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BOOK REVIEW

SHACK ISLAND SUMMER

BY PENNY CHAMBERLAIN Reviewed by Mary Ann Moore

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hack Island Summer (Sono Nis Press, 2014) is intended for ages nine plus. I’m several decades over that age but was attracted to the book because of its setting. Shack Island is a familiar sight to those of us living in Nanaimo. Now when I visit Piper’s Lagoon and the tide is out, I can walk close to the modest dwellings of Shack Island and imagine finding the characters of Shack Island Summer there.

Penny Chamberlain, who now lives in Victoria, was born in Nanaimo and when she was growing up, spent part of the summer at her grandma’s seaside cabin. Her memories from the 1960s and early 1970s inspired this book.

The story is set in 1969, the summer of the first moon landing. Grandmas like me remember chewing Double Bubble gum as kids, reading Seventeen magazine as teenagers, and a few years later watching the first moon landing on television.

France Litman photo Penny Chamberlain

Twelve-year old Pepper and her fifteen-year-old brother Everett take the bus from Edmonton to Vancouver and then the ferry to Nanaimo where they’ll spend the summer with their grandmother. Grandma has a house in town and a “shack” she calls Periwinkle on Shack Island. She dresses like a “colour-blind hobo” and drives a dusty-blue Rambler.

There’s an outhouse, cold water for doing dishes and just a curtain to divide Pepper’s bed from the rest of the cabin.

Pepper is adopted and although she’s been with her family since she was a baby, she imagines finding her birth family. She’s feeling very unloved since her bedroom has been moved to the attic to make room for a new baby her mother is expecting.

Pepper experiments with ESP after reading a book she finds on the bus. She learns that Shack Island is actually made up of three islands and they were built during the Depression. The description is an apt metaphor for Pepper’s adoptive family as deep down, the islands “were connected. Most of the time you just couldn’t see it.”

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Pepper gets involved in some secret and sometimes dangerous adventures; has encounters with an island bully; makes friends with a girl called Chloe; and meets a family in town. She imagines the Fergusons as her family as their life seems idyllic. She was adopted in Nanaimo, so could they be her birth family?

There are draft dodgers or draft resisters on Shack Island and one of them is hiding out. Or could Ray be the “juvenile delinquent” who escaped from Brannen Lake jail? Grandma makes friends with the draft resisters (Huckle and Starshine) but Chloe’s mother considers them “nothing but trouble”. The varying opinions will offer some food for thought for young readers and may lead to conversations with their parents about the subject.

Clam digging, rowing, fishing, solving mysteries, making new friends and reconnecting to family in a special way are all ideal elements for summer reading. Shack Island Summer is a very engaging read and comes to a satisfying conclusion. As Pepper is only twelve, we know there are still many more adventures ahead. ~ Mary Ann Moore is a poet, writer and writing mentor based in Nanaimo. Her book of poetry, "Fishing for Mermaids", was published by Leaf Press in 2014. She writes a blog at www.apoetsnanaimo.ca M A G A Z I N E

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Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You need a change of scenery! Look for ways to travel or enjoy weekend getaways this month to broaden your horizons and see new sights, new people and new places. (Grab a fish taco in Tofino, or lunch at the Oyster Bar, on Chuckanut Drive.) Go someplace that gives you a thrill. Others will love to take a course or start a new study. Interactions with people from a different culture will fascinate you. Meanwhile, some of you will develop a crush on your boss or an authority figure. It’s an interesting month!

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Travel for pleasure intrigues you now, which is why you’re checking hotel rates and deals at resorts.

This same influence will bring you good fortune dealing with publishing, the media, medicine and the law. However, you want to turn over a new leaf. “I want to be the best I can be!” And why not – after all, you never again will be as young as you are today.

Carpe Diem! (That’s Latin for “Is this hotdog beef?”) Along with your desire for self-improvement, you will be sexually aroused.

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Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) The Sun, Mercury and fiery Mars all oppose your sign now, which makes you focus on partnerships and relationships. Mercury makes you eager to talk to others, especially about the relationship; and Mars makes you impatient with others because they seem to be so annoying. (Which, of course, they are.) This applies to professional partnerships as well as marriages and intimate relationships. Fortunately, fair Venus will soften discord, promote affectionate intimacy and bring you gifts and favours from others. Yay me!

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) It’s time to roll up your sleeves and get to work. Make a To Do list. Get the right equipment -- cleaning supplies, paint, shelving, labels, file folders or whatever it is you need. Your objective is to get better organized both at work and at home. Naturally, because you are on this improvement kick, you will want to improve your health. This is a good time to join a gym, adopt a new eating regime or try an exercise schedule. You love the outdoors so any kind of outdoor activity will be the ticket for you. Woof, woof!

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Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Now your attention turns to home and family. Family meetings and discussions will be significant. Many will do home repairs or home renovations because there is increased chaos and activity where you live. Visiting guests could be part of the insanity. Although you want a chance to cocoon, you might not get it. On the upside, there is a promise of fun, entertainment and lots of good times. Love affairs and playful times with children will flourish. Sports activities will appeal. This is also a creative time for you. Look for ways to express yourself through some creative activity.

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THE DRAWING OF VOLATILE SETS

by Joanne Sales

But because of our set making skills, a war of sound bites and letters to the editor began and continued all through April. The attacks and name calling from both sides were frightening. I differ with almost everything the conservative Harper government supports, but this was not about that. This battle had more to do with other unresolved issues and fears in our society.

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his is almost a taboo subject - if you want to keep friends. I do want to keep friends, but I also think we need to talk. Where do I stand? Well, my cousins stand on the right side of the ship, my siblings stand on the left. I wander back and forth, wondering how this happened. We used to stand together.

We might be talking about the separation of church and state. We might be talking about the separation of some of us from all of us. And we might be talking about the inclination of the human mind to draw sets.

Most of us found no place in either extreme. Am I the “militant atheist” because I don’t believe in the literal interpretation of the Old Testament? Or am I the “militant Christian” because I still love Jesus? Or am I just a militant human who should take a deep breath and start over, using this moment to learn to love?

Remember sets from math class? Sets are collections or groups. Draw a circle around a number of things, and another circle around other things, and we have two different sets. There can be sets inside of sets (subsets). Sets can overlap or have nothing in common.

I’m in my late 60s, which is only relevant because it means that I remember when we were not so quick to draw sets on this issue.

Every morning, we wake up, open our eyes and sort the world into sets. We agree on many of them. Roses and violets are subsets of the set called flowers. Automobiles make a subset in the set called vehicles. Set making is how we organize the chaos. But there is danger when we make sets of ideas – and people. We are prone to making assumptions.

I was raised in a Lutheran church on 16th Street in Washington, D.C., just down the street from the White House.

As children, we learned the Old and New Testament Bible stories with the help of felt boards and white paste.

Strangers from around the world visited our church. We were taught that loving everyone was the Christian way. My grandfather and uncle were ministers.

My brother became a minister.

In March, our MP and my neighbour, James Lunney tweeted, “Stop calling evolution fact.” And he was right – it is actually called “the theory of evolution.”

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Jesus into the context of his time.

The Ten Commandments mattered, but overriding it all was Jesus’ new Commandment – Judge not, and love your neighbour as yourself. You might say that the people of those times fit into a large set of New Testament Christians.

Things were fairly uncomplicated.

But around the 80s, it was as though someone did an archeological dig and found the Old Testament for the first time. Some preachers began to put strong emphasis on the Law of the Old Testament. All scriptures are open to interpretation, especially when translated from a very different language, place and time period, but emphasis began to be put on the literal interpretation of the Scriptures. The entanglement of church and politics made things even more complex.

When this was happening, hundreds of thousands of people who had been raised as Christians had to back up. Many felt under attack. Many experienced cognitive dissonance – a conflicted mind. Many left. Others came. But it could not be denied - the dominant Christian churches had changed. There were now very different ways to be Christian, at least two sets, with millions of subsets. When we hear the word Christian (or Muslim), we really don’t know what subset we are referring to.

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After decades of being a minister, in his 70s, my brother felt he had to hand in his resignation to the church. “I did not leave the church,” he said. “The church left me.”

Jimmy Carter was President of the United States from 1977-81, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, and is still a devout Christian. In 2009, he had to sever ties with the Southern Baptist Convention. “Carter said the decision was difficult and painful, yet 'unavoidable,' after the Convention leaders chose to take Bible verses out of context and claim 'Eve' was responsible for 'original sin,' and thus all women must be subservient to men.”

In the 50s, the principal of our elementary school, Mrs. Reidy would always cry when she led us in Christmas carols. We all knew that Miss Reidy and Miss Craig, the gym teacher, were “partners.” It was an oddity, but didn’t draw much attention. But today, certain members of the Religious Right would want them fired, and like the Jews in Nazi Germany, or the Blacks of the south, kept out of cafes, coffee shops, and burger joints in the name of religious freedom. I’m sorry. That doesn’t feel Christian to me.

In 2003, George W. Bush told the world, “God told me to invade Iraq.” Like so many Crusader kings before him, he created nothing but suffering. He was the kind of overly zealous religious politician that makes people nervous.

I’m listing these things because these are some of the unresolved issues that caused so many people to attack James Lunney. Did he show support for any of these things? No. Here is where we need open-minded conversations – not assumptions and judgments.

There is not one kind of Christian. There is not one kind of Muslim. There is not even one kind of atheist. There is not one set of anything!

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Those who are the outside of any set should not make assumptions about those on the inside. But even more importantly, those on the inside of a set should not assume that they have to accept everything they are told. We need to be individuals reaching to the highest level of understanding of which we are capable, always.

We need to hold on to our freedom and responsibility to think for ourselves. A democracy depends on an informed public who takes each issue seriously enough to investigate it. The same is true of religion.

In this sound bite culture, we also need to use accurate wording, so that we are not falsely creating sets that alienate, exclude and misinform.

For example, Lunney was alternately praised and condemned as being “a man of faith.” But isn’t that phrase being misused? We may need to remind the media that when they use the phrase “People of faith” or “Faith Communities” they are speaking about a huge set, with many subsets, including Hindus, Jews, Muslims, and so on even Liberal Christians. Being a person of faith does not mean that you are a member of a particular subset of one religious community.

I appreciated Rabbi Eric Yoffie in his article, “What it means to be a liberal person of faith.”

“It means to draw on religious teachings and beliefs when making judgments about matters of public policy. But at the same time, it means to know that when we, as people of faith, make a public argument, we must ground our statements in reason and a language of morality that is accessible to everyone – to people of different religions, for example, or of no religion. After all, we recognize that other believers have religious convictions different from our own, and in our diverse democracy, we need a common political discourse not dominated by exclusivist theology.”

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So I guess we are talking about the separation of church and state – but we are not talking about the separation of a person from his religion.

“The War on Science” was the topic of the March issue of National Geographic – hardly a left wing radical magazine.

We’re watching the extinction of massive numbers of our fellow creatures in this inspired creation, and we’re not even that sure what lies ahead for us. Why are we looking backwards – like Lot’s wife?

Let us look forward with loving concern for each other and all of creation.

A young man from Germany, Tommy, sat at our kitchen table as we talked about this issue. “You don’t have to believe in the creation story to believe in God,” he said. He wasn’t telling anyone what to believe. He was taking a stand against the drawing of sets.

There is a great Mystery, and we are foolish to believe we have the Mystery figured out, no matter which set we identify with.

I will always remember the message of the Dalai Lama to the massive crowd in Vancouver a number of years ago.

In his typical sincere humour he said something like, “Would everybody please calm down!”

In this messy time, we would be wise to strengthen our commitment to the separation of church and state, and to deal with differences issue by issue, and not set by set. ~

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.

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"You're not alone. There are others going through divorce and break-ups too, and their experiences can be helpful and enlightening. A group session can bring out some really great ideas that may not have occurred to you."

For more information about coaching sessions with Gudrun Eichhorst at "Women After Divorce", visit www.womenafterdivorce.ca or contact Gudrun by phone at 250-738-0474 or by email at Gudrun@womenafterdivorce.ca.

Empowering divorced women to find closure, peace and a loving new relationship.

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Our tide table measurements are taken from the Hornby Island substation. For other tides, visit http://www.waterlevels.gc.ca/english/Canada.shtml on the Internet. Printed courtesy Canadian Hydrographic Service. Times are PDT until Sunday, November, 1, 2015, then PST.

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FROM THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR

BOWSER SEWAGE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

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

Greetings - I hope this finds you well and enjoying our spring weather. I am told by a biologist that we should see a very large return of Coho salmon to our waters in May and June. So, if you are looking for me, I might be on the water!

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expect that this issue will be 'charged' and I am starting the dialogue with some trepidation. The most common complaint I get is that of excessive noise and given the number of complaints, it is an issue for many people here. I am not a big fan of more regulation, but I also have to listen to the legitimate concerns of our residents. Most RDN Areas have noise bylaws, but we do not.

We live in a rural area and of the things that characterize us, is a respect for others. Unfortunately, I have heard of a few people who believe that, since there isn’t a noise bylaw, they are free to make all the noise they want. This is wrong on so many levels.

As best as I can determine, the last attempt at a noise bylaw failed in 2004.

The proposal then was for a Noise Bylaw that was to be effective north and east of highway 19A only.

Implementing any Noise Bylaw will involve a great deal of staff work and obviously a lot of public consultation.

Before we start that process, I would like to get a sense of how you feel about having the discussion. There is no sense

in starting the debate if there is very significant opposition to the idea. All this would do is waste time for RDN staff, and you.

Obviously, everything is up for discussion but broadly, I think that a Noise Bylaw could have a few key features: • It could focus on ensuring quiet hours between 11pm(?) and 6am(?).

• It could look at excessive nonagricultural animal noise at all times (i.e. dogs barking).

• It will probably not be possible to regulate agricultural noise.

• We should not consider regulating legitimate activities outside of the quiet hours, (construction, excavating, special events, etc.)

In order to set your expectations, it is important to understand that RDN Bylaw enforcement generally does not have people available outside of the normal work day. So, once there is a Bylaw in place and you have a loud party next door, do not expect someone to attend until the next working day.

I really want to hear from you on this.

Do you think we should start formal discussions on an Area H Noise Bylaw?

Please reply by email with the subject line "Area H Noise Bylaw" as this will help me sort your response.

Email: bill.veenhof@shaw.ca

few days ago, RDN Staff posted a Request For Proposal (RFP) for companies to bid on developing a “shovel ready” plan for sewage treatment in Bowser. This study is to be funded by a grant from the province. For more information on the RFP, check out the RDN web page.

A few things that are important: • This study is for sewage treatment within the borders of the Bowser Rural Village Centre only. This is a relatively small area.

• I asked that the RFP include planning for a scalable plant design that could be expanded to treat sewage from a wider area.

• I asked that the study examine land based disposal as well as the initially proposed marine outfall.

• Nothing in this study obligates anyone in Bowser to have to spend money on sewage treatment. The only way that sewage treatment for Bowser will go forward is if there is significant external funding.

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ancouver Island University (VIU) submitted its report to the BC Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), the final version is in production and VIU will release it publicly within the next few weeks. VIU will then organize a public information session at the Deep Bay Marine Field Station to report back to the community. More to follow on this.

MoA has been very supportive of VIU and their agreement that VIU release the report publicly, followed by a public information session. Their co-operation is much appreciated. ~

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ECHO THEATRE PRESENTS:

FALLEN ANGELS

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comedy in three acts. It's classic. It's the way plays used to be written ... back when Noël Coward was the toast of the town. The days when women donned black silk dresses and men wore tuxedos to attend the theatre. The days when the word 'theatre' was said with an accent ... despite not having one. In the 1920's, live theatre still had an air of pomp and flamboyance.

Celebrated Canadian director and actress Nicola Cavendish (Shirley Valentine) brings that 'theatre thrill' to Qualicum Beach this month with "Fallen Angels", a hilarious Noël Coward comedy.

Nicola Cavendish - submitted photo

"Fallen Angels" centres around best friends, Julia and Jane, who wait anxiously for a visit from a past lover with whom they both had a brief dalliance. The comedy takes off in high style when their nerves begin to fray and copious amounts of champagne is consumed.

of champagne, they get a little physical resulting in some pretty funny slap-stick moments as they drunkenly careen across the well-designed stage.

"Werner Koch has designed the set and it's absolutely wonderful. He thinks outside of the box, which I really like," says Nicola. "I deferred to him completely and he's created something that's fluid and circular, and the furniture will float for us so that if we need it to be in stronger places or out of the way, we can do that."

There's lots of witty repartee and jealous snipes between the two, as they nervously await the lover they're excited to see, yet not sure they want to see at all. But the play is not all dialogue. As Julia and Jane sip deeper into a bottle

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Tickets for "Fallen Angels" are on sale now at the Village Theatre Ticket office.

Don't miss your chance to see this classic and funny Noël Coward play directed by Nicola Cavendish.

Read more of my interview with Nicola Cavendish at www.eyesonbc.com.

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The cast of "Fallen Angels" started rehearsing early in 2015. "This play is demanding for the best professional out there," says Nicola. "We have a wonderful cast who started rehearsing together very early on. They're working very, very hard to get it right. It's going to be a great production!"

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n May, the fly-fishing season is under way. It's often said that fly-fishing is about more than fish—that it has mystical, or at least meditative, aspects. I feel that way. This little poem illustrates how my fly-fishing thoughts one day wandered the path from the river-bank to philosophy.

John Beaton photo

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he title echoes a term from the book and subsequent movie, A River Runs Through It. Away from the river Brad Pitt may have become a hellion but, on the water, he's a magician. Supposedly, by casting repeatedly in the air he can make the trout think a hatch of flies is taking place. It's a dubious concept, but the term suits the way light and fly-casting in the poem take on metaphorical significance.

The poem has been previously published in Gray's Sporting Journal. Its form, which comes from medieval French poetry, is named the "triolet". The triolet has only eight lines and some repeat. The first, fourth and seventh lines are almost identical, as are the second and eighth. The rhyme pattern is ABaAabAB, with capital letters denoting repeats. My version has four-beat lines ("tetrameter") and the beats in the first line are:

by John Beaton

Cast your line towards the sun and let your shadow fall behind you.

Face the glare, absorb its stun, and cast your line towards the sun for casting shade makes wild things run; so face the brightness though it blind you— cast your line towards the sun and let your darkness fall behind you.

CAST your LINE toWARDS the SUN,

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 BYLAW WITH NO BITE

by Linda Tenney

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ometimes you stumble across something that's totally absurd, and sometimes you just can't ignore it. That's the situation I find myself in now.

It was brought to my attention ... just around Earth Day ... that pesticides and herbicides like "Roundup", continue to be sold in mass quantities in Qualicum Beach despite a ByLaw that was created to prevent their use, namely the "Town of Qualicum Beach Pesticide Use Bylaw No. 650, 2010".

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July 25-26, 2015

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For more information visit us at www.oceansidehospice.com or call 250-752-6227 210 Crescent Road W., Qualicum Beach

The Bylaw states: "No person shall use or apply a Pesticide or grant permission or authority, express or implied, to use or apply a Pesticide for the purpose of maintaining outdoor trees, shrubs, flowers, other ornamental plants or turf on Private Land or on Public Land."

The penalty is stiff: "Any person who contravenes any provision of this Bylaw is guilty of an offence and liable upon summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 and the cost of prosecution. Every day that a violation continues to exist is deemed to be a separate offence. This Bylaw is enforceable by way of a Municipal Ticket Information pursuant to Town of Qualicum Beach Municipal Ticket Information Utilization Bylaw No. 626, 2008, as amended from time to time." In Qualicum Beach, the ticket fine for offenders is $150 for each contravention.

I'm not a 'chain myself to a tree until the authorities give in' kind of environmental activist. In fact, I wouldn't even consider myself an activist, but I do have a smidge of common sense that tells me there's something slightly askew here. On the one hand we have an admirable Bylaw that prevents the use of pesticides on private and public land within Qualicum Beach, yet the mass sale of toxic substances such as "RoundUp" continues. What?

In 2015, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared that the active ingredient (glyphosate) in Monsanto's RoundUp, probably causes cancer. Probably? The jury's still out, but I'd say likely. And frankly, why take the chance?

CUT THE BLOOMIN’ BROOM

Cut Broom in Bloom - to Ground Level Why Cut Scotch Broom?

Broom is an aggressive, alien invasive plant. It spreads densely, chokes out native plants & stops trees from growing. It’s a fire hazard that overruns farmland, parks & wilderness.

You can help stop the spread!

Using loppers, cut the broom in bloom at ground level. Help protect native species & tomorrow’s forests!

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I found it interesting to discover that Ontario, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island restrict its use entirely, but in British Columbia ... it's good to go. That's sad!

In 2010, when Bylaw #650 was passed, there was a lot of flag waving about Qualicum Beach being "pesticide-free".

Is the Town really 'green and clean' without enforcing this important Bylaw? ~ For Qualicum Beach Bylaw information go to www.qualicumbeach.com and click on Pesticide Use Brochure under "News & Events". The brochure outlines the Bylaw restrictions and offers sound eco-friendly alternatives to getting rid of pests and weeds. It's worth the read!

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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

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

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.

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.

WILDWOOD COMMUNITY CHURCH 113 McColl Road, Bowser

Sunday Morning Worship 10:30 am 757-8136

ISLAND GOSPEL CENTRE “A house of LIGHT in Lighthouse Country”

FOR RENT LARGE RV SITES FOR RENT close to Spider

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

Lake. Farm market open 7-days a week, May

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

KOMBUCHA - Make Your Own Kombucha

9th to September. Power, sewer and water

Sundays - 10AM Worship 90 McColl Road, Bowser, BC (250) 757-8253

connection. 250-619-8047. www.pineridgefarm.ca

HEALTHY LIVING Workshops offered in Coombs by Joanne Sales who has been making Kombucha for over 20 years. joanne@glasswing. com, www.islandhealing.ca

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.

LIGHTHOUSE COMMUNITY CENTRE

CANADIAN FEDERATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE Scholarships/Bursaries for 2015 are Available and we invite Applications for 2015 Scholarships and Bursaries.

10 scholarships are being offered in District 69, for female high school graduates, university students and for women wishing to upgrade their education. One memorial scholarship is also available for either a male or female student. Deadline is June 1, 2015 .For details and eligibility, visit our website: scholarship@cfuwpq.ca

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Community Event Calendar May 2015 Union Bay Credit Union is excited to announce our new banking system. We will soon be able to offer e-Statements, e-Transfers and other enhanced features to provide increased member service.

You will have limited account services from April 30th to May 4th. Please contact your local branch for important details on all month-end transactions, and online banking access.

Check our website www.ubcu.ca for further updates.

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.

LIGHTHOUSE COMMUNITY CENTRE PANCAKE BREAKFAST & FLEA MARKET – Sunday May 10th 8am-Noon, PANCAKE BREAKFAST - $5 or $7. Enjoy live music, breakfast, shopping for a treasure. Volunteers from the LCC Hall Board will be serving up breakfast this morning.

public is welcome. info:steelehunt@shaw.ca, or ph 250-757-8307 LIGHTHOUSE TRAILS GROUP - Needs your help! FMI Call: Val Weismiller: (250) 757-9667.

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 Seniors Group – OAP #152. Our meeting will be held on May 4, 11:30am. We will be planning our end of the year dinner which we hold in our OAP room at the Lighthouse Community Centre. Lunch is 12 noon.

Soup, tea or coffee. FMI, call Shirley 250-757-2384.

TAOIST™ TAI CHI Every Monday 9:30-noon Susan Finlayson 250-757-2097 LIGHTHOUSE SPINNERS – Bring your Spinning Wheels and fibre and meet the Lighthouse Spinners at the LCC, Tuesdays at 10:30am. FMI Call 778-424-1001.

CARPET BOWLING – 12:45 to 3:00pm at the LCC. FMI Call Layne (250) 757-8217.

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

BOWSER’S MAGNOLIA COURT SUMMER MARKET (6996 Island Hwy West)– Wednesdays from 5:30-8:00 p.m. starts June 10-August 26th, 2015 – Contact Corinne 250-947-5231 or Sarah 250-937-1879 for info.

8th Annual “The River Never Sleeps Festival” - A celebration of Salmon and their ecosystems. Sunday May 3, 10am-3pm. Hands-on activities and demonstrations, touch tanks and more. Rosewall Creek Hatchery, 8425 Berray Road off Hwy 19A. Qualicum Beach Family History Society will hold its regular meeting on Wed. May 20, 7pm at the Qualicum Legion. Guest speaker will be Donna Fraser on the advantages of using the FamilySearch.org website. Guests welcome.

AA LIGHTKEEPERS - Fridays at 7:00pm at the LCC. FMI contact (250) 757-2300.

BRIDGE – Nordin Room 1:00 to 4:00pm Friday afternoons at the LCC. FMI Call: Sheila Steele (250) 757-8307.

The Qualicum Beach Garden Club meets on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 7:00 pm, Qualicum Beach LIONS REC HALL – 280 Lions Way, Qualicum Bay. FMI on Civic Centre, 740. The speaker is Carolyn Herriot author of "The Zero-Mile Diet Cookbook". Topic is Hall rentals Call Bert Carter: (250) 240-4538.

Ornamental Edibles for Perennial Beauty (including QUALICUM BAY LIONS CLUB – Meet at 7pm, every edible hedges). New members and guests welcome.

second and fourth Tuesday in the Lions Den.

LIGHTHOUSE COUNTRY SCRAPBOOKERS – Meet 3rd Saturday monthly at the Lions’ Rec Hall, 9:30am4:30pm. $10. Door prizes. FMI Call Jorgie 250-757-8358 or Shirley (250) 757-8384.

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 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.

BOWSER TENNIS CLUB, Annual General Meeting.

Mon. May 4, 3:30 pm, at the Bean Counter.

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Raiders of Lost Art ' Show and Sale - The Oceanside Grandmothers to Grandmothers are presenting a one-day only sale of donated quality art, including paintings, sculpture, pottery, stained glass and fabric art on Saturday, June 6, 2015; 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Quality Resort Bayside, 240 Dogwood Street, Parksville. Admission is free. All proceeds to the Stephen Lewis Foundation Grandmothers Campaign. For further information, contact Colleen at 250-713-0167.

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WHAT’S UP WITH LOCAL BUSINESS? NEW • MOVING • CLOSING • CHANGING

Monika Lux, BalanCHIing Way

New to Vancouver Island and our region is Monika Lux and the BalanCHIng way. Taken from Monika's website, "BalanCHIng® is a dynamic new transpersonal energy psychotherapy, developed by Monika Marguerite Lux. It is a synthesis of approaches from Eastern spirituality and Western psychology."

Perched atop a mountain at the end of Meadowood Way just north of Qualicum Beach, Monika's healing studio offers extensive workshops, classes and treatments developed using her 18 years of experience as an alternative health practitioner and her impressive training in psychology and kinesiology. Sessions at the studio include Ayurvedic Massage, Raindrop, Reiki, Tibetan Sound Bowl Massage, Qi Gong, Professional Counselling, Life Coaching, Art Therapy, Dance Therapy and more. For information about BalanCHIng, contact Monika at 250-752-8152. Welcome to the neighbourhood, Monika. We wish you much success here on Vancouver Island. ~ •

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Visit it once, and it'll be forever on your 'must shop there' list. Join Paul Christiansen and Kris Masson at PineRidge for the opening on May 9th, and throughout the season for special events ... the first one being their annual Garden & Plant Sale on May 16th, 10-3pm.

Located on Turnbull Road near Spider Lake, follow the "PineRidge" signs from Exit 75 on Highway 19 and follow Spider Lake Road to Turnbull - you can't miss it. For more information about PineRidge Farm, visit www.pineridgefarm.ca ... and they're on Facebook, too. Welcome back, Paul & Kris! Looking forward to another great 'growing' season!

KELLYBEAR MARKET (formerly the "Fanny Bay Service" station) is under new ownership. Come on in and check out "Kelly's Cafe" and our variety store - a great place to meet up with friends. We're sure you'll appreciate our low gas prices, and we do fill propane tanks and have diesel fuel. Stop by for your lottery tickets, fill up your larder with milk, bread and other treats, or enjoy a bite to eat in the cafe. Chef Carrie Esau is in the kitchen at "Kelly's Cafe", so come try her delicious breakfast and lunch items, or the great and tasty "Bugaboo Burger" that's now on the menu. The restaurant is open 7-days a week from 8am to 2pm. We look forward to seeing you there! ~ submitted

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