New music with a political bent

By the way, did you hear:

• Apologies are due to readers and especially to Patricia Selman and the folks at Mill Bay’s Sylvan United Church. An editing error in Friday’s edition spliced two weekend musical events featuring Ron Klusmeier into one, sending people to the right place at the wrong time. The project was a fundraiser for the Sylvan Youth Service Global Village Build Project If I Had A Hammer.

• Valley moviemaker Chris Jaycox is currently working with TV’s popular show The Travel Guys in Palm Springs, reported dad Ed Jaycox. Jaycox junior’s Slopestyle TV series is airing on six independent stations across Canada.

• Political junkies will certainly remember Simon Lindley, the Green Party candidate for the Cowichan Valley during the last provincial election. Well, Lindley doesn’t limit his political statements to the campaign trail. Check out his musical message at http://simonlindley.bandcamp.com/album/surfing-style

• Chris Thompson is leaving Lake Cowichan Curves after more than seven years, almost six as owner. She says it’s time to slow down a bit and work in her own community of Duncan. She is pleased to announce Christine Callihoo, a Lake Cowichan native, has bought Curves and will continue to serve the Cowichan Lake area for many years to come.

• Duncan Mayor Phil Kent has been elected chair of The Island Coastal Economic Trust (ICET)  a coalition of local politicians  and political appointees working together to foster new economic growth in the region. It has approved more than $46 million for over 80 projects on Vancouver Island and Sunshine Coast since 2007.

• The South Cowichan Chamber of Commerce welcomes Dave Shortill of The Risk Doctor Insurance as a board member and the membership committee chair.

• Julia E. Henderson, president of the Cowichan Valley Bar Association, tells us the 2011 Don Taylor Q.C. and David Williams Q.C. Memorial Bursary has been awarded to Ashley Bond a Duncan resident in her second year studying criminology at Vancouver Island University.

• Jeanne Ross of the Chemainus Chamber of Commerce says the Golden Brush awards silent auction is closing in on $12,000 worth of items up for bids. Some of the items are posted at http://www.chemainus.bc.ca/silent-auction/. The Feb. 18 event honours the best of the Chemainus business community. For more info visit http://www.chemainus.bc.ca/

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