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A day of remembrance a Veteran to Remember R

by Dawn Hunter Clark

emembrance Day is observed as the day to remember when the hostilities officially ceased near the end of WW1, at the 11th hour, on the 11th day, in the 11th month of 1918.

It is a time for us to remember those who fought and died for our freedom.

Oceanside has its own war heroes, and one who had a great impact on our community was General Noel Money.

Noel Ernest Money was born in Montreal, Quebec on March 17th, 1867. When he was just a small child, his family moved to Weybridge, England. He was educated at Radley College and then finished his studies at Oxford University. In 1886, at the age of nineteen, he joined the military. He started off as a militia officer but rose up the ranks fast to become secondlieutenant. In 1900, he was appointed as Lieutenant during the Second Boer War in Africa.

In 1903, General Money married his sweetheart, Maud Boileau. They completed their family with a son named Gordon and a daughter named Mary. During a break from his military duties, General Money came to Vancouver Island for a vacation. An avid fisherman and golfer, he couldn’t help but fall in love with the Oceanside area. At the time, Qualicum Beach was barely a town. So, in 1913, he purchased six residential lots from the Merchants Trust & Trading Company across from the newly developed golf links. He commissioned a grand home to be built in the Georgian-Revival style. He returned to England to pack up and bring his family back to this paradise.

In 1914, the Money family moved into their grand home, now known as the

Crown Mansion, a beautiful boutique hotel. Upon arrival, General Money became the Managing Director of the Merchants Trust & Trading Company and that of the golf links and the grand jewel of the area, the newly built Qualicum Beach Hotel.

When WW1 began, General Money returned to England with his family.

He rejoined his regiment and during this time, his wife Maud and their two children, stayed at the Tower of London, as Maud’s father was the keeper of the Crown Jewels. From England, he sailed with his regiment to Egypt. Under his command, his brigade captured the famous Mount of Olives at Jerusalem.

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Spencer Tracey, Bing Crosby and John Wayne, among notable others.

under his command. During the war here in Oceanside, the glamorous Qualicum Beach Hotel was converted into a convalescent hospital. In 1918, the Prince of Wales paid a visit there, which was big news.

In 1931, as a devoted family man, he built a home for his ailing mother and sister not far from where he lived. It was a beautiful Ceylonese tea plantation style home, built on a huge forested acreage overlooking the ocean. It is now known as the ever-popular Milner Gardens and Woodlands and fittingly has a tea house open to the public and operated under the loving care of the University of Vancouver Island.

When the war was over, the Moneys moved back to Qualicum Beach where Noel regained his title of Managing Director of the hotel and golf links.

He eventually purchased them both.

He was also awarded the Order of St. Michael & St. George, which is a British order of chivalry. Noel Money was a well-respected gentleman who treated everyone he encountered with kindness and was a loved member of the community. He provided many jobs to the locals through the resort and golf links. He was also very much the socialite and entertained the rich, the famous and the dignified, hosting guests like; Rita Hayworth, Bob Hope,

In 1939, Maud passed away. Two years later, in 1941, at the age of 74, Noel followed her into the afterlife. They are both buried in the Qualicum Beach Cemetery. And even though General Noel Money is not here in our time, his legacy, his reputation of war hero and gentleman will live on and is woven into the fabric of the beginnings of Qualicum Beach. This is a time to remember those who fought for our freedom and a time to remember someone who truly is – Historically Oceanside. ~

Noel Money at the Big Qualicum River

Dawn Hunter Clark is a local author living in Bowser, BC. Her recently published book "Paranormal Canadian Tales: A Supernatural Journey" has received rave reviews and is available on Amazon.

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Predictions for November 2018 Aries (March 21-April 19) This month, you want to experience life at a more feeling level. You’ll be compulsive. This is because a hidden part of yourself is getting more energy. Naturally, this promotes psychological self inquiry, perhaps with a counsellor or professional who can help you understand your inner world. This influence lasts for a month once a year and often produces a psychological transformation. It also increases your involvement and concern with finances, shared property and anything you own jointly with a spouse or a business partner. Life is passionate and intense!

Taurus (April 20-May 20) The only time all year that the Sun is opposite your sign is this month. This means you will learn more about yourself through your intimate one-to-one encounters. You will examine your close relationships to see if they do or do not fulfil your needs. This is not the time to go it alone. Consult an expert – lawyer, psychologist, doctor or astrologer. You might experience conflict personally or legally. Meanwhile, you need to get more sleep because you will need it. Go to bed.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Think about how to best manage your life and what duties and responsibilities need your attention. You want to be productive so you can get the most bang for your

buck. This is why you will refine your technique or procedure for doing something. (Note: You might also have to work according to someone else’s wishes.) Since you’re on this efficiency kick, focus on your health and think how you can be the best you can be.

Why be less? Begin by stopping harmful habits and cultivating healthy ones. Go for a walk! (Take some M&M’s because let’s be honest here.)

Cancer (June 21-July 22) The Sun is now in one of the “happiest” parts of your chart, which means you’re free to express yourself and be who you are!

Do what you want to do and set your own priorities. Obviously, your main goal will be to get out and have a good time! Romance will flourish. A vacation would be perfect. You will enjoy sports events, movies, musical performances plus eating out and meeting friends for Happy Hour. Your relationships will be playful. You will enjoy fun activities with kids. And if you walk near a vending machine, two Kit Kats and a bag of Hawkins’ Cheezies will fall out.

You rock!

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) The flashy part of your life will slow down this month as you focus on home and family. What you want now is a solid base for what you’re doing. You might also be more involved with a parent. Welcome the chance to have some privacy, especially

in familiar surroundings. Basically, not only are you giving yourself a homebase to accomplish what you want to do, you are also giving yourself a chance to regenerate. Memories from your youth will bubble to the surface of your mind.

(Remember when they took the toilets from the boy’s washroom and put them on the roof of the high school?)

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Fasten your seatbelts because, your daily pace will accelerate! You face a jam-packed schedule of short trips, errands, tasks, meetings, conversations with siblings and relatives plus increased reading, writing and studying. Slip away on a vacation. Note: Your primary thrust for the month ahead will be communications. You want to enlighten others. You want to tell someone how you feel about something. This is excellent. Let clear communications be your goal. However, be aware that communications are a two-way street, so remember to listen!

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) This month there are four planets in your Money House of Earnings. The Sun, Mercury, Venus and Jupiter. This means you have moneymaking ideas and you’re negotiating financial deals. Venus will attract money to you and enhance your ability to negotiate. Jupiter will increase your earnings, especially with foreign interests. The Sun makes you assess

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how you use your asset to be happier in your life. This is why you will also ponder your values. For example, which is better? Netflix or Amazon Prime? These are soul-searching questions. Don’t even mention Hulu.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) This is a dazzling time because the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter are all in Scorpio!

This is the classic example of “Make hay while the Sun shines!” The Sun energizes you and attracts people and favourable situations to you. Mercury makes you sound smart. Venus makes you diplomatic and charming; and Jupiter attracts good fortune to you and makes life easier, richer and more rewarding. That’s why this will be one of the most powerful birthday months you’ve ever had.

Admittedly, home is chaos and frantic activity.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) This month, you will withdraw from the busyness of your everyday world not because you feel downcast or antisocial – but because you feel the need for privacy and getting in touch with your subconscious self. Childhood behaviour patterns that have outlived their usefulness will be apparent. You realize they’re no longer relevant. As your birthday looms ahead, this is the time to look back over the last year to see how well you are managing the art of living. What changes do you want to make for your new year ahead?

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You are more popular this month! However, you want to be who you are without violating your integrity. You will be more involved with clubs and associations. You’ll find it rewarding to cooperate with others. However, once again, examine the role that these organizations play in your life. Do they exemplify your own goals? After all, the people you associate with are a reflection of yourself. Romance with a friend might develop. (A friend could become a lover.)

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) A gaggle of planets is at the top of your chart! The Sun casts you in a flattering spotlight, making you look capable to bosses. (Use this to push your agenda forward.) Mercury at the top of your chart makes you plan for your future and encourages discussions. It also helps you to undertake a new study. Venus at the top of your chart attracts people and circumstances to you that will help you. Venus will also trigger a romance with a boss or someone older or in power. Jupiter at the top of your chart brings good fortune to get ahead in your career! A powerful month!

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) You want to break free of of your daily routine. Anything that offers stimulation and excitement and a chance to learn something new will appeal this month. This is an excellent time to take a course. It’s also great time to get outta town.

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everyone was buzzing around me – and everyone appeared so vulnerable.

WHERE DID SHE GO?

by Joanne Sales

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decided to write this month about how seemingly insignificant choices make huge differences. About how changing our trajectory a few degrees will take us to a totally different place. That was on Tuesday. But on a Wednesday, we were struck by a most unfortunate intersection of trajectories, and everything changed.

It was one of those beautiful fall days.

My three-year-old dog, Liza, and I went out into the big field in the late afternoon and shared an apple. She rolled on her back enjoying the sun on her belly. At dinner, Liza stood beside me and put her head in my lap, looking up at me. While we usually send her away from the table, this time, I rubbed her head and soft ears with both hands, and tapped on her head and chest.

After five minutes, she went and put her head on my husband’s lap.

After dark on that evening, I was at a stop sign, waiting to turn onto Alberni Highway. A large pick up truck came racing towards me and was only inches from crashing into me as he turned.

Perhaps that near miss made me think of the bear that had been killed on our road. I came into the house and didn’t think about those things again. Should I have?

But our evening was normal. Around 9 p.m., I went out of the house for a few minutes, and when I returned, Liza was not inside. I went out and called her.

She never went out on the road at night, so I went looking for her in the barn, and back field, and everywhere that she was not. When she didn’t answer my call, finally I walked out alone to the road. It was dark and quiet. No cars.

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I called her again. Then I saw something like a strip of tire or cardboard on the side of the road. I started walking towards it slowly… No, that can’t be… and then I ran… and then I stalled.

Grief is not what we expect it to be. Not many of us get through life without experiencing it. It has its own timing and ways. Losing a pet is not the same thing as losing a human loved one. It is different, but still, it is grief. A neighbor asked that I write about this experience.

“It is real,” she said. “And so many people have experienced it.” So here it is. ____

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’ll start a week after Liza died. I was standing in line at Costco. It had been such a painful week, and my heart was still ripped wide open. Humans were everywhere, young and old. Of course, I have studied faces before. But during those ten minutes in line, I could see in faces around me that they too had known grief. Others would know it in the future.

I can imagine someone in the crowd answering back to me, “Don’t project your sadness on me. I’m fine.” And so we are. In the larger picture of time and timelessness, we are fine.

But it is in that state of being wounded that we can see the bravado and forgetfulness that holds us up most of our days, that momentum that keeps us so busy with our own trajectories – our purposes, plans, routines and needs; earning paychecks and gathering celery, dish soap, and children from daycare.

But then something happens, like what happened to me. In those moments, the routine thought patterns come to a stop.

It felt like I was standing totally still and

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When it was my turn to check out, I could barely hold it together during the interaction with the cashier and the helper. We smiled and laughed and talked about olives, ignoring the fact that we were all balancing on the fence railings of life, and able to manage only because of the deep bonds between us that we barely understand. “If she’s ok with this, I must be ok with this.” So we follow the trajectories of our lives without questioning, passing paper receipts and change back and forth, while buying olives to eat and share.

Because my heart was already broken, I found it heart breaking.

I so much wanted to hug the very old man in the line alone beside me. I could tell by his face that he still knew grief.

But of course we walked right by each other. This was Costco, after all! But I’ll never enter Costco again without remembering that day. ____

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et’s go back to the night Liza died. twenty years earlier, we also lost our dog on a road. That time, I fell down on my knees in the driveway and wailed.

But this time, when I found Liza, I didn’t collapse. “Liza is dead” I shouted to the family, again and again. My daughter found me staggering down the road in a state of shock. She hugged me.

“It’s going to be ok, mom. It’s ok.” I remember the words because I couldn’t place my words, “Liza is dead” along side her words, “It’s ok.” In the end, she was right and so was I.

We picked Liza up. I took a clean blanket from the clothes line, and we wrapped her and placed her in a wheel barrow and left her outside. “How could I do that?” I asked myself. “It is cold and she always sleeps inside.”

It was the first of hundreds of times in the next days and weeks when I would be mentally checking in on where and how Liza was without even knowing that I was doing so.

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went through every details of why it happened, regretting every action of the night. Oh, if I had called her before going to the barn, if I hadn’t carried the cat inside, if I had…

By 5 am, I had convinced myself that we had forgotten to feed Liza dinner. It wasn’t the Thanksgiving turkey bones in the green bin that drew her to the road. It was our fault she had gone roaming. That wretched thought almost killed me. It wasn’t true, of course. Liza had had a hearty dinner. But facts are irrelevant to a person in shock-grief.

What are those wailing sobs? Where do they come from and why? Trying to hold them down is impossible and foolhardy. In the next two days especially, the grief would batter me with blame and guilt and regret and ifonlys. Other times, I would collapse in weakness, my shoulders slumping over, leaning on a wall. There were times of dizziness, disorientation, and nausea.

The first night my husband was actually afraid that he was losing his mind. No wonder we stagger and collapse – all the landmarks were gone.

Mixed in there were hours of disbelief.

That was really stupid, Universe. She was a perfect dog. You made a mistake.

Can you fix it?

insides were bare, without protection.

Liza had been part of my psyche, and she was yanked out. It was an open wound, as big as the front of me.

energy field, with the help of divine patchwork specialists. I also visualized doing the same thing for Liza, although I suspect she is better off than we are.

Why is it so hard? A dog is always in your peripheral vision. Like a child. We don’t think, “Now I’m thinking about where my dog is,” but the meter is always gauging their presence. A close pet is a shadow to us. Everywhere we go, we expect to see her. Every time of day, we know where she’ll be. In this room on the floor, on her bed in the mud room, greeting me in the morning, waiting for her walk, sitting on the porch watching. I still tip toe down the stairs in the middle of the night hoping not to wake her up. But she’s not there.

After ten days later, I noticed that I was interested in doing something in the garden. The key word is interested. I was willing to be reengaged in life.

We see signs of her everywhere. A bone here, a trampled pathway through the grass, a log she carried, her towels, the bed. We schedule our days around them and then… the need and the love is gone.

Dogs do have a much better understanding of unconditional love.

“Be the person your dog thinks you are.”

I also miss the laughter, like when Liza would pretend to bite the cat which the cat and I both knew it was a joke. A cat and dog joke. (The cat also grieved and started to sleep with me.) A lot was lost when that presence was gone from our lives.

It would be almost 40 hours before sleep was possible again. A “broken heart” is not just a figure of speech. A heart literally breaks, and the pain is visceral.

That lasted for days.

We still think we hear her collar, her sigh, her breathing, her barking. Hope still will rise up out of habit, and be shot down again. No, the movie is over. No matter how much I loved this companion, and no matter how unique she was and irreplaceable, I can’t turn around the course of events. She is gone.

There will be people who will say, “But it is just a dog.” Yes, thank God it was not a human. But grieving a pet is still grieving a family member. Dogs find a way of weaving themselves into every hour and space of our lives. “God made man. Man made dog.” This bond has been going on for 10,000 -15,000 years.

We can plead to heaven and rage against the injustice, but it’s not going to change. It’s head-on collision of hope and reality. Hope can rage but the reality is, she is buried now. It makes one dizzy. There is nothing you can do.

You are powerless. Surrender.

It felt like bomb had gone off in my energy field. I hope that doesn’t sound too New Age-y, but that is the way I described it to myself. You have seen photos of a building where a bomb has taken down the front wall, and all the private insides of the house are exposed? That is what I felt like. My

In meditation, I actually tried to visualize patching up the holes in my

My life is not the same without Liza. We come through to the other side changed.

In spite of the occasional regret, anger, queasiness and heaviness of heart that returns unexpectedly, there is also a gentleness of heart that comes after grief. Can we prevent others from suffering like this? In some ways, we can. We are much better people when we have had our hearts broken and are yet able to extend our broken open hearts to someone else in need. As I saw so clearly while standing in Costco of all places, we are all in need.

The likelihood of Liza getting killed on the road was so small, considering that she never went out on the road at night, she ran so fast, and there was so little traffic. I estimate the chances to be about 1 in 10,000. (Or a million, or whatever.)

But that was not the only very unlikely occurrence on that day.

I have been practicing lessons from A Course in Miracles* for several decades.

You go through 365 lessons over a year or two, and then repeat. The day that Liza died, the book was open to Lesson 163, where I had once handwritten a note at the bottom of the page. “This was the lesson the day Polly died, July 12 2016.” Polly was Liza’s mother.

Liza died on the same lesson day as her mother. Weird. So I hand wrote additional words on that page, “This was also the lesson the day Liza died, Oct 10, 2018.”

The fact that both mother and daughter died on the same lesson day was coincidence enough – but look at what the lesson was.

“There is no death…” “…Whatever form it takes must therefore be illusion.” continued on page 17

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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TO THE DEAD OF WINTER (Little Qualicum River, after the fall salmon run)

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Now is the time of the moss and it blankets the alders en masse as they stand in the mists of the bottomland; though witch’s hair drapes from their frames they're but haggard old widows in weeds who abide by the graves of your race, for these trees seem so sere that their sap will not rise, that their laceworks of leaves will not lattice the skies though their grayness and gauntness have donned the disguise of these snow-sprinkled greensleeves of fleece.

Now is the time of the snow though at noon there’s a moment of thaw when the river runs clear by the skulls and the gill-plates at rest in the shallows or enveloped in white on the gravel like masks. And your head has a jaw that grew hooked as you ran with your instincts aflame and your scales turning scarlet; the maples became inflamed with your fire which the winter would tame as it laid down your dead like the law.

For each of the thirty years I've lived in Qualicum, I've gone down to the Little Qualicum River to watch the spectacle of the fall salmon runs. And the aftermath. There's the spawning then the die-off and the stripping away of flesh by birds and animals. If floods don't wash them away you can go down on a winter's day and find wall-to-wall skeletons. This poem is addressed to them.

Now is the time of the dead between fall, when the fleshpots were red, and the frenzy of feeding that spring will bring with the fingerling fry— they will die in the dance of the riffle or flee to the redds in the bed from mergansers, and herons, and gulls to endure as their myriads falter to fewer and fewer till they run for the sea and return when mature to this bone-yard, from which they were bred.

ABOUT THIS POEM The poem is in a form of my own making: ten-line stanzas with six threebeat (trimeter) lines (as in "NOW is the TIME of the MOSS"), three four-beat (tetrameter) lines (as in "for these TREES seem so SERE that their SAP will not RISE") and a three-beat one to close. The beats generally have three syllables (anapestic) and the rhyme scheme is aabcdaeeea. The effect is one of acceleration, crescendo, and closure. The poem has been previously published in Able Muse.

Now is the time of the bones, of your petrified gape. It bemoans how the beaks picked your skeleton clean as they pecked out your stomach and heart through a grille-work of ventricle racks on a spine that is chevroned with spines, leaving teeth that ripped herring-balls—blood, scale, and skin, leaving orbits your eyeballs were gimbaled within and an arrowhead neb that was driven by fin to be bonded by ice to these stones.

Now is the time of the bonds, of the destinies twined like the fronds in the lichen. Your whole generation, who hailed from this valley, returned and in thousands engaged in an orgy, its climax a Slough of Despond’s sh-sh-shudder as victims were swallowed—the strife as the spawning stress killed with its gralloching knife and you wallowed in currents that vied for your life, with which time, the great river, absconds.

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. ~ N O V E M B E R

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our works of art by local First Nations artists were unveiled prior to last night’s Board meeting.

The pieces were commissioned by the RDN and have been installed in the Board Chambers and in the lobby of the Administration Building at 6300 Hammond Bay Road.

The pieces and artists are: • Q’ul-lhanamucum i Stqeeye’ (killer whale and wolf panel) – by Snuneymuxw First Nation artist Noel Brown • Consumer Ling Cod – by Snaw-NawAs First Nation artist Brian Bob 1

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• Heron Spindle Whorl – by Qualicum First Nation artist Jessie Recalma • Killer Whale, Thunderbird and Salmon – by Snuneymuxw First Nation artists James Johnny and James Johnny Jr.

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• A fifth piece by Snuneymuxw artist William Good has also been commissioned and will be installed when it is complete.

“This is an opportunity for us to honour and acknowledge the Snuneymuxw, Snaw-Naw-As and Qualicum First Nations and to continue the work of building positive relationships in the region,” said RDN Chair Bill Veenhof.

“We hope that the art serves as a reminder of the rich culture and history of this place, as well as our shared future here.”

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The Heart Never Knows the Colour of the Skin

by Micki Findlay

bullying, while promoting kindness and inclusion.

I love this quote by Theodore Roosevelt…

That being said, the Works of HeART Project has joined forces with the Nanaimo Arts Council to host an impactful art exhibition called the ‘Works of HeART Show’. This event is a wonderful opportunity for artists to focus their talents toward racial acceptance and the celebration of multiculturalism and diversity. The premise of this unique, multimedia show is based on an insightful quote by Chief Dan George: “The heart never knows the colour of the skin.”

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”

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ike so many, I have been deeply disturbed by the resurgence of bigotry, bullying, misogyny and racism we have witnessed over the last couple of years. At first, I did not know how to channel my emotions, except by ranting on social media which, admittedly, I still do on occasion. I must also admit, I am surprised and dismayed when people buy into that age-old con of pandering to people’s fears, scapegoating ‘outsiders’ as being the source of our problems, while dehumanizing certain segments of society.

It is, and always has been, an effective tool used to sway the masses and make social injustice seem justified. We only have to open our history books to be reminded of the horrors inflicted upon humanity, following such misguided rhetoric. Which is why we cannot afford to be apathetic when we hear that familiar dialogue, or recognize similar patterns emerging.

The exhibition runs from December 4 to January 6, Monday to Friday, 9 to 5, at the 78 Wharf Street Gallery in Nanaimo. As it is intended as a ‘Christmas gift’ to the public, admission will be free – from our hearts to yours.

For anyone interested in knowing more about the show, while enjoying multicultural music, theatrical performance, meeting the artists, and learning more about the project itself, you are invited to our Opening Reception on Friday, December 7, from 6 to 8 pm - also held at the 78 Wharf Street Gallery. Appies and refreshments will be provided.

Perhaps you are thinking, I don’t see that stuff happening here. Why doesn’t she just mind her own business? Fair enough. But I would ask you to consider Martin Luther King Jr.’s words; “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” When our fellow human beings are demoralized and discriminated against, regardless of who they are or where they’re from, I have always felt compelled to speak up. But, I wondered, what can one person possibly do? And how can I channel my anger in a more positive, constructive direction? Once again, I was reminded of Roosevelt’s quote and thought - Well… I am a creative person. I have that going for me. I can start there.

The exhibited art will be featured in a film we are producing to inspire EVERYONE EVERYWHERE to use their talents to speak up for social justice. If you would like to help us raise funds for the production of our film, you can go to the fund-raising tab on our website: www.worksofheartproject.com. Any help is greatly appreciated.

I also invite you to visit our Facebook page where you can share your ideas for spreading kindness and inclusion; or tell us how you are making a difference with your talents; or encourage others with your story of hope & recovery; or how creative expression has helped change your life.

Your story could be featured on our website or even in our film!

Hence, the ‘Works of HeART Project’ was born. My antipathy toward prejudice had fueled a fire within me to create a kinder discourse and generate more tolerance toward those we deem different than ourselves - whether it be in respect to race, culture, beliefs, gender or what have you.

More specifically, I wanted to encourage people to utilize their own form of creative expression to challenge racism and

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Micki Findlay is the founder of Works of HeART Project – ‘Inspiring Positive Change Through Artistic Expression’.

This is a Vancouver Islandbased initiative that challenges racism and bullying and promotes kindness and inclusion through creative means. Micki is a new, contributing author to the ‘Chicken Soup for the Soul’ series and Eyes on BC magazine. She has fought and won the long battle of depression and her hope is that the transparency in her writing, and the message behind the WOH project, will give hope to those who might otherwise feel like giving up.

To find out how you can help make a difference go to: Website: www.worksofheartproject.com Facebook: worksofheartproject Twitter: WOHproject Instagram: worksofheartproject

Finally, I’d like to leave with you a quote of my own; “Your life is a work of living art.

Make it count.”

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uried, unexpected and just plain fun, seven theatre companies share their creativity on stage. Each year, there is a flurry of activity as ECHO Players One Act Festival Committee continues a long and proud tradition of organizing the fantastic, entertaining and hugely enjoyable Vancouver Island Juried One Act Play Festival.

Long term chair of the organizing committee, Margaret Jenkins says: “Participating in the annual Vancouver Island Juried One Act Play Festival have generated some of the most joyous and memorable of all my theatre experiences. Getting to partake in the incredible sense of community and to witness emerging theatre artists perform their projects from across Vancouver Island is amazing! This festival really gives the local theatre community a stage to shine on.”

She invites everyone to join adjudicators Cecil Bosher and Gary Brown at the Village Theatre, Qualicum Beach for five days of whirlwind activity that features: Wednesday November 7 · ECHO Players All on Her Own by Terence Rattigan and Life in Awkward Scraps and Snippets (Original Play) by Jay Silverberg; Thursday November 8 · Nanaimo District Secondary School Dance Company Terezin (written by teacher and students) and Hair of the Dog Productions Thirteen Things About Ed Carpotti by Jeffrey Hatcher; Friday November 9 · Courtenay Little Theatre The Trojan Women by Euripedes and This is a Test by Stephen Gregg; Saturday November 10 · Yellow Point Drama Group (a scene from) Mixed Emotions by Richard Baer and Geri Actors Any Body For Tea by C.B. Gillford;

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Three Night Pass - Adults $30, Seniors and Students $25 Five Night Pass - Adults $50, Seniors and Students $40 by phone (250-752-3522) · by Email (info@echoplayers.ca) · online www.echoplayers.ca Vancouver Island Juried One Act Play Festival 2018, an affordable, enjoyable way to experience the pulse of Oceanside and beyond drama scene.

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In 365 Lessons, this is the only lesson title using the word “death.” I don’t claim to understand the lesson, but I deeply respect the mystery.

I can’t answer that question for us. Not yet. Someday we’ll know. In the words of the old gospel: Farther along, we’ll know all about it.

Farther along, we’ll understand why.

Cheer up my brother, live in the sunshine.

We’ll understand it all, by and by.

Scientist are telling us that the world where we live our lives is more of a hologram and less like a movie set.

Things are more fluid than we know, and much more is invisible than what we see.

Temple Grandin is a brilliant, autistic American woman who transformed the slaughter industry and is now a professor at Colorado State University.

In the Emmy winning movie about her, she stands beside a horse she loved after it dies, calling out loudly, “Where did he go?” When her beloved teacher dies, she asks the same question, “Where did he go?”

No question, when I found Liza on the road, she was gone. “Where did she go?”

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YOU CAN PLAY WITH AT THE DENMAN ISLAND CHRISTMAS CRAFT FAIR

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usan Cain’s puppetss straddle worlds. They are toys, and they are art. They are whimsical bundles of feathers and sequins, and they are archetypal figures, seeming to emerge magically from the numinous world of fairy tales. They are used as therapeutic tools by psychologists and educational aids by teachers. They are 100% artifice, but if you look at them for long, it might occur to you that they are creatures of the wild.

“When I’m making them,” says Cain, “I can’t just crank them out.

I have to wait for them to come alive. And that’s what attracts people to them. They’re alive. They have soul.”

Cain, who lives on Hornby Island, fell in love with puppets during a stint as a member of a puppet theatre troupe in San Francisco in 1980. She has been making them ever since. She also creates paintings, drawings and mixed media sculpture. Holiday shoppers can find her work at the Denman Island Christmas Craft Fair (see below for dates and more info) where her table has been a favourite for over ten years.

Animals have always been Cain’s greatest inspiration, she says.

“On Hornby, animals are woven into our everyday life, from the frogs and herring in the spring, the fawns that wander by with their mothers, and all of the amazing birds, from the eagles to the hummingbirds, that are all nesting and raising their young. Insects are everywhere you look, foraging and pollinating.

"Cat" - by Susan Cain

“Animals have inspired many myths and fables and with my puppets and sculptures, I celebrate this life force.”

Cain is also inspired by materials. Her studio is chock full of bags and baskets of fabrics, buttons, beads, trim, fringe, shells, bones, rocks, wool, and mysterious objects that don’t yet have a purpose, but will some day. There are bags of silvery painted faux feathers that someone gave her, and bundles of particularly well-shaped twigs from a pruning job. The space is a treasure trove.

Since moving to BC, Cain has enjoyed a successful artistic career. Her work has appeared in several dozen solo and group exhibitions in Canada and the United States and has sold all over the world.

Cain’s colourful Craft Fair table offers the chance to buy a major art work, such as a wire mesh cougar sculpture, or pick up smaller items such as baby bat finger puppets or shiny Christmas tree ornaments, which make great stocking stuffers.

Visit Susan Cain and over 80 other local artisans at this year’s Denman Island Christmas Craft Fair, Dec 1st and 2nd, 10 – 4:00. It's free, and there's a shuttle from the Denman West ferry terminal, so you can park at Buckley Bay and walk on to the ferry. As usual, a variety of delicious lunches and snacks will be available, created by local cooks and farmers.

More info: www.denmancraftfair.wordpress.com, or find us on Facebook.

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Creatures of the Deep ...

THE AMAZING SAND DOLLAR

by Marcella Andrews

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isitors and locals alike, have all noticed the lovely, white, but dead Sand Dollars we walk through to get to the shore. We've all admired and collected them. Round, fragile, flower patterned treasures to decorate our homes and gardens.

The sand dollar has five sets of pores arranged in a petal pattern. The pores are used to move sea water into its internal water-vascular system which allows for movement, and creates the pretty flower pattern.

When the water is still, Sand Dollars may stand on one end with the other end buried in the sand. But when the water gets rough, they lie flat or burrow under the sand to hold their ground.

Sand Dollars have evolved other tricks for staying put, as well. Adults can grow heavier skeletons and young Sand Dollars swallow grains of sand to weigh them down. As many as 625 can live in one square yard.

On my summer snorkel adventures in shallow waters, I got to observe many, many live Sand Dollars. They proved to be very interesting studies.

When Sand Dollars are alive, they are a dark purple colour and covered in tiny flexible bristles, like velvet. When they die, they turn white when they are bleached by the sun, and the small spines fade away.

Due to the relatively hard skeleton, few animals bother Sand Dollars. However, a few creatures will take up the challenge for an occasional Sand Dollar snack, including the Ocean Pout (an eellike fish), California Sheepheads, Starry Flounders and large pink Sea Stars.

They are invertebrates in the class of marine animals known as echinoids, or spiny-skinned creatures. Their cousins include the Sea Lily, the Sea Cucumber, the Star Fish and the Sea Urchin. I think of them as an extremely flattened, burrowing, not so spikey Sea Urchin.

Just like counting the rings on a tree stump, you can count the growth rings on the plates of the exoskeleton to see how old a Sand Dollar is, according to the aquarium. They usually live six to 10 years. Sand Dollar's are known as a Sea Cookie or Snapper Biscuit in New Zealand, or Pansy Shell in South Africa.

In their sandy seafloor habitat, the spines on the flattened underside allow it to burrow or to slowly creep through the sand. Sand dollars use their fuzzy spines, aided by tiny hairs (cilia), to move food particles along their bodies to a central mouth on their bottom side.

Their mouth has a jaw with five teethlike sections to grind up food, which it may do for up to 15 minutes before they swallow. It can take two days for them to digest their food.

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LIONS RECREATION HALL (LRH) 280 Lions Way, Qualicum Bay.

FOR MORE ACTIVITIES AT THE LCC, VISIT WWW.COMMUNITYHALL.CA SECOND SUNDAY MARKET at the Lighthouse Community Centre in Qualicum Bay – Sun. Oct 14th - 8am-noon, Pancake Breakfast - $6 or $8. Enjoy live music, breakfast, and shopping for a treasure!

BOW HORNE BAY COMMUNITY CLUB Join us in the Nordin Room at the Lighthouse Community Ctr the 3rd Thursday of each month at 7pm. Welcome new members to keep our yearly events ongoing.

Call Joanne Ferreiro 250-228-4231 or email us at bowhornebayclub@gmail.com ADULT BADMINTON. Mondays 7pm. ADULT PICKLEBALL. Thursdays 3:30pm. Lighthouse Community Centre in Qualicum Bay. Drop-in fee $4, equipment provided, beginners welcome, 15 years +. Info ph. 250-757-8307. email: steelehunt@shaw.ca

LET'S FLOOR CURL! A great sport for fun, friendship and game competition.

We play Mondays and Fridays, 1-3pm in the Lions Rec Hall in lovely Qualicum Bay. Curling rocks are supplied. Floor curling is affordable, easy to play, great for all ages and capabilities. Our Club is 55+ BC Games eligible. Worth a try! FMI call Fred or Lorraine at 250-752-0216.

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.

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

BOWSER / PARKSVILLE QUALICUM / NANAIMO / GULF ISLANDS DANCES OF UNIVERSAL PEACE – at Good Nature Farms – The Blueberry farm - 2795 Grafton Ave, Qualicum Beach (actually Coombs).

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.

ABOUT DANCES OF UNIVERSAL PEACE Open to the whole community – to every one of any age, tradition, background and belief. The Dances were founded in the late 1960's in San Francisco with the purpose of promoting world peace. The Dances are now done in hundreds of cities worldwide. They consist of uncomplicated movements performed in a circle, combined with short lyrics / mantras from the many world’s spiritual traditions, ranging from meditative to celebratory in quality.

Together with live music, they create an uplifting atmosphere and a sense of unity and community. We honor all spiritual and wisdom traditions, using words, mantras, songs and phrases from Buddhist, Hindu, Christian, Islamic, Jewish, Sufi, native traditions and more. Everything is fully taught each time. It’s comfortable, joyful, fun, and deep. Your donation of $5-10 is GREATLY appreciated. Confirm attendance by email to Joanne@glasswing. com.

TAOIST™ TAI CHI - Mondays 10:00-noon at the Lighthouse Community Centre in Qualicum Bay. Contact: 250-240-3387 or parksville@taoist.org 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.

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

AA LIGHTKEEPERS – Fridays at 7pm at the LCC. BRIDGE – Seniors Room, 1-4pm Fridays at the LCC. FMI Sheila Steele 250-757-8307.

ELEGANT THREADS. QUALICUM WEAVERS AND SPINNERS will once again be holding their major sale of the year, packed with unique one of a kind handcrafted handwoven clothing, household linens and hand spun yarns. There will be a silent auction of members handwork, demonstrations of weaving and spinning, a free entry draw plus admission is free to all members of the public. The Qualicum Commons (formerly the elementary school), 744 Primrose Street, Qualicum V9K 1S3, November 23rd and 24th from 10 am to 5 pm MENS CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP - Every third Thursday of the month. 1:00pm - 3:00pm, Bowser Legion, 7035 Island Hwy west.

DENMAN ISLAND CHRISTMAS CRAFT FAIR - Sat & Sun, December 1 & 2, 2018 over 80 artisans | two halls packed to the brim with 30+ years of craft tradition and this year's Christmas presents | holiday shopping that leaves you inspired. Visit denmancraftfair.wordpress.com The QUALICUM BEACH GARDEN CLUB presents: a series of seasonally topical winter and Christmas projects for Gardeners, including creating wreaths, planters etc. Meeting: Tuesday November 13 at the Qualicum Beach Civic Centre. Doors open: 7 pm, socialize and enjoy refreshments for the first half hour, meeting and presentations from 7:30-9pm. All are welcome, non-members are charged $3.

OCEANSIDE CONCERT BAND ANNUAL FALL CONCERT. Sunday, November 18 at 2:30pm. Knox United Church 345 Pym St. Parksville. Tickets at the door $15, Students $5, children 12 & under free. FMI: call 250-586-4485. Come and hear great music and support your local musicians.

REMEMBRANCE DAY IN UNION BAY. Sunday, November 11. Two events in the Union Bay Community Hall. Service at 10:40 a.m. "Armistice!!!" Show at 12 noon with the "Just for Joy Singers". A light lunch will be served. Admission by donation.

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Flu shots. Doors open at 6:30pm Remembrance Day Service. Parade starts at 10:30am Christmas Cake orders being taken – Price $15 each – Call Millie @ 250-757-2390 – Some cakes will be ready for pick up on Nov. 11th Christmas Craft Fair 10am to 3pm Roast Beef and Yorkshire pudding with desert $15.00 Quadrathon & Grey Cup festivities. Registration @11.30am Legion General meeting @ 7:00pm (Elections) Tuesday............................................................... 5:00pm Tuesday............................................................... 6:30pm Wednesday......................................................... 4:00pm Wednesday......................................................... 6:30pm Thursday............................................................. 6:00pm Thursday............................................................. 7:00pm Friday.................................................................. 5:00pm

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