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VOL. 50 NO. 34
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BOWEN ROTARY RUN RECAP PAGE 7
The Bowfest Country Fair Slug Race Report ANOTHER YEAR OF LOW SPEED RACING IS IN THE BOWFEST BOOKS SARAH HAXBY Bowfest Slug Race Official
UNDER THE SEA ‘Underwater’was the theme for this year’s Bowfest, leading to plenty of creative floats and costumes from Island residents and organizations during the festival’s opening parade. This includes Union Steamship Co. who took the opportunity to recruit SpongeBob, Patrick & Squidward and others for a trip to Bikini Bottom. You can find many more photos from the day in our gallery on Pages 8-9, and be sure to read about Bowfest’s signature Slug Races just to the right too. / Alex Kurial photo NEW LISTING
The ever-popular slug races are one of the longest-running Bowfest traditions with 48 years of racing slugs! Bo the Pacific Banana Slug is the original mascot of Bowfest. Bo invites people to slow down to island-time. Being a cooler summer day, the slugs were a bit livelier this year, and three slugs even crossed the finish line! Last year no slugs crossed the finish line, but the racing slugs are judged on which three slugs are closest to the finish line at the 20-minute mark (roughly the length of a ferry ride). Thirty-two slugs raced down the track this year, and notably there were no slug collisions, although two slugs did slime off-course and went over the edge of the table. As the 32 slugs raced down the track the slug-jockey race teams cheered on the Leopard, Banana and Black slugs. Black slugs (Arion ater,) are round-back slugs, and they are one of the most plentiful of slugs to be found on Bowen Island. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
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