May 2013 - EyesOnBC Magazine

May 2013 vol 2 issue 05

Central Vancouver Island Edition

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6 The MAC ... 100 years of “Building” Community

FEATURES 6 The MAC ... 100 years of “Building” Community

TRAVEL & OUTDOORS

14 Travellin’ with Carolyn: Just Like Mom’s 18 Tide Table

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COMMUNITY LIFE

From the Desk of Bill Veenhoff, RDN Director Area H Facing Aging & Dying with Quality of Life The Art of Conscious Living: “Good Idea - Bad Idea” Inspired by Community

COMMUNITY PEOPLE

15 Images & Voices: Cara Caldwell. Taking School Lunches to a Whole New Level.

20 SoundBites: Dave Marco, musician

14 Bev O’Hara’s baking is “Just Like Mom’s”

HEALTH & WELLNESS

12 Hearing Aids: What Are Reasonable Expectations For The Consumer?

21 Health & Wellness Matters: Things to know about your medication

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

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Our Front cover this month is titled “Pitch Fork” by Jodi Lekx. Jodi is one of the younger residents of Lighthouse Country. At 12 years old, Jodi’s already showing that she has a real photographic ‘eye’, and we hope she continues exploring her obvious creative talent.

Jodi currently attends Qualicum Middle School and is in Grade 6.

15 Images & Voices: Cara Caldwell.

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The MAC in 1918 ... and as it stands today, the home of the Oceanside Community Arts Council (OCAC)

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133 MCMILLAN STREET ... 100 YEARS OF ‘BUILDING’ COMMUNITY

by Lisa Verbicky

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hey say nothing can trigger a memory more than a smell. When I walk through the doors of the old McMillan Art’s Centre - MAC in Parksville, the distinct aroma of painted heritage timber is something I’ve come across many times in my travels, from the restored prairie churches at Fort Edmonton Park to the re-enacted cottages of early forestry workers at the Cowichan Forestry Museum and the old Tea House at Lake Louise. Even the dark corners of the Empress Hotel have this smell. Evocative, intoxicating, almost comforting, these are the vapors of human history.

At 133 McMillan Street, I let my imagination ebb on the winds of change, coasting over 1913 and through 1976 where the building housed the Parksville Superior School. I can hear the scraping of wooden desks on wooden floors, and can see squirming children, pigtails, black boots and then corduroy bell bottoms. There’s chalk dust on the floor. Faintly, there’s the tinkle of piano music and the soft brushing of leather slippers from the days it was home to a ballet school. I can smell coffee and hear the low roar of community as it

gathers in countless meetings and socials discussing anything from farming to Christmas concerts and bake sales.

Now, this treasured old building is home to the Oceanside Community Arts Council (OCAC), who founded the MAC in 1990. On it’s walls are evidence of blooming creativity, a visual archive of of mindful expression in the way of paintings and photographs by local artists. In its main gallery space, are a set of chairs facing each other waiting for great ideas to pass between them. In a side gallery are new photographs of coastal living, ironically reworked to look old, pulling the present back in time with sepia tones and old textures.

Today, the upper floor boasts the MAC’s three galleries, a studio, and gift shop. It serves as a multi-purpose space for exhibitions and juried art shows, film showings, musical events, arts programming, workshops, and social and civic gatherings. continued on page 10

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FROM THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR BILL VEENHOF Regional Director, Area H billveenhof.com  ph: 778-424-2810 bill.veenhof@shaw.ca

Hello to all the residents of Area H

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ince my last update, I find I have been quite busy. Most of my time has been tied up with the discussion and votes associated with the development application in Deep Bay that is being made by Baynes Sound Investments. I also enjoyed a good weekend in Sooke where I attended the annual conference of the Association of Vancouver Island Coastal Communities, (AVICC).

AVICC is an umbrella organization that represents local governments on Vancouver Island. Much of the agenda was spent discussing and voting on resolutions submitted for debate. At AVICC, motions that pass are forwarded for discussion to the Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM).

UBCM is quite influential within the BC Government. This year, the RDN submitted 3 resolutions for discussion, all passed.

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If you have questions or comments, please contact me at bill.veenhof@shaw. ca.

RECENT MOTIONS I made two motions recently that were designed to respond to irritants in Area H communities: I moved that “Directors be given the optional opportunity to comment on ALC applications.” This was referred for comment to the Agricultural Committee and in due course will be voted on by the Board.

I moved “That staff be directed to prepare a report to the Board on a proposed consultative process with the intent of identifying rural signage concerns and reducing any impediments to effective signage”. This motion was passed.

That provincial tsunami warning be accomplished within 2 minutes of a NOAA notification. This was similar to a City of Parksville resolution.

That the Province and DFO work towards permitting Streamkeeping Societies to do works in Streams. This has in its roots the issues that NCES has with getting a water license to support stream changes.

That the Province be required to inform local governments when they are licensing activity by Ministries in our areas. This had in its roots, last year’s licensing, by MoA of seaweed harvesting without dialogue with the residents of Area H. I was surprised and pleased with the strength of support for this resolution.

AVICC also advises that there has been little movement resolving issues with derelict vessels, but will continue to advocate for this problem.

DEEP BAY DEVELOPMENT - BAYNES SOUND INVESTMENTS On 9 April, the EAPC voted on whether or not to let the Baynes Sound Investments application proceed. I am typing this on April 15 and a review by Sustainability Select Committee and final Board vote has yet to come. So, since I have but one vote, I do not know what the final status of the motion will be when you read this.

Prior to the vote, on 9 April, the EAPC heard from several speakers both for and against the development. All these comments were appreciated. Additionally, I have gotten a considerable amount of email traffic on this subject.

I moved: “That the Electoral Area Planning Committee support a review of the application by Baynes Sound Investments for a new RVC in Deep Bay and that the application proceed through he process to amend the Electoral Area H Official Community Plan and the Regional Growth Strategy”.

The motion was carried unanimously.

In explaining this vote, I stated to the EAPC and audience; “When I set out to work for Area H as a Director, I made it a goal to be as open and transparent as I could possibly be. Given the feedback I have received, I have been largely successful. I have tried hard to reflect the wishes of the residents continued on page 13

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continued from page 6 The lower part of the building is home to the Parksville and District Association for Community Living (PDAC), a non-profit that supports people in the community with disabilities.

The MAC’s own MACoustic Folk Club will also be on hand, taking people back with a 100 Years of Music concert featuring former school musicians playing swing, rock, blues, acoustic, and folk.

The MAC’s event calendar is packed with art classes, workshops and performances.

In the studio on Tuesdays you’ll find the DeCosmos Art Group. Wednesday’s you’ll find the Wednesday Painters Group, the Young Singers Choir, and a Wednesday night Circle Jam starting at 7 p.m..

Friday’s in the studio are for the Paint Pals Painting Group, and alternate in the evening between a Blues Cabaret, featuring talented musicians such as the MAC’s own president, and broadcaster, Chris Raines, to the MACoustic Folk Club, and Storytelling night with renowned storyteller, Marva Blackmore, all beginning at 7 p.m.. The VIO Oceanside Recital Series begins Sunday, May 26th from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m..

The building is even geared to get a bit of a nip-n-tuck face lift with funding from the Ministry of Social Development to cover about $110,000 in labor costs provided as part of a Job Creation Project to refurbish the old building. Work will be coordinated by project partner, the Community Fisheries Development Centre, which will provide four EI-eligible recipients with construction experience while working on renovations for the building.

“We’re looking at replacing, replicating, repairing, and painting some of the old cladding that is ready to go, as well as making the building more energy and cost efficient with new windows and doors, better heating, and lighting,” says MAC’s president, Raines. “The building needs proper maintenance and repair if it’s going to last another 100 years. We actually are at the point where we have a short window of opportunity to fix it.”

“There’s something happening here almost everyday,” says MAC Programming Coordinator and Grant Writer, Val Dare.

For 100 years, the building on McMillan has been the heart of educational, cultural, and community activities in Parksville and the surrounding area, and the OCAC is geared to celebrate it’s Centennial in historic proportions.

Although the funding provides for labor costs, the MAC must come up with materials costs and is hoping that donations from the community, attendance at its programs and events, and membership sales will help to fund the reno.

Centennial exhibitions open May 28th and carry on until the end of June, including a three different art exhibitions featuring Parksville School Photographs 1913 - 1976, Painting Parksville Past - a replication of photographs painted by MAC’s Wednesday Painters Group, along with a 100 Years of the McMillan Building photographic display.

“It’s a great opportunity for a local building supplier to be recognized as investing in community arts and culture,” says Dare.

“We’ve already got support from Benjamin Moore.”

Also on their wish list would be some landscaping that might at one point incorporate a community garden that could be used by various seniors and youth groups, as well as their neighbours at the PDAC.

There will also be an opening wine and cheese reception on May 31st from 7 to 9 p.m., and an invite-only Parksville Superior School Alumni Tea on June 12th from 2 to 5 p.m. for past students and teachers.

“This building was purpose built as a public space. We want to make sure it’s around for future generations,” says Dare.

Families can also join in the celebrations with a Family Fun Day at the MAC in ‘the old school house’ featuring old fashioned games on Saturday, June 15th from 11 am to 3 p.m..

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into the evening and over the weekends for everyone in the community,” she says. “It’s about engagement in the arts.”

MAC is looking at programs that involve youth such as Youth Week/Month exhibitions, bursaries, promotion of school bands and young musicians, and by providing the facilities to school groups.

In 2010, with the help of a New Horizons Grant, the MAC created S.O.A.P, Seniors Outreach Arts Program, to bring seniors, who can often end up isolated, back into the community.

“It means a lot to older artists to be able to join a community where they can express themselves, especially in instances of illness or grief,” says Raines.

The MAC is also looking at ways to make their programming even more accessible, says Dare, and are hoping to tap into Raines’ broadcasting resources to be able to livefeed performances, workshops, lectures, etc., to the web for homebound members of the community.

Going forward, Raines also has big plans to at some point add more performance rooms, install a large scale screen and projector, and create space for performance art, small plays and a revival of local ballet.

“We may also have access to a rather large kitchen that would be a great tie in to a community garden, offering seniors, youth, and persons with disabilities a chance to learn to cook right from the garden,” says Dare.

“The big question for the community would be, ‘What would it be like...what would it have been like, without this building, the MAC and the PDAC?’” says Raines.

“This is not just a building, it’s about people. Celebrating it is about celebrating community.”

For more information on upcoming Centennial events or other programming at the MAC visit www.mcmillanartscentre.com, call 250-248-8185, email ocac@shaw.ca, or drop in at 133 McMillan Street. Its regular hours are Tuesday to Sat 10 am to 4 p.m..

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FACING AGING & DYING WITH QUALITY OF LIFE

by Diane Hancox

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any of us would rather not talk about our mortality, and may feel similar to Woody Allen: “I have no problem with dying, as long as I’m not there when it happens.” However, a more conscious view may be that of Mark Twain’s: “A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”

As this year’s National Hospice Palliative Care Week theme asks: “Canadians are aging. We’ve done the math. Have you?” The math equates to us realizing there are fewer years ahead of us than behind us, and prompts the questions: What matters most? What has my life been about? How can I live my life more fully?

The Oceanside Hospice Society welcomes you to reflect upon what matters most to you and how you want to live more fully, and invites you to participate in these events.

The annual “Hike for Hospice” happens on Sunday, May 5th. This event’s purpose is to raise much needed (underfunded) funds for hospice services and programs in the Oceanside community and, to raise awareness of the phenomenal work that volunteers and staff in the field of hospice palliative care perform daily in our community. Registration begins at 11 am at Valhalla House, with a lovely hike commencing at 12:30 pm, and wrap-up activities from 2-3 pm. Start getting your pledges now!

On Friday, May 10th, there will be a benefit concert featuring the uplifting and family appropriate vocals of The Vancouver Welsh Men’s Choir, which is Vancouver’s largest male choir. The evening begins at 7:30 pm at the Qualicum Beach Civic Center. Tickets are $25 and are available at Oceanside Hospice and the Coast Realty offices in both Parksville and Qualicum Beach. For a taste of their music, visit the website, http://www.vwmc.ca/music.

From May 4-18, there will be an opportunity for all community members to contribute to an innovative and internationally acclaimed art project. The “Before I Die I Want to …” project will be available at the Parkville Community Park Waterfront gazebo and the Qualicum Beach waterfront Tourist area. This project gives the opportunity for participants to interactively share what brings them quality of life. How will you make your life more meaningful?

For more details of the above events, visit www.oceansidehospice. com, email info@oceansidehospice.com or call 250-752-6227.

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Expect a diagnostic test and recommendations for a hearing aid based on your needs and lifestyle.

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continued from page 7 of Area H. Tonight, I find myself in a position where I just don’t know what the majority want. As we have seen, there are those in favour and those against the development. If I vote against moving forward, I risk ignoring the wishes of a significant number of residents. Conversely, moving forward might be seen as ignoring the wishes of those against. This isn’t so. This motion allows both points of view to be respected.”

I then explained the application flow chart, the immediate important steps are as follows: 1. The Sustainability Select Committee will have made a recommendation by the time you read this. (16 April) 2. The Board will have voted to proceed (or not) with the application, 23 April 3. The Board approves a Consultation Plan. That plan will include the provision for a survey of affected residents.

4. Public consultation occurs. At the end of the process, the survey will be conducted. The survey will ask if the survey participants want Deep Bay to be considered a Rural Village Center, (RVC) or not. Deep Bay needs to be an RVC if this is to go forward.

5. If the majority indicates that they do not want Deep Bay to be an RVC, then I will move in the EAPC that the application be stopped. Assuming a favourable vote by the EAPC (and subsequently the by Board) this would probably end the application and there will be no amendments to the RGS or OCP. You should all note, that I have but one vote and could be out voted. This is one of the reasons that a survey is important, as it will significantly strengthen my voting position.

6. If the majority indicates that they want an RVC, then the RGS and OCP would go thru the public process of amendment according to BC Government direction.

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BEV O’HARA’S BAKING IS “JUST LIKE MOM’S”!

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“Hot cross buns! Hot cross buns!

One ha’ penny, two ha’ penny, Hot cross buns!

If you have no daughters, Give them to your sons One ha’ penny, Two ha’ penny, Hot cross buns!”

he heavenly spicy aroma of fresh baking wafts through the door as Bev O’ Hara and Franc Charpentier welcome us into their home just south of Union Bay. Discovering it’s emanating from trays of Hot Cross Buns, just out of the oven and so fresh, the white icing crosses haven’t been added yet, nostalgically I think, “Wow, this is just like mom’s!”

Bev O’Hara ... the baker behind “Just Like Mom’s” • Carolyn Walton photo

However my mom didn’t bake ten to fifteen loaves of bread a day, or weekly, produce five kinds of buns, five types of cookies plus energy bars, ten dozen muffins, brownies, savoury and sweet scones, seven kinds of pies and butter tarts. Calling her business, Just Like Mom’s, baker, Bev, using old family recipes with her own modern twist, supplies her little serve-yourself cottage store with all of the above made from scratch! Customer favourites: Ancient Grains bread with its wheat flour, wheat bran, oat fibre, purple wheat, sunflower, kamut, spelt and quinoa seeds - Coconut Cream pies and her Healthy Fruit & Fibre muffins full of oat and wheat bran, ground flaxseed, whole pureed orange with blueberries or cranberries. Salivating yet?

“A customer in Parksville orders a whole batch of those muffins and freezes them.” she says.

including Vancouver Island Music Fest, Nautical days and The Big Time Out. “The summer of 2011, we decided to test our baking at the Qualicum Beach Farmers’ Market and were so successful we erected a small cottage store, opening Just Like Mom’s in November. A lot of customers who bought from us at the market that summer, drive up here to our little bakery cottage.” She bakes six days a week, trying to take Saturdays off, which doesn’t always work if they are short of baked goods. “I prefer to bake in small batches to keep things fresh,” she explains, but admits she does produce some 150 different kinds of baked goods!

The original guestbook is full, signed by folks from around the world, even celebrities. “When Franc fell and broke several ribs, he didn’t personally greet visitors as he likes to do. He was sitting on the porch one day and called to me that two extremely attractive women had entered the cottage. Later we checked the guest book and discovered one had signed her name: Suzanne Somers from California!” During the summer a tour company from Vancouver regularly stops in with its busload of Asian tourists and loads up on baking to take over to Quadra Island or buys some Qualicum Bay scallops and cooks them on their little stove on our picnic table here and has

No stranger to a home-based business, the Kyle, Saskatchewan native’s first trade was working with her hands, but as a florist, selling greenhouse plants and running a florist shop that bloomed into a large commercial business she operated for twenty years. Moving to the coast and working as a cook at various venues in Campbell River, Bev met her partner, Franc, and in 2007, started Steam Weaver coffees, a mobile specialty-coffee shop that proved a popular stop at Vancouver Island special events, 1 4

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However the Taiwanese tourists always request John Denver tunes and sing along in their own language!”

“People from the big cities, are surprised we are a serve-yourself shop. Although we do get the odd IOU we’ve only had goods taken once. In fact a woman from Qualicum Beach sent me a five dollar bill in the mail, apologizing because she realized she had taken too much change!”

Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, Just Like Mom’s offers a “dough-to-door” delivery service in the Union Bay to Courtenay/Comox area, Watch for highway 19A signs for Just Like Mom’s, open seven days a week at 265 Muschamp Road, just south of Union Bay or call: 250-335-0239. ~ [Editor’s note: Just like Mom’s is highly recommended by everyone at EyesOnBC Magazine! We just can’t resist a cookie, muffin or some other freshly baked sweet thing whenever we’re in the area!]

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TAKING SCHOOL LUNCHES TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL

by Rita Levitz

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hat’s for lunch at Bowser School? How about “Garfield’s Favourite Lasagna Soup,” or “Shrek’s Fettucine Alfredo” with shredded zucchini?

“Pizza Swirl Bun served with veggies is a perennial favourite,” says Cara Caldwell, the Bowser Elementary School Lunch Program chef extraordinaire. “The bread dough is rolled out; covered with tomato sauce, cheese and spices; rolled up, baked and sliced jelly-roll style. It looks beautiful on the plate.” Does that seem like the school lunch food you remember?

It is easy for Cara to name the person responsible, not just for her love of cooking, but her understanding of all the other connections we have with food. “It’s my Nanny; she’s been a huge influence in my life. She was the Grandma who made everything from scratch, and allowed room for me to learn, explore, taste and create.

I learned from an early age that preparing food was positive time spent and it made people happy. As I was raising my kids, with tight finances, I learned it was cheaper

Success speaks for itself. On average, 50 of the school’s 150 students avail themselves of this opportunity on the three days a week that the kitchen is open.

Cara makes all the breads, soups, snacks and entrees on-site.

“Children congregate by my open window screen during the Recess breaks, their eyes big, seeing and smelling. ‘How do you do that?’ ‘What smells so good?’ I just get barraged with questions. I love that part of the day.”

“There’s also a Recess Café where kids can buy snacks. You know what’s their favourite? Deviled eggs! The Recess Café isn’t just about food--some kids are so careful with their 50 cents, deliberating about what to have-- it’s about learning to make decisions too.”

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And what a table Cara can envision! “At a time when we’re teaching Reduce, Re-use, Recycle, we also have to lead by example.

I’ve replaced juice and milk boxes with re-usable cups. We’re starting to use reusable plates and utensils. It’s very exciting-the green perspective and the financial perspective go hand-in-hand. Ideally, I’d like to create a program that can be implemented in other schools, other districts.”

“I can foresee a Garden to Plate Program alongside this one; I can see involving local farms. And what about RDNsponsored after-school cooking classes for kids? There’s so much potential learning involved in kneading dough, getting your hands sticky…”

Although available to all students, one purpose of the Lunch Program is to fill the needs of students in financially precarious situations. Cara’s view goes even further. “My goal is to create something financially and environmentally sustainable and to offer students healthy choices. Trying new and healthy foods can be fun, especially if they come with beguiling, humourous names.”

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Cara uses Facebook and the school website so that parents and the community can be an active part of this multi-dimensional, dynamic program. “I post photographs and recipes so parents can see what their children are eating.

I also get enthusiastic comments that validate what I’m doing, and that feels great. The program couldn’t run without the much-appreciated financial support from local organizations, businesses and individuals.”

Feeding the body; feeding the soul; food for thought; you are what you eat--food really is at the core of our physical and cultural beings. Young taste buds are being trained to appreciate real Cara Caldwell • Rita Levitz photo food, while the recipes and the stories, to make four loaves of bread than to go out the valued connections, are being passed and buy it, that water was a healthier and forward. cheaper alternative than sugar-filled drinks.”

“I got a recipe from a friend of mine that I The diversity of Cara’s family and jobuse for the school lunch biscuits. When I related experiences seems to point like an told her about it, her eyes welled up with arrow to where she is right here and right emotion. ‘Those are my grandmother’s now. “This year, I felt like I had come to biscuits; it would make her so happy to a place in my life, a time in my life, when know that…’” ~

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“GOOD IDEA - BAD IDEA”

By Joanne Sales

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ood idea,” was often the comment from the very old Tibetan monk in a recent trilogy on climate change by Kim Stanley Robinson. I grew to appreciate that phrase.

What a good idea it is to call something a good idea. It’s even a good idea to call something a bad idea. “Good idea/ bad idea” is a gentler, kinder yardstick than good vs. evil. If we simply have a bad idea, at least we have a fighting chance to change our mind or a situation in a positive way.

So I started playing with “good idea/ bad idea”, and was surprised to find out that it’s a well used theme. “Good idea/ bad idea” was even a 30 second Tiny Toon Adventures cartoon segment of a character Mr. Skullhead, produced

by Steven Speilberg in the 90s. This cartoon illustrated over and over how a perfectly good idea with a slight alteration or taken to the extreme can becomes a bad idea. Poor Mr. Skullhead would then suffer the consequences.

Here are some examples:

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Good Idea (GI): Stopping to smell the roses. Bad Idea (BI): Stopping to feel the roses.

GI: Taking a deep breathe before jumping into a swimming pool. BI: Taking a deep breath after jumping into a swimming pool.

GI: Whistling while you work. BI: Whistling while you eat.

GI: Playing cops’n’robbers in the park. BI: Playing cops’n’robbers in the bank.

GI: Climbing a mountain. BI: Climbing a mountain lion.

It’s fun to laugh at Mr. Skullhead’s misadventures. But ideas are not always funny, can turn on a dime, and are highly contagious. continued next page

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In the same Robinson novel, the main character would get “pinged” by one of the guards when he left work, and that embedded chip meant he could be followed by “the bad guys.” Intentionally or not, we catch ideas the same way.

“What happened to you?” “Oh, I just got pinged by a bad idea.”

We get pinged all the time. Bad ideas are everywhere and easy to catch.

But the truth is, we don’t have to get pinged to have bad ideas. We make them up on our own! Human are literally idea machines, and the busy brain is always churning out something or another, bad or good.

One of the most important things that we humans could do to improve our chances of long-term survival would be for us all to acknowledge that we too generate bad ideas.

While it’s a good idea to recognize that others can have a bad impact on us; it’s a bad idea to blame everything bad on them. As Eisenhower, president of the US in the 50’s said, “The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.” Prejudice, bigotry, sexism, racism are all bad ideas that put the “bad” out there on somebody else.

But some of our own deeply cherished beliefs may be wrong, partly wrong, or wrong part of the time. Time often tells. Over decades, we can watch popular ideas change like the weather.

We also have good ideas! Great ideas, even. A good teacher is a source of good ideas - not just of knowledge but pervasive positive attitudes towards ourselves, our potential, and life itself.

When ideas take on a life of their own, they are called memes. A meme is a term employed in certain theories of culture to refer to “an idea, behavior, or style that spreads from person to person within a culture.” A generation catches memes, adopts them, believes in them and act on them – good and bad - complete with all the consequences that arise from good and bad ideas. This contagiousness of ideas is what makes generations unique and different from each other.

We take precautions not to catch someone else’s flu bug, but we also need to be awake so we don’t catch our companion’s bad ideas. Cheating, stealing, lying and violence are bad ideas. So are self-conceit, self-hatred, materialism, and greed. Rigidity is a bad idea at one extreme, and spinelessness at the other. These bad ideas may not be bad as in “evil” but as in limited, incomplete, unhealthy, or unconscious responses.

I’m not taking any position on the “Battle of Good and Evil;” we have to be very careful with that idea. Bad ideas are changeable; evil is not. Evil implies that the root is evil and its source unchangeable. But you and I can change ideas, detach from them, and let them go. In fact, we do so a million times a day.

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We humans make terrible mistakes of perception and action. We cause a lot of trouble, do what appears to be irreparable damage, and raise all kinds of hell. But our spiritual and wisdom traditions tell us that underneath the chaos of our misbeliefs and consequent poor choices, we are ourselves the good ideas of the Source that gives us life. I like the idea that eventually, we will correct our bad ideas, let them go, and be what we are in truth. That good idea encourages more good ideas.

My 6-year-old grandson had great fun with the Mr. Skullhead game of turning good ideas into bad ideas. How about - “It’s a good idea to fly a rocket ship into space; it’s a bad idea to fly an airplane into space.” And so on. It’s a fun game.

But the real trick is to turn bad ideas into good ideas. What needs to be changed to make this weak, selfish or stupid idea into a good idea? How can we infuse these mediocre ideas with the brilliant ideas of compassion, strength, justice and human kindness? How can I change the ordinary ideas of my life into ideas of genius? We can do that too.

“Good idea.”

Joanne Sales is a local blueberry farmer and director of Broombusters. info@broombusters.org.

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Behind the scenes with some of the area’s most talented musicians.

by Michael B Poyntz

DAVE MARCO

PLAYIN’ THE ISLAND CIRCUIT MBP: Dave, You are one of the hardest working and perhaps one of the best known local musicians on the Island. How many gigs do you do a week? DM: “Oh, I don’t know. It varies from week to week but I’m busy most of the time.”

MBP: Are you from the Island? DM: “No, actually, I am a recent arrival ... have been here for just over two years now.”

MBP: I know you are pretty busy but its that mostly Parksville, Qualicum areas?? DM: “I perform in Campbell River, Port Alberni, Qualicum Beach and Parksville areas regularly. ” MBP: You started playing musical instruments when? DM: “I got my first guitar when I was thirteen and have played ever since. Not always as a performing musician but music has always been there. I have had my current guitar for 32 years.”

MBP: Do you have a favorite song? DM: “I get asked that all the time. The fact is my favorite song is the one I am playing for the audience at that moment. There are so many different types of songs and audiences too. Often, I adjust the songs I am playing to the audience that is in front of me and that can change from night to night.”

MBP: When you were sitting in school during the 8th grade is this what you saw yourself doing at this point of your life? DM: “Funny you should mention the 8th grade because that is when I found out I could actually sing. I was the only one in the whole class who could hit the notes for the Christmas pageant and I got the part! I was really a shy guy then, so it was hard for me to go up on a stage.

MBP: You know some well known international singers like Barry Manilow and even Shania Twain get stage fright. Do you?

DM: “Oh yeah, there was a time when I could not look into peoples eyes when I was singing on stage. I can now, but singing in front of people is not for everybody.”

MBP: I’ve never heard you complain or whine or snivel ever about the highs and lows of being a musician. Why is that? DM:

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MBP: Is it one of those classic stories- an instant hit between you and the instrument? DM: “Music was always a part of my home, so in a way music has always been there in my life and I have wanted a guitar as far back as I could remember. When I was a young child I would ask for various sonatas in “A minor” to be played as I went to sleep. “ “When you make a living doing something you love doing, that’s half the battle right there.”

MBP: What is the best thing about playing music? DM: “It’s the rapport with the audience. If you can get into that pocket with the audience, there is nothing like it. Nothing!

It’s that moment that you work for ... a feeling you never forget! A lot of musicians never get that experience ever ... so I really treasure it when it happens to me!”

MBP: I know you have your own band? DM: Yes, “The Big Twang Theory” but, I also play regularly with other musicians as a duo, trio or a foursome and that works because there are some things you cannot do as a solo performer. I enjoy doing both – often the music I play on my own you cannot do with a band.”

MBP: Are you one of those artists that get’s the inspiration at four in the morning? DM: “It does not happen every day or at a particular time of the day or night for me. I just finished a song have been working on since 1971. Another song, “Jennie”, I wrote the music and lyrics for that song in 10 minutes.” continued on page 23 M A G A Z I N E

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THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR MEDICATIONS prepared by Lucy Churchill, RN Knowledge is your best medicine.

When you need to take medication, whether it’s a cold tablet or something you take every day for your heart, it is very important to understand what you are taking and why, how to take it and what the side effects might be.

To find out more, start by talking to your health care professionals.

Do not be afraid to ask questions. You have the right to ask and the right to know.

Some helpful hints Don’t expect a prescription every time you visit your doctor.

Tell your doctor about all the medication you are taking. Do not forget your non-prescription and even herbal remedies. Some interact with each other and can change the way they work Talk to your doctor or pharmacist about allergies or reactions that you have experienced in the past.

Make sure you understand the instructions on how to take your medication.

AT HOME Take your medication exactly as directed. Too much or too little could be harmful.

If you forget to take your medication DO NOT double the next dose. Call your doctor or pharmacist.

Do not share your medication with others.

Finish all your medications unless your doctor tells you not to.

When certain drugs are mixed with alcohol, the result can be harmful. Ask your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.

Check expiry dates. Return extra or outdated medication to your pharmacist.

KEEP IT SAFE Keep your medications in a dry place out of sunlight.

Do not keep your medication in the bathroom. The heat and moisture could damage it.

Store your medication in the original container.

Some medications are stored in the refrigerator while others are kept at room temperature. Ask your pharmacist.

Make sure you keep your medication in a secure spot, out of reach of children.

HELPFUL TIPS If you have problems swallowing your medication, your doctor, pharmacist or nurse may have some suggestions.

If you have trouble opening your medication, ask your pharmacist for a different type of container.

If you find it hard to remember to take your medication ask for some ideas to help you keep track.

Return any unused or out dated medication to pharmacy for safe disposal, DO NOT flush down the toilet or throw in the garbage.

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BOW-HORNE-BAY COMMUNITY CLUB – SPRING UPDATE

popular Mothers Day Basket Sale happening on Sunday, May 12. Premade baskets will be sold for $20. If you bring your own 12 inch baskets to the sale, we’ll fill them for $18. Smaller ones we’ll fill for $15. Please contact Taffy @ 250-757-9981 to reserve one or more baskets.

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inally, Spring is happening and with our Community Club, we’ve lots to look forward to. In fact, we are especially looking for new members to volunteer and join in to making this the best year ever and to help continue to make this a wonderful community to live and work in.

Our meetings are held at the Community Hall @ 7pm the third Thursday of each month. Please come and be welcomed to the Club. You can also contact Pat @ 250-7578806 for more information with regards to membership.

Our annual Fall Fair will soon be upon us and planning is already underway for it.

We would love (and need) to have some more volunteers come on board to help us in the planning and organizing for this very popular family activity. Mark your calendar for August 31, 2013 as the date for the Fall Fair and entries to be received on August 30th. This year our theme is: “Celebrate the Seaside”. Now is the time to get started with the preparation for your submissions: plantings planted, crafts created, photos

We have Mother’s Day soon to be upon us. We are pleased to announce our very

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taken and much, much more. It is with your support that this is such a successful event for our community.

A Garden Tour titled: “Artists in the Garden” is being organized for Sunday, June 23 from 11am – 3pm. We are looking for gardens of special interest located between Deep Bay and Dashwood and around the Horne Lake area plus artists who would love to paint in one of the gardens. If you are interested, please email Terri @ tlbowen@ shaw.ca. More information to follow on our website: www.communityclub.ca.

Again, please consider volunteering and becoming a member of the Community Club with all funds raised going back into our community.

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he Bowser Elementary School PAC is once again hosting its biggest event of the year.

SpringFest promises to be engaging and exciting entertainment showcasing the talents of Bowser Elementary’s young performers and artists.

Also on the “ticket” is pre-show entertainment along with a Silent Auction and Spring Picnic.

EVERYONE WELCOME. $5 ticket price includes admission and picnic feast. Be sure to mark Friday, May 31 in your calendars! Doors open at 5:00 p.m. More details will be available on the Bowser Elementary School PAC Facebook page. For more information contact Gonda at (250) 752-3943 (bowserpac@gmail.com).

Personal and community emergency preparedness is vitally important for all who live on Vancouver Island. We are all living with the knowledge that the “big one” is inevitable – we just don’t know when it will happen.

Being prepared has been an ongoing project at Bowser Elementary School for a number of years. There has been great progress, but there is still a lot to do. This May, the Parent Advisory Council will be running an Emergency Preparedness fundraiser specifically to raise awareness and funds to stock and replenish the schools necessary supplies.

In the event of a devastating earthquake, our small school located at the far end of the district with a number of bridges that might not be there after an earthquake might not be accessible by parents, guardians or emergency personnel. Staff at the school will need to be prepared to take care of about 150 students at the school. This would require being prepared to put up tents in case the building is not safe to enter and to have enough food and the ability to prepare it for possibly 3 days.

May 5-11, 2013 is Canada’s National Emergency Preparedness week. Bowser Elementary School and District 69 will have emergency preparedness activities during the month of May to raise awareness and educate the students and community. Bowser Elementary School will have a practice earthquake drill. This year the Parent Advisory Council at Bowser Elementary School will be running an emergency preparedness fundraiser in conjunction with the activities planned. This is to create awareness at the school and community about the necessity of Emergency Preparedness and also to raise money to stock the schools emergency supplies. Stock for emergency prep needs to be replenished on a regular basis as food, water and batteries have expiry dates and need to be replaced.

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The Parent Advisory Council will have a table at the Lighthouse Community Flea Market at the Lighthouse Community Centre on Lions Way taking place on Mother’s Day, May 12, 2013. They will also be serving breakfast in the kitchen. So stop by for breakfast and to check out what items you can purchase for your personal emergency preparedness kit and support the ongoing efforts at the school to be prepared. For more information please contact Jennifer at 250-757-9636 or jlmacintosh@shaw.ca.

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DM: “I have not really counted them but over a hundred for sure.” MBP : How many songs do you have in your singing inventory? DM: “Around a thousand! “ MBP: Really! I was going to ask you about that song, “Jennie”. It is such a beautiful marriage of words and music…..haunting, actually. Is there more to that song? DM: “Well, it is written loosely about someone I used to know, but it came to me early one morning and it is a song about everything and nothing in particular at the same time.

But you are right audiences everywhere love that song!”

MBP: Is it true that you don’t rehearse songs at all? DM: “I don’t rehearse songs b that I already know. You can have a song or even a play list down a certain way or style then show up to a gig and find the audience wants something different. So, I tend to go with the flow on stage at the moment. You can’t rehearse for that. .”

MBP: Are you one of the fortunate few artists/musicians who gets to do just that? I mean you don’t have a second job to make this happen? DM:” Well yeah, but I was into music for about twenty five years then took a break, did lots of other things from running a bus depot to truck driving. I even worked on the oil fields. But in 2009 I had an opportunity to come to the Island and arrived with a guitar and a pickup truck full of all that I owned.”

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just went out and sang at ‘Open Mics’ and just kept playing wherever possible. People seemed to really enjoy my music and it felt like the right thing to do.”

MBP : Do you have a signature to your style?” DM: “Not really, I just do it the way I do it. What you see playing up there is me, myself. “

MBP: Wow! That is amazing from open mics to who and what you are today in the local music scene – that is pretty impressive!

DM: “I try hard to be the best I can be at every show. If I don’t know a requested song I will learn that song for the next time I perform there. People appreciate that and it is important to always listen to what your audience is telling you.”

MBP: For someone just starting out do you think that voice lessons are important? DM: “They can’t hurt. You need to know how to breath properly in sync with the lyrics/ words and sing from the diaphragm, as well as to have your timing down with the music.

There’s a lot to handle. You need to be able to hit and hold notes over an over and that takes practice. ”

MBP: What has been your best moment being a musician? DM: That’s a tough one but I did a fifteen-hour marathon back in 1977at the Central Hotel in Kamloops.

I sang for 15 hours straight and that was supposed to be a world record at the time, but nobody actually verified that! I did not leave the stage once. But that was a great moment for me.”

MBP: If you had to do it over again, as a musician, what would you do differently?

DM: “ I would have joined a serious band when I was younger and stuck to that for a while. The self discipline you need to pull that off is good for any one but it is the regular performing, sometimes every day , that makes you a better musician.

MBP: What has been your worst moment as a musician? DM: “ I was a guest performer for a show where Tommy Hunter was the headliner. During the first song the back up band was not in key with me - that first song was a tough couple of minutes “so for the second song I played a funny song - you know when in doubt go to comedy- and that worked with the audience.”

MBP: Dave, are you on You Tube and is there a CD out there? DM: “Yes, go to YouTube/Dave Marco. I am working on a CD now. Not sure exactly when it will come out but it is in the works.”

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MBP: Do you have any tips for someone thinking of starting out as a young musician?

DM: “Get an education! It is a tough sell out there. Keep playing the music and give it all you have. Be honest with your talent and listen to what others tell you about how to improve. But a formal education or apprenticeship ticket or whatever gives you something to fall back on.”

You can currently catch Dave Marco performing at the Shady Restaurant & Pub in Qualicum Beach every Monday, and on Fridays at Deez Bar & Grill. You can also find on www.you Tube/Dave Marco.

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Community Event Calendar May 2013 LIGHTHOUSE COMMUNITY CENTRE (LCC) Qualicum LIGHTHOUSE COUNTRY SCRAPBOOKERS – Meet 3rd Bay INFO: LOIS NELSON: 757-9938 Saturday monthly at the Lions Den, Qualicum Bay, 9:30am- 4:30pm, $10. Door prizes. FMI Call Jorgie 250Surprise your mom with a MOTHER’S DAY 757-8358 or Shirley 250-757-8384.

FLOWER BASKET for sun or shade and support the BowHorneBay Community Club at the same BOWSER LEGION – RCL BRANCH #211 LADIES time! Pre-order or have it made on site at the AUXILIARY – Meets at 1pm the first Thursday of each Lighthouse Community Centre on May 12th, 8am to month. FMI Call Joyce at joyce.bartram@shaw.ca or Noon. $20 for 12” baskets or $18 if you bring your Evelyn at wefoot@shaw.ca. own basket. $15 for smaller baskets. FMI call Taffy at 250-757-9981 or visit www.communityclub.ca. THE LADIES AUXILIARY OF THE BOWSER BRANCH #211 - are hosting their 2nd Annual SPRING FLING LIGHTHOUSE COMMUNITY CENTRE PANCAKE TEA AND FASHION SHOW, Sunday May 5th at 1:00 pm BREAKFAST – Sunday, May 12, 10 - 8am to Noon, at the Bowser Legion. Fashions presented by “Sylvies Pancake Breakfast, Poultry Swap, Flea Market. Live on Fifth”, Courtenay. There will be a bake table, cake Music on the Hall Stage until 2pm. The Bowser walk, silent auction, games and prizes! ADVANCED Elementary School PAC will be cooking up breakfast TICKETS ONLY. Adults $8 Children LIMITED SEATING. this morning.

Please contact DAYLE at (778) 424-7723 for tickets.

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LIGHTHOUSE SENIORS #152 – Next meeting is May 6. Potluck, coffee and tea. Everyone welcome!

FMI Call Shirley at 250-757-2384.

LIGHTHOUSE TRAILS GROUP needs your help. FMI Call: Val Weismiller: 250-757-9667.

LIGHTHOUSE FLOOR CURLERS – Join a fun & easy-to-play activity for all ages! Enjoy indoors on a gym floor, with a friendly mixed group. Curling rocks supplied. Come play with us Mondays & Fridays, 1-3pm, Sept. to May at the Lions Rec. Hall in Qualicum Bay. Drop in $2. FMI Call: Dennis Leach 250-757-8218 or Fred or Lorraine 250-752-0216.

LIGHTHOUSE RECREATION INFO, PATTY: FMI Call 250757-8366 or Email shipshore@shaw.ca.

RDN RECREATION PROGRAMS – SIGN UP FOR UPCOMING SUMMER PROGRAMS NOW! Please pre-register for all programs to avoid program cancellation! Call Chrissie at 250-757-8118, email at cfinnie@rdn.bc.ca or call Oceanside Place at 250-2483252 for more information.

LIGHTHOUSE SPINNERS – Tuesdays 10:30-2:30pm in the Community Centre Board Room. New FANNY BAY COMMUNITY HALL - PARENTS & TOTS members welcome. FMI Call Jo 250-757-8402.

- Tuesdays 10-11:30am. Come and enjoy a morning of socializing, snack, early literacy activities, songs, CARPET BOWLING – 12:45 to 3:00pm at the games, stories and parenting resources. This is a FREE Lighthouse Community Hall. FMI Call Layne 250program supported by Comox Valley Family Services 757-8217.

Association, Baynes Sound Lions and the FannyBay

Community Association. Facilitated by Evelyn Bally BOWSER TENNIS CLUB - Club drop-in doubles: 250-335-9022.

Sundays 10 am and Thursdays 5 pm. Novice night Mondays at 6pm, all welcome! FMI Call 250-757FANNY BAY COMMUNITY HALL - YOUTH GROUP 8307.

Fridays 6:30-7:30. Children and their never ending

supply of energy will burn it off with us. We play soccer, hockey, basketball and all manner of games they come up with. 3-6 years play in the studio with a parent 7-12 year olds play in the gym. This is a FREE program supported by the Fanny Bay Community Association and Evelyn Bally 250-335-9022.

AA LIGHTKEEPERS: PLEASE NOTE NEW TIME – Fridays at 7:00pm at the Lighthouse Community Centre, 240 Lions Way, Qualicum Bay. FMI Call 250-757-8347.

BRIDGE – Nordin Room 1:00 to 4:00pm Friday afternoons at the Lighthouse Community Centre.

FMI Call: Sheila Steele 250-757-8307.

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May 30 – LA Executive Meeting

Hall Rentals 250-757-9222 • Tue to Fri 9am - 12 noon May 5 – LA ‘SPRING FLING’ Advance tickets $8.00 call Dayle 778-424-7723 May 19 – Annual Plant Sale 10 a.m.

Call for details of donation drop off times for Starter Plants - Flowers - Shrubs May 25 – Giant Meat Draw (Steaks) LA serving Fish & Chips $10 June 1 – ‘SENSATIONAL SECONDS’ Clothing Sale 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Buy/Sell/Trade Gently Used Clothing & Accessories Table Rentals $15 each, Info: Lisa @ 250-240-1422 or Leigh Ann 778-424-3337

CONGRATULATIONS to our Ladies Pool Team WINNERS of the Local Legions Tournament!

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Meat Draws - Every Friday @ 5:00 p.m. & Saturday @ 4:30 p.m.

Food Available Fridays Sunday Openings begin May 12 • Closed Mondays

May 10 & 11 GIANT FLEA MARKET FOR THE SPCA - May 10 (9am-7pm) & May 11 (9am4pm), Wembley Mall. Household & electrical items, pet & garden supplies, tools, bedding, china, collectibles, toys, puzzles and much more. If you have donations that you may wish to donate, please drop them off at the SPCA shelter, 1565 Pt. Alberni Hwy, Tuesday to Saturday. We collect donations all year round.

May 11 & 12 MT. ARROWSMITH RHODODENDRON SOCIETY MARS GARDEN TOUR - Join our annual Mothers’ Day tour on the weekend of May 11 and 12 from 10am to 4pm and tour 12 beautiful gardens in the Qualicum Beach area. Tickets $15, available at Mulberry Bush Bookstores, most nurseries and Milner Gardens, contain a map to show you the way. FMI Call 752-3545 or 752-7369.

May 11 TRINKETS & TREASURES GARAGE SALE - Saturday, May 11, 2013 9am - 12 noon Qualicum Beach Museum 587 Beach Road, Qualicum Beach.

May 12 MOTHER’S DAY SPECIAL BREAKFAST - Union Bay Community Hall Sunday, May 12, 2013 8am to 11am. 20 MEN PREPARE YOUR TREATS...LET US SERVE YOU! FMI Call Dave 250-335-2317.

May 15 THE QUALICUM BEACH FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY - will hold its monthly meeting on Wed. May 15th, 7pm at the Qualicum Beach Legion. Guest speaker will be Sid Norman, Nanaimo Family History Society, presenting the fascinating story of his family history research. Guests welcome.

May 26 37TH ANNUAL QUALICUM BEACH FAMILY DAY – May 26. Starts with the traditional Shriner’s breakfast at the Civic Centre, followed by a community parade through the streets of Qualicum at noon. Then it’s on to the Civic Centre fields for an afternoon of interactive games, climbing wall, bouncy castles, food, music, dancing, and pony rides. FMI Call 250-738-2198 or visit www.qbfamilyday.com.

Tuesday evening at 7:30pm at the Baptist Church 600 Beach Rd, Qualicum Beach. We are a group of people who have – or wish to – quit smoking, using the 12-step method of recovery from nicotine use. Come to a meeting and share an hour with us – we talk about our smoking history, learn how to succeed in our quest to be FREE at last, and have some laughs too. We look forward to meeting you. FMI visit www.nicotine-anonymous.org.

THE ARROWSMITH NEEDLE ARTS GUILD - Meets the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month at 9:30am at the Qualicum Beach Civic Centre at 747 Jones St. Come to embroider, learn new techniques and for friendship with other stitchers. In Park/Qual, contact Jeri at 250-752-9230 and in Nanaimo contact Roberta at 250-758-6783 or email keberta@shaw.ca for more information.

COOMBS OLD TIME FIDDLERS - September to June dance or just listen, all ages, 7:30pm, Rotary House, corner Beach and Fern in Qualicum Beach, $2.50 pp, includes snacks. Great music, many dance styles. FMI Call 250586-3743.

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creates problems, disputes and competition. Oh well.

Be honest with friends. Lay your cards on the table.

You have a strong year ahead.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) After enjoying a playful vacation, you’re ready to get better organized. It’s time. In fact, you’re on such a kick, Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) A bundle of planets is at the top of your chart acting like a spotlight on you. People you want to turn over a new leaf to organize your notice you! Furthermore, this lighting is flattering, so home and personal life as well as your job and you’re your health! This is why you’re jogging, biking, everyone thinks you’re the cat’s meow. Mars arouses hiking and pumping iron. Romance with a co-worker your ambition making you want to achieve; it also makes you independent! You’re not a team player now, plus disputes are likely. Something is almost completed and you feel impatient to see it done. You you want to be your own boss and you want credit for what you do. Meanwhile, fair Venus might attract take great pride in whatever you accomplish now, and you want the credit! someone older or richer to you in a romantic sense.

“Lighting is everything.”

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) A delightful month ahead promises a chance to get out and have a good Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You’re attracted to the time. You want the freedom to express yourself and arts and beautiful places this month. Satisfy your do your own thing. You feel lighter and more playful. interest in beauty by visiting beautiful parks. Drive In fact, many will be involved with children. Grab or hike through pristine nature. Visit museums, art galleries and gorgeous architectural buildings. Study every chance to enjoy the arts or express your own creative talents. One reason you’re happy is romantic the handicrafts and artwork of other cultures. You might even strike up a romance with someone who is relationships are favoured. Your sex drive is strong. “different.” You have lots of energy to learn new things You’re relaxed and feel no need to pretend to be and meet people from other cultures. You want to grab what you are not. Sports (especially competitive) life by the throat because you don’t want anything to will amuse you. You want to kick up your heels, flirt and have fun! pass you by. Travel will delight you. “All aboard!”

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Home, family, and Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) The Sun, Venus and Mars real-estate matters are your focus now. Some now heighten your interest in shared property, will cocoon at home, others will be redecorate or inheritances and anything you own jointly with renovate. Visiting guests might also be why there’s others, which is why you’ll focus on taxes and debt. increased activity and chaos at home. Family You want to reduce debt, but you might dispute the squabbles might break out. Yet, ironically, good ownership of something or the boundaries of shared feelings within the family abound as well. Relations property. Others might be generous to you. For sure, with parents will be challenging. (That frustrating your sex drive is pumped! Sexual relationships that family roller coaster.) Ah yes, your hard drive is full are intense will attract you. Meanwhile, your desire and your server is slow but real-estate opportunities to travel is still there and you continue to have look good. opportunities to explore in publishing, the media, medicine and the law.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) All this hustle and Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Life is going to be getting bustle has arrived because the pace of your days is better when Jupiter enters Cancer (your fellow water accelerating with short trips, To Do lists, increased reading and writing and interaction with siblings. sign) at the end of June to stay for a year. This is You’re singing “On the Road Again.” You’re talking to highly fortunate for you. Meanwhile, you’re dealing everyone because you need to communicate. Expect with three planets opposing your sign: the Sun, to notice the beauty is in your daily surroundings Venus and Mars drawing your focus on partnerships plus love and affection. (This is all revealing, like a and close friendships. The Sun and Venus will warm these friendships and even attract new ones, but Mars little epiphany about your everyday world.) It makes you want to share your views with others.

Aries (March 21-April 19) This month activates financial matters, cash flow and your possessions.

This month you will try to organize, maintain and repair things to establish better control over your life through what you own. On top of this, you will have the power to attract money to you. (Yes!) This means you will buy beautiful treasures, perhaps something you want to show off. Your focus on money and possessions might be so strong that you will argue with others but you will defend your values.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) It’s your turn to energize and recharge your batteries for the rest of the year.

You attract people and fortunate circumstances.

Venus paves the way for friendships and warm partnerships. Since Venus is all about fun and pleasure, you’ll want to get away on a vacation and party! This is the time to look in the mirror and assess your image. What can you do to look better? You will go after what you want. Good time for physical exercise. (“Hut two, three, four!”)

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Two different influences are at play this month. The Sun, Venus and Mars are hiding in your chart, which makes you want to be low-key and work behind the scenes or work alone.

You’re hatching secret plans. Indeed, the coming month is an excellent time to strategize what you want your new year (birthday to birthday) to be.

Why not write down some goals? Jupiter boosts your confidence and draws people and resources to you plus deepens the spiritual dimension of your life.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) This month is about groups and friends. Accept invitations, join clubs and schmooze with everyone. Study your friends because they are a reflection of who you are. Don’t be afraid to be yourself. Work with others because team efforts will pay off. Competition with someone is likely (could be sports competitions). Meanwhile, a friend might become a lover. Talk about your future goals to others because they can help you. Jupiter will soon enter your sign heralding a fantastic year ahead!

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DOWN BY THE BAY SPA - Happy Mothers Day-May Special! Book a Pedicure and get a manicure or eyebrow waxing for half price. Gift Certificates for Mom Available . Turn right at the Deep Bay docks.

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TELLINGTON TTOUCH FOR DOGS: Learn this gentle and effective technique to help improve sense of well-being, reduce behavioral problems (leash pulling, barking, separation anxiety) and build confidence. Aug 17-19, Fanny Bay. $125. Limited space. Contact Rachel at 250-882-4198 or Rachel.ttouch@yahoo.ca.

THE FIX-IT SHOP – Repairs to: Lawn Mowers, small engines. Fanny Bay. Call (250) 702-2191.

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DON’S HOME REPAIR – Plumbing repairs and installations, complete renovations, no job too small.

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FOOTCARE – HYGIENE Soaking feet, cutting nails, filing calluses, treating dry skin – fingernails too.

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GROUPS/SOCIETIES/CLUBS THE CANADIAN SOCIETY OF QUESTERS – Next meeting is May 27. For more information call Kris (250) 752-1419.

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OCEANSIDE HOSPICE SOCIETY It’s a path we will all walk someday, let’s share the journey! The Oceanside Hospice Society provides compassionate Hospice, Caregiver and Pallative Care Supporters to the Community. We serve families and individuals from Nanoose to Fanny Bay and provide support to Oceanside residents at the Nanaimo Hospital Palliative Care Unit. The Oceanside Hospice are 75% funded by donations and events and are Community and Volunteer driven.

PLEASE GIVE A GIFT In Memory of a loved one, to comfort the grieving, to recognize the ongoing need for excellence in service.

Consider supporting our upcoming Capital Campaign.

For more information, please call 250-752-6227 or visit www.oceansidehospice.org.

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