June 2013 eyesonbc magazine

June 2013 vol 2 issue 06

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Wes Seeley: The Eagle Guy • 6 SUMMER GARDEN TOURS • 3 & 10

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6 Artist: Wes Seeley: the Eagle Guy

Wes Seeley: The Eagle Guy

TRAVEL & OUTDOORS

14 Travellin’ with Carolyn: Gladys Perint Palmer 18 Tide Table

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COMMUNITY LIFE AND EVENTS

Lighthouse Country G•ART•DEN Tour Denman Island Home & Garden Tour From the Desk of Bill Veenhoff, RDN Director Area H The Art of Conscious Living Inspired by Community: Dance! Sue Medley Band.

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15 Images & Voices: Jessie Recalma 23 Bowser Elementary School: 2013 Graduating Class

HEALTH & WELLNESS

15 Jessie Recalma His song carries the beat of his ancestors and of the future

21 Health & Wellness Matters: Are you ready to get out and enjoy the sun?

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G-ART-DEN

THE ART & GARDENS OF LIGHTHOUSE COUNTRY

by Terri Bowen

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rt and beauty abound in Lighthouse Country’s 2013 “G-Art-Den Tour”, sponsored by the Bow-Horne-Bay Community Club. On Sunday June 23rd, from 10am until 4 pm, seventeen artists will be painting and crafting in twelve stellar gardens located from Qualicum Bay to Deep Bay in beautiful Lighthouse Country. Begin your green adventure at Erncliffe on Island Highway West

by Qualicum Bay in their beautifully appointed garden and Raintree Studio/ Gallery. There, five artists in this decorated garden will be sure to please every discerning eye. Or start your tour on the west side at the family-run Streamside Nursery with their collection of Native Plants and a sustainable edible family garden. Passport map tickets can be purchased in advance, or on the day of the event, at the above two locations as well as at Kendor Nurseries in Qualicum Beach, Buckerfields in Parksville, or the Salish Sea Market in Bowser, and other select gardens. To top it all off, included

in your $15 garden tour, the Lighthouse Community Centre will serve a delicious post-tour Strawberry Shortcake and Tea featuring well-known artists’ creations from Cindy Mawle, Dan Gray, Susan Schaefer, Greg Swainson, Peggy Burkosky, Barbara Botham, Kathryn Manry and Elissa Anthony, to name just a few! The work they complete in their designated gardens will be offered at a Silent Auction in addition to a raffle and valuable door prize which can also be won!

Tour the playful park-like and terraced gardens and challenge yourself in a game of Bocce or Croquet on Bald Eagle Crescent. Relax for a few tranquil moments by the stream running through an acreage on West Thompson Clark Road. Capture the scenic beauty of Chrome Island at gardens on Maple Guard Drive and Ocean Trail in Bowser.

Be astounded by over 50 types of exotic plants and perhaps even buy some unique ones on Laurel Crescent. Feel like you’re an eagle with a bird’s eye view of the

majestic garden and ocean views on Seaview Drive and Gainsberg Road in Deep Bay. These are just a few treats we have in store for you here in Lighthouse Country. During your tour, you can also enjoy a lunch at one of our many eateries, experience additional galleries and visit the well-appointed shops in Bowser and Deep Bay - a real community event!

The tour features gardens of intriguing design, with interesting water features or architectural appeal. There are theme gardens of a specific collection and ones with such beautiful views, your breath will be taken away. Get some new ideas and have a chat with our gardeners who possess a quirky sense of adventure and humour. Mark your calendar for June 23!

Don’t miss the premier G-Art-Den Tour of 2013! For more info call 778-4240107. P.S. While you’re in the area, take a peek at the soon-to-be-opened new kids’ park at the intersection of East Thompson Clark and Henry Morgan Drive – there’s no park like it, and there’s no place like our super-natural Lighthouse Country!

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ARTIST WES SEELEY

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magine there stands a formidable cedar, standing quietly in the mist.

Suddenly, it pixalizes, and bursts forth from it’s own flesh a large, exquisite eagle, it’s wooden plumage gently rattling in the wind. Off the tree, out into the world and back. Like life.

As a west coast girl myself, I have seen a lot of eagles. They gather in stoic, whistling groups along the beach by my home in Bowser. If I were to lie on my front lawn for even just a few minutes on any given day, I would likely see one in transit overhead. I have also seen a lot of eagle art. And quite frankly, the bird that captures our imagination in its fierce talons, sharpened beak, and icy eyes, is not always captured in the most flattering light. With good intention, and alternate expression,

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I have seen them stiffly stuck to fence posts, flattened over fireplace mantles, vaguely carved into stone walkways, their essence construed on anything from table cloths to flower pots.

They certainly have our attention. Our beloved and signature brother eagle. But, none have really come to life in the way Wes Seeley’s painstakingly carved eagle’s do...life size, suspended, moving.

Born and raised on Quadra Island, the ‘Eagle Guy’, as some refer to him, lived a Tom Sawyer lifestyle in a vast, coastal continued on page 20

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f you have ever grown your own vegetables or had tree-ripened fruit, you know how much better it tastes than produce that has to be picked and shipped earlier so it can reach the consumer in good shape. If you haven’t had this adventure yet, there is no better time than the present to get started. Local grower, Jesse Jacobs and his company, Outrageous Edibles & Bedibles, have starter plants ready for you to put in the ground today.

Jesse and his crew start the plants locally, in greenhouses in Coombs, BC. High quality plants are their first priority, and all their herb & vegetable starter plants are pesticide-free. Jesse is constantly trying new varieties and admits to a passion for tomatoes, and many of the ones he grows are heirloom or important heritage class varieties.

open-pollinated and have evolved naturally. Outrageous Edibles & Bedibles collaborates with Eagle Ridge Seed Company on Salt Spring Island to choose select varieties to grow for local gardeners. They grow seeds from varieties that have been tested and grown here in BC, and that have been found to have exceptional flavour and local adaptability. They do this because Outrageous Edibles & Bedibles is committed to propagating the finest vegetable starter plants around! Their non-edible bedding plants look just as healthy.

Outrageous “Vegstarters” and other bedding plants are sold to local retailers here on Vancouver Island and the surrounding Gulf Islands. Though you can’t buy plants directly from Outrageous, Quality Foods carries them, and John Bruilo from With skyrocketing food costs globally, homegrown just makes sense, Quality Foods says “they are proud to support local growers.” and growing your own food is as easy as picking up a few of Jesse’s Twenty years ago Outrageous Edibles & Bedibles started vegetable starter plants in local grocery stores like Quality Foods. This working with Quality Foods to raise the bar in locally grown accessibility helps home gardeners grow a variety of plants without having bedding plants. Recently they have been working on raising to spend a fortune on seeds. It sounds strange, because most seeds aren’t awareness about growing our own food. According to Jesse, that expensive, but when you have to buy a whole package of seeds for Quality Foods “does everything they can to support me and every variety you want to grow, it can add up quickly! With pre-started other Island farmers”. Thanks to locally rooted businesses like vegetables plants, gardeners get a jump on the growing season, and since these, your local food supply will be closer to home than ever! each plant has a different finish time, your garden can provide a yearBesides, you can’t put a price on the satisfaction gained by round food supply! With a well-timed and healthy starter plant, you have growing your own food – not to mention that 10 times out of the edge in your backyard garden! You can even grow these in pots on 10, veggies taste better out of the garden! So get the garden bed your patio. ready and look for the “Outrageous” label as you shop for your Another way to ensure you’re growing the best tasting vegetables is vegetable and herb plants. Enjoy a “Zero Mile Diet” – grow to grow heirloom varieties. Heirlooms are vegetable varieties that are your own! ~

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much much more. Somewhat off the beaten track, the garden has been quietly nurtured by caring hands for many years.

Also consider: Linda and Glen Pollitt, Leslie Dunsmore, Dragonfly Knoll, Susan-Marie and Yoshi Yoshihara.

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he Denman Island Home & Garden Tour is back this June, celebrating its 20th anniversary. Over the years, this Tour has won accolades from national media and attracted visitors from all over BC and even internationally, who often return year after year.

But with 12 properties on the Tour, it can be hard to know where to begin, or how to prioritize. As the Tour’s Media Coordinator, I offer the following guide, which divides the gardens into five categories. Full details of the gardens, including a map, are included on the Tour ticket.

Glorious Gardens Of course, the Tour is full of ‘glorious gardens’ but this category is for visitors who above all crave jaw-droppingly beautiful blooms and inspiring vistas abundant with colour, texture and fragrance.

Sandy and Des Kennedy: A grassy clearing ringed with tall conifers invites you into an enchanting hollow brimming with colour and intrigue. Extensive flower and shrub gardens feature hand-crafted arbours, stone pathways, terraces, a cascade, a pond, clipped evergreens and stone structures amid sentinels of eremurus and delphiniums, heritage roses, clematis, and ornamental grasses.

Maresia: Maresia means the ‘scent of the ocean’ in Portuguese. This garden was created and tended for many years by Jo Hepburn, a Master Gardener from Van Dusen Gardens in Vancouver. The new owner has respectfully added to Jo’s beloved flower garden, creating stunningly abundant beds which seem to change colour monthly. Multiple ponds, a mature orchard and art throughout add to the magic.

Jayne Ann O’Reilly: As you pass through the old wooden gate, you will find yourself in one of Denman’s secret gardens. This is an intimate garden brimming over with established perennials – peonies, crocosmia, irises and

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The beauty of nature is surely augmented by the creative output of the Island’s many artists. Why not enjoy both?

Leslie Dunsmore: An accomplished painter, Dunsmore opens her studio to Tour go-ers, offering an intimate view of the artist at work.

Her talent and vision is apparent everywhere – from the owner-crafted home and interior woodwork, to the remarkable original paintings, cement sculptures, and stained glass windows in the house, garden and woodshed. The terraced garden features lush flower and veggie beds with a sweeping view of Lambert Channel.

Dragonfly Knoll: The art begins as you approach – in the form of John Tallerino’s beautiful shrines placed along an enchanted woodland walk to a charming, hobbit-like home and perennial garden.

One could spend the better part of a day just browsing through all the art and other whimsical details in this home. And don’t miss the studio with its exquisitely-painted interior, much like a Faberge egg.

Also consider: Maresia and Kennedys (full of art!), Rapatis (ditto + sculptures inside and out); Ruby Slipper Ranch (mosaic murals embedded in the walls).

Farms and Food Expansive fields, old barns, abundant vegetable beds, orchards, and busy barnyards have

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their own beauty, especially when augmented by copious ornamental gardens.

David and Joan Scruton: Step through the breezeway into the inner courtyard of this beautiful owner-designed home to discover a happy, working farm.

The 180’ curved pergola with grapes, clematis, and roses encircles an active outdoor aviary filled with cockatiels.

Stroll into the wonderful refurbished heritage barn and see all the well-loved animals, horses, goats, chickens and dogs.

Oyster Beach Farm:

Waterfront, oceanview, Douglas Fir forest and inland marshes all make spectacular settings, acting not just as beautiful backdrops but also shaping the atmosphere and tone of these gardens.

Denman Island Community School: This garden exemplifies a growing movement in education to teach our kids about nutrition and where our food comes from. Freshly expanded this Spring with tremendous volunteer involvement, this garden nurtures growth of all kinds – not just botanical.

Also consider: Ruby Slipper Ranch (permaculture farm); the Yoshihara, Kennedy and O’Reilly properties (amazing vegetable beds) Construction and Craftsmanship Alongside all the gardens are some outstanding and unique homes, offering plenty of inspiration for builders, designers, lovers of fine architecture, and anyone with an interest in green building techniques.

Ruby Slipper Ranch: This straw-bale farmhouse has been lovingly built by the owners with wood from within a 100 mile radius and using no drywall or plastic. The natural plaster walls are decorated with Tracy’s hand-sculpted, collaged murals, using bits of tile, mirror, shells and even her mother’s antique tea set! Shayne, a Europeantrained woodworker, contributes his gorgeous cabinetry and woodworking throughout.

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Also consider: Maresia (light-filled, architect-designed West Coast home), Scrutons (a fully-tooled furniture workshop and hand-crafted period furniture throughout the house).

Wonderful West Coast settings

This waterfront farm features a 100-year-old barn shipped here from Scotland, one of the very first metal barns in the world. Today it is a picturesque working blueberry farm. Sheltered behind the virginiacreeper covered house you will find a substantial veggie garden which specializes in winter crops.

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Kathy and Michael Rapati: Built with super-insulating pre-fab panels covered in concrete, this owner-built house makes an impression from a distance and from up close, thanks to its unique leaf shape, its flowing curves, and the incredible detail of the interior craftsmanship. All of the timbers in the house were salvaged and the wooden arch-ribs were made in the cellar.

Glen and Linda Pollitt: This garden melds gently into the beach and features a large variety of plants carefully chosen to thrive in the shoreline environment. Rocks and driftwood are used throughout, helping set off the garden’s many secret spaces and transitional areas.

Susan-Marie and Yoshi Yoshihara: A serene clearing in a mature, secondgrowth forest provides a gorgeous setting for an elegant, comfortable home incorporating Japanese design elements with West Coast design. The well-established flower garden features perennials, a pond and artfully laid stonework.

Also consider: Jayne-Ann O’Reilly (tranquil Morrison Marsh, with waterbirds, swans and frogs); Leslie Dunsmore, Oyster Beach Farm, Maresia (incredible ocean views)

IN BRIEF Twelve unique properties await your pleasure.

Award-winning garden writer and broadcaster Des Kennedy and his partner Sandy return after a six year hiatus. Their extensive gardens are pure enchantment. You could spend hours wandering through their hand-crafted arbors, stone paths, and terraces, or sitting on the deck beside the cascade and pond gazing at the masses of blooming delphiniums, old roses, herbaceous peonies and clematis.

Another Tour favourite, the Scruton farm, offers a 180’ curved pergola covered in grapes, clematis, honeysuckle and roses; an aviary filled with cockatiels and lovebirds; rich vegetable beds; a walk-in enclosed berry garden; a refurbished 1922 heritage barn and a woodworking shop where Dr. Scruton produces his masterfully-crafted furniture.

New this year is the amazing Rapati house, an adventurous feat of engineering, design, craftsmanship and exquisite taste, built in a teardrop shape with custom made curvy beams and cabinetry throughout.

On your Tour ‘round the island, you’ll also see examples of natural building techniques, a secret garden nestled alongside a magical marsh, gardens by the sea, outstanding views, innovative sustainability practices, work from Denman’s finest artists and sculptors, and much more.

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Anyone cycling around the Tour can enter their name for a free draw to win some fun prizes. Just come to the ticket table at the Denman Community Hall to enter.

Denman Home & Garden Tour, June 15 – 16, 9:30 – 5:00 pm. Tickets $18 on-sale at www.denmanconservancy. org/, 250-335-2148, The Salish Sea Market (Bowser), Ken Dor Garden Centre and Arrowsmith Garden (Qualicum) and Cultivate Garden and Gift (Parksville). More ticket outlets listed on the website. Kids free. Visit us on Facebook for photo albums of each property.

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FROM THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR BILL VEENHOF Regional Director, Area H billveenhof.com  ph: 778-424-2810 bill.veenhof@shaw.ca I have asked that I be advised as soon as possible when it is known when this phase begins; I will pass that information on to you.

Direct. Please call one of our service representatives before November 30, 2013 at 1.888.782.7602 to see if you qualify.”

he weather has been great and I have been busy with RDN business as well as gardening and not catching fish. Indeed, as I type, there are a great many coho off Flora Island and Tribune Bay. This is exciting as it has been some years since coho have been seen in significant numbers in our area. This is good news and credit needs to go to the good work at the Qualicum Bay Hatchery (a great place for a hike) and the efforts of the volunteers at the Nile Creek Enhancement Society.

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Remember to check the DFO regulations if you are going out, they change regularly. At this moment, hatchery coho are open, but you cannot keep wild fish. For the recreational regulations in our area see: http://www. pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/tidalmaree/a-s14-eng.htm

I will promulgate the results of this survey when I have it.

Hello to all the residents of Area H

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Under the leadership of the SOS, there was a count of homelessness people in D69 (Parksville to Deep Bay) on 8 May. I sit on the Homelessness task force and this is an issue in our area. In D69 the homeless are not as visible as they are in places like Vancouver. Determining the numbers of homeless is important as it helps determine service need (help) and funding.

3. Depending on the survey outcome, I will vote for the application to proceed or not. First the EAPC will vote on the OCP amendment. Next, the entire Board will vote on the RGS amendment. The OCP amendment cannot proceed if the RGS amendment is not granted first and second reading.

Initially, I wasn’t sure if this applied here in Area H, but a local Horne Lake resident applied for this and was approved for the program. Thus, if you meet the criteria below, you should be able to get free very basic Shaw Satellite TV.

As most of you are probably aware, the Provincial Environmental Assessment Office rejected the Raven Coal Project because it did not contain enough information on topics ranging from tailings disposal, to the effect of a mine on water and air quality. It also said there had been a lack of consultation with First Nations.

4. Assuming a survey in favour of the development and EAPC and Board votes to let the application proceed, then the OCP and RGS amendment process would proceed. If the majority of residents don’t want this development, then I do not expect that the EAPC or the Board will vote to let the application proceed and hence no changes to the RGS and OCP.

From their web site, (http://www. shawdirect.ca/promotions/english/ DigitalTransition/default.asp): “If you haven’t been a cable or satellite customer in the last 90 days, you may be eligible for the Local Television Satellite Solution (LTSS) program.

This program will allow you to continue receiving the same or similar Canadian over-the-air channels you’ve always enjoyed courtesy of Shaw

At the time of this writing Compliance Coal seems to be intent on resubmitting their proposal after which it will get additional Provincial and Federal scrutiny followed by a 180 day public consultation period. See: http:// www.eao.gov.bc.ca/pdf/EAO_User_ Guide_20100415.pdf

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2. Public Consultation will occur followed by the survey. This consultation is still some months out.

In coordination with the CRTC, Shaw has implemented a program of providing free very basic satellite TV to Canadians who lost TV signals due to the switch from analog to digital TV signals.

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

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The RDN Board approved going forward on beginning to process the application Baynes Sound Investments, (BSI) has made to create a large development in Deep Bay. This means that BSI’s application is at its beginning stage. The immediate (near term) process that we are now following is:

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DENMAN ISLAND LURES RENOWNED FASHION ILLUSTRATOR, GLADYS PERINT PALMER.

by Carolyn Walton “There are many great illustrators -what makes a difference between Gladys’ work and most of others is that she does not draw a still subject, but her drawings have life because they capture a moment, a situation.” ~ Valentino.

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he glitter, glitz and glamour of the haute couture fashion world of Paris, Milan and London is a long way from bucolic Denman Island, but after a hectic season of designer showings, renowned fashion illustrator, Gladys Perint Palmer or GPP, returns to her oceanfront home for some well deserved R&R. Last month her husband, Simon Palmer, a member of the Deep Bay Yacht Club entered his Ranger 3 Princesa sailboat in the Swiftsure International Yacht Race, the premier long distance sailing race in the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia area. Starting and ending in Victoria, the Swiftsure is international because the midpoint markers are in U.S. waters. Organized by the Royal Victoria Yacht Club, the race is most popular with sailors from British Columbia and Washington, but it has drawn boats from as far away as California, Hawaii, New Zealand, and even Russia.

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Named by the 1998 Fashion Book, one of 500 people of influence in fashion since 1860, Gladys is not only an esteemed illustrator and writer but also Executive Director of Fashion at San Francisco’s Academy of Art. In honour of her achievements, Mayor Gavin Newson dedicated May 24th, 2006 as Gladys Perint Palmer day in San Francisco. She has drawn for some of the most luminous names in fashion including Armani, Missoni, Versace, Geoffrey Been, Oscar de la Renta, Valentino and John Galliano at Dior.

Published in 2003, her widely successful book “Fashion People” contains wickedly witty caricatures of such celebrities as Cher, Sophia Loren, Elizabeth Taylor, Liza Minelli, Madonna, Celine Dion, even Margaret Thatcher.

Her latest book, Adam & Yves, rolls off the press this month, chock-full of elegant sketches of influencers, designs and signature moments through sartorial history. “Adam & Yves is a tongue-in-cheek history of fashion, crammed with delicious historical items and quotes,” she says.

“These are in chronological order beginning with Adam and Eve, the snake, the apple and the fig leaf.”

Gladys’ artistic talents have been showcased in international fashion magazines, in film and on television, as well as in numerous books, galleries and museums, most notably the prestigious Victoria and Albert Museum in London. She spent the spring of 1994 working for director Robert Altman on the Paris set of his film “Pret a Porter”.

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Just how, I want to know, did someone so immersed in the sophistication, glitter and glamour of London, Paris and Milan discover our laid-back Denman Island?

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“That’s a story in itself” she laughingly tells me. “At a wedding in Vancouver in 2003 we were told we should check out Galliano Island with its micro Mediterranean climate.

Then back at a party in San Francisco this micro climate was mentioned again so I thought there must be something to it and when we were invited to stay for a couple of nights in the San Juan Islands we chartered a boat and started looking. Sailing north we ended up on Denman Island. Our realtor mentioned a house that had been taken off the market and when we saw it, Simon and I looked at each other and said this it!”

Adam & Yves is available from Firefall Media and Amazon.

Travel questions? Contact me at wordsbywalton@shaw.ca

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HIS SONG CARRIES THE BEAT OF HIS ANCESTORS AND OF THE FUTURE

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s it just thinkers and artists who explore questions of identity? Just the young and the very old? Does mainstream western culture encourage such exploration? Jessie Recalma is just twenty-three years old, but his embracing of questions surrounding culture and identity have shaped his life.

an important part of where I’m from—to forget those roots is wrong. It took me a long time to see why I should hold onto and honour my indigenous roots and traditions.”

“I spent my early years on the Nanoose Reserve, and started my schooling there too. I grew up with a strong sense of culture which was shaken when I went to other schools in the District. My eyes were opened as to how the rest of the world viewed Indians, and what it meant, in the eyes of others, to be one. It discouraged me from wanting to associate myself with my indigenous identity.”

Placed alongside the philosophers who have influenced him – the likes of Nietzsche, Heidegger and Camus—are the inspirational forces of his two grandfathers. “My paternal grandfather, Ray Recalma, rebelled—he ran away from the residential school; he was able to look the oppressor in the face and say, ‘No.’ My maternal grandfather, Gordon Reid, has also put up with a lot of discrimination, and he has given continued support to his people through education, by being aware of himself and by being able to carry on that knowledge.”

“I saw a lot of discrimination as a result of the prevalence of the belief in the ‘dumb Indian.’” In high school, Jessie spent as much time as he could in video class; as a member of the Travel Club he also made three trips to Europe. “At Vancouver Island University I found myself drawn to History, Philosophy and Liberal Studies, the study of Culture and Civilization through Art, Science, Religion, Philosophy and Literature.”

As Jessie continued to explore questions of identity, he developed a love for philosophies that allow for self-discovery, that are open-ended and encourage searching and seeking rather than being descriptive or prescriptive. With a Philosophy Degree from VIU and his acceptance into the Indigenous Governance Masters Program at the University of Victoria this September, one wonders how the academic and the philosophical will connect with the practical, with the lived life.

“I try to make sure that I know the reasons for what I’m doing—whether it’s working at the fish hatchery or reading a book. I believe everyone is capable of living with selfawareness.”

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It is a knowledge that Jessie is immersing himself in. “Three years ago the Qualicum Band acquired a thirty-six foot ocean-going canoe, which allowed us to have a canoe for Tribal Journeys. Last year I took the skippertraining course. Being on the water, I feel such a strong connection with my culture, and a strong desire to preserve it.”

drum I kept using when we would meet to drum and sing; when Gran realized I didn’t have one of my own, she told me to keep it.” Who could ask for more, from one generation looking towards another--the sound of the drumming, shared; the songs, new and old, shared; and the drum-making, the promise of that being carried on as well?

“When we travel to other Coast Salish communities, the tradition is to give gifts, sing and drum for the hosts. We now have a singing and drumming group that meets on a regular basis, so that we can have more songs for our hosts and also to maintain our forward-moving energy.”

Jessie’s own song carries the beat of his ancestors and of the future. “There are not many highly influential indigenous academics. I’d like to bring indigenous philosophies into the academic world as a valid discipline of study. Right now I’m focusing on learning the language of my people. There are no fluent speakers on the Reserve; I’d like to change that. The power of the land, of what was there before, still exists now. As indigenous people, we need to rediscover that strength and power. I see myself living the majority of my life on the coast—there’s a lot that I have to do around here…

They have drummed and sung for School Districts events, for World Water Day in Qualicum, and at Idle No More demonstrations. “It feels good to have the songs and to compose new ones.” Jesse’s drum is pretty special too, as it is one that his grandfather Gord made. “There was one

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HOW TO NOT TURN INTO STONE

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ooking for calm reading at the end of days of stress, I pulled out a book of very old stories rewritten for children by Nathanial Hawthorne. Well, as you probably know, old myths and tales are not exactly light reading. They had important lessons to teach, and they didn’t mess around.

The grand finale of two stories was that somebody (or many bodies) were turned into stone. Heart, breath, and body too – nothing but stone.

One “turn to stone” event was caused by the gang mentality of delight in war, violence and revenge; the other caused by greed and the love of wealth more than the love of life and living creatures around us.

Hawthorne was a great writer, and I was moved primarily by what he put in one of the first lines of his version of the King Midas story. “At length (as people always grow more and more foolish unless they take care to grow wiser and wiser) Midas became so exceedingly unreasonable that he could scarcely bear to touch an object that was not gold.” How simply stated. We become foolish unless we take care to become wise.

These old stories were told in times when darkness abounded on earth; well, there is still enough foolishness and darkness on earth to warrant such stories.

And, our ancestors survived themselves, as I pray we do as well.

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We know the story of King Midas. He loved gold so much that when a golden smiled stranger appeared before him, Midas wished for the Gift of the Golden Touch. “Let everything I touch turn to gold.” Oh foolishness, he was to find out the next morning, when his roses, porridge, drink, and finally his beloved daughter all turned to stone. King Midas learned his lesson. He was sharper and luckier than those in the other story.

As a baby, Perseus was cast out to sea in a trunk with his mother. Year later, as a young man, he was sent by a wicked king on a hopeless journey to get the head of Medusa, one of the three Gorgon sisters with writhing snakes continued next page

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as hair. He would have failed miserably (as planned by the king) except for the help of a stranger. (Those marvelous strangers would always show up just in the nick of time. We would be wise to keep our eyes open for them when walking on cobblestones streets, lost in the woods, or shopping at the S.O.S.) This good stranger set Perseus to work polishing his shield, for if anyone set eyes upon the face of Medusa or her sisters, he would be turned to stone. With the stranger’s help, Perseus safely returned to the wicked king with Medusa’s head.

The wicked king and the vicious raucous crowds wouldn’t listen to Perseus’ warning to not look at the face of Medusa. “Slay him!” they shouted, “He’s tricking us.” Well, as soon as they looked at Medusa’s head, there was silence. They were stone. Perseus walked back to his mother and the fisherman who had sheltered them, and we know him as a hero of Greek Mythology.

Again, I think of Hawthorne’s commentary: we become more foolish unless we are take care to become wiser.

How do we confront foolishness and evil without being turned into stone? How can we generate wisdom in a world that is dying from want of it? It’s not just a good idea; as it was for King Midas, so it is for us - a matter of life and death.

In these times, we have really new technology, but we don’t appear to have new wisdom. We’re not generating wisdom at the same rate that we’re generating trash - physical, social, and mental trash.

We’re throwing things into the dumpster at an unprecedented rate.

Throwing out traditions, belief structures, family structures, cultural patterns, stories, resources, recipes, heritage breeds, forests, species and time tested seeds. True, the expiration date for many things have passed long ago, but we’re being frighteningly shortsighted and indiscriminant. Far too much is disappearing.

Why are we doing this? There have been a few wealthy winners, but 99% of us are losing. Hopefully the gift-giving, golden smiled spirit that gave King Midas the Golden Touch will give the “Kings Midas” of today a second chance as well. Hopefully they will get a chance to reverse the gift of the Golden Touch before it becomes a permanent curse. King Midas didn’t care much for gold after he realized it would cost him his food, friends, flowers, the sweetness of the earth, and the happiness and life of his beloved child – and therefore, future generations.

We can’t just do nothing and hope we don’t turn to stone. As Hawthorne said, we have to actively seek to become wiser.

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playground. When he wasn’t roaming like a wild child in the outdoors, he was carving boats. Today, he works in forestry, on the water surrounded by tugs, and eagles.

For a person who works up a sweat and a few curse words knitting a pot holder, I couldn’t help asking him if he has ever had a meltdown making all these feathers work.

“I watch them everyday. I watch their habits.

I’m obsessed, it’s a real love affair.”

“Not really. I think I’m pretty patient by nature.”

His wife, jokes Seeley, thinks he spends more time looking at the eagles, than at her.

No kidding. The closest he’s gotten to frustration turned out to be a blessing in disguise when he discovered all of the feathers from one wood block had a knot in them.

Seeley works off of the hundreds of photos he has taken himself or found on the internet to create his dynamic sculptures.

“I have the ability to see things 3D, which I hear is not all that common. So, when I get a vision for a project I can see it in its entirety in three dimensions.”

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For a flat-page, wordsmith like myself, this is like having super powers. It may as well be x-ray vision.

Once Seeley has a vision, he takes to the band saw in his home studio/garage with some Michael Jackson (who knew?) on the radio and begins making the hundreds and hundreds of individual feathers it takes to bring his work to life. Made from very dry BC yellow and red cedar blocks he finds at local mills, as well as aromatic cedar sourced from Tennessee, each feather is curved with the saw to give the illusion of natural movement and wind effects, and then attached to a fir skeleton with screws and wood glue. Topped off with a wooden head also covered in delicate individual feathers, the effect is stunning. The end result is actually also surprisingly light with his largest project weighing in at a mere 55 lbs.

The process takes months, especially for a man who works full time. His biggest project to date, currently on display at ArtWorx Gallery in Qualicum Beach, is a flying eagle with a ten-foot wing span that took 2,000 hours and 1,000 handcrafted feathers to complete.

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Not only is this rosy-faced, sparkly-eyed boom-man one of the most down to earth artists I have ever met, he has to be the most patient. When this weekend warrior isn’t juggling his ‘honey-do’ list, he says he’s lost in the process of building his birds.

“I get completely absorbed. I enter the studio at 9 am and then before I know it, I’m being called for dinner.”

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“I was moving to put them in the fire, and then I took a step back, splayed them all out and said, ‘I think I have something here’.”

That something could very well be the “Seeley signature spot”, because his latest piece, an eagle braking before landing, has incorporated this knot to form distinct feather markings.

Another unique aspect about his latest piece is that this eagle’s wings are arched in such a way that the piece can sit on its wing-tips rather than be hung from the ceiling. It is truly as elegant as it is powerful. A similar piece hangs in a gallery in Seattle, WA. “It’s been quite the learning curve,” says Seeley.

It’s been a real leap from his first eagle piece, which was created using a prefab modeling kit, he says.

“The kit was terrible, the feathers were flat.

I wanted them to look like they were doing something so I took to the band saw and gave them a curve. I’ve been learning and creating each piece from scratch ever since.”

Four years later we the viewer are able to enjoy this amazing homage to our amazing coastal spirit, its symbol of freedom, power, and the divine.

If you haven’t already seen Seeley’s largest eagle at ArtWorx Gallery at 707 Primrose Street in Qualicum Beach, you can be one of an expected 8,000 viewers to catch sight of it over the course of the Sooke Art Festival happening July 27th to the 5th of August.

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e all like to work, play and relax outside in the sun. The warm rays of the sun feel good on our skin. Too much sun can be harmful, so be careful! The sun’s burning rays are also called ultraviolet (UV) rays.

UV rays can cause: • Sunburn • Skin cancer • Eye damage • Premature skin aging

TANNING MYTHS MYTH: A tan is healthy.

THE TRUTH: A lot of people equate tanning with a healthy lifestyle, but nothing could be further from the truth. A sun burn damages your immune system, making you more likely to catch an infectious illness or disease.

Even if you never burn, a tan is a tell-tale sign that you are causing permanent damage to your skin. Regular tanning leads to premature aging, wrinkles, saggy, leathery skin, ugly age spots and discolouration. It also increases your risk of skin cancer which can be deadly. If you really want to take good care of your skin: • Limit sun exposure – seek shade • Wear sunglasses to protect your eyes • Wear protective clothing and a wide brimmed hat MYTH: I need to spend time in the sun to get enough Vitamin D THE TRUTH: Vitamin D is important for building strong bones and muscles. The amount of Vitamin D absorbed from the sun depends on the season, time of day, cloud cover, smog, skin pigmentation, and sunscreen use. Most people need to supplement with Vitamin D to get an adequate amount.

MYTH: Using tanning beds is a safer way to tan THE TRUTH: All UV light whether from tanning beds or a natural sunlight, can cause sunburns. It also supresses the immune system, causes skin cell damage, premature aging, and can cause skin cancer.

In fact, sun lamps can produce as much as three to eight times more UVA light than the sun at noon in the summer.

MYTH: Sunscreen is all the protection I need.

THE TRUTH: Sunscreen can’t protect you on its own because it can’t block out all the UV radiation the sun produces. This is the reason your skin can become tanned even if you are wearing sunscreen.

In direct sunlight, wearing sun smart clothing protects you better than sunscreen. Wear sunscreen to give you added protection from the sun. ~ Get out and have fun in the sun, safely.

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SUE MEDLEY & THE BACK ROAD BAND COMING TO LIGHTHOUSE COUNTRY

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It’s a favourite event in Lighthouse Country.

This month we welcome Sue Medley and the Back Road Band to the stage. One of Medley’s trademarks has always been the exceptional quality of the players she tours with - and her new group The Back Road Band is no exception. This powerhouse 5-piece line-up includes veteran CBC producer/performer John Mang on keyboards, Art Van Volsen on the all electronic “V-Drums”, Anela Kahiamoe on bass, Lindsay Klassen on background vocals, and Jeff Gillespie, acoustic, steel and electric guitarist extraordinaire. And of course, Sue Medley on lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars. It’s another great event in Lighthouse Country that’ll make your calendar sizzle this summer!

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his year, Qualicum Beach Day is being held on Sunday, July 21st, with its focus on families and youth. It will be even bigger and better! The day begins with a Shriners’ breakfast at 8:30 a.m. followed by a Kiwanis salmon BBQ from 11 a.m. to closing. Beach activities run from low tide at about 10 a.m. until 2. There is an all ages vintage swimsuit show, beach seining for sea creatures, live touchable displays and face painting. From skim boarding and beach volleyball to sandcastle building and giant bubbles, there will be something for everyone! Stage festivities begin at 2 p.m. with the Bom Bom Fashion show and a “QBs Got Talent” music competition to showcase some of the talented, up and coming performers in our area. In addition to the talent show, will be solo artists, bands, dance troupes as well as a featured performer to headline and wrap up the event from 5 to 6 p.m. Electric shuttles running between the beach and parking areas downtown will provide an alternate parking option.

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August 31, 2013. Artist’s Hall invites new Artists and old Artists with new creative ideas!

LIGHTHOUSE TRAILS GROUP needs your help. FMI Showcase and sell your art to the community on Call: Val Weismiller: 250-757-9667. this busy day. Tables only $25 for the day. Please contact Marcella at 250-752-8554 to reserve your LIGHTHOUSE RECREATION INFO, PATTY: FMI Call 250table.

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LIGHTHOUSE COMMUNITY CENTRE PANCAKE BREAKFAST – Sunday, June 9th, 10 - 8am to Noon, Pancake Breakfast, Poultry Swap, Flea Market. Live Music on the Hall stage until 2pm. The Bowser Elementary School PAC will be cooking up breakfast this morning.

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LIGHTHOUSE SENIORS #152 – Next meeting is June 3. End of Year Dinner. Potluck, coffee and tea.

Senior’s Room at the LCC. Everyone welcome! FMI Call Shirley at 250-757-2384.

BOWSER BREEZE 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. Children must have completed kindergarten to register. Bowser Elementary School. Mon-Fri 10:00am-2:00pm. Ref. #29906. Jul 15-19. $66.95.

SUMMER FLOOR CURLING -LIGHTHOUSE FLOOR CURLERS – New comers welcome! Have fun and enjoy team play! Rocks supplied. Join us Mondays 1-3pm, June thru August at the Lions Rec. Hall in Qualicum Bay. Drop in $2. FMI Call: Dennis Leach 250-757-8218.

CIRCUS FUN CAMP WITH VESTAFIRE ENTERTAINMENT 8-12YRS - The ‘FUN’damentals of Circus! Run away and join the circus and still be home for dinner! Join VestaFire Entertainment for LIGHTHOUSE SPINNERS – Tuesdays 10:30-2:30pm this children’s circus camp- a fun-filled experience in the Community Centre Board Room. New with exciting skills to learn which will motivate and members welcome. FMI Call Jo 250-757-8402. challenge your child. Small teacher/student ratio will focus on non-competitive skill development and CARPET BOWLING – 12:45 to 3:00pm at the performance presence. Children ages 8-12 will hoop, Lighthouse Community Hall. FMI Call Layne 250staff, clown, and spin poi, all while having tremendous 757-8217. amounts of fun. Parents are invited to enjoy the show on the last class. All practice tools will be provided.

BOWSER TENNIS CLUB - Club drop-in doubles: Bowser Elementary School. Mon-Fri 9:00am-12:00pm.

Sundays 10 am and Thursdays 5 pm. Novice night Ref. #30030. Aug 12-16. $99.

Mondays at 6pm, all welcome! FMI Call 250-7578307.

YOUNG CHEF CAMP 9-12YRS -Sponsored by Thrifty Foods, Young Chef is a fun and engaging camp allowing AA LIGHTKEEPERS - PLEASE NOTE NEW TIME – children to learn the basics of food preparation, Fridays at 7:00pm at the Lighthouse Community cooking techniques, healthy eating and the fun of Centre, 240 Lions Way, Qualicum Bay. FMI Call creating and enjoying their own cuisine. Budding 250-757-8347.

Young Chefs are sure to enjoy hands-on, educational, nutritional snack preparations as well as customizing BRIDGE – Nordin Room 1:00 to 4:00pm Friday their own recipe book to take home at the end of the afternoons at the Lighthouse Community Centre. week. Program includes a grocery store tour and one FMI Call: Sheila Steele 250-757-8307. snack per day. Lighthouse Community Hall. Mon-Fri 9:00am-3:00pm. Ref. #30027. Aug 19-23. $55/5.

LIGHTHOUSE COUNTRY SCRAPBOOKERS – Meet 3rd Saturday monthly at the Lions Den, Qualicum FANNY BAY COMMUNITY HALL - PARENTS & TOTS Bay, 9:30am- 4:30pm. $10. Door prizes. FMI Call - Tuesdays 10-11:30am. Come and enjoy a morning Jorgie 250-757-8358 or Shirley 250-757-8384. of socializing, snack, early literacy activities, songs, games, stories and parenting resources. This is a FREE •

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250-757-9222 • website: www.rcl211.ca • email: rcl211@shaw.ca June 6 – LA General Luncheon June 18 – Branch 211 Executive Meeting June 25 – Branch 211 General Meeting

Hall Rentals 250-757-9222 • Tue to Fri 9am - 12 noon June 1 – ‘SENSATIONAL SECONDS’ Clothing & Accessory Sale 10am-3pm June 8 – ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT - 18 Holes + Dinner & Prizes $50 Register @ the Lounge (limited spots available) June 14 – BOOMERS RIDERS - Arrive @ 11am Join us in cheering them on in their journey south!

June 23 – “BRANCH OPEN HOUSE” in Celebration of LEGION WEEK Come see what your Legion‘s role in the Community is all about! 1pm – 4pm JULY 1 – CANADA/FAMILY DAY 11 a.m – 5 p.m. Don’t miss out on the fun!!!

Mixed Pool Mixed Darts Horseshoes

Tuesdays.................................................5:00 pm Fridays....................................................7:00 pm Sundays..................................................1:00 pm

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

Food Available Fridays • Closed Mondays

program supported by Comox Valley Family Services Association, Baynes Sound Lions and the FannyBay Community Association. Facilitated by Evelyn Bally 250-335-9022.

FANNY BAY COMMUNITY HALL - YOUTH GROUP – Fridays 6:30-7:30.

Children and their never ending supply of energy will burn it off with us. We play soccer, hockey, basketball and all manner of games they come up with.

3-6 years play in the studio with a parent 7-12 year olds play in the gym.

This is a FREE program supported by the Fanny Bay Community Association and Evelyn Bally 250-335-9022.

June 11 QUALICUM BEACH GARDEN CLUB - Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott, dynamic speaker, well-renowned author of three books: The Informed Gardener; The Informed Gardener Blooms Again; and Sustainable Landscapes and Gardens, will be speaking on ‘Exploding the Myths: Horticultural Practices for Healthy Landscapes’. Linda has a PhD in Horticulture and is a certified arborist; she is an Associate Professor in the Dept of Horticulture at Washington State U. and co hosts “The Garden Professors” blog. Tues. June 11, 7pm at the Qualicum Beach Civic Centre, 747. Admission for non-members is $5.00 June 19 THE QUALICUM BEACH FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY will hold their season’s wind-up social meeting on Wed., June 19th at 7pm at the QB Legion with a barbeque. Guests welcome.

June 20 UNION BAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY - UNION BAY POST OFFICE 100th ANNIVERSARY 2 DAY CELEBRATION - From 8:30am to 5:00pm Canada Post will be issuing a commemorative ONE DAY ONLY cancellation stamp. Also Canada Post has designed a postage stamp with the Post Office on it. The Historical Society will have antique post cards with these colorful postage stamps (legal tender) on them for sale. ($4.00) Come and buy a post card, address it, and have your stamp cancelled at the brass wicket by our Post Mistress.

June 21 UNION BAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY - UNION BAY POST OFFICE 100th ANNIVERSARY 2 DAY CELEBRATION - Two shows, 2:00 pm and 7:00pm.

Tickets $10.00 at the door. A History & Humor Show will be presented at Union Bay Community Hall. The show will depict all the problems encountered in buying and restoring the building. As well, Fred & Sally Brown and their brood will take you back in time during Union Bay’s heydays.

Come for some history, fun and birthday cake.

June 23 G*ART*DEN TOUR – June 23 in the Lighthouse Area. Tickets include tour of 13 stunning gardens, artists creating in the gardens and a strawberry tea! Art completed in the gardens will be available for auction at the strawberry tea. Tickets $15 available at the Salish Sea (Bowser), Streamside Native Plants (Bowser), Ken-Dor Nursery (Qualicum Beach) and on the day of the tour at select garden entrances. For more information see www. communityclub.ca, call 778-424-0107 and see page 4 of this issue.

DO YOU WANT TO QUIT SMOKING? If you want to smoke, that is your business. BUT, if you want to QUIT, and stay quit, that’s OUR business! Join us every Tuesday evening at 7:30pm at the Baptist Church 600 Beach Rd, Qualicum Beach. We are a group of people who have – or wish to – quit smoking, using the 12-step method of recovery from nicotine use. Come to a meeting and share an hour with us – we talk about our smoking history, learn how to succeed in our quest to be FREE at last, and have some laughs too. We look forward to meeting you. FMI visit www.nicotine-anonymous. org.

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

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of Mars is over. In the meantime, it makes you annoyed with others. Of course, from your point of view they are annoying! Good news: In the next six weeks, gifts, goodies and favours from others will come your way.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You’re working hard direction. (Whaaat?) Tension or competition with a friend now plus dashing around and delegating like mad. Plus or a member of a group is also likely. You’re treading water, you are focused on partners and close friends. Things waiting for your break-out move. look good but you might want to redefine a relationship.

Quite likely, you will have a more accurate appreciation Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) You’re popular! Go forth and of others. Conversations will be meaningful and the speak to your subjects in full dazzle. You’ll love hanging month ahead will be the perfect time to patch up out with younger, creative people. Because your ambition misunderstandings. But do take note: You will be more is aroused, you’re not sitting around getting dusty. Au tired in the coming month, which means you need to get contraire, you’re out there with your colours flying. Since more sleep. Go to bed. you’re talking to others and sharing ideas about a secret dream – quite likely someone will help you. Something Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Surprising changes at Taurus (April 20-May 20) Money, money, money. In unusual will expand your world through travel, politics, home make you keen to get better organized. You’re the month ahead, your focus is on earnings, cash flow, religion, brilliant ideas and philosophical concepts. Expect almost directing traffic. You’re working hard because you financial matters and major expenditures. You’ll be a thrilling, promising month ahead. have great job opportunities now or chances to improve checking your bank accounts online to confirm what you your job or get a better job. You’ll also want to make Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) There are more planets at the have and what you don’t (almost wishing your dough where you work look more attractive. And speaking of top of your chart now than in more than a decade. This could grow by magic). Actually, this is a possibility attractive – co-workers and bosses look appealing, which means you’re high viz. in the eyes of many, especially because you’re full of money-making ideas right now and is why a work-related romance is likely. Fortunately, it’s authority figures, bosses and parents. It also means you’re the Force is with you. Oh yes. (“Luke, I am your banker.”) not all work and no play. Mars makes you feisty, prankish putting out energy to travel, explore ideas and expand Now and for months ahead, you have one of the best and eager to explore sports and competitive activities. your world. You might be so enamoured of someone in a chances in more than a decade to boost your income. position of authority, in part because you attract favourable Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) This is a fun-filled month! (“Spare change?”) attention. It’s almost as if you can do no wrong, you look Take a vacation. Plan social activities; make time for Gemini (May 21-June 20) Four planets in your sign! that good. (Opportunity knocks only once, but temptation sports, picnics, barbecues, short trips, movies, the arts You haven’t had this kind of attention since 2001. The bangs on the door for years.) and playful times with children. Romance can flower Sun energizes you, giving you a chance to recharge beautifully now. This is also a wonderful time for creative Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) This month life is exciting your batteries for the rest of the year. Mercury makes and artistic ventures because your productivity can surge. because you can expand your experience of the world. you talkative, while Venus makes you diplomatic and You’re full of innovative ideas that help you put a new Most of you will travel or get further training and charming as hell. Of course, lucky Jupiter boosts your spin on things. However, do be careful because this week education. One thing is certain — you will meet people enthusiasm, increases your confidence and attracts is a mildly accident-prone time for you. Pay attention to who stimulate you, teach you and introduce you to new fortunate people and favourable circumstances to you. a everything you say and do. concepts and ideas. Some of you will develop a love affair stimulating, fun month ahead full of new experiences that or romance with someone from a different background or a Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Home, family and your blow your mind. Hooah! different country. Be careful because radical changes with domestic, private world are your primary focus now. You Cancer (June 21-July 22) Some of you are having a partnerships and close friends might catch you off guard. can enrich your home life and enhance and deepen your secret love affair. Others are enjoying solitude, especially family relationships at this time. Enjoy entertaining at Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) This is a powerful time because in beautiful surroundings. Ah yes, the good life. Some of home and tackling home repairs. Conversations with your ruler Pluto is electrically charged by Uranus triggering you are making plans and doing research, while others a parent will be significant. You’ll love redecorating explosive situations, which might set you off on a new are exploring spiritual ideas and getting more in tune and making where you live look more beautiful. You’re path. Mars opposite your sign creates tension with others. with their inner world. Nevertheless, surprise news aggressive in communications with others now. Keep Be patient because anger serves no purpose other than from authority figures might actually change your life an eye on financial matters because something unusual to make everyone miserable. By mid-June, this influence might occur. A sudden job offer or a job change?

Aries (March 21-April 19) This month you’ll be busier than a one-armed paper-hanger with hives. Accept this accelerated pace; go with the flow. Short trips, busy errands, conversations with neighbours and siblings, increased reading and writing plus an ambitious To-Do list will make this month fly by in a blur of activity. But it will be fun, upbeat and stimulating! You are experiencing big changes -- changes for the better. We’re talking radical -- appearance, personality and style of relating. The whole enchilada.

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LEARNING SERVICES DOWN BY THE BAY SPA - Summer Sandals? Come see me first! $25 Pedicures. Waxing, manicures, Reiki and massage also available. Turn right at the Deep Bay docks. Tues-Fri 10am-4pm. Walk-ins welcome or call to book 778-424-3344.

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

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

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.

DON’S HOME REPAIR – Plumbing repairs and installations, complete renovations, no job too small. Call Don at (250) 757-8757 or cell (250) 951-8757.

GROUPS/SOCIETIES/CLUBS THE CANADIAN SOCIETY OF QUESTERS – Next meeting is June 24. For more information call Chris (250) 752-1419.

WORSHIP

ISLAND GOSPEL CENTRE “A house of LIGHT in Lighthouse Country” Sundays - 10AM Worship 90 McColl Road, Bowser, BC (250) 757-8253 FMI Call Pastor Colin Meikle (250) 594-8299

WILDWOOD COMMUNITY CHURCH 113 McColl Road, Bowser

Sunday Morning Worship 10:30 am 757-8136

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

Reflexology – 1 hour sessions. Services offered from Nanoose to Royston. Please call Vikki at (250) 757-9244.

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

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

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

Consider supporting our upcoming Capital Campaign.

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

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