Nov 2014 EyesOnBC Magazine

November 2014 vol 3 issue 11

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Fun, uplifting and it has a happy ending! See page 15 for more information.

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e? I slept in a comfortable bed, but on October 15th I slept in Parksville’s Community Park! Oh, I know there is no over night stays permitted in the park and I know it was the middle of October but there I was hunkered down in my sleeping bag beneath the picnic shelter. Did I actually sleep? Not very well but I wasn’t there to sleep or at least, I didn’t expect to sleep well. You see, I was there along with eight other people for a great cause. That week was Homelessness Awareness Week and as part of the Oceanside Homelessness Task Force, I participated in the Sleep Outside Challenge to raise awareness of the homeless situation in Parksville, Qualicum Beach and area – Vancouver Island’s Oceanside Region.

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As I prepared for my night out in the wilds, I was a little fearful. What if I got cold and wet? What if I had to go to the bathroom? What if a ferocious raccoon decided to chomp on me or a rat ran across my face? These fears dictated my packing…down-filled sleeping bag and jacket, tarp, wool blanket, wool socks, toilet paper and facial mask.

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Aries (March 21-April 19) This month you are passionate about everything, especially wanting to become a better person. You want to experience life at a gut level. “I want to live!” This is why some of you feel the need for deep self scrutiny. Your sex drive is amped and your focus on ex-partners is strong. Many of you will travel or get further schooling. This is also a good time to ask for a loan or a mortgage because other people will give you things. You can also benefit indirectly through the good fortune of your partner. Ka-ching!

Taurus (April 20-May 20) For the first time in a year, the Sun is opposite your sign, which means you need more sleep. This oppositional Sun also makes you focus on partnerships and close friendships. Since late 2012, partnerships have been challenged. (Aagghh!) Fortunately, this stressful influence will end next year but it is still present. But ah ha! On the 23rd, fair Venus slips into your House of Marriage smoothing things in a gentle, sweet way for the next three weeks. Very nice.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) You want to manage your life effectively. “It’s time!”

You want to be efficient and feel confident you can reach out and put your hand on whatever you want. (“My canned goods are alphabetized.”) To succeed, give yourself the right tools and support materials to do a great job. Buy file folders, labels, shelving, cleaning equipment – whatever you need. You want better physical efficiency and good health as well. Meanwhile, a work-related romance might begin. Tension with partners still exists but subside after the 26th. Thank gawd.

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Cancer (June 21-July 22) This month is all about vacations, parties and fun invitations to social occasions. Enjoy the arts, movies and the theatre plus playful activities with children. Love affairs and flirtations are energized. Whee! You might meet new love; existing relationships will be rejuvenated. Meanwhile, Mars will make you work hard while retrograde Mercury continues to attract family members to your doorstep. This is a good time to tackle home repairs. “I’m tired of this pail in the middle of the bed. Let’s fix the hole in the roof!”

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Now your focus turns to home, family and your private life. You want to cocoon more at home and redecorate. Fair Venus will encourage entertaining at home because Venus brings indulgence in good food and drink.

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world. (Gosh!) What a lovely month ahead! Admittedly, retrograde Mercury slows down cash flow and earning potential. Cheques in the mail are late. Tension on the home front will subside by the end of October. Enjoy short drives and a chance to introduce art or something beautiful to your neighbourhood.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Your focus is on money, cash flow and earnings, your assets, your possessions and everything you own. How well are you doing at the art of living? Do the things you own – own you or are you in charge? Are you weighed down by taking care of too much stuff? After all, your possessions are supposed to serve your needs and not vice versa. Nevertheless, you will shop for beautiful treasures for yourself and loved ones. This same influence will help you explore new ways of earning money. Things are swell, kiddo!

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Happy Birthday! This is a lovely time because you are charming, diplomatic and attractive to others. (Now is the time to buy wardrobe goodies because you feel good about yourself.) When the Sun is in your sign (this happens only once a year), you attract important people and favourable circumstances to you. Make the most of this! This is also your turn to recharge your batteries for the rest of the year. All of this helps Jupiter, at the top of your chart, to boost your reputation! (“I’m too sexy for my shoes.”)

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Your birthday is one month away, which means your personal year is coming to an end. Therefore, this is the best time all year to give thought to what you want your new year to be all about. Instead of letting life just happen to you while you cope with surprises and do damage control, why not set goals and give yourself guidelines so you can steer yourself in the direction you want to go? Setting goals is smart. Successful people know where they are going.

And give yourself deadlines – that’s the trick. Nothing ever gets done without a deadline.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You’re entering the most popular month of the year!

Everyone wants to see your face. Not only will you enjoy schmoozing with others, these interactions will benefit you. Socialize extensively and cooperate with others. Share your hopes and dreams for the future with someone because their feedback will help you. Some of you might begin a new romance. Relations with authority figures and old bosses could be significant. Never burn a bridge. And never take down a fence unless you know why it was put there in the first place.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) This is the only time all year when the Sun is high in your chart, acting like a spotlight on you. Since this light is flattering, you look fabulous to others! This is why people will ask you to do things. Say yes because you won’t have to do anything special to dazzle them. Romance with your boss or someone in authority might begin. All partnerships are blessed with Jupiter opposite your sign. Travel plans could be delayed or cancelled. This is a great time to finish papers or writing a book because retrograde Mercury will help.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) You need a change of scenery. Grab every chance to travel for pleasure. Romance with someone from another culture could begin.

Meanwhile, everything to do with your job will flow smoothly. This is the time to get a better job or better duties because lucky Jupiter will help you do this; in addition to which, your ambition is aroused because Mars is at the top of your chart. So everything is in place for you to have fun travel and improve your job.

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THE GOLDEN RULE

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n mid-October, at the empty rodeo grounds, it appeared that my dog was going poop. So I went over towards a shed to clean up her droppings, but all I could find were $20 bills. Three of them on the grass. Does my dog now poop out $20 bills? Is she the new Golden Goose laying golden eggs?

(You know the fairy tale. The Golden Goose laid golden eggs, but a greedy man cut the magical goose open to get all the oil eggs at once. Forgive the Freudian slip but we know the sad ending, be it golden eggs or oil.)

Well, I found the rightful owners of the wallet, cash and card. And the next time my dog pooped, it was not $20 bills.

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These temptations are rather simple ones. The Golden Rule, which we know as “Do unto others as you would have them do until you,” had variations in ancient Greece and Eastern Religions.

It’s a solid moral foundation older than time.

But sometimes it’s not easy to know what is right. That’s why I admire the following three ordinary human heroes.

In the same two weeks, I had two other personal encounters with someone else’s money. A wallet with over a hundred dollars showed up in the dark outside the swimming pool. A couple of days later, when an ATM machine wouldn’t accept my card, I realized that the previous person’s session had not ended.

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probably dirt poor. I also had my cheque book returned to me by the janitor at a 7th Day Adventist Church. These two strangers protected me from harm, and I’m grateful.

The first hero is not real. In a scene in the new Captain America movie, the major bad guy told a lowly computer techie, “Launch the ships.” The ordinary guy paused. “Is there a problem? “No sir.” “Then launch the ships.” But, there was a problem. If the ships were launched, the power hungry big-brother forces of darkness would have absolute control of the human race. There would be “law and order” at the cost of death and destruction, and the end of freedom and justice.

The bad guy pulled a gun to the techie’s head. Here we see the eternal battle of good and evil presented once more before our eyes on the Hollywood screen. Will the man save himself or save humanity? Will selfishness or love prevail? The techie held his ground.

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“No sir. I will not launch the ships.” (My hero!)

Now, let’s travel from fiction to real life South Dakota. A man named Rich Weiland was running for the U.S. Senate with an unusual campaign. He drove around the state tirelessly in his ordinary car playing his guitar and singing a song that caused a huge uproar among his opponents all across the U.S. The chorus of the song? “No one bought me.”

What was so annoying to his opponents was that Weiland was speaking the truth – simply and honestly. He may be nobody, but a nobody that nobody bought. He didn’t make promises or surrender his freedom, integrity and intelligence in exchange for support, money or membership. He was a free agent. Un-bought. Free to listen, think and speak. He still had integrity. When you are reading this, we’ll know if he won or not, but what we do know, is that people loved him.

Ethics gets complicated if we have been “bought” or are listening to people who have. There is a lot of misinformation going around out there, some of it by accident, but a lot of it intentional.

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financially or socially from claiming a certain position, then don’t ask me. I can’t make an unbiased report. I’ve been bought. When acknowledged, it is called a conflict of interest. It’s true in politics, science, religion, and just about every circle everywhere.

community “we are targeted with so much misinformation.” (Targets are not accidents.) She clearly explains why she believes recognizing climate change is not counter to her religious belief, and in doing so, she is bridging a serious gap in our society without compromising her faith or her scientific legitimacy.

Never thought that someone was trying to buy you? Think again. There are those who want to tame your opinions, control your vote, and limit your choices – because you have too much power.

Knowing this should make us more intelligent, more awake, more curious, more open-minded. There is lots of misinformation going around out there!

To quote Hayhoe: “God is not the author of fear. God is love. When we are acting out of fear, we are thinking of ourselves.

When we act out of love, we are not thinking of ourselves – but others. Our global neighbors. The poor and the disadvantaged. The people who do not have the resources to adapt. I believe we are called to … love… and to act.”

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When people speak their truth, we don’t all agree, but at least we can have a dialog, not a sound-bite exchange. Fear is a strategy used to separate, weaken and control the people. We need to talk!

When picking blueberries with a young woman from eastern Canada, I mentioned that I had been at the Civil Rights march in Washington, D.C. in 1963 when Martin Luther King gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. “You were actually there?” “Yes.” “How did you end up going there?” I explained to her that the churches at that time were very supportive of Civil Rights, equal rights, care for the poor, etc. So, although I didn’t understand the civil rights issues at the age of 13, I was a member of a church in Washington, D.C., and that’s why I was there.

Weiland wants to be in the Senate, but he didn’t sell out to get there. Hayhoe remains a Christian, bridging the camps of religion and science wrongly set in opposition to each other. And our fictional techie? He cared more about the greater good than his own survival.

OMG! Literally. What a tragedy of misinformation. If I hadn’t heard her say that first-hand, I wouldn’t have believed it.

And here enters my 3rd new hero.

Katharine Hayhoe, a Climate Scientist, is an evangelical Christian married to an Evangelical pastor. Time Magazine named her one of the most influential people of 2014. She said it took a lot of courage for her to speak out about climate change, because in the Christian

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Now, I wouldn’t have minded it if my dog had turned out to be the new Golden Goose, manufacturing crisp clean $20 bills every time she took a poop. I’m not beyond dreaming of easy money. But when the choices between easy money and integrity show up, I pray for the wisdom and strength to take the high road. ~

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It’s not likely that someone is going to hold a gun to your head and say, “Launch the ships” at which time you’ll have a choice between saving the human race or your own skin. But the chances are good that every day all of us will have an opportunity to choose between the common good and own our selfish interests. Same test, less drama.

“The churches supported Civil Rights?” she asked. And now I quote this 22 year- old Canadian in August 2014, “I thought religion was all about hatred and judgment.”

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t’s just six weeks from the opening of Ethan Claymore at The Village Theatre and rehearsals are well underway. ECHO Players offers up this lovely holiday treat, from the prolific Canadian playwright Norm Foster, just in time for the Christmas season.

not to be taken for granted, with proof coming when an attractive, intelligent female school teacher comes calling.

Scripted by seasoned playwright Norman Foster and set in small-town Ontario, Ethan Claymore is a true celebration of the importance of friends and family.

Ethan is a widower of five years and living a solitary life as an egg farmer when Douglas, his friend and neighbour, grows determined to get his life back on track. Douglas awakens Ethan late one night and offers him a must-do list to break his slump and, before long, gets an unexpected ally: the ghost of Ethan’s deceased brother. Both try their best to show Ethan that life is

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Norm Foster, is often called “the Canadian Neil Simon”. His plays are laugh-out-loud funny and Ethan Claymore has plenty of mirth. However, the play also pulls the heartstrings.

Foster says, “It’s the stories that touch an audience’s heart as well as its funny bone that are the most rewarding.

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If you are looking for a warm and fuzzy theatrical experience this holiday season, then head to The Village Theatre, Qualicum Beach and catch its Christmas production, Ethan Claymore. It has all you want in a feelgood escape play: great acting, heartwarming plot and a happy ending.

Ethan Claymore – December 11th – December 28th 2014. Tickets can be purchased at the Village Theatre Box Office, or by phone 250.752.3522 or email info@echoplayers.ca For information visit our website at echoplayers.ca ~ submitted

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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

Follow me on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Re-elect-Bill-Veenhof-for-RDN-Area-H/601034586674892

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s you are no doubt aware, the election is November 15th and I am sure that you are also aware that I have some competition.

This is a very good thing and I welcome the opportunity. The dialogue that the election discussions have stimulated is very useful and has given me a few things to look at in the next term, assuming I get there.

If there is anything that you feel you want to discuss with me, before or after the election, don’t hesitate to call or email.

I have learned that my email updates and these articles in EyesOnBC Magazine have become very important for the community. They will continue.

As well, for the period of my election campaign, I have built a Facebook page. It is really an experiment to see if there is a demand for this forum in our community. Check it out by searching Facebook at: “Re-elect Bill Veenhof for RDN Area-H”. If you think it worthwhile, let me know and I will continue it after the election, again, assuming I make it!

It would be very nice if you voted for me, but the most important thing to do is to vote.

COOPERATION If this newsletter has a theme it is ‘cooperation’. By choosing to cooperate, we can make a difference!

I took this picture at the Qualicum First Nation campground when I was invited to witness the arrival of the Tribal Journeys Canoes. It was a moving experience that I am honoured to have been part of. The photo shows people from several bands, all with differing perspectives and realities, working together for the same goal. For me this

is a metaphor demonstrating that if we choose to work together as residents and governments, we can accomplish really great things.

GAINSBERG RD - I have confirmed with the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, (MoTI) that Gainsberg Rd is scheduled to be resurfaced next year. However, there are many roads

in the Central Island area that are also similarly scheduled and all these roads will be worked on based on a priority list and available funding.

MoTI gives us great support and I enjoy open and respectful dialogue with them.

They have assured me that I will be part of the Gainsberg Rd prioritization discussions, assuming re-election.

TRAILS - We are close to a very good and cooperative solution for some of the trail issues that we have in Area H. While we have a great many trails, there

is no real way to find them. If they were mapped and the maps were available, they could become a tourism draw.

So, at this point, subject to change and final confirmation, I think I have built a cooperative network of people and groups that will do the following: continued on page 23 ...

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by Linda Tenney

ichael Hunt and Kirsten Shaw have returned home to family and friends on Vancouver Island, and they’ve brought their house with them. Yup! That’s what I said! They brought their house with them ... all the way from Alberta!

The concept of ‘living tiny’ is huge.

It’s the talk of Facebook, Twitter and provides hours of interesting dinner chatter. There are hundreds, if not thousands of websites filled with why-to and how-to information for DIYers. It could be something that your friends or next door neighbours are seriously considering. Downsizing is hot ... the notion of ‘living tiny’, and maybe even ‘off grid’, is hotter!

But let’s back up to an unusual event in Alberta called Beakerhead.

“On the surface, Beakerhead looks like a week of spectacular fun every September. But it’s more than a schedule of mesmerizing events: it’s a time and place where engineers show their creative sides, and artists get technical, where science hits the street, and everyone gets ingenious,” touts the Beakerhead website.

It’s not just the young and fed-up who are weighing the benefits of ‘living tiny’. I have a friend in her sixties who is within a hair of selling her midsized home and property to enjoy the freedom that a tiny home affords. She’d like to live a more simple life and leave a softer footprint on the earth. Living only with the things she needs to make life comfortable. It makes sense.

Beakerhead 2014 is also where Michael and Kirsten, owners of Turtle Island Tiny Homes proudly unveiled their cleverly conceived and crafted tiny home to thousands of curious Beakerhead visitors this year!

Living in a tiny space is not a silly fad that’s in it’s fresh and shiny phase. ‘Living tiny’ is here to stay and the concept is starting to wear a comfortable patina as the craze ages into a solid and smart lifestyle choice.

Beakerhead was the perfect place to exhibit their tiny home and to promote their engineering and building skills, laced with creative thinking. It was a rocket-fueled boost for their business.

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I’ve pondered that question myself. I’ve looked around my own home – which isn’t all that big at 950 square feet – and I’ve thought about how much space I really need vs how much I think I need.

It’s clear that I have ‘stuff ’. The kind of stuff that comedian George Carlin made us all laugh out loud about. I’ve accumulated closets full of the ‘stuff ’ Carlin humoursly chides us about ... stuff that I don’t use, often never look at, and more often forget that I have. If my ‘stuff ’ was pared down to the essentials, I think 500 square feet, or perhaps less, would suit me just fine.

Michael and Kirsten’s 340 square foot loft home offers enough room for two adults, two teens and four dogs. Albeit three of the dogs are the size of a lady’s purse, but that’s still a lot of ‘beings’ in a tiny space.

It’s all about necessity peppered with convenience. The well-designed U-shaped kitchen has room enough for two cooks to synchronize their movements from full-sized refrigerator to prep counter to stove top without too many utterances of ‘Oops, sorry’! continued on page 20 E Y E S O N B C . C O M

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Community Event Calendar November 2014 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.

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 PANCAKE BREAKFAST & FLEA MARKET – Sunday Nov 9th - 8am-Noon, PANCAKE BREAKFAST - $5: 1 pancake, 1 egg, bacon or sausage, coffee, tea or juice or $7: 2 pancakes, 2 eggs, bacon or sausage, coffee, tea or juice. Enjoy live music, tuck into breakfast, browse the vendor tables for a treasure. Volunteers from the Qualicum Bay Lions Club will be serving up breakfast.

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.

LIGHTHOUSE TRAILS GROUP - Needs your help! FMI Call: Val Weismiller: (250) 7579667.

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. PreLIGHTHOUSE SENIORS #152 – Next meeting register for all programs to avoid program Nov. 3. Come and enjoy an afternoon of cancellation. socializing. Bring a sandwich and get a choice of two soups plus coffee or tea for LIGHTHOUSE RECREATION: FMI Call (250) $1. FMI please call Joan at 250-757-9536.

757-8366 or email shipshore@shaw.ca.

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.

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

BADMINTON, PICKLEBALL, MINI-TENNIS. Mondays starting October 6th. 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 Recreation Commission.

FMI 250-757-8307 or steelehunt@shaw.ca.

THE BOW HORN BAY COMMUNITY CLUB is looking for donations of books in good condition (no encyclopedias) for our first fund raising GIANT book sale on Nov 9th at the Lighthouse Community Centre from 8am-12pm. For drop off: Pat: 250-757-8806.

PARENTS & TOTS PLAYGROUP. Fridays 10am-11:30am. Fanny Bay Community Hall.

Enjoy a morning of socializing, a snack, early literacy activities, songs, games, stories LIONS REC HALL – 280 Lions Way, Qualicum and parenting resources. A FREE program supported by the Comox Valley Family Bay. FMI on Hall rentals Call Bert Carter: Services Association, Baynes Sound Lions (250) 240-4538. QUALICUM BAY LIONS and the Fanny Bay Community Association.

CLUB – Meet at 7pm, every second and FMI Evelyn Bally 250-335-9022. fourth Tuesday in the Lions Den. YOUTH GROUP. Fridays 6:30pm-7:30pm.

LIGHTHOUSE COUNTRY SCRAPBOOKERS Fanny Bay Community Hall. Children ages – Meet 3rd Saturday monthly at the Lions’ 4-6 in the studio with their parent. Children Rec Hall, 9:30am- 4:30pm. $10. Door prizes. ages 7-12 in the gym, parents do not have FMI Call Jorgie 250-757-8358 or Shirley to stay. Soccer, basketball, hockey, table (250) 757-8384. tennis and whatever else crazy fun the children come up with. FREE program FLOOR CURLING - Come play with us. supported by the Fanny Bay Community Enjoy a perfect sport. A mixed group Association, Evelyn Bally & Deb Webster. activity for all ages. Easy to play. Games events continued indoor on a gym floor, curling rocks BRIDGE – Nordin Room 1:00 to 4:00pm Friday afternoons at the LCC. FMI Call: Sheila Steele (250) 757-8307.

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7 TH ANNUAL CHRISTMAS CRAFT EXTRAVAGANZA Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign - Enjoy a relaxing shopping experience while being entertained with seasonal music. You will find delightful gift ideas for the ones you love while supporting a worthy cause. Friday, Nov. 28th (1-7 pm) and Saturday, Nov. 29th (10am - 4 pm) at the Quality Resort Bayside, 240 Dogwood Street in Parksville. Crafts, baking, jewelry (final sale of Kazuri), door prizes, carollers and more!

Lots of parking. Free admission. Proceeds to the Stephen Lewis Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign.

Thursday, November 6th, 2014 7:00 PM - THE OCEANSIDE BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP meets at The Gardens, 650 Berwick North, Qualicum Beach. 250-752-8066 or amen@shaw.ca

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ALL-CANDIDATES MEETINGS

QUALICUM BEACH Mayor and Councillor Candidates Tues. Nov 4 - 7pm - QB Civic Centre Thurs. Nov 6 - 7pm - QB Civic Centre Mon. Nov 10 - 2pm - The Gardens

(There’s limited seating at The Gardens, so please call 250-752-2818 to reserve a spot.)

PARKSVILLE Mayor and Councillor Candidates Tuesday, Nov. 4, 6:30 p.m Parksville Community & Conference Centre

QUALICUM BEACH GARDEN CLUB - Qualicum Beach Civic Centre. MONDAY, November 10, 2014 @7pm. Terry and Rosemary Taylor will speak on 'Wildflowers of SW British Columbia'. New Members and guests always welcome.

QUALICUM WEAVERS AND SPINNERS GUILD - ELEGANT THREADS - 18th Annual Fibre Art Show & Sale. Nov 21st to 23rd, Fri 11 – 6, Sat 10 - 5, Sun 10 - 3 at the Rotary House, Qualicum Beach. Free Admission and Refreshments.

FAT OYSTER features three award-winning authors at the Fanny Bay Hall at 7pm, Wednesday, Nov 26. Des Kennedy from Denman Island, Rhona McAdam from Victoria, and Bruce Rice from Regina. FMI www.fannybaycommunity. com/fat-oyster-reading-series. Doors open 6:30, event starts 7pm. $5 at the door. Come early. Refreshments available.

PRESCHOOL STORYTIME AT BOWSER LIBRARY. Tues. Nov 4, and Tues. Dec. 2, 10:30am-11am. Songs, rhymes and stories.

Babies, toddlers and preschoolers all welcome. Drop-in. For more information call 250-757-9570 or hstevens@virl.bc.ca The LIGHTHOUSE COMMUNITY SLO-PITCH LEAGUE is starting spring/summer 2015. With a focus on fun, the league is adult, co-ed slo-pitch softball. The league will run from May to July. For more information, email lighthouseslopitch@gmail.com. It's been a long time since we've had a league in our community. Come out and support your community slo-pitch! ~

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN NOVEMBER!

250-757-9222 • website: www.rcl211.ca • email: rcl211@shaw.ca Nov 6 – LA General Meeting (Elections) Nov 18 – Branch 211 Executive Meeting Nov 25 – Branch 211 General Meeting (Elections) Nov 27 – LA Executive Meeting

Hall Rentals 250-757-9222 • Tue to Fri 9am - 12 noon Nov 11 – REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE The service is held outside at the epitaph with the parade starting at 10:15 followed by the service at 10:55.

L.A. providing refreshments in the Hall after the service.

Nov 30 – GREY CUP & QUADRATHON Register @ the Lounge $10/team. Teams of 2 compete in games of pool/darts/crib & shuffleboard.

Mixed Pool Ladies Pool Cribbage Texas Hold’em

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 Sun/Mon ** 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 **

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ALL-CANDIDATES MEETING SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2014 • 10AM LIGHTHOUSE COMMUNITY CENTRE 240 LIONS WAY, QUALICUM BAY The LCBA invites you to meet your election candidates seeking the position of Director, Electoral Area H at this community-oriented All-Candidates Meeting.

Bill Veenhof • Donald Mussell Questions encompassing a broad range of business and community issues submitted from residents, community organizations and service groups will be posed to the two candidates at this meeting.

If you have not submitted a question for the candidates, and would like one included at this meeting, please submit it in writing via email to: lcba@shaw.ca.

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“We’re so happy we focused on the kitchen space. It’s the heart of the home and having enough room helps life function more smoothly,” says Kirsten.

The bathroom is comfortably equipped with compost toilet, storage cubbies, shower and even a bathtub. It’s compact, but there’s definitely enough elbow room.

The vaulted central living area is a multi-functional dining, lounging, and work area that can easily seat five to six people. Upstairs on two lofts at either end of the home, is a sleeping area and an entertainment room. The relatively low ceiling on the second level means you sit on the floor to watch TV, but sprawled on cushions it’s comfy.

Essentials for living, like clothes and linens, are squirrelled away in slim pocket closets, on shelves, and in drawers under benches and stairs. “When you live tiny most things have more than one purpose and in this case stairs have many functions,” says Michael. “They even become a work surface for my laptop at times.”

Rounding out this home-sweet-home is an outside storage ‘shed’ attached to one end of the building. Here you’ll find the ‘mechanics’ of the home; everything runs on solar and propane, with the bank of solar-charged batteries neatly tucked under a bench in the living area.

Pure genius!

Living tiny is not for everyone, but it does have its attractions. Depending upon your circumstances, you could live mortgage-free. That’s a big bonus! If you equip your tiny home with a complement of alternative energy sources, you can live ‘off-grid’. Wouldn’t it be nice to give BC Hydro a big smooch good-bye?

Interested in ‘living tiny’? You’ll love talking to Michael and Kirsten. Michael’s years of experience and skills earned working in mainstream building and construction, paired with his creative thinking process, could give you a sweet little home. Once started, your new home could be ready in about three months.

Contact Michael and Kirsten via Facebook ... just search for Turtle Island Tiny Homes or by email at TurtleIslandTinyHomes@gmail.com. A local phone number is pending.

Note: Want more? The following film is highly recommended. It’s tiny on the extreme side, but it gives you a real sense of the perks and pitfalls of living small. “TINY: A Story About Small Living” is available for purchase on iTunes.

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Next came the great quality sleeping bag, a wool blanket and tons of warm clothes-too many clothes as it turned out. I had to tear off a few layers several times throughout the night. Yeah menopause!

As I still had a little room in my garbage bag, I threw in a battery operated lantern and a pillow but not a good pillow. I didn’t want to be too pampered!

When it came time for bed, I creamed up my hands and put in my ear plugs. Yes, ear plugs! If that crazy raccoon was coming for me, I didn’t want to know about it! I crawled into my bed and then thought, ‘what if someone comes and steals my purse?’ There goes all my ID, keys and cash not to mention my cell phone! Again, I laughed at myself. Would a homeless person really have all these items? Would they have a purse to put them in? Perhaps not but they would have some items that are of value to them and whether you’re out in the wilds of Errington or the streets of Vancouver’s downtown Eastside, protecting your valuables is paramount. So, the purse and it’s contents went down into the depths of my sleeping bay for safe keeping…..except the cell phone! That went into my boots to keep dry and be handy for checking the time. I had to know when my night of being homeless was done.

All kidding aside, I’m not sure how much awareness we raised for the cause but one thing is certain-I have increased my awareness. Oh sure, one night with a down-filled sleeping bag does not a homeless person make but here’s the thing…. many of us have the ability to provide items that a person with no home might need but do we know what those items are? It’s not likely we’re going to trudge out into the bush and ask. Yoga mats, blow up pool toys, tarps, toiletries, garbage bags and ear plugs are cheap to buy. Lanterns with batteries, comfy pillows, wool blankets and socks are not too expensive. Down-filled sleeping bags and jackets and waterproof boots would be invaluable. There are organizations that distribute these and in our area, visit the Manna Ministries van any Saturday morning in front of the Legion in Parksville. They will make sure your generous contributions get to the folks who will most gratefully accept them.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Sleeping Outside Challenge and to the Oceanside Homelessness Task Force who continue to work towards ending homelessness in our region. ~ M A G A Z I N E

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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.

DOG WALKING - Fanny Bay / Bowser Area - Born to Walk Supportive Canine Care. Certified & Insured. For pet owners who need a helping hand. wendy@borntowalk.net. 250-335-2698

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THE FIX-IT SHOP – Repairs to all makes and models of lawnmowers and ride on lawn tractors, including John Deere. Pickup and delivery available. Used equipment for sale. Call (250) 702-2191 or email fixitshop009@gmail.com

WILDWOOD COMMUNITY CHURCH 113 McColl Road, Bowser

Sunday Morning Worship 10:30 am 757-8136 TRUCK FOR SALE: 2008 Ford Ranger, Sport. 68,000 kms. Automatic. Black.

Very well maintained. Call for details 250-586-8266.

DON’S HOME REPAIR – Plumbing repairs and installations, complete renovations, no job too small. Call Don at (250) 7578757 or cell (250) 951-8757.

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

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

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THE CANADIAN SOCIETY OF QUESTERS – Meets the last Monday of the month in the Nordin Room of the Lighthouse Community Centre, 240 Lions Way, Qualicum Bay. FMI Call Chris (250) 7521419.

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

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Doors open at 10:30AM. Service begins at 11:00AM.

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• Lighthouse Community Centre will host a web page for all our trail maps.

IRV MUELLER

• Our Volunteer ‘Trail Bashers’ will mark and map the trails using portable GPS units.

Maintenance Provider Treatment Plant Certified Inspections Available

• The RDN will lend us the GPS units, teach community volunteers how to download the data to the website, and instruct them how to build the web page.

Chimney Cleaning

• Vancouver Island University will assist with mapping, web page design and interpretative signage programs.

I will continue to pursue this co-operative program if I am re-elected.

LIGHTHOUSE TRAIL - Check out the Lighthouse Trail! The RDN continues to improve it and has now installed permanent interpretative signage. It’s about a 1-hour walk, which medical wisdom suggests we all need daily to stay healthy!

SEAWEED HARVEST - I’m very pleased to report that Custom Carpentry

the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) has commissioned and funded the Vancouver Island University’s Deep Bay Marine Field Research Station to initiate a scientific study on the seaweed harvest. Representing our concerned community, I asked for this study and I am thankful that the MoA listened to your voices and my request.

As part of this study, VIU has set up a Stakeholder Advisory Committee (SAC) to represent the interests of First Nations, Area H constituents and the harvesters. I have asked Dr. Ian Birtwell to represent us on the SAC and am very grateful that he agreed. We will be well represented. Chief Michael Recalma has agreed to represent First Nations interests, and an industry representative will also be on the committee.

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Meeting with the Assistant Deputy Minister of MoA By the time you read this, I will have had a meeting with the Assistant Deputy Minister of Agriculture. Assuming I am reelected, I will use part of my next update to tell you about the key discussions; MoA support for community dialogue about the seaweed harvest, support to shellfish farming, organic certification, working with the Agricultural Land Reserve, (ALC) and recommend that the new system of Marihuana production should be categorized as an industrial activity, not agricultural.

RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL • INDUSTRIAL ALTERNATE ENERGY

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MEDICAL MARIHUANA - The new medical marihuana production regulations and licensing has created a great deal of discussion and inadvertent misinformation. The RDN has published Frequently Asked Questions, on this issue. If you are concerned about the new rules, I encourage you to review the page at http://rdn.bc.ca/cms.asp?wpID=3369 ~ 105 Islewood Dr. Bowser, BC V0R 1G0

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