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Wood carvings looking for new home

“I was just wondering if there is still an appetite to have them placed somewhere.”
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Will the bear and gnome go to a new home from their current hideout in the old firehall? (Lexi Bainas/Gazette)

Lake Cowichan council is trying to figure out what to do with two wood carvings, donated by the Lake Days Society.

Coun. Bob Day asked, “I was just wondering if there is still an appetite to have them placed somewhere. I would understand that the garden gnome needed to find a different kind of location or if both of them would go in a park someplace. Or maybe one of them could be in the lobby of the new town hall or they might be raffled off.

“Right now, they’re sitting out there in a bay [of the old fire hall]. If we could move them it would be great.”

Coun. McGonigle asked if staff could consider if there’s a theme they would be looking at for decorations in parks or if they want carvings throughout the town.

“We have to be careful that we don’t place them just anywhere. Perhaps staff could come up with ideas for them.”

Cara Smith of the Cowichan Lake Community Garden asked if the gnome might be placed in the garden. Between the public works and parks committee meetings, Smith and councillors went out to have a look at it to see if it might be suitable.

Watch this space to see where the gnome ends up next.