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Motorsport Resort:Check out this week’s Driveway page for more on dream track

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‘‘The centre, developed by the Island-based GAIN Dealer Group promises members up to 350 driving days a year, thanks to the area’s temperate climate.’’Keith Morgan

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Performance car dream track on track for springIt’s what B.C. performance car enthusiasts have dreamed about for years – a first class, high-speed track.And that dream will become a reality next spring with the opening of the Vancouver Island Motorsport Resort, just north of Duncan, in the picturesque Cowichan Valley, less than an hour from Victoria.The centre, developed by the Island-based GAIN Dealer Group, promises up to 350 driving days a year, thanks to the area’s temperate climate. “This is not aimed just at people with very expensive, new high performance cars,” explains GAIN chief executive officer Peter Trzewik, who expects to announce membership details within a month.“We hope to see people with older model cars, who want to get out on a good track. We could sell out the membership immediately overseas but instead we are encouraging Canadians and people from over the border in Seattle and Portland. It’s important that this track is used daily.”And for around half of each month, Trzewick expects to see new car product launches, driving school courses and community charity galas and events.The circuit, designed by internationally renowned Tilke GmbH & Co, will provide the novice an opportunity to gain proficiency, while challenging the more accomplished drivers.Phase One comprises 19 corners and elevation changes of more than 25 metres, with a length of 2.3 kilometres. Speeds of up to 200 km/h will be possible on the high-speed sectors of the circuit in the first phase. When Phase Two is completed likely a couple years later, a total of 4.21 kilometres of track will be available

Trzewik says driver safety is a priority so there are state-of-the-art run-off areas providing an opportunity to make a correction, with tire barriers and guard rails in reserve, enhancing the protection of both car and driver. Members travelling to Vancouver Island will be able to choose the convenience of leaving their performance

car at the VIMR in a secure and temperature-controlled storage facility. With this add-on option, cars stored at the resort will be maintained to track-ready condition by specialists, providing the member full use of their car when their schedule allows, with minimal personal effort for repair and maintenance. Factory trained technicians representing Alfa Romeo, Audi S-Line, BMW M, Mercedes-Benz AMG, MINI JCW, and Porsche will be available to provide the expertise in keeping modern track cars in perfect running condition. Repairs and maintenance will be completed in the time between member visits to maximize their time driving. Members who enjoy vintage sports and racing cars will be able to have their cars maintained and repaired by Rudi & Company, a world-renowned specialist

in the restoration and repair of the world’s great cars. Assistance with the delivery of a member’s car to the resort may also be arranged with trusted transportation partners. A 14,500 square foot clubhouse will offer a complete range of services to its members and house a restaurant featuring the very best of Vancouver Island ingredients.

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Length: 2.3 kms (Phase One), 4.3 kms (Phase Two)Track width: 10 mTrack layout: 19 turns, 7 left turns and 12 right turnsTop speed: 211 km/h (street legal sports cars)Maximum incline: 12.5 percentMaximum slope: 11.5 percentTrack layout combinations: 6Track characteristics: Extremely lively topography, hanging and banked corners in all sections, run off areas designed with the newest technology and standards preventing damages to cars and bikes and offering the chance to correct and return safely on to the track.

More information and a detailed track drive description is available at: http://islandmotorsportresort.com/

The circuit, designed by internationally renowned Tilke GmbH & Co, will provide the novice an opportunity to gain proficiency, while challenging the more accomplished drivers.

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Golden Agers:Seniors wanted for fun and recreation with local community group

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Fungi Fun16th annual mushroom fest set for Centennial Hall on Sept. 26-27

Jim Zeeben LAKE COWICHAN GAZETTE– With files from Tom Fletcher

Staff at Lake Cowichan School are optimistic about a new school year that marks the start of a three-year transition to a new curriculum, says principal Nicole Boucher. “We have this school year to get comfortable with it,” Boucher said about the

new curriculum, which is being phased in this year for Kindergarten to Grade 9. Higher grades are still in development, but will move to the new curriculum in 2017.

Boucher noted that the changes will give teachers more latitude in how they teach students, rather than having to stick to methods prescribed by the province.

“A lof of high school teachers have shuffled the way they deliver content in recent years.”

Education Minister Mike Bernier says the changes emphasize “hands-on” learning.

Bernier, appointed education minister this summer, said he’s heard from teachers who are looking forward to a curriculum that allows more flexibility and individual learning.

He stressed that basic skills of reading, writing and arithmetic will remain, but students will also be taught life skills, communication, collaboration and critical

thinking.Two areas of emphasis for the new

curriculum are environmental education and an aboriginal perspective, which Bernier said will be present in “every single component in the curriculum.” Local schools are encouraged to work with aboriginal communities across the province to represent the full diversity of aboriginal experience, he said.

> Curriculum continued on page two

Photo by Malcolm ChalmersSwim ChampsFalicity Chappell-Dunn wins the Best Attendance award for making to the most swimming lessons throughout the summer. She’ll have her name engraved on the Marlene Long Trophy for Best Attendance. Swim lesson instructors Colleen Smith and Tyler Falk-Chalmers presented the awards at the Summer Mini Carnival Sept. 2. See page 10 for story and more photos.

LCS optimistic about new school year

Tom FletcherBlack Press

With communicable diseases such as whooping cough, mumps and measles making a comeback, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Perry Kendall is reminding parents to make sure their children’s vaccines are up to date as they return to school.

And Kendall has added his voice to that of the Canadian Medical Association, calling for mandatory declaration of vaccination when children enrol at school, as is done in Ontario and New Brunswick.

The CMA voted at its annual meeting in late August for other provinces to follow suit, requiring immunization records but allowing exemptions for medical or religious reasons.

Doctors also called for development of a national database to pull together records scattered between doctors’ offices and schools.

“By the time a child reaches five or six years old, he or she should have received booster shots that protect against measles, polio, chicken pox, whooping cough and more, and kids in Grade 6 and 9 should receive follow-up vaccinations,” Kendall said.

“This is all part of B.C.’s free, routine immunization program.”

Kendall emphasized that vaccinations themselves would not be mandatory, but the information would

give schools the ability to protect students when an outbreak happens. That means excluding unvaccinated children from school during an outbreak, and offering parents the chance to fill gaps in their protection.

“Unvaccinated children are at risk themselves, but they also pose a risk to others because they create a gateway into the community,” Kendall told CKNW radio this week.

“So we need the concept of herd immunity, where we get 95 per cent of the population of a cohort of children vaccinated, so it’s much harder for disease to spread in the community.”

Vaccine records also give public health authorities a chance to counter misinformation that has proliferated in recent years, he said.

“If we know who the parents of those children are, we can talk with them and tell them the facts and what is real and what is not real, and hopefully convince a good proportion of them that what they’re actually fearing is either unreal or not scientifically valid, or is in fact a misplaced fear,” Kendall said. “And we would hope that we would get some of those parents at least to get their children vaccinated.”

Parents in B.C. can now sign up for free text message reminders at immunizebc.ca/reminders, and the website also offers a smartphone app to manage immunization records.

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Hands-on learning is already in place in schools, and Bernier used the example of a shop teacher in his home town of Dawson Creek who encouraged students at risk of dropping out to take his course.

They learned mathematics and physics through taking motors apart and reassembling them, he said.

Bernier invited parents to look for themselves at grade-by-grade documents posted at curriculum.gov.bc.ca, listing learning standards and areas of emphasis.

In the science curriculum, for example, students are to be taught “big ideas” that in grade one include “observable patterns

and cycles occur in the local sky and landscape.”

By Grade 8, they are to learn at “Earth and its climate have changed over geological time.”

Science competencies required by grade seven include the ability to “exercise a healthy, informed skepticism and use scientific knowledge and findings for their own investigations to evaluate claims in secondary sources” such as media reports.

By that time they should be able to identify possible sources of error in their investigations, understand qualitative and quantitative evidence and “demonstrate an an awareness of assumptions … and bias in their own work and secondary sources.”

New at LCSPreparing for a new curriculum

isn’t the only thing new at LCS this fall.

The school introduced two new courses that have been early favourites with students signing up for classes.

This year, students can study Forensic Science in Grade 11 and Baking in Grades 10, 11 and 12.

The school will also send 10 students to a compassionate leadership camp at the Cowichan Lake Education Centre in November. After the camp, the students create something to help the school or community.

The school also received a $10,000 grant for a project on the history of Lake Cowichan.

School year opens Tuesday

Photo by Dennis SkalickyLake Cowichan School teachers Lindsay Hartshorn and Cindy Olson review class lists on Sept. 3 with vice principal Brent Zimmer.

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It’s the incredible edibles of the Cowichan Valley that have kept fish-and-fungi fanatics coming back to the Salmon and Mushroom Festival for 16 years.

Those are the natural resources represented in our area, says festival creator and mushroom expert Ingeborg Woodsworth.

The event, which takes place at Centennial Hall Sept. 26 and 27, not only showcases the bounty of the region, but also educates on sustainable practices to keep the Valley rich with these resources.

In Woodsworth’s mushroom-picking workshops, she stresses the importance of harvesting techniques that allow the fungi to grow back each year.

Sustainability is a big focus of the festival.

Woodsworth is committed to educating visitors on protecting the environment.

“I feel obligated to use my knowledge. If you don’t lose it, you lose it,” she says with a chuckle.

By running the festival, she’s protecting a local forest from logging, she says.

“Years ago, when there was major logging planned along the number 18 highway and my neighbourhood, we contacted the Duncan forestry with a petition to save Block

32 for mycological research [the study of fungi],”says Woodsworth, whose property runs adjacent to the Block 32 provincial forest.

“That was when the foresters came to meet my neighbours and me and made that statement that ‘as long as you are willing to put on an educational exhibit/festival, we shall not log there, from your property to the [fish and game club] on Mayo Road.”

Woodsworth came to

Canada to study abroad while she was attending Germany’s Heidelberg University.

Her plan was to study vascular plants in Canada for six months, but when she arrived here, she was “absolutely astounded.”

“Well, the second weekend in Canada, I saw the unbelievable plant and fungi variety of the Cowichan Valley.

My wish immediately was to live in such abundance. There was three times more of

everything here.”Europe was no longer where

she wanted to study, and she has been here ever since.

“I’m a Canadian by choice,” she adds, feeling it her responsibility to protect our environment.

The festival also honours the First Nations of the region, who donate salmon to the festival, and the work they do in protecting the land.

Woodsworth recently drove out to the Ditidaht First Nation to give a free course on mushroom identification.

“I wanted to show them how grateful I am that they stand on guard for our natural resources,” she says.

This year, youth of the First Nations, as well as other Cowichan Valley youth, who study natural sciences are eligible for a bursary.

The bursary comes from money raised at the festival’s field trip, which will take place on Saturday.

Other events of the festival include painting, slideshows, mushroom identification, and local vendors.

Woodsworth encourages people to bring mushrooms in for identification.

There are 200,000 indentified mushrooms, which is “just the tip of the iceberg,” she says. “That’s what makes my life so exciting.”

For more information on the event, visit salmonmushroomfestival.com.

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Mushroom Festival back for 16th yearEvent featuring fish and fungi set for Centenial Hall on Sept. 26-27

Photo Submitted Ingeborg Woodsworth runs the annual Salmon and Mushroom Festival which takes place every year in Lake Cowichan.

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Of all the immature, ignorant whining that came out of the recent power failure in the Lower Mainland, one example summed up the decline of our urban culture for me.

It wasn’t the people who flooded 9-1-1 with calls demanding to know when their power would be restored, or complaining about their freezers. It wasn’t those on Twitter insisting BC Hydro pay for food that went bad. It was another social media moment.

With part of his community without electricity for a third day, Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart went to his Facebook page, which has a wide following. There he pleaded with residents to stop phoning city hall to demand that a local big-box supermarket provide milk and eggs.

Power had been restored at the store only a few hours before, in the dead of night, and it’s safe to assume that all stores were working flat out to restock perishables.

Where do people get the notion that city hall, or whatever all-powerful nanny state they imagine, controls grocery stores? How do they conclude that in the midst of the worst electrical grid failure on record, BC Hydro is going to address their personal situation above all others?

Vancouver broadcast media weren’t much better. Their big focus was that BC Hydro’s website crashed, so people couldn’t call it up on their smartphones and find out instantly when their power would be back on.

Some even questioned why wireless power meters didn’t help. Perhaps these were the same journalists who fed the tinfoil-hat superstition about their signals.

The facts should be known by now. After an extremely dry spring and summer, a high wind shattered trees and took down more wires and poles than BC Hydro had ever coped with before. Further damage was done within areas that

were already blacked out, leaving overtaxed technicians unable to accurately assess the full extent of it.

In Coquitlam and elsewhere, poles were down in areas too rain-saturated for heavy repair trucks to reach. Yes, there were some too-optimistic repair estimates given out, in response to the constant screeching for instant answers.

About 15 years ago I experienced my worst power outage in the Fraser Valley. In a semi-rural area with little backup grid capacity (since greatly improved), my family went three days without power. This was in winter, due to wind and freezing rain followed by snow and cold.

Trickles of water kept pipes from freezing, and the gas stove provided a bit of heat. I heard no complaints about the crews struggling around the clock with the dangerous job of repair. Media coverage was mostly adult supervised.

Megastorm madness isn’t an isolated case. A couple of weeks before that, a temporary construction bump on the Lion’s Gate Bridge deck caused panic and rage.

Aggravated by a couple of accidents on the alternate route, and fed by hysterical media, drivers of West Van luxury cars were white-knuckled. Traffic choked the region that recently declined to pay a bit more for road improvements.

In both cases, people outside Lotus Land were muttering: Welcome to our world.

This is pertinent to the federal election. Are you competent to save for your retirement with RRSPs and a tax-free savings account, or do you need the government to do it for you, by force?

Are you capable of managing your own child care, or should the nanny state create a hugely subsidized system, which has already failed in Quebec, from coast to coast?

Are you ready for the day when the machine stops?

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Street BeatCowichan Lake SAYSWe asked:VI Health Unit says statistics show that Lake Cowichan residents drinks twice as much as other communities on the Island. Is that true?

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Marcel Lamerche “ Well it is not just people here, it’s campers,tourists too, that’s what they do. Last Saturday I went in for a bottle of wine I’d never seen the place so busy in my life and it was not just the locals.”

Loe Tardiff “I don’t think that is true, we may we drink more than other communities on the island but not as much as they say. I think we have a lot of tourists that come to stay in town for maybe two weeks to two months and there are here to party and that skews the numbers.”

Judith Savage “I couldn’t answer that because I don’t drink, I don’t frequent the pubs, people that visit the house don’t drink. I have no idea weather that statistic is true or not.”

Danielle Turner “ It might be true but I think it is based on summertime when we have a lot of visitors and campers. I don’t think it is just the home town people.”

Don Gordon “I think we all try to do our part, and if we are number one, we are number one. People like their beer and other things, it has always been that way. I’m not worried, there are more things to worry about than that and we are helping the economy.”

If there is one thing I have learned in my years on this earth it is that I do not know what tomorrow will bring. There is always a full range of possibilities, some good, some bad, some neutral, but we never know which it will be until tomorrow comes.

I am reminded of this often as I reflect on my life. I must confess that I was very gloomy about the future when I was in High School. It was the height of the Cold War and I wasn’t sure I would live to be twenty. This was the era of “Duck

and Cover”, where we were trained to hide under our school desks when the air raid sirens went off.

In 1965, the teachers at Mt. Douglas High School in Victoria put our small grade 10 class on a bus and took us to the theatre to see Dr. Strangelove. This classic black comedy film portrays a doomsday scenario when a renegade US Air Force officer starts a nuclear war. I’m not sure that would happen today.

The future definitely did not look bright to me at that time. As it turned out, however, being born in Canada just after WWII was like winning the lottery. My generation has lived a charmed existence, one I never could have envisioned when I was a teenager.

I am sure there are many young people today who probably feel much like I did when I was their age. When I get to talk with youth I always try to impress on them that nothing is set in stone and anything

could happen in the future. I stress that they should stay informed and engaged in the process as we adapt to our changing world.

I am afraid that my privileged generation has left a bit of a mess that must now be cleaned up. We need to make some big changes in our society and it will be challenging but if we all work together we can and will do this. Our youth will be the ones to take this initiative forward so it is essential that they become informed and engaged in the process.

The Cowichan Lake and River Stewardship Society has just completed year two of our three-year Shoreline Stewardship Program. This project is designed to restore shoreline habitat around our lake and river and each summer we hire local youth to do the work. At a recent luncheon we had to thank this year’s young workers I found it very inspiring

to talk with them about their goals and aspirations. These fine young people are a tremendous asset to our community and I am sure they will continue to work with us to improve future prospects for our society and ecosystems. I hope they will embark on their life’s journeys with an optimistic view and not worry about what they think might happen. It might just be a future they have never dreamed of.

Just when we thought it was looking very grim for our river and the fish in it we were given the wonderful rains of the past week. Before the rains it looked like the river would start to run dry about the last week of September but the latest calculations now indicate that we will not reach zero storage until about October 18th if we get no more rain.

The lake level is rising and some of the tributaries that feed the lake are running again after being

dormant for months. This is great for all the salmon fry in the system, their future now looks much brighter than it did just a week ago. Who knew?

Though we have been given a reprieve, the water crisis is far from over. We are still running the river at the lowest possible level of 4.5 CMS when we would like to be at about 7 CMS. There is no water for the pulse flows we need to encourage fish migration in the fall. Catalyst is planning to pump water over the weir if no more significant rains come before October 18th.

The salmon are still swimming up the river and we continue to carefully monitor all of the factors that affect the complex systems in our watershed.

We are preparing for the worst but we are not necessarily expecting it. Most of us know we have no control over the future, we will keep on working and see what tomorrow brings.

Prepare for the worst but never stop working for a better tomorrow

ONE COWICHAN

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Pole PrepTown workers were preparing the spot for the totem pole which will be placed later this fall.

Photo Dennis Skalicky

Caroline AustinLake CowiChan Gazette

The Golden Agers Society membership numbers 344 at present and we start taking memberships for 2016 on December 1st.

A membership ($15) offers discounts on trips and banquets and a reimbursement for one ambulance ride per year as well as a vote at general meetings and elections.

In May during fine weather our busload of members enjoyed a memorable day trip to Cowichan Bay with lunch at the Rock Cod Café and plenty of shopping.

Our next trip in July was to the Dragon Juan Restaurant in the Valleyview Centre at Cobble Hill and a tour of Fairburn Farm where the water buffalo reside. On the way home we shopped at the Old Farm Market.

On August 27th we had dinner at Ricky’s in Ladysmith and it was great.

Our busload of satisfied members then headed along the old scenic route to the Chemainus Theatre studio for “Confessions of a Paperboy”.

Our trip coordinator, Sue Alford, is in the process of organizing a fall trip to the Royal B.C. Museum for the gold rush display and IMAX theatre and to the “Singing Christmas Tree” at Yellow Point in December.

We are very lucky to have Dick Newman available as a driver and the Community Service bus for these trips at a nominal cost.

June 25th was the Golden Agers’ Anniversary Tea Dance which we plan on having annually.

Members dressed-up and wore an assortment of fancy hats that were judged by the committee and prizes were given out.

One member said it was nice to be able to dress up for an event that wasn’t Christmas or New Years.

Everyone enjoyed the music and dancing.

Many local residents over the age of 19 attend our Wednesday bingo from 1 until 3 P.M. We are in need of volunteers and would appreciate hearing from anyone who would like to help especially for calling bingo.

You don’t have to be a member and volunteers are given a free lunch.

Tuesday, September 8th was our Golden Agers’ General meeting with non-members welcome.

Island Health presented information on new classes for the fall and had lots of information for seniors.

Saturday, September 19th is the Age-friendly Open House from 2 until 4 P.M. Refreshments will be served and everyone is welcome.

The Age-friendly audit has been done by our Town Planner, James van Hemert, and the town will be working on the various items that need upgrading or repairing in the next couple of years.

Our Fall Potluck and Games Night will be held on Saturday, September 26th. Doors open at 4 P.M. Non-members welcome; bring a dish to share and coffee/tea are free.

Those playing “Bandit Bingo” are required to bring a $10 prize.

These prizes are share throughout the evening with winners of the games and everyone is a winner!.

Our annual Golden Agers’ fall bazaar will be held on Saturday, November 7th this year.

Phone (250-749-6121) early October to book a table at $15.

The 50 Plus Activity Centre (situated at 55 Coronation Street by the Post Office) is an air-conditioned, safe and happy place for those over the age of 50 to meet friends and make new ones.

Members play various card games or pool, carpet bowl, exercise or line dance and enjoy the great homemade lunches from our foodsafe kitchen. Every Friday our fabulous cook, Mabel, makes a dinner special which is always a bit hit.

Her savoury and sweet pies are to die for.

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Photo by Dennis SkalickyThe 50 Plus Activity Centre was busy with bingo players on Wednesday, Sept. 2.

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147 MacDonald $220,000

This large home features 3 bedrooms upstairs with a huge living room, country kitchen and laundry room. There is a 1 bed suite downstairs which will provide extra revenue if needed or simply use as a big home. There is a big easy access wired shop that would be great for projects or storage. Call to view today!

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This lot is ideally suited to build your dream home in charming Mesachie Lake. The � at lot is close to swimming, gol� ng, hiking and camping. The lot includes a car port and a newer 200 sq ft shed which is wired, plumbed including a bathroom and insulated. The lot is fully fenced & has mature trees adding to the tranquility and privacy you will feel. Call to view today!

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225 Johel $339,000

Gorgeous Lake & Mountain views from all sides on this Kwassin Lake home. The home features 3 bed / 3 bath with an open plan living design. The master bedroom overlooks the lake and boasts a walk in closet and 4 pc en-suite. The backyard is perfect for entertaining or relaxing while watching the King� shers, ducks and more on your doorstep. Call now to view!

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340 Carnell Drive $229,000

This home is level entry buy has a fully � nished basement. This 4 bed, 2 bath home boasts a huge family room, newer � ooring, Low E windows on the south facing side of the home, vinyl decking, private fenced back yard with � sh pond, � owers and shrubs. This is a great family home with room for you and your pets! Call to view today

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47 Blackwood Heights $159,900

Nestled in the trees, this 38 ft cottage style park model is situated on a large private lot offering multi-level decks, covered shelter & sunken deck wired for a hot tub. Enjoy a small cooking � repit or sit around a propane � repit for those chilly nights. Lots of extra’s including a full size fridge, all appliances, and even a 3 person dinghy. This is a turnkey sale with private sleeping accommodation for 6. Call to view today – this is a must see!

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10 Riverside Drive $275,000

Across from the river & in the heart of town, minutes from all amenities. There are up to 4 bedrooms depending on the layout you prefer. The lot is over 14,000 sq ft and includes a huge double carport, large garage & storage shed. This home could easily be converted to wheelchair friendly. Call to view today!

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$125,000

Immaculate double wide mobile in a small adult park with only 10 units. This 2 bed/2 bath home has been meticulously maintained including paint, � ooring, appliances, new hot tub, bathroom and the list goes on and on. A great home and wonderful location so don’t miss your chance to live here!

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This 4 bed, 3 bath home sits on a private 0.57 acre lot which offers peace & quiet. The home has a good layout with hardwood � oors, beautiful kitchen cabinets. Newer reno’s have been done. There is room to park your RV and enjoy the view from your back deck or relax in the hot tub. This is a must see to appreciate everything this property offers.

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87 Park $350,000

This 3 or 4 bedroom home radiates hospitality & charm from the marble & Boeing bathtub to the vaulted ceilings. The living room has a cozy terra cotta � replace and downstairs is a cold room for your wine or preserves. The home boasts unique tiles, intercom system, built in vacuum and fully � nished detached workshop with over height double carport for your RV or Boat

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30 Coronation $244,000

2 bed/2 bath rancher is move in ready with nothing to do! The home is immaculately maintained, the partially fenced yard has a mixture of beautiful plants, garden area and greenhouse. Great starter or retirement home. Call to view today!

PICTURE PERFECT

462 Point Ideal $458,888

Spectacular home in the sought after subdivision of Point Ideal. Only steps to the lake and marina & walking distance to shops & restaurants. Features in this 5 bedroom, 3 bath home include hardwood � oors, vaulted ceilings, spacious kitchens, hot tub and so much more. There is a de� nite attention to detail with quality products and excellent workmanship. Call to view today!

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3105 Laurel Grove $339,900

This 1528 sq ft level entry home offers 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, spacious interior with huge kitchen, attached dining area and family room. The master is large and includes a en-suite and walk in closet. The yard is level with lots of room for RV/Boat parking, there is a courtyard with paving stones and glass covered entryway, nice � ower beds and a large deck at the back. Minutes to downtown Duncan. Call to view today, this one won’t last long!

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We had a very successful Swim Awards ceremony and Carnival last evening. Approximately 65 people attended the evening on Sept. 2.

The evening began with our two fulltime lifeguards (Colleen and Tyler) handing out certificates to all swim participants for the 2015 season. Trophies were given to the following swim participants for special recognition:

• Darryl Smith Memorial Trophy

for Effort and Enthusiasm – Madyson Wilkinson

• Marlene Long Trophy Swim Program Best Attendance – Felicity Chapelle-Dunn

• Andrew Mendes Memorial Trophy for Most Improved Swimmer – Zelda Liboiron

• Youbou Regatta 16 & Under Girls Aggregate – Roselyn Baird

Following the awards ceremony,

the Carnival took place.

We had 13 different game stations set up around the Youbou Hall Gym, Play School room and even outside on the front porch.

The most popular stations were the balloon darts, water balloon smash, hole in 1 golf obstacle course and the physical literacy agility ladders and hula hoops.

Parents were thrilled to see how much fun their children were having and thanked Cowichan Lake Recreation for putting on this fun evening.

Carnival celebrates kidsPhotos by Malcolm Chalmers

Wyatt Campbell enjoying the fun and games at the Summer Mini Carnival, in the Youbou Community Hall.

The most improved swimmer Zelda Liboiron. She shows off her Andy Mendes Memorial Throphy that was awarded to her at the Summer Mini Carnival for all her hard work during swimming lessons at Arbutus park this summer.

A group of young swimmers had their achievements celebrated Sept. 2 The prize table was a popular destination at the Summer Mini Carnival.

Swim Awards and Carnival held Sept. 2

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ATTENTION DEVELOPERS & Investors – here is a great opportunity to purchase a multi-family site within city limits with full community servicing. “The Slopes”, a new Lake Cowichan subdivision showcasing a variety of beautiful new homes. Close to town & minutes to the Lake with easy hwy. access.

Huge south facing waterfront 1.01 acres. Steel roof and bonus sun room

$775,000

9866 Stin-Qua Road $364,900

10150 Youbou Road

9224 Towhee, $465,000

154 South Shore Rd. Commercial Building and LandMain St. in Lake Cowichan, 7200 sq. ft. lot

$497,000 $195,000

Perfect for the person who has everything!!Your own island on Cowichan Lake, privateand peaceful.

Great Riverfront Community,Walk to Town

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$759,000

7971 Cowichan Valley Hwy.PROPOSED NICE NEW HOUSE. Big log home with loft, and shop on 14 acres in town boundary. Big

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$1,199,000

297 North Shore RoadTimber frame home across from the

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$469,000

10351 Youbou

32 Paddle Duck Lane

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72 Park RoadRiverfront home on the Cowichan River walking distance to all Lake Cowichan has to offer. $795,000

175 Elk2 bdrm & Den, Big Workshop

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$279,000

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$2,500,000

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Unique waterfront development situated on the Cowichan River 2 bdrm cottage perfect for a weekend retreat or live year round

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1.66 acres, HUGELY MOTIVATED!

$529,900

10484 Youbou Rd.Lake view from kitchen, landscaped, .52 acre

$265,000

23 Stevens Crescent3 Bdrm. cedar sided, wood � oors, 2 shops, awesome fenced yard.

$219,000

Penny LaneDuplex $239,000Cottage $259,000

130 Neva Rd. Lake Cowichan Home Centre, business and mini mall

$1,495,000

169 South ShoreLand & building orstart your own business$499,000 $367,000

10196 Youbou

RECREATION – MULTI-FAMILY INVESTMENT – SUBDIVISION POTENTIAL

Nearly 1.5 acres of gently-sloping waterfront. panoramic Views. Private & sheltered.

This charming cottage includes a sweet bungalow & has everything you need for rest, relaxation & entertaining.

$775,000

Magni� cent lakefront home on .70 of an acre. Complete with guest cottage

$919,000

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521 Point Ideal

10215 Youbou Rd. Awesome View, Awesome House

9041 Meades Creek

9227 Kestrel Drive

Large family home with many updates, wood stove downstairs and fenced backyard, across from TC trail.

$249,000

$310,000

$199,900

80 Fern RoadCozy home on extra large lot, open concept living, metal roof, just 2 years old!

264 HillsideAwesome family home in

quiet neighborhood 3 bd and family room

24 Nelson Road

Renovated mobile in waterfront park.Full time living oryour summer escape.

Stunning lake and mountain viewsfrom this new 3bd 2 bath home

Charming Cottage in Honeymoon BayFully fenced yard and large hedge for total privacy. Less than 5 minute walk to public park on Cowichan Lake

Delightful water view homejust a minute’s walk to the beach and your own Boat slipMaintenance free grounds with total privacy

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3 bedrooms, two baths, bring your lake toys and enjoy.

110 River Road

$259,000

3 bed, 2 bath rancher, propane � replace, jacuzzi tub in master, double garage.

park on Cowichan Lake

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262 King� sher Pl. Cute 9 year old 4 bedroom home with open concept,

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Donna Roughley, Willa Suntjens and David KiddLake CowiChan Gazette

Recently, Retreads hiked

around the Ruckle Farm on Salt Spring Island, Cottonwood Creek west of Youbou, did a nearby hike with a great view of our own valley and hiked around the Kinsol Trestle. We started far away on Salt Spring and ended on a hike starting right here from town. We also had a quarterly planning meeting and a summer barbeque. All good fun but with some serious moments.

To get to Ruckle Farm we assembled, and car pooled to Crofton where 10 of us took the 11:00 am BC Ferry. Yes, we sometimes require BC Ferries. We met three more hikers and started out along the shore. Soon it was lunch time so we sat at the shore and watched plentiful water traffic as we ate.

It was a hot muggy day, but we enjoyed a cool breeze as we followed the coastline to Yeo Point. Three members cut off to take a shorter hike back, but alas, they ended walking further because they missed a critical trail sign. During the hike we had the misfortune to stumble onto a wasp nest and some of us suffered the revenge

of a disturbed wasp. You can imagine the language! We ended at a kiosk where lemonade, homemade cookies and fresh vegetables were available on an honour box basis. Altogether we covered 8 Km and spent 4 hours on the trail including breaks.

Cottonwood Creek is just past the blacktop at the west end of Youbou. We went up the west side which was

a steady climb with some steep pieces at times. We passed through deciduous river bank forest, along the edge of clear cut areas and along the edge of tall green forest. We eventually reached a broken bridge where we took lunch before heading back down the trail.

We found a new hike starting in our town of Paradise and named it the Valley View Hike. It took

off from Johel Road for a leisurely stroll across the valley and up the long hill until we reached a point where we had a great view of Skutz Falls, Hill 60 and beyond. A snack break and then around a secluded pathway to the other side of the mountain where we had a view down over Lake Cowichan, Bald Mountain and Honeymoon Bay. After lunch we returned down

a logging road, across the valley and down Beaver creek trail to South Shore Motel. Our 14 participants had covered some 14Km in perfect weather and with great views of our treasured valley. Our tracking device indicated we had burned 780 calories.

Our Kinsol Trestle hike put paid to our claim that we never have rain on Retread’s Wednesdays. The grey sky opened up and we were dumped on for about 15 minutes. We carried on and soon the sun poked through. On this hike over and under the Trestle we are always amazed at the engineering, especially when we recall that the original job was done with manpower starting about a 100 years ago. We were also amazed at how nature has closed in on unused logging roads over the 5 years since we first did this hike. Our reward was a great lunch at Unsworth Vineyard.

Our quarterly planning meeting was held at the Arena with arena staff. The first item was to lay out the hikes for the next quarter. Among those planned is a hike to Cable Bay to watch salmon and seals in life and death manoeuvres, a hike up Bolduc Mountain on

Memorial Day and of course our New Years day hike. Other topics included our participation in the Terry Fox run on September the 20th, and our Christmas party scheduled for December 5th.

A guest spoke to us about the proposed Spine Trail that will eventually go from Cape Scott at the northwest end of the island all the way to Victoria.

Many parts of the trail have been worked out. One piece that needs more work is the section from the far end of Cowichan Lake into town.

The Spine trail group seeks volunteers to monitor and maintain sections of the trail and also leans on locals to understand options for setting up the trail and muscle to shape the trail.

The piece from Lake Cowichan to Victoria will follow the existing and planned parts of the Trans Canada Trail down through Shawnigan Lake. After our planning meeting we adjourned for a summer barbeque. A well attended and fun evening.

If you wish to be part of this group pick up a brochure or join up at the Arena, find us on the Arena website, or, if all else fails, call Willa at 250 749 4144.

Retreads find adventure from Salt Spring to Youbou

Photo by David KiddThe Valley View group with Hill 60 in the background.

CowiChan VaLLey CitizenCowichan Lake Salmonid Enhancement

Society (CLSES) members are excited: they’ve found chinook as well as coho fry this summer in some of the small creeks that flow into Cowichan Lake.

According to Bob Crandall, president of the society, the group’s years of vigilance have paid off.

In June, he was working by himself at Ashburnham Creek in Honeymoon Bay, trying to rescue coho fry out of the lower pool below the South Shore Road bridge.

“There were plenty in the pool. I netted 1,900 of them and released them into [Cowichan] Lake. I went back to the pool and it crossed my mind that I was not looking closely enough at these fry.

“You know, you get pretty excited when you find fish that need to be rescued and you can rescue them. That’s rewarding. Sometimes you get really caught up in that. But I stopped suddenly because I saw something and realized: these aren’t all coho. I got down on my hands and knees to have a closer look and realized, wow, some of these are chinook. These are what we’d been looking for. So I froze a tiny one and shipped it off to the lab right away,” Crandall said.

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) confirmed it was a chinook.

“Another member of our group found them in Robertson and then as a group we found them in Sutton as well,” he said.

Since then they have performed microsurgery on the chinook they’ve found and sent away samples for analysis.

“We have secured close to 200 samples. I have the last 42 DNA samples in my

possession and I’m waiting to transfer them probably later this week to the DFO lab. About the third week of September we’ll get the results back from the DNA testing to see if they are spring chinook or fall chinook,” Crandall said.

“We’re very excited about that. Imagine watching for two and a half years and not finding anything and then, wow, you find it.”

It’s been a really dry year, with not as much flow of water to help the fish get around and that might have played a part in the discovery of chinook up at Honeymoon Bay.

“It could have been that they were trapped early, and that’s what made it possible for us

to find them,” he said.There has been a great deal of effort put

into researching what’s in the Cowichan system this year, according to Crandall.

“We [the Cowichan Lake Salmonid Enhancement Society] were working with Lake Cowichan First Nation and [biologist] Ted Burns for the first two years looking for chinook and then this year we had extra help arrive from One Cowichan, the Cowichan Lake and River Stewardship Society, Cowichan Tribes and DFO. They’ve been doing a lot of chinook research all up and down the Cowichan River this year and I was doing the tributaries up at the lake,” he said.

DFO has been doing some significant

research in the Cowichan River this year and the chinook watch.

It’s been interesting to see how many have made it up above Marie Canyon and the falls, he said.

“There are only two that have made it past the [Lake Cowichan] weir so far, he said. “The rest are in deep pools in the cool water. That’s how Ted Burns explained it to us. They come part way up and they hang out in the cool water until a little bit later when there is a bit less sun per day and the water temperature drops a couple of degrees. Then they get encouragement to move upriver to where they want to go to spawn. That’s their timing.”

The level in the river combined with the amount of heat in a long, dry summer has made it difficult for them, he added.

“At least a couple [of chinook] have been identified by the snorkel crews and scuba divers that were looking for them and I understand they also saw eight sockeye that were doing the same thing as the chinook were: laying down low in cool water in deep pools in the river,” Crandall said.

The salmonid enhancement society’s efforts reach far beyond fry rescue in creeks near Honeymoon Bay.

Crandall’s own work has taken him into both Lake Cowichan and Palsson schools where he has found an enthusiastic response from students for programs like planting trees and painting pictures of fish beside storm drains.

With these helpers and an active group of between 30-60 of its own volunteers, there are always plenty of helping hands to keep the society’s work going, he said.

Discovery of chinook fry is watershed find

Photo submitted Area Director Ian Morrison, left, with Craig Wightman check out work done to protect salmon.


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In Brief

Wine and Cheese fund-raiser for Lake Auxiliary

The Lake Auxiliary to the Cowichan District Hospital is hosting a wine and cheese event to raise funds to purchase equipment for the maternity ward of the hospital.

The group promises a fun-filled evening on October 3. In addition to wine and cheese, the event will also feature a fashion show, cash bar, 50/50 draws, silent auction and door prizes.

Tickets are available at the Footwear Centre (42 South Shore Road) for $20.

Doors open at 6:15 p.m. and the event will start at 7 p.m.w

Sunfest music festival tickets now on sale

Organizers of the Sunfest Country Music Festival recently announced that Dierks Bentley would be headlining alongside Carrie Underwood at Sunfest 2016.

The musician made his Sunfest debut in 2012, though next year could mark his first time performing in the Cowichan Lake area, if the festival organizers’ are approved to move the annual festival to the proposed new location off the Youbou Highway.

Tickets went on sale this past Monday (August 24), will be valid at whichever venue is used and are available online at www.sunfestconcerts.com.

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