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Grandview Camp and Cottages

Traces from an

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n the second part of this threepart series, we take a look back to some camps, a mercantile and motels of yesteryear – places that once were and now, only a whisper of their former selves. Places that created fond memories passed down for years.

The very first business to open in Qualicum Beach was The Qualicum Merchant. It was a general store built

by E. Bunting in 1910. It was the only general store for miles so it stocked up on the essentials one might need in those times. It was located on Memorial Avenue. Now, Naked Naturals and the Book Case are in its place. It is nice to imagination the old store surrounded by trees as far as one could see, alongside a dirt trail.

The Buntings took on another venture, but this time, it was right on the beach.

In 1920, ten years after Mr. Bunting opened The Qualicum Merchant, he and his wife built the Grandview Camp, together with partner Charles Forster.

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It began as a simple rustic camp on both sides of the island highway. It was located just south of the Shady Rest, the longest running business in all of Qualicum Beach. The Buntings constructed wood platforms in which campers could pitch their tents. In time, the wood platforms were replaced with cute wooden cabins.

platforms for tents and in time, rustic cabins replaced the platforms.

George sold Bayview Camp in 1939.

It continued to operate as a camp until at least 1948. Unfortunately, it is unclear what happened after that. It is a place that in time may be completely forgotten. Now the property is a few private homes with the same view the campers experienced over 70 years ago.

Grandview Camp was eventually torn down and all that remains is an empty lot and the memories of a simpler time.

On the high, flat part of West Crescent Road, overlooking the Strait of Georgia, existed another charming place. In 1950, Fraser George and his wife Jean, had the Crescent Motel built. It epitomized the 1950s with its joyful colours and a feeling of eternal happiness.

Just a few blocks from the Old College Inn, another camp was constructed. In 1928, on Hall Road, George Lane and a partner, built Bayview Park. It was a beautiful campground in the forest, on twenty acres that stretched down to the beach. It took a similar path as Grandview Camp. It began with wood

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But, like all the others before it, the motel was eventually torn down to make way for the condominiums that look over the Strait of Georgia today.

experience these places first hand. Also, as a lover of history, I will do my part to keep the memories alive.

One of the most idyllic get-a-ways in the early years of Qualicum Beach, was the Snow-White Motel and Cottages. It was built across from the beach in 1945, commissioned by Mr. & Mrs. Laver, the motel’s original owners. It was called the Snow-White Motel and cottages for two reasons: Snow-White is a childhood fairy tale that was endearing to most and the owners wanted to advertise the fact they used snow white sheets on the beds.

Next month, check out the third and final part of this series, where we go back to the days of the Ben Bow Inn and a place we pass by everyday, not realizing its original purpose, the Crump Hotel, which truly is, Historically Oceanside. ~

Below: One of the most idyllic get-a-ways in the early years of Qualicum Beach, was the Snow-White Motel and Cottages.

The Snow-White Motel had seven units that were affectionately named Sleepy, Dopey, Happy, Sneezy, Doc, Bashful and Grumpy. There were four cottages alongside the motel. They were given the names; Prince Charming, Bambi, Thumper, and of course, Snow White.

As an interesting side note, the original story of Snow White was written in 1812 by the Brothers Grimm and the seven dwarfs were anonymous. In 1912, a full century after the original tale, a Broadway play was created, and at that time, the seven dwarfs were given the names: Blick, Flick, Glick, Plick, Whick and Quee. It wasn’t until the Disney film in 1937, the dwarfs were given the names we all know today.

From 1970 until 1975, the motel and cottages were owned by Jim and Irene Mitchell. After that, the business was sold to Jim and Jutta Storey, who lovingly operated the motel and cottages into the early 1990s. The Storey’s then sold the quaint escape to a development group who removed the beloved get-a-way to make way for condominiums. The Casa Grande now stands in its place.

These places that were so full of life, in which many folks passed through, have become memories for some and so unknown to others. As a lover of nostalgia and of a simpler, happier time, I wish I was able to step back and

Above: Jim and Jutta Storey operated the Snow White Motel until the early 1990's when they sold the motel to a development group. The Casa Grande now stands in its place and is popular with tourists visiting our area.

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 March 2019 Aries (March 21-April 19) - As you can see, your personal year is coming to an end. Why not use this time before your birthday to think about what you want for your new year ahead? Some people love to set goals while others hate to make a commitment for fear of failure. But hey, studies show that clearly defined goals with deadlines improve your chances of achieving success. Hint: We both know you will travel this year and perhaps get further education to prepare for next year when you will shine!

Taurus (April 20-May 20) - Your future is bright and promising! Fiery Mars is in your sign boosting your energy, drive and enthusiasm. This will help you to accomplish much!

Make the most of this favourable influence because it comes only once every two years. You are more popular this month! You will be more involved with others, especially younger people. You might also have more interactions with clubs and organizations. This is an excellent month to define some goals and begin to actively pursue them. Ideas?

Gemini (May 21-June 20) - This month the Sun is at the top of your chart casting a flattering spotlight

on you. (This happens only once a year, so use it to your advantage!)

This flattering lighting makes bosses and parents see you as capable and talented, even if you don’t do anything special. Yep, good lighting is everything! If you have an idea about how to boost your income with a raise or a promotion, this is the month to act! Make your pitch! You might also get funding, help and favours from others. People will endorse you and give you financial assistance. Bring it on!

Cancer (June 21-July 22) - You want to travel and explore this month because you want stimulation and adventure! It’s also a great time to take a course or a workshop. Keep in mind that this is your year to improve your job or get a better job! It’s also your year to improve your health.

Your physical health can affect your mental well being, and your mental well being can get a nice lift if you learn more and find new ways to be delighted with the world around you.

When you change the way you look at the world, it changes, too.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) - This month you’re ambitious to get things done – and you will because a triple combo of Mars, Venus and Saturn will

push you to work hard. Fortunately, coworkers will be supportive. Focus on taxes, debt, shared property, insurance issues, wills and estates.

Discussions about these matters will take place and you will have strong opinions. Incidentally, your sex drive is amped as well. (But who has time to keep a diary of all these juicy details?)

Financial matters might come to a head early this month.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - This month the Sun is opposite your sign, which symbolically speaking means it is as far away from your sign as it gets all year. Since the Sun is your source of energy, this means you will need more sleep. (Go to bed.) This placement of the Sun plus Mercury opposite your sign as well, will promote discussions with those who are close to you. Now is the time to clarify issues. Fun getaways and vacations look promising! Why not have it all?

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life to make it run more smoothly. You don’t want to waste your time. You want as much free time as possible to fun instead of working with less efficiency, which means working more for less results. Step one is to de-clutter your home or your office, which is a wise idea because more than any other sign, you are affected by your surroundings.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) - This month promises pleasure and fun-filled times at sports events and social outings. Enjoy schmoozing, especially in a flirtatious way. Grab a vacation because you want to have a good time and the freedom to do your own thing! You will also appreciate your surroundings more than usual and realize just how much love there is in your daily world.

Nevertheless, with fiery Mars opposite your sign, you must be patient with those who are closest to you.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) - This month you cannot ignore home and family. Many of you will be more involved than usual with a parent. You might also attend to home repairs. Family discussions are on the menu; plus you yourself will want to cocoon more at home and relax. Having said that, fiery Mars will give you lots of energy to work; and Venus might give you a raise. It will certainly encourage you to spend money on beautiful things and activities that please you.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - Brace yourself for a fast-paced, busy month full of short trips, errands, appointments plus more time spent with siblings, relatives and neighbours. Of course, you want to be free to do your own thing, which is why you will explore romance and fun times. Make note that this is an excellent time to buy wardrobe items for yourself. Do this because you care about the image you project on your world. According to Mark Twain. “Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.”

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Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) - Take stock of what you own. Do you own your belongings – or do they own you? Because you want greater control of your life through your money and possessions, you might buy or acquire things to get better organized. You might also want to show something off because you’re pleased and proud of it. You can think of ways to boost your earnings; and yet, at the same time, you might feel possessive about what you have. “My precious!”

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) - This month is all about you dear Pisces because the Sun is in your sign. This literally attracts people and favourable situations to you, which gives you an advantage. Since this happens only once a year –use this! The Sun will boost your energy and make you feel invigorated and give you a great need to express yourself. This is the one time of year when your first duty is to yourself, and if you don’t fulfil that duty – you will be of little use to anyone. ‘Nuff said. ~ M A R C H

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e have a new puppy. I was sitting in the living room meditating while the puppy was asleep. My husband tiptoed in to tell me something unimportant. Of course, the puppy woke up. Arghhh! Why didn’t he wait to come in, and let me have the moment of peace?

It wasn’t really a big deal, but the thought came to me. What if I had married someone else who wouldn’t walk in and wake up the puppy?

This was not an existential moment in which I regretted 50 years of marriage. It was curiosity. Over a period of years, I realized, my husband and I had co-created each other. If we had married someone else, both of us would have become totally different versions of ourselves. I might not even recognize myself.

It is not just a partner that has such influence. Our parents, siblings, children, friends, teachers – everyone is in on it.

For better and for worse, we do cocreate each other.

I decided to explore and see what others were thinking about how we influence each other. I saw that Daniel Goleman

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had written a new book, Social Intelligence. I read the preface to the book and stopped the search. The last words of his preface were, “We create each other.”

catch more from each other than colds!

“Neuroscience has discovered that our brain’s very design makes it sociable, inexorably drawn into an intimate brainto-brain linkup whenever we engage with another person. That neural bridge lets us impact the brain—and so the body—of everyone we interact with, just as they do us.” (excerpt from Goleman’s website)

Wait a minute! That was my thought!

We create – we co-create – same idea.

Whose idea was it anyway? Did I think anything at all or just catch the idea as it was flying around in space like a whiffle ball? I guess that is the point. Goleman says we have something like wifi and internet inside our brains, so that we are constantly picking up cues and data streaming from everyone around us, and especially those close to us. We are wired to connect. If Goleman has an idea, it is up for grabs. I guess I grabbed it.

I started looking at all the people whose lives had intersected, paralleled or aligned with my own. I questioned what impact those relationships had on my inner or outer life. It wasn’t a new thought, but to think of these people in my life as co-creators brought my attention to them again. I’ll share a bit so you get the idea.

Actually, Goleman says that he grabbed it - from new discoveries in neuroscience. He says that he wrote his first book, Emotional Intelligence, because scientists were finally able to isolate the emotional centres of our brains. With recent breakthroughs, scientists are now able to study two or more brains at the same time, so they can track the impact on our brains when we connect.

Their realization is that we are wired to connect. While one conversation may be going on as we talk together, beneath the surface, our brain and hearts are having a different conversation, constantly chatting, tracking, receiving and sending information to each other. We

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~~~ Why did we become farmers? That’s easy. Because of an old dairy farmer friend named Fred Crum in Pennsylvania who abandoned his tractors late in life to return to farming with horses.

“Every animal has a unique personality and purpose,” he said. Why do I write?

Because of my Aunt Dottie and my professor, Dr. Brown. Why am I a workaholic? Because my grandma showed me how, complaining the whole way.

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I ended up making notes on dozens of pages, but the details of my life are not important to you. (The details of your life are important however!) It’s interesting when we put faces on the forces that shaped our circuitous pathways through life. Seldom do these powerful forces come on their own, without a real person carrying them. They do not need to be alive or present, but they are usually people. So, here we go… ~~~ I have one sister who is a know-it-all.

The only problem is that she really does know it all. She reads fast, is highly organized, has a great memory. I read more slowly and my memory comes and goes. She became a professor and I haven’t quite figured out what I became.

But she took us to Costa Rica on her honeymoon, and we love to visit. Her life was more financially profitable and professionally respected. My life was more earthy, more risky, and possibly more fun. We’re both a little jealous of each other. That’s a good thing. We can’t each live every life – that’s why we split up. (You take that life, and I’ll take this one. We’ll meet on the other side.)

I love having friends in the academic world. It’s a path I might have chosen too if I hadn’t been born at the perfect time to be a full-time hippie. My older siblings missed the whole wave.

Mark Twain said, “Don’t let schooling interfere with your education.”

Someone altered that back in the 60s to, “Schooling gets in the way of your education.” So, I was required by my generation to drop out of college repeatedly to go to California, only to return, re-enroll and drop out again.

One afternoon in high school, someone brought in a Ouiji board to drama class.

I asked, “What will be my major in college?” It said Dance. Ha ha ha. That’s ridiculous. But we didn’t know how the

world was about to change. Well, seven years later, I got my four-year degree – with a major in dance.

My best friend in middle school, Paula, was bright, quirky, and subterranean.

She had lots going on under the surface.

Good thing. I needed some rebelliousness implanted in my very obedient 12-year-old self. You never know when you may need to think for yourself.

Studying dance, I made another friend that was more radical and wilder than I. Judy was just cool, which made her freezing cold farm house and pig cool too. Meanwhile, Judy thought I was cool. Friends keep us from really dropping out. I choreographed a dance that Judy danced in, to the music of Yoko Ono. Long story, but John Lennon and Yoko ended up sending me a huge flower arrangement and a handwritten poem. How did I even register on their radar screen? It is a small planet.

Our 19-year-old friend Pam didn’t show up for our last dance concert. Pam influenced my life hugely, and sadly, by getting killed that night when her car slipped in the rain. I stayed by her bedside in the hospital all night with her father. When my mother picked me up in the morning from the hospital, I was different. A total shift of priorities. What are we here for? And where did Pam go? I left a couple months later for the mountains of New Mexico for a 10-day silent yoga retreat.

While my sister hung out with aspiring professors, my friends were more eccentric. One group of friends had a snake room with snakes in their house.

Our best friend, Jay, was a quadriplegic who was brilliant, deeply spiritual, and gathered the most interesting people around his wheelchair. Our good friend Larry surprised us all when he told us he was going out west to live in a cave

and get enlightened. That made perfectly good sense and we respected him for taking the bull by the horns. When we heard from him again, he wasn’t in a cave, but he had found a spiritual teacher in San Francisco. We kind of followed him, for years.

I followed my generation out into the streets protesting the Viet Nam war, and got arrested in the Mayday 1971 protests in downtown Washington, DC. I had more reason than most to protest the war, as my beloved brother had been killed in Viet Nam. Still, I was not a leader; I was a follower. (We are humans; we follow. The trick is to be careful who we follow.)

Art has a very high function, far more than entertainment. My husband said his whole life changed in two minutes when he first heard Bob Dylan. He stopped building cars and picked up the guitar.

The Beatles fell in love with Maharishi Mahesyogi, who taught Transcendental Meditation. We followed them.

One summer, while not shoveling out mud and debris from our basement after Hurricane Agnes, I was able to study with the famous dance icon, Eric Hawkins. Hawkins declared that “an artist should be a priest who brings the audience to enlightenment.” That’s a high order.

(Art and pop culture are not the same thing. It is really tragic that record companies are pushing such low consciousness music. Those in power don’t want any more Bob Dylans or John Lennons!

When people get socially conscious, they don’t buy and throw away enough stuff.) continued pg 13

Joanne Sales is a freelance writer, blueberry farmer, and is Founder and Director of Broombusters Invasive Plant Society. Comments and questions about her articles and/or upcoming workshops can be directed to joanne@glasswing.com.

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t's not long since annual Burns Suppers again took place across the world and the haggis was carried in to the music of Scotland's iconic instrument, the Great Highland Bagpipes. They were literally an instrument of war. This poem tries to describe how that could be.

Paradoxically, they are also played in times of grief.

ABOUT THIS POEM The poem is constructed in five-line stanzas rhymed aabba. The first three stanzas describe the emotional pressure of impending battle. The next three describe how the sound of the pipes fires up a person's courage and fighting spirit. The final stanza expresses the other role of the pipes: to accompany grief. The lines have four-beats each (tetrameter, as in "the WIND is an OMinous MUTTer of AIR") and most beats have three syllables (anapestic).

BAGPIPES The wind is an ominous mutter of air, the drizzle a falling of faltering prayer; for over the Ben the enemy’s mustered— we’ve heard by the war-cries they’ve brattled and blustered; we vie with a vanguard of fear and despair.

If we win, if we win, in this glorious battle it’s fiefdoms and honor and ploughed land and cattle, banquets and feasting all the night long as heroes by hill-fires with drinking and song— we’ll toast every clack of their chieftain’s death rattle.

If we lose, if we lose, in this nightmarish rout our limbs will be severed, our bowels spilled out; our homes will be savaged and ransacked and burned, our wives will be herded and ravaged and spurned, our bairns left to scrape by the snare and the trout.

From far horizons now it comes, an eagle borne on crackling drums— wingspan looming, growing wide, it shears the sky from side to side; the mountain’s bedrock stirs and thrums.

Its wing-tips trail triumphal flame, its furied screech foreshadows fame; its under-wings are blackest night, the drones that boom the march of might— we'll fight and we'll kill and we’ll hack and we’ll maim.

The skirl of the pipes makes us fly to the fray— emboldened and dauntless, we fall on our prey and clash, slash, and slay till the battle is won then sever their heads from their necks as they run and laugh as the crows peck their flesh from the clay.

And now, as the victors, we stagger the glens by children, by clachans, by women, by hens, and now the pipes play low laments for the dead, for the widow in weeds where the child hides its head and the cowering wounded who die in their dens.

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. ~ 1 2

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I had a bad uncle. Doesn’t every family have one? My husband’s family had one - an Uncle Bob who dragged his hapless kids across the country, stealing chickens from farmers and roasting them in the woods. My Uncle Willie introduced us to the shadow side of life.

But as dark as Uncle Willie was, his sister was bright. My Aunt Dottie took me underwing and turned me into a writer. Dottie wrote an informal column called The Ironing Board, for their family newspaper in St. Louis, Missouri.

Dottie encouraged me to write for it, even though I lived 800 miles away.

I got the courage to approach a larger newspaper where I lived. Soon I had a weekly column. Nothing like a deadline to influence your choice of what to do in a day.

What if I had married someone else?

I’m happy where I am. But I’m glad I asked myself the question.

I skipped very important people. But you get the idea. I made mistakes in my life, and I wish someone had been there to set me straight. But you can’t blame people who don’t exist. Besides, we’ve been out in the world wreaking havoc ourselves - influencing people for better or worse, forming their futures, opening or closing doors, changing their days.

If someone is alive at the same time and space as we are, and we even cross paths – that’s intimate! And if we decide to marry them? Or parent them? Or move next door? We are definitely cocreating each other.

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Shree Maa was another huge impact on my life. She is a Hindu teacher from India who became a guru to thousands of people here in the US. She’s a mere mortal as well, not perfect, “tossed about by the winds of fate…” But she had very high moments of clarity. We were alone in my car once, after rescuing a turtle and visiting one of her devotees. I only remember the last words of our conversation. “It’s all mind.”

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It’s all mind. My mind, your mind, the mind of God. Who can draw the lines that clearly separate us? Apparently, the mystics couldn’t and now the scientists can’t either. You can’t be put in a package, and neither can I. Even though we may not really be independent, we still get to pretend that we are. Even if we are not sure how free our free will is, our will still stands as an effective tool.

We are still the ones who choose how to respond to life. We can’t choose to give up our freedom to choose.

But Wait! I THOUGHT I WAS FINISHED! But then I read something, and I realized I was forgetting to mention some of the most important influencers.

I have mentioned people who personally influenced me, but possibly no one has influenced any of us as much as those who implemented good POLICIES. That sounds so cold and impersonal. But think about it. The people who passed the laws that give us free health care? They changed everything for us! It took a huge load off our backs.

The same goes for all the other good policies – from free education, nature reserves, to pollution regulations. Good policies amplify good actions millions of times.

Now we humans face the biggest policy challenge of history. You and I could do everything humanly possible to try to stop catastrophic climate change, but it is really in the hands of those in power.

What you and I have in our hands is the power to influence those in power.

That’s our job. Get them to wake up and implement critical and urgent lifesaving policies. This is the most important job ever to be offered to any generations since the beginning of time. Our timeline is short. Do you want to have a positive influence on the lives of your grandchildren? Yes? Then demand immediate climate change action now! ~

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by Micki Findlay

s it is March, and being of Irish descent, it seems only fitting I should write about leprechauns and fourleaf clovers. But, regardless of my distant heritage, I have never identified much with St. Paddy’s Day. That said, I do like to have fun and have been known to don enough green glitter and shamrock accessories to sink an Irish ship.

I identify with another event of the season, however; Women’s History Month. I am particularly drawn to this year’s theme: “Visionary Women: Champions of Peace & Non-Violence.” It honours women who have blazed the trail in ending war, violence and injustice. Now that is something I can get behind, begosh and begorra!

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

The theme feels very timely to me as, at the risk of sounding morbid and paranoid, I believe we are teetering on a rapidlyeroding precipice we may be hard-pressed to recover from. And I’m doubtful there is a leprechaun or four-leaf clover with enough magic to change our trajectory. For starters, we are witnessing an alarming increase in nationalism; a more ‘acceptable’ term for white supremacy and racism. If we aren’t frightened, we probably should be. As civilized beings, we are shocked whenever we recall the horrific crimes committed against humanity in days gone by. But these types of atrocities do not happen overnight.

The divisive rhetoric we have been hearing lately, is how it begins. By the time we realize we’ve been duped, the damage has been done.

All that said, and in spite of my grim predictions, I do have hope for a better tomorrow. Call me naïve, but I believe we can still learn from our mistakes. Women’s History Month should inspire us to rise up, like so many others before us, and pave the way for sanity and social justice. Perhaps organizing peace rallies isn’t your thing, but maybe you can write poetry, create art or compose songs. There are many ways to use our voices and talents. Will we use them to make a difference? Or will we choose to stay silent and safe?

I created a poster for our ‘Works of HeART Project’ Facebook page, depicting a coffee mug with the words, “Black, Americano, Latte, Irish, Mexican”, adding the quote, "If we don't judge people by their coffee choice,

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We are all human beans." Obviously, I was being facetious, which is somewhat fitting considering the absurdity of racism. But in all sincerity, every time we hear about walls, the dehumanization of immigrants, how “Mexicans are all rapists” and “Syrians are all terrorists”, we are being groomed to fall for one of the oldest delusions of all… that the enemy is always the one outside our circle.

I realize this discourse is more dismal and politically-charged than my usual ramblings.

But, for me, Women’s History Month is a time for remembrance, reflection and personal challenge. If I allow myself to forget what the brave women before me have accomplished for equality and social justice, and don’t speak out against bigotry and bullying, I feel I will do them a disservice.

After all, it is because of their sacrifice that I even have a voice.

Rosa Parks’ courage and her fight to eliminate racial segregation, made her the ‘first lady of civil rights’. Emmeline Pankhurst suffered violence and imprisonment so all women could have the right to vote.

Malala Yousafzai, a teenage Pakistani activist, was shot for speaking out about education for girls. She said, “I don’t want to be remembered as the girl who was shot. I want to be remembered as the girl who stood up.”

I am not Rosa Parks, Emmeline Pankhurst or Mahala Yousafzai, but I do have a voice.

I may never be shot or imprisoned for my beliefs, but I can use whatever talents I have to influence change. We can all do something.

On that note, I wrote a poem called, “We Cannot Go Back.” It is on our website under ‘HeARTworks’, if you care to read it. We have come too far to return to a time when women had no voice; when being black meant you were not human; when Jews were exterminated. Let us honour this month by remembering the women who helped change history and inspired us to respect and value all people, no matter their origin, gender, beliefs, sexual orientation, status or the colour of their skin. After all, this could be one of the most important times in history for women to find their voice, take the lead, say what needs to be said and do what needs to be done. Perhaps the old Irish proverb is true… “The future is not set, there is no fate but what we make for ourselves.” ~ •

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RYAN OLIVER JAZZ QUARTET Juno-nominated saxophone player Ryan Oliver with Tony Genge on piano, Ken Lister on bass and Joe Poole on drums Friday, March 8th, 7pm Tickets $18 ($15 OCAC) Tough toned, Juno-nomiated saxophonist Ryan Oliver honed his craft living on Canada's west coast and in Amsterdam, Toronto and New York and has performed throughout the world with his own groups and The Shuffle Demons.

His stellar quartet will be performing a night of swinging standards, romantic ballads and bossanovas along with a few originals from his latest release STRIVE!, featuring Stan Getz's drummer Victor Lewis. ~

AT THE MAC McMillan Arts Centre • 133 McMillan St, Parksville • www.mcmillanartscentre.com • 250-248-8185

WILL MILLAR OF THE IRISH ROVERS PRESENTS: "IRELAND IN THE RARE OUL TIMES" Sunday, March 17th, 7pm (Matinee is sold out) Tickets $22 ($20 OCAC) For thirty years, Will led the Irish Rovers around the world with his lively brand of Celtic music. Since his departure from the Irish Rovers, Millar has produced six solo albums. Four Celtic instrumental CDs were released by Chacra Music: The Lark in the Clear Aire, Celtic Seasons, Celtic Reverie and Journey of the Celt.

Two of these albums went Gold in Canada.

Will is also an accomplished artist, who has been in exhibit at the MAC in 2018. He will be bringing some of his wonderful paintings, CDs and art cards while he is at the MAC. ~

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elcome to Almost, Maine - a tiny village so far north it is almost in Canada. On a clear, cold and moonless night, the northern lights dance overhead as the residents of this mythical town find themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected and often hilarious ways. Through the eleven scenes, which all take place at 9:00 pm on the same Friday evening, broken hearts are mended; old loves are rekindled; new loves are discovered; unacknowledged love suddenly blossoms. The audience shares in a variety of both humorous and poignant moments.

Almost, Maine, by John Cariani, is a heart-warming play that will restore your optimism and belief in love, in life, and in second chances. Premiered at the Portland Stage Company in Portland, Maine in 2004, it broke box office records and garnered critical acclaim. It is a different kind of play – we meet 19 characters, with as many as five characters being played by a single actor.

The production will be presented at the Village Theatre, Qualicum Beach between April 18 and May 5, 2019. Directed by veteran director Don Harper, Almost, Maine will also be ECHO Players’ entry to the annual North Island Zone Festival which will be held at the Village Theatre in May. Tickets: Village Theatre Box Office, 110, W 2nd. Avenue or 250-752-3522 info@echoplayers.ca . echoplayers.ca Based at the Village Theatre in Qualicum Beach, ECHO Players is a community theatre society which has served Oceanside and beyond since the 1930s.

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• Are you ready to write your family history but you're not sure how to get started? Let's talk ... then we'll create a plan to get those first few sentences on paper and your family legacy started.

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51st ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The purpose of this meeting is to elect: • Two trustees for three-year terms ending in 2022.

• To discuss works completed in 2018 and new developments for 2019.

Wednesday April 17, 2018 • 7pm Lighthouse Community Hall 240 Lions Way in Qualicum Bay

If you would like to be a trustee of the water district you must fill out a nomination form and submit it to the water office, no later than 21 days prior to the AGM. Please submit your application by March 20, 2019. *Nominations will no longer be accepted at the AGM. Forms can be picked up at the office or on the website at www.qbhlwater.ca

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Nanaimo Art Gallery

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Find EyesOnBC Magazine Online Go to www.facebook.com/eyesonbc, click on ISSUU from the menu on the left. From the back issues shown - simply click any one of the cover photos to view a full-screen edition. You can also find back issues (dated 2010 to present) by going to issuu.com and searching for EyesOnBC.

SPRING BREAK ART CAMPS: ART SPEAK Register now camps fill up fast!

Ages 5-8 March 18-22, 9:30 am - 12 pm March 25-29, 9:30 am - 12 pm Ages 9-12 March 18-22, 1 pm - 4 pm March 25-29, 1 pm - 4 pm

Information Night March 20, 2019 – 7:00pm Lighthouse Community Hall, 240 Lions Way

Supplies included $125 per child am or pm weeklong camp Bring lunch, snack, and water Young artists will explore a variety of approaches to art making to discover how art “speaks.” Inspired by athut / Words Bounce, we will design, draw, write, photograph, paint and collage using traditional and contemporary approaches to art making. Art Camps are taught by working artists and emphasize experimentation, play, critical thinking, and are designed to build kids’ confidence in their creative potential! Each week explores different activities.

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by Linda Tenney

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acebook leaves me in a quandary. I love it because it can bring us together. I hate it because it can tear us apart. And I haven't quite come to terms with its gray area. If there is one.

Filled with curiosity, I joined three "Rant and Rave" groups that I quickly learned offered more rants than raves and a soapbox for the obnoxious voice of intolerance, anger, racism, pettiness and other anti-social behavior. Facebook wasn't so social anymore!

I watched. I listened. And ultimately found myself appalled by posts oft-times targeting individuals in the community that I knew. Generally the incidents cited in 'rants' were petty, the 'targets' unknown to the poster, and in many cases, the individuals being ranted against didn't know they were being publicly ridiculed. But, the bandwagon had been pulled up and others quickly jumped on with their own derogatory remarks. It saddened me deeply.

Eventually, I shook my head in disgust and un-followed three particularly active groups, mostly engaged in negative rhetoric.

Frankly, I needed to distance myself from the dark commentary. The posts illustrated the worst of us rather than the best of us!

As I started this column, an article by writer Brad Cran popped up in my Facebook news feed, where things of value sometimes do pop up! Cran's article, "The Academic Mob and its Fatal Toll", talks about an incidence of 'mobbing' in higher

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education institutions, and how it can damage the lives of the mob's target; the designated undesirable.

frenzy of an 'emotional stoning'.

The psychology of it is fascinating, albeit frightening."

Cran writes: "...the ethics committee of the Montreal Neurological Institute at McGill University accused neurology and neurosurgery professor Justine Sergent of failing to properly obtain their approval for her work using radioactive isotopes to study the brain function of pianists. Sergent claimed no wrong-doing other than, at most, a technical mistake of not re-requesting specific approval to study pianists reading sheet music when she had already received approval to use the same technology to study brain function in people reacting to images of human faces.

Bolen agreed. "The academic example is particularly acute because of the limited options high-level educators have of finding alternate employment. But it is true, any form of mobbing as discussed in the article has the potential to level hurts far beyond what might be fair or even vaguely appropriate.

What is scary is that the general online population seems unaware or even negligent of this terrible fact."

The distancing of face-to-face interaction provided by social medial platforms seems to give permission to say anything, anytime, about anyone. What has happened to good manners? What has happened to being kind? Is technology stealing our compassion and our very humanity?

It was a mistake. One easily corrected. Instead, the accusations escalated and gained traction. Even the media became involved after they received an anonymous letter and subsequently published an article about the allegations against Sergent. The accusations were so deeply damaging to Justine that she eventually took her own life.

Her husband followed suit when he committed suicide in solidarity.

I offer that social media, in whatever form, be used wisely and with a wary eye. Our history, written each and every day, defines us and will be closely studied by someone in our distant future.

Aside from its negative use, our interactions through social media offer us the opportunity to raise the bar ... to lift up, rather than tear down ... to share ... to learn ... to grow. So let's do that. ~

In an online discussion about the article with local writer and journalist, Dennis Bolen, I wrote, "Although focused on incidents in the academic world, the article also speaks to the all-too-frequent 'mobbing' that occurs within other segments of society, most publicly on social media where anyone in the world can join the fray and

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Lighthouse Country & beyond LIONS RECREATION HALL (LRH) 280 Lions Way, Qualicum Bay.

LIGHTHOUSE COMMUNITY CENTRE (LCC) 240 Lions Way, Qualicum Bay.

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.

FOR MORE ACTIVITIES AT THE LCC, VISIT WWW.COMMUNITYHALL.CA SECOND SUNDAY MARKET at the Lighthouse Community Centre in Qualicum Bay – Sun. Mar 10 - 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 LIGHTHOUSE SENIORS – Branch 152 – meet at 11:30am in the Seniors Room at the Lighthouse Community Centre on the first Monday of every month. For more information, please call Joan at 250-7579536.

TAOIST™ TAI CHI - Mondays 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.

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 MARCH 15-28: ART FROM THE ATTIC: If you love art fairs and you love a good bargain, this is the show for you! You are sure to find something special and unique from among the quality artwork being presented at the Art from the Attic Sale. The sale will begin the moment the painting hits the wall. On March 22, the art work will receive further markdowns and by the last days you can make offers. In the past sales we have featured paintings from well-known artists to favourite locals. We have had over 200 pieces at each sale priced from $5.00 to $2,500.00 with the most popular price point set under $200. There will be works of art in oil, acrylic, watercolour and pastel depicting a variety of themes such as floral, landscape, abstract or representational showcased. The Old School House Arts Centre, 122 Fern Road West, Qualicum Beach.

MARCH 19: QUALICUM BEACH GARDEN CLUB: Roger Griffiths speaks to us about Alpine flowers of BC and a bit beyond. The meeting takes place at the

Qualicum Beach Civic Centre on Jones Street. Doors open at 7pm, socialize and enjoy refreshments for the first half hour. Meeting and presentations: 7:309pm. Visit: qualicumbeachgardenclub. wordpress.com FMI. All are welcome, nonmembers are charged $3.

MARCH 20: QUALICUM BEACH FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY Annual General Meeting Wednesday March 20, 2019 @ 7PM. Royal Canadian Legion, 180 Veterans Way, Qualicum Beach. Special Event: Breaking Down your Brick Wall. All Welcome MARCH 20: EAGLECREST GARDEN CLUB. Meeting: Wednesday March 20th at 7pm (doors open at 6:30 pm). Location: Qualicum Beach Civic Centre. Guest fee: $3. Speaker: Kristi Bellis speaking on “Garden Design – Where to Begin”. Her design goal is to ensure that you end up with a garden space that reflects your personal style, meets the needs of your family and is a sanctuary where you can go to connect with nature.

MARCH 7: CANVAS ART FOR TEENS 11-15yrs - Jenny Hughes will guide you through how to paint a fantastic yet surprisingly simple acrylic painting. No experience necessary. All supplies are provided. View painting project online.

Thursday, March 7 from 4:00-5:30 pm at Oceanside Art Studio, cost is $20. Phone RDN, Recreation and Parks at 250-2483252 to pre-register. View recreation programs online at rdn.bc.ca/recreation.

APRIL 5 -6: QUALICUM WEAVERS AND SPINNERS are hosting a spring show and sale of unique handwoven clothing, household linens, knitted and felted quality items at reasonable prices.

Demonstrations of weaving and spinning a silent auction of members handiwork, free admission and wheelchair friendly to all members of the public. With a special welcome to our Brant visitors. At The Commons (formerly Qualicum Elementrary School) - 10 am to 4 pm. 744 Primrose Street, Qualicum Beach.

Community Calendar listings are reserved for non-profit organizations, societies, clubs and associations operating within the guidelines of the Society Act of BC, and to charities registered with Canada Revenue Agency. Listings are first-come, first-served, space permitting, and placement is not guaranteed. See more events at www.eyesonbc.com M A R C H

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MAR 2019

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

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

Printed courtesy Canadian Hydrographic Service. Add 1 hour to tide times for Daylight Savings

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WHAT’S ON? — MAR 2019

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Ladies Pie Sale starts 11 am Legion Event Quadrathlon starts @ 11:30 am Legion General meeting @ 7 pm Giant Meat Draw and Ladies Supper 4:30 pm

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