June 2012 EyesOnBC Magazine

June 2012 vol 1 issue 4

Central Vancouver Island Edition

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Hope for Honey Bees • 16 Lighthouse Bluegrass Festival • 28

Cloudy Skies Clouds can be remarkably similar to the friends, lovers and passer-bys that come and go through our daily lives like unexpected weekend guests who arrive exactly as they planned or close relatives who fail to appear simply cancelling at the last minute as if you weren’t worthy of even a rain check you have cleaned the bathroom and your conscience for nothing

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ecently while returning from Mexico I elected to fly into Comox, and boy was that worth the extra sheckles for the opportunity to enjoy and appreciate the bird’s eye view of our beautiful island as the jet approached over the Salish Sea. There I was suspended within a flying machine teasing clouds as if playing a game of surreal tag. I could not help but draw metaphoric similarities of the dancing clouds in the sky to the dance of life. ~ Michael

Naysayer clouds are lifelong companions content to rain on just your parade intimidating our hopes for a brighter day some clouds are hauntingly thin and long like the fingernail scratches of a prisoner held within the walls of a gray winter day thirsty for the taste of a falling raindrop who among us has not known at least one cute cloud cannot find their way around a hilltop Vegas stars mime the Clouds de Soleil desert matinees provided dusk to dusk elflike figures grasping silver moonbeams then magically move across skies of fantasy one moment an elegant graceful butterfly the next a leaping giant walrus brilliant costume changes accomplished within the blink of your eye now you see them and then you don’t encore...encore...encore Who has not witnessed the theft of a sunset pickpockets lurk like whiffs of innocence clouds seemingly distant but so close we never feel them steal the belief that we actually can own daylight as if it were a shiny silver dollar buried like treasure amidst a mirage the usual suspects hide away to darkness why even a cloudless sky fails to please us all who has not longed for a rainy day

That Canadian Poet greeting cards can be found in Courtenay: The Laughing Oyster. In Bowser: Georgia Park General Store. At Spider Lake: PineRidge Farm Market. In Parksville: Infinity Gifts; ParksWest, Island Exposures Gallery, Cultivate Garden and Gift. In Qualicum Beach: Chocolates Plus, Qualicum Beach Florist, Qualicum Beach Chamber of Commerce. In Nanaimo: Flying Fish and in twenty other select retail locations from Campbell River to Victoria.

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Clouds of suspicion descend upon truth as if locusts hunting for delicious prey and can like a loaded pair of dice forever change the games that we play the fickle and aloof clouds of love play hide and seek with our very hearts Juliet cried out where for art thou Romeo deep in her heart she knew his words were just a bunch of silver lined promises who do you trust if you can’t trust a cloud Irish (Michael B Poyntz) •

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FEATURES

16 Hope for Honey Bees: What’s all the Buzz About?

28 2nd Annual Lighthouse Bluegrass Festival

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Bill Cave | Now That’s Improvising!

TRAVEL & OUTDOORS

8 Travellin’ with Carolyn: From Sweden with Love 14 Thru the Seasons: Eswyn’s Alpine Rock Garden 22 Tide Table

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 2 Cloudy Skies - a poem by Michael B Poyntz

28 It’s Not Just Fiddling Around!

Lighthouse Bluegrass Festival

COMMUNITY LIFE 6 Riding for Boomer. The Legacy Lives On 22 The Art of Conscious Living 27 From the Desk of the Regional Director 32 Inspired by Community

COMMUNITY PEOPLE

17 Images & Voices: Bill Cave | Now That’s Improvising 26 Kwalikum Secondary School Honour Students

HEALTH & WELLNESS

9 Organic vs Conventional Farmed Produce 19 Health & Wellness Matters: Vitamin D

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Riding for Boomer. The Legacy Lives On.

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n June 15 and 16, 2012, over 90 cyclists will be participating in the 5TH Annual Boomer’s Ride.

The goals of this nationwide event, (on September 10th, 2011 we had our first Boomer’s Ride in Nova Scotia) are to raise funds for Boomer’s Legacy Foundation and the important humanitarian projects it sponsors; and to build awareness about our soldier’s efforts for those in need.

To Make A Pledge Online

To date over $640,000 has been raised and through the efforts of our Canadian soldiers it has purchased shoes for orphans and science books for schools; replaced a farmer’s herd of sheep bombed by the Taliban, so he can once again support his family; provided medical supplies to villages and treated many children whose medical conditions would otherwise have been fatal simply because their families lacked the means and the access to adequate medical care. Boomer’s Legacy, through our soldiers, continues in the funding of a midwife training program, supporting a sports program for youth and essential surgeries.

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Through Boomer’s Legacy our soldiers are making an extra difference. We’re honored to ride in a fundraising effort to support this. We also have a personal stake in this particular event. Each of us is riding for a fallen soldier who died, who was willing to put his/her life at risk. Now it’s our turn to help, this is something that we can do.

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From Sweden with Love!

By Carolyn Walton

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our years ago, Jan and Gunilla Nogeus set sail around the world from Gothenburg, Sweden in their 36-foot sailboat, LIVA. Their logbook entries may list exotic world ports, however under the May super moon, the LIVA anchored alongside the Deep Bay Yacht Club. To welcome the sailors, members of the DBYC hosted a barbeque and potluck supper on the wharf. Club treasurer, Derrick Ward presented the sailors with the club’s blue and gold DYBC burgee, making the Nogeus’ honourary members. “We had sailed past this area several times” Jan told the group, “without knowing about this wonderful little bay. Now we are so happy to be here and making new friends.”

Their first around-the-world sailing voyage began in 1994 when they left their professions and cruised the North Atlantic, then down to the West Indies, through the Panama Canal to the Marquises, Micronesia and New Zealand, where they bought a car at auction and spent two months exploring North and South Island. Then it was on to Okinawa in Japan, discovering due to strict Japanese regulations they couldn’t get permission to sail from one port to another. “They thought we were hippies,” Gunilla laughed. However with help from a friend they visited some fifty-six small fishing ports. Next, reaching Dutch Harbour in the Aleutians they sailed south through Alaska and British Columbia to Washington State, anchoring off Orcas Island, the largest of the San Juans. Longest time spent at sea, Jan told us, was thirty-eight days, some 4,000 nautical miles.

Gunilla & Jan Nogeus displaying the DBYC aboard the LIVA • Carolyn Walton \photo So pulling up anchor they followed much the same route as the first trip. A ham radio operator, Jan was able to keep in touch via emails, writing several at one time, putting them in the outbox and then firing up the engine and sending and receiving mail via ham radio.

Jan explained this was free, compared to carrying expensive satellite communications onboard. “When you are at sea for a long time you have to watch your money” he said.

“We spend a lot time listening to the radio, especially on the open ocean and can order specific weather charts for an area, receiving them within four or five minutes. Batteries have to always be charged as Gunilla is diabetic and her insulin must be kept cold.”

Invited into their cabin for tea, we see souvenirs from around the globe: carvings from the Solomon Islands, a painting from Hong Kong of one of the last junks in the harbour, a fishing knife studded with sharks teeth from Tuvalu, Micronesia, an elephant from Japan, an Alaskan ulu knife and a halibut hook carved by a woman from Meyers Chuck north of Ketchikan.

After five and a half years Jan and Gunilla returned home via the Indian Ocean, Madagascar, South Africa and the Azores.

However they found it hard to get work, as prospective employers wanted to know how long they planned to be around. The couple solved that problem and made a living touring Scandinavia, presenting slide shows of their voyage.

Some of their scariest moments came when encountering the waters in Hecate Strait on the northeast corner of Haida Gwaii. “We had to learn about tides,” said Jan. “Where we come from in Scandinavia we don’t have any tides, therefore very little current.”

Although heading north, Jan and Gunilla plan another visit to Deep Bay in the fall. “This coast is just marvellous,” they said “and we have met so many wonderful people.” The couple plans to spend the winter on land then ship the LIVA to the Great Lakes, sail her toward Labrador, Iceland and then home. ~ Travel questions? Contact me at wordsbywalton@shaw.ca

By 2008 they were feeling landlocked. “Too dull, no excitement.” Gunilla explained.

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organic vs conventionally farmed produce

Is one more nutritious than the other?

by Linda Watts, Registered Dietitian

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ecently, I was buying salad greens when I overheard a woman say to her partner: “Honey, grab an organic red pepper instead.

It has more vitamins.” Despite studying this very topic, and confident that I was going to get a message to mind my own business, I refrained from launching into a debate. The truth is, research only mildly supports the belief that organic produce is nutritionally superior to conventionally farmed goods.

Scientifically proving organic is more nutritious than conventionally grown produce isn’t easy. There are many factors for nutrient differences in crops such as soil quality, climate, farming practices and postharvest handling.

To answer the organic versus conventionally farmed question, confounding factors need to be controlled and, so far, few studies have successfully done so.

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methods that contribute to varying nutrient levels in food.

What matters most, though, is the nutrient content of an apple or carrot when we take our first bite, not when the produce is initially harvested. Fruits and vegetables that spend too much time in a truck (or flying on a 747) and then sit for days in a warehouse, are less nourishing by the time they reach our table.

According to the professional organization, Dietitians of Canada, there doesn’t appear to be any recognizable differences in organically and conventionally grown vegetables for beta-carotene, thiamin and niacin. Research on vegetables reveals inconsistent findings comparing vitamin C content and mineral levels such as calcium, iron, magnesium and potassium.

The most promising research findings concern the higher polyphenol levels in organic produce. Polyphenols are compounds produced by the plant to fight disease and pests; it makes sense they are found in greater amounts. Organic berries and broccoli have to fend for themselves when they are not being chemically

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At the end of the day, buying organic fruits and vegetables is a personal choice based on your food budget, taste preferences and social values. If you want produce that most likely contains little to no pesticides, buy organic. Ditto if it’s important to you to purchase food that was most likely grown using agricultural practices that were healthier for the farmer and the environment.

But when the subject is simply nutritional quality, organic isn’t necessarily the better choice. We need more well-designed studies and until this happens, the jury is still out.

Whether organic or conventionally grown, fruits and vegetables that are fresh, in season and locally grown are your best bet for both nutrition and flavour.

Linda Watts is a registered dietitian. Send questions to linda@foodtalkwatts.com

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“The first net-zero achievable school opened its doors last year south of the border, and more are underway.

“Even now, the materials you choose can make a big difference to the overall efficiency of your new home,” Blyth explained. “If you want the highest performance, be sure to pay close attention to decisions for the walls, windows, roofing, ventilation and indoor climate control.

Those features in particular assist in the goal to completely offset energy consumption.”

Nudura walls are in demand for this reason, says Blyth, explaining that their concrete system is replacing the traditional – but inefficient and unsustainable – wood frame method. The far more durable system is known to builders as ICFs, or insulated concrete forms.

“Our ICFs consist of pre-assembled panels, each one stacked, reinforced, and then filled with concrete,” Blyth explains. “Once locked together (like Lego) this system creates a solid, monolithic wall which is reported to be up to nine times stronger, with far more fire protection and with far more sound insulation and occupant comfort.

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wildflowers from Sussex to Nanoose

ESWYN’S ALPINE & ROCK GARDEN

by Nancy Whelan

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here’s a new and fascinating garden in Nanoose that had its first inspiration in Sussex, England. This unique and compact site, a community garden just to the sloping side of the hall at Nanoose Place, greets one with a plaque reading, “Eswyn’s Alpine & Rock Garden - Started with her plants, 2009.

Nurtured by Eswyn’s Alpine Caretakers” As a young girl, Eswyn Lyster roamed the chalk hills of Sussex’s South Downs, collecting and studying wildflowers. She joined the Wrens, met and married Bill Lyster, and with her baby son, came to Canada on the first ship load of war brides following WWII. After living on the prairies and in North Vancouver, she and Bill bought a house in Qualicum Beach and moved here in 1972. And here began the story of Eswyn’s garden – a garden landscaped and planted with suitable trees and shrubs (“the bones”) to accompany the rock and alpine plants she loved and nurtured.

When Eswyn died in the summer of 2009, her family looked for a place to honour her knowledge, spirit, and history of alpine plants. Qualicum alpine plant enthusiast, June Strandberg, contacted the family and soon Eswyn’s Alpine Caretakers, dear

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Eswyn’s Alpine & Rock Garden - Nanoose, BC - Karen Unruh photo friends at the QB Garden Club, and members of the club’s special interest group on alpine plants came to the rescue.

Carefully, the precious alpines from around the world were dug, repotted, and given lots of TLC until their new home was ready.

Back in 2005, two volunteers, Paula Syrotuck Young and Elizabeth Bakker and other helpers undertook the task of developing the grounds at Nanoose Place

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until a dry wasteland now features mulched walkways through native flora, attractive fencing, and a rhododendron garden donated by the Nanoose Garden Club.

Then came the last phase – grading a steep bank overrun with Himalayan blackberries, and inserting local granite rocks. Here, “the Caretakers”, Karen Unruh, Loraine Wilhelm, and Elaine Bohm planned to place Eswyn’s plants. continued next page

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through the seasons - CONTINUED A dedicated tractor and backhoe operator worked diligently with the gardeners to get the slope graded just right and place the rocks in the proper place. The garden and its plaque were dedicated on Mother’s Day of 2011.

When a knowledgeable gardener, Gordon Mackay, from Alba Plants saw this garden in the making he remarked that the bottom triangle of the slope was the perfect place for a ‘crevice garden’ and said he had a friend, Paul Spriggs, ‘who made these things’. Thus, people with shovels and barrows moved dirt, Paul lined up the rocks (with a compass, yet!), and a crevice garden took its place as part of this novel alpine garden in the fall of 2011.

The term ‘alpine garden’ tells us that here are plants that grow under special conditions found in the mountains where their seeds may be gathered by collectors and dispensed at certain nurseries.

Easily confused, is the term ‘rock garden’ which may mean rather small plants grown among rocks and able to survive without too much moisture.

A ‘crevice garden’ is designed to resemble the parallel lines of mountain rocks where soil collects to nurture plants.

Some alpine gardeners build ‘trough gardens’ – a porous mixture of cement and peat shaped within forms and used as containers for rock and alpine plants. Being porous, the troughs absorb and hold moisture.

Alpine gardens naturally feature a lot of ground-hugging, and often very minute plants – evolved, no doubt, to withstand their ‘native

mountains’ strong winds and harsh temperatures. Their growing and seed-bearing seasons are short, for there are but few months between the snows. Often the movement of ice and glaciers in early ice ages determined where certain plants are found today, some of them preserved in refugia where the ice stopped just short of their growing areas. Some alpine plants are ephemeral, disappearing after flowering (like our trilliums) and living only as a dormant roots in the ground until next season. Not all alpines will grow among the same type of rock, some obtaining their moisture and nutrients only from particular rock formations – e.g. granite, chalk, slate, or serpentine.

Eswyn’s Alpine Garden has just got started, but is a generous and thriving legacy to the community and plant lovers who laboured to bring it to fruition and who tend it with the devotion inspired by that gracious lady herself. Though the bulk of the plants are Eswyn’s, people have contributed plants of their own to the garden and specialty nurseries make other alpine plants available to help fill the rocky niches. Compost for the garden was donated by the Nanaimo recycling depot and a cover layer of pea gravel was a donation from Ozero Sand and Gravel. This is a sustainable garden without pesticides, insecticides, or artificial fertilizes.

Says Caretaker Karen Unruh who showed me around, “It’s a treasure for us, this open community garden which is a source of pleasure and learning”. It won’t be long before the garden clubs have it on their tour routes, and photo cards by Karen will be available at the tourist info centre, complete with address and GPS co-ordinates. ~

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hope for honey bees What’s all the buzz about?

by Lisa Verbicky

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t’s one of those warm May days when you can smell the lilacs through the car window, even at 80 kilometers per hour down the Inland Island Highway. Left at Woodgrove Mall, right past Superstore, and then a quick left at the...apiary? Even Winnie the Pooh wouldn’t have seen that one coming, a 1.6 acre parcel of prime Nanaimo real estate handed over to the honeybee.

At the gate I’m greeted by three Corgi pups, an auspicious bee-loving cat, and Stan.

Stan, the man with four current bee stings on his fingers.

“I’m always getting stung. It’s part of being a beekeeper,” he says as he demonstrates the effective removal of a barbed stinger from one’s paw - scratch it out quick with your finger nail.

• Lisa Verbicky photo million dollars in agricultural value every year in BC, according to the BC Ministry of Agriculture, and they are merely one of 20,000 bee species world-wide.

Stan Reist and his wife Cheryl operate Flying Dutchman Apiaries, with several colonies on properties stretching between Chemainus and Campbell River, each capable of producing between 40 and 80 lbs of their Dutchman’s Island Gold Honey.

They also supply local beekeepers, farmers, and gardeners with everything they need from bees, frames, and special bee ‘feed’, to pollination services and 18 years of expertise in things like ‘how to stop your bees from swarming’. Their ‘beesness’, says their website, ‘is the bees.’”

The inherent link between bees and human survival is priceless, with the UN Environmental Project putting them responsible for pollinating 71% of our world-wide crop species.

Systematically laid out among a field of fruit trees and honeysuckle, is a miniature cityscape of Langstroth beehives or boxes, small skyscrapers with horizontal floors or ‘frames’ housing a community network so ruthlessly efficient and organized it would make Donald Trump take stock.

With an entirely female crew, there are scout bees who find new homes for overcrowded hives, communicating exact coordinates through body movements. There are foragers who find and announce the bounty with an excited doorstep dance, passing the harvest over to

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young deer grazes beside Bill Cave’s home and the gentle notes of Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata fill the air. “I’m re-learning how to play it,” Bill explained. “Sometimes people at the Seniors’ residences where I play request something classical.”

Throughout the many phases of Bill’s life, music has been the constant, and all parts of his life have been imbued with the same qualities he brings, daily, to his music: passion and the spirit of improvisation.

“My mother’s friend taught me the piano scales when I was six, but it really all started when I was ten. There was no music in the schools in the forties, so Arthur Delamont started up Junior Bands all around Greater Vancouver. The best players then went into the Kitsilano Boys Band.”

In 1950, Delamont took the Kits Boys Band on a five-month tour of England. Bill was sixteen and still in high school. “One of the most thrilling moments of my life was performing on the same BBC Radio show as Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis and getting to meet them.”

Bill returned home, finished high school and apprenticed as a machinist at Burrard Drydock. “After five years, I joined the Navy. At first, it seemed exciting—drinking coffee and wandering around, but then I realized I didn’t want to spend the rest of my life playing silly war games.” Perhaps the most important thing about his time in the Navy was that he borrowed a friend’s trumpet and taught himself to play it.

After his stint in the Navy, Bill returned to his machinist trade, working first in Victoria and then for ten years at the mill in Port Alberni, all the while playing music. “The Cavemen were pretty well-known in Alberni; it was a swing dance band, and we played at least once a week.”

The band also led to his next gig. “Art Skipsey, Vice-Principal at the Junior Secondary, asked me if I’d teach music in the morning and then work afternoon shift at the mill until they found a music teacher. The first days were a disaster, but once I showed them that I could play the trumpet, I won them over. It was a blast, until Art said, ‘Good news for you, we found a teacher,’ and I thought, ‘Oh, too bad.’ Next thing I was talking to the Superintendent.” Thus began Bill’s career as a music teacher, four years in Port Alberni and then thirteen, until his retirement in 1991, in Parskville/ Qualicum.

“I was an unorthodox teacher. I always knew what I wanted to achieve, but not how I was going to do it until I saw the mood of the kids that day.” His students in the group “Triple Image” – Phil Dwyer, Richard Cave and Pat Collins – played at Music Fest Canada, putting Qualicum on the Canadian music map.

“Everything started rolling after that.” In 1990, Bill took five

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“I always taught by example, by using my trumpet. I’m not what you’d call a “legit” player, but I can play any solo by ear.” He can also play the piano and the trumpet simultaneously. “I didn’t learn how to do it; I just did it. Here, I’ll show you...” And in true musicspeaks-louder-than-words style, he did.

Bill’s daughter Laura is a professional pianist—“she makes me look third-rate” – and his two sons, Dan and Rich, are in engineering.

“My wife Ann always kept me sane. She was the foundation that kept everything together. She was very ‘legit.’”

Currently, Bill plays in the Bill Cave Trio, the Just Us Dance Band, the Oceanside Concert Band and at St Stephen’s Church. Nor has he strayed far from his other loves, woodworking and machining. “I started making lamps out of musical instruments two or three years ago, just for the heck of it. The wooden base is turned, weighted and threaded. People seem to really like them.”

“I’ve been told it’s strange that a guy like me is a machinist. I’m very articulate in the shop, but I improvise on the machine too.” At the mill, he was asked to rig up devices so that machinery could be fixed in the field. He has a patent for a tool – the Cave-Out – that can extract a stuck mouthpiece from brass instruments in eight seconds.

There are many ways to catch a bit of Bill’s improvisational genius – attend a dance he is playing at, or just turn on a Cave lamp – both guaranteed to make you feel lighter. ~

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Get your car ready for an epic summer road trip

by Paul Wells (NC)—The sun is shining, there isn’t a cloud in the sky - it’s a perfect day to begin your summer road trip. The car is packed and you even managed to shut the trunk without having to rearrange the contents, the kids have their seat belts buckled and are ready to go. But is your car ready for the trip?

A little preparation will save a lot of aggravation, stress, money and time down the road. According to a recent Canadian survey conducted by Leger Marketing, 90% of mechanics surveyed cite that the biggest mistake they see vehicle owners make is waiting until something goes wrong before they bring their vehicles in for servicing.

Stay ahead of the curve and schedule a full service check-up two weeks prior to hitting the road, including a tune-up and fluid topoff.

With 87% of mechanics surveyed agreeing that there is a difference between high and

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low quality gasolines, even selecting the right fuel on your pit stops can have an impact on your vehicle’s engine.

washing fluids as recommended by your vehicle manufacturer guide.

And speaking of guides, be sure to chart out your destination to ensure you don’t end up stranded on a highway with your tank on “E” not knowing where to go. Thanks to smartphones and Google maps, it’s never been easier to plan your route. Apps like the Shell Motorist app for use on your iPhone or Android allows users to calculate their routes and estimate the cost of their journey, schedule vehicle maintenance alerts, and find the nearest Shell service stations so you can fill up with ease once you’re out on the road.

“Low-quality gasolines can cause build-up of performance-robbing gunk on critical engine parts which can make your engine less-efficient over time,” explains Jim Macias, a Fuels Technology Manager at Shell. “With 20% more cleaning agents than before, New Shell Nitrogen Enriched Gasolines protect intake valves and fuel injectors from performance-robbing gunk. “ In a way, cars are a lot like living organisms and require proper fluid top ups in order to function properly. Just as you would never set out to run a marathon without hydrating, your vehicle should not be taken on a road trip without first checking that you have the proper amount of engine oil, transmission and brake fluid, coolants, and windshield

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Vitamin D

The Sunshine vitamin prepared by Lucy Churchill, RN What is vitamin D and what does it do?

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Vitamin D is a very important nutrient needed for health and to maintain strong bones. It does so by helping the body absorb calcium (one of the bone’s main building blocks) from food and supplements. Vitamin D is important to the body in many other ways as well. Muscles need it to move and nerves need it to carry messages between the brain and every other body part. The immune system needs vitamin D to fight off invading bacteria and viruses. Together with calcium, vitamin D also helps protect older adults from osteoporosis. Vitamin D is found in cells throughout the body. People who get too little may develop soft thin and brittle bones, a condition known as rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults.

What foods provide vitamin D? Very few foods naturally have vitamin D. Fortified foods provide most of the vitamin D from the diet.

Dietary intake can come from:

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• Fatty fish, such as salmon, tuna and mackerel are among the best sources.

• Beef liver, cheese and egg yolks provide small amounts.

• Mushrooms provide some vitamin D. • Most milk is fortified with vitamin D, but foods made from milk like cheese and ice cream are usually not fortified.

• Vitamin D is added to many breakfast cereals, some brands of orange juice, yoghurt, margarine and soy beverages; check the labels.

Can you get vitamin D from the sun?

The body makes vitamin D when the skin is directly exposed to the sun and most people meet at least some of their vitamin D this way. Skin exposed to sunshine indoors through a window will not produce vitamin D. Cloudy days, shade and having dark coloured skin also cut down on the amount of vitamin D the skin makes.

It is important to limit the time exposed to sunshine and wear protective clothing or use sunscreen to prevent the risk of skin cancer.

Osteoporosis Canada’s new guidelines (July 2010) recommend daily supplements of 400 to 1000 IU for adults under 50 without osteoporosis or conditions affecting vitamin D absorption. For adults over 50 supplements of between 800 and 2000 IU are recommended, and is also recommended by Health Canada.

Vitamin D also may be linked to lowering the risk of some cancers. ~

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Wednesdays 5pm Build Your Own Pasta Dinner

choose chicken or seafood as your main ingredient, pick one of four tasty sauces, then complete your dish with three vegetable choices.

All Pasta Dinners served with Garlic +TAX Foccacia Bread and Asiago Cheese

A Guide to Grilling with Wood & Smoke (NC) Slow smoked chicken, ribs, and brisket are staples of the traditional American barbecue. The deep smoky flavours and fall-off-the-bone tenderness is a hallmark of the low-and-slow—a low temperature, cooked over a long time—cooking technique.

Originally, open pit fires were used for the slow cooking process. Luckily now with a smoker box, wood chips and a gas barbecue, backyard chefs can taste the smoky flavour of wood and cook with the convenience of gas.

Thursdays 5pm Panko Breaded Stuffed Chicken Breast

Here are some helpful tips for adding smoky flavour to your next backyard meal:

Swiss & Mushroom Chicken with Mushroom Sauce or Chicken with Cheddar & Broccoli and topped with a 3 Cheese Jalapeno Sauce or Chicken Cordon Bleu with a Garlic Cream Sauce.

• Wood chips should be soaked in water for at least an hour before using. Drain them and add them to a stainless steel or cast iron smoker box.

• Fill the smoker box two-thirds of the way with chips and place the box on either the heat plate above the burner or on the cooking grids.

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• Add wood chips 5—10 minutes before putting your meat on the grill—raw meats take on smoky flavours much better than even slightly cooked meats. Having a smoky environment to start will enhance and deepened flavours.

Fridays & Saturdays 5pm We’ve added a second hot dish to our weekly buffets. Is it Meatballs with sweet tomato sauce, Tomato Rose sauce baked with cheese, Seafood Pasta, or BBQ pulled pork.

• Smoked meats will have a deep pink ring on the outside—this indicates how deep the smoke has penetrated your meat.

• Hickory is probably the most famous smoking hardwood. It imparts a strong hearty flavour to meats and is used mostly to smoke pork shoulders and ribs.

• Mesquite is one of the most popular woods, it is sweeter and more delicate than hickory, and is a perfect complement to richly flavoured meats such as beef, duck or lamb.

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• Apple has a sweet, mild flavour and is used mostly with pork and game, but can be used for poultry as well.

More grilling tips and recipes are available online at www.broilkingbbq.com. ~

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LOCAL TIDE

JUNE 2012

on love and bees

By Joanne Sales

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ddly enough, honey bees have recently inspired me to look again at the word “love.”

Queen of the Sun, a documentary on bees, stated that bees love the same smells that we love. Flies, on the other hand, are attracted to another array of odors that I choose not to describe. But we love the smells that bees love.

What does that mean that we and the bees love the same flowers? There’s attraction and no resistance. We go there on purpose, and put down our defenses. We smell a rose and put down our guard. We are there totally and completely, without reserve.

Personally, I love bees - without resistance. They’re amazing beings. I love bees and we and the bees love lilacs. There’s harmony between us. That’s a pure, simple, non-commercialized wonder.

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Another bit of news crossed my path. With less than flawless intentions, someone at the Pentagon was speaking about what others have referred to as the “God gene.” They were referring to a part of the brain in the prefrontal cortex that is highly active in those who relate to a higher power, and not active in those who have indifference to things of a spiritual nature. That “God gene” might be called our antennae to the divine.

This bit of news had a profound impact on my meditations. (Please don’t genetically modify my God gene, which I didn’t know I had but want to keep using nevertheless.)

I had never considered the possibility that love may require activated antennae. We have to have “the sense” to be attracted to something or someone. Our hearts, prefrontal cortex, sense organs, etc. have to be active and attuned, or we can’t smell the roses, visible or invisible.

These are rough times on planet Earth. Our society, environment, and governments, on all levels, are in crisis. Many of us feel under attack. It’s an easy time to lose love, and possibly the worst possible time to lose it. continued next page

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The trials of life can lead us into shutting down our elusive love centers. These centers are worth protecting. But this is the catch.

Protecting them can actually be what shuts them down!

If we draw circles around what we are willing to love, in order to exclude what is outside of that circle, what we love can become merely attachment and not love at all. Our inner lights grow dim.

We’re attracted to some people – they brighten our lights. We are not attracted to others. We are repelled by others. This is natural.

But spiritual teachings say to love your enemies; that means to allow our sun to shine and radiate even in the presence of what “turns us off.” To keep shining through fear, distrust, dislikes and disagreements. “The sun shines on the just and the unjust.”

There is a depressing trend in our society – don’t love the poor, dislike gays, don’t bother to feed the hungry children, put those bad guys in jail. Those shrinking circles of concern, those brick wall circles of inclusion and exclusion, add fuel to the crises in the world. It’s putting us in a state of panic and fear.

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That’s the pickle we’re in. A less kind, less gentle, less loving world.

How do we hold onto love?

I don’t have an answer to this. I’m struggling with it often. I hear from others as well that they are tempted to become cynical – overwhelmed by darkness. But we can’t let go of love. Love may be our only way out of this mess.

As a farmer and “eater of food”, one of the things that worries me is that bees are dying, worldwide. The term “colony collapse disorder” was first applied to a drastic rise in the number of disappearances of Western honeybee colonies in North America since late 2006. The causes include pesticides, electromagnetic radiation, cell towers, monocultures of agribusiness, parasites, and genetically modified crops. But our farms and food depend on the work of those worker bees!

How can we love forces that would kill the bees – those tireless workers upon whom our lives depend? We can’t. But we can’t forget to actively love the bees.

“Resist not evil” does not mean let the forces of darkness rule the world while we retreat into our tiny world with no comment. It means, don’t build the Great Wall of China around our hearts.

That’s where the bee documentary became a guideline for me. In what way do we and the bees love the fragrance of lavender? With openness, receptive acceptance, stillness, non-resistance. What else can we love in that manner? With proactive generosity, radiating and giving with no expectation of return.

Let us love something, some beings, presence or reality, that doesn’t require leaving someone or something outside. Love that simply is. Whatever moves our hearts, let’s go there - at least for a visit, every day. Just to remember love.

Let us hold to any tiny flame of goodness, of truth, of compassion.

Let us love that flame that is capable of love, and capable of shining - even in the darkness. Just to keep our love antennae functioning!

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continued from page 16 storer bees by mouth. Inside, worker bees are excreting and molding beeswax to build nurseries and pantries for their beloved Queen. The Queen, has by now mated with up to 20 male ‘drones’, whose sole purpose is to reproduce and then die, and is busy tapping into a lifetime supply of sperm to fertilize the next generation at will.

“The essence of the honeybee hive is pheromones,” says Reist, as he gingerly extracts a ‘frame’ of bees from a hive. They deliver messages between the bees. The best example is the alarm pheromone that tells them there is danger nearby.”

Thankfully, Reist, like most beekeepers, periodically uses a smoker to puff smoke at the hive and mask the alarm response.

Inside, the bees are fairly calm, and there are brood cells full of eggs, as well as some visible nectar deposits. But, for Reist, this year has started out much like the last few, where he lost about 80% of his bees over the winter. This spring he’s once again had to start from scratch with bees from Australia and New Zealand which he will then ‘convert’ or breed to be local stock.

“You can only continue to import bees for so long before you go out of business,” says Reist.

According to the BC Ministry of Agriculture, beekeeping in the province has been around for 150 years, a drop in the bucket considering bees have been around about 100 million years. Today there are 2,300 beekeepers and 47,000 colonies.

Still, the BC bee population has been unstable over the past decade. Since 2009 when 90% of island bees reportedly died or simply disappeared, the causes have been

speculative and the comeback has been varied.

“Mites leave the bees open to disease by weakening their immune system,” says Hunter. “The practice of giving the bees antibiotics and miticides to combat pests and disease is also messing up the bacteria in their stomachs, putting them at further risk of getting sick, as well as building up resistance to pests.”

“I’ve heard that some beekeepers are doing well right now with this spell of warm weather,” says Roblyn Hunter, Vice President of the Nanaimo Beekeepers Club, a group that has about 70 member beekeepers. “Although, I’m hearing that a lot of bees didn’t winter well.”

Neonicotinoid pesticides have also been suspected in the decline, she says.

Weather and pests have been major issues for bees over the past couple of years, says Hunter, who herself is an urban beekeeper.

“Even a small amount can cause bees to become disoriented and unable to find their way back to their hives.”

“Last summer we had a great blackberry blossom, but, then it rained and the bees were unable to bring in nectar.”

Importing bees, says Hunter, has also raised concerns over importing new diseases.

Many beekeepers have blamed varroa and tracheal mite infestations, as well as the nosema parasite for the decline.

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Then there are stressors such as pollution, habitat destruction, and, according to the documentary Queen of the Sun: What are the Bees Telling Us by Taggart Siegel, our biggest sin - the perpetuation of “monoculture”. “Mono-culture” is described in the film as the complete destruction of an eco-system to make room for one single, massive commercial crop served by chemicals. Every year in the United States, beekeepers from across the country truck their bees to the almond trees for pollination.

Many of them die on route, and many wild bees don’t have a chance between pesticide spraying and having only one source of nectar at one time of the year for thousands of hectares.

Improving the health of the bees, she says, will increase the number of colonies surviving the winter and decrease the need for importing bees in the spring. In addition to assessing bee stocks, the project is offering 3 workshops to breeders. The first is Measuring Resistance to Varroa Mites by the bees in individual colonies; the second is Field Assessment Techniques for choosing breeders; and the third is Splitting Hives in the Spring for beginner beekeepers.

On Vancouver Island, where commercial farms of this size are rare, most beekeepers are smaller backyard or urban hobby beekeepers like herself, says Hunter. “Larger scale pollination is reserved for some of the berry farms.”

According to a project report by Jager, the natural evolution into stronger bees is exactly what has been seen in European Bees and Asian Honey Bees who have been able to fend off pests.

• Let clover and dandelions live in the lawn.

With all the challenges and stings, Reist himself continues to raise bees.

• Say goodbye to bee-destroying ‘monoculture’ by buying diverse seasonal local fruits and veggies.

The priority for Island beekeepers is to look at breeding bees to fend off mites and withstand our coastal winters, says Hunter, something local bee inspector Brenda Jager has been working on with the “BC Breeders Day Project”, a two-year development of a Duncan bee assessment yard and training facility.

In its second year now, the aim of the project is to identify strong stocks of bees that are pest and disease resistant so that there is less need for antibiotics and miticide use in the hives.

“This will likely improve the health of colonies and increase the viability of island apiaries,” says Jager.

“This year, I didn’t treat my bees and they over-wintered just fine,” says Hunter. “We need to develop better beekeeping strategies as well as allow the bees to figure it out themselves.”

“It’s something you have to want to do,” he says. “The bees do all the work. As a bee keeper it’s your job to keep them healthy.”

According to Reist, it’s also not that hard to get started. A starter kit runs about $150 for a hive, and you can use a painter’s coverall and rubber gloves. The only other real necessity is that iconic veil and hat.

How to help the bees EXTRACTED FROM

Queen of the Sun: What are the Bees Telling Us • Feed them. Plant a variety of different bee-friendly plants and herbs such as lilacs, lavender, sage, cosmos, sunflowers, honey suckle and fuschia.

• Give them water. Keep a small basin of water in the yard.

• Avoid the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides.

• Support local bee keepers/experts by buying local honey and bee products.

• Become a bee keeper or join a beekeeping group/club.

• Don’t spread fear around bees.

Remain calm, give them the right of way.

“I’m completely fascinated by bee keeping,” says Hunter. “I like the idea that I’m producing a sustainable food source in honey and that I’m pollinating my garden.

And, I can do it all on a half acre near town.”

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Meet the Honour Students of Kwalikum Secondary School Over the next several months, we will introduce the Grade 12 Kwalikum Secondary students who are currently completing their achievement requirements for induction into the Qualicum Beach Honours Society. “The Directors of the Society believe that our community benefits when our youth strive for excellence.” To find out how you can support their endeavours, please contact KSS Principal, Jesse Witte at (250) 752-5651.

Seunghye Chung My name is Seunghye Chung and I am in my senior year at Kwalikum Secondary School.

I am a little scared of graduation because it means that soon I will have to live by myself without my parents. Even though I am about to graduate, I haven’t decided what to study when I get into University.

Two possibilities are studying Science or Business at UBC or SFU.

Kevin Frampton My name is Kevin Frampton and I am a member of the Qualicum Beach Honours Society. I have great dreams for the future, I dream of changing the world with my ideas. I love to play basketball and hope to play in university at one of the smaller colleges in British Columbia. If my basketball dream fails I plan to go to the University of Victoria for engineering, physics or business. I do not have a set idea of what I want to do for a career but something interesting, easy and pays well would be perfect.

Jonas Menge My time at KSS has been fantastic. I have learned such a variety of things that will serve me well into the future. My plans for next year include going into the family business and working in our cheese factory. One day I hope to own my own business somewhere in a technical field but first I plan to go to university.

Tyler Reagon Throughout high school I have kept busy skiing, playing hockey, playing trumpet in various musical ensembles, and maintaining an “A” average. After graduation I plan to attend a Canadian university, UBC and McGill being two options that I am considering, and study to get a bachelor of arts in history. Then, with any luck get accepted into a Canadian law school. What you have just heard is very vague, because I don’t know the specifics of what I would like to do. I want to go out and experience the world and from there discover where I want to be.

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Graduation is a scary thing. Leaving high school and going out into the real world. I know what I want to do though. I’m going to become a Registered Nurse. I loved high school. I met a lot of great people and had some amazing memories at this school. I’ll miss it for sure. As it is now, I feel ready for life.

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

Hello to all the residents of Area H;

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s I look back on the past 30 days of activity, I realize a great deal has been accomplished. Read on…

Grants I sat on grant approval committees for both D69 Recreation Grants and Northern Economic Development funds. While the final outcome will need a formal board vote, Area H applications did well! More to follow on this.

Community Works Funds The Federal Government raises money through gas taxes and has an agreement to transfer some of these taxes to the Province, which transfers these funds to the RDN. This money is called Community Works Funds, (CWF) and is allocated to the Areas for work associated directly related to the Areas. In the case of Area H, annually, we have received $26.87 per Area H resident, as have the other Areas. Thus, in the last few years, Area H has received $95,670 annually and has approximately $206,000 accrued in its account. Of the total allocated to the RDN, the RDN withholds $50,000 to conduct studies in the interest of all Areas.

Under the terms of the funds transfer, the money can only be used for very specific programs: Active transportation infrastructure bike lanes and walking paths.

Community Energy Systems — community energy systems, alternative energy systems and a retrofit of local government buildings.

Public Transit — rapid transit, bus ways, sea-buses, commuter rail etc.

Local Roads, Bridges & Tunnels rehabilitation and innovative technologies.

Water & Wastewater — improve water quality or reduce water use, secure water in face of drought, develop/ upgrade wastewater systems to improve water quality & aquatic habitat, and innovative technologies.

Solid Waste Management — encourage recycling and re-use, support full cost recovery through improved user charges, composting and bio gas recovery Capacity Building — increase capacity to undertake integrated sustainability planning such as regional growth strategies, community energy planning, transportation plans, greenhouse gas reduction plans, liquid & solid waste management plans.

Now the important bit: While it is clear that, within the RDN, some of this money has gone to infrastructure, a significant amount has gone into studies (capacity building) such as the Agricultural Plan, discussed below.

Personally, I feel that these Area H funds should be largely used for “things we can touch”. For instance, bike lanes and sidewalks. I need your comments and advice, “Do you agree with my “things we can touch” perspective and if so, what would you like to see the money spent on, given the program constraints above?

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Rural Village Center Study A study arising from the RGS and funded

by CWF is the Rural Village Center Study. The RDN has contracted with a Vancouver based company, Dialog to conduct the study. The stated purpose of the study is, “involve identifying which RVC’s have the potential to evolve into mixed-use centres and which ones may be better suited to an alternate designation such as a ‘local service centre’.” While it is not clear in some of the documentation, staff has assured me that the study area includes Deep Bay. Staff from Dialog and I have conducted a tour of Area H and shortly, Dialog will have interviews with local stakeholders, including RDN officials, local service providers, local merchants and businesses, local realtors, developers, and others. Community Workshops and surveys will follow this.

Agricultural Area Plan Study A great deal of very good work has gone into the development of a DRAFT Agricultural Area Plan. You should note that this plan includes aquaculture. If you are at all interested and/or concerned about local agriculture, you should visit the RDN web site dedicated to agriculture, www.growingourfuture.ca. On this site, you will find the draft plan and its background report. It also includes an online survey that I would encourage you to take 5-10 minutes to fill out.

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2nd Annual Lighthouse Bluegrass Festival

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Earl Scruggs, the greatest banjo player that ever lived, was a musician so significant in the bluegrass community that he was largely responsible for lending the entire genre its signature sound, the key element setting it apart from country, folk, or so-called ‘hillbilly’ music. Effortlessly brilliant, his influence is so huge that his name is given to the now standard three-finger picking technique he pioneered. In Foggy Mountain Breakdown he wrote a tune likely to be forever regarded the most famous bluegrass instrumental of all time. As I say, a true giant. Upon Scruggs’ passing, actor-comedian Steve Martin (no slouch on the instrument himself) succinctly summarized his contribution to bluegrass (thereby music in general) when saying: “Before him, no one had ever played the banjo like he did. After him, everyone played the banjo like he did, or at least tried.”

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While its cultural origins are considerably older, bluegrass music – categorized as such, with a core instrumentation – has surprisingly only existed for around six decades. For over half that time Linda Thorburn has been utterly devoted to it, and to the instrument on which Scruggs helped define it. For Thorburn, a key member of the Mid Island Bluegrass Society (MIBS), bluegrass is more lifestyle than interest.

Indeed, when I spoke to her in pursuit of this article she had been up most of the night, immersed in the music she loves.

“I was up to 3:30 in the morning, playing bluegrass with a very old friend,” she laughs. “We played all night, sharing tunes together and talking about the good old days!” Keen to glean the information I needed before Thorburn might be forced to take a nap, I asked her about the forthcoming 2nd Annual Lighthouse Bluegrass Festival (LBF2) and her part in the festival’s founding.

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rightly eager from the off to point out that the festival is, of course, a big team effort. “There’s a real community behind all this, close to forty volunteers, and without them it wouldn’t happen, but it all started about six years ago when we saw a set of grounds in Qualicum Bay that had very little use. (Linda’s husband) Bob and I and several other people in the community read an article in The Beacon about how that parcel of land had fallen into disuse, so we went up to The Beacon and asked if anyone had mentioned any ideas of what could be done with it. When I first met (fellow MIBS director) Sheena McCorquodale she said, ‘What would you do with this big area?’ I said, ‘I’d have a bluegrass festival!’ She took the idea and talked it up with the community people, who flew with it!”

The seeds of this exciting new festival sewn long ago, it became a reality last year and is back in 2012 to offer Vancouver Island bluegrass fans a full weekend of extraordinary music. The spirit and memory of the great Earl Scruggs will inevitably loom large this year as banjos power along the fiery tunes and add a lilting delicacy to the ballads. For Thorburn the banjo is the sonic focus of bluegrass, while the social aspect of what is unquestionably a bluecollar art form, a true “community music,” has genuinely shaped her life’s path.

“I’ve been hooked on the banjo for thirty-two years,” she explains, “so when I hear bluegrass music and the banjo really driving the tune, that’s the essence of the bluegrass sound. But the real essence of bluegrass, for me, is the friendships I’ve made through the people I’ve played the music with.” Thorburn is entirely accurate in her assessment of how this music unites people. It possesses a tangible magic that promotes a sense of community, borne of its humble origins as the dance music of small Appalachian communities. As a fan and former live promoter of bluegrass myself I can attest to this. This aspect of the music’s power was observed by Bill Monroe (1911-1996), the man who virtually invented bluegrass. (In late 1945, Monroe added the ‘final piece’ when drafting Scruggs into his band, the Blue Grass Boys. This combo was, quite obviously, to inadvertently give the genre its name.) Monroe, the “Father of Bluegrass,” said: “Bluegrass has brought more people together and made more friends than any music in the world. You meet people at festivals and renew acquaintances year after year.”

Many of the friends Thorburn and her committed MIBS coorganizers have made through bluegrass down the years will be in attendance at LBF2 in Qualicum Bay over the Canada Day/Fête du Canada weekend (Friday June 20 – Sunday July 1 inclusive). Oh, I didn’t mention that it was all kicking off on that particular weekend, did I? It is sure to be one of the great local parties to be at as our nation celebrates its 144th birthday!

The Mid Island Bluegrass Society was formed to “play, preserve and present bluegrass music,” and it will hold true to that mission statement in real style at LBF2, especially the presentation aspect via an amazing parade of talent. For example, all the way from Oklahoma comes Mark Phillips & IIIrd Generation Bluegrass Band.

So in demand is this hot outfit that they are booked right through until May of next year, their only other Canadian appearances during that time being in Stony Plain, AB, in August. Unmissable, I tell you! Then from Toronto, the Foggy Hogtown Boys’ mandolin genius, Andrew Collins, brings his brand new trio to Qualicum Bay for what I believe is their first appearance on Vancouver Island.

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Up from eight at the inaugural festival, eleven acts play over the weekend this year, also including John Reischman & the Jaybirds from Vancouver. Reischman is widely considered not only one of the greatest mandolin masters Canada has ever produced, but one of the greatest, from anywhere, period. So if you have never had the pleasure of seeing the man and his remarkable band play, here’s your chance. Although as we go to press I cannot confirm the running order for the weekend, supported by a cast of stellar local (VI and BC) bands, all three acts featured here are scheduled to play on Saturday June 30. Thorburn promises it will be “a night to remember,” and I for one second that emotion.

Just as it is to speak with anyone possessed of a deep passion for something, talking to Linda Thorburn about bluegrass music is a lovely experience. She is a servant to the bluegrass scene of this area, as are all the MIBS folks and the mini-army of volunteers that ensure events like LBF2 happen. We are very lucky and should be thankful. But I guess we should be most grateful to the bluegrass pioneers who will continue to inspire such as Thorburn - incredible musicians like Earl Scruggs (1924-2012). “I don’t think you’ll ever get enough picking,” he once said of his love for the banjo… and it just so happens I know a woman who agrees with him! ~ *** For further information about the 2nd Annual Lighthouse Bluegrass Festival – including location/directions, ticket prices/availability, performers’ line-up/schedule, camping and advertising or volunteer opportunities – please visit www.lighthousebluegrass.com, email info@lighthousebluegrass.com or call Linda Thorburn of the Mid Island Bluegrass Society on (250) 752-0383.

Photos: John Reischman & The Jaybirds - Mike Melnyk p.28, Highrise Lonesome - p.3 Bluegrass Festival logo - Sheena McCorquodale

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ualicum Bay Lions would like to thank all who came out for the pancake breakfast at the Lighthouse Community Centre in Qualicum Bay on May 13 - it was the biggest turn-out since we started doing these breakfasts.

during the monthly Pancake Breakfast and Flea Market. We thank all those that contributed to this fund-raiser.

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y heartfelt thanks to all who attended my 85th Birthday Party at the Lighthouse Community Centre in Qualicum Bay. The food was fantastic as was the decorating. The fun and games were really enjoyed by everyone. Your cards and gifts were a thoughtful gesture and I really appreciate all of them! A ‘special’ thanks to all the organizers, the people who set up, the ones who helped to clean up, the cupcaker bakers, and all the others who helped in any way to make the occasion a memorable one.

Love to you all, Lois Nelson

We will be helping with the Lighthouse Blue Grass Festival on June 29 to July 1. (see David Morrison’s article on page 28 of this issue).

We invite you to participate in our Prostate Cancer 5 km Walk - the Qualicum Bay Lions Club is proudly supporting The Prostate Centre on Saturday June 2nd with a 5km walk. 10 am registration, 11 am start. The event location is at the Lighthouse Country Regional Trail, Lioness Blvd, Qualicum Bay. The cost is $15, children 12 and under free. Contact Lion Shirley 250-7578384 for more information.

The Community Sign, located on the corner of Lions Way and Highway 19A will soon be finished.

The Qualicum Bay Lions will meet again in September, and will host various fundraisers throughout the summer, along with our meat draws at the Crown & Anchor/ Road House Pub each Sunday at 3pm6pm.

There will be a Silent Auction on June 10 at the Lighthouse Community Centre

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Aries (March 21-April 19) This month, you’re running around like you’ve got an outboard motor on your ass. Short trips, busy errands, conversations with everyone plus increased reading, writing and studying are just some reasons your pace will be approaching Warp 9. But you’ll welcome the challenge! Look for ways to make money from talking and writing because you can do this in the next fourto-six weeks. Hey, you’re more than just a pretty face.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) You’ve got money-making ideas and opportunities to earn money. Naturally, since you’re earning some coin, you’re thinking about major purchases. But at a subtler level, when you think about your assets and what you own, you’ll also think about your life values. What are your values? What guides you? You know you want to be happy, and you know you want financial security.

(Mortgage-free land!) So what can you do that’s fun and rewarding and makes lots of money?

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Life is full of up-anddown cycles and it’s important to recognize when you’re on a roll. You are the big winner! Don’t take this for granted. Not only do you have a great summer ahead, you have a fortunate year ahead of you. Make the most of this. That saying, “Make hay while the Sun shines,” is true! Fortunately, you don’t sit around getting dusty. But why not go one step further? Hatch a plan. Set some goals. Write down what your perfect world would be about a year from now. Be specific.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) Time to plan. For the next four-to-six weeks, it behooves you to think about what you want your “new” year (birthday to birthday) to be. For starters, why not look back over your shoulder and size up your last year. How are you doing at the art of living? If you clearly define the goals you want to achieve in the coming year, they will more likely become a reality. After all, are you steering your life or just responding to whatever happens?

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) A popular month! Invitations will pour in as friends and organizations make demands on your time. Expect to hang out with younger, creative, artistic types. And while this month is the perfect time to enjoy the company of others, it’s also a good time to think about your dreams for the future. You’re a leader. It’s not your style to muddle along relying on management by crisis. Your reputation is getting a lovely boost now so what can you do to best use this advantage?

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Life will soon be so dazzling you’ll need to wear shades. Relations with everyone will be smoother, more gracious and diplomatic. A casual relationship could become more committed. It’s a great time to begin new partnerships (personal or professional). This is not the time to go it alone. Form working units with others and let people help you! Good time to consult experts as well. (“Is there a taxidermist in the house?”)

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) This month the Sun boldly calls attention to you, especially the attention of bosses, parents, teachers, VIPs and the police. You are definitely high viz and this lighting is flattering!

Others see you as capable, which is why you’ll be asked to take on increased responsibilities. Say yes because you don’t have to be an action hero to please them. Romance with someone older, richer or in a position of authority might percolate. (When you don’t know what you’re doing – do it neatly.)

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Your urge to organize is strong this month. You want to alphabetize your CDs and colour-code your closet. Not only will you enjoy getting better organized, you’ll become more active at work in a hands-on way. Partly, this is because your relations with co-workers are so good.

(Good enough for a romance to spark!) This drive for self-improvement will expand to your health as well.

The high standards you set for yourself could earn you a raise or praise from others. Kudos!

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You want to blow town.

You want to see new places, new faces and hear new ideas. In fact, you want to be stimulated by fascinating conversation with intelligent people who transport you to new levels of awareness. You want mind-blowing experiences to make your life exciting.

Obviously, if you can travel, do so. If you can’t travel, then explore your own sandbox. Go someplace you’ve never been. Talk to people from different backgrounds.

Do things that are out of the ordinary.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) The next six weeks will be one of the most fun-filled times of the year for you. Grab every opportunity to enjoy a vacation (even a tiny one). Attend musical performances, summer fairs, sports events, the arts, craft fairs and anything to do with theme parks and the hospitality industry. Playful times with children will be rewarding. Romantic relationships will get a wonderful boost. Singles could start a new romance.

Existing relationships will heat up in a sweet way.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Gifts, goodies, money, as well as favours and perks will come your way in the next six weeks. Ka-ching! (Would I kid you?) People will give you things directly and many of you will benefit indirectly because your partner or someone close to you gets a windfall. The next six weeks are the perfect time to ask for a loan or a mortgage. They’re also the perfect time to decide how to share jointlyheld property or an inheritance or settle insurance disputes. Sex will be very hot as well. Hey – you’re laughing!

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) You’re entering a domestic phase this month. Expect to enjoy gardening, redecorating, puttering around your digs and tweaking things. You’ll also enjoy entertaining at home, which is also why you’re doing home repairs. This impulse to improve your living space extends even into your family, which is why family relationships will become a stronger focus and also more rewarding and affectionate. For those of you who are exploring real-estate deals, this will be a busy time.

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Community Event Calendar June 2012 LIGHTHOUSE COMMUNITY CENTRE (LCC) Qualicum Bay - INFO: LOIS NELSON: 757-9938

CREDITMASTER MORTGAGE Renovate your kitchen...get a new car...buy a vacation home...go travelling...pay for your child’s tuition... consolidate your bill payments...invest!

Live your dream ...it’s possible!

Ask any staff member at your local branch.

LIGHTHOUSE SENIORS #152 – Next meeting, Monday, June 4th at noon – Dinner $14. FMI FANNY BAY PARENTS & TOTS runs every Tues Call: Shirley at 250-757-2384. from 10-11:30, Fanny Bay Hall. For children 0-5 years old and a caregiver. Join us for songs, LIGHTHOUSE COMMUNITY HALL PANCAKE stories, early literacy activities, games, gym BREAKFAST – Sunday, June 10 - 8am to Noon, time, parent resources and a snack. Free event, Pancake Breakfast, Poultry Swap, Flea Market, supported by the Comox Valley Family Services Live Music on the Hall Stage. Don’t forget Association & the Fanny Bay Community to check out the new “Corner Café” and the Association. FMI: Evelyn 250-335-9022.

Bowser Elementary School PAC will be cooking up breakfast this morning.

CARPET BOWLING at LCC: Closed for the Summer. Commencing again first Tuesday of 2ND ANNUAL LIGHTHOUSE BLUEGRASS October. FMI Call Layne 250-757-8217.

FESTIVAL - June 29, 30 & July 1. 240 Lions Way in Qualicum Bay. For more information AA LIGHTKEEPERS: Fridays at 8pm at the on Performers, Workshops, Camping, Lighthouse Community Centre, 240 Lions Way, Facilities, Volunteering or venue, visit www.

Qualicum Bay. FMI Call: 250-937-7182 or 250lighthousebluegrass.com 757-8347.

BOWSER TENNIS CLUB - at the Legion Courts Novice Night - Mondays 6:30pm - coaching for beginners 16+yrs FREE Club Drop-in - Thurs 6:30pm, Sun 9-11am Ladies Morning Drop-in - Tues 9-11am Info: 250-757-8307 LIGHTHOUSE COUNTRY FALL FAIR - Mark Sept 1, 2012 on your calendar for the 42nd Annual Lighthouse Country Fall Fair! This year is looking like another great year with great entertainment, a kid’s zone, petting zoo, games, exhibits, vendors, raffle and silent auction, and much more. Volunteers are needed to make this one our best ever.

Call Sheena at 757-9991 to get involved! Our exhibit guides have come out and can be picked up at local retails or viewed online. www.communityclub.ca LIGHTHOUSE FLOOR CURLERS – Summer Curling June to Sept, Mondays only, starting June 4th at 1:00pm at the Lions Rec Hall, Qualicum Bay. Drop in $2. FMI Call: Dennis Leach 250-757-8218 or Tillie Murray 250-7579218.

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BRIDGE at LCC Nordin Room – 1:00 – 4:00pm Friday afternoons. FMI Call: Sheila Steele 250757-8307.

LIGHTHOUSE COUNTRY SCRAPBOOKERS – meet 3rd Saturday monthly at the Lions Den, Qualicum Bay, 9:30am - 4:30pm, $10. Door prizes. FMI: Jorgie 250-757-8358 or Shirley 250-757-8384.

TAOIST TAI CHI Society Classes at LCC and Fanny Bay OAP Hall. FMI Call: Susan 250-757-2097.

LIGHTHOUSE TRAILS GROUP needs your help.

FMI Call: Val Weismiller: 250-757-9667.

LIGHTHOUSE RECREATION INFO PATTY: FMI Call: 250-757-8366 or email shipshore@shaw.ca.

Watch out for the Fall Fair guide and start planning now! This years Fall Fair is September 1st and we’re looking for volunteers! Why not get involved? www.communityclub.ca. Also, check out our Facebook page (BowHorneBay Community Club) to keep up to date on all the current news!

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Hike Arrowsmith CPR Regional Trail - Hike up the steep historic trail that connects Cameron Lake to the sub-alpine.

Along the way, pass waterfalls, ponds and lookouts with great views up and down the Georgia Strait. Sat 8:00-5:00pm $40/1 June 23. Pre-register with RDN, Recreation and Parks 250-2483252.

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN JUNE!

Official Opening South Loop LIGHTHOUSE COUNTRY REGIONAL TRAIL - Saturday June 23 at the Lighthouse Country Regional Trail, Lioness Blvd, Qualicum Bay. This event is free.

FMI Joan Michel, jmichel@rdn.bc.ca, 250-248-3252

www.rcl211.ca Jun 7 • LA General Meeting Jun 26 • Branch 211 Executive Meeting Hall Rentals 250-757-9222 • Tue to Fri 9:00 am - 12 noon

NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS & CLUBS

Jun 2 • Lighthouse Bluegrass Concert Special guest appearance ............................ 6:30-8:30 pm Jun 4 • OAP Luncheon................................................. 12:00 noon Jun 15 • Boomer’s Ride Rest Stop .....................................11:00 am Come out & cheer on the riders on their journey to Victoria Jun 16 • Annual Golf Tourney.........................................12:00 noon Details & Registration at the Lounge Jun 24 • Open House - Legion Week ...............................noon-2pm Come out to see what your Legion is all about!

BOWSER LEGION - RCL BRANCH #211 LADIES AUXILIARY – Meets at 2 p.m. the first Thursday of each month (except July/August). We serve our Veterans, Branch and the greater community. FMI Contact Joyce at joyce.bartram@shaw.ca or 250-954-9787 or Evelyn wefoot@shaw.ca.

Mixed Pool Mixed Darts Horseshoes Bocce Ball

Tuesdays .............................................6:00 pm Fridays ................................................7:00 pm Sundays ..............................................1:00 pm Sundays ..............................................1:00 pm

Open Sundays 1:00-4pm • Closed Mondays

RDN RECREATION PROGRAMS Please contact Area H RDN programmer, Chrissie Finnie at 250-757-8118 or cfinnie@rdn.bc.ca for detailed program and registration information.

Bowser Breeze Summer Camp 6-12yrs. Calling all Lighthouse Country campers! Enthusiastic leaders will treat your child to a week of crafts, drama, games and giggles, all close to home. Bowser Elementary School Monday–Friday 10:00am-2:00pm. 28185 Jul 16-20. $65/week * ALL PROGRAMS MUST BE PRE-REGISTERED TO AVOID THE DISAPPOINTMENT OF BEING CANCELLED!*

Prostate Cancer 5 km Walk - Qualicum Bay Lions Club is proudly supporting The Prostate Centre with a 5km walk on Saturday June 2.

10 am registration, 11 am start. Event location is at the Lighthouse Country Regional Trail, Lioness Blvd, Qualicum Bay. The cost is $15, children 12 and under free. Contact Lion Shirley 250-757-8384 for more information.

The River Run 5 km Walk/Run - The River Run 5 km walk/ run is Sunday June 10, 9 am start. Registration is on-line at www.mvihes.ca.

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OCEANSIDE PHOTOGRAPHERS – Meets the first Wednesday of the month at the QB Civic Centre at 7pm. FMI to go www. oceansidephotographers.ca.

DANCE TO THE TIMBERLINE BAND. Free, live old time Country & Rock ‘n Roll music. Every Wednesday 7:30pm to 10:30pm.

Parksville Legion. 146 W. Hirst St., Parksville. All adults welcome.

Sunday, June 10 UNION BAY DAY - Sunday, June 10, 2012, 11:45 AM - 6:00 PM, Family Fun, Races, Games, Raffle, Concession, Beverage Garden, Horseshoes (sign up ahead). For more information call: Dave Davidson at 250-335-2317 Wednesday, June 20 THE QUALICUM BEACH FAMILY HISTORY - Will hold it’s monthly meeting on Wed, June 20, 2012 at the QB Legion, a “Beef n’ Bun” Social evening. As well as refreshments, there will be the sharing of Members Moments. Members and Guests, $5 at the door.

Wednesday June 20 Eaglecrest, Oceanside’s Garden Club meets 7:30pm at the Qualicum Beach Civic Centre. Guest Speaker: Fred Wein from Clearview Horticultural Products in Aldergrove will focus on “Classy Clematis”. All welcome. FMI 250-752-5315.

Sunday August 12 13th Annual BIKE FOR YOUR LIFE. A cycling event to support the Heart & Stroke Foundation. Choose your ride - 15, 35, 70 and 100km bike routes. Prizes, great food and refreshments from local sponsors. Not riding but would like to volunteer? - visit www.bikeforyoulife.org or call Bruce at Island Cycle 250-3480647 for more information.

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PROPERTY FOR RENT/FOR SALE 3 LONG –TERM RV SITES @ Bowser Bill’s. $400/$425/$350 - Includes hydro, basic cable, water. One has a great ocean view. (250) 757-8880.

DAYCARE AVAILABLE - Openings available for 2-3 extra children in small workplace daycare in Qualicum Bay. Commencing July 2nd. Experienced qualified ECE caregiver. Hours 8-5 (slightly variable) Monday to Friday.

Call (250) 757-9911 - ask for Hanna.

POTTERY CLASSES – Hand building and wheel work! Summer Camps July 2 to 6 and August 27 to 31. Choose 10am to 12pm, 1pm to 3pm or 10am to 3pm. $90/week for half-days or $200/week for full days. Register at TOSH or Call Anne-Marie at 250-757-8041.

DON’S HOME REPAIR – plumbing repairs and installations, complete renovations, no job too small. Call Don @ (250) 757-8757 or cell (250) 9518757.

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

NELSON'S MUSIC STUDIO Piano/Theory Lessons Parksville/Qualicum Area Beginners to Advanced Your Home or Ours John/Margaret 250-954-5895

FOOTCARE – HYGIENE Soaking feet, cutting nails, filing calluses, treating dry skin – fingernails too. Reflexology – 1 hour sessions. Services offered from Nanoose to Union Bay. Please call Vikki @ (250) 757-9244.

SERVICES DORBIL SERVICES – Upholstery, Residential, Marine, Motorsports, Auto, Custom Work & Design. Call Bill (250) 240-3091.

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PICK-UP AND DELIVERY – Tune-ups and repairs to riding lawnmowers and all small engines. Buy and sell used equipment. Call Ron (250) 240-1971 e-mail: ronmorrison100@gmail.com.

For your safe and quality wiring needs, the shortest circuit is to CALL TIM !

HOUSE & GARDEN GOODS FOR SALE

New Home? Renovation?

PUSH LAWNMOWER - 2 years old.

Needs sharpening. Comes with catchbag. New $125, sell $25 firm. Call Linda 250-757-9914.

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ODD JOBS - WILL HAUL. Call Gary (250) 757-9185.

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Sunday Morning Worship 10:30 am 757-8136

GROUPS/SOCIETIES/CLUBS The CANADIAN SOCIETY OF QUESTERS – Next meeting will be Monday, June 25. Guest Speaker Chanchral Cabrara – Herb Farmer from Royston. Lighthouse Community Centre (Nordine Room) 240 Lions Way, Qualicum Bay. FMI Call Chris (250) 752-1419.

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NEW PAINTING CLASS! Weekly (with drop-in rates as well) 3 hour sessions.

Oil or acrylic paints – all levels! Paint what you want, with great help and instruction from well-known artist / instructor Teresa Knight. Starts mid-May but join any time. 6 or 8 week sessions, $125 for 8 weeks; $90 for 6. Located upstairs in Magnolia Court, central Bowser. FMI contact Teresa at (250) 335-3234 or tjaneknight@gmail.com.

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Certified Septic System Specialist

Topsoil Sand & Gravel Septic Systems Bark Mulch Driveway Chips Water Lines

Culverts Drain Problems

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We encourage you to “think local” when looking for products or services

Monthly Rentals Available September to April

Call Lauren & Save

CALL 310-JIMS (5467)

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Cranial Sacral Therapy

(250) 757-8156 or (250) 954-8716

Registered Cranial Sacral Therapist

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Nature’s Own Medical Clinic

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Yoga Classes

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#7-1176 Franklin’s Gull Rd, Parksville, BC

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Philip Brown

250-240-4902 • 250-757-8077 EVENINGS

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rcjex@shaw.ca

105 Islewood Dr. Bowser, BC V0R 1G0

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General Repair • Tune-ups • Brakes Exhaust • Tires • Batteries Suspension • Cooling Systems ALL MAKES AND MODELS

250-752-4449 130 E. Fern Road, Qualicum Beach

Your Natural Foods Experts

Open late Thursdays during the Night Market Open: Mon-Sat 9-6 ~ Sun 10:00-5:00

149 2nd Ave W Qualicum Beach (250)752-3132

Celebrating 19 Years!

Sunday, June 17

WHEN YOU’RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING SPECIAL ...YOU’LL FIND IT AT FAYE’S 142 Second Ave West Qualicum Beach, BC (250)

Father’s Day June 17, 2012 DOWNTOWN QUALICUM BEACH

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Bringing back our famous

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Tools • Housewares Gardening• Paints Electrical & Plumbing Supplies Ph: 250.752.9833

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Help is close to home

Come see us on Sunday June 17TH for our traditional “Brats on a Bun” with sauerkraut and “the works”, German Pretzels and the best Fritters and Donuts around!