned to people who are visually-impaired, for seizure response, hearing impairments and autistic situations. “We stayed in-house and I learned how to work my new service dog,’’ said Clements. She’s now had Odell for 16 months. The dog goes around town with Clements, opening doors at the Island Savings Centre with the push of a button and
gladly lending a paw getting groceries. “She can get stuff off the shelf for me,’’ said Clements, who travels by public transit with Odell along for the ride at her side. At home, “she opens up all my cupboards and doors for me and helps with my laundry. “I’ve trained her to do a couple of other things, too. She helps me get my socks off. She can help tug my pants down when I have to and she’ll retrieve my slippers and my shoes.’’ Clements is just so thankful to have Odell in her life. more on page 6
ome Cowichan taxpayers are crying foul about the region’s proposed $1.8-million trash-andrecycling plan. William Dumont of Shawnigan Lake and others are upset they have until 4:30 p.m. Nov. 26 to gather at least 2,550 signatures on forms objecting to the Cowichan Valley Regional District’s tote-and-truck plan, for a June start. Under a formal alternative approval process, those names represent 10% of 25,500 electors in regional areas. Dumont called the AAP a “negative billing option,” allowing the CVRD to spend up to $20 million during the next 15 years by eliminating private haulers, and taking over the garbage and recycling collection business. His math totaling $20 million comes from a 10-year trash plan to 2022, costing $13.6 million with fees from 12,000 homes. Add $7 million for the next ¿ve years to cover repairs, replacements plus some fee hikes. more on page 6
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That hour of sleep you lost in early March will be regained this weekend. Pacific Daylight Savings Time officially ends at 2 a.m. Sunday. Valley residents are reminded to turn their clocks back one hour before going to bed Satur-
day night so when you wake up Sunday morning you won’t be in the dark about what time it is. There will be a noticeable difference in the amount of daylight in the morning for the first little while. Conversely, sunset time will rapidly move
immediately inside of 5 p.m. so darkness will fall rather quickly after 5. The days keep getting shorter until the winter solstice on Dec. 21 and then start going back the other way.
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Status seeker Cowichan Native? light complexion veils First Nations’ heritage, but official status eludes her
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Colwood senior’s skin colour complicates her life in an unconventional way. Ann Studley has a light complexion which veils her First Nations’ heritage. “My mother was dark-skinned,” said the 81-year-old woman. Being raised in a bi-racial household wasn’t as common when Studley was growing up. Her father was Caucasian and her mother from a Cowichan First Nation. During most of her childhood, Studley didn’t realize it was different to have a brown mother. She spent her early years living in a logging camp near Rounds, B.C. Her family left the camp when she was 12 years old. “I didn’t know my mother was different until we moved to Duncan,” Studley revealed. “Then everyone told me my mother was different. “For a while I was shameful of my mother. Now I am so ashamed of that. I can’t even imagine the knocks that she took.” When the family moved into the city, because of who their mother was, Studley and her siblings were treated poorly by some people, including neighbours and other chil-
Reporter’s note: Ann Studley contacted me after reading a First Nations series in the Gazette. She explained her story and asked if I could type up a letter for her to send to the Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC). I realized we had a connection. At four days old I was adopted by a non-Native family. The parents who adopted me were told I was a First Nations child. At age 20, I set out on a journey to find my heritage and to obtain a status card. After five years dealing with ministries, adoption agencies and the AANDC, back then known as Indian Affairs, I was told I my biological mother was Swedish and there was no
dren. They were called names and taunted. One night Studley recalls a man knocking on the door of her family’s home and pouring a bucket of soapy water on her little sister. For many years Studley has been on a quest alongside some of her siblings to become registered band members with Native status. The search began with her late brother, and since his passing Studley and other family decided to see it through. Even though Studley knows the area her mother is from, she cannot be a registered band member unless she has a status card. Status cards are issued through Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC), formerly known as Indian Affairs. The situation gets tricky because Studley’s mother, Dorothy Alexandra Pappenberger, was born in 1913. Status numbers were not issued until 1920. Pappenberger was half Native herself, with an Aboriginal mother and a German father. Until 1985, First Nations women who married white men lost entitlement to status, as did their children. It’s unclear whether Studley’s rejection by the AANDC is due to the fact Pappenberger was never registered as a status Indian or denied due to her white father or white husband. Up until 1985 non-Native women who married First Nations men, were granted status. Pappenberger’s grandmother was forced to live at a residential school on Kuper Island (now called Penelakut), and this past July,
record of my father’s identity or background. My letters from Indian Affairs are a carbon copy of the letters Studley received. Now, 10 years since I started searching, I am still clueless what First Nation I belong to. Like Studley, I feel the connection in my heart and for me that is enough. Even after I had my adoption records unsealed, information was minimal and it didn’t open any doors. I am shocked at Studley’s story, because she knows all of her relatives’ names and information. If Studley and I have this in common, it makes me wonder how many non-status First Nations people are being kept in the dark from the recognition we deserve.
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Frustrated Cowichan VIU support workers vote for strike mandate No action imminent: Pickets by 30 local CUPE workers could eventually close Cowichan’s VIU campus and others unless a deal is reached with province Peter W. Rusland
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nion support workers at VIU’s Cowichan campus would rather not strike and close the facility. But CUPE’s 30-some members here, and their peers at VIU’s other upisland campuses, voted an 86% strike mandate Monday and Tuesday after about two years of what they call frustrating talks with the province using VIU brass as middlemen. Local 1858 members include food services workers, clerical staff, facilities workers, and library staff. The problem, explained 1858 president Deborah Hopper, isn’t with VIU leaders, but ultimately with Victoria. “The Post-Secondary Employers’ Association sent all discussions back to local tables, but VIU doesn’t have authority to approve a proposal,” she said. “That rests with the PSEA, and they get their mandate from the province.” The catch-22 has seen talks reach back to when the 300-member local’s contract with PSEA lapsed
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“She’s actually very, very welltrained,’’ she said. “I’m so blessed to have her. She’s made my life so much easier and I can be independent.’’ And it’s comforting for Clements to know she will be able to get another dog someday, too, after Odell’s working days are done. “I was under the impression once I had a dog, she’ll work for approximately 10 years,’’ said Clements. “When she reaches that age, I can foster her out to a family and I can apply for a new dog.’’
He’s also worried about plans for video cameras on trucks to inspect what people dump in totes. “I ¿nd that extremely odious and offensive from a privacy point of view.” “They want to take it away from the private sector and give it to themselves.” Not true, said CVRD solid-waste superintendent Jason Adair. “Those contracts aren’t
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being cancelled, they’re expiring. Our position is to offer the lowest possible user fees and taxes to users. “The Municipal Financing Authority offers lower ¿nancing, and over 15 years it signi¿cantly reduces the budget,” he said of private deals typically over ¿ve to seven years. Two recent hauling bids came in high, Adair said, declining to name those ¿rms. Dumont disagreed with the AAP process for bor-
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The Council of the City of Duncan may proceed to renew the Business Improvement ‘Core’ Area unless a valid petition against the Bylaw is presented by 4:30 p.m. on December 3, 2012. Blank Petition forms and copies of relevant Bylaws and Legislation pertaining to this Notice are available: • At City Hall, 200 Craig Street, Duncan, BC from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday, from November 3, 2012 to December 3, 2012 excluding November 12 (statutory holiday). • By email to lynn@duncan.ca during of¿ce hours listed above. The following is a general description of the ¿ve-year Business Promotion Scheme to be undertaken by the Duncan BIA for the bene¿t of the above designated Business Improvement ‘Core’ Area: a) carrying out studies or making reports respecting one or more areas in the municipality where business or commerce is carried on, b) improving, beautifying or maintaining streets, sidewalks or municipally owned land, buildings or other structures in one or more business improvement areas, c) the removal of graf¿ti from buildings and other structures in one or more business improvement areas, d) conserving heritage property in one or more business improvement areas, and e) encouraging business in one or more business improvement areas; including but not limited to: • overseeing the improvement, beauti¿cation and maintenance in the area beyond that generally provided at the expense of the city; • promoting the area as a vibrant business, shopping and service area; • promoting community economic development within the member businesses and shopping area; • attracting people to the area by hosting successful events and activities; • supporting the membership community by providing diverse resources while promoting downtown business through progressive leadership.
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user fees will be cheaper for all residents; reductions will vary from $1 to $11. User fees in the past ¿ve years have increased by 40 to 60% for the manual collection. “The ¿nancing’s over 15 years through the Municipal Finance Authority, and interest rates will be more competitive than commercial sector borrowing (banks).” “The administration portion is $344,044 of a $1,107,464 proposed budget. This includes buildings and land, human resources, IT, corporate services, ¿nance, and wages outside of the operators wages.” Still, Dumont demanded a regional vote on the plan that will be approved if the counter-petition Àops. Adair said a referendum would cost up to $50,000; the AAP is staff and administration time costing up to $3,000. “We sent information cards to every resident affected, through the postal service, and did open houses in every electoral area on the AAP process.
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The annual cost of the Business Promotion Scheme service as outlined above, which shall be recovered from the owners of the lands located within the Business Improvement Area in each of the ¿ve years of the Business Promotion Scheme, is as follows: YEAR: 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 ANNUAL COST $91,000 $92,000 $94,000 $95,000 $97,500 For the purpose of recovering the monies granted to the Duncan BIA under the proposed Bylaw, in any year in which a grant is made to the Duncan BIA, there shall be levied and imposed in each year a property tax value on the land and improvements of all Taxable Class 6 Properties (Prescribed Classes of Property Regulation, B.C. Reg. 438/81) within the Business Improvement ‘Core’ Area a rate suf¿cient to raise the sum set out above for each year. The estimated costs per year per $100,000 of assessed value are:
Total Area Levy Per $100,000 of Assessment
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
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$92,000
$94,000
$95,000
$97,500
$357.01
$360.94
$368.78
$372.70
$382.51
AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE THAT the City may proceed with the adoption of “Business Improvement ‘Core’ Area Bylaw No. 3067” unless it receives a suf¿cient petition against the service within 30 days after the date of the second publication of this notice. A suf¿cient petition against the proposed renewal of the Business Improvement ‘Core’ Area must be properly signed by a majority of the owners representing at least 50% of the properties that would be subject to the local services tax, and the persons must be the owners of property that in total represent at least 50% of the assessed value of land and improvements that would be subject to the property value tax. Petitioners against the adoption of “Business Improvement ‘Core’ Area Bylaw No. 3067 must submit their signed petition to City Hall, 200 Craig Street, Duncan, BC V9L 1W3 no later than 4:30 p.m. on Monday, December 3, 2012. Questions pertaining to the Business Promotion Scheme or to the establishment of the Business Improvement ‘Core’ Area described herein should be directed to the Duncan Business Improvement Area Society (Duncan BIA), 203-111 Station Street, Duncan, BC V9L 1M8, Telephone: 250.715.1700. Dated at Duncan, BC this 16th day October 2012. Lynn Ketch, Director of Corporate Services 200 Craig Street, Duncan, BC V9L 1W3 Ph: 250.746.6126 or Fax: 250.746.6129
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Bid to keep Lake federally connected to Duncan optimistic Boundary change proposal: Local authorities are hopeful plea will not fall on deaf ears Tamu Miles
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ocal authorities are hopeful a cry to keep Cowichan Lake connected to Cowichan will not fall on deaf ears. The federal government held hearings on Oct. 16 and 17 in Nanaimo and Victoria to gather feedback on a proposed federal electoral boundary change that would see voters in Cowichan Lake absorbed into a Nanaimo-based riding. Concerns it should, instead, be included with the Duncan area were voiced multiple times. “I think there was 21 speakers or
something,” said Lake Cowichan Mayor Ross Forrest. “And they weren’t all on our area, but it was pretty unanimous. Everybody that did speak (said) that Lake Cowichan shouldn’t be in a riding with Nanaimo; we should be in with the rest of the Cowichan.” Cowichan Lake South Director Ian Morrison also spoke to the fact that the proposed boundaries would make access to constituency services dif¿cult. “Now that was a big deal. We’re used to our provincial representation in Duncan, we’re used to our federal representation in Duncan. If the proposed ridings were to go ahead then obviously a Nanaimo centred
riding is going to have a constituency of¿ce there,” said Morrison. “We would have to drive over an hour from our area mainly through another riding to get to constituency services in Nanaimo.” “I made a passionate argument about the Cowichan watershed and how the proposed boundaries have the potential of dividing the watershed into two separate federal ridings,” added Morrison. Forrest said he was con¿dent local concerns were heard. “There’s no guarantee that our (proposed boundaries) are going to get changed, but I think that by all the information that they’re hearing, and after listening to all that information, I’m con¿dent that they will. I think there were some strong enough points made.” While the Lake wants to hang with Duncan in Ottawa, Sooke is
nnot so sure. Sooke council hhas agreed to combat electoral bboundary changes that w would see Ross Forrest: Sooke bepretty unanimous come part of the proposed riding, labelled South CowichanJuan de Fuca Under the proposed changes, Sooke, Port Renfrew, Metchosin, and portions of Langford and Metchosin would join the Duncan and south Cowichan areas. “I think the Malahat should be used as a natural divider boundary, and I don’t support the change,” Sooke Councillor Kerrie Reay said.
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NOTICE OF INTENT TO AMEND ZONING BYLAW ZONING AMENDMENT BYLAW No. 3642 Applicable to Electoral Area E – Cowichan Station/ Sahtlam/Glenora As per Section 890(4) of the Local Government Act, the Cowichan Valley Regional District Board of Directors has reviewed the above noted bylaw and found it to be consistent with the policies of the Electoral Area E – Cowichan Station/Sahtlam/ Glenora Of¿cial Community Plan No. 1490, therefore, the Public Hearing has been waived and the Board has directed that this Public Notice occur in its place. NOTICE is hereby given that the CVRD Board of Directors will consider reading a third time and adopting the above noted Amendment Bylaw at the regular Board meeting of November 14, 2012. Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3642 proposes to amend CVRD Electoral Area E Zoning Bylaw No. 1840, by adding “funeral home” to the list of permitted uses in the Light Industrial (I-1) Zone, and by adding the following de¿nition:
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Friday, November 2, 2012
Careless drivers may be in for unwelcome surprise as ghost car creeps into south end Don Bodger
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ghost has been spotted in the south end of the valley, but it has nothing to do with Halloween. The Shawnigan Lake RCMP detachment recently out¿tted an unmarked, unassuming Chevrolet Impala with a new radar set and emergency lights for traf¿c enforcement, according to Sgt. Rob Webb.
He pointed out the detachment receives more complaints from the community about traf¿c concerns than anything else. “This will be used for some Malahat enforcement, targeted enforcement areas, etc.,’’ Webb added. The car is a ¿rst for the detachment. “By introducing this car through the media, we are hopeful this will bring awareness to this problem and drive home the importance of slowing down,’’ Webb pointed out. “The car will
still have an administrative use at times. However, this gives us another avenue to address this ongoing concern. “The majority of speeders we catch through enforcement and the tracking by our volunteer Speed Watch program show that this is a local issue in that many of us in the community are the guilty party, so to speak.’’ Shawnigan Lake RCMP wants to keep its visibility high with marked police units. The unmarked car will be utilized for special events, targeted
CITY OF DUNCAN NOTICE
WHEREAS the City of Duncan Council has been requested by the Duncan Business Improvement Area Society (Duncan BIA) to initiate the renewal of the ‘Business Improvement ‘Fringe’ Area’ within the City of Duncan to enable the Duncan BIA to conduct a ¿ve-year Business Promotion Scheme; TAKE NOTICE THAT the City of Duncan Council intends to initiate the renewal of Business Improvement ‘Fringe’ Area within downtown Duncan pursuant to the provisions of Section 215 of the Community Charter, subject to a petition against the initiative. The boundaries of the Business Improvement ‘Fringe’ Area to be established by “Business Improvement ‘Fringe’ Area Bylaw No. 3068” shall be comprised of those tracts of land shaded on the following map:
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Webb stressed drivers need to ensure vehicles are maintained for the road and driving conditions. Speeding is just one concern. Cell phone use while driving, and people who aren’t paying attention, are also commonplace. “Areas that continue to be a problem are the Malahat itself with aggressive driving,’’ noted Webb. “Mill Bay Road, Cobble Hill Road and both East and West Shawnigan Lake Road are noted for increased speeds and distracted driving.’’
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The Council of the City of Duncan may proceed to renew the Business Improvement ‘Fringe’ Area unless a valid petition against the Bylaw is presented by 4:30 p.m. on December 3, 2012. Blank Petition forms and copies of relevant Bylaws and Legislation pertaining to this Notice are available: • •
At City Hall, 200 Craig Street, Duncan, BC from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday, from November 3, 2012 to December 3, 2012 excluding November 12 (statutory holiday). By email to lynn@duncan.ca during of¿ce hours listed above.
The following is a general description of the ¿ve-year Business Promotion Scheme to be undertaken by the Duncan Business Improvement Area Society (Duncan BIA) for the bene¿t of the above designated Business Improvement ‘Fringe’ Area: a) b) c) d) e)
carrying out studies or making reports respecting one or more areas in the municipality where business or commerce is carried on, improving, beautifying or maintaining streets, sidewalks or municipally owned land, buildings or other structures in one or more business improvement areas, the removal of graf¿ti from buildings and other structures in one or more business improvement areas, conserving heritage property in one or more business improvement areas, and encouraging business in one or more business improvement areas; including but not limited to: • overseeing the improvement, beauti¿cation and maintenance in the area beyond that generally provided at the expense of the city; • promoting the area as a vibrant business, shopping and service area; • promoting community economic development within the member businesses and shopping area; • attracting people to the area by hosting successful events and activities; • supporting the membership community by providing diverse resources while promoting downtown business through progressive leadership.
The annual cost of the Business Promotion Scheme service as outlined above, which shall be recovered from the owners of the lands located within the Business Improvement Area in each of the ¿ve years of the Business Promotion Scheme, is as follows: YEAR: 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 ANNUAL COST $84,000 $88,000 $91,000 $95,000 $97,500 For the purpose of recovering the monies granted to the Duncan BIA under the proposed Bylaw, in any year in which a grant is made to the Duncan BIA, there shall be levied and imposed in each year a property value tax on the land and improvements of all Taxable Class 6 Properties (Prescribed Classes of Property Regulation, B.C. Reg. 438/81) within the Business Improvement ‘Fringe’ Area a rate suf¿cient to raise the sum set out above for each year. The estimated costs per year per $100,000 of assessed value are:
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
Total Area Levy
$84,000
$88,000
$91,000
$95,000
$97,500
Per $100,000 of Assessment
$238.42
$249.78
$258.29
$269.65
$276.74
AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE THAT the City may proceed with the adoption of “Business Improvement ‘Fringe’ Area Bylaw No. 3068” unless it receives a suf¿cient petition against the service within 30 days after the date of the second publication of this notice. A suf¿cient petition against the proposed renewal of the Business Improvement ‘Fringe’ Area must be properly signed by a majority of the owners representing at least 50% of the properties that would be subject to the local services tax, and the persons must be the owners of property that in total represent at least 50% of the assessed value of land and improvements that would be subject to the property value tax. Petitioners against the adoption of “Business Improvement ‘Fringe’ Area Bylaw No. 3068 must submit their signed petition to City Hall, 200 Craig Street, Duncan, BC V9L 1W3 no later than 4:30 p.m. on Monday, December 3, 2012. Questions pertaining to the Business Promotion Scheme or to the establishment of the Business Improvement ‘Fringe’ Area described herein should be directed to the Duncan BIA, 203-111 Station Street, Duncan, BC V9L 1M8, Telephone: 250.715.1700. Dated at Duncan, BC this 16th day October 2012. Lynn Ketch, Director of Corporate Services 200 Craig Street, Duncan, BC V9L 1W3 Ph: 250.746.6126 or Fax: 250.746.6129
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Sportsplex back to yearly CVRD grant request
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Rinse and repeat: User-based model to be considered for a permanent funding solution Don Bodger
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he Cowichan Valley Regional District has put funding for the Cowichan Sportsplex on the backburner again. The Chester¿eld Sports Society will have to wait until early in the new year to ¿nd out what direction the CVRD will take for 2013 and beyond in formulating a permanent funding solution. It was recommended Wednesday that a grantin-aid for $146,000 be referred for consultation as part of the 2013 budget deliberations in February. Shawnigan Lake Director Bruce Fraser preferred using the term referred for “consideration.’’ The yearly grants-in-aid have kept the Sportsplex going, but the Chester¿eld Sports Society has stressed the need for a better arrangement that doesn’t leave the organization hanging. The CVRD board recommended selecting a user-based model as a basis for establishing a function in 2013 to provide stable long-term funding for the Sportsplex, according to CVRD corporate secretary Joe Barry. Establishing a function in 2013 does not mean a corresponding increase in
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The CVRD request narrowly passed with six directors in opposition. “To be fair, I think the process is moving forward about as quickly as it can,’’ said McClintock.
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Our heritage is our business and no one else’s Ethnic classiÄcation: cultural heritage should be outside the power of the state to regulate
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ongtime News Leader Pictorial editor John McKinley has never been to Scotland. It has been more than 150 years since a member of his family has lived anywhere near a moor, or the Highlands. He’s never sampled haggis, nor worn a kilt, and he chalks his dad’s bagpipe-playing habit to one of the old man’s personal idiosyncracies. But by virtue of his last name, the colour of his skin and the cultural mores of this country, no one would ever question his Scottish heritage. Eliminate all For Ann Studley, it is a much different story. Studley’s mother was half-Gerformalized man, half-Cowichan. Her grandmother ethnic regiswas Cowichan. But because she is fair-skinned and betration cause the cultural mores of this country include a political and legal mine¿eld when it comes to First Nations’ heritage, her heritage is not only questioned, it is rejected outright, by no less an authority than our federal government. It’s a power our federal government should never have, and a classi¿cation that should legally cease to exist. Ultimately, one’s heritage should be something personal to one’s self. Ultimately, people should have a right to learn where they come from and use that information as they see ¿t. Ultimately, who she is and where she came from is Studley’s business and no one else’s. On a legal and political level, it should have no relevance at all. Letting the state decide only succeeds in marginalizing people and creating division. Unfortunately, Canada is guilty of perpetuating humanity’s long and painful history of dividing and categorizing based on ethnic lines. Eliminate the Indian Act. Give people the power to determine who and what they are on their own, not because of a label forced on them by some bureaucratic decree.
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Seeing both sides of: paying a mural Äne to charity The case against
The case for In all the controversy about Cyrus Genier’s “Community” mural, there seem to be a few people in and around Duncan who think we’d be better off with a plain grey wall. That’s way an offer to pay a “fine” to the Arts council seems like a fair way to solve this downtown tempest in a teapot. Art-lovers get the art, council sends a needed message, charity gets help. Everybody wins.
Nicolette Genier has offered to pay a $500 “Äne” if council backs down on an order to remove an illegal mural.
Everybody does not win with this pay-for-spray proposal. It’s the lawbreakers who win. They get what they want and Duncan council reinforces the message that it is easier to beg forgiveness than it is to ask permission. The city needs a measure of control over the face it presents to the world and to deter further acts like this, it can’t do anything but scrub the mural.
It’s time to start running ferries like a business Tom Fletcher Black Press
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t was a sunny Thanksgiving weekend when I took my ¿rst all-transit trip from Victoria to Vancouver for a B.C. Lions football game. Despite all the doomsaying about people shunning ferries because of some media-determined “tipping point” in fares, you wouldn’t have guessed it that weekend. Articulated buses were jammed coming and going from the Tsawwassen terminal to the Canada Line. Returning to Vancouver Island on Sunday, I was struck by the crowds, and the low cost: SkyTrain, express bus, walk-on passenger fare and express bus to Victoria totalled about $20. This explains the surge in walk-on traf¿c. BC Ferries issued bulletins advising ¿rst that Tsawwassen’s parking lot and then Swartz Bay’s were full. The Tsawwassen First Nation’s shuttle parking next door was overÀowing, with cars tucked into every level space. And even with
hourly sailings, the major route had plenty of vehicle traf¿c, with all available vessels running. Now the long, late summer is gone, and the political theatre resumes. Transportation Minister Mary Polak picked up where retiring Blair Lekstrom left off, reminding people BC Ferries is going to deal with rising costs primarily by ceasing the practice of running vessels a third full or less. This comes as “consultation” begins with smaller ferry communities on how sailings will be cut. And it follows the ¿rst major price-cap decision by the newly empowered B.C. Ferry Commissioner, Gord Macatee. He now can determine service levels as well as fares, which are permitted to rise about four per cent in each of the next three years. Before NDP’s ferry critic Garry Coons sails away into retirement, he has doubled his repertoire of outraged sound bites to two. Along with every coffee-shop know-it-all on the coast, Coons perpetually reminds us ferries are “part of our highway system.” He remains convinced this ¿nancially illiterate cliché
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somehow deals with the fact that even a subsidy approaching $200 million this year can’t keep all those boats aÀoat forever. A family of four on a long driving trip faces similar price increases, when you factor in tolls, insurance, food and other costs beyond the fuel tank. But for some reason the “government” is supposed to provide special relief to those who choose the most inaccessible places to live. Coons’ latest tack is that BC Ferries has lost its way, trying to be a fancy cruise ship service instead of giving people basic transportation at an affordable price. That would be terrible if it were true. But those amenities on newer vessels are there because they make money, utilizing staff who have to be on board anyway. As everyone but the NDP seems to grasp, the big costs are fuel, maintenance, and minimum crew levels to meet federal regulations, regardless of passenger revenue. I was reminded on the last busy weekend of the year that the new Coastal-class ferries kept vehicle
capacity the same while increasing passenger space. This choice anticipated today’s travel reality nearly a decade ago. Good thing somebody was able to understand ferries as a business, as opposed to a welfare program for the reclusive and the rich. BC Ferries has already cut sailings on the Tsawwassen-Duke Point route. As described in an earlier column, this needlessly long run is the biggest boondoggle in BC Ferries history, a Dave Barrett-era payoff to the union that continues today. Changes will now come to other routes that minimize shifts and overtime, rather than inÀating them. Tom Fletcher is the legislative reporter for Black Press. Reach him at tÀetcher@blackpress.ca.
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Is the worst over for Catalyst’s Crofton pulp-and-paper mill? “It’s based on a natural resource, and (markets) can change in a minute’s notice, depending on the global economy.”
Lynn Mellemstrand, Cobble Hill
“I sure hope so. It’s never 100% because you never really know what the people in power have in mind. The consequences are on the workers and their families.”
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Rail users railroaded, while drivers get a free ride?
Dear editor For all you saying the E&N line needs to be pro¿table and “get the invested money back,” why don’t you ask the same question about roads? We spend billions on roads to move freight and people — taxpayer money that is never recovered and never reÀected in prices (i.e., a subsidy to business). So why the different standard for environmentally-preferable rail? If our government is going to invest in transportation infrastructure, they should choose the most cost-effective system (including environmental costs). Maybe we should subsidize rail transport and charge a pro¿t on roads. Rick Juliusson
In my opinion: Government needs to step up and fix this
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n light of the recent collision which left three dead and several in hospital, I hear a lot of people remarking about “that horrible accident.” This collision was no accident; the term acCowichan Station cident implies there is no one to blame. Yes, some blame lies upon the drivers, but the greater fault and guilt lies upon the B.C government —namely, Yes, our farmers need our help, but the transportation board of B.C. killing is not the answer The Malahat Highway started as a two-lane Dear editor road winding through the mountains. This was Let’s kill off the small Roosevelt Elk herd in pretty much the only planning they did with Cobble Hill because it is a nuisance to the dairy Peter W. Rusland regard to the big picture of the road. Here and farmers, breaking their fences. Let’s kill all the Jen Harvey and Margaret McCullough give two Äns up to an Oct. 15 plea to Duncan council, by Vancouver Animal there they would widen sections of the road to deer because they eat our Àowers and nibble Defense League’s Anthony Marr, to ban shark-Än soup and shark products from the city. Council’s ruling is due three lanes, put warning signs about the speed on the fruit trees and might on occasion chase this month. limitations of certain corners, and otherwise ¿x someone. Let’s kill all the bunnies because they nitely, but obliterating a small herd of majestic small sections of the road. But it’s just a ¿ngering in areas that the elk could be encouraged too get at our Àowers. Let’s kill the black bears elk is not acceptable, regardless if they are not in-the-dike solution — a dike with millions of to return to. First Nations herders could also because they have been accustomed to feasting on the “endangered list.” They deserve to live holes and rotting planks. operate a hunting guide service as a further on our garbage and then wander through our For years the ministry of transportation has and they deserve our admiration. revenue source. yards. Let’s kill the cougars because they are a known this highway to be dangerous. Despite Catherine Armour Such ideas may just not work out but more dangerous and smart predator and have killed this, for budgetary reasons, the government has Cobble Hill out of the box thinking is required instead of beloved pets and sometimes an unfortunate the ongoing negligence. We may need a change not addressed the issues. Absolutely, there is person. Let’s kill the Canada geese because of government before anything could be done. need for barriers between the northbound and they poop on the beaches and hang out in farm- Provincial policies responsible for southbound lanes of the Malahat. As well as Dee Shoolingin ers’ ¿elds eating grain. Let’s kill every wild this, there needs to be proper drainage and rest Duncan our elk problem animal, as they interfere with our relentless stops on this road. Dear editor progression into their territory. At this rate there Poor irrigation, high speeds, and a lack of barI am sympathetic to the farmers and the elk. Boundary changes would leave will not be any wildlife left for our children and The old custom of shooting injured horses riers between oncoming lanes that creates this grandchildren to experience. ticking time bomb of danger. Lake Cowichan on the sidelines came to mind. It made me think that was what There is elk fencing out there that can be used the B.C. government was doing. That is, shoot- Dear editor On Oct. 14, three women were killed and ¿ve — what is used in large game parks. Possibly people injured due to the B.C. government’s ing the farmers, with negligence. Fencing is too Regarding the proposed federal electoral the small herd can be relocated. Let us petition gross negligence. Two vehicles were totalled costly, a justi¿cation to do nothing perhaps, a boundary change: I spoke at the hearings in some aspect of the provincial or federal govvery liberal policy you see. Nanaimo. I offered general support for the pro- in this collision wherein one had crossed over ernment for assistance. Wake up people before Some time back a similar negligent ideology posed changes with the exception of Lake Co- the centre line in a non-median section of the it is too late and this herd of elk is decimated. Malahat. allowed massive clear-cutting, followed by wichan and the Cowichan Lake region. I said Don’t get me wrong, the farmers have a Because of this incident, the lives of ¿ve cutbacks in reforesting the elk-feeding grounds, that if these areas are included with Nanaimo tough go at surviving and farms are disappearor so it seems. Deliberate cutback policy or as a whole, it would be impossible for a single people will never be the same as they had been ing at an alarming rate on Vancouver Island just incompetent negligence? Who knows? MP to effectively advocate for its needs. I said prior to this incident. A six-year-old girl has seen and across Canada. There goes our food. So three people (who I can only assume were close Nevertheless, the elk that were happy to avoid the Lake Cowichan area would get lost in the whatever it takes to keep farmers in business human contact, were forced to move to where dust with all that is going on in Nanaimo. Even relations or family friends) die, as well as having but not at the expense of our wildlife. witnessed severe injuries sustained by a man she the land could sustain them. I feel sorry for though it does not serve my partisan interests, I empathize with the dairy farmers most de¿- any elk that have to thrive on a unnatural diet as the Conservative candidate of record, it was presumably also knows. This is a horri¿c sight no one should ever, ever have to see, let alone oof corn and apples. I hope none of it is GMO the right thing to do. someone so young. This incident will no doubt ccrops. Elk herds are becoming industrial in size John Koury, Duncan stay with and haunt her for the rest of her life. aand require attention. comments submitted at cowichannewsleader.com It weighs heavily upon me and I wasn’t even Perhaps we could ask our government to involved with this collision. d dial-a-Lap. Aboriginal Laps have been herd“Do you support Enbridge’s proposed Northern GateMore letters online How many precious human lives must be lost iing similar large wild stocks for a long time. way pipeline project?” before the B.C. government cleans up its act? P Perhaps some could be contracted to come You answered: (86 votes) Also, read fresh stories every day and share When will the dollars and cents cost to repair aand study our elk and see if training local 60 per cent NO this deadly road cease to outweigh the cost of F First Nations herders could provide a working your thoughts immediately through the comhuman lives lost and shattered on this expanse ssolution. There are jobs, traditional foods, and ments function. at cowichannewsleader.com To vote on the next Question of the Week, log onto the of pavement and asphalt? oother notions that could be incorporated in web poll at www.cowichannewsleader.com When will the government pluck its collecaan integrated plan. 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Students, government urged to ride the technology wave “British Columbia has a ready source of great jobs and careers in technology. Our education programs need to keep up with that demand.
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“We especially need to interest young students in science and how things work,” Leech says. “Young students use technology every day — smart phones, iPads and computers. They play video games, even build robots.” Leech lauds the recent Year of Science program that encouraged students toward so-called “STEM” subjects — science, technology, engineering and math. Citing the recent $6 million B.C. campaign to encourage careers in trades, Leech urges a similar effort to build awareness of engineering technology education and careers. BC Technology Industries Association employers like Telus and BC Hydro and many smaller technology-rich companies say the single most important position they now struggle to ¿ll is specialty technician/technologist. Even the Canadian Council of Chief Executives expressed concern that only 37 per cent of 16- to 18-year-olds were interested in taking even one post-secondary course in sciences, according to a recent Angus Reid survey. Leech says the opportunities for those seeking work in the technology ¿eld are considerable given a wave of retirements of present-generation B.C. technology professionals that is already underway. “Half of our membership is now middle-aged at 45-plus, and 22 per cent are over age 55!” he says. Some of those training to replace those jobs can be found close to home. In addition to the core sciences (Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics), Vancouver Island University offers a breadth of applied programs including Computing Science, Earth Sciences, Engineering, Forestry, Horticulture,
Vancouver Island University’s new Cowichan campus opened in 2011. Fisheries and Aquaculture, and Resource Management and Protection. “We are a teaching- and learning-centered institution. We pride ourselves on excellent student-faculty ratios, strong student mentorship, and lots of hands-on learning experiences, both in the lab and in the ¿eld,” Greg Crawford, dean of the faculty of science and technology says on the VIU website. Research facilities, including the Applied Environmental Research Laboratory, the Centre for Shell¿sh Research, the VIU Forest, the G.R. Paine Horticulture Training Centre, Milner
Gardens, and the new International Centre for Sturgeon Studies, as well as the equally new Deep Bay Marine Field Station. “In every program, students are engaged in “real-world” experiences through a variety of projects and research” Crawford adds. “Every region of B.C. shows growing demand,” Leech concludes. “New two-year technology diploma programs are still needed in the north and central B.C. However, young people are investing to travel so they can earn the necessary tech quali¿cations.” — Black Press
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1983: women
1983: concerts
DATELINE: COWICHAN
Cowichan United Way held OperaPops Night — an evening of dinner and light opera — to swell its coffers. This would be an alternative to a rock concert, explained United Way’s assistant campaign chairman Vera Wilson.
by Ann Andersen
Anne Thorpe wrote an historical pageant covering the achievement of women through the years. The Duncan Business and Professional Women’s Club presented the event at the Cowichan Community Centre.
1983: rugby
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Cowichan Rugby Club players Gary Dukelow and Pat Kyle returned from a ďŹ ve-game tour of England as members of Canada’s national rugby team. The team experienced two wins and three losses, including a defeat at the hands of England.
Area struggles with education cutbacks Dateline 1983: Teacher layoffs loom Ann Andersen
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The arts nominations are in by Cowichan Valley Potter Rosemary Danaher, while Wendy Bazinet won a watercolour by Maple Bay Painter Gwen Rawlins during the door-prize draw at the weekend’s big painters and potters’ art show at St. Peter’s church hall. • Local musical history repeats itself Nov. 11 in Maple Bay’s Brigantine Pub. That’s when local songwriter Monte Nordstrom and his Beaumonts band reunite for a night of rock ‘n’ roll reminiscent of The Beaumonts jam that was the island’s place to be for more than a decade on Sunday nights. The Brig gig also toasts local fan Larry McIntosh’s 60th birthday, and his retirement. The no-cover, guest-studded night rocks from 7 to 11 p.m. • David Gogo, a frequent
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Cowichan fretfriend, recently won the Western Canadian Music Awards blues recording of the year honour. It applauds the Nanaimo guitarist CD Soul Bender. Gogo’s win was announced in Regina. • A bunch of big, vibrant paintings by valley artist Soleil Mannion decorate downtown Duncan’s popular Old Firehouse Wine Bar. The proli¿c painter, who’s Brentwood College’s art teacher, captures subjects spanning poppies, and abstracts to stark landscapes. • Good things come in small packages during the Cowichan Valley Arts Council’s popular TeenyTiny Artworks show Nov. 8 to 27
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Blooming songwriter banging out a song a day Hannah Morten: Cowichan teen ready for her first headline show Peter W. Rusland
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music. “I try to make my songs really positive and uplifting — the idea of following my dreams and being who you want to be.” But love songs aren’t in her mix of 3 1/2-minute numbers. “I try not to write about love and heartbreak because I haven’t really experienced that for myself.” Her musical experience started with about ¿ve years of guitar lessons at Duncan Music. “I stopped taking guitar lessons, but now I take voice lessons with Cari Burdett at Lila Music Studio. “That’s helping me widen my range of standards. I’m learning jazz, classical standards, and some opera, to widen my genres.” Eric Morten Morten labelled her style pop-folk. Hannah Morten appears on CHFR Hornby Island com“I add jazz techniques too.” munity radio in August, 2012. Writing a song per day has blended into Morten’s daily routine. want to make albums and get signed, and kinda “A songs takes me up to an hour. I might become famous I guess.” start one in the morning and ¿nish it at night. It varies. Sometimes I get the chords down Your ticket and ¿nd some lyrics. I also write phases then What: Hannah Morten and Emily Patton ¿nd some chords to go with that, then continue When: Nov. 2, 7:30 p.m. with improv.” Where: Duncan Garage Showroom Recording her copious songsheet is next. Tickets: $10 advance, $12 door. Call 250“I hope to do that in the next year or two. I just 748-7246.
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One of New York’s finest is coming to south Cowichan. Elite jazz pianist Misha Piatigorsky, (left), brings his trio to Mill Bay, Nov. 9. The winner of the 2004 Thelonious Monk Composers Competition, Piatigorsky is described in his promotional material as “an innovative musician whose powerful melodies and harmonic sensitivity give his sound a deeply
personal yet cosmopolitan dimension, reflecting his experience as a Russian-Jewish émigré growing up in urban America – beautifully merging the worlds of serious jazz and pop.” He has toured the world and collaborated with musicians including Mark Murphy, Wynton Marsalis, Jon Hendricks, Joe Lovano, Michael Brecker and John Faddis.
Piatigorsky’s technique, charisma and electric energy have been described in the Jazz Review as combining “the chalice of modernism with the stew-pot of soul.” The music starts at Mill Bay’s Sylvan United Church (985 Shawnigan Mill Bay Rd) at 7: 30 p.m. Advance tickets are $15. Call 250-7434301 to reserve.
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Haunting Duncan during the Halloween season were (clockwise from top centre): Cody Lalonde, 10, portraying Beetlejuice and Dhana Krahn, 12, sporting a popcorn outÄt during the Downtown Duncan Spooktacular on Saturday, at Duncan city square; Matt Baird, 11, among the staff and family of Osborne Realty carving 50 pumpkins for display at the B.C. Forest Discovery Centre Halloween Train; Joe Barry gathering inspiration from the sports headlines for his costume; zombies lurching through the streets of downtown during the third-annual Community Option Society’s Zombie Walk on Friday; and Steve McCaffery and Curtis Frueh of Cowichan Bay Fire Rescue adding some bite to the JAWS of Life.
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Saturday Valley Seniors Craft Fair: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., 198 Government St. Duncan (next to the round building). To book a $15 table call 250-246-4746 or 250-7464433. VI Film and Entertainment Cooperative: Networking, brainstorming and planning workshop at Bay Film Studios in Maple Bay, 9 a.m to 4:30 p.m. Call 250743-6780 to RSVP. Cowichan Valley Capitals: versus Powell River, 7 p.m., Cowichan Arena, 2687 James St. Tickets $14, $12 students and seniors, $9 children. Kids five and under free. Call 250748-PLAY. Help Day: a mini workshop with hour sessions on topics of high interest to seniors. Cowichan Seniors Community Foundation 250-715-6481 or cscfoundation@shaw.ca. Bella Musica: Andrea Sicotte Rodall and Sharon Wishart performing for voice and piano, with guest artist Talietha Sangha at 7 pm at New Life Community Baptist Church, 1839 Tzouhalem Rd., Duncan. Renovation Blues Band: Chemainus’ monthly Clubhouse Partay. Great food and drinks menu. The Clubhouse at Mount Brenton Golf Club. 250-2464948 or clubhousepartay.com. Songwriters Open Mic: Arrive early to get on the play list. 7 p.m., Willow Street Café, 250246-2434 or willowstreetcafe. com.
Cowichan Hospice Society, at O.U.R. Ecovillage, registration recommended, 9:30 a.m to 3:30 p.m. Call 250-743-3067 for info.
Sunday The Hope King Hour: young singer/songwriter, 2 p.m. Duncan Garage Showroom, 330 Duncan St. Tickets are $12 advance, $15 door. Call 250-748-7246. Cowichan Valley Capitals: versus Coquitlam, 4 p.m., Cowichan Arena, 2687 James St. Tickets $14, $12 students
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Kayden Slee, 7, sizes up a pair of knitted gloves at the Cowichan District Hospital Auxiliary Harvest Bazaar Oct. 20 at St. Peter’s Parish Hall. Funds raised go to patient care and comfort at the Cowichan District Hospital and Cairnsmore Lodge.
Norman Foote & Big Voice: a Juno Award-winning musician and entertainer joins local students in a collaborative concert, 7 p.m., Cowichan Theatre, 2687 James St, Duncan, Tickets: $12.50, $46 family of four.
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It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Attilio Manzini, an amazing man who taught us all so much about the joy of living life to the fullest. An adventurous spirit, and traveller of the world Attilio departed the morning of October 26 on another great journey. He was a man of great will and battled courageously to the end. He will be deeply missed and forever loved. Born in Pulfero, Italy August 11 1945 to Giovanni and Pierina Manzini he is survived by his daughter and caregiver Marisa (Rob), daughter Julia, grand daughter Hailee, brother Joe (Roberta), sister Vilma, nieces Dilva, Luisa, Lisa, nephew Bennet and many relatives throughout Europe. Thank you to all of Attilio's closest friends and loved ones: Wendy, Joe, Roberta, Aloha, Helen, Jim, Holly, Mariah, John, Karen and Judy. You brought him strength and peace of mind when he needed it most. There will be a celebration of Attilio's life Sunday, November 25 from 1 - 3 at the Cavallotti Lodge 2060 East Wellington road in Nanaimo. In lieu of owers we ask that you donate to the Red Cross as they provided us everything we needed to keep Dad at home and comfortable through his illness.
SIDOROFF, Michael On October 27 2012 Michael(Mickey) passed away peacefully with his family by his side. As Michael told his grandson the day before, he knew the time was coming that he would have his long sleep. Michael never doubted his Heavenly Father would keep him safe in his memory and that he would wake up again. Mickey will be fondly remembered as an amazing father, grandparent, brother and friend. Michael’s sense of humor, kind nature, and appreciativeness was admired by all that knew him. Born in Siberia November 21, 1919 he immigrated with his family to Canada in the 1920s settling in Hines Creek Alberta. He met and married his wife Sylvia December 24, 1941. They had two children Louise and Leonard. Moving to the Cowichan Valley after the war he became head sawyer at the Honeymoon Bay sawmill up until it’s closing. While there he was known for his hard work and high productivity. It was Michael’s faith that truly deďŹ ned him. On November 15th 1953 he was baptized as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. It was as a Christian minister that he devoted the remainder of his life. Even through the most trying of circumstances like the death of his wife Sylvia and his son Leonard, Michael continued to search for ways to help those around him. Michael’s family would like to thank the many friends that visited him after he entered into full care. He truly cherished those times and you helped him to cope with his declining health. We would also like to express our thanks to his many caregivers, and especially the staff at Cairnsmore who truly cared for the whole person. Thank you for recognizing what a special person he was and being so kind. Michael was predeceased by his wife Sylvia, son Leonard (Carol), brother Syd (Alberta), sisters Mary (Ross) and Rhena (Harold). Michael is survived by his daughter Louise(Richard), grandchildren Julia, Tawnya (Tom), Serena (Cylus), Tymon (Sarah), Rob (Lisa), Rod (Monica), Darren (Andrea), great grandchildren Mason, Molly and Elena. He is also survived by siblings Anne (Glenn), Jesse (Leslie), Polly (Donald), Thomas (Jean), Nadia (John), Victor (Dorothy). A memorial service will be held at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, 1071 Trans Canada Ave, Duncan BC November 3rd 2012 at 2pm. FIRST MEMORIAL FUNERAL SERVICES
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LYTTLE, Ann Marie Sept. 12, 1926 - Oct. 30, 2012 It is with great sadness that we have to announce the passing of Ann Marie Lyttle, daughter of Rose and Dmetro Andony, late of Edmonton, Alberta. Predeceased by her husband Roy W. Lyttle and her brothers Larry Andony and David Andony. Ann is survived by her sister Marie Koster, her brother George Andony, many nieces and nephews and her cherished Lynnae Koster. Ann leaves behind her beloved son Randy Lee Lyttle and daughter-in-law Delta McDonell. Thank you to VIHA home care nursing and support workers for their assistance in caring for my mother. Randy and Delta will host an open house at their home, in Ann’s honour on Sunday, November 4, 2012 from 1 to 4 pm. Never was there a kinder more gentle spirit than my mother. She will be greatly missed.
GRAY, Lila Hazel Lila was born in Big Valley, AB on March 15, 1924 and grew up around Lousana, Trenville and Nevis, Alberta. Lila was 17 when her family moved to the Bowness area of Calgary where she met Jack Gray. They married after Jack returned from the Second World War. Lila and Jack moved to the Montgomery area in Calgary where they raised their 6 children Dixie, Zane, Zeetta, Jesse, Jacquilne, and Tamie. In 1968 Lila and Jack moved to Vancouver Island where Lila remained after Jack passed away in 1991. In 1999 Lila returned to Alberta and has resided here since. Lila passed away peacefully in Stettler, Alberta on October 7, 2012 around 5 pm. and is survived by her six children,nine grand-children, twelve great-children and two great-great-grandchildren. Lila will be deeply missed and always loved beyond words by each and every one of us.
KERBER, Hulda Feb. 4, 1918 – Oct. 23, 2012 With saddened hearts we announce the passing of our mother and Oma. Mom was born in Poland and immigrated to Canada with her husband and young daughter in 1949. Dad always wanted to farm, so after settling in Duncan they bought the farm on Mount Sicker Road in 1962. Together they farmed tirelessly for over 40 years and Mom remained on the farm until her very last day. Always a strong believer in hard work, in addition to delivering calves in the wee hours of the morning, gardening, preserving and pickling, making apple juice, sauerkraut and even wine, Mom never let anyone cross her doorstep without at least insisting on serving coffee and apple pie, if not a full course meal. Predeceased by her husband Waldemar and son-inlaw Donnell, both in 2009, she leaves behind her girls, Margret and Anita, and three grandsons with their families: Greg (Misu) and granddaughters Mazy and Ember; Rob (Tracy) and granddaughters Torin and Leighton; and Marty (Maureen) and grandchildren Cylas, Toby, GrifďŹ n and Bailey. There are also many nieces and nephews (in Canada and Germany), and friends and neighbours to remember her and celebrate her long life. She was the last and oldest surviving sibling from a family of eight. Her last remaining brother, Gus Konn, passed away in 2008. The family thanks all the caring people who looked after Mom at Cowichan District Hospital, Cairnsmore Place and in her home. A Funeral Service will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church, 2704 James Street, on November 3, 2012 at 11:00 am. Interment is to follow at Mountain View Cemetery. The family invites everyone to the reception in the church hall following the service. In lieu of owers, donations may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation or a charity of choice. FIRST MEMORIAL FUNERAL SERVICES
250-748-2134
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DEATHS VAN DEN HEUVEL, Johannes Stephanus
The family wishes to announce the tragic passing of Hans on October 21, 2012. Born in Oss, Netherlands on February 7, 1956. Predeceased by his father Leonardus. Lovingly remembered by his family: wife Jean and her children Andrew, Erin and Matthew; mother Wilhelmina; siblings Yvonne, twin brother Leo, Rob and his wife Marie-Claire and their family; Jean’s parents Stan and Mary Oakes as well as numerous other family and his friends from the Royal Canadian Legion in Lake Cowichan and from the Duncan Dart League. A Celebration of Han’s life will be celebrated in the Centennial Hall, 309 South Shore Road in Lake Cowichan on Saturday November 10, 2012 from 1 to 4 pm. Reverend Vikki Marrs ofďŹ ciating. Flowers gratefully declined. If so desired, memorial remembrances may be made in the form of a donation to the Charity of ones choice. Online condolences may be offered at www.hwwallacecbc.com
H.W. Wallace 251 Jubilee St. 250-701-0001 EVANS, Lyn (Taffy) 74, of Crofton BC, marched home on October 25, 2012. He was born in Drumheller, Alberta on April 22, 1938 and will be missed by his beloved wife Sylvia of 48 years. He served in the Military for 13 years with many tours overseas. He was an avid reader, a fantastic dancer and loved ballroom dancing, enjoyed all aspects of model airplanes, playing music, and would have ďŹ shed 24/7. His favorite day of the week was Wednesday, “pasta nightâ€? which he loved as all the family who could, would attend. He was a loner and quiet in many ways but, was dedicated to his family ďŹ rst and foremost. Lyn is survived by his wife Sylvia, his son Thomas, his 4 daughters Amber, Cary, Patricia and Rhonda, 11 Grandchildren, 5 Great Grandchildren and one brother David Evans and many other family and friends. The family of Lyn Evans wishes to extend many thanks to a caring efďŹ cient Community Home Care and Nursing unit which gave him exceptional and compassionate care. We would also like to give a heartfelt thank you to the First Responders who were ďŹ rst on the scene when they were needed on numerous occasions. We would like to thank Terrie Pickering from First Memorial Funeral Home in Duncan, BC for her efďŹ cient and compassionate help with making our family arrangements. A celebration of Lyns’ life will be held at Crofton Senior Society Hall located at 1507 Joan Avenue, Crofton, BC, on November 3, 2012 between the hours of 1:00pm and 4:00pm. Interment will follow in May of 2013 at Queens Park Cemetery in Calgary, Alberta. In lieu of owers, Lyn’s request was for donations to be made to the diabetes society or the Heart and Stroke foundation. FIRST MEMORIAL FUNERAL SERVICES
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www.mem.com Condolences may be shared online at: www.dignitymemorial.com
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MEDFORD SINGERS requires Singers, especially Tenors, Baritones, Basses. Director; Simon Leung. Rehearsals Wednesdays: 7:00-9:00 pm, Duncan United Church. Contact 250-746-5552
LOST LARGE black dog, with large lump on chest, answers to Snoopy on Spuceton Rd, Oct 30. If found please call (250)619-2688.
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CHRISTMAS CHAOS Duncan’s GIANT Arts & Crafts Fair Thurs. Nov 8th* & Fri. Nov 9th* 12 pm to 8 pm Sat. Nov 10 & Sun. Nov 11 10 am – 5 pm
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Island Savings Centre
MILROY, Alan Hugh
For those who love, time is not.... Missing you today and always.
With deep sadness we announce that Alan passed away on October 22, 2012 in Vancouver. He was born October 14, 1958 in Ely, Isle of Ely, UK. Alan is predeceased by his mother, Marjorie and his elder brother, Ian; he is survived by his loving father, Roderick, and his younger brother, Bruce. A memorial service will be held in Vancouver, and a private burial will take place in Ladysmith. If so desired, memorial donations can be made to the Canadian Cancer Society.
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COMING EVENTS Cowichan Valley Trap & Skeet 4505 Old Lake Cowichan Rd past Satlam Fire Hall, Approx. 1/2 mile on right. Will have Prize Shoots on Nov 4 & 11. 10:00 am to dark. Everyone welcome!
CRAFT FAIRS CHEMAINUS FIRE DEPT. Annual Christmas Craft Fair. Sat., Nov. 24. from 10-3. 9901 Chemainus Rd. Tables still available!! Call 250-246-3121
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After a courageous battle with cancer we are saddened to announce the loss of our wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. Darleen was born May 13 1938 and left us on June 14 2012. She leaves behind her loving husband Ed Everts, son Barry (Lynda), daughter Carol (Scott), grandchildren Kyle (Melissa), Jennifer (Scott), Cody, Cory, Justin (Keisha) Hailey, Amy (Brad) Jay are (Bradley) and David as well as her two great granddaughters Peyton and Astrid. Her sisters Marga Ellison, Chick Lick, Fran Courtemanche (Jerry) and her brother Rob Haaf (Wendy) many neices and nephews as well as her sister inlaw and long time close friend Audrey Welsh and the parents of her grandchildren Brad and Maria. A Celebration of Life will be held at the Royal Canadian Legion in Chemainus on Sunday, November 4, 2012 at 2pm
DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY School CHRISTMAS CRAFT FAIR. Sat, Nov. 24th, 9-3pm, 2204 McKean Road, Shawnigan Lake. Free Admission/ Rafe Baskets. Refreshments/ Food Bank Box. Wheelchair Accessible/Family Friendly with a “Kids Craft Cornerâ€? so you can shop! Tables may still be available! Contact Kim at 250-743-1785 or kim@ii2c.ca
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Save the Bread Van! Did you know that the Cowichan Food Connection, which operates the Bread Van, relies on public donations to FUEL the Van? Our fuel bill alone is over $2000/month and many months we do not have the necessary funds & the bills are piling up. Every week we deliver in upwards of 3000 loaves of bread and baked goods throughout the Cowichan Valley. It is all donated to people who would otherwise go hungry (schools, Food Banks, Seniors Centres, & many more). Go to http:// cowichanfoodconnection.com to ďŹ nd out how you can help or contact the secretary, Kim Sayer at 250-856-0046 for more information.
CHILDREN CHILDCARE AVAILABLE Babysitters available for 1-2 children, ages 2 and up. Gibbins Rd area is preferred. We have taken the babysitting course through Island Savings Centre and have had 2 years experience babysitting. We are 12, 13 & 16 years old and are very responsible from a Christian up-bringing. Please call our parents for an introductory interview. Anneka & Kayla & Chelsea 250-748-5060
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VOLUNTEER “TRUST SOCIETY DIRECTORSâ€? The Khowutzun Development Corporation values developing business opportunity while at the same time sustaining heritage of a culture rich in teachings, traditions and wisdom. At the present time, KDC requires three volunteer Trust Society Directors to serve on a trust society. The Director position(s) will require twenty hours of service per year and will carry considerable responsibility. These positions will require a criminal record check, a commitment to advancing the business interests of First Nations and a business track record of success. If you are interested in this opportunity, please submit a letter of application outlining your good character and reputation as well as three references to: resumes@ khowutzun.com by November 22, 2012. An Alberta Construction Company is hiring Dozer and Excavator Operators. Preference will be given to operators that are experienced in oilďŹ eld road and lease construction. Lodging and meals provided. The work is in the vicinity of Edson, Alberta. Alcohol & Drug testing required. Call Contour Construction at 780-723-5051. Baskets Themes requires basket stuffers, delivery personnel, & a manager. Email elaine@mkecanada.com with name & phone number or call 250-466-7293
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LOST, probably at the start of Manley Creek Trail or another trail, one Yew walking staff, about 6 ft. tall. Decorated with honeysuckle branch and stones inbedded in the wood. Please contact me if you found this, it has special signiďŹ cance for me. Ph 250-709-9673.
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WE REQUIRE ADULT RELIEF CARRIERS IN THE COWICHAN VALLEY. What you must have: • Must have insured, reliable vehicle
CDA required P/T, min 5 years experience with paperless, digital xray & leaderships skills. Apply with resume to: Fax 250-746-0697 or email reception@valleydentalclinic.ca
What you’ll be doing: • Door to door delivery of the News Leader Pictorial • Pickup papers from warehouse and deliver papers to homes on assigned route(s)
Experienced bookkeeper, full or part-time positions, in a fast-growing Chartered Accountant ďŹ rm in Mill Bay. Experience in Excel, Simply Accounting and Quick Books is required. Resumes can be faxed to 250-743-3710 or e-mailed to: chaigh@morineandco.com
When we will need you: • Be available on-call for Wednesday and Friday deliveries
Experienced receptionist, preferably with accounting public practice ofďŹ ce experience, in a fast growing Chartered Accountant ofďŹ ce in Mill Bay. Resumes can be faxed to 250-743-3710 or e-mailed to: chaigh@morineandco.com
What you receive: • Each route is paid a per piece rate • Fuel bonus • A HUGE THANK YOU! If this is something you are interested in, please contact:
Lara Stuart Circulation Manager 250-856-0047 circulation@cowichannewsleader.com
PART TIME OPPORTUNITYANDERSON MERCHANDISERS-CANADA INC.� requires a Merchandiser to service and maintain various product lines in Duncan retail outlets. Reliable transportation, computer with internet and printer, access to digital camera and able to lift up to 50lbs. is required .Planogram and/or retail experience is an asset. Approximately 5+ hours per week. Salary range is between $13-$14 per hour. Email resume to: hrcanada@amerch.com or fax to 905-763-6785
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HELP WANTED THE LEMARE GROUP is accepting resumes for the following positions: •Coastal CertiďŹ ed Hand Fallers-Camp Positions Avail. •Coastal CertiďŹ ed Bull Buckers - Includes vehicle/accommodations •Road Grader Operator (Excavator experience an asset) •Off Highway Logging Truck Drivers (PaciďŹ c) •Grapple Yarder Operators •Hooktenders •Chasers •Line Machine Operator •Heavy Duty Mechanics Fulltime camp with union rates/beneďŹ ts. Please send resumes by fax to 250-956-4888 or email to ofďŹ ce@lemare.ca.
DELIVERY DRIVER WITH OWN VEHICLE I am currently accepting applications for the bulk delivery of the Cowichan News Leader Pictorial. Delivery days are Wednesday and Friday early mornings, with a delivery completion time of 9 A.M. Relief drivers are required for holiday relief/on-call/ emergency situations. Relief positions sometimes lead to permanent positions if/when routes come available. Applicants must be: • energetic • like very early mornings and all kinds of weather • have their own reliable vehicle (van, enclosed canopy truck, etc) • physically ďŹ t and capable of repeated heavy lifting Bulk routes require use of your own truck with canopy or van. Compensation is based on mileage, number of papers and number of drops/stops.
Please send resume to Lara Stuart, Circulation Manager, via e-mail or fax: circulation@cowichannewsleader.com Fax No. 250-746-8529
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PT female caregiver required for 15 hrs biweekly to support person in wheelchair at home. Please call Kent at (250) 7106092. Required for an Alberta Trucking Company. One Class 1 Driver. Must have a minimum of 5 years experience pulling low boys and driving off road. Candidate must be able to pass a drug test and be willing to relocate to Edson, Alberta. Scheduled Days Off. Call Lloyd 780-723-5051 TAXI DISPATCHER P/T nights, evenings, weekends. Must have excellent knowledge of Duncan area. Fax resume to 250-746-4987.
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SUSHI CHEF & STORE MANAGER POSITION Sushi Harbour, Duncan Sushi, Japanese, Korean cuisine with 2-3 yrs experience. $13.75/hr. Responsible, great communication skills both in English and Korean. Duties include planning menu & suggesting strategy to attract potential customers. Please reply, with resume, to Lee at themilkyway.inspired@gmail.com PROFESSIONAL/ MANAGEMENT
ELECTRICAL DESIGN DRAFTSPERSON. Electrical Engineering Consulting ďŹ rm requires Electrical Design Draftsperson in our Kamloops ofďŹ ce. Preferably minimum 1 year experience. Apply in writing to ICI Electrical & Control Consulting Ltd. Email: sean@ici-electrical.com Closing date for applications November 16, 2012.
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Permanent Carriers Required On The Following Routes: DUNCAN
100500 – 2248-2301 Quamichan Park Rd, 5918 Jaynes Rd (22 papers) 102430 – 3497 Gibbins Rd - Evergreen MHP (85 papers) 104503 – Dogwood Rd, Glenora Rd West, Miller, Tzinquaw (64 papers) 104510 – Eagle Heights, Miller, Mountain View (58 papers) 104515 – Laurel Grove, Miller, Shmaqwuthut (48 papers)
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is looking to ďŹ ll the positions of: • Experienced Truck and 4-axle Driver • Excavator Operator with Loader Experience (Dozer & Fill Site experience preferred) these positions will be based out of our Shawigan Lake quarry. Experience driving Truck and 4-axle is mandatory for the Driver position and preference will be given to applicants with quarry experience. The Excavator Operator position requires minimum 2 years of loader experience. Preferred drop off of resumes, references & drivers abstract to 460 Stebbings Road (3km up on RIGHT). If necessary email or fax is ok lisa.sia@shaw.ca or 250-743-3338.
VOLUNTEERS Do you ever ask yourself How can _I_ make a difference? Contact us, and together we can plant the seeds of change, because Volunteers Grow Community. 250-748-2133
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MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE
HORSEBACK RIDING boots, black leather. “Ariatâ€? brand tall boots, woman’s size 7.5, regular calf, medium height. Excellent condition. Perfect ďŹ rst pair of show boots! Paid $400, asking $250 obo. 250-391-5992, leave message. (Westshore)
HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?
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KENMORE UPRIGHT vacuum and a Bissell carpet cleaner, $75 each or both for $100 or best offer. Call(250)748-0928
FLOORING
LIFT CHAIR- $300 obo. Entertainment centre for 27� TV, $50. Call (250)754-7905.
FLOOR INSTALLER looking for P/T work, carpet, lino, restretch & repairs. No job too small. Jerry (250)715-5852
FUEL/FIREWOOD Seasoned ďŹ r, cut 16â€? & split, $180, you pick up. Mill-ends, $100, I load. (250)701-9669 SEASONED Firewood, $190 cord or 2.5 cords, $450, split & delivered. (250)701-8319 SEASONED FIREWOOD Vancouver Island’s largest ďŹ rewood producer offers ďŹ rewood legally obtained during forest restoration, large cords. Help restore your forest, Burndrywood.com 1-877-902-WOOD.
JEWELS, FURS BUY, SELL, Watches, Estate Jewellery, Gold, Diamonds, Repairs, Custom designs. St. Thomas Gold & Silver, 895 Fort Street, Victoria, 250-3807698.
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WORK WANTED HUSBAND FOR HIRE. Nothing but the best. Carpenter, plumber, painter, electrician, pressure washing. Just ask my wife! Call 250-746-4493 or 250-709-1111
ESTATE SALE- top of the line appliances “Kenmore�, up right freezer. Antiques, garden furniture, art, rugs. Many interesting items. Dealers welcome! Call (250)748-2334.
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PIANO LESSONS available in your home or mine. $15 for a half hour $25 for an hour. First lesson free! Call 250-597-3435 pianoatyourdoor@gmail.com
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SHIMPO POTTERS wheel, bats included, $600. Olympic klin model# 2327h, 23�wx27�d, new wiring, needs some new bricks, also included klin sitter dial, thermometer 1 full shelf, 8 1/2 shelves, posts and stilts, $700. Ohaus chipper beam scale, 2610 grams, $35. Open to reasonable offers. 1(250)2478152. (Gabriola Island).
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RENT-TO-OWN In: THE PROPERTIES NO BANK NEEDED! We will “rent-to-own� you this gorgeous executive home in Duncan! Upper Floor: 3Bdrm, 2 baths. Lower Floor: 1Bdrm suite. Monthly Rent $2,000 $2,200. Deposit Required. www.wesellhomesbc.com 1-250-616-9053
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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
39’ 2004 TRAVEL Trailer, park model, “Terry model� asking $11,900. Propane furnace, 2 yrs old, full size, asking $700, worth $2000 new. 30’ pressure treated power pole, $200. Call (250)735-3258.
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GARAGE SALES COBBLE HILL- (Indoors) 816 Altamont Rd, Sat, Nov. 3, 9am-3pm. Downsizing Sale! Lots of treasures. Some furniture, everything must go! Call 250-743-0544.
GARAGE SALE 6 DAYS A WEEK Furniture & unique ďŹ nes at the new 2nd store in Ladysmith, corner of 1st & High St (main drag). The Vintage Rose Open: Monday to Saturday, 10-5pm. 250-537-7537.
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DUNCAN downtown condo, 2 Bdrm, 2 baths, ďŹ ve appl’s, gated underground parking, $950/mo. Call 250-748-6679
CENTRAL LOCATION, Bachelor, 1 & 2 bdrms, balcony, F/S, hot water, parking, pet considered, $525$850/mo. Call 250-748-7764.
DUNCAN (8 km north) Furnished studio apartment, on 8 acres. Laundry, satellite, heat, hydro. $575. (250)748-1310.
CHEMAINUS: 55+ Senior building, 1 bdrm. No pets, No smoking. $556/mo. Avail now. 250-246-4221
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EVERGREEN PLACE mobile home, $49,000, 800sf, complete reno in & out, small pet ok. (250)710-8985 or email welcomehome4sales@gmail.com
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Lantzville Estate: below assessed value. 4bdrm, level entry, walkout bsmnt, panoramic view, waterfront w/beach access, suite potential, ample parking on 3/4 acre. 7 mins from Woodgrove. $550,000 (250)713-2270/ 250-585-2620
Call: 1-250-616-9053 www.webuyhomesbc.com
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Brand new Rancher! No Strata, open concept, no steps, 3-bdrm, 2-bath 1406 sq.ft., 4 SS appli., fully landscaped, dbl garage. Only $365,000. inclds hst. BEST VALUE! Open house every Sat & Sun, noon-4pm
Gord 250-710-1947
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2 BDRM, top oor, clean, spacious, 5 appls, laminate oors, 2525 Dingwall St., $750 mo. Call 1-(250)474-0545. $500/MO STARTING- weekly available, many apartment types, furnished, w/common kitchen. All utils, internet included. FREE local calls, No Credit Checks. Call Motel, 250-748-0661, (Duncan). 650 SQ’ above ground suite Mill Bay; n/s; n/p; in suite laundry; walk to bus routes to Victoria & Cowichan Valley; $750/mth; contact 250-7486067
DEPARTURE BAY: 2,600 sq.ft, Ocean View; 2 blocks to sandy beach. 3bdrm, 2 full baths + 2bdrm suite, sep. laundries. Oversize corner lot, RV pad behind house. $399,000. View by appointment. 250-729-7420
Chemainus: Lockwood Villa, well kept bldg, (2) 1 bdrm $625, incl. heat & hot water, avail. now, sm pets welcome. Call Karen 250-709-2765. DUNCAN, 2 bdrm Apt, newly reno’d, in-suite laundry, all appls, avail Nov. 1, $800 mo. Call (250)466-9977.
DUNCAN: 2-BDRM CONDO, 2nd oor, corner unit. 5 appl’s, new laminate oors. N/S. 2524 Lewis St. Avail now. $850./mo., lease. One month FREE RENT with one year term! Please call 1(250)477-8046 or 1(250)883-3204. Victoria #’s DUNCAN CONDO, 3 bdrm 1200 sq.ft. Ground oor corner suite, S & W exposure, 5 appl’s, pet considered. N/S. Avail now. (250)746-5049.
Incredible 5 acre treed PARK-LIKE PROPERTY with Well-Maintained Furnished Home 1500 sq.ft, 3-bdrm, 2 bath. Extremely close to Pristine Cowichan Lake, in the town of Caycuse. Perfect for recreational property or full time living. Motivated seller $378,800. Exceptionally low yearly cost. Not leased land. Call 250-745-3387 smartytwo@hotmail.com
DUNCAN, Prevost Apts, clean 1 bdrm, ground oor, 5 appl’s, close to hospital. Avail. Nov 1st. $600/mo. (250)748-8104 DUNCAN SPRINGRIDGE MANOR has a new look. Reno’d clean and quiet suites: fresh paint, new ďŹ xtures and ooring. Well maintained bldg, short walk to Beverly Corners. Incls heat & hot water. N/S, N/P. 1 bdrm suites $590
(250)748-3729
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Ladysmith: 1 & 2 bdrm suites from $700/mo incl. heat & hot water, ocean views, completely renovated, on trolley route, small pets ok. 250-668-9086.
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LANDSCAPING
COMPLETE carpentry & building service. Interior & exterior. Stairs, decks, reno’s, pressure washing, windows, gutter cleaning & repairs. Free estimates. Larry (250) 701-1362
250-743-0326. ELECTRICIAN Licensed and bonded. Reasonable rates, free estimates, upgrades & renos. Call Kelly.
For all your building needs call A & A Contracting. Family owned and established since 1978. We provide quality craftsmanship through professionals who are reliable, experienced and skilled. Our goal is to help you create the building project you have in mind while staying on budget and on time. All aspects of building: renovations, new home construction, fences, sun decks, cement work. Home Warranty providers and carry liability insurance. Call for free quote 250746-9633. RETIRED CARPENTER wants to do small jobs and installations in your home. Call Jack 250-709-9965
Window Washing Gutter Cleaning Pressure Washing Yard Cleaning Junk Haul away Free estimates
Larry’s Cleaning (250)701-1362 CLEANING SERVICES HOUSE CLEANING, Bonded reasonable rate. Call ReneĂŠ 250-701-0101 I CLEAN ‘till you beam! 50% off ďŹ rst visit! Please call Monica for your free quote & consultation 250-510-5610
COMPUTER SERVICES
Large 1 BDRM top oor & large 2 BDRM corner unit. Walk to Safeway, Shoppers, Restaurants & Aquatic Centre. On bus route. Heat & H/W incl’d. Small pet OK. On-site managers. Call 250-748-1304.
Quality Landscape Construction * Stone Retaining Walls * Landscape Design www.islandpaciďŹ clandscaping.ca
(250) 701-8319
FENCING
PAINTING PAT THE PAINTER. Small jobs ok. 25 years exp. Seniors discount. Call 250-246-0248.
Under New Management
PLUMBING HOME REPAIRS GARDENING DALE’S YARD Maintenance, south Cowichan area. Call 250-510-1904 250-743-1225 FALL CLEAN UP SPECIAL, garden design, installation, & maintenance. Book your winter pruning now & receive a 10% discount. (250)732-7758 www.nazimgardens.com
TOTAL HOME RENOVATIONS From concrete to rooďŹ ng & everything in between! All Interior & exterior. Work guaranteed. 40 years Experience. Free estimates.
(250)748-9150
HANDYPERSONS ALL RUBBISH removal, small renovations, deck work, carpentry, painting, plumbing, and eves trough cleaning. Seniors discount. Ian 250-743-6776.
HAULING AND SALVAGE
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(250) 597-8335 yourdeliveryguy.ca
ABLE COMPUTER REPAIR In-home service. Seniors’ discount. Nico 250-746-6167
DELIVERIES HAULING/JUNK REMOVAL
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Terrace Estates 3420 Auchinachie Road ---------------------------------Spacious
Affordable 1 & 2 bedroom suites From $650 - $825 -------------------------------
STUCCO - Including small jobs and refacing old stucco. Guaranteed. 250-715-5883
TREE SERVICES
* Gutters * Windows * Siding * Moss treatment * Pressure washing
LIBRA TREE for all your tree care needs. 70’ aerial lift, chipper. Insured, CertiďŹ ed Aborist Hazard Tree Assessor, Grant Haynes, (250)748-4449
Mill Bay/Duncan 250-743-3306 Chemainus/Ladysmith 250-324-3343
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GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS NEED NEW GUTTERS? Call Budget for all gutter needs. Free estimates. 250-743-2714
A SERVICE PLUMBER. Licence, Insured. Drains, HWT, Reno’s, Repairs. Senior Discounts. After Hour Service. Call Coval Plumbing, 250709-5103.
Renos & upgraded security features Large balconies In-suite storage Close to schools, shopping and walking trails Includes: Heat, Hot water and parking
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PARKLAND PLACE 620 Dobson Road 250-748-0496
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Custom On Site Milling, Siding, Fencing, Beams, Lumber Grading, Lumber Sales, Cedar, Fir & Clears Excavator c/w Thumb Fully Insured
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BRIGHT, 2 bdrm condo, W/D, F/S, D/W, close to schools/ parks/shopping. N/P, (Immed). $800. 250-665-6527. CENTRAL DUNCAN- Lovely 1 & 2 bdrm suites in seniors oriented building, heat included. NS/NP. Please call Art, 250-746-7241.
FREE Heat, hotwater & parking. Low hydro. Walking distance to: Shopping, Restaurants, Malaspina College, Pubs, Chances Casino. Quiet building with video security. Adjacent to 27 acres of parkland including playing ďŹ elds, walking trails, swimming holes & ďŹ shing.
1700 SQ’ warehouse w/ retail and ofďŹ ce space for Lease on Polkey Rd. Unit has overhead doors and ample parking. Please call 250-748-9622 to view. AVAILABLE NOW 7000 sq.ft. store front with excellent exposure, overhead doors, ample parking. 250-748-9622 SHOP WAREHOUSE for lease, Boys Rd., Duncan, 1500sq ft w/ofďŹ ce, $7.25sq ft triple net. Call (250)245-9811 or 250-474-3585.
COTTAGES CHEMAINUS: BACHELOR cottage, Inclds util’s. N/S, N/P. $725. Call (250)246-4609.
DUPLEXES/4PLEXES CROFTON: 3 bdrm, 2 bath, close to park, NS, NP. $825 +util. Dec 1. 250-246-3068 DUNCAN, 4 Bdrm large 2 storey s/s duplex, ideal for extended family, 3 baths, 5 appl’s. Cul-de-sac near park, schools, bus & hospital. $1200/mo. (250)715-5484 or beeumz@hotmail.com DUNCAN: NEWER large, bright 3 bdrm, 2 bath. Island kitchen, garage, 5 appls. ref’s req’d. N/S. $1250. Pet considered. Call/text 1-250-888-7088 DUNCAN, quiet, level entry 1 bdrm, 4 appl’s, gas F/P, 1 car garage/workshop. N/S, N/P. $920 incl’s utilities. Avail. now. (250)748-9059 DUNCAN, Walk to town, Quiet 3 bdrm upper, 1.5 baths, 5 appl’s. Fenced back yard. NS/NP. $1275 incl’s util. Avail now. 250-748-9059 FULLER LAKE view, near Chemainus - 3 bdrm ground level, F/S & W/D, curtains, fenced yard. Nov 1st. $825. DD & references req. N/S/N/P. (250)246-5381
HOMES FOR RENT 2 BDRM bungalow, 10 min’s north of Duncan, $875/mo. Utilities’s not incl.. Available May 1st. (250)732-1965 AVAIL NOW Wharncliffe Rd Clean & well maintained 3 bdrm, 1.5 bath, back patio, ďŹ ve unit complex. FS/WD, fenced small garden. 1 yr lease $1200 + some util. Pet considered. Call 250-701-7217. CHERRY PT- 1.5 bdrm waterfront mobile home. NS/NP. $950/mo inclds utils. Call (250)743-2370. COWICHAN STATION, almost new 2 bdrm Carriage house, 5 appl’s, N/Pets, N/S. $975 + util. (250)746-8376 DUNCAN, 1 bdrm cottage with privacy, near town, plus attached studio space, gas f/p, 4 appl’s, pet considered. $800 + util. Avail immed. (250) 7466383 or (250) 510-6383 DUNCAN elem area. 2 Bdrm older home. Carport. F/S, W/D hookup. $925. 250-246-6626 DUNCAN, large bright 2 bdrm view home, on bus route, close to all amenities, woodstove/elec, W/D, F/S, No/S, Internet & cable incl. Nov 1st. $1100. (250)748-9679 DUNCAN Lower 3 bdrm $950/mo. + util’s. F/S,W/D hookup. N/S, Available now! (250)748-7277. LAKE COWICHAN- 2 bdrm home, close to town, nice yard, deck. NP/NS. Refs req’d. $900 mo + hydro. Avail Dec. 1st. Call 1-(250)653-4234. LAKE COWICHAN- 3 bdrm w/ lrg fenced back yard. New windows, insulation, ooring etc. 6 appls inclds D/W, W/D and deep freeze. N/S, house trained pet ok. $900+ utils. Avail Nov 15. Call 778-8409614, 250-749-3820 or email: nataliejayne6 @hotmail.com MILL BAY, 4 bdrm, 2 bath + workshop, den, dining room & lrg living room, ocean view, lrg quiet fenced yard, near all amens. Bonus 1 bdrm suite, shared laundry, N/S, avail immed, $1850. 250-418-0252. The Properties - 3 bdrm, 2 bath, 5 appl., N/S, Ref’s, $1250/m + util. 250-746-4314
Friday, November 2, 2012
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RENTALS
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RENTALS
RENTALS
TRANSPORTATION
HOMES FOR RENT
OFFICE/RETAIL
SUITES, LOWER
TOWNHOUSES
CARS
DUNCAN, office/retail, downtown 950 sq.ft. ground floor, completely reno’d, or consulting. Reception area, 3 offices. Avail now. 604-820-8929
CHEMAINUS, Reno’d walk-in suite, 3 bdrm, 1 bath, new F/S, Microwave, Convection oven, propane fireplace, hydro extra, shared W/D. Ref. req. (250) 510-1614. $1000. VIEW, VIEW, VIEW!
LADYSMITH- brand new 3 bdrm, 3 bath, 1700sq ft, ocean views, 5 appls, F/P, single car garage w/lots of extra parking. 2 year lease and will discuss rental break. Rent to Own is a definite possibility. View on KiJiJi Ladysmith rentals for pics. Call (250)802-1520.
2007 CUSTOM Chev HHR. Excellent condition. Loaded. White. 119,000 km, mostly hwy driven. On-Star. $11,900 firm. 250-755-5191.
Rowan Property Management Ltd. Has a large selection of homes & apartments for rent in the Cowichan Valley. Visit us at www.rowanproperty.ca or call (250)748-9090
Rowan Property Management Ltd. Has a large selection of homes & apartments for rent in the Cowichan Valley. Visit us at www.rowanproperty.ca or call (250)748-9090 SHAWNIGAN LAKE, private 2 bdrm (year round rental), 5 appls, lake view, $1250 mo. Ref’s. Avail Nov. 15th or Dec. 1st. Call 250-652-6407. SHAWNIGAN LAKE, 3 bdrm log home with acreage, across lake, N/S, no dogs, Oct. 1, $1400 mo. 250-334-1069.
OFFICE/RETAIL
WANT TO GET NOTICED? Prime retail/office space for rent in highly visible historical building on corner of First and Roberts in Ladysmith. 1,687 sq ft. 2 bathrooms, small kitchen, new flooring, A/C
Call 250-245-2277
SHARED ACCOMMODATION DUNCAN. 1-BDRM in shared home. $450. inclds all utils. W/D. NS/NP. Avail now. Call 250-466-0018. 250-740-5619. DUNCAN (NEAR HOSPITAL) Female only. Shared house & large yard. No cats. Must be clean, tidy, employed or a student. No partiers. $550. Avail Nov 1. Call 250-746-6446. DUNCAN, NOV. 1st, $400 mo + share of utils, pets ok, country home, transportation req’d, W/D. Call (250)597-4067.
201-5855 YORK ROAD DUNCAN Available immediately $7/sq.ft. triple net Approx. 664 square feet of 2nd floor office space, with client parking at door. Rowan Property Management Ltd. 250-748-9090
SHIPPING CONTAINERS 20’ or 40’. Buy or Rent. Safe and secure. Easymove Container Services. Serving Vancouver Island. 1-(888)331-3279
DOWNTOWN DUNCAN 2500 sq.ft. 6 separate offices, reception, conference area & kitchen, 2nd floor, AC,. $1175/mo. 604-820-8929.
2 BDRM bsmt suite. F/S, blinds, W/D hookup. N/P. $750 250-748-4383; 709-8880
DUNCAN: OFFICE space for lease, highway exposure, A/C, ample parking. (250)746-5657 or 250-748-8671
HOMES FOR RENT
STORAGE
SUITES, LOWER
CHEMAINUS- OCEAN view, 2 bdrm, newly renovated, F/P, shared W/D. NS/NP. Refs req’d. $800 wheel chair accessible. Call (250)246-9971.
HOMES FOR RENT
ROWAN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LTD. (Agent for the Owner) Office: 250-748-9090 rowanproperty@shaw.ca
¾ 163 Third St, Duncan $650 1 BR lower suite w/ 4 apps, fully fenced ¾ 8-2516 Alexander St, Duncan $650 1 BR suite close to town w/ 4 apps ¾ 7744 Mays Rd, Duncan $745 2 BR suites w/ 2 apps, common yard ¾ 1-2516 Alexander St, Duncan $750 2 BR suite close to town w/ 4 apps ¾ 5803 Banks Rd, Duncan $775 2 BR 1.5 bth + den townhouse w/ 2 apps ¾ 4-660 Jubilee St, Duncan $775 3 BR 1.5 bth townhouse w/ 2 apps,wood fp ¾ 5-660 Jubilee St, Duncan $795 3 BR 1.5 bth townhouse w/ 4 apps,wood fp ¾ 203-2525 Dingwall St, Duncan $795 2 BR condo w/ 5 apps, close to schools ¾ 7621 Trans Canada Hwy, Duncan $895 2 BR 2 bth upper suite w/ 4 apps, RV prkg ¾ C-5276 Polkey Rd, Duncan $895 2 BR large upper floor suite w/ 5 apps ¾ 608 Charlotte St, Duncan $950 2 BR character home w/ 4 apps, hdw floors ¾ 102-241 McKinstry Rd, Duncan $995 3 BR 2 bth condo w/2 apps, shared ldry ¾ 625 Walkem Rd, Ladysmith $1100 3 BR uppr level home, 3 apps+shared w/d ¾ 2B-3180 Sherman Rd, Duncan $1195 3 BR 3 bth sxs duplex,5 apps,den & rec rm ¾ 3574 Garland Ave, Cobble Hill $1195 3 BR home w/ 5 apps, heat pump, garage ¾ 10089 Isl View Close, Chemainus $1350 4 BR 4 bth home w/ 6 apps, dbl garage ¾ 7092 Norcross Rd, Duncan $1395 3 BR 3 bth home w/ 6 apps, den, office ¾ 835 Alget Pl, Mill Bay $1400 3 BR 2 bth home w/ 5 apps, ocean view ¾ 2909 Philip St, Duncan $1495 3 BR 2.5 bth+den home,5 apps,heat pump ¾ 2711 Shawnigan Lk Rd, Shaw. Lk $1600 3 BR 3 bth home on .5 acre w/ 5 apps, fp For updated info please visit our website at:
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COWICHAN BAY, furnished 1 bdrm bachelor suite, quiet & private lower level walkout with beautiful views. $750/mo incl’s hydro, satellite & high speed internet. Ref’s & DD req (250)748-2938
DUNCAN, 3 bdrm suite, $850/m, Util’s F/S, shared laundry, considered. Avail 250-746-5176
basement negotiable small pet Nov 25th.
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34ft. Ready to travel. $9,500. obo or trade. (250)753-0046
ANTIQUE/CLASSICS
1958 DODGE MAYFAIR, 2 dr. Hardtop, Duncan car, V8, push button, runs excellent, 78 K-miles, needs some restoring. $5,000. (250)715-3721
ESTATE SALE: Luxury Class A motorhome, 2001 FORETRAVEL 36 foot U320 with 1 slide. 454 Cummins with 6 speed Allison Transmission. $130,000. 250-714-9739 or 250-746-5695 or email skew67@hughes.net
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DUNCAN, new 2 bdrm suite, bright, F&S, W/D hookup. N/S, N/P. No partiers. Fenced, kids welcome! Avail now. $825 incl’s util. 250-748-2953
ONE OWNER, 2007 Mallard Sport, incredibly well kept 18’ light weight trailer. Great layout, sleeps 7. Dry weight 3500 lbs. Fridge, stove, microwave, stereo, double sink, tub/shower and lots of storage. Extras include, stabilizer jacks, max air vents and exterior shower. $9,900. Ph 250-715-6522.
DUNCAN. NICE 1-bdrm. Clean, quiet, close to hospital & downtown. Furnished, all utils incld. Dec. 1st. $750./mo. (250)701-0865. LAKE COWICHAN- spacious 3-bdrm level entry suite, priv ent. Incls W/D, F/S. NP/NS. $800/mo heat incl’d. Avail immediately. Call 250-923-6170. NEWLY RENO’D 1 BR Level Entry in Shawnigan avail. Dec 1. Bright, clean, quiet, spacious, very charming. Sep entrance, laundry, thermostat, bbq patio. $750/month includes all utilities, internet & cable. No smokers pets, or partiers. Refs req’d. 250-2138606
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TRANSPORTATION
CROFTON, 1 bdrm basement suite. Ocean view, clean & quiet. Quiet, mature person. F/S,W/D. Private entry & patio. $675/mo. (250)324-5507 DUNCAN- FRESHLY painted 1 bdrm, quiet, clean, patio w/sliding glass door. W/D. N/S. No dogs. $650 inclds utils. Avail now. 250-246-1933.
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SURVEYOR SPORT 2011 20’ SP186 Travel Trailer. High quality, little used, perfect cond. Dry weight 3,413 lbs. Loaded. MANY extras. $17,000. Ph. (250)743-6686
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CROFTON: ocean view 2bdrm $990+util, newly reno’d & landscaped. NS, small pet considered. Fenced backyard. Nov 1. Refs req. Angie 250-715-6665
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DUNCAN, 1 bdrm upper suite, bright/clean, W/D, heat, hydro incl. $615/mo. N/S, N/P, mature individual. Email references to tansorind@shaw.ca
250-710-7278
CARS
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DUNCAN- (WALKING distance to hospital) new 2 bdrm, 900 sq ft, upper suite w/priv ent, garage, F/S, D/W, W/D, views of Mt. Prevost. N/S. Dec. 1. $1100. 250-732-6282. SHAWNIGAN LAKE Village, bright, detached 1 bdrm suite above garage, 5 appls, very quiet, N/P, N/S, avail immed, $800 mo. Call 250-929-4685.
1994 MERCURY Grand Marquis, 140,000 km, 4.6 ltr, A/C, immaculate. $2000 obo. (250) 743-4982
TOWNHOUSES CHEMAINUS, 1 bdrm,2 level, walk to downtown, W/D,F/S. $750/mo. N/S,N/P. Ref’s req. Dec 1. (250) 246-2957 CRYSTAL CREEK Townhome. Avail Sept 1st, 3 bdrm, 2 bath, W/D F/S, D/W, $950/mo+ util’s. 250-709-2646 LK COW: 3 bdrm townhouse (#5-215 Madill), 1.5 bath, 5 appls, single carport, newly painted. $795 + hydro. Oct 15 N/S, sm pet ok. 250-477-4524
2004 CHEV CAVALIER, 4dr sedan, 122,000 km, 5 spd, great on gas, excellent condition. Moving - Must sell. $2,250 obo. 250-246-2881
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26’ Aquastar Command Bridge Cruiser, 1982, fiberglass. Dbl berth forward, dinette converts to a dbl, encl. new head w/9 gal holding tank & macerator. Buss heater, fresh water pump, 3-burner propane stove w/oven, dbl SS sinks and ice box. 260A Volvo gas engine w/2030 hrs, Volvo outdrive 290/2 station hydraulic steering. 12/110 V, 2 batteries. Lots of upgrades - Great Value at $14,500.00 OBO. Please Call Art 250-245-4559 Ladysmith.
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Bronze medal takes effort by Brentwood Courtenay volleyball: Shorthanded situation makes third-place result meaningful Don Bodger
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olleyball action in Courtenay helped the Brentwood College and Frances Kelsey Secondary School senior girls’ teams prepare for the crucial part of the tournament and playoff portion of the season ahead. The two teams went into battle in a star-studded ¿eld Don Bodger/¿le of teams in a tournament cohosted by Vanier and Mark Jill Fougner’s bench players rose to the occasion in CourIsfeld looking for the best tenay. possible results. Brentwood was handicapped somewhat by the absences of Emily Young and Karlien le Roux but still managed to win the bronze medal. “It was a good weekend for us,’’ said Fougner. “We were missing our two starters, our two power hitters. “It was good for our bench kids and some of our younger kids to get some court time.’’ Le Roux, from Creston, was a starter for Fougner last year as a Grade 10 student. But she’s currently suffering an injury that may keep her out for a while and Fougner isn’t sure when she might return. Brentwood went into the quarter¿nals against Terry Fox and won in three sets. But a shot at the ¿nal was lost after a semi¿nal defeat against Vanier in two straight. Brentwood recovered to take two straight games from Carihi for third place. Brentwood is in Ballenas this weekend for the last tournament before it hosts the North Island ¿nals Nov. 9 and 10. Fougner said nine teams will be taking part in the AA event. “It should be a good tournament. We’re not usually pressed too much. Now, Cedar has moved up from A and Shawnigan, you never know.’’ The island tournament takes place the following weekend at St. Michael’s University School and two weeks after that, it’s the provincial playdowns being hosted by Cedar. Meanwhile, Kelsey coach Mark Jackson saw some good signs from his team’s play at Courtenay, even though it didn’t make the top group. “We’re poised for greatness,’’ he said. “We have some amazing aspects to our team. “We have big middle hitting. We have strong serving. We’re having some problems with passing consistency that’s really hurting us.’’ In pool play, Kelsey ¿nished third. But it should have been second, according to Jackson. “We should have been gold division,’’ he said. “We were much stronger than Highland when the ball was passed.’’ But Kelsey didn’t have an answer for a tough Highland server. “We were free-balling them after that and they were pounding back at us,’’ said Jackson. A close loss to Highland proved costly for Kelsey. The ¿rst match against Ballenas was a bit of a heartbreaker. “I think we’re challenging these guys now,’’ said Jackson. “We just need to put the consistency together.’’ Kelsey also beat Lake Cowichan in pool play. Moving on to the consolation round, Kelsey took two straight from Chemainus before running into Gulf Islands and losing in three sets. The consolation ¿nal against Shawnigan Lake also ended in a loss in three games, leaving Kelsey in 12th place overall. The junior girls’ Mid-Island tournament is taking place at Kelsey Monday, starting at 10 a.m.
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Dahlgren demoralizes Nanaimo We are one! Bulldogs’ bulletin: Big triple-header at McAdam Park Harmony Sunday while peewees go for the island title in Langford Yoga Center is celebrating our one-year anniversary with our 1st annual Wellness Festival November 2–4. regular-season home game Sunday at 1 p.m. at McAdam Park against the South Delta Rams. The Midget Bulldogs received a forfeit 10-0 win over Richmond and will face the 8-1 White Rock South Surrey Titans at 3 p.m. Sunday at McAdam Park. In junior bantam action, Cowichan went down to just its third loss of the season, 30-8 to the visiting Victoria Renegades. “Cowichan’s offence was able to move the ball up and down the ¿eld but struggled to ¿nd the end zone,’’ noted head coach Trent Jones. Reily Zarate followed a key block from lineman Dennis McDonnell and went 43 yards for the Bulldogs’ lone touchdown in the third quarter. The junior bantams’ ¿nal regularseason game is Sunday at 11 a.m. at home against the Nanaimo Lions. The Peewee Bulldogs are into the island championship game Sunday in Langford against the Victoria Outlaws. The winner goes to the nineman provincial ¿nals in Kamloops. Cowichan ¿nished strong in a 26-19 win over the second-place Victoria Spartans. The two teams both faced the end of the season with a loss and it was an incredible game. Carter Price put Cowichan up 12-0 with two TDs. Price broke away for another but the Spartans came back in the second quarter and only trailed
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United Way Supports Cowichan Family Caregivers Support Society Story by: Janis Feurer Rosanne started attending the Family Caregivers Support meetings in 2009, after her spouse was diagnosed with dementia. At the meetings she met people in many different stages of the care- giving journey; it was a safe place to tell her story and realize she wasn’t alone in her struggles and challenges--there WERE people who understood! The meetings also helped validate what an incredible job she was doing in caring for her lifelong partner. When other people told their stories, she was able to pick and choose what might work for her. The focus of the meetings was “compassionate listening”--hearing another’s story without giving advice, because each person’s situation is unique. People discussed their losses from being a caregiver, such as loss of privacy, independence, and the loss of their hopes and dreams of the future with their loved one. They also talked of the satisfaction of being present for the other person, of knowing they could be depended on, and of the private jokes and the shared moments of love and joy.
Rosanne also met 1:1 with the community guide to discuss concerns she had about getting home support and how to introduce it to her spouse; how to retrofit her home for safety; what outside activities were available for her husband; and ways to take care of herself and arrange for breaks from caregiving. When she took an overseas trip with her family members, the community guide accompanied her to the respite facility and sat with her spouse while she finalized the arrangements. She returned from her trip relaxed and recharged. As her husband’s condition worsened, Rosanne had the Family Caregivers Support group there continuously for her--a safe place to express her emotions and needs and to talk about her sense of loss and feelings of helplessness. Her husband has been in a care facility for over 2 years now. She is still an active caregiver, visiting him, bringing him special treats, reminiscing about shared memories, and making important medical decisions around his care. And she still has the support of CFCSS and it’s members, reminding her to care for herself and her future.
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Cowichan 19-12 at the half. The second half turned into a major grudge match. Some huge hits were made on the Cowichan defence by safety Kilion VennRyan and nosetackle Nicholas Young, but the Spartans pulled into a 19-19 tie. Everyone was on edge at that point. Ronan Harley’s huge 35-yard breakthrough up the middle and Price’s conversion run late in the fourth quarter decided the issue.
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Pesky Fusion nixes United bid for a win
Rugby outcomes not the full story
Tying them up: Five ties in seven games makes Saanich club’s record deceiving
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he equality in Div. 2 of the Island Soccer League could easily be seen when Cowichan United hosted the Saanich Fusion at Duncan’s Evans Park Sunday afternoon. Cowichan slipped a notch from top spot after battling to a 1-1 tie with the Fusion. Cowichan now sports a 4-1-2 record, just behind league-leading Lakehill’s 4-0-3 mark. The Fusion are a bit of a dark horse, sitting tied for sixth in the nine-team league. The Fusion has only lost once in seven games, but its point total is low because of ¿ve draws. “We knew we were in for a battle here, missing a few starters with suspensions, injuries and just absences,’’ noted Cowichan coach Neall Rowlings of what he expected heading into the game. That certainly turned out to be the case, with Saanich putting up
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Cowichan’s Nick Crichton challenges Josiah Mori of Saanich Fusion, above, on a header. Right, Steven Zorich inadvertently trips up Mori. a stiff ¿ght. “We played very bad in the ¿rst half, but we were the better team with chances,’’ noted Rowlings. “We just can’t seem to get a good start this season. We had so many chances over and around the net, and the goalie made quite a few saves.’’ Steven Zorich broke the drought in the ¿rst half after receiving the
ball from Jorden Korven. The 1-0 lead held up through halftime. “I was surprised their team pushed so offensively at that point as it was early,’’ pointed out Rowlings. In the second half, Cowichan dodged a bullet when a penalty shot was not called for a questionable tackle near the box. But
Saanich continued to press and scored a late equalizer. Cowichan pushed hard until the end but couldn’t create the offense seen earlier in the season. Rowlings moved some players around, but to no avail. The mood in the dressing room was like a loss for Cowichan. Next action is Friday at ¿rstplace Lakehill.
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aturday’s trip to Port Alberni didn’t go according to plan for either the Cowichan Rugby Club’s First Division men or senior women. The Cowichan women arrived in Alberni to ¿nd only seven members of the Lady Blacksheep had showed up to play. Cowichan loaned Alberni six players to make it a 13-aside game. Nenagh McCulloch, Amoray Aloisi, Richelle Williams, Kaycie Mosley, captain Sherry Spence and Jessica Wilton joined the Alberni side and made it an even game. The remaining Cowichan players banded together to win the game 15-10, with Audrey Park scoring two tries and Janelle Kerrone adding another. McCulloch crashed over the line to score one of the Blacksheep’s tries. Of¿cially, the game went in the books as a 5-0 Cowichan forfeit victory. The men took the ¿eld afterwards minus some regulars due to injury and suspension and lost to the Blacksheep 21-17. “It wasn’t what we were hoping for,’’ conceded Cowichan coach Ian Murray. Louis Gudmundseth and Owen Wood both didn’t play while Rob McDonnell sat out the ¿rst of a two-game suspension from a previous meeting with Velox. “We were putting guys in new positions and it didn’t quite work out,’’ said Murray. “We made some adjustments at the half and changed things up.’’ Andrew Gudmundseth converted his own try. Patrick Large and Mike Fransen added tries for Cowichan. The men and women are both at home again Saturday against Nanaimo.
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Another Dakar motorcycle rally entry shaping up for Hatton in 2013
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Duncan’s Don Hatton has confirmed his entry in the most grueling motorcycle endurance race in the world for a fifth time. Hatton has paid his entrance fee and the support team has been assembled for the 14-day Dakar rally race in South America.
“I am in the best riding shape I have been in the past few years,’’ noted Hatton. He’s looking forward to making 2013 the year he crosses the finish line in Chile. The event is already being billed as the most difficult in its 35-year history.
Rather than an easier first and second day for riders to get used to the rally schedule, it’s going to start with a bang of four brutal days in the sand dunes near Lima, Peru. Hatton has teamed up with nine-time Dakar legend Simon Pavey for the support and experience of his backers.
Kinsol runners thrive Double distance: Choice offers opportunity for more participants He rated it as one of the nicest half marathon courses News Leader Pictorial he’s seen. While admiring the surroundings, Dunnett still ffering two wanted to take care of busidistances for ness and reach the ¿nish in the Shawnigan the quickest possible time. Kinsol run has “I’ve never been to the proven to be (Kinsol) trestle,’’ he said. a smooth move by the host “What a great way to see it.’’ CeeVacs Road Runners. All that beauty aside, “I The recent change to incorthink it’s a dif¿cult course to porate a half-a-half distance get a really fast time on with into the regular half marathon all the hills,’’ Dunnett said. event has attracted more runHe had high praise for race ners of various abilities. volunteers. “It’s so well-orgaA total of 133 runners ¿nnized,’’ Dunnett said. “Every ished the half-a-half Sunday ambiguous turn, there’s and another 175 in the half somebody there. Just a super marathon for a total of 308. positive vibe.’’ Some of the less competitive Rob Hasegawa (1:22:14), entrants even got into the spirit of the Halloween season by Don Bodger Owen Harrison of Kelowna dressing up in costumes. Kinsol Half Marathon winner (1:23:18) and Felipe Edora “Lots of costumes,’’ said Jamie Dunnett sprints into the of Victoria (1:24:32) rounded race director Danna Hadden Änish area with plenty of en- out the top ¿ve. Veteran Shawnigan Lake of the fun atmosphere. ergy to spare. runner Nancy Baxendale was “Weather’s awesome and a the women’s winner. nice safe off-the-road ¿nish.’’ “I haven’t raced for a long time,’’ said First-time participant Jamie Dunnett of Baxendale, 50. “I just wanted to run a race.’’ Victoria certainly found the event to his The last event she entered was the liking. He easily ¿nished ¿rst in the half Calgary marathon in May. The Cobble Hill marathon in 1:18:32, nearly two minutes Elementary School teacher didn’t have any ahead of the 1:20:24 clocking of runner-up problem returning to form. “It’s like getting Jonathan Gendron, also of Victoria. “I’ve heard good things about the race, the back on a horse,’’ she said. Laurence Coogan of Victoria was the winbeautiful course,’’ said Dunnett. ner of the half-a-half race in 38:04 followed He decided to ¿nd out for himself while training for the Seattle marathon in a month. by local long-distance legend Thomas Marrs (41:41) and Victorians Gary Duncan “Knowing the hilliness of the course, I thought it would be a good training run and (41:51), Owen Peebles (45:54) and Heather Afford (46:58). it was,’’ Dunnett said. Don Bodger
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