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Local water taxi celebrates four decades of meeting passengers’ transportation needs
WILDLIFE WOES
CAWES presents a free event on dos and don’ts for helping injured animals in need
BOWEN BEAT
Bowen Island Garden Club learns how to grow climbers and vines with Su Rickett
Roll up your sleeves on Earth Day CHANTAL EUSTACE EDITOR
This Earth Day weekend, it’s time to clean out your junk, hug a tree and help out some bees. Stumped? Here’s three ways to join in. It’s Bowen Island Municipality’s “dump day” on April 21, a chance to clear away the big, awkward clutter. Bowen Waste Service provides large containers, available at the Bowen Island Recycling Depot (BIRD) for the drop off of residential waste. “We accept household items such as appliances, metals, rimless tires and car batteries, and objects considered too large for weekly garbage pick-up. Please place loose items in bags, neat and tidy,” says the municipality’s website, bowenislandmunicipality.ca/clean-up-days. Drywall is not accepted, it says, and fees must be paid in advance to
drop off household waste. Also on April 21, put on your walking shoes and roll up your sleeves. Join in on the island-wide, Clean Up Bowen, a chance to rid the ditches of trash. Organizer Karen Munro encourages people to pitch in, either around your neighbourhood or by meeting at the Legion, 9 a.m. on Saturday. “We need a lot more people to do a lot more of the island,” she told The Undercurrent. Email her karen@bowendogranch.com or just get down there and help out. You can also get into the spirit by learning all about helping mason bees with a free workshop on “the most effective pollinator,” at Davies Heritage Orchard at 11 a.m. Participants can enter to win one of six mason bee houses. More information here: tourismbowenisland.com/event/mason-bee-workshop.
Island scuba diver Adam Taylor’s short film, Howe Sound’s Glass Sea Sponges, was featured as part of last year’s Bowen Island Adventure Film Festival. The festival is putting out a call for submissions for the 2018 version. Filmmakers have until April 30 to do their final edits.
Local adventurers on screen CHANTAL EUSTACE EDITOR
RCMP looking for SeaBus hero BRENT RICHTER NORTH SHORE NEWS
North Vancouver RCMP are looking for a local hero. Shortly after the 8:45 a.m. sailing of the SeaBus from Waterfront Station on April 12, police say a passenger suffered a seizure and went into cardiac arrest. “Witnesses stated his eyes rolled backwards... He stopped breath-
ing basically,” said Cpl. Richard De Jong, North Vancouver RCMP spokesman. “The unknown Good Samaritan jumped in and performed CPR, which ultimately saved the man’s life.” Paramedics were ready and waiting when the SeaBus arrived on the North Shore, and the victim did survive, De Jong said. “As in the movies, the Good Samaritan slipped away.” Continued page 9
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Next time you’re about to hang off a cliff at Cape Roger Curtis or kayak to Keats Island, consider documenting it. The third annual, Bowen Island Adventure Film Festival is accepting submissions, through to April 30. “The focus is amateur athletes. It really is about everyday adventurers,” says Kiley Redhead, one of the festival’s co-founders. She says simply: “This is not about professional film making. This is about locals on Bowen, doing cool things on Bowen.”
That means anyone with a story and a camera (and some editing know-how) can submit a short film or slideshow to the festival for consideration. “What are we looking for? We just want somebody who wants to share their story on what they get up to on the weekends,” she says. “What do they do? How do they get outside and play? What does that look like for them?” There are already nine films accepted for this year’s event — to be held Saturday, May 26, at the Bowen Island Lodge — but she says, there’s room for more. “It really is just meant to be a
platform for people to share their stories of adventures on Bowen,” says Redhead. The past two festivals really showcased the island’s diversity, she says, with short films on everything from scuba diving to rock climbing to foraging. “The thing that we learned, that is so cool about Bowen, is how much diversity there is here in terms of activity,” she says. “People are up to really cool things.” For more information on this year’s event, and details on how to submit a film, go to http://biaff.ca/ submit.
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Meeting Calendar April 20, 2018 9:30 am Economic Development Committee Meeting
April 23, 2018 9:30 am Regular Council Meeting
April 24, 2018 9:30 am Emergency Program Executive Committee Meeting
April 25 2018 9:00 am Community Centre Select Steering Committee Meeting All meetings are held in Council Chambers unless otherwise noted.
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Employment Opportunity Permanent Full-Time Parks & Environment Operator Bowen Island Municipality seeks a Permanent Full-Time Parks & Environment Operator. This is a 35 hour/week position during hours 8:30am-4:30pm Monday-Friday, with occasional weekend work as required. The position will primarily be responsible for the operations, minor repairs, maintenance and inventory of the municipal parks, beaches, trail systems and facilities. This position will also undertake labouring and horticultural tasks associated with the aesthetics of streetscapes and minor maintenance duties associated with Municipal buildings in Snug Cove and Municipal Docks in Snug Cove. Additional labour tasks may include assisting other staff within the Municipality. The Operator will be comfortable working outside under varying weather conditions, have the ability to work independently and within a team, interact in a courteous manner with the public and hold a valid class 5 driver’s license. Related experience will be considered an asset. A complete job description is available on our website at:
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Lot 1 Open Houses Lot 1 Community Lands Rezoning Bowen Island Municipal Council is considering changes to the Official Community Plan (OCP) and the Land Use Bylaw (LUB) for the municipally owned property known as Lot 1 of the Community Lands (located on the Southwest side of Mt. Gardner Road, opposite the Bowen Island Recycling Depot). These changes would include: • Area 1 to allow light Industrial and artisanal uses, with secondary live/work and residential uses • Area 2 to allow up to 20 residential units • Area 3 to remain Rural Residential • Area 4 to allow for a single-family house
Walking Tours Thursday April 19th at 2:00 pm & Sunday April 22nd at 2:00 pm Meet on Carter Rd below Cates Hill Chapel. Parts of the tour will be across terrain without defined paths. Wear appropriate clothes and footwear. For a chance to explore Lot 1 and see the sites of the proposed changes, Bowen Island Municipality is holding two walking tours of Lot 1. Everyone is welcome to attend this site walk.
Please submit your covering letter and resume via e-mail, fax or mail by 4 PM on Friday, April 27th, 2018: Shayle Duffield, Human Resources Coordinator 981 Artisan Lane, Bowen Island, BC V0N 1G2 Email: hr@bimbc.ca Fax: 604-947-0193
Summer Recreation Positions Bowen Island Municipality Community Recreation Department has full and part time positions available this summer. Positions include: Daycamp Leaders, Daycamp Assistants and Playcare Assistant(s). Please submit your letter of interest and resume by Friday, Apr. 20, 2018 at 4:00pm ATTN: Shayle Duffield, Human Resources Manager Email: hr@bimbc.ca
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A 40-year adventure at sea It was 40 years ago that Brian Biddlecombe left the corporate world behind and started Cormorant Marine CHANTAL EUSTACE EDITOR
Brian Biddlecombe stands next to one of Cormorant Marine’s boats on the dock at Snug Cove, and shakes his head, smiling. He and his partner, Leanne Laudrum, have just finished telling me about a trip they took the day before, waves high and weather wet, a story about buying a new boat, and getting it safely from Point A to Point B. They seem relaxed with this kind of nautical yarn, clearly at home on the water. Biddlecombe says, after 40 years at the helm of Cormorant Marine, he doesn’t regret his decision to leave a steady job on the mainland, to run a business on Bowen. “It’s allowed me to live on this beautiful island,” he says. “My kids are both here with their kids now. He recalls clearly his 1977 decision to trade corporate life for something less chartered. “In the early spring, a truly unique character on Bowen by the name of Norman Croft-Sleigh, who suffered from ‘Maritime Wanderlust’ decided to sell his water taxi business that he had started a couple of years earlier,” Biddlecombe says. “After a weekend of heavy imbibing, I thought why not?” And he bought the business, kicking off Cormorant Marine’s four decades in operation. Over that time, there’s been
“Something will happen with nature out there and I’ll tell family about it, ‘You should have seen what I saw today, it’s pretty spectacular’,”says Brian Biddlecombe of one of the things he loves about his life on the water. He and his partner Leanne Laudrum, above, fulfill a vital role on the island through Comorant Marine.
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The first boat, Cabrini, built by Wicks Boat Works, had been fitted with a dental chair and cruised the B.C. coast offering dental services at different outposts. Photo circa 1978.
adventurous times at sea — like working with the Coast Guard, or helping the ambulance get patients off the island, or getting BC Hydro workers to the island in storms to restore power — as well as the humdrum of daily business, he says, like late-night water taxi trips to Horseshoe Bay with just one person on them.
Every trip is unique. “Something will happen with nature out there and I’ll tell family about it, ‘You should have seen what I saw today, it’s pretty spectacular.’” In addition to a taxi service with scheduled crossings, they offer charter services for things like construction crews, weddings and film productions, as well as assisting essen-
tial services, or emergency calls. Like on Comorant’s fortieth anniversary in business, when they woke up at 4 a.m. to a phone call from the ambulance, says Biddlecombe, to help transport a woman about to give birth. In this case, she made it across for the delivery on the mainland. But in the past four decades,
there’s been five babies born enroute — as in, on the boat, on the ocean — and Biddlecombe says, each new Bowen Islander has received lifetime Cormorant Marine passes. “Fortunately haven’t seen too many in recent years,” he says. For details on their many services and their complete schedule, go to cormorantwatertaxi.com.
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My Mama always told me… We know Mother’s Day isn’t for awhile. But my mom always said: “The early bird gets the worm.”
What did your mom always say?
We want to celebrate our Bowen Island mothers with lot’s of photos and wise words in our May 11th issue --- and we need your help. Here goes: Tell us your mom’s wise words, and send us a photo of your mom by May 7, noon and we’ll do our best to include it our in our special Mother’s Day issue. So we’ll all remember not to cry over spilt milk, that money doesn’t grow on trees and yes, to waste not, want not. And more. (Excited? We can’t wait to hear from you!) E-mail editor@bowenislandundercurrent.com
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A boat tour of Mannion Bay was in order last Thursday to take photographs of some of our most recently abandoned derelicts, which as fate would have it was PURRfect timing. Thanks to the wonderful front page “cat boat” article in last Friday’s Undercurrent, I like to think of that Friday the 13th as “cat day in the bay”, as there is no way the joint BIM/Friends of Mannion Bay remediation efforts will allow the bay to “go to the dogs”, as some irresponsible/uncaring boat owners would have it if they had their way and were permitted to continue their disregard, unchecked, for this iconic public area. This “boat problem” is a community problem, not just one that directly affects and infuriates Mannion Bay property owners. The substantial waste of BIM’s staff and council’s time; the complex challenges with which staff must deal; the enormous investment of volunteer Bay watchers’ time and the monumental expenditure/waste of taxpayers’ money affect the entire community. To coin a phrase, Rome, or in this case Mannion Bay, is burning, but we are not just going to sit back to watch and wait for the pile of ashes. And speaking of Rome, “it was not built in a day”, nor is anything on Bowen. Patience is a virtue which we have lots of so, thank heavens for our collective and persistent efforts. It is important and timely to inform and ensure both the public and the offending boat owners the situation is not being ignored, it is under constant surveillance. While the road to a solution is long and has its share of bumps and potholes, it will be travelled by “the team” in order to achieve our objective, being a bay that is free of problem boats which is pleasant to the eye, is not an environmental time bomb and is an area that is safe and enjoyable for everyone to use. Tax monies should be utilized in a much more productive and universally rewarding manner. Bruce Russell Friends of Mannion Bay
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Bowen Island Resilient Community Housing will be presenting to council Monday morning for a collaborative project to build affordable rental housing on lot 3 of the community lands. Please show your support by writing to mayorandcouncil@bimbc.ca. For more details go to www.facebook.com/ BIRCHousing or birchousing.org.
Firstly, my hope is that Bob Bates will be given one of the old cabins that is not taken down, for his artwork. What was the urgency to demolish his studio? It would be an attraction in the park to have someone like Bob Bates working there, and the park board should be proud to have him there. Secondly, to solve the employee housing problem for local businesses, all those who make money from real estate development should cooperatively invest in building a house of affordable rental housing for local employees.
Robyn Fenton, Architect AIBC Acting Executive Director Bowen Island Resilient Community Housing
Sincerely, Imke Zimmermann
It’s not a wall. It’s public art To the editor: For the last two weeks anyone using the ferry watched the retaining wall rounding the corner of Cardena and Trunk Roads grow. Matt Dean with Twin Island (in photo at left), Ian Brown and various members of the public works department braved incessant rain to create another magnificent piece of “public art“ in the cove. Matt’s keen eye for form and proportion built a giant jigsaw puzzle which invites the viewer on a visual journey. Thanks to all who made it happen! HC Behm
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Taking a bath in the woods, sort of CHANTAL EUSTACE EDITOR
Who knew? Forest bathing doesn’t involve nudity. It’s actually got nothing to do with washing dirty feet, exfoliation or hygiene in general. Doesn’t even involve water. And we Bowen Islanders do it all the time. According to some online sleuthing, it’s kind of like going for an ambling walk in the woods. Sound familiar? The idea, or term, “forest bathing,” comes via Japan, where it’s known as shinrin-yoku, or “taking in the forest atmosphere,” according to the website,www.shinrin-yoku.org.
And it’s good for you. It’s supposed to do things like boost your immune system, increases creativity and reduce stress. Also, it is catching on online. I found about 67,000 posts with the hashtag #forestbathing on instagram alone. So it seems we’re in the middle of a health trend and might not even know it. Because there’s really no place quite like Bowen for uninterrupted, relaxed, directionless walks in the woods. Take time this week, rain or shine, Earth Day or any other day, for a stroll in the one of our beautiful forests — just you and the trees and the ravens talking. Soap, shoes and shirts optional, of course.
Injured wild animals need special care CHANTAL EUSTACE EDITOR
Wild animals, like this deer on Bowen Island, require special attention and care. A CAWES workshop on Sunday will cover how to help injured wild life in need. Daniel O’Sullivan photo make it and had to be euthanized. “They were trying to help but they didn’t necessarily do the right thing,” she says. And she hopes the free event on Sunday will help people who have good intentions, in situations like this to know what to do — and in turn, help the animals in need of help. The free educational event runs from 2:15 to 4:15 p.m. on Sunday.
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BOWEN ISLAND COMMUNITY CHURCH Pastor Clinton Neal ST. GERARD’S ROMAN 1070 Miller Road 604-947-0384 Service 10:30 a.m. Sunday School 11:00 a.m. CATHOLIC CHURCH
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Tree huggers are actually on to a good thing. The concept of “forest bathing” is starting to catch on in North America. As editor Chantal Eustace has discovered, there’s no place like Bowen Island for uninterrupted, relaxed, directionless walks. This Earth Day weekend is the perfect opportunity to join the #forestbathing movement. Daniel O’Sullivan photo
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Wild animals in distress require special care and attention, says Susanna Braund of Coast Animal Welfare and Education Society (CAWES.) The group is hosting an expert from Wildlife Rescue in Burnaby, to share what to do when you encounter an injured wild animal, this Sunday, April 22 at Collins Hall. Spring is the right time of year to tackle this tricky subject. “This is when people on Bowen will be finding baby animals especially in distress,” Braund says. “It’s the breeding season so we will have birds falling out of trees, and then, if people find a fawn, they don’t know what to do with it, whether they should do something or not,” she says. “Or if they find a baby seal, they don’t know what to do with it.” Last year, an individual on the island found a goose with an injured wing and took it home to care for it, she says, and kept it in their bathtub for two days. “If only they had contacted CAWES, we would have been able to arrange to get the goose to the wildlife rescue within 24 hours,” she says. In that situation, the goose did not
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Nine Birds Singing a treasure trove of jewels
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30-voice choir travels the world with song
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I have just read Nine Birds Singing, written by Edythe Anstey Hanen, and I am left with tears of joy, sorrow, tenderness, longing, and gratitude. I have fallen in love with Maddie, the book’s protagonist. Nine Birds Singing is an inspiring novel of loving and losing, loving and daring, and the willingness to dance with it all. How grateful I am to dance with Maddie as she journeys on the pages of this book. It is a book of such intense colour and love that I had to take a breath and pause between chapters. Pausing was very hard because I did not want to put the book down. Hanen’s novel is a treasure trove of jewels — each chapter, each character, each moment, and each life to be savoured and taken again and again. This is a book that shows us what precious love and meaning live under the surface of our lives and our relationships, and more. Its graciousness, abundance and truths bless us all. Each page of
Bowen Island author Edythe Anstey Hanen will be reading from her novel, Nine Birds Singing, on April 22. Maddie’s story brings us to a reconnection, a glimpse of sacred light, and to an experiencing of the sacred promise that we are. Co-sponsored by the Bowen Island Arts Council and the Bowen
Island Public Library, the launch of Nine Birds Singing will take place at the Cove Commons Annex at 4:30 pm on Sunday, April 22. Edye will read from her novel, answer questions, and sign books.
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What do Corsica, North Carolina, Nigeria, South Africa, Georgia (the one closest to Russia) and Bowen Island have in common? If you would like to know the answer to this question, come to Cates Hill Chapel on April 21and hear EarthSounds World Music Choir, directed by the fabulous and well travelled Karla Mundy with special guest, Bowen’s own Shari Ulrich. In the fall of 2017, due to her love of singing and experiencing music from around the world, Karla Mundy began EarthSounds choir on Bowen. The choir is a fun and adventurous group of new and experienced singers who join together every two weeks to explore world music and their own voices. Although Karla herself is not a Bowenian, her sister Keona Hammond — also a musician and choir member — has lived on Bowen for several years. In 2013, Karla founded Songroots vocal camp where many a singer has flocked to learn jazz singing, gospel singing, Corsican music, blues, bluegrass and more from Karla and a strong team of vocal professionals from Vancouver and North America.
She herself is a vibrant and soulful singer and lends her voice to many other bands, duos and trios in town. Karla produced Way Back a solo album, released in 2013. The recording spanned the blues, spirituals, folksongs, Appalachian ballads, and Bob Dylan songs. The concert on April 21 includes sampling of many of the different rhythms, tones and styles of music Karla has brought to EarthSounds choir. And, it gets even better! With the choir as her back up singers and performing some of her own solo songs, will be Bowen’s own and beloved Shari Ulrich. Originally a California girl, long settled on the west coast of Canada, Shari’s work has garnered two Juno awards, several Juno nominations, an induction into the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame, and a 2014 CFMA for English Songwriter of the Year. There will be something for everyone. With the enthusiastic energy of Karla, the spirited and soothing stylings of Shari’s music and the fabulous 30-voice choir, Cates Hill Chapel will be alive with astounding energy. Tickets available at Phoenix or online at songroots.bpt.me.
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PERMANENT CHANGE OF SCHEDULE Due to changes in volume, as of May 1, 2018 all residents of the Cates Hill neighborhood currently on an East-side schedule will have their non-organic collection changed from East-side pick-up to West-side pick-up. Wednesday organic pick-up remains unchanged.
Your schedule will be as follows: Non-Organic pick-up April 10,2018 April 24,2018 May 1,2018 May 15,2018 May 29,2018
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The Bowen Island Garden Club welcomed presenter Su Rickett on Monday, April 16 for a presentation on growing vines and climbers. We popped down to admire the blooms, chat with some of the members gathered at the library annex in the
cove. Before the event Laura Rahn, Betty Dhont and Chris Farah, at left, admired the vines. Standing next to some vines and climbers are Linda Barratt, Diana Kaile and Diane Buchanan. Bob Moles and Anna-Marie Atherton smiled for a photo.
Tickets are on sale now for An Evening of Food and Music by the Sea on June 5, a fundraiser for the Bowen Island Community School Association. The fundraising event will be held at the Vancouver Rowing Club. Tickets are sale at Phoenix. Money raised by the event will allow students — such as BICS students, Paige, Rose and Nikki — to have the opportunity to carve this cedar log into a welcoming artwork for the BICS Outdoor Learning Centre.
A Bowen Moment CHANTAL EUSTACE EDITOR
A wave of support spread across the country on ‘Jerseys for Humbolt Day’ on April 12, for the victims of the Humbolt bus tragedy. Here on Bowen, staff at the First Credit Union placed hockey sticks at the door and wore their jerseys to show their support. From left are Sophie Taylor Karis Clayton, Kevin Manning and Opal Ericksson.
The sun did peak out from time to time last Sunday — depending on where you were on the island. But at 9C, it wasn’t exactly summer. That didn’t stop Nathan Evetts from inflating an air mattress and paddling around Grafton Lake, using just a two-by-four. “It’s actually hard work paddling with this,” he said, holding up the piece of wood after a slow paddle to the shore to speak with The Undercurrent. I had turned my car around to investigate when I spotted him on the lake around 2 p.m. yelled out a few questions. Like what was he doing out there? Evetts said since his two friends were fishing on the shore — and he doesn’t usually catch any fish — he decided to pump up the mattress, go for a float. Wasn’t he cold wearing nothing but shorts? “It’s actually warmer when you lie down,” said Evetts, grinning. And he added: “When is this going to be in the paper?” His two friends, both in warm clothing like puffy vests and hoodies, laughed and kept on fishing.
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Ayla, Alfie and Stephanie participated in last spring’s planting as part of the BICS garden program.
The summer sailing program for children will be one of the topics discussed at the April 24 annual general meeting of the Bowen Island Yacht Club.
Bowen digs into its farming roots SUSAN SWIFT BOWEN FOOD SOVEREIGNTY
How much productive land would it take to feed Bowen Island’s population of 3,600? How many farms on Bowen are actively producing for local markets? These are the types of questions that Bowen Food Sovereignty asks at monthly meetings — a chance to talk about all aspects of food security and sovereignty — discussing everything from soil and land policy to food distribution and the status of farming. Among the biggest challenges to food sovereignty is the availability of arable land as well as people with the knowledge and passion to grow food. The pressure to develop agricultural land for other uses contributes to the decline in the number of farms. In 2016, there were fewer than half the number of farms in Canada than in 1971 and overall farmland decreased by 6.4 per cent. Despite the loss of farmland and declining number of farms, the size of farms in Canada has increased by more than 75 per cent, revealing the trend toward larger scale, corporate operations. Interestingly, in B.C., four out of 10 farms are classified as small, or less than $10,000 in receipts. Not only is this double the national average, but more than two-fifths of these smaller operations sell food products directly to consumers.
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The best part of summer: Children learn safe sailing skills at Tunstall Bay KATHERINE GISH B O W E N I S L A N D YA C H T C L U B
Live in the sunshine, sail the seas and drink the wild air! If that sounds like fun to you, let me tell you a little bit more about the Bowen Island Yacht Club Learn2Sail program. Our mission is to build our community of Bowen Island sailors and inspire children and youth aged seven to 15, in the life-long love of boats and the water. We have been doing just that since 1987 — or 31 years of sailing stewardship — right here on Bowen Island. The love of sailing is instilled at a young age. Historically in the Learn2Sail program, our sail coaches went through the program, then became volunteers while taking the requisite Sail Canada courses. Then they become certified coaches themselves, thus continuing the evolution of young sailors, becoming young adults, becoming sail coaches. The program provides summer employment for eight Bowen Island sail coaches — with six volunteer coaches waiting in the wings to become a sail coach. They often echo the same refrain: “Teaching and volunteering for the Learn2Sail program is the absolute best part of my summer!” Day camps are offered in July and August at Tunstall Bay Beach between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Children learn safe sailing skills, play games and sail away to new adventures. Younger sailors explore Tunstall Bay on Optimist boats while older and more experienced sailors take Lasers out to Paisley Island and beyond. Every week ends with a wonderful, picnic lunch organized by coaches and kids on Onion Island and other island beaches, cementing friendships and celebrating the week’s achievements. Registration is now live, and we welcome you to come on board! Full information here: www.biyc.bc.ca The Bowen Island Yacht Club’s annual general meeting is Tuesday, April 24, 7 to 9 pm at the Tunstall Bay Community Association clubhouse. We welcome your attendance!
My Mama always told me... We know Mother’s Day isn’t until next month. But my mom always said: “The early bird gets the worm.” And I’m pretty sure that applies here, even though I personally do not advocate eating worms. We’re celebrating Bowen Island mother’s with their photos and wise words in our May 11th issue — and so we need your help. Here goes: Tell us your mom’s best (or most memorable/hilarious/ unique) advice, and send us in a photo of your mom by May 7, noon and we’ll do our best to include it in our special, May 11th Mother’s Day issue. So we can all remember important things like not to cry over spilt milk, that money doesn’t grow on trees and of course, waste not, want not. Look forward to hearing from you guys! E-mail me at editor@bowenislandundercurrent.com, subject “Mother’s Day” and we’ll do our best to get as many of your mom’s in the paper as we can. Thanks!
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On the Calendar Thursday April 19 Duplicate Bridge Bowen Court 6:45 - 10 pm For info call Irene 604-947-2955 Friday April 20 Library Storytime 10:30 am Friday April 20 Free Wine Tasting Leslie and Jim d’Andrea, owners, Noble Ridge Vineyard, Okanagan Falls 3:15 to 7 pm Bowen Beer and Wine Cellar
Graff on violin and mandolin. Tir-na nog Theatre 7:30 pm Tickets $20 at Phoenix & online at songroots@bpt. me Saturday April 21 Live music featuring Snug Cove Blues Band Doc Morgan’s Pub & Restaurant from 7pm
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Lunch Bowen Island Legion 11:30 am to 1 pm $5 includes home made soup, bread, dessert, tea or coffee. This week’s soups: Tuscan White Bean and Sausage and Cream of Broccoli Adults only please.
Sunday April 22 Parent & Tot gym time BICS 10 am
Wednesday April 25 Strollers & Stories in Crippen Park Start at the Library. 8:45 -9:45 am Register at bowencommunityrecreation.com or drop in $2.50
Friday April 20 Dinner at the Legion Doors open at 5:30 pm Dinner at 6:30 pm Members and guests welcome.
Sunday April 22 Bike Park! Free skill development, riding tips and safety 12:30 - 2 pm in the forest behind BICS
Thursday April 26 Duplicate Bridge Bowen Court 6:45 - 10 pm For info call Irene 604-947-2955
Friday April 20 Bowen Island Pub Live music featuring Bob Doucet 7 pm
Sunday April 22 CAWES presents free educational Q&A with Burnaby Wildlife Rescue Collins Hall, 2.15-4.15pm All welcome
Friday April 27 Songs for Spring Concert Featuring the Ladies Madrigal Singers and conductor Lynn Williams, accompanist Lois Belluk, soloist Ruta Yawney and cellist Liliana BellukOrlikow. Tickets at Cates Pharmacy or at the door $15 for adults, $12 for students, children six and under free
Saturday April 21 Clean Up Bowen 2018! Join in to clean up our ditches. Meet at the Legion at 9 am For more info on how to organize your neighbourhood for clean up contact karen@ bowendogranch.com or call 604-612-7769 Prizes for the most disgusting garbage found and biggest garbage found. Plus lots of coffee, muffins, and soup to give your clean-up energy lots of zip. Saturday April 21 Celebrate Earth Day! Mason Bee Workshop Davies Orchard in Crippen Park 11am- noon. Mason Bee House prizes. FREE Saturday April 21 Bowen Island’s Earthsounds World Music Choir Directed by Karla Munday with Shari Ulrich and accompanied by Bowen’s own Cindy Fairbank on piano and accordion and Bowen-raised Julia
Sunday April 22 Edythe Anstey Hanen Book Launch: Nine Birds Singing. 4:30-6 pm Bowen Library Annex. Presented by the Library and the Bowen Island Arts Council. Monday April 23 S.K.Y. Seniors Keeping Young Exercise at 9 am, coffee at 9:45, BICS children discussing Ancient Civilization at 10, Yoga at 11:15. Bowen Court Tuesday April 24 S.K.Y. Tuesday Morning Workshop meets at 9 am at Bowen Court. New members are welcome to come and bring any art project they are working on. Decadent coffee break at 11 am Tuesday April 24 Bowen Island AA Collins Hall at 7:15 pm Tuesday April 24 Bowen Island Community
Police want to thank the SeaBus hero from page 1 Although it’s not a police matter, investigators would like to find the man responsible for saving the life of his fellow commuter. He may in line for a commendation or official recognition of some kind, De Jong said. The only description they have of the amateur life saver is that he was Caucasian with a slim build and was wearing yellow clothing at the time. Police are hoping the do-gooder, or someone who knows him, will be in touch at 604-985-1311.
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