EyesOnBC Magazine March 2017

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EyesOnBC Magazine is published monthly Showcasing our community since 2004 Main Email: info@eyesonbc.com Phone: 250-757-9914 Mailing Address EyesOnBC Magazine, Box 182, Bowser, BC V0R 1G0 Hours: Mon - Thu 10-4 Our Contributors this month: Georgia Nicols, Joanne Sales, Linda Tenney Bill Veenhof, John Beaton On the Internet www.eyesonbc.com & www.facebook.com/eyesonbc For Advertising Options Call 250-757-9914 to inquire or visit www.eyesonbc.com/advertise to request ad rates.

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THE FEATURES 7 Eating it Up: West Coast Food House 10 People are a Gift!

THE ARTS / EVENTS / OUTDOORS 13 14 19 21

Discovering Brickyard Cove in Nanoose Tide Table John Beaton’s “A Match Made in Heaven” At the MAC: Randy Hall's Vancouver Island Through My Lens

COMMUNITY LIVING 16 From the Desk of the Director, Bill Veenhof, Area H

THE REGULARS 8 15 20 22

In the Stars: Georgia Nicols Horoscope Classifieds Community Calendar At Your Service - Local Services & Trades

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WASN'T THAT A PARTY?!

by Linda Tenney

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h my! What a wonderful gathering of friends who have become family! Thank you so much for sharing your caring on February 19th!

Elaine and Lorraine

There are so many people to thank for putting together this incredible event in support of my 'journey with cancer'. I was humbled by the turnout of more than 300 people and was so happy to see everyone having such a good time.

Thanks to Sheena McCorquodale who, a mere 30 seconds after I told her the bad news, made it her 'Make a Wish' mandate to organize the fund-raiser dance to offset some of the medical and increased living expenses I'll be facing. It's not easy to pull a party that big together ... volunteers, promotion, sponsors, donations, food, bar service, hall decor, etc. Wow! Many, many friends offered so much of their time to take care of the hundreds of details of this event and have helped behind the scenes at other times ... Marcella, Kerry, Leigh, Lorraine, Josie, John, Linda, Louise, Lois, John, Elizabeth, Cathy, Wanitta, Shauna, Peter, Andy, my good buddy Dave Graham who played the tunes between band sets, and too many more to name (sorry if I missed naming you)!

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Thank you!! Thank you!! It was an incredible night and I was so happy to be well enough that night to join in the fun! Your support, your caring and your love makes me stronger each and every day and will help me get through this unexpected rough patch in my life.

Bing Jensen & Petronella

During a very brief speech I made that night, I noted that when I lived in an apartment in the jungle of the city, I didn't even know my neighbours. Here, in a 12km radius of my home, I know hundreds of people who make my life richer. I'm grateful to know them all!

My chemo treatments will continue until the end of June and hopefully I'll slip easily into remission. I'm holding onto the vision of a 'healthy me' at the end of all this. Fingers crossed!

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Eating it up: West Coast Food House

by Linda Tenney

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here's no question that West Coast Food House co-owner and chef, Ashley Martz, is a foodie and her love of food shows in every dish prepared here.

Caprese Salad with Saganaki Cheese

From the subtlety of Saganaki Cheese crowning a flavourful Caprese Salad with a balsamic reduction, to the bold flavour of Cajun-spiced Wedge Legend Fries with Blue Cheese and green onions, to the perfect marriage of Prawn Sliders dressed with jalapeno cilantro sour cream, and my personal favourite, Twisted Shrimp and Mashed Tats with Cajun butter jus, Ashley has taken the simple and made it extraordinary with a mix of flavours that I've not seen elsewhere.

So, couple a great menu, a well-stocked bar deftly tended by co-owner and manager, Frank Major and the uptown chic of the revived building that was once home to the Cola Diner when I first arrived on Vancouver Island in 2003, and you have a winning combo that will keep people coming back. People like me who love food, want it to taste great, look great and be served with a smile.

West Coast Food House has all that and more.

Another foodie favourite continuing on the success of Ashley's other food destination spot in Qualicum Bay, Tidal Taco Shack. Both are winners! ~

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Predictions - March 2017 Aries (March 21-April 19) This month, you are strong and

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Shop for wardrobe items for yourself. Conversations with younger people are likely. This is a wonderful year for Aries to marry or explore new partnerships. And it is also your year to get performance ready for big things awaiting you in 2018. (Thinking a summer wedding?)

Start picking out china patterns.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) You’re entering a popular month! This is the perfect time to talk to bosses, employers and anyone who can help you advance in your job. Consider what is working and what is not. And lo! Your major luck this year is that you can improve your job and how you earn your money to pay your bills.

Work-related travel will increase. Stand on your strong Taurus feet. Bully for you!

Gemini (May 21-June 20) 2017 is your year for a vacation! It’s the best year in over a decade for Geminis to party, explore the arts, enjoy romance, sports events and playful times with children. Meanwhile, you have been busting your buns since 2012. However, since 2015, you took the bit in your mouth and started to call your own shots. The problem with this is existing partnerships are challenged by your new approach. This year you will either commit or cut bait.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) This month you want to travel.

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rent something better. It’s your luckiest year for real estate in over a decade. Fortunately, because you are working so hard this year – you will get results.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) You want to talk to close friends and partners because Mercury is opposite your sign this month. Meanwhile, your current focus is on shared property, inheritances, taxes and debt. You gave up a lot during 2003-05; and this year, your optimism for your future is your greatest strength. Make big plans. Travel for pleasure appeals now, so get out of town! (“Scenery is here! Wish you were beautiful.”)

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) This month the Sun is opposite your sign, which means you will need more sleep.

Factoid. Your sex drive is strong now because of Venus and Mars. (Oh yeah.) Venus will also help you to get money and goodies from others. Good time to ask for a loan or a mortgage. Admittedly, disputes about shared property might occur. Continue to look for ways to boost your income or get a better paying job this year because they exist.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Your focus is on your health and ways to improve your job this month because you want to improve every aspect of your life and get better organized. Venus opposite your sign makes relations with others smooth as honey; but Mars makes you annoyed with someone. (Admittedly, they are annoying.) You want to establish a firm anchor for yourself in the world.

Something nice. No more shabby chic. (What about a new sofa? A davenport? A chesterfield?)

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Lucky you! This month is full of parties, vacations, romance, love affairs, sports events and playful times with children. (Yay me!) Accept invitations to party. Enjoy schmoozing with others. It’s also a very creative time for you. (Go do that voodoo that you do so well.) In many ways, this year is a time of preparation for you because for the first time since 2006, lucky Jupiter will enter your sign in October. You must get ready! “Shops must be visited. Money must be spent!”

What will I wear to the ball?

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You have a strong focus on home, family and dealing with a parent this month.

You might cocoon at home more than usual because it feels good. Nevertheless, both Venus and Mars want you to party! They will attract romance and social outings to you. This is not surprising because the theme for Sagittarians this year is popularity. What is most important to know is that not only will you enjoy schmoozing with others, all your interactions with others will benefit you as well.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Around 2010-2011 you were on top of your game. This year, once again, despite the fact that circumstances have changed, you are again on top of your game because this year you can put your name up in lights! Meanwhile, this month is busy with short trips, errands, reading, writing and studying. Plus you have home redecorating plans. So much to do – so little money.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) This is a powerful month for you; and it’s a powerful year. Ironically, it’s even going to be an even better year next year!

(Mom always liked you best.) This month your focus is on money, cash flow, earnings as well as major expenditures and dealing with the stuff you own.

Take an inventory. Be in control of your wealth, assets and possessions. Continue to look for opportunities to travel because this will be your theme for 2017. Who feels more at home in an airport than you?

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) This month is all about you, dear Pisces because the Sun is giving you a chance to recharge your batteries for the rest of the year. This means you will replenish and restore yourself. It also means you will magically attract favourable situations and people to you. Look for ways to boost your earnings because you can.

Remember that throughout the year, you have the advantage when it comes to dividing something or dealing with shared property or inheritances. Yes, finally, for the first time in over a decade, the world owes you a favour! ~

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by Joanne Sales

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ith all the important focus on immigrants, I thought it would be a good time to bring forward a story and article I wrote in 1985 when I lived outside of Washington, D.C. For five years, Southeast Asian refugees were frequent visitors in our home and a major part of my life. When we left the DC area, unfortunately I lost touch with them.

But here is a bit of our story together.

a u-turn and back-tracking to his home.

This young father had just escaped his war torn country in Cambodia. When we headed in the wrong direction, he thought we were kidnapping him and started to scramble to get out of the car.

But after we made the u-turn, he settled down. The couch was the only piece of furniture in their apartment that housed his wife, elderly mother and three children.

Back in the early 80s, my husband and two sons moved back into the old farm house where I had grown up, in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. My mother had had a debilitating stroke and needed full-time care in the home. On one side of the house was a park where the Northwest Branch of the Anacostia River ran through. On either side of the creek and our old house were apartment complexes built in the late 40s to house some of the many young families starting after World War II. By 1985, those apartments were run down, and it was more of a welfare complex. Among others, there were many refugees from Southeast Asia. Our house was an oasis between the two complexes.

A couple weeks later, he came to my house and in his broken English explained to me that his sister and her husband just arrived in downtown Washington, D.C.. Would I please go pick them up? “Do you have an address?” No. How will we find them? He didn’t know. What’s his name? Seng Song.

We decided we wanted to give away a sofa couch that had been given to us. So I walked out to the big road and stopped the first man I saw, a Cambodian refugee. “Do you want a couch? A bed?”

I managed to communicate enough to him so that he walked into our house, saw the couch and said yes. So we loaded it into the truck. Because it was a four lane highway, we had to turn away from his apartment before making

At that time of this article, 1985, I had been writing occasional editorials for a small neighbourhood newspaper. One evening, I was wandering around in the house struggling to find a new topic, hopefully something intelligent and insightful. Oh phooey, I decided. I’ll just write what’s happening. So I wrote the following article: __________ VIETNAMESE NEIGHBORS HELP REPAY A FAMILY’S LOSS Printed 1985 - Prince George’s Journal.

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y brother, Kurt, died in Vietnam 17 years ago. (Now 39 years ago.)

Today I am reminded of his life in a strange, circuitous way.

As a boy, Kurt played by the creek, watched “Combat” on television, and spent many hours getting shot by imaginary enemies in the back yard. He fell so authentically and lay still for so long that my mother often went outside to make sure he was all right.

After dinner, we got into the car, my paralyzed mother, the young Cambodian father and myself. We went to one apartment, and then someone suggested another, and another. Just before dark, we walked into another tiny apartment, where 25 newly arrived refugees were crowded together, some asleep, some chatting. There they were!

Even more miraculous was this. When I introduced myself, the young man answered back to me in perfect English.

Kurt walked a lot and made friends with people that no one else took the time to know. One such person was an older Chinese man who was the only Asian in our neighborhood when we were children. Kurt used to talk to him for hours and then come home to sit on the big iron radiator in the living room and stare out across the field to the creek.

That was his place to think.

Seng became a very good friend. He had lost every member of his family in the Killing Fields of Cambodia. His friendship became the open door to meeting many of the refugees that lived next door to us. I learned much from them, and was allowed intimate insights into their world.

Kurt was raised on a heavy helping of King Arthur stories and tales of World War II, so when the war in Vietnam

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became intense, he enlisted. On the night of Monday, November 20, 1968, he volunteered to take his buddy’s place on patrol duty. A man walking behind him triggered a hidden land mine. I imagine that Kurt fell the way he had practiced so many times as a boy. Whether or not his death made any difference politically - and I am afraid that it did not - Kurt believed he was protecting the people of Southeast Asia.

And now, 17 years later, my life is filled with Vietnamese and Cambodians who were in Southeast Asia while Kurt was there, but who left, fleeing for their lives, and have come to live beside the same creek where Kurt used to climb trees. By some strange twist of karma or cosmic scheme of compensation, their presence here is helping to repay me for the loss I experienced when my brother died.

These people enrich my life. They are loyal friends - not perfect, but faithful and grateful.

Whenever I am inclined to lose faith in humanity, they will appear in my yard like stray children, for they cannot speak English very well. “I help you. What do?” they ask.

At first I did not know how to respond to that kind of generosity. A large tree fell down in a storm in our backyard.

Eight refugees from Cambodia came and cut and tied and carried the wood for three hours until the fallen tree was gone.

That is what a friend does, I have learned. A friend comes over when a neighbor’s tree gets struck by lightning.

I did not know that.

Why have I been blessed with these friends? In some way it must be connected to my brother, because I believe that they are a gift.

Most of them repress the habit of bowing because it is so un-western,

so instead they will “almost bow” before my mother, who is confined to a wheelchair, and call her “mother” or “grandmother.”

My Cambodian friend, Seng, calls me “sister.” Of course, that pattern is cultural, but by what strange coincidence does this man from Southeast Asia call me sister? And who would have thought 17 years ago when my mother lost her son, that when she was old, young people from Cambodia and Vietnam would bow to her and call her “mother?”

One day a Vietnamese couple came to my door asking me to help them move to their new apartment. My first thought was, “I don’t have time.” But there they stood and they had nowhere else to go.

So I said yes.

The man had no top teeth. His wife told me, “When the communists came, they knock his teeth out with a big stick.” So here this man comes, smiling his toothless smile, wearing sandals in the snow, believing in America and believing in me. Believing I am something that I wish that I were. It is quite a gift they give me.

I came home exhilarated. Why, I asked myself, should I feel exhilarated after moving a couple with two children into a small apartment where three people were already living? Why should I be happy when the only toys the boys had were a pink plastic blow-up rabbit and a soft basketball? Why should they be happy?

All I know is that by their graciousness they free me. They show me that my problems on the material plane are unimportant. Sometimes I feel imprisoned by a lack of money, but after I am with them, I find I am free from that prison. Suddenly I have everything I need. They reawaken me to the world

of human beings. It is quite a gift they give me.

Most of them work hard and give up their welfare long before they can speak English. They are definitely in need of more help, but they do not like to take where they cannot give in return. They are respectful, honorable people that we can learn from.

For a while, a woman named Hungvung helped me take care of my mother.

When it was time to stop working, she did not want to stop. “Don’t pay me,” she said. What should I do? Tell her it is un-American to work without pay?

Our neighborhood has gone down, some people say. It would be wonderful if we could always be cursed with such blessings.

Is it possible that these people are a gift to our country in return for the losses so many people experienced because of the war? They are repaying me over and over, and I am only one person.

They are valuable persons. I am sure my brother Kurt would agree. After all, he took their wellbeing very seriously.

Spring 1985 ____________ I submitted the article to a larger paper in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.

They printed it, they gave me a weekly column in their paper, and the article won the best local column of the year in the Maryland-Delaware-DC Press Association Editorial Contest for mid-sized papers that year.

So to all the other gifts I mentioned in that article, my refugee friends gave me yet another gift. That’s how I got started writing.

Joanne Sales is a freelance writer, blueberry farmer, and offers workshops in EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), and the fine art of brewing Kombucha. Comments and questions about her articles and/or upcoming workshops can be directed to joanne@glasswing.com.

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DISCOVERING DISCOVERING IN NANOOSE

by Kim Leslie Young

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y choice of hikes has changed considerably over the last year. I have absolutely loved the many times when I could spend an entire morning hiking with friends, either walking a familiar trail or exploring a new one. Most of my friends or the “hiking gang” are also dog owners, and so, a hike would be “double-duty”. The exhilaration of these half-day treks has for me, now been replaced by the satisfaction of looking for a much shorter trail but one with an intriguing destination point.

My beautiful and beloved dog, Emma, a lab cross, has severe osteoarthritis in not just one leg, but all four limbs. I have had the privilege of being Emma’s owner for nearly ten years and although she hiked the 8km Ripple Rock trail less than a year ago, her physical condition no longer allows for long or strenuous walks.

Yes, I could still do longer hikes and leave Emma at home, but that happens rarely, and only if I’m stocked up on marrow bones to feed her and my guilty conscience. Most often, the hike becomes a leisurely stroll and of late, I have been rather enthused by destinations that have some historical significance.

Every time you buy a pair of Roma boots, a new pair is donated to a child in need.

No one would question that there is a great deal of fascinating history in a province called Saskatchewan or cities named Edmonton and Winnipeg, and all are places that are dear to me and places that I have called home. Although I knew some of the history of these areas, I didn’t really dedicate any spare time to learning more. So, why am I suddenly delving into the history of Vancouver Island?

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I believe it’s because history is practically knocking on my door. The island’s smaller communities, separated by long stretches of Island highway, leave room to explore land unchanged. Riparian rights and crown foreshore serve the same purpose while also preserving historical artifacts. As I am discovering new and shorter trails, I am also discovering some of these artifacts. Just a short distance from home, I have seen ancient petroglyphs, culturally modified trees and remnants of industry from decades ago.

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Our tide table measurements are taken from the Hornby Island substation.

For other tides, visit http://www.tides.gc.ca/eng on the Internet.

Printed courtesy Canadian Hydrographic Service.

LOCAL TIDE March 2017

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Email: classified@eyesonbc.com SERVICES OFFERED / NEEDED THE FIX-IT SHOP – Repairs to all makes and models of lawnmowers and ride on lawn tractors, including John Deere. Pick-up and delivery available. Used equipment for sale. Call (250) 702-2191 or email fixitshop009@gmail.com LIGHTHOUSE TRAILS GROUP Needs your volunteer help! FMI Call: Val Weismiller: (250) 757-9667.

CAREGIVER NEEDED - Looking for a caregiver for our 2 children (2 & 6 yrs old) - $11.50/hr, 40 hrs/week, optional free accommodation.

Large dog at house. 250-240-8119

Specializing in spoiling your beloved pets!

Loving & Reliable care of your cats & small dogs in your home while you are away. Fully insured & Bonded, 20+ years in business, great references.

Servicing Qualicum to Fanny Bay! Also providing other "away from home" services & overall security checks during my visits.

Enjoy a worry-free vacation and come home to happy pets! *Free nail clipping! www.thecatsmeowcatsitting.com

Amanda (250) 457-0998 Come visit me on Facebook!

EFT - EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TECHNIQUE WORKSHOPS - Learn how this effective technique can help you find your way to better emotional health. joanne@glasswing. com www.islandhealing.ca KOMBUCHA - Make Your Own Kombucha Workshops offered in Coombs by Joanne Sales who has been making Kombucha for over 20 years. Contact Joanne for more information about both these workshops. joanne@glasswing. com www.islandhealing.ca

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BILL VEENHOF

Regional Director, Area H billveenhof.com - ph: 778-424-2810 ■ bill.veenhof@shaw.ca

WINTER STORMS

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e all experienced some significant back-to-back snow events. I am told by people that have lived here all their lives that, this was the biggest event in memory.

In a classic rural response, I noted that a great many people helped each other out, well done! This makes us strong.

For the most part, EMCON had our main and secondary roads cleaned within 48 hours. When you consider that EMCON has limited equipment and manpower to deal with these rare events, their response was excellent, although I am sure there were some challenges. You should note that snow removal is not an RDN jurisdiction.

It is important to highlight the efforts of our Fire Departments, BC Hydro and BC Ambulance. These organizations were tested with very difficult working conditions but kept us safe.

The Bow Horne Bay Fire Department was busy during the event and noted an upsurge in calls. It is noteworthy that these fine volunteers fought a large fire at the end of the last storm, well done!

A lesson for all of us is that it is important to ensure that there is a shoveled access to your home when there is a snow event. This will improve first responders ability to help if you need it.

LINDA TENNEY Most of us know Linda Tenney who is the owner/editor of EyesOnBC Magazine.

Linda produces the magazine EyesOnBC from her home in Qualicum Bay. She has helped to define the communities in Lighthouse Country on Vancouver Island, while promoting 1 6

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local businesses and introducing us to interesting neighbours. She has helped countless community events with free advertising, focussed articles, Facebook photos and mentions on her regular radio spot each month, and has supported community based initiatives in many forms with her coverage and presence.

If anyone is interested in trying to set something like this up, let me know and we can talk. This would not involve the RDN.

Linda will be facing a major challenge with a rare cancer that has come back with a vengeance. She will have a great deal of out of pocket expenses with trips that will take her out of her community for chemotherapy and other medical appointments. These expenses will include transportation and accommodation costs, extra costs for medication not covered by Pharmacare to quell nausea and other chemo side-affects, and any quality-oflife accessories that may be needed.

RDN RECREATION ACTIVITIES Parksville Lion’s and Save-OnFoods Free Family Skate - Last family skate is March 12. Children must be accompanied by an adult, 19yrs+. Pond hockey is not available during this session. Head to Oceanside Place Arena on Sundays March 5 and 12th from 12:15 to 1:45 pm. Free Event. Phone RDN, Recreation and Parks 250-2483252 or view skate and swim schedules online at www.rdn.bc.ca/recreation.

While we're all expecting Linda to survive her second 'journey', should her future offer a different scenario, she would like to visit the home of her ancestors, Kendal, Cumbria, England to fill in the gaps of her family tree, a family legacy project she's been working on for the past 20 years. Kendal holds centuries of information about her ancestors; a story waiting to be preserved for future generations of her family.

Dad’s Night Out: Free Skate - Dads, bring the kids to Oceanside Place Arena and enjoy a free skate together on the pond Tuesday, March 7th from 6:30 to 7:30 pm. This free skate is sponsored by our partners at Building Learning Together. Phone RDN, Recreation and Parks 250-248-3252 or view skate and swim schedules online at www.rdn. bc.ca/recreation.

Hopefully we will be able to raise enough to cover her treatment related expenses and have some additional funds to put towards helping her get to visit Kendal.

Spring Break Out Everyone Welcome Swims and Skates - Spend your spring break at Ravensong Aquatic Centre or Oceanside Place Arena.

There will be everyone welcome swims each day of the week with organized games planned on Tuesday and Thursday. March 13-24 from 1:30 to 4:00p. Oceanside Place Arena will also host a variety of public skates. Regular admission. Phone RDN, Recreation and Parks 250-248-3252 or view skate and swim schedules online at www.rdn. bc.ca/recreation.

Fund raising efforts are underway to support this and you can donate at the Bowser branch of the Union Bay Credit Union or online at www.gofundme/LindaTenney Linda has a blog for those wanting to know more details of her journey.

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Over the past years, I have had several conversations with people who are interested in “gleaning”. In a rural context, gleaning is about finding sources of food and connecting people to that food. For instance, I know that there are a great many fruit trees in our area the go unharvested. If someone were interested, a system could be set up where those trees were identified and people connected to them. Gleaning isn’t just about fruit, but could include excess garden produce, seafood, etc.

A gleaning model could include preserving the food, (canning, etc).

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Brickyard Cove - continued from page 13 Nanoose Bay is not far from my home and offers lots of great nooks and crannies to explore and a rich colorful history. Its name is believed to be derived from “Nuas”, a First Nations word meaning to “push or work in” and describes the shape of the bay. The area is mainly residential now, but a century ago Nanoose Bay encompassed “big business”; a thriving sawmill exporting lumber to Japan, a gunpowder and explosives manufacturing plant and a brickmaking plant.

The brickmakers were an entrepreneurial bunch, pioneers who began hauling clay to the “brick factory”, a small cove where barges were used to haul the finished bricks away to international markets. The fields where they gathered clay for the bricks is now Fairwinds Golf Club.

Brickyard Cove, the site of the brickmaking plant, is a five-acre oceanfront park and the most recent addition to my list of short and sweet hikes. I first heard kayakers chatting about it in a lineup at a local coffee shop and they gave me a general idea of where it was. When I mentioned it to friends from the Nanoose community, they said they’d never

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I found it on a warm but overcast Friday in mid-April one year. Well-hidden indeed, the two entrances to this idyllic cove, also called Brickyard Bay and Brickyard Community Park, are located in the upscale, highly developed Fairwinds neighbourhood.

From either the RDN park trailhead on Andover Road or the entrance at Amberwood Lane, a very short stroll takes you down easy trails to scenery that is truly enchanting.

Watercolor paintings are made of this; panoramic and picture-perfect views of coves, their rocky shores framing ocean waters.

The small bay here presents a lovely pebbled beach, rather protectively tucked away, quiet and unoccupied except for a lovely Great Blue Heron wading at the shore. A mountain backdrop showcases the adjacent Winchelsea Islands.

I thought I might be fortunate to spot even small remnants of the work done by these enterprising brickmakers of yesteryear, but as it turned out, a glimpse into the past was the added charm to this lovely hideaway.

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Emma at Brickyard Cove

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"After the Flood" by Judith Currelly

'NORTHERN TAPESTRY’ ‘A Lost World' "Northern Tapestry - A Lost World: a stirring multimedia show featuring the evocative lyrics and music of Geoff Noble. He is accompanied by an inspiring visual feast of over 375 projected art and photographic images contributed by a number of renowned Canadian landscape artists and photographers. The thematically driven narrative is presented by actress, Susan Shillingford, along with Noble. This theatrical, one-of-a-kind show, which creates a unique view into the extraordinary beauty and enduring strength of the Canadian landscape, features the deeply personal voices of Canada’s writers, poets, and peoples, and has been described as 'a glimpse into the soul of Canada'” - Arthur Black, CBC host and author; Salt Spring Is., BC 2014.

Tickets available at the Village Theatre Box Office. 250 752 3522 · Adults $20, Students $15.

"A magnificent show....not to be missed."

- Elizabeth Nolan, Gulf Islands Driftwood,Salt Spring Island, BC. 2014.

For more information Whistling Fish Productions at www.whistlingfishproductions.com

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“Our theatre patrons were captivated from the first note to the last image.”

-Phillip Sutton, Theatre Manager, Mary Winspear Centre, Victoria, BC 2015.

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ometimes beautiful natural scenes flash by so quickly we don't have time to fully appreciate them. Even a camera requires reaction time. In such situations, memory and words can create a lasting record. This poem attempts to convey an image that lasted only a split second.

About this Poem ...

A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN A brace of mallards wings across the sky at dusk above the trees of the Beaufort Range and, for an instant, each’s outline lies emblazoned on a horn of the falcate moon, symmetrical, conjoined by a smile of light, and hitched together, coupled by that crescent.

There, silhouetted on the incandescent

This poem describes a symmetrical image and the poem itself is symmetrical. There are two six-lines halves, each a single sentence. The lines are, with minor ornamentation, iambic pentameter. (Each has five da-DA beats.) The main symmetry comes from the mirror-image rhyme-scheme: abcdef fedcba.

One of the joys of writing poetry is finding what the French call "le mot juste". There's a difference between an unusual word that's used primarily for show (a "poeticism") and one that fits the meaning and meter so perfectly no other choice seems possible. When I was writing this, "falcate" put a smile on my face.

arc of gold, they seem to pause for night to usher them to wetlands, then a loon calls and they are gone—to our surprise their fleeting union leaves us feeling strange, like honored wedding-guests, not passers-by.

John Beaton lives in Qualicum Beach. His poetry has been widely published. He served for four years as moderator of one of the Internet’s most reputable poetry workshops and is a Spoken Word performer, a member of the band Celtic Chaos, and a co-organizer of local events, including a community showcase for musicians and Spoken Word performers, the Qualicum Acoustic Café (QUAC). You can find samples of John’s work by searching online for “John Beaton poetry”. To receive a monthly newsletter about local community events organized by John and his family and friends, email him at jabeaton@gmail.com. ~ M A R C H

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LIONS RECREATION HALL (LRH) 280 Lions Way, Qualicum Bay. Let's FLOOR CURL! Join our floor curling club for winter fun and friendship! We play September to May on Mondays and Fridays, 1-3pm at the Lions Rec Hall in lovely Qualicum Bay. No equipment is needed, curling rocks are supplied, and floor curling is affordable, easy to play and great for all ages and capabilities. Our Club is "55+ Seniors Games" eligible. FMI call Fred or Lorraine at 250-752-0216.

Lighthouse Country & beyond LIGHTHOUSE COMMUNITY CENTRE (LCC) 240 Lions Way, Qualicum Bay. SECOND SUNDAY MARKET at the Lighthouse Community Centre in Qualicum Bay – Sunday March 12th - 8am-noon, Pancake Breakfast - $6 or $8. Enjoy live music, breakfast, shopping for a treasure, or even a few chickens for your coop!

Members of the LCC Hall Board will be serving up breakfast this month.

BOW HORNE BAY COMMUNITY CLUB Join us in the Nordin Room at the Lighthouse Community Centre the 4th Thursday of each month at 7pm. Welcome new members to keep our yearly events ongoing. Call Lynette at 250-240-3463 or email us at bowhornebayclub@gmail.com SOUPY CAFÉ - COMMUNITY LUNCH - By Donation. 1st Wednesday of each month.

Noon To 1:30pm only. Lunch, games, entertainment. Lighthouse Community Centre - 240 Lions Way, Qualicum Bay. All welcome.

At the Lighthouse Community Centre LIGHTHOUSE BADMINTON, PICKLEBALL, AND TABLE TENNIS on Mondays at 7pm, starting Monday Sept 19th. PICKLEBALL and TABLE TENNIS on Thursdays at 7pm, starting Thursday Sept. 22nd. Times may change. $4 drop-in fee. Beginners welcome. Equipment provided. Players 15+ years. Info-ph. 250757-8307 steelehunt@shaw.ca LIGHTHOUSE SENIORS – Branch 152 – meet at 11:30am in the Seniors Room at the Lighthouse Community Centre on the first Monday of every month. For more information, please call Joan at 250-7579536.

TAOIST™ TAI CHI - Mondays 9:30-noon at the Lighthouse Community Centre in Qualicum Bay. Wednesdays to May 2017, 10:45-12:15, at the OAP Hall in Fanny Bay. Contact: Richard 250-752-1231.

LIGHTHOUSE SPINNERS – Bring your Spinning Wheels and fibre and meet the Lighthouse Spinners at the LCC, Tuesdays at 10:30am. FMI Call 778-424-1001.

LIGHTHOUSE COUNTRY SCRAPBOOKERS Meet 3rd Saturday monthly at the Lions' Rec Hall, 9:30am-4:30pm. $10. Door prizes. FMI Jorgie 250-757-8358 or Shirley 250-7578384.

CARPET BOWLING – 12:45 to 3pm at the LCC. FMI Call Layne (250) 757-8217.

QUALICUM BAY LIONS CLUB – Meet at 7pm, every second and fourth Tuesday in the Lions Den at the Lions’ Rec Hall.

AA LIGHTKEEPERS - Fridays at 7pm at the LCC. FMI contact (250) 757-2300.

BRIDGE – Nordin Room 1-4pm Fridays at the LCC. FMI Sheila Steele 250-757-8307.

FOR MORE ACTIVITIES AT THE LCC, VISIT WWW.COMMUNITYHALL.CA

“Spam and Maple Syrup” nights at the Village Theatre, Qualicum Beach

PARKSVILLE / QUALICUM BEACH AND AREA

It had to happen eventually. ECHO Players will be presenting 3 nights of British and Canadian comedy skits. The 3 nights will be Thursday to Saturday, March 9, 10 and 11, 2017. The evening will include many of our talented members presenting Monty Python favourites (e.g. The Dead Parrot, The Four Yorkshiremen, etc.) plus some great Canadian skits as well.

Trivia Night at the Hall, presented by the Bow Horne Bay Community Club. Saturday March 11. Doors: 7pm. Games: 7:30 sharp.

A fun evening of Trivia with new categories, extra fun games, cash bar, and homebaking. Tickets $12 in Bowser at the Georgia Park Store and the Salish Sea Market.

The comedy evening will be for mature audiences and will not be suitable for children. The producers guarantee that there will be something to offend everyone.

Qualicum Beach Family History Society will hold its Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, March 15, 7pm at the Qualicum Legion. The meeting will feature Family History questions from the membership, being addressed by a panel of experts. Guests welcome.

There will also be giveaways and prizes to be won.

Happy Wanderers’ Travel Club meets at the Shelley Road Hall (Parksville) on Wednesday, March 22/17. Travel desk opens at 1:30; regular meeting begins at 2:00. New members are welcome. Please bring your own coffee mug or tea cup.

The evening performances begin at 7:30pm. Ticket prices will be $15:00. For ticket information, please call the Village Theatre Box Office at 250-752-3522.

Based at the Village Theatre in Qualicum Beach, ECHO Players is a community theatre society which has served Oceanside and beyond for over 40 years.

The Eaglecrest Garden Club meets on Wednesday March 15, 2017, 7pm at the Qualicum Beach Civic Centre. All welcome.

Non-Members $3. Speaker: Kathy Claxton.

Topic: Sowing Seeds: Timing is everything.

For more info: Jenny 250-954-3888

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133 MCMILLAN ST, PARKSVILLE

SHOWING THROUGHOUT MARCH

"Pounding Surf" by Randy Hall

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VANCOUVER ISLAND – THROUGH MY LENS A PHOTO EXHIBITION BY RANDY HALL Randy Hall is a Vancouver Island photographer specializing in nature photography, whether it is capturing natural settings such as seascapes or forest landscapes or the plants and animals that inhabit this part of British Columbia.

people think of contrast, they think colours and tones. There can also be contrast in content. An example of this can be seen in some of Randy’s early morning images of Parksville Bay. Towering or threatening clouds can instill the feeling of unrest, while the calm waters of the bay say serenity. “It’s this type of scene, and the incorporation of weather, that interests me the most", says Randy.

Randy considers himself a landscape photographer first, but also an opportunistic wildlife photographer. “My photos are my interpretation of works by a true master…

Mother Nature”, explains Randy.

Description of Work: Large format photographic prints on various media. For this show, Randy will be displaying canvas and brushed aluminum prints, ranging from 12x8 inches to 38x19 inches. Subjects include Vancouver Island landscapes, forest scenes and wildlife. All pieces have never been displayed at MAC in the past.

Randy has developed a style that shows enhanced colours and contrast. When many

Images of some of Randy's available through Fine Art America. Website: http://RandyHallPhotography.com/. He also promotes his work on Facebook (www.facebook.com/RandyHallPhotography).

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