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The start of a new chapterThe start of a new chapter
This Canada Day, Sunday, July 1, the various Cowichan Lake communities will each be hosting events, all of which are open to the general public, and free to attend.
The town of Lake Cowichan will be hosting its events in Saywell Park. The celebrations will begin at 1 p.m., and Mayor Ross Forrest and members of council will be on hand to cut cake, sing the national anthem, and enjoy the talent of local musicians.
Mary Egan, Tanya Gillispie, and Naomi Payton will be performing along with this year’s Lake Cowichan Idol winner Sara Ferguson, and last year’s winner Lindsay Elzinga. Sidney Fothergill and Logan Wallace will also have audiences tapping their feet.
For information about the Honeymoon Bay Days celebrations happening all weekend, starting Friday evening, see page 12.
Youbou will begin their celebration at 10 a.m. with a free breakfast at the Youbou New Hope Community Church.
Arbutus Park will open at 11 a.m., and Pastor Vikki Marrs says there will be free chips and pop for the kids as well as volleyball and other games to enjoy.
If the weather does not cooperate, activities will move indoors to the church where there will be music, and games upstairs for the kids.
Mesachie Lake has timed their Canada Day celebrations for later in the day in the hopes that this will
allow visitors and community members to enjoy all of the activities happening around the lake.
John Cummings, organizer for the event, will be emcee for an evening of activities starting at 5 p.m. with a singing of the national anthem and welcome speeches by local politicians.
Celebrations will take place at the Mesachie Lake Skydome and in the hall. There will be a DJ playing top 40 tunes while kids and adults enjoy arts and crafts, face painting, kids games, highland dancers, and even a Zumba demonstration.
Depending on the weather, the Mesachie Lake fi refi ghters might even stop by with the departments pumper truck to soak down the kids.
This year organizers have two birthday cakes for all to enjoy, and Cummings says there will be a full concession. The festivities will wind up around 9 p.m.
Tamu Miles PhotoThe Lake Cowichan Secondary School and Cowichan Valley Open Learning Cooperative grad class of 2012 toss their caps in celebration of their freedom before the graduation ceremony on Saturday, June 23.
Canada Day celebrations around the lake
2 Wednesday, June 27, 2012 THE LAKE COWICHAN GAZETTE www.lakecowichangazette.com
Tamu Miles Gazette Editor
At the annual general meeting that took place on Tuesday June 19, council presented its annual report which high-lights objectives met in 2011 and those ongoing for 2012.
Though Mayor Forrest and the rest of council were a little disappointed that there were no members of the Lake Co-wichan public present to hear the report or respond with comments or queries, they were proud to present a report that shows a balanced budget for 2011 and highlights many of their objectives for the year having been met.
“I think it (the report) refl ects a lot of what council has accomplished in the last three plus years,” said Forrest. “Not only shown by the photographs in here, but also by the messages that are reported in it.”
The report highlights seven areas, including: leadership and informed de-cision making, excellence in customer service, effective fi nancial reporting and management of assets and resourc-es, transportation improvements, water and sewer utility improvements, im-proved parks and playgrounds and the establishment of a walkway strategy, and the audited consolidated fi nancial statements for the town.
The report states that mayor and council met objectives in leadership and informed decision making by adopting the new community plan, con-tinuing with town revitalization through the building demolition on Lakeview Avenue, receiving plans for the new library on lands to be donated by the town, reducing the town’s carbon foot-print through the use of iPads and the discontinuation of paper agendas, and participating in the consulting and plan-ning process for the new town square.
Objectives for 2012 and 2013 include plans for improvements for the town centre, applying for a grant for the con-struction of the Renfrew Town Square, implementing a billing system for the
newly installed radio water meters, encouraging public input in the deci-sion making process, and encouraging public attendance to council and com-mittee meetings.
The report states that the town ac-complished excellence in customer service through the installation of a new server at the town offi ce, the organization of a successful Canada Day celebration in 2011, installing the new wooden Down Coe-Jones sign, purchasing a new tanker truck for the Lake Cowichan Fire Department, set-ting up a town Facebook page, add-ing new campsites to Lakeview Park Campground, and promoting tourism to the town through meetings with other towns along the Pacifi c Marine Circle Route.
The town will continue to plan for a municipal complex and study the ways and means in which it can deal with current property leases in 2012 and 2013.
The report states that planned capital expenditures for 2011 were completed, along with all job creation programs.
Councillor McGonigle, now in the position of fi nance chair, states that “the second phase of water metering has commenced with grant funding pro-vided through the province of B.C. The upgrades may assist in securing further grant opportunities for other needed infrastructure upgrades.”
As many well know, the town has ongoing infrastructure development projects in the works for both sewer and water for 2013 and beyond. During the meeting council took consider-able time discussing how to fund these projects.
“Some ways to help fi nance those is through parcel taxes,” says Coun. McGonigle. “We currently have a $50 water parcel tax and it has been imple-mented for a number of years now.”
A staff report suggests increasing the sewer parcel tax to $100 in 2013, and doing the same for the water parcel
tax in years to come. Though this idea has been on the agenda of both the fi nance and public works committees for a while, council is still in the initial stages of looking at the idea, and they were divided when it came to how much should be charged.
Councillors Hornbrook, Ingram, and McGonigle were cautious, concerned about those residents on fi xed or low incomes, and how such an increase would affect them. Mayor Forrest expressed concern that if a parcel tax is not implemented then the town will have to borrow more funds which will affect residents down the road.
Borrowing for these projects also means that the town would not only have to borrow to pay for the proj-ects, but might also have to borrow in order to just pay the interest on these loans, according to McGonigle. Yet he cautioned that all taxation funds come from the same tax base, and that tax base is limited.
There was also extensive discus-sion about the amount that commercial properties pay in terms of a parcel tax. Hornbrook expressed the need to look at charging commercial properties per unit, and Joseph Fernandez, the towns chief administrative offi cer, stated that strata properties are not an issue because they are charged per unit.
The water project the town has planned will cost just under $3 million in the coming years. In order to pay for this through an increased sewer or water parcel tax, the town would have to charge an additional $200-$300 per household, according to Hornbrook, and he expressed concern about the im-pact this would have on local residents.
Mayor and council will be discussing this matter in more detail at the next public works meeting on July 10, at 5 p.m. Public attendance and input are welcome.
Copies of the town’s annual report can be obtained through the town of-fi ce.
CLEC a valuable asset to Lake Cowichan
Tamu Miles Gazette Editor
As many Cowichan Lake residents know, the Cowichan Lake Education Centre (CLEC) has been around since the late 1980s. Situated on 40 acres of prime lake front property, Dalton Smith, along with other staff members and volunteers, has worked over the years to transform what was a run down campground into a vital education and conference centre, used by groups from around the world.
This past week, Smith reported to council that the centre is already booked solid through to September despite a drop in bookings from universities and other educational institutions in B.C. and a correlating drop in revenue.
At the meeting, Violet Davidson read a letter from Jean Cozens who is concerned that the centre is underutilized and too expensive for many potential visitors. She
suggests making the centre more fl exible by opening it up to cater to hostel clientele and lowering its rates.
“During the summer months, when it’s very busy in Lake Cowichan and other places, we are very, very full. Most years we’re busy about seven months of the year. This year is an anomaly,” responded Smith.
Davidson also expressed concern that the centre is underutilized, and suggested that it could be opened up to forestry students as a place to take courses, or shutting the centre down for part of the year.
“Quietly we bring people to the education centre,” responded Dalton. “The spin off effects over the years have been quite terrifi c actually.”
He stated that if CLEC did not exist the town would not benefi t from almost $400,000 in additional revenue through job creation programs and visitors. The centre brings in $200,000 per year in federal grants, and Smith says that since the centre opened it has brought in $2 million in grants and aid.
At the moment, the centre is in the beginning stages of setting up job creation projects to build washrooms and a dock in Saywell Park, and fi xing up the box car at the Kaatza Station Museum.
This past week the centre had a group of approximately 40 individuals from the Inner Quest Foundation, a centre for spiritual and psychic studies.
Brian Robertson, one of the instructors with the institute, says that many of the individuals in the group wait for a retreat that will take them to Lake Cowichan, and many try to return every few years.
He says that people are attracted to the beauty of the facility and the area. It costs between $7,000 and $10,000 for individuals to travel with the group to Lake Cowichan as many of them come from the UK or other overseas countries. But Robertson says the cost of staying at CLEC is comparable, and the service they receive is top notch. “The food here is better than anywhere in the world.”
Inner Quest organizes a minimum of three courses a year at the centre. “You don’t get centres like this elsewhere,” he says. “We can create a retreat that is cost effective and people come because of what they’ve heard, and they are not disappointed.”
Smith says CLEC is looking to diversify and is in the midst of talks with School District 79 to try and attract school groups to the area, but says that for the most part, the centre pays for itself, and that it is a valuable asset to the community.
Tamu Miles PhotoThe group from Inner Quest Foundation pose for a picture below the main building at the Cowichan Lake Education Centre. This organization brings a minimum of three groups a year to the centre, exposing people from all over the world to the Cowichan Lake area.
Town projects on track
School Board 79 trustees held another rally in support of their restorative budget on June 20, in Duncan.
Approximately 130 people attended, and this number included individuals from the Council of Canadians, trustees from up island, teachers’ representatives from Nanaimo, Vic-toria, and Surrey.
Support continues to pour in for the boards budget from across the province, says Duncan Brown, an SD79 trustee, evidence that Cow-ichan is not the only district facing funding and program cut-backs.
One issue that remains forefront in the minds of trustees is that of the legal right of the province to fi re a democratically elected board. To investigate this issue further, the board voted to hire an independent lawyer.
“I don’t know if they have the right to fi re us,” says Brown, adding that Minister Abbott could not be fi red and replaced; there would have to be a referendum. “It’s important to ask the question.”
The board also passed a motion on their expectations for whoever would replace the board, if they were to be fi red. These expecta-tions include an opinion on how much they would be paid, who would pay them, keeping all public business in the open, and posting and publicizing meeting dates.
“Our expectations are that (any replace-ment) be open and accountable,” says Brown.
Trustees not backing down
Photo submittedCommunity, teacher, and trustee supporters of the SD79 restorative budget at a rally at the school board offi ce in June.
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Students are offi cially fi nished for the year at Lake Cowichan Secondary School (LCSS), but before they were completely done with last minute assignments, exams, and of course the grad ceremony, students and teachers learned that their new principal, taking over in September, has been chosen.
Nicole Boucher is currently the vice principal at George Bonner Middle School in Mill Bay, but come September she will be commuting from her home in Duncan to Lake Cowichan.
Boucher already has a history at LCSS as she was vice principal at the school from September 2003 to June 2006, and says she already has a great working relationship with the teachers and staff at the school.
“I feel connected to that staff. They are a lovely group of teachers.” She adds that she thinks there is only one teacher she does not know and with whom she will have to get acquainted.
Dani Garner, the current vice principal, and Boucher have worked together in the past, and Boucher says “we have an excellent working relationship and I feel we will be a strong team.”
As far as making any changes or adjusting any objectives the school may have, Boucher says she has ideas but she does not want to charge ahead. “Any ideas I have I would have to present to the staff fi rst. Certainly before dreaming up things, I would have to fi nd my place.”
She plans on maintaining Peter Jory’s (the current principal) Plan 100 initiative that focusses on the successful graduation of all LCSS students.
Jory says that Boucher is a thoughtful educator who understands the history of the school and the community.
“She is universally well liked by the teachers and the kids,” he says and adds that he thinks that Boucher and Garner will make a great team.
“It’s a great opportunity for Nicole and I think she will be well received. Since she was last here she has had several posts and I think she is completely ready to take it on.”
Boucher, who has three sons and who, with her husband, manages to juggle career and family says she is very excited to be back in the Lake Cowichan community.
She was even in attendance at this year’s graduation ceremony which took place on June 23.
Nicole Boucher PhotoNicole Boucher, the new principal at LCSS. She will start her position at the school in the fall.
Bottle drive for student employment
Tamu Miles Gazette Editor
University students, currently employed by the Cowichan Lake Chamber of Commerce Visitor Centre, have taken it upon them-selves to hold a bottle drive on Saturday June 30, in Saywell Park from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
These students, Jessica Sandhu and Susanne Tardiff, say they are doing this bottle drive so they are able to keep their jobs over the summer.
The chamber needs at least $6,528 to cover minimum wages for two students for eight weeks of employment. To cover taxes, CPP, employment insurance, or vacation pay, the chamber will also need an extra $783.66.
Visitor Centre coordinator Kath-erine Worsley, and chamber presi-dent Rita Dustow recently learned that for the third year in a row the chamber will not receive any fund-ing through the federal govern-ments Summer Jobs Program.
Worsley says that none of the visitor centres in the Cowichan Val-ley received funding this year.
The last time the Visitor Centre received funding was in 2009, for $2,200. Worsley says that this amount was only enough to cover hiring one high school student at the lowest rate.
Over the last few years the cham-ber has had to subsidize its student employees.
The chamber serves over 20,000 visitors per year, with 10,000 of these visitors being during the
summer months. Student employees perform
many different tasks and fi ll many different roles for the centre. Work-ing with Worsley and the board of directors, students have created an area map, area brochure, post cards, and a Pacifi c Marine Circle Route Power Point presentation.
Students also update the events calendar, help with the weekly newsletter, fi ll brochure display racks, and place orders for more from businesses throughout the region, and much, much more. And that’s all besides answering the questions of visitors, both in person and over the phone, on a daily basis.
Many of these tasks help stu-dents to develop skills that are transferable to real world jobs once they have completed university.
The bottle drive is not the only way in which local residents can help Sandhu and Tardiff keep their jobs with the centre. On July 8, and 22, they will be in front of Country Grocer selling hot dogs and soft drinks from 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Country Grocer is supplying all the hot dogs, buns, condiments, and refreshments, as well as the tent.
Help support these students and their desire to stay in the com-munity this summer, doing a job they are passionate about and loyal to. Bring your bottles to Saywell Park on June 30, and your hungry bellies to Country Grocer on July 8, and 22.
For more information, call the Visitor Centre at 250-749-3244.
Tamu Miles PhotoSusanne Tardiff, Katherine Worsley, and Jessica Sandhu pose in front of the forest display at the Visitor Centre.
Garage sale for the animalsTamu Miles Photo
On Saturday, June 23, the Lake Cowichan Animal Rescue Society held a garage sale in the building used for storage by Countrywide Realty. Countrywide donated all of the items in the building to the garage sale, as the folks at the realty offi ce were looking to clean out the building and make room for more items that get left behind after the sale of a home.Left, Marg Livingstone holds up a stuffed animal, one of the items for sale. Rescue Society president Michael Bedard and his wife Barbara gathered many items from the community to raise much needed funds to help care for local abandoned or sick animals.On August 4, the society will be hosting its annual Giant Garage Sale in Saywell Park. There will be 30-35 tables, plus a concession stand and an auction.
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going and adapt to more and more readers accessing their information in an online format, the industry is having to either adapt or face the reality of extinction.
In an article printed by the Newspapers Community Association for British Columbia and the Yukon (BCYCNA), Warren Buffett states that the loyalty that community newspapers experience from their readership will allow these newspapers to stay strong well into the future.
This is good news for a community paper such as the Lake Cowichan Gazette. Even so, small papers such as this one still must make use of Facebook and other social mediums to engage readers and keep them informed, which in itself is a task now added to the daily workings of any newspaper.
The article, found on the BCYCNA website, states that national newspapers are losing sales and are cutting editorial costs in an effort to increase revenue, while local newspapers are beefi ng up editorial which retains newspaper readership.
Local newspapers enjoy this loyalty from their readership because a local paper refl ects the communities in which they reside. If it were not for local events, community initiatives, committees, schools, and other such organizations and events, a local paper would be moot.
However, with cutbacks and consolidations happening across North America, the resources any media outlet has to cover the news and events of any community are dwindling, just look at the CBC for example. Since budget cuts for the company were announced, many of the CBC’s programs have been cut and long-time radio personalities and reporters have been let go.
This means that media outlets, especially those in smaller communities, are relying on the public to bring them their news in an effort to keep the public at large informed, and keep their readers engaged.
As well, this local input and story sourcing allows publishers, editors, and other staff to more effectively juggle the many hats they must now wear.
We here at the Gazette appreciate the effort made by Cowichan Lake residents to keep us informed, so we can keep the public informed. If you have a newsworthy story, an event, or know of an individual that should be highlighted as contributing to the community in some way, don’t hesitate to send us an email at [email protected], or phone us at 250-749-4383.
Choosing work instead of welfareVICTORIA – The B.C.
government has taken some modest steps to tighten up the province’s income assistance system, and to encourage people to work when they are able to.
With Premier Christy Clark swooping in to take credit,
Social Development Minister Stephanie Cadieux unveiled changes that included fi xing the worst mistake in B.C. Liberal policy. Cadieux acknowledged that B.C. was the only province that clawed back all earnings from employable welfare recipients, and she announced that from now on they will be able to earn up to $200 a month without penalty. The exemption for disabled people is increased from $500 to $800 a month.
Another important change is requiring welfare recipients to fi le income tax returns. People can now do temporary work when it comes along, report the income and take advantage of the various tax credits that come from participating in society instead of just living off it. Any experience earning money is valuable experience.
With baby boomers starting to retire in big numbers, the expected labour shortage has begun across Western
Canada. And yet, increasing numbers of foreign workers are coming in to do farm and other work, while many young people are unemployed.
Finance Minister Kevin Falcon took note of this during his budget preparations. Increasing numbers of young, employable people were applying for welfare in southern B.C., while jobs go begging in the booming northeast. Falcon mused about setting up a program to provide training and plane fare for these people, an idea quickly dubbed “welfare air.”
Another effort to get young people working is Jobfest, a rock-themed road show currently touring northern B.C. towns. It attracts young people with music and souvenirs like drumsticks and guitar picks, and offers them skills assessment using sexy iPad apps and graphics that depict carpentry as cool.
If Jobfest and welfare air sound a bit desperate, it’s because they are. They illustrate our society’s problem. We have a public school system where students pass whether they do the work or not. The culture assumes self-esteem is more important than achievement. The teachers’ union constantly sets an example that the way to get what you want is to stamp your feet and demand it from government. What do we expect young people to learn?
And how easy is it for B.C. to slip into a Greece-like tailspin, where a majority expects to be carried on the backs of the shrinking minority who do productive work? Old-timers might recall when Mike Harcourt’s NDP government took over from the allegedly miserly Social Credit regime and raised welfare rates.
They compounded that mistake by relaxing eligibility rules and making it easier for employable people to stay on welfare. After a couple of years of this wealth redistribution, 10 per cent of the B.C. population was on welfare, with more piling on every day. Faced with the results of this staggering blunder, Harcourt lashed out at “cheats, deadbeats and varmints” scamming B.C. taxpayers and launched a crackdown on fraud. Later the NDP cut the basic rate for single employables to $500 a month.
Today it stands at $610, and the NDP looks poised to repeat history. Surrey MLA Jagrup Brar did a month-long publicity stunt in January, living on welfare by wandering from shelter to food bank with TV cameras trailing behind.
Brar would have been better off if welfare air had been available. Instead of learning to live off the burgeoning urban handout industry, he could have gone up to Dawson Creek or Fort St. John and worked as a labourer.
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Summer Nights long days of volunteering In 2007 my husband and I retired to the
Cowichan Valley (specifi cally to the Stoltz Pool area) and since that time we have experienced the remarkable energy and the commitment to community that is abundant in all parts of the valley.
However, the people of Lake Cowichan have to take the prize. In the summer of 2009, I at-tended a Lake Cowichan community meeting from which sprang the incredible team now called the Cowichan Lake and River Steward-ship Society and they continue to work for the sustainable future of the lake and region.
Then along came Summer Nights. This coop-erative of not-for-profi ts extended a welcome to the Cowichan Valley Arts Council (of which I am president) through its member groups, the Kaatza Lakeside Players and the Kaatza Art Group, and away we went. This band of hard-working volunteers single-handedly organized a series of nine, free, Saturday night concerts in the Central Park for the summer of 2012. Why? Because they saw the need for family-oriented, downtown entertainment during the vacation season in their beautiful park.
Yes. The organizations including the Cow-ichan Valley Arts Council, will make a little money — but take it from me, the hours of
work required will far outweigh the monetary reward. These folks just plain care about their community and their region. Thanks to all the wonderful people who work tirelessly for the community called the Cowichan Valley.
Judy BraydenLake Cowichan
Support for restorative school district budgetI would like to offer my sincere support to
the Cowichan School District Board of Trustees for presenting their restoration budget to the government.
They have done what many politicians do not, followed through on a campaign promise. This shows great courage considering the threats made by the government to fi re them. I have learned from personal experience how constant cuts have affected the education system.
My children were victims of the Yount School closure and the A.B. Greenwell School debacle. I would strongly urge the Minister of Education to consider this budget carefully and work to compromise with the Cowichan board.
Removing them from their positions would deny the families of the Cowichan school district their democratic rights to have locally elected representation.
Melinda Brown Lake Cowichan
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The excitement throughout the village was palpable. Many months of preparations and hard work by the townsfolk were almost complete. The new community hall, aptly named Centennial Hall, would be the focal point for the upcoming community events scheduled for June 4, 5 and 6, 1971. It was British Columbia’s centennial year and the Lake District Centennial Celebrations Days had fi nally arrived.
One of the main events was the pioneer banquet. It was also one of the most historically important events to take place in our community. Many centennial events and festivities were planned throughout the community including the banquet for area pioneers and other early residents. It was also the year the Lake Cowichan community hall, Centennial Hall, was built, mostly by volunteer fundraising and labour.
Receiving one of the invitations to the banquet was pioneer family member Trevor Green who later recorded the event in his daily journal. Upon arriving at Centennial Hall, the Greens and others who had received invitations, found the parking lot nearly full. Once inside the Greens found a table near the stage, with pioneer family member Charlie March and old-timer Joe Buote (for whom the corner Chicken Joe’s was named because Joe, who lived near the corner, kept chickens and sold the eggs). Trevor described Joe as a “wry and witty octogenarian” who had lived at Honeymoon Bay for 20 years. Each table, wrote Trevor, was fi lled with “a galaxy of old friends and acquaintances,” many unseen in years.
At one of the tables sat John and Vera Saywell, long time principal and schoolteacher ,who Saywell Park was named after. The Howe’s were also in attendance — Gladys Howe was born across the street from the old Riverside Inn and has been cited many times as being the fi rst white baby born here. Her husband Art, who for many years operated a butcher shop in town, accompanied her. Seated nearby were Colonel and Mrs. Boyd (Liz) who attended pretty well every event the town hosted. The guest list also included Mrs. Fred Reed and her son Jimmy (presently a regular reader of this column). Many years prior, Mrs. Reed, the former Miss Marguerite Marsh, had arrived from England with the Ashburnham family to take up residence near Honeymoon Bay. Trevor enjoyed visiting with her because of her delightful bubbly “good spirits”.
Seated at the head table were local MLA Bob and Mrs. Strachan, his Worship the Mayor of Lake Cowichan, Moe All and his wife, the former Rene Castley. Henry and Ann Lundgren and other members of the centennial committee were also seated there. Being a well-attended event, those listed were just a “mere fraction” of those who Trevor noticed.
The dinner, deemed “excellent” was prepared by the most sought-after cook/caterer in town, Mrs. Doris Johnson. By then, Doris had spent many years
as head cook at the elementary school cafeteria and at many other venues. Her menu included “sweet Sherry followed by roast beef, vegetables, hot rolls then a dessert of pastry shells fi lled with strawberries topped with whip cream”.
After dinner emcee Henry Lundgren, (whose son Allan is presently a regular volunteer at Kaatza Station Museum) “attired in a mustard coloured frock coat,” presented each of the (mostly) elderly guests with a specially minted Centennial Medal. A few of the medal recipients included
Andy Atchison, Ken Gillespie, Mrs.Voas (who was the former Mrs. Roy Scott and mother of local resident Bob Scott), Joe Buote — who, according to Trevor, “maintained a constant fl ow of wry and barbed comments” throughout, and Mrs. Marie Morton, thought to be the oldest of them all.
Entertainment, which followed the banquet, was presented by the local Scandinavian Club and included Nordic dancing and a rendition of a “song to the pioneers composed by the versatile” Henry Lundgren and Bertha Lowe (mother of Bonnie Willey). Later upstairs, some of the pioneers along with others enjoyed a drink and entertainment at the Hog and Horn — according to Trevor, an attempt at a replica of an Old English Pub.
—Research: Kaatza Station Museum and Greendale Journals.
Rolli Gunderson
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The Pioneer Banquet
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Photo Rolli Gunderson CollectionThe novel idea of a wooden quarter, worth 25 cents, which could be used at any participating business in Lake Cowichan during the June 4th, 5th, 6th, 1971 Lake Cowichan Centennial Celebrations, was a hit. Although many were redeemed most were saved as souvineers.
1971: It was British Columbia’s centennial year and the Lake Dis-trict Centennial Cele-brations Days. The new Centennial Hall would be the focal point for community events.
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Youth’s goal to write for print achieved
Over a year ago I had a goal set: I wanted to become a reporter.
At lunch time at school, I would always act as if I was a news reporter and my friends would laugh and go with the fl ow, as if I really was.
Since then I have gone on to try and achieve this goal. I want to become the top journalist.
At the beginning of this semester, I was planning on taking Japanese 10. Then an opportunity came into my life, and my goal was in action. My social studies teacher, Noni Battye, asked me while helping me search for a course, “What do you want to become when you get older?”
I answered, “A journalist.” “Hmm . . . well, let’s try this,”
she said. “I can set you up with a course that will give you the experience of being one. As well, I can talk to our local newspaper and see if you can write for them on things that happen around here at LCSS.”
Those words had me star struck. I wasn’t able to move. I was in
shock, and full of excitement. I said to her, “Really? Sweet!”
I played it cool so when I got home I could let all of my excitement out. Those very words have got me where I am today.
A couple months have gone by and here I am. I have written nine articles, and this one you are reading is now my tenth. Ten was my goal to have been done by the end of this semester.
My goal has been achieved. I have covered various topics.
Some of my story headlines include Lights! Camera! Fashion!, Fun in the sun at LCSS, and many more.
A couple of weeks ago, I walked down to the Gazette and asked them a question.
“May I write for the paper during the summer?”
Their answer was yes and my heart fi lled with joy, and excitement. This is a moment that will never be forgotten.
My dream and my stick-to-it attitude, have gotten me where I am today. It may sound corny, but dreams do come true. Don’t be afraid of doing something you want to do.
Lakers Corner will now be turned into Youth’s Corner. A column that will be telling Lake Cowichan citizens about what’s going on around town from a youth’s point of view.
LAKERS CORNERGilbert Lewis
Coho released into Beaver LakeTamu Miles Gazette Editor
As Bob Crandall, presi-dent of the Cowichan Lake Salmonid Enhancement Society, fi shes the last 2,000 coho out of the tanks at the Lake Cowichan Hatchery, he’s already thinking about the fry (young salmon) that will have to be salvaged out of local streams as water levels lower and streams begin to dry up.
Crandall is concerned about the different spe-cies of salmon that end up caught in pools in sections of Beadnell Creek.
He uses special nets, constructed in the ancient First Nation’s style by ex-perts on Salt Spring Island, to scoop the fi sh from the rivers.
He says that he rescues tens of thousands of fry each year, but does leave a certain percentage to die off naturally or to be eaten by raccoons or other small animals, at the request of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
But on June 15, Crandall and Kevin Lowe, a volunteer at the hatchery, are focussed on mov-ing the remaining coho fry from the hatchery to Beaver Lake.
The tanks at the hatchery are fed most of the year by runoff from Beadnell Creek, and the rest of the time from a pump which brings water from the small creek that runs next to the build-ing.
“When the pump kicks in, you know Beadnell is getting low,” explains Crandall.
As he and Lowe scoop the fry with nets into a bucket, and then into water fi lled containers in the back of Crandall’s truck, he explains that the fi sh are not fed for 24 hours before they are re-leased, so they are motivated to fi nd food in the wild.
Once loaded, Crandall and Lowe drive out to Beaver Lake where they are met by Frank Worsely, the grounds manager at Beaver Lake Re-sort. Joe Balmar, and a couple of other residents also wander over to give a hand and watch the release of the coho fry.
Worsley loads up the two water and salmon fi lled con-tainers onto the back of his John Deer Gator and brings them to the dock, where the water is a cooler temperature than along the shoreline.
“You have to check the temperature of the water the fi sh are in and the temperature of the lake,” says Crandall. “If there is more than a fi ve degree difference (either way) it can kill them.”
Crandall instructs Lowe and Worsley to lower the containers full of fi sh into the lake from the dock, and slowly allow the water in the contain-ers to rise to the temperature of the lake before releasing the fi sh.
These fry were harvested from salmon in the fall, and will remain in the lake until sometime between November and January before they make their way towards the ocean.
Tamu Miles PhotoKevin Lowe, top left, and Frank Wors-ley, lower coho fry into Beaver Lake.
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The rest is still unwrittenThe rest is still unwritten . . . . . . Grad 2012Grad 2012Tamu Miles Gazette Editor
It was a thankful, and sometimes tearful, class of 2012 that said goodbye to the teachers and staff at Lake Cowichan Secondary on Saturday, June 23.
The hall was decorated in a classic decor with pillars, tulle, and attention to detail. The theme “the rest is still unwritten” was made evident through a large gold pen and inkwell, and an open book, suspended from the ceiling and framing the stage.
The gymnasium was full of supporters; family and friends who cheered the students on and took every advantage for a photo opportunity.
Principal Peter Jory opened up by thanking all those who worked so hard to make the event possible, including teachers, staff, and parents. “We have not walked on this whole journey together, but have done some key stretches side by side,” he stated. “And we are here now, to celebrate, to recognize, to thank.”
Jory took some time to refl ect on the class of 2012, and their presence within the school as the evening started. He commented about the students’ use of the school’s lobby, and how they treated it like an extension of their living rooms at home.
“Their personal items resided for days at a time on the picnic table. The key feature of course was the cubbies, with their names on them, just like kindergarten. Frankly I like that they were comfortable here in our little school. I’m not a huge fan of clutter, or for that matter noise, but it seems within reason a rather small price to pay for them to feel welcome. I happen to prefer it when our students are here as opposed to somewhere else.”
Jory referred to the group as a powerful one; a group of individuals who know how to get things done. “We have students that will go on to university and do post graduate work, and maybe even cure cancer or solve the global warming issue. There are students who will be writers, and musicians, and artists of various types. We have students who will transition right away into trades and be the glue that holds your town together. We have students who will be the caretakers and caregivers; who will look after you when you are sick and when you are old. We have students who will be the managers and the leaders, who are darn well going to change something, and change it soon, or look out.”
When Jory was done, the students and the audience were addressed by other guest speakers beginning with Duncan Brown and Eden Haythornthwaite from the School District 79 board of education, and Joe Rhodes from the Ministry of Education.
Each took a turn congratulating the class and thanking those who helped to make the event possible, and who helped the students make it to graduation.
There were, of course, nuggets of wisdom passed along to the grads to take with them as they head out into the world.
Rhodes started by sharing a couple of gems he says he picked up along his journey through life. He quoted his English teacher in high school who once shared a piece of poetry that has stuck with Rhodes over the years. “If you walk upon this earth with anger then the footprints of your life will be no more than those of someone walking along the ocean at low tide. But if you walk up on this earth in kindness, then the footprints of your life will be like those left in the permafrost; forever embedded. So choose kindness.”
Pat Biello, the school counselor, shared some humorous tidbits about the students. Including some of the responses, anonymous of course, students gave on their exams.
“As you sit here,” he said to the students, “those of us who have had any infl uence on you wonder just how good a job we have done in helping you prepare for your future. It has been an honour to be part of your lives and one that has left us teachers with wonderful memories. But don’t think that we haven’t sat in the staff room a time or two to discuss all of you. It was during these times that I had the opportunity to hear my colleagues share stories . . . and share some of the interesting answers given to them on exams.”
Question: What is a fossil? Answer: A fossil is an extinct animal. The older it becomes, the more extinct it gets.
Question: Where was the constitution signed? Answer: At the bottom of the page.
Question: Who is a census taker? Answer: A person going from house to house increasing the population.
“I make fun, but we teachers have taken our jobs seriously and we feel confi dent that your school days have prepared and readied you to move on. Never forget those of us who have been involved in supporting and encouraging you. Now that you have completed Grade 12, you are moving forward. Your life, is in your hands.”
The students had a chance to thank teachers and parents as well. Kara Foster, Robin Johel, Jorden Matson, and Eric Schilling each addressed specifi c teachers or staff members who made an impact upon their lives.
Kirsten Carpentier, Jade Sangha, and Shelby Wilcox sent out special thanks and, members of the grad committee presented potted fl owers or plants, and their special thanks, to those teachers and staff members who
put considerable effort into the grad event itself.Finally, the class valedictorian, Tana Molenaar-Wilson
delivered a heartfelt and memorable speech, refl ecting on her own life and journey to graduation, and sharing a few embarrassing moments of her classmates, whom she has known for so many years.
“If I am going to leave the grad class of 2012 something to live by, it would have to be: think about what you are going to do, before you do it. What you think, could be funny, but it may end up getting you fi red. Remember that there is nothing more valuable than life itself, and that the most prized possessions in life hold no price tag.”
After the candlelight walk and the parents’ waltz, the grads were off to have dinner before heading to the prom at Centennial Hall. They will be off on June 30, for their dry grad in Merritt for some white water rafting.
Congratulations, grads of 2012. All the best from the Lake Cowichan Gazette.
Tamu Miles PhotosTop: the curtains pulled back to reveal the grads dressed in all their fi nery after having made their entrance to the gym with robes on. Middle left: Pat Biello addresses the grads and shares some funny stories as well as some heartfelt advice. Bottom left: class valedictorian Tana Molenaar-Wilson poses for a picture after the group photo on the steps of the school. Bottom right: Jade Sangha, Gage Grosskleg, and Dawn Timms as they make their way around the gym during the candlelight walk.
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Gazette PhotosOn June 12, students at Palsson Elementary participated in an Aboriginal Games Day.With everything from Canoe Racing, depicted in the photo above, to a Hole in One Button Game, shown by Brayden Claxton, Kiely Toivonen, and Owen Sharrow on the right, the kids participated in a full day of activities.Chief Livingstone of the Cowichan Lake First Nations addressed the students, telling them that he was happy to share the games with the kids and in this way share the First Nations culture with the students.
2012 Honeymoon Bay DaysDown By the Bay
Palsson Elementary celebrates Aboriginal Day
Tamu Miles Gazette Editor
Honeymoon Bay is once again pulling out all the stops for a fabulous Canada Day weekend. For all other Canada Day events happening on Sunday July 1, in the Cowichan Lake area, see page 1.
Starting on Friday afternoon, June 29, and carrying on until Sunday, there will be plenty of activities for everyone to enjoy.
Bay Days has traditionally been held in August, but starting last year, organizers decided to hold it on the Canada Day long weekend, and this year activities will begin on the Friday evening instead of Saturday morning.
On Friday evening, the Honeymoon Bay Community Society (HBCS) will be hosting an outdoor family movie night. Bring a blanket and pillow, or lawn chair, and make yourself comfortable on the lawn of the Honeymoon Bay Hall.
Movie night will begin with cartoons for the kids at 7 p.m., with Betty Boop, Popeye, and the like. The movie, which shall remain a mystery until that evening, will begin at dusk.
Katrine Winia, one of the organizers and a member of the HBCS says there will be tents for seniors, and she stresses that the movie is not a “mystery,” but a family movie that will remain a surprise for the general public until that evening.
Saturday morning, festivities begin at 11 a.m. with the annual parade which will begin at Lily Beach and will make its way up South Shore Road to the hall.
Pre-registration for the parade is not necessary, so if you would like to participate, organizers say to show up by 10:30 a.m. for the marshalling. A small prize will be given to the best fl oat after the parade fi nishes its route.
This year there will be between 15 and 20 games for kids, with a couple specifi cally for adults, during the celebrations on Saturday after the parade. Ticket prices are $3 and under.
This year’s highlight is the Pony Ball Races, where both individuals and groups can participate. This game is
basically a race to the fi nish line on yoga balls equipped with handles, and it is expected to be a ton of fun for all.
“I can picture moms and dads racing against their kids,” says Winia.
Purchasing $1 worth of tickets gets you between one and four players.
This year’s Honeymoon Bay’s Got Talent is a little different from
previous years, in that it will begin at 7 p.m. on Saturday.Mary Egan, a local singer/songwriter will be emceeing
the event and playing between local musicians who wish to share their talent with the community.
Anyone can participate, and no pre-registration is required. Merely show up to the event at Central Park, talk to Egan, and get your name on the list.
The talent show will run until the fi reworks display, the highlight of the weekend. Fireworks will begin at dusk, around 10 p.m., and can be viewed from Central Park.
Last year the show ran for almost an hour, but usually it runs for between 20 and 30 minutes. For anyone outside the Cowichan Lake area, it is defi nitely worth the drive.
Free glow sticks will be given out, and visitors are asked to view the show from Central Park.
There will be 50/50 tickets sold between 12 p.m. and 3 p.m., just look for Marian Bates and her volunteer helper. Proceeds go towards the HBCS.
Sunday will begin bright and early with the fi reman’s pancake breakfast starting at 8 a.m. at the Honeymoon Bay Hall. The food usually runs out by 11 a.m., just in time for the Canada Day ceremonies to begin.
The ceremony will start with singing the national anthem, followed by the cutting of the cake at 11 a.m.
The HBCS will then hand out the Honeymoon Bay Fire Department Doug Goddard Memorial Scholarship for $500 to a Honeymoon Bay Grade 12 student who plans to, or is enrolled in, three months or more of post secondary education.
To fi nd out more about Honeymoon Bay Days, or other events happening throughout the summer in the area, go to hbcs.ca. And don’t forget to stop by the Honeymoon Bay market on Saturday, located by The Coffee Mill in the heart of Honeymoon Bay.
Lets’ em
ót
Reaching back to move forward…
36thANNUAL B.C. Elders GATHERING
“Lets’ emót” one heart, one mind, one family.
“Honouring our ancestors through our elders and recognizing
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July 10, 11, and 12, 2012TRADE AND EXHIBITION CENTRE
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27 Stevens Crescent $169,000 $829,000
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$399,000
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360 Carnell Drive Big family home, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, could support a home based business or in-law suite.
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10176 Youbou Rd.
10408 Arbutus Street $150,000
• Waterview• Low maintenance
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• 2.87 acres• Lovely
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2 bedroom apartment!
Seller Financing Availableon all three, with
down payment 3 years at 4.5%Will consider buying your hometo make a deal come together.
103 South Shore Rd. $569,000Waterfront Investment
YoubouMini Mart
$339,000
10484 Youbou Road 102 Cowichan Avenue
lake view from the kitchenlandscaped .52 of an acre
$265,000Lovely rancher, 3 bdrm,
private landscaped back yard
$259,000
Lake View Manor, 2 bedroom condo, 55 plus
$87,800266 Hillside Road
$279,000three bedroom A-Frame
with separate shop
Penny LaneCottage1 bdrm & den.Riverfront Strata.
$212,500$212,500
185 MacDonaldHuge Lot,Huge House
96 Johel Rd.
$215,000 $199,000
9590 Creekside RoadWaterfront Dock
$675,000
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389 Point Ideal Waterfront $339,000Lot 30 Cypress Private $69,000470 Point Ideal Prime Loc WOW $89,900466 Point Ideal Prime Loc $137,700Lot 22 Kestral Dr. $134,500#4 Meades Creek $374,900Underground services and mountain vista
10561 Cypress Rd. $325,000Amazing views, Swimming Pool
10524 Youbou Rd. $2,800,000This fi rst class Bar & Grill & restaurant with a liquor store below was just a bit ahead if its time. Youbou is just on the brink of exploding into its own. This building is world class, the cedar and art work are tremendous, the stair case alone coming up the back has been done by a true artisan. The kitchen is well laid out and the sports bar feel keeps it packed on those special days. The liquor store downstairs is well used.
PENNY LANE -1 BDRM
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RENTALS 127 North Shore Road
3 bedroom and rec room.1 year lease $850 per month
$339,780 10694 Youbou Road
MLS# 334547, “Working Mans
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All open conceptwith a fi replace.
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11445 North Shore Road
could support ahome based busor in-law suite.
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Wednesday, June 13, a 1997 green GMC SUV collided with a white van parked on the east side of the road, throwing the van several feet back towards South Shore Road. No one was hurt, but police and Lake Cowichan fi refi ghters responded.
Constable Darcy Caston, who is heading the investigation, says he does not believe alcohol is a factor, but it is too early to determine if it was human error or vehicle malfunction. Police are not yet releasing the name of the driver or the passengers in the SUV.
—[email protected] Whiskin photo
Lake Cowichan Firefi ghters and local RCMP respond to a head on collision on Neva Road, June 13.
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Sunday, July 1, Canada Day FestivitiesCentral Park 1pm to 3pmMayor’s address & cutting of the cake tobe followed by various performers.Come out and enjoy: David K.,Tanya Gillispie and Mary Egan, Naomi Payon and localtalent including: Sarah Ferguson, Lindsay Elzinga, Sidney Fothergill, Logan WallaceBring your lawn chairs & come celebrate Canada Day with us!
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Dawn Coe-Jones Amateur Junior Open
The annual Dawn Coe-Jones Amateur Junior Open is coming up on July 5. This shot-gun start tournament will begin at 9 a.m. at March Meadows Golf Course in Honeymoon Bay.
The tournament is for junior players under the age of 18, and the handicap factor has to be 32 or less.
This tournament was started in 1986 by Coe-Jones to give back to the kids and to the Lake Cowichan community. “It was a way to showcase March Meadows and show off where I grew up,” explains Coe-Jones.
Coe-Jones was born in Campbell River in
1960. Her family moved to Lake Cowichan shortly after and she began playing golf at the age of 12. Coe-Jones has many tournament titles under her belt, including being a member of team Canada in 2001 which captured the nation’s cup, being the 1995 Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions champion. In 2003 she was inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame, and in 2011 the B.C. Golf Hall of Fame.
But her career playing in golf tournaments began back in the 1970s when in 1978 and 1979 she was the British Columbia junior champion, and went on to be the B.C. amateur champion in 1982 and 1983, and the Canadian amateur champion in 1983.
Coe-Jones currently lives in Tampa, Florida with her husband Jimmy Jones and their son.
Coe-Jones still plays on the LPGA legends tour, and coaches her son’s team in Florida.
Each year, Coe-Jones puts together the prizes for the tournament. The top winners in both the boys and girls categories receive trophies, and Coe-Jones tries to make sure that every player goes home with some sort of prize.
To make this happen, she asks fellow PGA professionals to help gather golf equipment and other prizes. She says that March Meadows contributes a lot as well. “They work hard,” she says. “I couldn’t do this tournament without them.”
Gazette photoGirls’ low gross winner Shirin Anjarwalla from Nanaimo, with Dawn Coe-Jones at last year’s Open.
A big win for Lake Cowichan Minor Baseball team
After fi nishing the regular season in fi rst place with wins against Salt Spring Island, the Lady-smith Cubs, and the Ladysmith Cardinals, the Lake Cowichan peewee team, Sons of Pitches, found themselves going into the fi nals on Satur-day, June 23.
Coach Kelly Bergstrom, and Lake Cowichan minor baseball president Bryan Hill say that it was tense on Saturday, as the Sons of Pitches had to win against the Duncan team, or they would have played against Duncan again in Lake Cowichan that evening.
“Both peewee teams, the Lakers who just got knocked out on Tuesday and Sons of Pitches, have done extremely well this year. This is the fi rst time that I have seen a peewee team make it to the fi nal game in play offs. We go up against Duncan Team 4 sat at 12 and if we win we will be undefeated in the spring season play offs,” said Hill before the game.
The Sons of Pitches won 10-5 against Duncan
Team 4 putting them in fi rst place for the spring league, with Duncan Team 4 coming in second.
Hill was excited about the win, saying that the “Sons of Pitches are the fi rst to represent Lake Cowichan and fi nish fi rst in spring league since we interlocked with surrounding areas. I am extremely proud of how well all our teams have done this year.”
“All the teams this year have done extremely well and it shows that we have great coaches, volunteers, and kids that all deserve recognition for the great season through all the levels,” he adds.
On Sunday, June 24, all the teams in Lake Cowichan, from t-ball to peewee, participated in a fun day and received awards.
The fi rst exhibition game of the summer season is in Ladysmith on Wednesday June 27, followed by a double header against Salt Spring Island in Lake Cowichan.
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Bob Vessey pulled off the ultimate golf shot last Tuesday as he hooked his iron shot from the number one tee and right into the cup. Congratulations Bob!
The Match Play Championship continues, with Lance Lingren, John Barger, Ray Bourassa, and Ron McGovern making it into the quarter fi nals.
Rick Nott shot the best low-gross score and Don Cochrane was the low-net winner.
Jug Kalar was KP (closest to the pin) on the seventh hole. Birdies
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Together, members of the Cowichan outdoor group, hike leader Dave Rife, and eight Retread members joined the challenging four boot hike from Sombrio to Parkinson River on the Juan de Fuca Trail.
To deal with the transport challenge, half of the group went down the trail to the Parkinson parking lot and the other half drove on down the highway to the Sombrio parking lot. You know, the place where those hippies lived for a number of years. Midpoint along the trail we met on some rocks that overlooking the Juan de Fuca channel for lunch. Luckily, at the last minute, remembered to exchange car keys. Bingo, at the end of the hike mud covered hikers were set to head home in their own carpool vehicles.
The old-timers noted that the trail is now in the worst condition they have ever encountered. We were steadily sloshing through mud as deep as our boot tops, or sidling around the edge of puddles. We had to scramble up and down over roots where ladders no longer exist. This trail is mostly up and down with short 10 metre bursts of even walking
This experience lead to the realization that this park, and hence the trail, is part of the provincial park system and as such is being starved for maintenance funds. We discussed a solution: each potential MLA should be required
to hike at least one section of the trail preferably in the spring, to assure his or her fi tness for offi ce.
Complaining aside, these trails are an interesting and enjoyable trip along the marine water front. For the fi rst kilometre we worked our way across rocks down along the beach. Some were really slippery and we soon realized that the trick was to put boots into the cracks. Once over the rocks it was up and down, and we crossed numerous streams. Two had really nice suspension bridges. The others were single or double log crossings.
At many points we were able to stand and look out over the channel to the Olympic Mountains in the misty distance. The only wildlife we encountered was a three inch salmander and a number of slugs crossing the trail. However, the other group reported a brief encounter with mother bear and cubs.
Finally and somewhat exhausted, we reached a sign that announced 0.3 km to the Parkinson parking lot. What a relief. Almost six hours to cover the eight km which was not a great rate of travel. Then home to a hot shower, with a brief stop at the Coastal Kitchen Cafe for a welcome coffee.
—submitted by David Kidd
Photo submittedPat Zubatiak and COG members cross one of the beautiful suspension bridges along the Juan de Fuca Marine Trail.
If you would like to register for the Great Lake Walk either as an indi-vidual or as a team, the early bird deadline is fast approaching.
Walkers have until July 1, to take advantage of the low registration fee of $43. Advanced registration is from July 2 to August 1, and will cost $53. From August 2 to September 1, the cost to register will be $63.
Great Lake Walk chair, Bertha Graville, says that teams are encouraged and she would love to see more businesses in town register as teams and participate. When registering as a team, every sixth person registers for free.
This annual event is a fundraiser for charities in the Cowichan Valley, with individuals and teams being able to pick the charity of their choice upon registra-tion. Since the fi rst Great Lake Walk in 2002, this event has helped to raise over $600,000 for 350 different charities.
The walk circles the second largest body of fresh water on Vancouver Island, Cowichan Lake, a full 56 kilometers starting in Youbou and ending in Cowichan Lake.
The event actually begins on the Friday evening before the walk with a high-carb dinner at the Youbou Hall. Meat or vegetarian lasagna and salad will be on the menu.
Tickets for the dinner can be purchased at the time of registration. The dinner will take place between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.
The next morning, participants will be up at 2 a.m. to take advantage of the breakfast hosted by the Youbou Old Age Pensioners’ Organization number 115 at the Youbou New Hope Community Church.
The cost for the breakfast is $5.50, and will include scrambled eggs, sausage, pancakes, orange juice, coffee and tea. The breakfast is open to the public as well as participants, and tickets can be purchased at the time of registration, or at the church.
Graville says that the walk attracts people from all over Canada, includ-ing Vancouver, Victoria, Duncan, and even as far away as Ontario.
“Last year we had 317 people. That’s about what we’ve had on average for the last couple of years. We strive for 500 but we’re not quite there yet.”
Graville says she has been part of the event for about the past six years, and she feels that besides raising money for charities, the walk is a way to promote the town to the world and show people the beautiful scenery of the west coast. “It gets the town out there.”
When the job of chair for the organization came along, Graville says she jumped at the chance. “When I got on the board of directors, I got re-ally wound up in the whole thing. So when the chair position came along, I took it. I love it. I wouldn’t give it up for anything.”
For more information, and to register, go to greatlakewalk.com, or phone 250-749-3740.
Gazette PhotoWalkers Noella Trotter and Connie Cro-teau at the fi nish line last year.
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EXPERIENCED PARTS per-son required for progressive auto/industrial supplier. Hired applicant will receive top wag-es, full benefi ts and RRSP bo-nuses plus moving allowanc-es. Our 26,000 sq.ft. store is located 2.5 hours N.E. of Ed-monton, Alberta. See our com-munity at:LacLaBicheRegion.com. Send resume to: Sapphire Auto, Box 306, Lac La Biche, AB, T0A 2C0. Email:[email protected].
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☞ Local businesses and servicesBizzy Bees is a new service offered by three
women, Kath Ritco, Krystyna Andrianos, and Barbara Choknacki. These three women offer housecleaning, meal preparations, car detailing, and more. They serve the Cowichan Lake area, including Cowichan Lake, Youbou, Mesachie Lake, Honeymoon Bay, and Duncan. Bizzy Bees offers free, no obligation estimates and reasonable rates. They use all their own, environmentally friendly products, and use reusable microfi ber cloths.
For more information call 1-866-749-7685.Elaine Prince — Looking for a photographer to take
those perfect pictures of your family, wedding, or other event? If so, call Elaine Prince, photographer, lifecoach, and doula. Prince is new to Lake Cowichan and has just started to advertise her services. For more information, call 780-972-1186.
☞ Terry Fox Run This year the Retreads group has organized the Terry
Fox Run to take place on September 9. This is the second year that the Cowichan Lake
Retreads Group has organized the event, and last year they managed to raise $1,671 towards cancer research.
Jean Cozens, a Retreads member and organizer for the event, says that she is still seeking volunteers.
The Great Lake Walk takes place the following weekend, and Cozens says the Terry Fox Run is a great way to warm up for that event.
For more information, or to volunteer for this event, call Cozens at 250-749-6156, go to terryfox.org.
☞ Lifejackets 101 With the warmer weather fi nally making an
appearance and an increase in boater activity on the lake and other local waterways, it is important to remember to be safe while out there having fun.
The Canadian Safe Boating Council (CSBC) would like to remind people that life jackets save lives. It is not only important to make sure that kids are wearing a personal fl otation device (PFD), but that adults wear them as well. The CSBC states that an average of 140 unnecessary deaths occur each year due to the lack of a PFD.
New research shows that the gasp refl ex which occurs during sudden cold water immersion “has led to more deaths than previously known.” The initial gasp which can cause an individual to inhale up to two litres of water, can cause a person not wearing a PFD to sink and
not re-appear. For more information go to csbc.ca or phone 416-622-3358.
☞ Kinsmen ScholarshipsIn the June 6 issue of the Lake Cowichan Gazette,
it was incorrectly stated in the story “Local Kinsmen Club does their part for the community” that the club “approved three academic scholarships worth $100 which will be presented to students at Lake Cowichan Secondary on June 7.” The actual amount of the scholarships is $500 each.
☞ Brush cutting on Highway 18In response to a discussion with Doug Knott, the Lake
Cowichan volunteer fi re chief, and local RCMP about the many elk that have been hit over the last few months along Highway 18, Andy Newell, the superintendent and area manager for the Ministry of Transportation and Highways, decided to put employees to work and clear the excess brush and foliage from the side of the highway even further back than is normally done at this time of year. It is the hope of the fi re department, local RCMP, and the ministry that this effort will help the keep the elk away from the road and reduce accidents.
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