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A growing concern
Out of harmony
How to garden on a rock
Fracking hits a sour note for Marc Gawthrop
Play ball!
Girls soccer is fast and fun
Council welcomes new MP Pamela Goldsmith-Jones LOUISE LOIK EDITOR
Bowen’s Mayor Murray Skeels is very pleased after our new MP Pam Goldsmith-Jones paid a visit to Bowen’s council chambers. Skeels says the agenda was for Bowen to get a “Build Canada Grant” for Cove Bay water and wastewater treatment, and to talk about solutions for transportation and housing. “She has offered to assist Bowen with applications for subsidies,” says Skeels. Goldsmith-Jones also listened to council’s concerns that there are subsidies for east coast maritime ferries, which are not handed out on the west coast. “She’s putting together a file with our priorities and contact information for follow-up,” says the mayor. Goldsmith-Jones is fully apprised of the regional fight against LNG and according to Skeels, she expressed a commitment to representing our voice back in Ottawa. “She said that she is providing Ottawa with information on the environment and is undertaking an environmental assessment.” Skeels says that the MP from North Vancouver, Jonathan Wilkinson, is also working on the subject. Goldsmith-Jones told council that she would like to attend the Howe Sound forum. “She is certainly representative of the style Justin Trudeau presents. She is coming across as accessible and open. She isn’t given pat answers. She’s a breath of fresh air.” The mayor was also pleased that she sees the value in “citizen science,” the sort that accepts the information of people like Adam Taylor when he carefully documents the underwater locations of glass sponges around the Sound. The MP is also planning to meet representatives from Islands trust to hear their concerns and thoughts. “It’s clear that she has latitude to work in a proactive way,” says Skeels, who represented Bowen at the opening event for the MP’s new office in West Vancouver. Goldsmith-Jones has acknowledged that derelict vessels are a big issue up and down the coast and has offered Bonnie Brokenshire support from the parliamentary library for background research for bylaws, as well as offering use of her office for time frames when she is away in Ottawa. Skeels says that they also discussed a library grant and an increase in the number of island summer jobs for students.
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Bald eagles have been sighted over Bowen Island after finding rivers frozen where they would normally feast on spawning salmon. ALLARD OCKELOEN photo
Eagles flock to Bowen after Brackendale bust LOUISE LOIK EDITOR
At this time of year, eagles, and the humans who want to see them, traditionally flock to Brackendale where the birds of prey feast on spawning salmon. This year, with frozen rivers and fewer fish, the eagles haven’t landed. The average eagle count in Brackendale is 1,442. This year there were 1,000 fewer birds, the lowest in 30 years or more. The highest was closer to 4,000 in 1994. While there is concern that eagle numbers may be dropping, there have been an increased number of sightings elsewhere. On Bowen, people have seen as many as 15 bald eagles riding a thermal over the southwest tip of the island, and many more have been spotted around the shores. What may be happening is that the eagles are scattering to
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various locations where food is more accessible. Richard Wing of the Bowen Island Nature Club has seen a significant number of the birds over the southwest side of the island shores, but Wing says the data from the bird count on Bowen has not come in yet. In the past, it has been common for around 30 eagles to be sighted. Eagles and turkey vultures are frequently seen together soaring over Bowen, riding the thermals above rock ridges. Both types of birds are similar in size, but the wing shape of the eagles is more tapered when seen in silhouette against the sky. The juvenile eagles lack the white heads and tails of the adults and are more likely to be mistaken for a vulture at a distance. The wings of a bald eagle span eight feet, or nearly 2.5 metres
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NEWS from
Municipal Hall MEETING CALENDAR February 2, 2016 5:30 pm Advisory Design Panel
February 9, 2016 2:00 pm Snug Cove Improvements Working Group
February 9, 2016 7:15 pm Regular Council Meeting
February 12, 2016 9:30 am
Ö WILDLIFE ON BOWEN Any sighting of illegal transportation or dumping of wildlife (including skunks) on Bowen Island should be reported to the Ministry of Environment’s Report All Poachers and Polluters (RAPP) line at 1-877-952-7277, available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You can also report a violation online at http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/cos/rapp/form.htm
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Ö PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE Bowen Island Municipality is reviewing application RZ-06-2015 for a Land Use Bylaw text amendment to remove the prohibition on limited speed motorcycle rentals. A Public Open House will be held at the Municipal Office to present the proposed amendment, answer questions and receive comments. Tuesday, February 2, 2016 4:00 pm to 7:30 pm 981 Artisan Lane
Economic Development Committee All meetings are held in BIM Council Chambers unless otherwise noted.
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F E B R U A R Y 15-21, 2016
As part of Heritage Week celebrations on Bowen Island, we are hosting a free Heritage BC webinar: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 7:00 pm Gallery at Artisan Square FREE This year’s Heritage Week theme is Distinctive Destinations: Experience Historic Places. The webinar will introduce the topic of heritage and cultural tourism - what it means, how it benefits us and best practices for developing and delivering experiences. Using examples from British Columbia, this webinar will introduce case studies and several valuable resources. The webinar is free, but registration is encouraged. To register, please email Stef Shortt, Committee Clerk, at sshortt@bimbc.ca, by February 12, 2016. Please use the subject line “Webinar Registration.” Co-sponsored by Bowen Heritage, Bowen Island Arts Council, Tourism Bowen and BIM Economic Development Committee.
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BC Hydro plans to test and treat wooden power poles on Bowen Island between February 1 and February 29, 2016. As permitted under their approved Pest Management Plan, BC Hydro may apply wood preservatives to the poles to prevent decay from wood rot or structural damage from insects. Members of the public with concerns or questions about the wood pole test and treat program are encouraged to call BC Hydro directly. The contact for this program is Raymond Irving, BC Hydro Field Manager at (250) 755-4798. Information about BC Hydro’s pole maintenance program including the wood preservatives to be used is available at: http://www.bchydro.com/safety-outages/stay-safe-safetyoutside/trees-power-lines/managing-weeds-insects/wood-poletreatment.html
Public Participation in Flagging Areas of Concern BC Hydro has provided metal pig-tail pins and orange flagging tape for the Bowen Island Municipality to distribute to the public. Please call 604-947-4255 to request your flagging materials. We encourage residents to use the pins to identify wells (registered and non-registered), waterbodies or adjacent organic farms. Bowen Island Municipality has been informed that the BC Hydro field crew will respect all flagged areas and will utilize treatment methods that are appropriate for the marked sensitive areas.
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Gardening on ‘The Rock’ WYNN NEILSEN CONTRIBUTING WRITER
One thing that all gardeners, newcomers and old timers alike may already know about gardening on our island, is that it’s not particularly easy. Easy, is two feet of friable topsoil free of stones, plentiful water in the summer and just the right amount of sunshine. Say what? They don’t call this place “The Rock” for nothing. Gardening on Bowen can be rewarding, and overcoming the inherent challenges is extremely satisfying, especially for the ever-optimistic gardening masochists amongst us. And there are many of us. Of course “gardening” covers a wide variety of digging, plant-
ing, weeding, pruning and sweating activities. Vegetable gardening is different from growing lush flowerbeds, which is very different than creating rockeries, planting a bluff, building a pond or simply restoring a disturbed area after construction. Often we just want to gently recompose a natural wild area to please our human vision of what a garden should be. For simplicity and the purpose of this article, we shall just call it all “gardening.” Similar to most ambitious endeavors, before you embark on an adventure you need to know a few basic things. For gardeners these include understanding what you have to work with, what is out there determined to thwart your best efforts, and the opportunities that exist. Yes, there are always opportunities, and it is never hopeless. If you point woefully to your experiences as proof of mission impossible, I would suggest that you are just missing a piece of the gardening puzzle. We have many outstanding gardens and gardeners on Bowen to see and learn from, including our famous PPP (people, plants and places) tour, and monthly Open Gardens organized by our Bowen Island Garden Club, which also hosts regular meetings with experts on a range of garden topics. Bowen is a geographical and weather lottery of soils, temperature and micro-environments. Often it doesn’t even help to talk to your island friends about plants. We have winter temperatures ranging from hardiness zone 7-8 at seaside to a colder 6-7 at centre island and elevations, not counting microclimates. Your friend grows spectacular Grevillea rosmarinifolia and a lovely Hebe ‘purple pixie’? Doesn’t mean you can, unless she lives next door. Your friend’s soil is rock dust and sand, and yours is clay. Her garden is full sun on an exposed bluff and yours is under a giant cedar tree where moss grows. Your friend has a deep groundwater well and you have a rain water barrel. My point being, you need to understand something of your site before designing a garden,
Some of the flowers putting on a show right now include the red hellebore (above), white hellebore (left) and rosemary (on page 10). photos LOUISE LOIK otherwise your pocketbook, confidence and feelings will pay the price. For success over the long-term, your garden has to match your specific conditions and your lifestyle. Horticultural knowledge and experience is very useful but can come later, and it’s not always essential. Plants are resilient and remarkably forgiving of our mistakes. They inform you through their behavior (or up and die, which is also educational). I once had a shrub-form purple Robinia hispida that I reck-
lessly planted in semi-shade. Three years later it had moved itself 12 feet away to a sunnier spot. The original plant gave up the ghost but the one that sprang from the roaming root is now thriving. It knew what it needed even if I didn’t. The most important skill for any gardener is the ability to observe and learn. And then there is always Google and the library of course.
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NEWS from
Municipal Hall Ö B O W E N C U LT U R A L P L A N The Bowen Island Arts Council (BIAC) has launched the Culture Plan Survey! BIAC is the leading advisory organization to the Bowen Island Municipal Council for arts and cultural development. The survey will help inform the update and review of the Cultural Master Plan, as per Bylaw # 297 of the Bowen Island Municipality pertaining to arts and culture. Your voice is important to us. Help shape the future of our creative community by responding to a short questionnaire at: surveymonkey.com/r/bowenculture The survey is open until February 21, 2016. If you wish to fill out a paper copy of the survey, copies are available at Municipal Hall and the Gallery @ Artisan Square. For more information about this initiative please visit www.bowenculture.ca
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Bowen Island Municipality is seeking proposals from suitably qualified consultants for Project Management Services to oversee design, construction and commissioning of the Main Fire Hall and Emergency Operations Centre. Copies of the Request for Proposal may be obtained from Bowen Island Municipality or on BC Bid at www.bcbid.gov.bc.ca
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Applications for the 2016 Bowen Island Community Grants and Grant-in-Aid Program will be accepted until February 26, 2016. Application forms and information about Evaluation Criteria, Community Grants/Grant-in-Aid Policy can be found at Municipal Hall or on our website at: www.bimbc.ca/content/community-grants-grants-aid Please contact us at 604-947-4255 or bim@bimbc.ca for further information.
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Enjoy time off the grid We’re batting a thousand with the weekly power outages in my neck of the woods. I keep the candle supply stocked up, snacks in storage for board game gatherings and I keep the wine chilled. Not much different from my usual setup. While the power outages are a huge hassle during deadlines – whether it’s for school, tax time or the paper – the rest of the time, it’s not such a bad thing. Most of the people we talked to said that they get creative and adapt to a change of plans. One evening it turned into a chocolate fondue night for teenage girls. Another, there was singing and guitar playing by candlelight. It’s almost a cliché. We get to put down the phones, shut off the computers and socialize with friends and family. When pumps shut down and showers turn cold the outages are a lot less romantic, but for a few hours early on a Saturday night, this time, I stopped and enjoyed the moment. What also made the news for us this week is the fact that the daffodils are already opening. Spring is here and so it’s time to talk about gardening. As well, our MP Pam Goldsmith-Jones had a chance to meet our mayor and councillors and find out about what matters to the people who live here. Mayor Skeels chats with the Undercurrent about the opportunity they had to lay some groundwork. I hope you enjoy this week’s stories and photos. Thank you to Allard Ockeloen who shares the beautiful eagle pictures he shot from King Edward Bay. Louise
The Nature Club presents a talk on lessons from nature After a fun year of outings, the Bowen Nature Club launches into 2016 with an exciting slate of planned adventures. From a Silverback tour to our annual camping trip to sea creatures to a HandLoggers hike, we plan to get out and delight in the gifts of our wilderness. And we’re starting it all with a presentation by Bowen Nature Club founder and naturalist, Michael Dunn. Many know him as a former Bowen Islander; he now makes his home on Mayne Island, and continues to engage with conservation, there. We invite you to attend this free event at the Gallery in Artisan Square
It’s time once again for the Mini Gala annual art auction at the Gallery. Approximately 65 small paintings will be auctioned as a fundraiser to support local art. The event includes appetizers, art and music. Starting on Feb. 5, during opening hours, art enthusiasts will be able to visit the Gallery to preview the art and to record an interest in buying any one of the paintings for $150. If multiple people indicate an interest, the art will be auctioned at the gala. The event is usually sold out and becomes quite entertaining as friends try to bid for art for each other, or bid against each other in a desperate attempt to get a great deal on a fabulous work of art. The painting styles, the techniques and mediums are usually quite varied, leaving room for a wide span of taste in art. Bidders can also place a bid in absence by calling the Gallery at 604 9472454. The Mini Gala takes place Feb. 19, at the Gallery at Artisan Square. Tickets are $20 from the Gallery or online at biac.ca. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the event starts at 7 p.m.
on Saturday, Feb. 6, 4-6 p.m. Have a cup of tea and bring a plate of cookies to share. Presentation: Birds, Bugs and Beasts – What is the role of a Naturalist in Today’s World? A somewhat personal account by life-long nature lover, Michael Dunn. Michael will explore three interrelated ideas: The naturalist as a passionate observer of nature’s abundance; the naturalist as a chronicler of change over time; and the naturalist as an educator/mentor of lessons from nature and our well-being. Emily van Lidth de Jeude Bowen Nature Club bowennatureclub.blogspot.com
Calendar Jan. 29 The Legendary Lawn Dogs at The Bowen Pub, 9 p.m. Jan. 30 The Seed Exchange 12:30-1:30 p.m. presentation/talk; 1:30-2 p.m. seed exchange and sale open to public. BICS, multi-purpose room.
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Feb. 7 SKY 9 a.m. exercise 10:10-11:10 a.m. talk by Bobbie Bagshaw. Lecture on artist Peter Bruegle the Elder. Cost: $2 donation. Everyone welcome. 11 a.m.-noon yoga led by Jeff at Bowen Court
Feb. 9 Bowen Women in Business Discussion: Social media including Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, LinkedIn and Hootsuite 9-11 a.m., BIAC Gallery, Artisan Square Feb. 13 Children’s Centre
Fundraiser Dance with Ginger 66 at Cates Hill Chapel Feb. 14 Valentine’s day with Ginger 66, 9:30 p.m., Bowen Pub. $10 cover Feb. 15-21 Heritage Week on Bowen
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What’s on your mind this week? Dear Mayor Skeels and members of council: I received and read the agenda for tomorrow’s meeting on Friday last week, but happily outdoor gardening activities kept me busy all day Saturday. I did find time to consider the items on the agenda and chat with some neighbours. Of note: Item 2.5 Additional Funds for Parks & Rec Master Plan Process is seeking an addition 7.5 per cent plus GST to the approved amount of $50,000 (November, 2015) before the process is begun, as staff describe is to provide a “rich and relevant draft park plan that is created under the overarching principles of collaboration and public consultation.” The additional $15,000 requested from Parks Reserve, if spent now, will not be available later for implementation. Item 2.6 Integrated Transportation Master Plan – Public Engagement Plan (Jan. 17, 2016) “PEP details a comprehensive engagement strategy for the life cycle of the project, based on principles and standards set forth by the International Association for Public Participation, with input from the Communications Team and external agencies such as Vancouver Coastal Health, Translink and ICBC.” Cost is $23,000, developed within ITAP public engagement budget. This will be made publicly available on PlaceSpeak (which I have signed up for) or at the municipal office. Why are these two public engagement processes so different? One seems excessive and the other efficient and very satisfactory.
Item 2.1.2 Draft Minutes of Finance Advisory Committee Meeting held Dec. 3, 2015: Recommendations to council that the Parks Parcel Tax be rescinded, and funding for the Community Parks Department be provided through ad volarem collection of taxes; Garbage Decal sales also be discontinued, “and that the Garbage Decal Parcel Tax be increased to cover 100% of solid waste program” not including the Special Solid Waste days? Eliminating Parcel Taxes is good, sound business practice, in my opinion. Parcel Taxes are regressive, ad volarem taxes reflect to some extent the services used and ability to pay. Item 7.1 – Staff Reports – Kristen Watson, manager of finance recommending the two changes noted from the Finance Advisory Committee above. I hope that council can be consistent in your approach to these ongoing taxes. Item 10 New Business Draft RFP Community Centre Project Manager: This represents a big step forward but with a lot of responsibility assigned to the successful consultant and assumptions about the proposed size, form and uses of the proposed community centre/municipal hall carried forward from an earlier report completed by the Temporary Advisory Board (2014). This was a set of recommendations tied to potential OCP and LUB Amendments for the Lot 2 Community Lands. I responded to that report in writing to the previous mayor and council as part of the public information and public hearing process. I can
find no funding source identified in the Recommendation to Council for the project manager to proceed should a contract be awarded. This brings me back to the Draft Minutes of the Finance Advisory Committee held Dec. 3, 2015. An adopted Recommendation to Council reads: “That the Committee bring to Council’s attention the committees concern regarding the magnitude of the proposed capital project expenditures and resulting debt levels as outlined in Schedule X.” Members of our community that I have spoken with are very concerned about ongoing spiraling costs beyond inflation. Most of our property assessments have gone up significantly, which may result in higher property taxes. Together with a very ambitious agenda considering increased expenses for new planning and facilities (parks and open space, fire hall and emergency centre, community centre and municipal hall and other ongoing projects such as the unresolved Cove Bay Water Treatment Plant, I would encourage the consolidation of a Schedule X based on evidence-based research, best practices and continuous community engagement for consideration in the upcoming public portions of the Five-year Financial Plan and council’s ongoing Strategic Plan update processes. Thank you for the opportunity to provide comments. Yours truly, Bill Granger
Teen wants to continue to help in Vanuatu Almost exactly a year ago I travelled to Vanuatu, a small pacific archipelago near Fiji, on a volunteer trip to teach English to elementary school students. About five weeks in to my sixmonth adventure Cyclone Pam struck with top wind speeds of 220 kilometres/hour, wreaking havoc and devastation. Food and water shortages soon ensued, and all the volunteers were evacuated. Since I returned in May of last year, I have been fundraising to go back and help rebuild the community in which I taught. This includes resources for the school, but also basic medical supplies. My target is $5,000. Through donation jars set up at the Ruddy Potato, Pharmacy, and Phoenix Photo I have raised $1,530. The Pharmacy generously donated a sweater for a raffle, and the Ruddy matched donations up to $200. The impact of the island’s kindness will be felt the world over. Literally. From my Ni-Van community to the community here on Bowen I would like to extend a heartfelt thank you for all the generous support over the past year. As they say in Bislama, “tankio tumas!” Here is the link for my fundraising website as well as my email if you have any questions: youcaring. com/abuanga-and-atabuao-pentecost-374072 and fdavi093@ uottawa.ca. Fineen Davis
As winter begins to lose her soggy grasp on the island and spring slowly moves in there is an area that needs, sadly, rather desperately, to be addressed. There are a number of people on this island who don’t feel the need to leash their dogs; they will tell you, dog is friendly, my dog won’t hurt anyone, my dog is well-trained, any number of excuses, because that is exactly what they are, excuses, given as to why people think they are above the law, or bylaw, and don’t feel that THEY need to leash their dog. I have seen these supposedly nice, well-trained, friendly dogs frighten small children just by bounding up to them, I have seen deer run in terror, but the most horrifying thing to see was the blatant disregard of one dog owner whose dog ultimately caused the death of one of the lagoon goslings. I spend hundreds of hours photographing our lagoon geese. I know them, I recognize newcomers, I can point out to you which new family belongs to which older generation, and I can talk to you (or educate) you endlessly on how amazing these birds really are. Last year one of our local residents was cycling across the causeway with his unleashed dog. Immediately the geese sent out a cry of distress and warning, the goslings were just being brought out for a swim-about and the parents were very, very protective still. This man let his dog not only chase a family of geese off the grasses where they were foraging and sleeping but then allowed his dog to chase them into the water. I stood up and bellowed at him to get his dog under control and on a leash, the poor birds were terrified, the dog was having a blast! The man took a minute to figure out where I was and eventually grabbed his dog and hauled it to his side. Sadly, this was not before his dog was able to grab a gosling and drag it to shore. The gosling was taken from the dog’s mouth and the man dragged his dog away, still with no leash. I have pictures of him, he knew I was taking pictures of this incident. The man then had the audacity to come up to where I was, which is no easy feat as I go back into the brush along the shoreline for pictures, and to say to me, “it would be nice of you to delete those pictures.” He went on for some degree to try to convince me how wonderful both he and the dog were while I proceeded to tear a strip off him for his irresponsible behaviour. (Keep in mind, Canadian geese are a part of protected wildlife, under the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994.) I am sure you can comprehend how angry and thoroughly disgusted I was, and in fact, still am. He claimed the gosling was fine, apparently, in his mind he is also a vet, and he stated that “no harm was done.” I continued to watch the gosling and the family, which were so very badly, and understandably, shaken up. This dynamic was a young pairing, and their first hatching of goslings. This flock has bonded with me, they even have me gosling-sit when they want a time out from their babies, I am honoured and humbled to have their trust. They are gentle, amazing, humorous and amazing creatures. They understand family better than most humans. Imagine my extreme sadness when I had to, a few weeks later, with the assistance of some of our amazing, caring residents, catch this young gosling and transport him to the wildlife rescue centre, where he did succumb to his injuries, his internal injuries. The sadness of the flock as they mourned their loss, yes, they mourn, and deeply. SO, the moral I am trying to bestow, is PLEASE, leash your dog, your gentle, your active, your friendly, whatever, YOUR DOG, leash it. It makes you a good dog owner, and a good steward towards our precious wildlife. It only takes a minute, but it matters to a life! Patti Ivankovic
Ancient Eastern practice helps with relaxation DENISE RICHARD The student who learns the ancient art of Chi Kung and Tai Chi is taught to develop energy and transform it into consciousness; for as Chi builds in the body the next step is for the alchemy of the heart to take place. Chi rises into the heart plexus and then becomes the agent through which the heart is refined, opened and clarified. As this happens a clear light appears in the heart plexus and it becomes the foundation for aware-
ness. Taoist practice therefore supports the clearing and opening of heart and the awakening of consciousness through the building of a strong and stable energy system. The body is the vehicle through which consciousness is developed. By practising simple and precise movements, the energy system becomes infused with Chi and begins to relax. The practitioner of Taoist arts learns that a greater force is present and available to help hold, nourish and heal within the surrounding
environment. For the new student it will take time and consistent application in order for new patterns of flow and health to take root. The most significant change will present itself as new depth of quietness and keener observation. As a practitioner of over 25 years I can attest to the beauty, the grace and healing. Bowen Community Recreation is offering a Chi Kung workshop, The light of Chi, with Denise Richard, teacher and practitioner of Tai Chi and Chi Kung in February.
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Look along the water’s edge for bald eagles from PAGE 1 across. One powerful flap carries them a great distance. On Bowen, I have watched the eagles during mating season somersaulting as if from a cloud, tumbling with talons locked together. They once landed in a bush when they didn’t release claws in time, and another time, they tumbled earthward oblivious to the van that would break their fall. The birds broke their hold on each other just in time, splitting off just above the roof of the van, a flight feather falling to my feet. Eagles, like owls, can spin their heads to look for prey, and may be able to see prey from a distance of five miles, and through water. If an eagle gazes at you, you can sense what it must be like to be prey with a predator assessing your ingestibility. When they look at you with their yellow eyes, it feels nothing like the gaze of a Canada goose. Last summer, my daughter and I were out swimming a fair distance from shore by Tunstall Bay when an eagle appeared in a flash, wings and talons outstretched. He skimmed in just over her head, and just in time for me
to shout for her to turn, he dropped his talons into a fish that was swimming below the surface between us. In a rush of huge wings, the bird picked up the fish from between us, and was gone. We had not seen the fish in the water at all. I have seen a black lab cower and hide from the golden gaze of eagles. A park ranger on Vancouver Island told me that she had to deal with someone whose dog was taken by an eagle. An eagle isn’t likely to eat a dog, but they can pick up fish that weigh up to 15 pounds, or nearly seven kilograms. Once the talons are in the fish, it is hard for the talons to release. The birds usually take their food to shore where they can use the ground to push away from the food and release their claws. If they catch a heavy fish in deep water the bird may be able to row in a butterfly kind of stoke to get to shore. If the bird can’t release the fish, both will drown. During salmon spawning season, the eagles are more likely to scavenge dead and dying fish from the edges of a river. On Bowen, one man was known for illegally feeding the
eagles pieces of fish he would toss into the sky for the birds. In most cases, eagles stop eating if people approach to within 150 metres. Usually an eagle will roost up to five kilometres from where it feeds. When the fish are done spawning and eagles have to work harder for a meal, they will take the young from other large birds’ nests. In Snug Cove, we used to see epic battles waged between attacking eagles and the heron parents desperate to protect their young. The outcome was never pretty. Bald eagles have always had their favourite snags to sit on and scope out the land and sea for food around the island. The trees strong enough to hold the massive nests are hard to find, but the birds are still here. The trees along the water’s edge have been a traditional resting place for eagles. While their bodies blend in with the bark, their white heads are a give-away as to their presence; their heads and the sound of their seagull-like shriek. By February, the eagle numbers will dwindle, but you can still see the bald eagles yearround on Bowen, usually close to the water.
Eagle eyes look into the water for fish swimming near the surface in the hopes of an easy meal. ALLARD OCKELOEN photos
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Islanders urged to take culture survey
Foot passenger service to start between Bowen and the Sunshine Coast
JAQUELINE MASSEY The development of the Cultural Plan, commissioned by the municipality under auspices of the Bowen Island Arts Council, is well underway, with the extensive research and interviewing of residents in full swing. From Jan. 29 through Feb. 21, you have the chance to raise your voice and provide your thoughts and ideas by participating in the Culture Plan online survey. The plan will help identify our artistic and cultural strengths and assets, and assess our evolving needs and priorities for development over the next decade. The intention is to capture a large number of stories, ideas, data and insights from a variety of sources and a cross-section of residents. We want to examine the real culture of Bowen and have compiled a series of questions: What is the current state of local arts and culture and the impact on our local economy and social well-being? What’s working and how can it be encouraged and supported? Why do creative people live here and what’s unique about us? What’s changing, what’s needed, and what’s possible? What do we want and how do we realize it? How can creative people make a better living here? How can we can identify, meet up with, and collaborate with those with similar artistic and cultural interests? And what might the “future state” of the arts and culture and Bowen be in 2025? The plan defines culture as the collective identity, beliefs, behaviours, activities and aspirations of Bowen Islanders, and arts as the means by which that identity and those beliefs and aspirations are expressed, including visual, literary, earth and fibre, culinary, wellness, music and performance arts, plus activities related to cultural and arts education and our First Nations and cultural heritage. The draft plan will be produced late this spring, and focus groups and other consultations will follow to critique and refine it before it is submitted to the municipality as a bylaw amendment. The Arts Council will have primary responsibility for implementing the recommendations. Bowen Islanders are encouraged to participate in the survey at surveymonkey.com/r/bowenculture until Feb 24. If you would prefer a printed copy, they are available at Municipal Hall and the Gallery at Artisan Square (after Feb. 4). If you wish to have
For families with potential recreational activities up the sunshine coast, this could be an opportunity to cut back on travel time and costs. It would also be an opportunity for Bowen guesthouses to access the market in Gibsons more easily, and also for Bowen businesses to be able to more easily expand the market for products and services to the Sunshine Coast. Pacific Ferries is already promoting Bowen Island to its customers on its website, describing Bowen as “a sweet little island getaway on the Sunshine coast.” They have posted links to Bowen information sites and recommend coming here for ice cream. The run between Gibsons and Horseshoe Bay starts on Jan. 27, and between Horseshoe Bay and Bowen starts the next week. The boat will leave Horseshoe Bay, Monday to Friday, 4:40 p.m., and Wednesday to Friday at 6:45 p.m. It will leave Snug Cove Monday to Friday at 4:55 p.m. and leave Snug Cove Wednesday to Friday at 7:05 p.m. Trips will be free Jan. 27, 28 and 29. Check the Pacific Ferries website for the schedule running to and from, the Sunshine Coast.
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A face has appeared in the side of a snag in Crippen Park behind the library, carved by an anonymous artist. LOUISE LOIK photo a copy mailed to you for manual completion, please call the municipality at 604-947-4255. And if you would like to be interviewed to provide more comprehensive input into the process, please contact us at culture@biac.ca or call Dave Pollard, steering committee chair, at 604-947-2758. If you would prefer to answer the interview questions in writing online you can download them in PDF form with instructions for submitting them, on the website home page at BowenCulture.ca.
The Sunshine Coast is about to become more accessible for Bowen Island residents. Pacific Ferries, which runs a foot passenger service, is hoping to fill a gap in service for both its Sunshine Coast customers and Bowen Island residents. “We know you already have a foot passenger service, we aren’t trying to compete with them, but we want to offer something different,” says Linda Feuerhelm, Pacific’s director of marketing and media relations. Feuerhelm says they will start a trial run for Bowen next week. Return trip tickets will be $10 from Horseshoe Bay to Bowen, and $15 from Horseshoe Bay to Gibsons. The company will run trips during non-rush-hour times. The trips for the first three days will be free. Feuerhelm says that this service will be able to offer service from downtown for late night concerts and sports events, doing a “milk run from downtown to Bowen and Gibsons.” She says that the company is assessing the needs of the island as it plans its service.
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Over the past few weeks, I have been asked a lot about being personally prepared for emergencies. The recent earthquake was a big reminder to make sure you have a good plan in place to follow in the event of a catastrophic event. Just before 11:40 p.m. on Dec. 29, a piece of the fairly small Juan De Fuca plate slipped under the much larger North American plate about 50 kilometres below the surface near Sidney on Vancouver Island and caused a quake that was felt in many parts of the Lower Mainland. Natural Resources Canada recorded the quake at a magnitude of 4.7. The United States Geological Survey had it at 4.8 magnitude. People experienced the shaking lasting between four and 10 seconds depending on location, but the aftershocks were felt on social media. Many commented that it sounded like a big truck driving driving past or hitting homes. Earthquakes that fall between four and five on the Richter scale tend to be felt, but typically don’t cause much damage. Supplies should include clean water, non-perishable food, flashlights and batteries, blankets, a radio, and any medication you might need, as well as contact information for out-of-province family or friends in the event your family isn’t all in one place. Look around your house and consider how accessible your supplies will be. I like to imagine that I’m going camping and think of all the items I would need to survive when I am not close to amenities. Some people say they would just go to the store and buy food and water, but if we lose any critical infrastructure like bridges and ports, our food that arrives in Vancouver on a three-day delivery cycle will very quickly run out. You can imagine how frantic people could become. Team up with people in your neighbourhood and find out who has what in the way of assets. Tally up the generators, chainsaws, portable toilets, water sources, and gardens with food. Find out who has first-aid training and supplies. You could arrange a planning party to find out the information that would help create an efficient and effective emergency response. Ultimately we need to be responsible for ourselves. Be prepared so that you can be more comfortable in the face of almost any emergency situation.
Julie Cree: I just finished making dinner when the power went out. We were going to a party and were meant to bring food so we had to bring veggie chips instead of making something. That’s what everyone ended up bringing. Later on, I read a book by flashlight.
Donna Kreutzer Jones: We were going to a friend’s for dinner so we still went and brought a power pack. We used the barbecue to cook and made a stir fry while the cat stretched out on the hearth beside the fire.
Shahar Rabi: It’s good for us to be forced to put down our electronics. I’m an addiction counselor and I still find it hard to stop using my phone and computer. It was good to stop. I played guitar, it was great, screaming out the music. The last time it happened, friends all came to our house. I like how it brings people together. Cheryl Amen: We roasted onion rings on the wood stove.
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Seeds sought for swap SARAH HAXBY CONTRIBUTING WRITER
In the last few years there has been an increasing awareness of the importance of understanding where our food comes from, who grows it and the knowledge of how we can all grow food and support food production through the food sustainability and literacy movement. Some communities have started seed libraries, and many have started what have some to be known as “seedy Saturdays.” On Bowen Island, the Bowen Island Agriculture Alliance, in partnership with the BICS Garden Program is presenting the fifth annual Bowen Island Seed Sale, Trade & Talk on Jan. 30, 12:30– 2 p.m. at the school. This year’s talk is a presentation by Jackie Bradley who will talk about her experiences with hugelkultur, or raised garden beds, and how she designed and developed a garden on Bowen using hugelkultur techniques. The seed sale is a chance for seed exchanges between local farmers and gardeners of all ages and interest levels. You can buy, sell, trade or exchange seeds, and are
Joe MacDonald recited a poem called “An Ode to Haggis” at the legion as part of a Robbie Burns celebration Friday. MacDonald, who piped in the haggis, has also been known to play a bagpipe medley of AC/DC, Queen, and Michael Jackson. Louise Loik photos
Kindergarten students sort seeds at the Bowen Island Community School in anticipation of an upcoming seed exchange. SARAH HAXBY photo welcome to bring seeds you have collected, saved, or have in excess. All seeds should be labelled and dated, and you should also note whether the seeds are open pollination varieties from your garden or your extra purchased seeds. You may also bring garden
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On Feb. 13 the Bowen Island Conservancy Speaker Series will welcome Merran Smith, who will be presenting her thoughts and insights after attending the Paris Climate Change Conference. Smith is a member of the B.C. government’s Climate Leadership Team, and the City of Vancouver’s Renewable Action team. Prior to her work on climate and energy, she spent more than a decade on forest conservation and was called the environmental architect of the Great Bear Rainforest conservation agreement. Smith is executive director
books and tools to trade or sell, copies of your garden plans or information about gardening opportunities or services. There may also be some tables offering samples of food with highlights of things to come at the farmers markets, as well as a sign-up
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The discord unfolding in Howe Sound unsettles fuel and shipping entrepreneur LOUISE LOIK EDITOR
Marc Gawthrop has spent decades making certain that tankers moving in and out of ports in Vancouver and around the world are properly fueled. He knows about the hazards of shipping and, in particular, shipping fuel. He is a marine fuel trader. Gawthrop says people are worried about Howe Sound becoming a shipping route and industrial base for LNG. “But that’s not what they should be worried about,” he says. Gawthrop acknowledges that people might be surprised by his position. “I work with fuel but I’m one of the good guys.” Gawthrop is known on Bowen, not as a man involved in freighters and fuel as much as a musical impresario. He’s been known to sit down at his keyboard and play for hours with barely a break, playing whatever song the crowd calls out to request. He will have a song he’s never played prior to a request figured out by the time he’s lowered his first finger to a key. He seems to have internalized a whole musical encyclopedia of lyrics and chords. Gawthrop is often the pianist accompanying Christmas choirs, performing at fundraisers at the gallery, or at parties. “I got my earliest musical training in utero,” he says. The musician’s mom, a French Canadian, was a classical pianist. “She took me to the symphony. I was five and she made me sit still for hours.” The discipline must have paid off. The boy moved from piano at a young age to violin. While growing up in Nanaimo, he played in the Nanaimo Symphony Orchestra before leaving it to switch back to piano and keyboard. Though his four brothers and one sister all got the gift of music they never opted to become a family of entertainers like the Jackson 5. Instead, Gawthrop and one of his brothers perform together in a professional capacity. The two are part of a David Bowie tribute band that often performs to sell-out crowds. When he was a teenager, the young Gawthrop hit the road as part of a successful band that toured the country. “We worked 50 weeks a year,” he notes. The band played pop music and were able to find continuous demand for “doo-wop,” or,
as Gawthrop describes it, “American Graffiti,” kinds of songs. The show band, Teenangel and the Rockin’ Rebels, toured from 1974-1979. Gawthrop played keyboards, sang and did the vocal arrangements. “It was a good time,” he says with a smile. By the time the 1980s rolled around, the young man decided to shift gears and take on the corporate world. He moved to Mexico City, living there until the earthquake of ’85. He made his way back to the coast and to Bowen, the most affordable location within close proximity to Vancouver. Once on Bowen, Gawthrop met Tina Nielsen, the island’s chief librarian, who was in a Theatre on the Isle production of Godspell. He was performing on keyboard and she was a main character. They ended up doing a little collaboration of their own. Now, from their home together, Gawthrop can play keyboard for Nielson and look out over Howe Sound, expressing his passion for both the woman and the region that is their home. Gawthrop is happy to see that since 2015 there are emission controls set for up to 200 miles off Canadian shores. “All shipping in that limit is legislated to burn less sulpher as part of an international effort to lower emissions. This includes cruise ships, tankers, and all ships. I’m doing something environmentally positive by helping vessels to be environmentally compliant with their fuel,” he says. What disturbs Gawthrop is what he likens it to “open season on Howe Sound,” with “unregulated” opportunity for “pillaging of the Sound.” Along with the 1,200 from Bowen who signed a petition protesting LNG, Gawthrop is particularly concerned that tankers that would not be permitted in the U.S. are getting into Canadian waters. “Canada doesn’t regulate the way they do in the U.S.,” he says, adding that, in his opinion, in the U.S., the LNG proposal for Howe Sound, wouldn’t have stood a chance of seeing the light of day. “Woodfibre would be dead in the water from the get-go. Canadian regulation doesn’t have any teeth.” He thinks that both the U.S. and Australia are far ahead of Canada when it comes to pro-
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the lack of demand for the product. “The classic resource extraction economy is an outdated way of thinking about the economy,” says Gawthrop. Gawthrop mentions that he is getting ready to sing and perform on keyboard in Langley in a David Bowie tribute, and then he’ll perform on the island at a coffee house with a ’60s theme. He also likes to talk about being part of the Snug Cove House ukulele band. He says this with almost as much seriousness as anything else he discusses. The ukulele case sits near him on the floor as he talks. He has been known to walk in the cove on the way to his car strumming his ukulele, but the piano is his passion. “I’m hoping there will be a buyer for the piano at the gallery,” he says. “I’m willing to provide a new piano, as long as someone buys that one.” On that note, Marc Gawthrop turns his attention to a table where an assistant is doing paperwork. “I’m developing software for the industry,” he says, adding he’s hoping to shift shipping from paper-based data to digitized data. It’s just another way Gawthrop is “pushing back.”
Warmth pushing early plants from PAGE 3 OK, so how do you garden on The Rock? The answer is always: it depends. We will dig deeper for those answers in future articles. What’s Happening Now? Are you sensing an early gardening season? The El Nino has brought us a warm and wet winter, pushing plants ahead in their unfurling and budding, but other plants, such as tulip bulbs, some grasses and Mediterraneantype plants needing excellent drainage, such as lavenders or sage, may succumb to mold or rot in these warm, wet conditions. Hardiness zones: These maps are helpful but not always accurate as there are many micro-pocket zones that may be warmer or colder than what is typical for your broader area.
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Island girls turf it out The Bowen Island U12 girls soccer team practises running, passing, and kicking before a Sunday morning match. Clockwise from top left: Grace Quarry and Kaelyn Denis-Lay play pass; Kaelyn Denis-Lay, Livia Jones, Sadie Wall, Miranda Foster and Greenlee Lyne
wrestle for possession; Myah Grundy stays warm with a toque and mitts; Livia Jones and Greenlee Lyne go head to head; Miranda Foster, Myah Grundy, Maesy Hartwick, Kaelyn Denis-Lay and Greenlee Lyne chase down the ball; dribbling is an important skill to master.
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New MP ‘knows Bowen well’ from PAGE 1 Goldsmith-Jones is also the Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. She told council that she gets handed a list of her emails every morning, in alphabetical order. She joked that as she juggles the wide-ranging demands of her job, when she gets that list, Bowen is on her list, but somewhere after Bahrain. Regardless of the pressures of her position, Skeels says she was “extremely well-informed on Howe Sound. She knows Bowen well. She did not disappoint.”