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Humpback Comeback
Mystery and Longing
Still life with story
Giant mammal enjoys local waters
Upcoming events in theatre and books
Playful sculptures on display
Little boat forges on through fog MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
This kitty waits patiently ready to greet all the trick- or- treater on Halloween night! Debra Stringfello photo
Waste Management Committee scraps plans to compost food-waste on-Island MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
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very Wednesday, Bowen’s food and garden scraps get hauled off the island to the North Shore Transfer Station. For the past year Bowen’s Solid Waste Resource Management Committee has spent the past year looking into ways to save the trip off island, but after extensive research, they’ve decided to scrap plans to compost food waste locally. They are still hoping that garden waste will be processed on-island. “The big composting facilities that deal with this kind of [food] waste are very smelly, and there have been major complications in other municipalities trying to set them up,” says Don Marshall,
the chair of the Bowen Island Solid Waste Resource Management Committee (SWRMC). Residents living nearby the municipal composting facility in Richmond, the final destination for Bowen’s organic waste, described the facility’s smell as “nauseating,” to the Vancouver Sun. Residents living near a composting facility in the district of Saanich, on Vancouver Island, have taken their municipality to court because of the overwhelming odour in their rural neighbourhood. Marshall says that if plans go forward to process yard scraps on island, the municipality will save money on transportation and will have a valuable product created here to supplement local gardens. continued, PAGE 3
Many Bowen Island residents have spent the past week waking up to the sound of fog horns. For commuters, that’s the sound of delays. On Tuesday of this week, the Queen of Capilano departed Snug Cove at 8:30am, then again at 9:50am, and BC Ferries cancelled the boat’s 10am sailing. For commuters who travel to the mainland on the English Bay Launch, heavy fog can signal the need for a change of plans. So far, though, there’s only been one cancellation due to fog. “Coming out of False Creek last Friday I had zero visibility,” says skipper Dominic Frei. “But I just needed to get a little more accustomed to the boat to run in that weather. The High Flyer is very smooth and stable, and it has fantastic navigation equipment which makes it possible to run in through fog like that.” Frei’s been working with English Bay Launch for a month. He lives on Granville Island, but due to the fog spent
several nights this week sleeping in the High Flyer’s tiny berth. “It’s draining running the boat in those conditions, and with zero visibility I need to keep the speed down to 10, maybe 12 knots,” he says. “That way if I do hit anything, it won’t do any damage.” In May, the High Flyer hit a log and as a result, didn’t run again until mid-August. “We normally have two boats running during the summer, and we know we can fill them,” says Shannon. “This helps us build up a cushion that helps us run through the winter, so we didn’t have that this year.” Originally, Shannon didn’t think they’d be able to keep running past Labour Day, but ridership on the launch was strong through the summer and Shannon has found a way to offer regular commuters a slightly cheaper way to travel. “We’re now offering monthly passes, for $500 per month. Which is still expensive for a lot of people,” says Shannon. continued, PAGE 2
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Attendees of the workshop learned the art of creating oral history conversations. In keeping with this theme, The volunteers and staff of the we will be hosting “Oral History – Bowen Island Museum and Archives Tools to Write like a Truth Sleuth” have been working hard behind the on Sunday, November 3rd, from 1 scenes to organize an oral history writ- to 4 p.m. and we invite the public to ing workshop. Attendees of this writjoin us. This workshop will be led by ing workshop will learn to apply the Patricia Koretchuk, author of “Chasing elements of story structure to gathered the Comet: A Scottish-Canadian Life”. memories from interviews, transcripts, Koretchuk believes the writing of oral and research to enhance the building history is a magic collaboration that of a factual family tree. transforms private, personal oral stoLast January, we hosted an “Oral ries into an accessible published works. History Workshop” with great success! Her goals are to entrance and educate her readers through interviewing and writing about B O W E N I S L A N D M U N I C I PA L I T Y “ordinary” people. She REMINDER builds, using the elements DRIVEWAY ACCESS MAINTENANCE of story to construct oral memoirs. She researches interview information, Residents are reminded that it is the checking facts, times and responsibility of ALL property owners to settings, detecting missensure driveways are maintained to avoid ing elements. She probes putting water, gravel or debris onto the informants to reveal comroad. monly-shared core emoIn addition, driveway culverts must be kept tions that connect us all. She digs for unconsciousfree of debris and cannot block the flow of ly-hidden themes within ditch water. lifestyles. This “Truth Sleuth” is happy that her These conditions can cause dangerous work has helped re-create situations on the roads during heavy lives and times, making rainfall or in freezing weather. them accessible to all. To attend, please preregister at (604) 947-2655 or bihistorians@telus.net. Participation in the workFOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 604-947-4255 shop is by donation. BOWEN ISLAND MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
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The High Flyer cuts through the fog on a the way back from Granville Island. Meribeth Deen photo
Water Taxi continues service through the fall continued, PAGE 1 “But what helps is that the tax man actually recognizes those passes and will make an exemption. So if you declare your pass when filing your taxes, the price actually comes down to $425.” Vince Knudson is a monthly pass holder and has been commuting with the English Bay Launch since June. “It’s more expensive than taking the ferry over,” he says, “But it’s way cheaper than buying a second car.” Knudson rides a scooter to Snug Cove in the morning, and after reaching Granville Island, walks to his office a few blocks away. Other English Bay Launch commuters have been making use of CarsTo-Go. Mike Koziniack zips down on his bicycle from Cates Hill to the Government Dock every morning, then off at Granville Island and a quick ride to the Vancouver Planetarium. A family member
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picks him up at the end of the day to drive him back up Cates Hill. “Living on Bowen, you resort to whatever ways and means you have to to make the commute,” says Kozniack. “But for me, every trip to and from work is more of an adventure than a commute.” Mike Shannon is in talks with people in Gibson’s Landing about a new run that will take people from the Sunshine Coast straight to downtown Vancouver. He says this run could have a hugely positive impact on his business. For now, though, the margins are still tight and he can only plan two months ahead for any continuing service between Snug Cove and Vancouver. “If we can, we’d like to keep it going,” he says. “Last year, we started up again in February and the whether wasn’t too bad, the days get a little longer. So if we can manage to keep running until then we’ll have made it over the hump.”
The purpose of Bylaw No. 335, 2013 is to add further regulations to Section 4.13 of the Land Use Bylaw regarding the Water Use Coastal 1 (WG1) Zone to add new definitions, to delete “Boat House” and “Floating Breakwaters” as permitted uses, to further regulate the location of “private and “group moorage facilities”, and to further regulate the size and length of “private moorage facilities”.
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The future of Bowen’s organic waste continued, PAGE 1 “The compost is created by making the right mix of things like wood chips and grass clippings,� says Marshall. “It acts like the very best fertilizer, providing the nitrogen and carbon necessary for growing things, but with very little odour.� Twin Island Excavating has requested that the Crown Land it currently uses on Radar Hill be re-zoned so that the company could process residential yard scraps. Despite concerns about noise and fire hazards raised by some local residents, council is close to the final approval of this request. Dave McIntosh, President of Bowen Waste Services, cautions that a plan like this might not be cost-effective for the Municipality.
“If we can’t compost the food waste here, now, but we can compost the yard trimmings here, what are the costs in relation to the fact that we still have to take the food waste over in any event?� McIntosh says he’s recently learned of a new composting system that turns large volumes of food waste into clean water, and that new technologies could provide real opportunities for Bowen Island.  Councillor Cro Lucas is the council liaison for the SWRMC, and agrees with McIntosh. “There are things coming down the pipe in the next 3-5 years that will revolutionize things,� says Lucas. “But we’ve got to be ahead or the curve, because we live on a rock.�
Humpback tail
Cates’s whales
Neil Fisher, Vancouver Aquarium, photo
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In the early 1900s, there was no such thing as a whale-watching tour, but passengers aboard ships operated by the Terminal Steamship Company traveling to Bowen Island would frequently be awed by the site of Humpbacks swimming the waters of Howe Sound. At the time, a hundred or so lived in the Straight of Georgia. Until that time, Humpbacks were relatively safe from whalers, as they were too fast for boats powered by sail and harpoons thrown by hand. The Pacific Whaling Company, opened in 1905, purchased the latest in whaling technology: steam-powered boats and harpoons fired from cannons with a grenade heads that would exploded inside a whale. In 1907, the company opened up a whaling station at Page’s Lagoon, near Nanaimo, for the express purpose of hunting Humpbacks in the Straight of Georgia. That same year, Captain J.A. Cates of the Terminal Steamship Company (purchased by the Union Steamship Company in 1920) wrote to his Member of Parliament about whaling in Howe Sound: It is only natural to say that everything that lives should be allowed a certain amount of protection and I might say that by the extermination of these whales from the waters of Howe Sound it would seriously interfere with our Local Trade as during each year there are hundreds of tourists and others from all over the world who come to Vancouver and engage passage on our boats especially to see the whales in Howe Sound.� When commercial whaling ended in 1967, researchers estimated the remaining population of Humpbacks in the Pacific Northwest to be roughly 2000. Now that population is thought to be close to 20 thousand. Humpbacks in the Georgia Straight have been the last to come back. Caitlin Birdsall at the Vancouver Aquarium’s BC Cetacean Sitings Network says that despite this remarkable recovery, there are still plenty of threats to local whales including ship strikes and entanglement. A study published on Tuesday in the journal Animal Conservation says that whales in British Columbia’s coastal waters Cartoon from the Province Circa Captain are being seriously threatened by shipping John A. Cateson a wharf clutching the noise. This noise inhibits the whales’ ability bow lines of the steamers “Britannia� and to communicate, search for prey, and select “Baramba.� mates. From the Bowen Island Museum and
10 Humpback sitings reported from Bowen Island in 3 weeks MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
The BC Cetaceans Sitings Network says they’ve received 10 reports of a Humpback whale swimming in the waters around Bowen Island in the past three weeks. They are not sure if it is the same Humpback that someone reported from the Squamish area in May, or from the Sunshine Coast between Gibson’s and Roberts Creek throughout the summer. The Cetaceans Sitings Network, which is a part of the Vancouver Aquarium, compiles data based on whale sitings throughout coastal British Columbia. Photos are critical to tracking and identifying whales. By comparing and contrasting the ridges along on the tail, or the coloring of the whale, biologists can make a match and sometimes, track whales on their various journeys. Heather Coulthart has been spotting Humpbacks from her property on Woods Road since mid-September. She says her and her husband, Barry Adams, were drinking coffee at their home on Woods’ Road at
8:30 in the morning a few weeks ago when they saw the whale moving slowly along the shore in Grafton Bay. They decided to head out in their small boat to see if they could get a better look. “We made our way to the south end of Hutt Island and saw the whale surface in Collingwood Channel between Bowen and Keats. We were the only boat in the water, and quite far away from the whale,� says Coulthart. “It started flapping its fins, which looked like they were 15 feet in length, and then we saw its tail fluke go up, and then it breached. We keep pinching ourselves and asking, did that really happen?� Doug Hooper from the Stop the Docks Campaign sent in the photo below of Orcas sited off of Cape Roger Curtis. The photographer prefers to remain nameless. The BC Cetaceans Sitings Network says they’ve received 6 reports of Orca sitings from Bowen since the beginning of the summer. To make a report, call 1-866-I-SAW-ONE (1-866-472-9663), or email sightings@vanaqua.org.
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Ferry Upgrades will help with wheelchair access, strollers The Bowen Island Municipality Transportation Advisory Committee (BIMTAC) meets twice a year, with senior officials from BC Ferries (BCF). We met last week, and there were a number of positive outcomes. The Queen of Capilano will go in for an extended five-month refit (the mid-life upgrade, or MLU) in early 2015. BIMTAC has been working with BCF about both the issue of a replacement vessel (or vessels) and the work to be done on the Capilano. BCF have agreed that car carrying capacity will not be reduced during the MLU. BIMTAC will be presented with an analysis of options by the end of November. The major construction item of interest to passengers will be provision for direct boarding at HSB on to the lounge deck for all foot passengers, including those in wheelchairs, baby carriages, etc. by cutting a new entry port into the vessel on the
lounge deck. No more boarding at HSB on the sundeck! We will still have to get off from the car deck at Snug Cove, but the possibility will exist for second deck loading if and when BCF rebuilds the Snug Cove terminal. Although various upgrades will be made on the car deck to rationalize the use of space these are unlikely to lead to an increase in car capacity. Conversion of the vessel’s engines to liquid natural gas (LNG) fuel is definitely off the table. A representative from the Caring Circle, Coleen O’Neil, accompanied us to discuss the question of assured loading for severely ill Bowen patients. BCF has a procedure in place for assisting patients at Horseshoe Bay (HSB) coming home to Bowen, but no equivalent procedure exists on Bowen. We agreed that BIMTAC, the Caring Circle and BCF will work on developing a system that will work at Snug Cove.
Mayor and Council should respect freedom of speech To the Editor: Mayor Jack Adelaar owes Melissa Harrison and the people of Bowen Island an apology for telling her to shut up while she was giving a presentation on the CRC docks at a recent Municipal council meeting. All of the councilors also need to publicly apologize for failing to admonish - as our representatives such rude, disrespectful and grossly undemocratic behaviour. Given the prime importance of upholding and respecting open and public free speech in a democratic society, the impassive non-response of the council members at the meeting is frankly quite appalling. The words “shut up” reflect Adelaar’s dictatorial style of leadership from the moment he became mayor of Bowen Island. While he may see himself as our “sheriff ” - as he indicated when he was elected it is we, the people of this island, who are his bosses - a community founded on the solid bedrock of democracy. When the next election comes around, let us ensure that we elect representatives who can stand up for those democratic principles - not only when the moment calls for it, but at all times.
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On the subject of asphalt trucking overloads, BCF admitted that the Capilano could have carried more vehicles on the day of the first asphalt truckrelated overloads. There is a practical limit by weight of four heavy (asphalt) trucks plus pup trailers (60 T gross vehicle weight each) per sailing, but the Capilano’s loaded depth gauge was giving faulty readings on the total loaded weight on that sailing. In the future BCF will try to post expected heavy traffic warnings in their service notices if they get information from contractors. We also hope to come up with an official “Bowen” tag for cars of residents to facilitate loading particularly during busy periods. As the MLU progresses, we will keep everyone informed. Adam Holbrook, Bowen Island Municipality Transportation Advisory Committee
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An Apology from the Mayor Dear Editor, Regarding my intemperate language at the last council meeting, the provocation coming from the spokesperson from the Stop the Docks campaign is not an excuse: I took the bait and used an inappropriate choice of words. That was a mistake and I am sorry for that mistake. I apologize to all Bowen Islanders. It will not happen again. Sincerely, Mayor Jack Adelaar
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The Slow Lane shuts itself up MARCUS HONDRO THE SLOW LANE CHRONICLES
This chair, left sitting at the corner of Oceanview and Creek Road, did not make it into the 25 tones of oversized waste collected at last weekend’s Fall Clean-Up. Bowen Waste spent the week sorting through all that was collected, and shipping the items - including e-waste, mattresses and appliances - off to the appropriate recycling centres on the mainland. This Saturday, Bowen Waste will be outside the Building Centre to collect paint and hazardous waste for free disposal. Meribeth Deen photo
BOWEN ISLAND EMBRACES WASTE REDUCTION National Waste Reduction Week is October 21 to 26. Everyone in Canada is encouraged to be aware of how they manage their waste. We, on Bowen, can be proud of what we have accomplished in reducing our waste. We have for years had excellent recycling habits, and we participate in re-use practices through our Knick Knack Nook store. This keeps large volumes of many materials out of the land fill. Not many of us are aware of how effective our separation of food scraps from the garbage stream has been. It is huge! The following graph shows how, since June 2012 when we started, the amount of garbage has dropped way off, and organics has continued to climb. The effect of all these practices is that we are reducing our carbon footprint, and will reduce our waste management costs too. And we can continue to do better as we think about how we can actually not make as much
waste by shopping consciously. Don Marshall, Solid Waste and Resource Management Committee, Chair
I don’t know exactly what the deal was with the Mayor telling a constituent to shut-up, twice. But I always liked our Mayor, and I still do. My sources (yeah, I got ‘em) tell me he’s frustrated with the same issue coming up despite, I’m told, feeling it’s being dealt with. Only don’t quote me on that. Regardless, rudeness isn’t an option and we must cherish citizens willing to put time into going to meetings and to expressing opinions and such. One nice thing about the whole affair, or sort of nice, is that we made the CBC News, even if for the wrong reasons that’s still kinda cool. On that CBC story the aggrieved party seems to have taken it well, which is commendable. There are many who would have flipped-out and made a big deal of it. But her reaction made me think of something my mother often says: it’ll all come out in the wash. I mean, providing we’re not letting fists fly or pitching rocks at one another, our quarrels on Bowen should come out in the wash. Mind you, that’s easy for me to say, I wasn’t told to shut-up at a council meeting. Here’s something: I saw the tape and she did a nice job of soldiering on. So kudos to her. Here’s something else: if a man tells another man to shut-up in a public dispute, our social code can require that the man told to shut-up must indeed let fists fly. Of course when men tell one another to shut up in public they more often say ‘shut the (blank) up!’ Now this seems odd but I believe it to be true: it’s less-accepted in our
society to tell someone you don’t know very well, or at all, to shut-up, than it is to tell someone you know and love to shut-up. Shouldn’t that be reversed? Of course it’s rarely a good idea to tell anybody to shut-up, though I’ve done it; I’ve never felt particularity good about it afterwards. Have you ever told anyone to shut-up? I expect most people have, only except not someone like Mahatma Gandhi, Nancy Lee from the General Store (Nancy is very nice) or Louise Wright from the Ruddy Potato (Louise is nice, too). To my knowledge many languages have the equivalent of a shut-up, so right or wrong it’s a command that gets a lot of usage. In English it originally had a different meaning, more like to ‘shut up the horses in the barn before the storm.’ From that came ‘shut your mouth up’ and thence followed ‘shut-up’. I read all of that on Wiki. Will there ever be a world without ‘shut-up?’ We could try. We could start a massive campaign, like the anti-bullying campaign that’s swept the Western world, and seek to shut down all those shut-ups. “Help stop the code of silence around ‘shut-upping’,” an ad might say. “And stand up to all those shutuppers by joining our anti-shuttingup campaign today! Don’t shut yourself up!!” Say, I’ve just decided I’m gonna make something positive out of all this by vowing to never tell anybody to shut-up again. Wanna join me? Naturally I only mean the use of shut-up in the pejorative sense; you can still use it the way Elaine on ‘Seinfeld ‘did, her shut-up meant ‘you’re kidding, no way!’ And finally here’s this: Bowen is known for brouhahas and this latest mischief joins the list. I can see the tourism brochure already: “The lively island of Bowen has had fights at council meetings, placard-waving groups protesting the (much-used by kids!) A.T. turf-field and one rambunctious Mayor even told a constituent to shut-up!” Okay. Done. Enough. Subject exhausted. Like I said it should all come out in the wash anyhow and in meantime I shall do just one more thing here and then be done. I shall shut-up.
Council should apologize This week our small isle has been lost in the fog. Not only the fog drifting up the Sound, but an ethical fog of misplaced blame in the face of blatant bullying. I was offended to watch Mayor Adelaar’s behaviour at the Council meeting of Oct 15th, but was even more appalled to watch everyone else on Council sit by and do nothing. Perhaps ‘you had to be there’ to understand. Perhaps those present were just frozen with shock. Or perhaps they dreaded an even worse explosion had they attempted to intervene. Two days later, one councillor reported to CBC in an eloquent, well rehearsed statement that he was “gobsmacked”. A second councillor issued an equally well planned damage control release that was published in the last issue of this paper. Too little - too late. A true leader, a real man. would have stepped forward and stopped the bullying. That’s not expecting too much from our councillors - we expect that much from our young children. What remains very clear is that civility is one of the keystones of healthy democracy. It is not acceptable for an elected official to treat any constituent with disrespect and contempt. I call on Council to speak out, and to counter the Mayor’s rude and dismissive behaviour, with a clear apology for their own actions and by publicly affirming the value of all constituents’ contributions to the work of Council. Ted Evans
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Christmas basket Raffle a Knick, Knack Nook looking for treat from Bowen Seniors new volunteers RENATE WILLIAMS SUBMITTED
As part of their only annual fundraising event, SKY (Seniors Keeping Young Society) members and friends (also called the ‘55- plusGroup’) are preparing to help you with your Christmas shopping. Not only will they offer their popular, traditional cake at the December Christmas
Fair, preparations are in full swing to assemble several special gift baskets, to be raffled off on November 25th, at Bowen Court. Ticket sales have begun, ($2 ea. or 3 for $5) - all SKY members have them available. With luck, raffle tickets will again be available in front of the General Store, - date to be announced. Get them while you can.......
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It seems hard to believe that Knick Knack Nook, Bowen Island’s Re-Use-It Store is approaching its 4th Anniversary. As we move into our 5th year we have much to be thankful for: a fabulous team of volunteers, the enormous support of the Bowen Community through their generous donations and the amazing commitment of our customers to reduce, reuse, recycle, renew and rethink. With the community’s growing support and the increasing volume of donations, we need to recruit additional volunteers. Where else can you meet friends and neighbours while supporting environmental and social sustainability … and have a
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Family Place recently held another fun Breastfeeding Challenge and Celebration event. The local business community played a huge part in making this a successful celebration for breastfeeding mothers with their generous contributions of food and beverages as well as gift certificates and gifts; every mother “won” a door prize and every child “won” because they were breastfed. Dr Verity Livingstone, Medical Director for Vancouver Breastfeeding Centre, was a very welcome guest who spoke about continued support for breastfeeding mothers so they can meet their breastfeeding goals. She explained the benefits of breastfeeding, one of which is promoting optimal brain development, and the importance of exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months followed by the recommendation of breastfeeding in combination with other foods until two years of age. A lot has changed in recent years and now almost 90 percent of mothers are breastfeeding; how-
ever, many mothers stop breastfeeding by the time their infant is one month old. The 2012 Canadian statistics show that less than 30 percent of mothers are exclusively breastfeeding their infants to six months. As a result of these statistics, Dr Livingstone pointed out that Health Canada’s focus has recently changed from promoting breastfeeding to new mothers to providing education and support to pregnant mothers so they can prepare and be successful in meeting their breastfeeding goals. In addition, peer support is being promoted as one of the ways to help mothers sustain breastfeeding till they reach their individual goal. After researching the benefits of breastfeeding peer support, a Family Place committee is exploring peer support options for pregnant and new mothers and would be interested in connecting with anyone who has expertise or experience working with breastfeeding mothers. Please contact Tracy McLachlan at 604-947-2717 or coordinator@bowenislandfamilyplace.com
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Mystery novelist, Glynis Whiting, comes to the Gallery TINA NIELSON SUBMITTED
It might be said that an exceptionally astute sense of smell can be a gift or a curse. For Dr. Joan Parker, the heroine of the Nosey Parker mystery series, it may be the only thing keeping her out of jail! A Nose for Death (Thistledown Press, 2013) is the first novel in a new mystery series by Glynis Whiting, featuring a protagonistsleuth whose olfactory sense rivals that of any other person on the planet. Recently featured on the cover of BC BookWorld, Whiting has been writing professionally for over 30 years, but has only recently turned her pen to prose. She has received the Vancouver Mayor’s Award for Emerging Literary Artist for A Nose for Death and is now working on the second of the Nosey Parker Murder Mysteries. Bowen Library, the Friends of the Library and the Bowen Arts Council are thrilled to welcome Glynis Whiting to Bowen Island as part of the Arts Council’s 20132014 Author Reading Series. Whiting will be at the Gallery@Artisan Square on Saturday November 2 reading from A Nose for Death,
answering questions about the new series, and offering tips for improving your own sense of smell! Next in the Author Reading Series are Leilah Nadir and Kathryn Para on November 16th at 7 pm, also in the Gallery@Artisan Square. Interested in more literary events? Register now for the next Literary Saloon. It’s coming up on Wednesday, November 6 at 7:30 pm at the Bowen Public Library. The next book featured is Arcadia by Lauren Groff. The Saloons are free, but we ask that you register in advance as space is limited. Register at Bowen Library or through Community Recreation, online at http://activenet2ca.active.com/ bowencommunityrec/ program #738. The Literary Saloons are presented by the Bowen Island Arts Council and the Bowen Public Library with generous support from the Friends of the Library. For more information, contact Andrea Verwey at 974.0535, or Tina Nielsen at the Bowen Public Library at 947.9788. Be sure to LIKE the Bowen Island Literary Saloon Facebook page for registration reminders and Saloon updates.
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On the weekend of November 1st, catch Savage in Limbo, written by playwright John Patrick Shanley. With an Irish ear for the inherent poetry of his native Bronx, New York, and a paradoxically romantic yearning beneath his hard-edged dialogue, the playwright shines a penetrating light on our common fears and hopes. Five characters in a little Bronx bar, called Scales (a k a . . . yes, you guessed it), each grappling with the chains of his/her little life, thinking “I don’t know what to do to be the one person that somewhere inside I wanna be. I don’t know nothin’ but the one thing: I gotta move. And you, too. This whole world I’m in’s gotta break up an move.”
On the second weekend of November 8th, catch quite a different quintet of Shanley’s dynamic characters — the knife-thrower Omar and Fifi his wife the tightrope walker, Austin an unemployed actor, Gregory the grease-ball and Jill the . . . villain, in The Big Funk. With mature subject material, and liberally laced with course language, these plays are not for the faint-of-heart, nor for the very young (the suggested minimum age of admittance is sixteen years). For the stalwart theatre-goer, though, this two-step journey through longing toward the light is sure to yield unexpected rewards.
“Who am I? This is a courageous question. As a writer and as a man I am involved in one central struggle — to discover and accept who I am. I believe all fear has its root in denial. I have, at one time or another, denied everything. Every fact of my specific self. My parents, my Bronx origin, my Americanness, my Irishness, my appetites, my mortality, my need for love and acceptance, my jealousy, my violence, my anger. . . . All the really exciting things possible in the course of a lifetime require a little more courage than we currently have. A deep breath and a leap.” — J. P. S. Deftly portrayed, with the refreshing vitality of youth, by the Tir-na-nOg Repertory Company (the Theatre School’s young adult alumni). Take the leap.!Further information at: www.tirnanogtheatreschool.org
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Community Health Survey COLLEEN O’NEIL SUBMITTED
Caring Circle has an agreement from Vancouver Coastal Health that they will give the community the early results of the “My Health My Community” survey, in our efforts to determine our health and wellness needs on Bowen Island. This is a critical step in our march towards determining whether we need a health clinic on Bowen as a means to improve services. To date we have had 320 respondents
to the survey on Bowen. Wouldn’t it be great to hit 400 before VCH sends these preliminary results? I have asked VCH to give us this information before the end of 2013, so let’s take the next few weeks to talk up this survey, and to encourage your friends and family to take the time to do it. Provincial as well as local initiatives will be informed by the results of this important survey, so this is the time to give a voice to your concerns about health care on Bowen. The link is: www.myhealthmycommunity.org.
Candy donations are welcome for Deep Bay Residents DEBRA STRINGFELLOW CONTRIBUTOR
Halloween is just around the corner and the transformation has already begun as Deep Bay seemingly overnight mutates into haunted houses with spider web infested doorways and spooky graveyards. A place where ghoulies and ghosties hang from trees haunting the hundreds of trick- or -treaters that pass through this neighborhood on Halloween night. This has become an annual tradition in Deep Bay, partly due to the proximity it has to the lagoon, which is where the fireworks display occurs but also because it is an area that is contained and people feel safe allowing their wee goblins to run wild in search of candy. In past years local residents have counted between 300 to 400 children all decked out in their finest halloween attire, making the annual pilgrimage from house to house in search of sweets. Providing this amount of candy can be difficult for some residents to maintain and nobody wants to run out on the day. So once again bags of halloween candy donations are being collected at the grocery store, a box across from the cash has been designated to collect any contributions. Joe Lewicki has graciously volunteered his time to pickup and distribute the bags of loot to residents around the neighborhood. Oct 30th will be the last day to donate. The residents in Deep Bay appreciate the help and thank everyone who participates. Baked goods cannot be handed out due to quality control but small toys or stickers in lieu of candy is acceptable. The fun begins at dusk and continues till the call of the fireworks draws the crowd down towards the lagoon at 7:30pm. Driving cars through the Melmore/ Lenora loop is not advised, the young rule the streets and the mayhem lasts till after the fireworks. Some parking is available at the Catholic Church and at the entrance to the park on Miller road or down in the cove. Darkness falls fast so remember to bring a flashlight and use reflective gear to help keep track of your little ghastly ghouls while they run from house to house filling their bags.
On the calendar SATURDAY OCTOBER 26 Free Paint and Hazardous Waste Recycling 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Bowen Building Centre and Bowen Waste Service will provide free paint recycling and hazardous waste disposal at the Building Centre, 1013 Grafton Road. Cates Hill Chapel 10am - 4pm Rightly Related to All Things: Spiritual seminar focused on finding a God’s balance in life and work. Halloween with Horses 1:00 - 3:00 BIHORA Equestrian Ring in Crippen Park ‘The Economics of Happiness’ 7pm A movie showing at the Gallery @ Artisan Square, Admission by donation. Sponsored by Bowen in Transition. Legion Halloween Party Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Advance tickets available for $15. SUNDAY OCTOBER 27 Becoming Intimate with the Earth Book launch with author Pauline Le Bel 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. The Leftbank Bistro. . TUESDAY OCTOBER 29 Seniors Keeping Young (SKY) 9:00 am: dancing, stretching, singing - followed by refreshments and a joint presentation by Kip Anastasiou and Robin Wall; Topic: Brunel: engineer extraordinaire of the 1900. Come and be inspired.
Ultimately, this is an evening for everyone so please keep any store bought fireworks away from the treating action and let the professionals put on a safe and fantastic show down by the causeway. Have a safe and happy Halloween!
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She may have a sea-creature stuck on her head, but that does not stop her from being perfect. So goes the story of Carlos Vela-Martinez’s resin sculpture I Am Perfect. “The bows in her hair, which is actually the sea creature, that’s the key to this sculpture,” says Vela-Martinez. “She’s embraced who she is, which makes her perfect.” The sculpture looks like a toy, and is one of a series that Vela-Martinez has been working on that are on display starting this week at the Gallery at Artisan Square. An evil bunny eating a skull and an attractive insect are among the accompanying sculptures. As a student at Emily Carr, Vela-Martinez taught himself electronics with the intention of creating sculptures that would do things. While he has spent the better part of the last decade working on sculpting chocolate for Cocoa West, which where he works with his wife, chocolatier Joanne Mogridge, his recent work in resin brings him back to this original intent. “These guys are static, but they’re still doing something, a physical gesture.” Vela-Martinez says the sculptures, with their toy-like sensibility, reflect his own inner child. “I’ve been known to buy Playmobile toys,” he says. “But they aren’t necessarily for my daughter.” Also on display at the show is a life-sized Storm Trooper helmet. “I’ve always wanted one, so I made a mold and then made plastic ones for myself and my brother.” For the show, he poured chocolate into the mould and it turned out perfectly. This, and other chocolate sculptures on display at the
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Gallery are being auctioned off to support local charities. Joanne Mogridge loved and designed hats in her previous life. “I used to have more than 120 hats,” she says. So, for this show she created a series of hats, and boxes to hold them. On the boxes, she has painted scenes with coloured cocoa-butter inspired by the paintings that hang on the wall of the show at the Gallery. These are the work of her Grandmother, Marjorie Mogridge, who was one of Joanne’s great creative influences. The works of Carlos, Joanne and Marjorie will be up at the Gallery from until November 17th. All items are for sale, and the Gallery is holding a reception for this show on October 26th between 2 - 5pm.
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CATS OF ALL DESCRIPTION in need of caring homes! All cats are spayed, neutered, vaccinated and dewormed. Visit us at fraservalleyhumanesociety.com or call 1 (604)820-2977
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German Shepherd pups, vet check, 1st shots, own both parents, father reg., gd tempered, farm & family raised in country, good guard dog/family pet. born aug 9. $700. 604-796-3026, no sunday calls
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BERNESE Mountain Dog Puppies. Vet checked with first shots and ready for loving homes. $975. Langley area. 778-241-5504. BOUVIER PUPS, home raised, loyal & loving. var. colors $900. Call 250-494-4092. sm.white@shaw.ca
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Bowen Island Museum & Archives will be hosting “Oral History - Tools to Write like a Truth Sleuth” on Sun Nov 3rd 1-4pm led by Patricia Koretchuk,
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STEEL BUILDINGS/ METAL BUILDINGS 60% OFF! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca
Home Support Needed. Young lady w. disability. 4hr/day Mon-Fri 10-2 on Bowen ASAP. jobs@nsdrc.org or 604904-4095.
STEEL BUILDING - THE GREAT SUPER SALE! 20X20 $4,070. 25X26 $4,879. 30X32 $6,695. 32X40 $8,374. 35X38 $9,540. 40X50 $12,900. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca
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PIANO. Music teacher has Yamaha Piano for sale. $1550. Please call 604-585-6880 for appt to view.
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‘’CANADIAN TERRIERS’’ Pitbull Pups Genetics/Razeredge/Gotti, 3M/3F, 8wks. 778-237-2824. CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866 JACK RUSSELL PUPPIES, 1st shots, deworming, health record, asking $600. (604)807-0487
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Home For Rent: newly renovated, family home in Tunstall Bay, 3 bedrooms, master bedroom with en-suite and walk-in closet+den, 2 1/2 bathrooms, lots of storage. The house is in a sunny lot close to beach and has a membership in Tunstall Bay Clubhouse. $1800/month available NOW Contact: (604)816-5040 LANCE’S RECYCLING I’ll pick up your recycling and deliver to BIRD for $25/load. Kindling $20/box at Building Centre. CALL 947-2430 LOST - Silver Meditation ring with moving silver & copper rings. Lost on ferry or in Snug Cove on Sun. Oct. 15. Ph 604-947-9179
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Lost: Single key on small chain. Silver mini “Bluenose” & maroon tag with J.U.M.P. attached. Please call 604-947-2442 if found. Office/studio space available at Artisan Square. 604-329-5643 or dberry@shaw.ca Randall Yip CA Accounting, tax consulting Tel: 604-817-9536 email: randallyip@shaw.ca The Gallery @ Artisan Presents “Changes” Featuring A. Marjorie Mogridge Joanne Mogridge Carlos Vela-Martinez Oct 18 - Nov 17 Reception: Sat Oct 26 2-5pm Gallery Hours Fri Sat Sun 12-4pm
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