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7 “Born of This” - a book review by Mary Ann Moore 10 The Rearview Mirror - And The Inner Rant ENTERTAINMENT, OUTDOORS 14 Tide Table 16 ECHO: The Full Treatment 17 Poet’s Corner: John Beaton’s “Turning Back”
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“BORN OUT OF THIS” A review by Mary Ann Moore
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Mayne Island. Christine was fascinated “with uncovering secrets of our past, keenly consumed with learning about my origins.” (The film was made in 2002.).
er mother’s spirit is her guide,” Victoria poet Eve Joseph writes in her endorsement of Christine Lowther’s Born Out of This. Lowther lives gratefully and consciously in Clayoquot Sound and weaves her own words with her late mother Pat Lowther’s poetry in this collection of personal essays.
Pat Lowther’s body was found in Furry Creek on October 13, 1975 and Roy Lowther was charged with her murder on October 31, 1975. He died in prison ten years later. Christine didn’t want to go to Furry Creek for the purposes of the film but reflects, in her essay, on her mother’s “Notes from Furry Creek” published first in 1977 and more recently included in The Collected Works of Pat Lowther edited by Christine Wisenthal. Christine Lowther acknowledges much of what she learned about her own family is from Wisenthal’s books about her mother.
Part I of the memoir is Christine Lowther “Floating Season,” about the author’s love for her own special place on the planet where Lowther, a “lifelong activist” has lived since 1992. In the first short essay, “The Spawning Grounds,” Lowther describes chum salmon unable to travel up a creek, many of them dead. It is a dramatic foreshadowing in terms of climate change and due to the story she shares in the next essay.
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“Merge,” Part III of the collection, includes “A Beautiful Imposition,” where she muses, humorously, on the town of Tofino where she lives in the winter and about the healing nature of poetry. Poetry helped to heal Lowther’s youth and “nature was the conveyor of the poetry. Together, nature and poem writing conspired to heal me, like an art therapy. Living in a wild place – where every leaf is its own poem – brings process and poetry together.”
Christine Lowther is one of the featured poets at the Cascadia Poetry Festival in Nanaimo, April 30 to May 3, 2015. www.cascadiapoetryfestival. org.
Filmmaker Anne Henderson, when making “Water Marks” about Pat Lowther, had Christine and Beth retrace their childhood steps including on
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Part II, “Asphalt Season,” is about Lowther’s earlier days in foster homes, attending punk rock concerts in her steel-toed combat boots, and travelling to Europe.
As readers we can inspired by the courage with which Christine Lowther has “blundered [her] way out of despair” by seizing the words of her mother, her own and many others “and by pondering the ineffable stars.”
In the early seventies living in Vancouver, Lowther was used to going to Mayne Island with her parents, Pat and Roy, and her sister Beth. On one occasion, her mother wasn’t with them, and the “island ached with our mother’s unexplained absence.” Later, Christine and Beth were told their mother was dead.
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Aries (March 21-April 19) Your birthday is a month away, which means your personal year is ending. This means this is the perfect month to think about what you want in the coming year. Take time to define goals to guide you this year. When you give yourself a specific goal, you increase the odds of achieving that goal. It beats going through life willy-nilly, management by crisis. Meanwhile, Mars now energizes you, making you proactive and decisive, while Venus makes you charming, diplomatic and magically skilled at choosing wardrobe goodies. Taurus (April 20-May 20) Your popularity will grow this month. Perhaps you will join a class or a group or become more involved with a friend? Whatever happens, you will become more aware of the value of friendships in your life, and how important they are to you. You will also be aware of the benefit of cooperating with others. You will see that others help you get what you want. Therefore, focus on team efforts. Form working units. Accept invitations from others.
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Gemini (May 21-June 20) This month the Sun is at the top of your chart. This is the only time all year this happens. This is a powerful phenomenon. It acts like a flattering spotlight on you, which is why everyone thinks you are fabulous and capable. This is why you will be approached to take on increased responsibilities. Just say yes, because you will dazzle everyone without doing anything special. This is the time to examine your life as a whole, to see if you’re going in the direction you want. “Second star to the right and straight on till morning.” Cancer (June 21-July 22) This is an exciting time because the Sun is urging you to broaden your horizons through new experiences, study or travel. You want to break free from your everyday routine and expand your experience of life. Embrace anything that stimulates your mind. Legal matters might be important. You might also have an increased interest in religious, spiritual and metaphysical areas. Meanwhile, Venus and Mars, at the top of your chart will arouse your ambition
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and enhance relationships with authority figures. In fact, this “enhancement” might even lead to a romance with your boss. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Travel for pleasure will delight you now. You might surprise yourself by how keen you are to put energy into creative, intellectual study or anything that improves your mind. You want to explore beliefs, politics, religion and metaphysics. You want to “know” more. You will enjoy debating new ideas. Because your appreciation of beauty is heightened, you will focus more on art, beautiful things and places. You might strike up a new relationship with someone from a different background. You want to be a new, improved Leo! Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Heads-up! The Sun is your source of energy, and this week it moves 180° opposite from your sign. Since this is as far away from you as it gets all – your energy will flag. You will need more sleep. It’s important to acknowledge this and accept it, instead of ignoring it. Take naps. This polarized position of the Sun can create problems dealing with others, especially authority figures. You have your ideas and they have theirs. Certain issues might come to a head now, which gives you clarity. Meanwhile, your sex drive is strong! Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You suddenly want to turn over a new leaf and pull your life together. You will make To Do lists so that you feel you are on top of your scene and being as productive and efficient as possible. Not only will you focus on accomplishing tasks, you will also focus on improving your health. (Since you’re on this kick – why not go for the whole enchilada?) However, fiery Mars will be opposite your sign, and this might create tension with friends and partners. You might even encounter an enemy. Sheesh! Fortunately, Venus will soften things. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) A playful, creative time awaits you because this month is one of the most fun months of the year for you. Get out and have a good time! Accept invitations to party and attend sports events. You want a chance to express yourself and be free to be who you really are. Relations with children will be important. This is also a strong highlight on romance and love affairs. Some of you might have a work-related love affair. Meanwhile, all is not just fun and games because you will work hard at your job due to the fact that you take pride in what you’re doing right now.
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Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) This month is a busy swirl of fun events with family members and playful times with children plus romantic dates, sports events, social occasions and even vacations. Yet, with all this focus on fun and creative times, your strongest focus will be on home, family and your personal life. Some might be involved with a parent. One thing is certain, you will give yourself a personal report card about the way you live your life, and the choices you make. Examine how your past choices create your future. That’s the secret. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) This month is jam-packed with short trips, conversations with everyone, busy, daily errands, as well as increased reading, writing and study. Oy! You are ambitious about what you want to accomplish in your external world, your daily world, and even at home. In the midst of this busy pace, you might also redecorate or renovate where you live. Family conflicts, as well as loving family get-togethers, are both in the picture. It was ever thus. George Burns was right. “Happiness is a large, loving, close-knit family in another city.” Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Although you are focused on earnings, money, cash flow, assets and possessions, now more than any other time in the year, is the time to ask yourself if the things you own serve your needs. In other words, do you own your stuff or does it own you? Are you a slave to your possessions? What you need to do now is gain a better control over your life through what you own. Meanwhile, Mars makes you direct and forthright, while Venus, softens all your communications and helps you earn money. Ka-ching! Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) The Sun has returned to your sign for the first time in 11 months giving you an opportunity to recharge your batteries for the coming year. It attracts favourable circumstances and important people to you. Because the Sun is your source of energy, you will project yourself more forcefully than usual, and make a great impression on others. It also makes you want to talk to others and get your ideas out. Meanwhile, you’re working hard to earn money, and spend it!
THE REARVIEW MIRROR AND THE INNER RANT by Joanne Sales
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wo times I got frozen in my rearview mirror - looking forward. Once hooked by the prospects of happiness (youth and straight teeth), and once doubly hooked when the happiness didn’t appear to be panning out. Back in the 50s and 60s, with no seat belt laws, you could squeeze as many kids in the backseat of a car as you wanted. So we sat on laps, lots of laps. On one outing, there were seven of us very “new” teenagers in the back seat. I was positioned on a lap in such a way that I could see into the rear-view mirror of the car, but all I could see was one mouth. It was a girl’s mouth. Nice smile, I noticed. Nice teeth. And she looks happy. I was fascinated by that mouth. The smile moved, laughed, opened, closed, and smiled again. Oh my, I realized at last. I have control over that mouth. That mouth is mine! I think I might have felt flattered if I hadn’t felt so stupid. Fortunately, my mouth had not spoken a word. Saved by silence. Fast forward two decades. I was in my mid-30’s, with two kids, a dusty drafty old house, a paralyzed mother, no career… and I was stuck at a big-city traffic light. Actually, I was stuck at eight unsynchronized traffic lights in an overgrown shopping district. I was certain I was stuck for life.
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That’s when I saw it. While adjusting the rear-view mirror, I noticed around my eyes the undeniable beginning of wrinkles. It was the opposite of the teenage euphoria of “I’m IN!” It was the mid-30’s revelation of “I’m on my way OUT.”
entry, we were handed a mandatory belief system. “We had it hard. You have it easy. You have no excuse. You’re supposed to be happy.” There was also a footnote, “And if you’re not happy, buy this.” I didn’t buy that. You see, I had a grandmother…
I’m quite at peace with grey hair and wrinkles now, as the aging process kindly bestows occasional wisdom. But at that moment? I was part of a generation that never took photos because we figured we would always be young. Surprise!
My Grandmother Louise was born around 1886, with a difficult childhood, two World Wars and the Great Depression ahead of her. She was close to 70 when she moved in with us, against her will, when necessity called. I was 7. Rest assured, if my grandmother drove a car, and if she had happened to catch a glimpse of the first wrinkles on her face, it would not have led to the realization, “I would be happier if I didn’t think I was suppose to be happy.” I don’t think such nonsense ever entered her mind.
But it wasn’t the wrinkles that stopped time for me that day at the eight traffic lights. It was the thought that followed: “I’d be a whole lot happier if I didn’t think I was supposed to be happy.” That thought pushed the reset button and reordered my priorities. The Dalai Lama has the most sincere smile of any public figure in the world, and he smiles while standing on the firm foundation of the teaching that “life is suffering.” When I was 35, residing briefly in my rear-view mirror, I didn’t yet have the comfort of knowing I was in good company. (And I also didn’t know that the Dalai Lama had an escape plan, but that’s not the topic today. Or maybe that’s always the topic….)
There was one hymn in particular that I liked to play on the piano as a child. It was the last one in the Lutheran hymnal (easy to find) and was in the key of C (easy to play.) If truth be told, I think my grandmother wrote it. Here are some of the words: “I’m but a stranger here… Earth is a desert drear… Danger and sorrow stand, round me on every hand..” “Earth was a desert drear”, and she knew it. How did we know that she knew it? Because she talked out loud
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to herself. We were privy to her private conversations. My brother and I laughed because our grandmother talked to herself - but ha! Little did we know. Everybody does. As silent ranting is something we can do anywhere without drawing attention, it has become a global favorite. When I was stuck in the eight traffic light traffic jam, everyone was stuck; everyone had his engine running, and everyone had a rant running. It’s what humans do. The difference was that my grandmother gave the inner rant an outer voice. She could have written soliloquies for Shakespeare. Her rants were dramatic, sliding from low mumblings to heartily dramatized crescendos. I learned from a master. In her defense, my grandmother had a certain wisdom that allowed her to rant, and then calmly darn socks, make bone ball soup, and soak yeast in potato water to make coffee cake. There was probably less conflict in her mind than in mine during my traffic light rearview mirror experience. She did what she had to do. And she taught me other things as well – to hang out clothes and cook from scratch, and to eat cereal before bed instead of drink, and play cards (or Sudoku) to pause the rants. All rants aren’t bad! Inner discourse is a marvelous gift, and can be the medium of solving problems, creativity and discourse. It’s the ranting reruns that can ruin a life, like getting stuck forever in a small town movie theater during a B-rated movie matinee. It’s better for us if the reruns aren’t running us. Rants are just one of the many things we humans do when we get hooked – when someone pushes our buttons, a situation gets out of control, etc. Most of the harm doesn’t come from what hooks us but from our reaction. We have predictable options: we shout, we pout, we walk away; we lash out, break down, cry, distract ourselves, overwork or dull down the pain; we withdraw, shut down all systems, or like
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my grandmother, we lose ourselves in inner dialog. Anyway, I moved out of the mirror and on with my life. My two rearview mirror experiences did bring about a sudden jolt of self-awareness, but we can’t plan surprises. We can, however, set the stage for them. Sometimes it is good to let the rants run. The only long-term escape is self-awareness. We release a rant’s hold on us when we consciously watch it without getting hooked by it, and let it run its course under the gentle eye of acceptance and forgiveness. When we’re awake, we can gather information and insights. Here are other tips. For ranting because we’re angry, a young man from Jamaica says he was told to go bury his hands in the earth. When you’re on a roll and way too proud, a native tribe says go tell a giant tree how great you are. Replace the rant with song, out loud or silently. Not all “earworms” are bad. Attend an Every Voice choir in our community, or Dances of Universal Peace. A local choir director says, “I find I have more songs going on in my head now and far fewer negative reruns.”
she fell into a miserable state of selfpity. In total despair, she said she had to do something. So she tried out a new philosophy: When stuck – just do something! So she pulled herself out of bed and went to the sink to wash the dishes. When her husband came in, he started to laugh. “Why are you laughing?” she asked. “Because you’re washing the dishes with maple syrup.” She laughed as well, for the first time in ages. She decided to stick to her new life strategy. Don’t stay stuck – do something - and then follow the thread that presents itself. And to the panicked young mother that I was, I have a message “The silent source of smiles does not grow old.” ~ Joanne Sales is a freelance writer, blueberry farmer living in rural Qualicum Beach, and Director of Vancouver Island’s Broombusters Invasive Plant Society. Questions about her articles should be directed to joanne@ glasswing.com. For information or questions regarding Broombusters Invasive Plant Society - www.broombusters.org. Ph: 250-752-4816, Email: info@broombusters.org
I’d like to end with a story that got stuck in my mind, a personal story told by a woman who lost her eyesight as an adult. While addressing a crowd, she told us that when she lost her eyesight,
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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 hope this finds you well. This update is short as I have been away and there is not much to report. OUR COMMUNITY One of our Area H residents went missing in early February. The individual’s family initiated the search through the Oceanside RCMP Detachment and the Deep Bay Fire Department quickly became the search headquarters. Friends and family, people from across Area H and beyond, and the members of Marine Search and Rescue quickly volunteered and over a three-day period saturated the area with searchers. The Arrowsmith Search And Rescue Unit also joined for several hours on day two but pulled out of the search believing they had ruled out all possibilities. With the full support and leadership of the Deep Bay Fire Department, the individual’s brother (a RCMP officer from Richmond) and two very close friends (one a member of the Calgary Fire Department, the other a member of a lower mainland search and rescue
unit) led the day three search. This leadership helped focus the search and the individual was found and is now safe. The Oceanside RCMP support was valuable and appreciated. The efforts of the community volunteers, on day three, directly resulted in this positive outcome. The family is tremendously grateful. The volunteers and the Deep Bay Fire Department have a great deal to be very proud of. This spirit of local volunteerism demonstrates we live in a caring and very strong community. Social media was used to reach out to as many people as possible. People from across Canada, the USA, Europe, Haiti and Australia responded with help, words of encouragement and prayer. I know of one simple Facebook post that reached 13,000 people in 24 hours, there were many more posts. I am told that an individual recognized the vehicle from Facebook, called it in, and this sighting enabled the remaining volunteers on day three to focus their efforts on a specific area where the individual was found.
Finally, the media response was overwhelming and appreciated by everyone involved. I know I am missing a few, but many thanks to: • The PQB News, that elected to hold a space open on the next planned edition, if it was needed. They also immediately posted to Facebook. • CHEK News, who got this on the television news ASAP and continued to report. • EyesOnBC Magazine, that posted Facebook updates throughout the search and rescue process. BUDGET While we are still in the process of finalizing the 2015 budget, at this point, it would seem that Area H will see an approximate 4% increase. Note that, due to publishing timings, I can’t be sure of this. Most of this increase is attributable to: • The levy to support the Island Corridor Foundation – (passenger railway) continued on page 18 ...
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2015 Annual General Meeting March 5th • 5:30pm Reception • 6:30pm Dinner at the Arrowsmith Golf & Country Club
2015 LCBA Member Tradeshow April 12TH • at the Qualicum Bay Lions’ Den
(held during the monthly Pancake Breakfast) RSVP: lcba@shaw.ca or Betsy (250) 757-8442 •
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ECHO THEATRE PRESENTS:
THE FULL TREATMENT
A Fun-filled Comedy
BY Gerri Hemphill & Linda Attley
ECHO Players upcoming production and 2015 Festival North Island Zone entry is a rich, funny, bittersweet story about the efforts of an editor and staff of a failing English county newspaper to regenerate their readership. The plot involves bringing a very sweet elderly farm couple, about to celebrate their 80th wedding anniversary, to a post London hotel, treat them to a wonderful dining experience, have them meet celebrities while the staff write up glowing reports accompanied by endearing photos of this event – all guaranteed to increase sales and popularity of the tiny paper. Unfortunately, as the special weekend begins, plans slowly disintegrate: the reporter assigned to cover the event is fired for scandalous activities; his replacement is being wed the morning the old folks are to arrive and the new bride is not happy with the thought of sharing her honeymoon with two centenarians (who aren’t talking to one another anyway) and a fiasco seems inevitable. What to do? What to do? With a large cast of eleven it promises to be a very entertaining show. The cast includes Scott Murray, Alycia Matthews,
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Cast of The Full Treatment - photo by Judi Andrews
Judy Christopherson, James Matthews, Paul Churchill, Gerry Fraser, Janet Dol, KIim Bellwood, Maureen O’Hearn and Aileen Fabris. This show runs from April 9th to April 26th. Tickets are available at the Village Theatre Box Office (110 West 2nd Avenue) and 250-752-3522 starting March 24th from 10.00am to 3.00pm Tuesday through Saturday. $19.00 for adults and $16.00 for seniors 65 and over.
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TURNING BACK by John Beaton
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or most of the twenty-five years I’ve lived in Qualicum Beach, I’ve jogged along the shoreline to the Little Qualicum estuary and watched the natural dramas of each season unfold, including eagles killing gulls in flight. At this time of year the Herring spawn attracts the entire foodchain from Herring egg to transient Orca. That’s the setting for this poem. It’s about an older couple who, feeling fragile with age, are reluctant to venture onto the uneven shore-ground. ~
The road’s a cul-de-sac that curves to swoop along the sickle spit to the estuary; today that arc encompasses a group of stone-still shapes, a heron statuary. An aged couple views this sanctuary; he points across the wetland—her eyes follow. She marks the birds and smiles. Her cheeks are hollow. A crack! A gull has dropped a butter-clam upon the road. It bounces—clackity clack— beside them, then the gull descends to cram it back into its beak and flaps to pack it skywards once again, then drop it: smack! No higher than before, the gull repeats these drops, not having learned from its defeats. Approaching the pavement’s end, they hesitate, uncertain whether to venture to the beach— are they too frail? As they deliberate their shrinking bounds, the gull emits a screech of failure, then the sea seems out of reach. They turn towards the graven herons once more, crestfallen that they haven’t walked the shore. The sky is blue. The snowy mountains shine by white-capped straits. The bay is halcyon. Along the beach, straw-colored eggs define the tide-line, surfeit of the herring-spawn. And, carpeting the sea, the birds go on and on. A flock of sunlit gulls unrolls across the sky like fleeing herring shoals.
JOHN BEATON PHOTO
About this Poem This poem was first published in the 2012 Summer edition of the literary magazine, Able Muse. The thought behind it is that death comes anyway and, even with some risk, it’s better to live life to the full than be over-cautious.
The fishing boats are congregating here, readying their seine-nets and their skiffs, practicing maneuvers with their gear; the glaucous gulls are raucous in their tiffs and far-off cliff-lines echo back the riffs of seal-packs slapping suicidal tails, a drumbeat, summoning the killer-whales.
The stanza form is “rhyme royal”, which goes back to some of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. Each stanza has seven five-beat lines with an ababbcc rhyme-scheme. The beats are mainly embedded in two-syllable units (“iambic meter”), with some variations to avoid the “plodding” effect that can happen when this meter is too uniform. The beats in the first line are: The ROAD’S a CUL-de-SAC that CURVES to SWOOP
A squeal! It differs from the sound of seals— the couple stops, aware of something odd, as, overhead, an eagle glides and wheels, then plummets from the heavens like a god... There’s broken shell upon the roadside sod— before it died, the gull had breached its bounds and dined. They turn towards the spawning-grounds. ~
John Beaton lives in Qualicum Beach. His poetry has been widely published. He served for four years as moderator of one of the Internet’s most reputable poetry workshops and is a Spoken Word performer, a member of the band Celtic Chaos, and a coorganizer of local events, including a community showcase for musicians and Spoken Word performers, the Qualicum Acoustic Café (QUAC). You can find samples of John’s work by searching online for “John Beaton poetry”. To receive a monthly newsletter about local community events organized by John and his family and friends, email him at jabeaton@gmail.com. ~ •
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A few lessons:
• An increase of $20,000 annually to support the Lighthouse Community Centre. This was part of my re-election platform and I felt there was near universal support for this.
If you kill or injure a deer, please deal with it yourself and do not make it someone else’s problem.
• An increase of $5,000 to support Marine Search and Rescue in Area H. This was approved by an Area H referendum in the last election.
programs, special events or projects, which would benefit specific communities or the District as a whole; either youth specific (11-18 years) or to other populations.
Please do not feed deer. This only creates localized high population densities that then become at risk of being hit.
GRANTS-IN-AID Purpose: Non-profit organizations are eligible to apply for grants-in-aid to help fund programs, activities or events that enhance the wellbeing of our community and benefit the residents.
If you have a dead deer that is in the MoTI right of way, call EMCON at 1 (866) 353-3136.
LIVING WITH ANIMALS A few weeks ago, someone hit and killed a deer in front of my house. They left it lying in the road and two dog walkers had to deal with it, (I wasn’t home). Many thanks to the dog walkers. After a call to EMCON, it was quickly cleaned up. More recently, someone hit and badly injured a young deer, transported it, and then left it to suffer and die in someone’s ditch. Once discovered, Conservation Officers were called and, while they responded quickly, the deer had died by the time they arrived.
If there is a seriously injured deer call a BC Conservation Officer at 1-877-9527277.
NORTHERN COMMUNITY ECONOMIC GRANTS Purpose: The Northern Community Economic Development program provides support for economic development initiatives in the City of Parksville, the Town of Qualicum Beach and Electoral Areas ‘E’, ‘F’, ‘G’, and ‘H’. The Program allows the RDN Board of Directors to contribute to eligible projects that advance the Board’s vision for a resilient, thriving and creative local economy.
RDN GRANTS The RDN has three programs that offer grants to local community organizations and has several grants for individual homeowners. The first intakes for applications usually happens in the Spring and this email is sent to let you know what they are and to encourage you to apply. I have found a local resident (with great credentials) who may be interested in helping you to write these applications. If she is interested, I will advise you of her contact details.
Our family has proudly served the Oceanside communities since 1998. We believe in providing the highest level of service in a professional and affordable manner, without compromising our commitment to reliable and respectful service to our families.
INDIVIDUAL HOME OWNER GRANTS There are several grants available to support individual homeowners. You may be eligible for funding to help make your property more environmentally friendly by reducing water and/or energy usage. The RDN offers rebates through the Green Building Incentive Program and the Drinking Water and Watershed Protection Program.
If you think you might meet the conditions of any of these grant, I recommend a quick search of the “A – Z” portion of the RDN web site to get more details.
The full scope grants has yet to be determined for 2015 and thus the web sites will be updated in the coming months. ~
RECREATION GRANTS Purpose: To provide funds on a District-wide basis to organizations requesting financial assistance to offer recreation
LIGHTHOUSE COMMUNITY CENTRE
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WORSHIP SERVICES FIRST RATE MASONARY – Over 15 years experience providing first-rate, creative workmanship within budget and on time! Old brick restoration. All stone and tile work. Fireplace facing. Retaining walls and pavers. Chimney construction, cleaning and repairs. FMI Call Jason Buxton (250) 802-5515. THE FIX-IT SHOP – Repairs to all makes and models of lawnmowers and ride on lawn tractors, including John Deere. Pick-up and delivery available. Used equipment for sale. Call (250) 702-2191 or email fixitshop009@gmail.com
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Parksville / Qualicum / Bowser PICK-UP, TUNE-UP AND CLEAN-UP FOR SMALL ENGINE POWERED EQUIPMENT. Riding mowers, garden tractors, etc. Call Ron at (250) 937-0044 or email ronmorrison100@gmail.com DOG WALKING & PET SITTING - Union Bay to Bowser, upon availability. References. BORN TO WALK Supportive Canine Care. Certified & Insured wendy@borntowalk.net 250-335-2698 FOOTCARE – HYGIENE Soaking feet, cutting nails, filing calluses, treating dry skin – fingernails, too. Reflexology - one-hour sessions. Services offered from Nanoose to Courtenay. Please call Vikki at (250) 757-9244.
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ED’S PAINTING! Experienced professional painter for your home, office and more. Contact Ed at 250752-0119 for a quote.
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LEARNING / CLASSES NELSON'S MUSIC STUDIO Piano/Theory Lessons Parksville/Qualicum Area Beginners to Advanced Your Home or Ours John/Margaret 250-954-5895
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.
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FIREWOOD If you have trees that are dead or dying or need to be cut down. If you use wood to heat your home and cannot do the heavy work. Please call me and there could be a benefit both to you and me. Leave a message for Albert 250-240-3274
OCEANSIDE SPIRITUALIST CHURCH OF LIGHT Reverend Dianne Burrough at Nanoose Library Centre 2489 Nanoose Road, Nanoose, BC. www.oceansidespiritualistchurch.com Gatherings on second and fourth Sundays of the month. Doors open at 10:30AM. Service begins at 11:00AM.
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COMMUNITY GARDEN IN DASHWOOD?
HEALTHY LIVING KOMBUCHA - Make Your Own Kombucha Workshops offered in Coombs by Joanne Sales who has been making Kombucha for over 20 years. joanne@glasswing. com, www.islandhealing.ca
Are you interested in a garden space at Dashwood Park on Centre Road? Future plots may be available. We are in the preliminary stages of planning a proposed Community Garden and you can help make it a reality. If you are a gardener, or you would like to help organize a Community Garden, please email d.martin248@ yahoo.ca for further information.
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Community Event Calendar March 2015 We lend ... YOU SPEND! Need a loan for your summer renovation project? Wishing you had a new kitchen, updated bathroom, new roof, or perhaps some new landscaping? Stop into your local branch today to talk to one of our friendly, knowledgeable staff about how we can help you complete your projects this season.
LIGHTHOUSE COMMUNITY CENTRE (LCC) - 240 Lions Way, Qualicum Bay. FMI Hall rentals Call Sheena McCorquodale: (250) 757-9991. FMI on Events at the LCC visit www.communityhall.ca.
at the Lions Rec Hall in lovely Qualicum Bay. Worth the extra mile. FMI call Fred or Lorraine (250) 752-0216. Better when shared. Bring a friend.
LIGHTHOUSE COMMUNITY CENTRE PANCAKE BREAKFAST & FLEA MARKET – Sunday February 8th - 8am-Noon, PANCAKE BREAKFAST - $5 or $7. Enjoy live music, breakfast, shopping for a treasure. Volunteers from the Bowser Elementary PAC will be serving up breakfast.
LIGHTHOUSE TRAILS GROUP - Needs your help! FMI Call: Val Weismiller: (250) 757-9667.
LIGHTHOUSE SENIORS #152 – March 2nd, 2015 11:30am. Serving soup, tea & coffee. Bring your own sandwich and join us at 11:30. Newcomers welcome! FMI call Joan at 250-757-9536.
RDN RECREATION PROGRAMS - View recreation programs online at www.rdn.bc.ca/recreation. FMI call Chrissie at (250) 757-8118, email at cfinnie@rdn.bc.ca or call Oceanside Place at (250) 248-3252. Pre-register for all programs to avoid program cancellation. LIGHTHOUSE RECREATION: FMI Call (250) 757-8366 or email shipshore@shaw.ca.
BADMINTON, PICKLEBALL, MINI-TENNIS. Mondays 7-9:30 pm. Drop-in Fee $4. Ages 15-80. Beginners welcome. Lighthouse Community Centre – 240 Lions Way in Qualicum Bay. Sponsored by the Lighthouse LIGHTHOUSE SPINNERS – Bring your Spinning Recreation Commission. FMI 250-757-8307 or Wheels and fibre and meet the Lighthouse Spinners at steelehunt@shaw.ca. the LCC. Tuesdays at 10:30am. FMI Call 778-424-1001. The Qualicum Beach Garden Club meets on CARPET BOWLING – 12:45 to 3:00pm at the LCC. FMI Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 7:00 pm Qualicum Beach Civic Centre - 747 Jones Street, Qualicum Call Layne (250) 757-8217. Beach. Speaker is Chantel Cabrera. Topic is “Medicinal Herbs”. New members and guests AA LIGHTKEEPERS - Fridays at 7:00pm at the LCC. welcome. FMI contact (250) 757-2300. TAOIST™ TAI CHI Every Monday 9:30-noon Susan Finlayson 250-757-2097
Spring Sundays at Milner Gardens Enjoy the early Spring bulbs – crocus, hyacinthe, the iris have started, snow drops. On Sundays now until March 29th. The Garden opens at 11am and LIONS REC HALL – 280 Lions Way, Qualicum Bay. FMI closes down at 3:30pm, with the last entry at 3pm. The Tea Room also opens at 11am with last on Hall rentals Call Bert Carter: (250) 240-4538. seating for soup and scones at 3pm. Admission QUALICUM BAY LIONS CLUB – Meet at 7pm, every to the Garden is $5.25 for adults, students are $3.15, For children 12 and under, admission is second and fourth Tuesday in the Lions Den. free when accompanied by an adult. And Milner Gardens members and current VIU students with LIGHTHOUSE COUNTRY SCRAPBOOKERS – Meet 3rd Saturday monthly at the Lions’ Rec Hall, 9:30am- a student card can get in free, too. Google Milner Gardens for more information, or just head on 4:30pm. $10. Door prizes. FMI Call Jorgie 250-757over there on Sunday, starting at 11am. 8358 or Shirley (250) 757-8384. BRIDGE – Nordin Room 1:00 to 4:00pm Friday afternoons at the LCC. FMI Call: Sheila Steele (250) 757-8307.
FLOOR CURLING - Come play with us. Enjoy a perfect sport. A mixed group activity for all ages. Easy to play. Games indoor on a gym floor, curling rocks supplied. Plus, great friendship and extra fun events. Every Mon. and Fri. 1-3 PM. Join monthly or for the season, Sept to Jun 2 0
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Tuesday March 3rd, 2015, 7:00 PM - The Oceanside Prostate Cancer Support Group meets at The Gardens, 650 Berwick North, Qualicum Beach. Those newly diagnosed or affected, their family & friends are welcome. Contact 250-752-7489 or brook@shaw.ca
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GREAT THINGS FROM GREAT PEOPLE
SIGN OF THE TIMES NEW TOURISM SIGN IN LIGHTHOUSE COUNTRY HIGHLIGHTS OUR COMMUNITY by Linda Tenney
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his impressive highway tourism sign is a wonderful new addition to our community, and I’m honoured that three of my photos were used in its creation! Kudos to designer Sheena McCorquodale, the Lighthouse Country Business Association, and to the Qualicum First Nation for the use of their land for this community project! You guys ROCK!! You’ll find the tourism sign at the Lighthouse Country Information pull-out at Hwy 19A near Horne Lake Road. An official on-site ribbon cutting has been tentatively scheduled during the week of March 9th - watch our Facebook page for a confirmed date and time! www.facebook.com/eyesonbc
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN MARCH!
250-757-9222 • website: www.rcl211.ca • email: rcl211@shaw.ca Mar 5 – LA General Meeting Mar 17 – Branch 211 Executive Meeting Mar 24 – Branch 211 General Meeting Mar 26 – LA Executive Meeting Hall Rentals 250-757-9222 • Tue to Fri 9am - 12 noon Mar 14 – Ladies Auxiliary Pie Sale - 11am Mar 28 – GIANT MEAT DRAW (Turkeys & Hams) LA Meal Service available Men’s Pool Mixed Pool Ladies Pool Cribbage Texas Hold’em
Mondays............................................ 6:00 pm Tuesdays............................................ 4:30 pm Wednesdays ...................................... 4:00 pm Wednesdays....................................... 7:00 pm Thursdays .......................................... 7:00 pm
Meat Draws - Every Friday at 5:00 p.m. & Saturday at 4:30 p.m. Food available Fridays during meat draw • Closed Sunday ** WHEN FOOD SERVICE IS AVAILABLE, MINORS ARE WELCOME IN THE HALL BUT MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A PARENT OR GUARDIAN AND IS ONLY PERMITTED UNTIL 10 PM **
CLOSED SUNDAYS
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LOCAL CONCERTS IN MARCH 2015
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On Tuesday March 17, popular local band, Celtic Chaos will perform at the delightful restaurant in Qualicum, Cafe Brie, for a celebration of St. Patrick - Ireland’s patron saint.
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A special menu will be available from 5:30pm and reservations are required. The acoustic performance will start at 7:00pm and includes tunes, stories, songs and laughter as we celebrate all things Celtic.
St. Patrick’s Day — Celtic Chaos at Café Brie
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Tuesday March 17th Dinner from 5:30 • Music from 7pm Tickets $15pp Cafe Brie 177 West 2nd Ave, Qualicum Beach 250-594-2526
There will be an intermission for folks to refill glasses, cups and enjoy dessert! Tickets are $15 and available from new Cafe Brie owner, Donna Mcleod (250-594-2526) and also from Celtic Chaos band members.
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