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Huge crowd on the way for SunfestLEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

When Keith Urban’s name was announced at Sunfest 2014, a huge cheer went up from the crowd.

Now it’s time to see him, at 9:50 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1, as Sun-fest 2015 rolls into Duncan with its best lineup of talent yet.

The festival, which draws thousands of people to the Cow-ichan Valley for the long week-end, opens Thursday night and runs until Sunday evening, with everyone from Lee Brice and Joe Nichols, to Thomas Rhett.

But the headliner sure to draw the biggest crowd is country superstar Urban.

A string of great country albums was followed by Urban finally debuting at the top of the all-genre charts.

The song We Were Us, featuring Miranda Lambert, gave Urban a streak of five consecutive No. 1 songs dating back to 2011’s With-out You.

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Firefighters mop up after a fire on the banks of the Cowichan River near the intersection of Tzouhalem and Khenipsen roads on Monday afternoon. While the Valley got some welcome rainfall on the weekend, it wasn’t enough to decrease the fire risk in the area. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Firefi ghters stop blaze short of homesSARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

It was a close call for Mela-nie Joe when she inadvertent-ly started a brushfire near the corner of Khenipsen and Tzou-halem roads Monday afternoon.

“It was an accident,” she said. South End firefighters were

called out just before 1 p.m.

“It had pretty much almost burnt itself out by the time we got there,” South End deputy chief Brad Coleman said.

“The perimeter lines were still burning. It kind of burned toward the rock as opposed to up the bank where the houses were, which was kind of lucky,” he added.

Coleman estimated the fire to be about 50-by-100-feet in area.

“It was basically right along the marshy river section, and mostly blackberries and under-brush,” he said.

Joe mentioned she had been out picking blackberries at the time. She was relieved the fire burned out as fast as it did, and

that firefighters got there so quickly, as the flames got within about 10 feet of her house and weren’t far from another home.

A unit from the Duncan fire-hall was called out with a pump-er truck as South End had a truck in for service.

Drought conditions have left the fire danger at extreme.

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One habitual criminal has been arrested, bringing the total to four of Duncan’s eight prolific offenders now in custody.

Joseph Alexander Smith’s unauthorized return to the Cowichan Valley after spend-ing 22 days at the New Vision Supportive Housing Society on the Mainland has got-ten him picked up by police. Smith, 33, had been ordered to remain at the Surrey facility and was not to leave the property of New Vision Supportive Housing Soci-ety except in accordance with the rules and guidelines of the society. He broke the rules.

“Mr. Smith is a designated prolific offend-er by virtue of his propensity to continu-ously commit crime,” said a press release issued by North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP Cpl. Krista Hobday. “He will answer to five new charges stemming from his recent conduct which falls contrary to his current release conditions.”

Smith had been released from the Van-couver Island Regional Correction Centre on June 2.

Once on the outside, he was bound by numerous bail conditions including not to

possess or consume drugs or alcohol and not to carry weapons.

Police were not specific as to what bail conditions he breached, aside from leaving his designated residence, but they did say the North Cowichan/Duncan Street Crime Unit was able to find Smith and arrest him on July 15.

“As a direct result of this arrest the courts have approved five new charges against Mr. Smith as they relate to the con-ditions he was bound by,” said the release.

The Prolific Offender Management pro-gram aims to reduce crime by spending resources on the few offenders who are deemed to be responsible for a large por-tion of crimes in a given community. The goal is to get those offenders into drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs, job training, counselling, and help find them places to live so they can have a chance to change their habits and stop their criminal behaviour.

Prolifi c off ender arrested in Valley

“He will answer to five new charges stemming from his recent conduct...”CPL. KRISTA Hobday, North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP spokesperson

◆ DUNCAN

Police swarm Duncan Manor after alleged assault

Significant police resources were called to Duncan Manor after a disturbance involving two residents on Friday.

“We were called to investigate an alleged assault regarding tenants/residents,” North Cowichan/ Duncan RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Krista Hobday confirmed.

She said the investigation is ongoing and more information is to follow but police say there was at no time a risk to the public.

◆ CROFTON

Vegetable plants stolen from backyard Crofton garden

Shovel-wielding thieve(s) stole produce from a private garden on Charlotte Street in Crofton overnight Thursday or in the wee hours of Friday while the home’s residents slept.

Entire plants were dug out of the back-yard garden leaving gaping holes in the homeowner’s beloved plot. Lost are a

pumpkin plant, squash plant, beets, a lettuce plant, multiple bean plants, along with fennel, carrot, strawberry plants, and a tiger Lilly. A tomato was plucked but dropped in the lane while the ne’er-do-well(s) escaped.

Those with information about this or who have noticed a neighbour who suddenly has a well-established vege-table garden, please contact the North Cowichan RCMP at 250-748-5522 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

◆ LAKE COWICHAN

Police looking for owner of large fl oating rowboat

Talk to the Lake Cowichan RCMP if you’ve lost your boat.

A large rowboat was found about 9 p.m. on June 22 just floating along the river under the South Shore Road bridge.

“The Lake Cowichan RCMP are look-ing to identify the owner of the vessel to return it,” said Lake Cowichan RCMP Const. Jim Preston in a press release.

Those with information about either the boat or its owners is asked to give the detachment a call at 250-749-6668.

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CRA phone scam threatens bogus lawsuitsSARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

Yet another phone scam is making its way around the Cow-ichan Valley, this time with fraudsters claiming to be from Revenue Canada.

The scam involves repeated and increasingly threatening calls from somebody claiming to be a CRA agent telling who-ever answers that they owe the government money.

“The fake CRA agent is threatening to launch a lawsuit against the taxpayer if they don’t send money the CRA

believes it is owed,” said a media release issued by North Cowichan/ Duncan RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Krista Hobday. “We are hoping that the average taxpayer knows that the legitimate CRA would never call them and act in this manner and they don’t resolve their debts owed to them by way of a lawsuit; just ask anyone who has ever owed them money.”

If you suspect you are the victim of fraud, please contact the North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP 250-748-5522.

“If we know what scams are out there, we are better able to inform the public and save some citizens a bit of grief,” Hobday said. “So as always, if it sounds too good to be true, it is.”


The cupboards aren’t bare but they sure coulduse some bolstering at Duncan’s food bank, theCowichan Valley Basket Society.

“It’s summertime so our shelves are lower asfar as donations in both cash and food,” said Col-leen Fuller, the food banks’s manager. “In thesummer, we always welcome fresh produce andvegetables because that’s not something trad-itionally that people think about,” she added.

So those with gardens and fruit trees over-flowing with extra zucchini, tomatoes andapples or plums, you know where to send them!

And while they’re pleased to ask for dona-tions through the media and through organizedevents, the Cowichan Valley Basket Society doesnot ever solicit businesses directly or go door todoor asking for donations.

“We don’t solicit any kind of donations,” Fullersaid. “We do have many donators who give outof their generosity and not with a thought formisrepresentation.”

So businesses especially are asked to keepthat in mind in the event they’re approached bysomeone claiming to need supplies to help themincrease their own donations to the food bank.There have been recent reports of this occurring.

“The Cowichan Valley Basket Society has not,and never has, authorized anyone to make suchrequests,” Fuller said.

If your business is approached in such a man-ner, please notify the Food Bank at 250-746-1566so that appropriate action can be taken.

The Cowichan Valley Basket Society is a vol-unteer-run charitable organization providingapproximately 450 food hampers each monthto those in need. Its soup kitchen dispensesapproximately 2,600, sandwiches and 2,300 bowlsof soup each month and runs a salad bar six daysa week. It’s all done through the kindness andgenerosity of members of the community.

The next big food drive isn’t until Sep. 14. “We will be distributing bags to fill for the

Church of Latter Day Saints as they have theirB.C. Thanksgiving Food Drive then and that goesa long way to filling our shelves,” Fuller said.“But for July and August we are a little bit low.”

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What’s next? Special needs kids face gapLEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

A Valley mom, who is seeing her son caught in a no man’s land between high school and adulthood is hoping for more pro-grams to help young people with special needs.

Sandra Anderson said that she’s upset that her son, Kody, has seen his life change from busy to bar-ren just because he’s turned 19.

Kody has Down Syndrome and is developmentally aged eight to 10, she said.

“He is very delayed; he could never be left on his own; he has lots of needs.”

But the active young man still has a great zest for life, according to his mom.

She described a typical day in the past school year.

“He’d get up and take the bus to Cow High where he’d be in school all day. They’d swim, do very active recycling, wood work, P.E., things like that. Then, after school, he’d get on the bus and go over to the Clements Centre for their after-school program. He’d do that until 5:30 p.m. in the evening four days a week. Some days he would go from there and he would either go to bowling or other sports with Special Olym-pics. Then he’d come home.”

“He was very, very busy, very much in the community. Every-body knows him. He’s a very happy little guy,” she said.

There are programs available through places like the Clements Centre and Providence Farm that offer a variety of activities from working in a kitchen to garden-ing, and fun like bowling and yoga.

But some aren’t really appro-priate and the others are full, according to Anderson.

It’s hard, she said, because she is hoping that Kody can get into something that fits his needs.

“He’s 19, he’s young, still learn-ing and growing, he enjoys physical activities.”

She is dealing with the Cow-ichan Valley Association for Community Living now to help the family transition Kody into adulthood.

“We’ve had our meeting and he qualified. We got told first that there was a six hour-a-week open-ing for us at Lunch on Clements. Most people in programs go about 30 hours a week. Five hours a day is a good chunk; I would be real-ly happy with that. But we were given six hours, broken down into two three-hour portions.”

Parents of children with special needs value that respite, she said.

“It’s a lot of work having a kid who has many medical needs. He lives at home. We don’t want to put him in care. I know that’s what a lot of parents choose. But that’s not what we want for Kody. But, I still need a break,” she said.

That six hours at the Clements Centre involved cooking food. He tried it and then Lunch on Cle-ments informed her that Kody had some issues that meant he couldn’t work in the kitchen.

“I was totally heartbroken because Kody’s passion is in the kitchen. In the after school pro-gram he’d go shopping and cook dinners with a worker. They said they were taking back that referral and now we’re stuck. He

had a very active life and now he has nothing. I put in an appeal through Community Living; they have a process you have to go through. I have not heard any-thing back yet,” Anderson said.

Although the Clements Centre is making an effort to do some-thing for her son, Anderson said she needs to wait until she hears from Community Living officially before moving forward, because they are the ones that actually assign spaces and make the rules.

She’s also concerned that the Cowichan Valley needs more options for young adults with special needs because Kody is not the only young person who’s waiting for space.

“There’s a problem here. At this point there are 18 other kids that have nowhere to go. We’re also seeking community partners to build a program; we’re going to Community Living with an idea. We’ve also met twice with [Cow-ichan Valley MLA] Bill Rout-ley, and he’s totally 100 per cent behind us. He also said it might be time to go to the media. It’s time to get it out there because it’s not just about Kody. There are lots of people affected,” Anderson said.

“Older people sometimes bene-fit from having younger ones around but I think there need to be programs for ages 19-30, 30-70 and then something for the elderly. It’s hard but all the pro-grams are like this: once you hit 19, you can stay in there forever. I’ve found a community partner for my idea, we’ve put a program idea together. Bill Routley thinks it’s awesome but even if we get it, that program might only help 12 kids in the first year. There are 18 waiting and there are more com-ing. The Cowichan Valley has a huge number of people with spe-cial needs. This needs some push to get somewhere.”

Kody Anderson, now 19 years old and a high school graduate, is faced with empty days as he struggles to find a program to fit his needs as someone with Down Syndrome. [SUBMITTED]

“There’s a problem here. At this point there are 18 other kids that have nowhere to go... It’s time to get it out there because it’s not just about Kody. There are lots of people affected.”SANDRA ANDERSON, Kody’s mom


No expensive frills in good old days

Re: Cowichan Valley public services top notch I beg to dif-fer with the “tax masochist” author.

I have also resided in the Cow-ichan Valley Regional District (Ladysmith) for 38 years. Work-ing here and raising a family. I feel things were much better in 1977 than they are now.

I have no use for expensive frills like Cowichan Sportplex, aquatic centres, Kinsol Trestle and the Cowichan Theatre. I go to the privately run Cheman-inus Theatre. All I want are the basics — water, sewer, protect-ive services, medical care and roads.

Our CVRD taxes have sky-rocketed over the past years. CVRD remuneration increased 34 per cent (2008-2013), over six times the CPI, which our pen-sions are tied to.

CVRD directors remuneration increased 25 per cent (2008-2013) with another big increase in 2014. Directors bill us for car travel from their homes to meet-ing sites and have full extended medical, dental and massa-ges etc. — all at our taxpayer expense.

Things were much better in the old days under Rex Hollett who knew the value of a tax-payer dollar. No $320,000 golden handshakes to past CAOs or $600,000 legal bills for South Island Aggregates or expensive ghost transit buses doubling the CO2 in our air.

Paul Williams Ladysmith

Conservative rule gives lie to promises

I recalled the birth of the New Right — Alliance, Reform, and the new Conservatives.

They wanted a change of gov-ernment style and values. They wanted an accountable, trans-parent, scandal-free and open government. Stephen Harper also wanted an end to omnibus bills, tighter controls of lob-byists, and freedom for local MPs to openly express their own ideas and those of their constituents.

These ideas and values brought the newly united right, under a new Conservative party, into power. So how have they done over the last nine years?

Omnibus bills, so loathed by

the earlier Stephen Harper, are now bigger and more common than ever. Closure in debate, another no-no for the new PM, is now used on almost every bill.

The dream of transparency is long gone. Every request for information to the government must be vetted by the PMO [Prime Minister’s Office]. The international body, Reporters Without Borders, ranked Can-ada 18th in the world for access to government information.

Accountability was another excellent reform ideal which has all but vanished. Every par-liamentary officer, such as the chief electoral officer, has had their powers of investigation curtailed. Some have been fired for challenging government data.

Lobbyists, once a no-no for Ste-phen Harper, now openly prowl the halls of Parliament, visiting the offices of the PM and MPs.

Independent MPs, once a high priority for Stephen Harper, have vanished. Every local MP must have their speeches, announcements, or any public statement, vetted by the PMO.

What happened to a scan-dal-free government as dozens of Conservatives and the PM’s appointees are in trouble with the law?

But enough! What happened to the democratic and open values? What happened to the ideals of a young Stephen Harper?

How do I vote now?

Earl BelcourtCobble Hill

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Bright pink hair, blue, purple or green streaks — these are pretty commonplace acts of try-

ing to figure out who you are.So too are ear, nose, eyebrow

and belly button piercings. (Piercing other bits of your body starts to fall under the category of ‘think about it really hard’, since there are more risks and changing your mind later often involves more than just taking out the jewelry.)

But then there are the trends you should avoid because when they’re no longer trendy, you’re still stuck with them.

Remember when everyone and their dog was getting a tattoo on their lower back? Know that derogatory term they use for

that now? In fact, many a person has gotten buyers remorse over a tattoo faux pas.

Think of that guy who basic-ally sold out his face for a few bucks, getting logos and the like inked into his skin. Only a few years later he discovered what a horrible idea that actually was and has since been trying to get them removed.

And you can get them removed, but it’s a painful and expensive procedure.

Some people love their tattoos, and more power to them, but an awful lot of people end up just growing out of it.

So, really, most people would be better served not to commit to a design that seemed really cool when they were 17.

Not so much when the person interviewing them for the job at the bank/daycare/law firm has their eyes fastened on the strip of barbed wire with the flames inked around their throat that their buddies thought was cool for all of five minutes.

The latest fad causing regret is apparently earlobe gauging.

This is where people have stretched holes in their earlobes over time. If you followed this particular fad it will cost you

surgery to repair it.Seriously, try out some ripped

fishnets and a miniskirt instead. It’s a lot easier to laugh at the pictures later and change it up.

Get a mohawk, shave your head, try dreadlocks — hair grows back or can be cut off.

Temporary tattoos or henna can give you the look without the commitment.

Don’t make any snap decisions and be smart about it. Make sure you want to look at it every day for the rest of your life.

Even after your skin sags and it doesn’t look quite the same anymore.

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the golf course and Highway 18 on Monday. Your work saved my home. Again, thanks.

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Environment, oil and electionsMy response to Fran Hunt-Jinouchi’s letter in

the Cowichan Citizen “Green Party has work-able energy plan.”

A good debate on climate change.Thank you to those who responded to my

opinion in the letters. I especially liked Hiram Beaubier’s tongue and cheek repartee. I am not immune from expressing rhetoric myself and for that reason I hope every voter in this election will carefully check the facts of what politicians say (including myself) and consider carefully the consequences of your vote. The newspaper does not publish my citations but they can be found on my website blog and I would invite readers to check them there.

I also appreciate the debate from the Green candidate, Fran Hunt-Jinnouchi, offered in last Wednesday’s opinions.

Although I wanted the debate to be about climate change successes of the Conservative government I feel I must answer some of the accusations leveled by Ms. Jinnouchi. Canada is experiencing an economic downturn, ironic-ally from low demand/price of Canadian oil and from a weak global market.

Canada, which already gets 80 per cent of electrical needs from renewables, and is a world leader in renewable energy (www.nrcan.gc.ca/sites/www.nrcan.gc.ca/files/www/pdf/publica-tions/emmc/renewable_energy_e.pdf), is not going to replace the lost jobs in the energy and related sectors by building more wind-farms (which require extensive, ongoing subsidiza-tion — not that we shouldn’t build more wind farms). Even in the Cowichan Valley there has been considerable job loss due to the slump in oil demand. I would be interested in hearing the Green plan to get world prices for our oil resource, which is currently trading at $7/barrel under global market prices and has in the past traded $40/barrel under global prices. This is a large, lost revenue for Canadian tax-payers and an under-valuement of our resour-ces and is, in essence, a subsidy for American consumers.

As a small business owner, I know that lowering the already-low tax rates for small business is not going to be much help for me. What would help me in my small business is lower personal tax rates. As a small business owner the 140 per cent payroll tax is probably my biggest expense. Only the Conservatives, in this election, are promising to keep personal income tax rates low. In fact, personal income tax are the lowest they have been in decades. The PBO estimates the Conservative person-al income tax plan has saved Canadians $30 billion so far (www.macleans.ca/economy/money-economy/federal-tax-cuts-since-2005-net-canadians-30-billion/).

I would agree that global subsidies to oil are a problem. In many countries, such as Venezuela, the gasoline subsidies are so great that it is part of the problem in that faltering socialistic government. However, subsidies to oil compan-ies in Canada are not a problem. You quoted $1.2 billion of subsidy to oil companies. Oil is a large industry in Canada and ironically a large portion of those subsidies are for oil companies to develop renewable energy, R&D for reduced GHG emissions, among other benign reasons (http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/harper-government-has-given-big-oil-and-pipe-line-companies-more-than-400-million-to-go-green). All things considered, $1.2 billion is a small subsidy. My sources cite much smaller subsidies (http://mobi.iedm.org/48731-is-the-canadian-oil-industry-subsidized). In Canada we have the opposite of subsidies in that our fuels are highly taxed (currently more that 39 cents a litre for gasoline), large royalties, etc.

I could not find a reasonable source for the claim of an indirect $34 billion subsidy, although I have seen that number recently ban-died about by activists. I would be interested in seeing the citation and the methodology in creating that number.

Tanker traffic will indeed increase off our coast and that is why Canada and B.C. have stringent laws and safety requirements includ-ing double hulled tankers, tug boat escorts and world class spill response teams (one of which is located in our riding). According to Statis-tics Canada, we can expect, with our current technology levels, one major spill in Canada every 200 years or so. In 100 years we have not had a tanker spill in B.C. This is an excellent safety record. In fact there are more spills from ferries, grain ships and barges and I have not heard the call to ban any of those.

We could choose to lead our lives based on worst case scenarios as the NDP and Green party would have us do, but none of us would ever leave our houses for fear of being run over by a concrete truck. The fact is we live in a modern society that is very safe (and getting safer) but is not, and never will be, without risk. Steps are being taken to reduce GHGs by all levels of government in Canada. Voters will have to weigh the rate of desired GHG reduc-tion against their own fiscal well being and choose accordingly Oct. 19.

Thank you to Fran for providing a spirited and well-intoned platform of debate.

Martin Barker Conservative nomination candidate

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Since 2001, when the Country Music Association honoured Urban with its Horizon Award, designating him a talent-ed artist with a bright future, he’s made an astounding impact on the entertainment industry.

An American Idol judge, a four-time Grammy award winner, he’s also won a People’s Choice American Music Award and been nominated for a Golden Globe.

He’s won a string of Academy of Coun-try Music Awards, has a stack of platinum and multi-platinum albums and in 2012 he became a member of the Grand Ole Opry.

His world wide reputation has led to col-laboration with The Rolling Stones, John Mayer, Steven Tyler, John Fogerty, Ali-cia Keys, Tim McGraw and Taylor Swift, Vince Gill and Eric Church.

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Merlo. That’s some career milestone for a girl from Maple Ridge.

B.C.-based Merlo signed to RGK Manage-ment and Open Road Recordings in Febru-ary 2013, a dream come true for the then 20-year-old singer/songwriter.

When her first single Sinking Like A Stone hit iTunes worldwide it just took off.

A local buzz about her was massively amplified when the song got radio rota-tion as well.

She was originally inspired by Shania Twain and from her first high school shows, she’s continued to hone her vocal chops by performing in musical theatre productions and taking every opportun-ity she could to further her skills as a per-former, recording artist and songwriter.

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The sun was shining and school had long been out for the summer but that didn’t stop a handful of students from taking over council chambers at North Cowichan’s municipal hall recently.

Because even school children will go to council meetings if prizes are involved.

An education program back for its 16th year, July 15 was the day the Municipality’s Friends of the Environment Poster Contest winners were recognized.

Danielle New was the Municipality’s environ-mental student administering this year’s program.

“For six weeks I have the best job in North Cowichan,” she told a packed house. “I get to go to all of the elementary schools within North Cowichan and talk about environmental issues.”

This year’s topic was the “extremely relevant” issue of water conservation.

“We are all aware of the drought-like condi-tions we are currently experiencing on Vancou-ver Island and in North Cowichan,” New said.

This year, she reached out to 112 classrooms totalling about 2,500 students in all.

“Poster contest winners, you had a lot of com-petition,” she said. “You did a great job.”

Among those in attendance, earning top spot in the Kindergarten category was Abigale Zubyk. and Stella Garside took first in the Grade 1 while Olivia Delebuur won the Grade 2 category. Braden Haine was tops in the fifth grade division while Hannah Oldnall won the sixth grade contest.Runners up in their categories were Brendan Soikie, Isabelle Won, Breanne Abernethy, and Jalie Clark.

Honorable mentions went to Takiyah Egan and Stqeeye Racette-Charlie for their outside the box efforts.

Not present were winners Kaiya Hashimoto (Grade 3), Bianca Southby (Grade 4), and run-ners-up Lucy Street and Lucy Lavigne.

“I was very impressed with the students’ know-ledge of their water resource including where our supply comes from, where it goes when you flush it down the toilet and…they were especial-ly creative in coming up with and brainstorm-ing ideas about practicing water conservation at home,” New said.

North Cowichan Mayor Jon Lefebure had kind words for all involved.

“Although we did pick winners, I think you can see that everyone did a great job and they’re all winners. We very much appreciate all of their efforts,” he said.

Poster winners educate about saving water

Flanked by North Cowichan Mayor Jon Lefebure fifth grade winner Braiden Haine was all smiles. [SARAH SIMPSON/CITIZEN]


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I like to joke that I’ve sunk more ships than Admiral Nelson. I mean in print,

of course. From humble tug-boat to palatial ocean liner to mighty dreadnought, by groundings, collisions, fires and boiler explosions, I’ve described their often violent ends for the entertainment (and, hopefully, the edifica-tion) of my readers.

Almost without exception, these ves-sels were the victims of circumstances beyond their crews’ control — wind, current, fog, ignorance or miscalcula-tion and, as so often seems to have been the case, just plain bad luck.

Seldom have ships been sunk inten-tionally, at least so far as the records would indicate. I can think of wrecks

caused by stupidity bordering on criminal malfeasance and, once, out-right barratry, the fancy legal word for deliberately sinking a ship so as to claim its insurance.

(Hmmm, now there’s a story that I’ve not told before...)

The irony is that, today, vessels of all kinds and sizes are being deliber-ately cast off, often in our harbours and all along our coastline. These vessels have been abandoned by

their owners to rot and to rust and to befoul our waterways with their often fuel-leaking carcasses. Right here in Cowichan Bay, we have the submerged corpse of the former excursion vessel Beaver II and, I noticed just recently, a cabin cruiser high and dry on the estuary.

Ladysmith Harbour is currently blessed with two hulks, one on the beach and one half-sub-merged, and a potential disaster in the making in the form of an aging, rusted-through hulk supposedly full of fuel oil and reputedly in imminent danger of sinking at her moorings. The resulting damage to the beaches and shell-fish beds will be nothing less than devastating. Hence last week’s well-attended harbourside protest organized by Ladysmith’s Take 5 magazine.

It’s not as though some haven’t tried to address these threats to the environment. Ear-lier this year, MP Jean Crowder’s private mem-ber’s bill, C-638, An Act to Amend the Canada Shipping Act that would have obligated the Government of Canada “to deal with derelict, abandoned or dangerous wrecks,” failed to get unanimous approval in the House of Com-mons. This, despite the fact that, according to the MP for Nanaimo-Cowichan, “there are more than 200 identified (and many of them unidentified) vessels strewn around the B.C. Coast”.

I must confess that I’m somewhat of mixed minds when it comes to “shipwrecks”. As a professional nostalgian, I can’t help but be irresistibly drawn to some of these abandoned vessels. They’re you know, historic! They have character! They add “colour!” I mean that, as a kid, they really, really intrigued me.

As I grew older and began my explorations as a writer, I was privileged to be able to clamber over the wrecks of the Royston breakwater dozens of times. These hulks, some of them from the golden age of sail, some from the Second World War, fascinated me.

At low tide it was possible to board the Second World War former USN fleet repair tug Salvage King and to poke about inside, which wasn’t the case for the others. What caught my attention then, this was before I became more environmentally conscious, was the fact that she was still spewing oil — several decades after her career was cut short by fire and her gutted hull joined the death watch of derelict ships chained together as a breakwater to pro-tect log booms from wind and tide. There was a slick on the water and the surrounding rocks and wrecks were encrusted from years of these smelly black emissions.

I’ve not been to Royston for 20 years or more but I’m willing to bet you that, whatever state the Salvage King is in now, above or below water, her tanks are still hemorrhaging.

I may have found this to be “romantic” back then, but I sure don’t now.

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Thursday, July 30 Lee Brice is on the Sunfest Main Stage at 9:50 p.m.

Lee Brice got a unique break in country music.

He thought about performing his song More Than A Memory himself but then Garth Brooks came calling and, in 2007, Brice’s world changed.

Brooks’ recording of the track was the first single in the hist-ory of the Billboard Hot Coun-try Songs Chart to debut at #1. Of course, the songwriter was soon Nashville’s Number One Boy and he signed a contract of his own.

He released his debut album, Love Like Crazy, in 2009 to a roar of approval but he wasn’t done.

In 2012, he topped his own success with Hard 2 Love, an album that went gold and fea-tured three #1 Country singles, including I Drive Your Truck, which won Song of the Year at both the CMA and ACM Awards.

The heartfelt tribute to a fath-er gone too soon showed that a country guy could be both tough and tender. Just like Lee Brice.

Friday: Joe Nichols, Chasin Crazy

Joe Nichols is the Friday night headliner, hitting the Main Stage at 9:50 p.m., bringing his latest hit, Hard To Be Cool to the Exhibition grounds.

If you’ve enjoyed Sunny and 75 or Yeah, you’ve heard the four-time Grammy nominee at his best.

He likes the idea of hit songs that contain something unexpected. And his are gold.

He loves that country sound, working with his producers, Mickey Jack Cones and Derek

George, to make sure he brings it all back to traditional no mat-ter how far out he might have journeyed.

And with titles like Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off, it’s not hard to see how successful that can be.

Now living in Texas because he loves the lifestyle for his family, Brice still keeps strong connections to Nashville.

On Friday, at 7:50 p.m., just before the Joe Nichols show, Chasin’ Crazy will play the Sun-fest Main Stage.

That band celebrates the forming of an unlikely group, first a trio and then adding a couple more musicians. The logical next step was to con-tinue to build a bigger band with a bigger sound.

Chasin’ Crazy has spent the past couple of years working together on and off the road.

Their name comes from a song title and captures the essence of the band.

Some fans have likened Chasin’ Crazy’s organic vocal harmonies to The Eagles, Little Big Town and the Zac Brown Band.

Sunday: Thomas Rhett, Sam Hunt

Thomas Rhett is baaaaccckk!The crowd-pleasing performer

who rocked Sunfest in 2013 was such a huge hit with his Van-couver Island fans, he’ll be back again as the star act on Sunday.

Rhett really related to the fans when he hit the stage two years ago, inviting some of them to join him on the Sunfest Main Stage for the thrill of a lifetime.

He himself loves the excite-ment of the music industry. He’d thought about a variety of careers far, far from country music but none filled the bill.

He finally fell into song-writing and scored himself a

recording deal after getting a song on Jason Aldean’s My Kin-da Party, 2011’s double-platin-um best-selling country album.

A recording contract? Rhett auditioned for at least seven record companies, and every one of them wanted to sign him. But he’s more than just another good looking song-writer. He loves to entertain and he’s not afraid to push the sides of the envelope to do it.

His songs include the idea of chatting with Jesus over beer, tossing in some hard-rock chants and hip-hop sounds into his country tunes.

And what about that name? It’s actually Thomas Rhett Akins Jr. so he’s forever con-nected to his dad, Rhett Akins, who earned a trio of Top 20 hits in the mid-1990s.

Missing his father when he hit the road to tour meant young Rhett didn’t necessarily want a career in music but cream rises to the top.

Just before the Thomas Rhett show, it’s Sam Hunt, who takes the stage at 7:50 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 2.

Hunt grew up in a small Southern town; spent his school days concentrating on sports, but loving music, too.

He arrived in Nashville full of big dreams and he’s parlayed talent and energy into making himself a name as one of coun-try’s most exciting acts.

His song Leave the Night On shows his quality. He already knew his way around the coun-try music charts, having writ-ten hits for Kenny Chesney, Kei-th Urban and Billy Currington.

Like a lot of other young coun-try performers, Hunt reflects what he hears so expect the sweet sounds of southern gos-pel-based R&B to waft by in his tune, and also the edgy influen-ces of the hip hop he hears on the car radio.

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There were only four of them but then, hey, it takes a lot to bare your soul for the judges and the crowd.

Jaclyn Childs, Naomi Davies, Adam Townsend and Patrick Dixon took up the challenge and entered the singer/songwriter competition at Duncan Has Tal-ent, worked during the week with mentors Laura Cardriver, Bill Levity and Mary Egan-Popovich and, finally, battled it out for the prizes on the CUPE stage at The 39 Days of July on Friday, July 24.

On introducing the event, Lon-gevity John Falkner, thanked the Lions Club of Duncan for step-ping up with bursaries for the under 21 competitors and urged members of the crowd to write in and thank them personally for an effort that’s helping young people keep going with their training.

T hen, he reminded both the judges — Cardriver and Egan-Popovich on Friday — and the crowd that being a good sing-

er/songwriter was about more than just the delivery: it was also about the song.

Cardriver reiterated that in her brief opening comment, but before the contestants took the stage she also thanked Falkner for his “constant, unflinching support of young talent” saying that “it’s tough to make a begin-ning in this field” and that his offering them a stage was really beneficial.

“We have four young people here who all have gifts. So much goes into songwriting. It includes the performance but also the craft of the song, if you can con-nect with the audience.”

Egan-Popovich said she was looking for “something that would move me. Also structure: did you throw a bridge in there?”

As in previous Duncan Has Talent sessions, Cardriver also reminded the performers that the judges would also be looking to see if they had taken the advice they’d been given, adding finally that “they all deserve credit for

putting themselves on parade.”Dixon was the winner, per-

forming Song from My Head as well as Alien Prison Break from his soon-to-be-released EP.

In second place was Townsend, with The Sum of All High Hopes and The Fear I Never Realize.

Third spot went to Davies with Chasing Rainbows and Waiting while Childs finished fourth with Standing in the Road and Affected.

Cardriver praised Dixon as an easy first place choice, telling the crowd of his growth during the week of mentoring as well as his words and diction.

“You’re clearly standing in your own destiny,” she said.

Note: in next week’s last event of Duncan Has Talent for 2015, the over-21 performers take to the stage and Cardriver said there are already entries in all three disci-plines: dance, cover/show tunes and singer/songwriter so expect a very special event at Charles Hoey Park Friday, July 31 start-ing at 5 p.m.

Patrick Dixon was the clear first place choice in the singer/songwriter division of Duncan Has Talent. Finals were on Friday. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

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Marinus Vesseur of the Mer-cury Players’ production, Kiss the Moon, Kiss the Sun, carried off the Best Actor award at The-atre BC’s Mainstage awards in Kamloops recently.

He expressed his apprecia-tion to supporters after the announcement with a post on Facebook, saying, “Thanks everyone. I’m still digesting the enormous amount of informa-tion we received through the workshops and adjudications and winning the award, which was hoped for but not expected, against all the odds.”

Vesseur posted all during the competition, which is an annual celebration of community the-atre from across the province, talking about the variety of plays they were all watching.

After the Mercury’s own show, he said, “Wow! What a night that was. After building set for most of the afternoon until practically the last minute, we had a bit of a shaky start, with lines missed, pictures falling off the wall, that sort of thing, but then our second wind set in and we brought this play to a brilliant finish. Brean, Rose, Bruce, Alex and myself — all

performances worked out great, so in the end we got a spontan-eous standing ovation anyway. I heard that so far there’s been only one other show that had a standing ovation. A job well done, guys. Thanks also to Greg and Bethany for being such reli-able help.”

After the announcement, a huge group of friends chimed in to congratulate Vesseur on his accomplishment.

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Marinus Vesseur took home the Best Actor at the Mainstage awards. [SUBMITTED]

FRED DELIGHTS HIS FANS

Saturday afternoon on the Islands Stage at Folkfest, it’s time for Fred Eaglesmith, who’s always a big draw for Valley music lovers. Many fans hurried to the site especially for his show. Threatening skies didn’t keep anyone away from a weekend packed with great music. For more photos, see cowichanvalleycitizen.com [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

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William Weirmier is 14 and entering Grade 9 at Frances Kelsey Secondary this September. He plays flute in the concert band directed by John Evans. His favourite band is Mat & Kim, with polka and classical being his favourite styles of music. He looks forward to making more music in band class this fall.

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Do you love Met Live and BBC Last Night of the Proms?

Tickets for these upcoming performances at the Cowichan Performing Arts Centre are now avail-able from the Cowichan Ticket Centre.

The Met Live in HD is celebrating its 10th season of live transmissions to movie theatres around the world, adding some new twists along the way.

A “ten operas in ten” idea features five new Metro-politan Opera productions along with a Met pre-miere. As in previous years, patrons may choose a series of three, five or all ten operas and save up to $4 off the individual ticket prices.

The Met is a special draw for Valley fans.The upcoming season is exciting.It includes Il Trovatore, (Verdi) Saturday, Oct. 3;

Tannhä user, (Wagner) Saturday, Oct. 31; Lulu (Berg) Saturday, Oct. 21; Otello (Verdi) Saturday, Dec. 19; Les Pê cheurs de Perles (Bizet) Saturday, Jan. 16;

New Production Turandot (Puccini) Saturday, Jan.

30; Manon Lescaut (Puccini) Saturday, March 5; Roberto Devereux (Donizetti) Saturday, April 16; Madama Butterfly (Puccini) Saturday, May 14 and finally Elektra (Strauss) Saturday, June 4.

“Opera lovers in our region are very apprecia-tive of the opportunity to see these HD broad-casts from New York. We hear that feedback quite often. There is a core group of attendees for The Met, but we’ve seen those numbers triple when it’s an especially well-known and popular opera,” said Kirsten Schrader, Manager, CVRD Arts and Culture Division.

But there’s more this year.Returning after its inaugural broadcast in

Duncan last year is BBC’s colourful and fun Last Night of the Proms.

Billed as the world’s largest classical musical festival, the Proms [or Promenade Concerts] began in Britain in 1895. Never stuffy, the music has a wide appeal.

Now, the concerts have turned into an eight-week summer extravaganza, culminating in a rousing Last Night.

One of the highlights of the final night is the traditional sing-along featuring Rule Britannia, Land of Hope and Glory and Jerusalem: three selections that would have been great favourites even before the First World War.

Schrader loves to see the Cowichan Valley enjoy the spectacle.

“Each year hundreds of thousands attend Proms concerts in Britain, while many millions watch around the world. So we are delighted to extend the live experience to our patrons here via satellite from London. The Last Night is an especially stirring experience and we expect it to be just as successful this year as last, she said.

For The Met: Live in HD tickets are $27 for adults, $25 for seniors, $23 for students, and $16 for children.

For BBC Last Night of the Proms, tickets are $23 for adults, $22 for seniors, $15 for children.

Call the Cowichan Ticket Centre at 250-748-7529 and buy online at cowichanpac.ca.

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On July 21, 2015, at home with family and friends at his side, Dahle Hanlyn Henslowe, peacefully departed this world for greener pastures.

Born on November 3rd, 1938 in Duncan, BC, Dahle is survived by his mother, Hazel, his three sons, Arnie, Russell, and Gary, his granddaughter, Claire, his partner Gail, his siblings, Loralie and Greg, and nephews Don, Steve, Ed, and Jim. He was predeceased

by his father Ronald (Hank.) Once thought by some ladies to

be the best looking man in Duncan, Dahle was, from an early age, very hard working and industrious. Although he split most of his working life between logging and driving truck for C&C Lath Mill, he also, among other things, delivered sawdust, raised animals, and always had numerous projects in progress on his farm – a few of which he even completed!

Dahle was a long time member of both the Elk’s and Eagle’s Clubs. He enjoyed life and the many people who sat at ease around his kitchen table. He loved Cadillac’s, Lincolns, tractors, Johnny Red and making the best headcheese in the Cowichan Valley. (He’ll still be looking for his lost recipe!)

A special thanks to Bev for her exceptional care during dad’s fi nal days, and to Silvie for taking such good care of the animals.

For the many who will miss Dahle’s constructive criticism, dry humour, and easy presence, they can take solace in the fact that he truly did do it HIS WAY!

In lieu of fl owers be kind to a stranger.A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, Aug 1st,

from 1pm to 4pm at the Eagle’s Hall on Boy’s Rd.Online condolences may be made at:

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Dahle Hanlyn HensloweNovember 3rd, 1938 ~ July 21, 2015

Mary Ellen Ridewood(nee Driver)

Mary Ellen Ridewood (nee Driver) joined her late husband the Rev. Tom Ridewood in the full presence and glory of God on July 15, 2015.

Mary, a full time Mom, Pastor’s wife, Grandma, and Great-Grandma loved generously. Aging gracefully, ever-increasing in joy and inclusiveness, Mary won the hearts of all whom she knew with her beautiful presence, kind spirit, and radiant smile.

Mary, a hard-working, resourceful, and creative girl, grew up on a farm on the Lower Mainland with two brothers, Harry and Gordie. In 1955, she married her true love and lifetime partner Tom. Mary gave birth to four children: Mark, Katherine, Joel, and Peter and, in time, joyfully became Grandmother to 11 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. Mary enjoyed friendships, studying, travel, and cooking wholesome and abundant meals for family gatherings.

Mary had a natural and most peaceful end of life experience, glowing brighter as heaven drew nearer.

The family will gather to give thanks for Mary’s life on July 30, 2015.

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1980~2015It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Jason Ryan Jordan. Jason was born on March 17, 1980 and he was taken from us long before his time. He was a dedicated and loving husband and father. He was the kindest, most compassionate, sweet person you could meet and he had the biggest heart. He raised rabbits and chickens and enjoyed hunting and fishing with his family. Left behind are his common-law wife Cary Ann (Jackson) and his two sons; Jared and Jackson Jordan, his mother Marilyn Mitchell (Doug Mitchell), his father Joe Jordan (Carol Jordan), his sister Melinda Jordan (Rob Paddle), his brother Jamie Jordan (Lesley Jordan), his nieces and nephews, Kurtis and Kristin Paddle and many more aunts, uncles and cousins. Family was very important to Jason, he was much loved and he will be missed forever.The family will be having a quiet intimate get together and would like to be given some time to mourn.In lieu of flowers or gifts, Jason’s Mom Marilyn Mitchell is setting up trust funds for his 2 boys.

Margrethe Kirstine Hansine Kristiansen

1920-2015A free spirit, Grethe slipped away quietly in her 96th year on the 19th of July, 2015. She would have been disappointed at the lack of fanfare, as she always strove to be as outrageous as possible.Born in Fyn, Denmark, in 1920,

she was the eldest of 6 children, born in a time and place where no advantages in life were offered. She compen-sated by over-doing everything she could. She was driven to be an excellent cook, needlewoman, and gardener, an accomplished dancer, a frequent flier, an avid reader, an audiophile, and a “cat-lady” who took in all strays. She was predeceased by her husband Niels in 1972, by her youngest daughter Inga in 2001, by her long time companion Tony in 2002, and by her eldest daughter Ketty in 2007. She is survived by her daughter Margit (Bill) on Salt Spring Island, and three granddaughters, Elizabeth and Rebecca in Duncan, and Dianne (Mike) in Houston, as well as extended family in Denmark.With special thanks to Michele, Alexia, and Barbara, who went above and beyond to make Grethe’s last years bear-able. Thanks also to Calvin’s Bistro, Fernwood Cafe, the dedicated staff at Greenwoods and Lady Minto Hospital, and to Dr. White and Dr. Barcan for all their care.

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Warren began his earthly journey on November 18, 1948 and ended it sud-denly July 17, 2015.

He leaves behind his beloved wife Carolyn, sister Wendy and brother-in-law Peter, Uncle John, niece Kirsten (Igor). Nephews Ryan (Sarah), Paul (Johanna) David (Brooke), great nieces and nephews and Sneakers.

I want to thank all our friends and strangers that came to my aide that night and are continuing with family to guide and help me through this journey.

Love and Gratitude, CarolynWarren’s life will be shared and celebrated with a Memorialgathering at a later date.

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Warren Victor FreemanNovember 18, 1948 ~July 17, 2015

Percy Ira KillenJuly 9, 1933 to July 26, 2015

With heavy hearts we announce the death of Percy Ira Killen, beloved husband to Luella (nee Hamilton) for 58 years. Father to LuAnn (Mike), Craig (Alison), Dana, Vaughn (Leigh-Ann), Trevor (Christine); grandpato Shaun, Paul, David, Scott, McKenna, Quinn, Makayla, Nicholas, Kaitlin, Liam, Carly and Andrew; and also many great grandchildren. Predeceased by his parents Ira and Eileen Killen; brothers Edward, Robert and Lorne; left to mourn are brothers Wendall, Ronald, and all of Nova Scotia. A warm heartfelt “Thank you” to the doctors, nurses and support staff at Cowichan District Hospital.There will be no service by request.

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Perhaps the Duncan RiverCats scared everyone else off.

The RiverCats qualified directly to the provincial mosquito AA baseball cham-pionships in Surrey this weekend when the other three teams in the zone opted not to contest the Island title.

The season has been a learning process for the RiverCats, but they’ve made huge strides.

“We started off a little slow, but we’ve been doing well,” head coach Clint Steigen-berger said.

Steigenberger described his team as a “mixed bag” of kids, ranging in age from nine to 11.

“It’s a good bunch of kids,” he said. “We’ve learned a lot this year.”

The team’s accomplishments this season include victories over Comox’s AAA mos-quito team. They’ve played a remarkable 15 games in the last three weeks, as well as practicing two days a week. That should prepare them for the gruelling provincial tournament.

“It will be a tough battle,” Steigenberger acknowledged. “There are a lot of good solid teams over there.”

Many of the Mainland squads are “pros-pect teams” who play together all spring and summer with the goal of winning a provincial title, while the RiverCats are a summer-only team.

“We didn’t know if we would be AA or A until just before the season started,” Steigenberger said, noting that the AA designations is based on the number of players registered in the association.


The Duncan RiverCats romped to the mosquito AAA Tier 2 baseball Island zone championship at Evans Park last weekend, surprising even their own head coach with their dominance as they qualified for the provincial championships.

The RiverCats opened the tournament with a 14-0 thumping of Victoria last Saturday. The next day, they beat Camp-bell River 8-2, then wrapped things up by trouncing Comox 18-1.

When the dust settled, they had out-scored their opponents by a combined 40-3. It wasn’t until head coach Bryn Battye went home and reflected on it that he real-ized what his team had accomplished.

“I didn’t really expect that,” he said. “And I didn’t even feel it in the moment.”

The lopsided victories were a bit of an outlier for the RiverCats, particularly against Victoria and Campbell River, who will be joining Duncan at provincials.

“Victoria played us close all season,” Battye said. “But things that were bad snowballed for them, and things that were not bad snowballed for us. Campbell River is a good team. We beat them 8-2, but it felt closer. It always does when you’re playing a good team.”

One thing that didn’t surprise Battye was the way his team’s bats came alive for the zone tournament.

“This is a hitting team,” he said. “The last three years I’ve had good hitting teams, but this is the best I’ve had, for sure.”

The RiverCats are a pitching team, too. They have a handful of aces, but Battye prides himself on having given everyone a chance to chuck.

“We’ve played a dozen exhibition games, and every one of the kids pitched,” he said.

Experience is a factor for the Duncan players. Almost all of the RiverCats are in their second year of mosquito. Most of the 10-year-olds on the team played mos-quito ball last year, a year early. Two of those 10-year-olds, Dylan Gage and Curtis Atcheson, were game MVPs in the zone tournament

This coming weekend, the RiverCats

will head to Victoria for the provincial championships. Battye has won provin-cial championships in mosquito AAA the last two years, so he knows it won’t be an easy go.

“I’m always nervous,” he admitted. “Every year, I just want to get to Sunday. That’s our goal. On Sunday, we’ll reevalu-ate our goal.”

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RiverCats rampage to mosquito AAA title

Duncan’s mosquito AA squad takes aim at provincial banner

After winning the Island championship, the mosquito AAA Duncan RiverCats are on their way to provincials. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

The mosquito AA Duncan RiverCats will head to Surrey this weekend to play for the provincial championship. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]


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Tom Slemko and Phyl Ingram won the Cowichan Lawn Bowling Club’s men’s and women’s singles tournaments earli-er this month.

Slemko topped a field of 13 bowlers in the men’s singles on July 7 and 8, narrow-ly defeating Gary Robinson in the final game.

Both Slemko and Robinson were undefeated going into the final, and both

made spectacular shots in the close title game, but Slemko emerged victorious by the score of 15-13.

Ingram edged Betty Locke in the women’s singles final a week later. Ingram set a club record by winning her fourth women’s singles championship. Locke has won the trophy three times.

To reach the final, Ingram had to get past Penny Irvine, who gave her quite a challenge in the semifinals. After 20 ends of play, Ingram edged by Irvine 15-13.

Men’s singles champion Tom Slemko and runner-up Gary Robinson. [SUBMITTED]

Women’s singles champion Phyl Ingram and runner-up Betty Locke. [SUBMITTED]


Brayden Zunti was caught by surprise last Wednesday when he found out he had been picked as the best midget lacrosse player on Vancouver Island.

Usually, the awards — a jacket and $500 toward post-secondary education — are handed out at the provincial midget cham-pionships. However, Zunti’s Cowichan Valley Thunder team didn’t qualify for the provincials this year, and his family had other plans for the championship week-end, so a more low-key presentation was held outside the Island Savings Centre last Thursday, where B.C. Lacrosse Asso-ciation Zone 6 rep Gina Jung bestowed the honour on Zunti.

“It means a lot to be considered one of the better guys on the Island,” he said, still recovering from the surprise.

In addition to playing for the midget A Thunder, Zunti also got several calls to play with the intermediate B team. The midget As played well during the regular season, but were eliminated early in the postseason.

“We had a very good year,” Zunti said. “I thought our team was very strong, but we fell apart in the playoffs.”

On an individual level, Zunti was pleased with his performance.

“I felt I had a really good season,” he said. “It was one of my better seasons in the last few years.”

Zunti is going into Grade 11 at Ladys-mith Secondary this fall. Come February, he will be keeping an eye on the BC Junior A Lacrosse League draft, which he is eli-gible for this year. He also hopes to secure a field lacrosse scholarship sometime over the next couple of years.

Slemko, Ingram win singles Zunti named Island’s best midgetBCLA rep Gina Jung presents Brayden Zunti with his jacket. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]


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After wrapping up his junior hockey career with an outstanding 2014/15 season for the Cowichan Valley Capitals, defenceman Skylar Pacheco will head to Ontario to play for the Brock University Badgers in Canadian Interuniversity Sport this fall.

“It’s an honour to be heading to not only a great hockey program but a great school as well,” Pacheco said. “I feel it’s the right decision athlet-ically and academically. I’d like to thank the entire Capitals organization and my family for all the support.”

A product of Kitimat, Pacheco had a career sea-son with the Caps last year, playing 57 games and recording 12 goals and 32 assists for 44 goals, lead-ing all Cowichan defencemen in goals and points and the entire team in assists. Over four years in the BCHL with Cowichan and Prince George, Pacheco compiled 23 goals and 92 assists for 115 points in 221 games.

“Skylar is a tremendous offensive defenceman that can skate the puck and make plays,” Caps head coach and general manager Bob Beatty said. “He is capable of putting up good numbers step-ping into a strong CIS conference.”

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The Cowichan Valley Capitals will play a total of six exhibition hockey games this fall, including three at the Island Savings Cen-tre and one in Lake Cowichan.

The Caps will open training camp at the Island Savings Cen-tre on Aug. 22, and their first pre-season game will take place just five days later on Thursday, Aug. 27 when they face the Powell Riv-er Kings at the Cowichan Lake Sports Arena at 7:30 p.m.

That will be followed on the weekend by a home-and-home series with the Victoria Griz-zlies. The teams will meet at the Island Savings Centre on Satur-day, Aug. 29 at 7 p.m. then play the next day at Juan de Fuca Arena at 2 p.m.

The Alberni Valley Bulldogs will visit the Caps on Wednesday, Sept. 2 at 7:30 p.m., followed by another home-and-home as the Caps visit the Nanaimo Clippers on Friday, Sept. 4, then host the Clips at the Island Savings Cen-tre at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 5.

The Caps will open the regular season with a three-game home-stand beginning Sept. 11 when they host the Grizzlies. The Bulldogs will be back in town on Sept. 12, followed by the Powell River Kings on Sept. 18.

Caps reveal preseason exhibition schedule

Blueliner Pacheco bound for Brock U.

Skylar Pacheco was a key member of the Capitals’ defence corps last season. [CITIZEN FILE]


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