FRIDAY MAR. 1, 2013 VOL. 38, NO. 41
75¢
including HST
Watch for more online at: WWW.BOWENISLANDUNDERCURRENT.COM
Honouring a community leader Mayor receives Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
Pink Shirt Day at IPS
Head of school’s talk suggests a ‘cultivation of humanity’
Penny drive
Bowen Shares gladly accepts discontinued coins
After school club needs room to expand More demand than spaces has prompted exploratory measures SUSANNE MARTIN EDITOR
T
he need for after-school care is growing on Bowen Island and Ann Silberman of the Bowen Children’s Centre (BCC) that runs the After School Club (ASC) said that it currently cannot accommodate all the kids whose parents apply. The solution? Find or build a dedicated space that meets the demand. Silberman came to the January 25 council meeting looking for “comments, ideas and support” for exploring the option of re-zoning the site at 604 Grafton Road as the potential permanent home for after-school care. “We entered into pre-negotiation around building an after school club on the land [between the Bowen Island Community School (BICS) and the BCC] that is owned by Mr. Al Leigh,” Silberman said, explaining that the easy walking distance from the school and the Children’s Centre speaks in the locations favour and also means that parking could be used by both facilities. In a letter to council, Silberman laid out the background of the ASC that offers licensed outof-school care for children in kindergarten to Grade 6. It started in 2000 in response to the need for quality, convenient and consistent care for school-age children. The program currently uses BICS’ facilities but also accepts children who attend other schools or are home-schooled. Children can sign up on a regular (full and parttime) or drop in basis. “The club’s coordinators organize a range of indoor and outdoor activities and prepare a substantial healthy snack. The ASC continued, PAGE 2
Getting married is surely not such a scary proposition as Carol Cram portrays in her role in this year’s Broadway on Bowen production. See back page for more photos. Debra Stringfellow photo
Celebrating the past and planning the future SUSANNE MARTIN EDITOR
T
he Bowen Island Arts Council (BIAC) celebrates its 25th anniversary this year with a impressive line-up of events and initiatives. The non-profit organization’s representatives shared their plans for the celebration with council on Monday, February 25, and asked whether councillors would see value in the preparation of a draft
service agreement that would bring a certain stability of funding to the arts council. Carol Cram, BIAC’s president, said. “What are we celebrating? We celebrate 25 years of supporting arts and culture on Bowen Island. The arts council’s first meeting took place in 1987 and it was incorporated in 1988.” The festivities will include a street banner program, speed dating with the arts where participants can learn new techniques in a
short time and an initiative that envisions brightly coloured bird houses to be installed as trail markers. The literary arts community was invited to participate by submitting works to a Bowen anthology. A three-part exhibit that highlights the history of Bowen artists is being curated in collaboration with the Bowen Island Museum and Archives.
Heard about our deposit special? 18-month term rates
2.13 % to 2.73 %* Offer expires March 15, 2013.
604-947-2022 www.firstcu.ca
Ask us for details today! *Depending on relationship. Non-redeemable. Rates subject to change without notice.
continued, PAGE 3
2 • FRIDAY March 1 2013
WWW.BOWENISLANDUNDERCURRENT.COM
Mayor receives Diamond Jubilee Medal
Increased need for after school care continued, PAGE 1
SUSANNE MARTIN EdItor
B
owen Island’s mayor Jack Adelaar was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in honour of his contributions to the community and to all of Canada. “It pleases me to no end,” Adelaar said. “I think that people recognize that things are changing on the island and they are giving me a bit of credit for it.” The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal was created to mark the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s accession to the throne. The medal is awarded by the Governor-General of Canada to Canadians who have made a significant contribution to a particular province, territory, region or community in Canada. Adelaar is one of 60,000 recipients nation-wide. In her congratulatory letter to mayor Adelaar, Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) president Karen Leibovici wrote, in part: “Your peers in local government across the country admire your accomplishments as a community leader, and congratulate you on earning this prestigious award. FCM chose you to receive this distinction for your exemplary efforts to make your community a great place to live. It recognizes the important role municipalities – and their elected leaders – play in ensuring our prosperity and high quality of life.” Adelaar said that although he is pleased to get the prize, he believes that the praise has to be spread among the people who support him and who he’s working with. “They are helping me and I try to help them - they’re terrific,” he said. Adelaar in particular spoke about his collaboration with other council members and municipal staff, referring to a climate of mutual support.
Susanne Martin file photo
“I believe that we are working more collaboratively,” he said. “Council is just coming out of two days of strategic planning, and I can’t thank staff enough for giving us direction about what we need to focus on. And I couldn’t be more pleased about the way that we are moving forward with their help and input.” Adelaar quoted something that long-time islander Bruce Howlett once said, “Council has to be realistic, not idealistic.” And added that it helps to have the feedback of staff and “not operate in a vacuum.” “I’m saying that staff is really motivated to help us move forward, stay grounded and focus on the things we need to take care of,” Adelaar said, adding that this climate is reflected in what’s happening around the council table. “[Councillors] may have different views on different issues but by and large we are able to reach consensus,” he said. “I have the sense that our council is working together really well.” A celebration in Adelaar’s honour will be held at the municipal hall in April. Please check the municipal website (www.bimbc.ca) for updates.
Looking for work? We can help. Get the training and support you need to find and keep a job in B.C. Job search resources • Personal employment planning • Workshops and training • Specialized services
Young Women’s Christian Association 310 – 260 West Esplanade, North Vancouver, B.C. 604.988.3766 escnorthshore@ywcavan.org www.ywcajobseeker.org Locations across B.C. WorkBCCentres.ca Vancouver Island 250.387.6121 TDD: 1.800.661.8773 Vancouver 604.660.2421 TDD: 604.775.0303 Elsewhere in B.C. 1.800.663.7867 TDD: 1.800.661.8773
The Employment Program of British Columbia is funded by the Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia.
has a relaxed, nurturing and social atmosphere and continues to be a popular and necessary care option for Bowen families,” the letter states, adding that it is offered to the families for a nominal fee and supported financially by the Bowen Children’s Centre. Silberman calls the ASC a “community service and said, “[Building a facility] is an exploration on our part. The board of directors is very conscious of the fact that the Children’s Centre takes on the project and the After School Club will never pay for this.” She added that the timing is crucial because the demand for after school care has doubled over the last two years. “The need has increased in the last several years due to the establishment of all-day kindergarten that ends at 3 p.m. as well as an increase in families having two parents in the workforce,” Silberman explained. “We’ve got more people applying than we can fit.” Silberman made it clear that BICS has always been supportive of the program but changes to the school population on a yearly basis affect the availability of space. Since 2010, the ASC has been operating out of the community use room at BICS, a space shared with other community groups. “We are licensed for 20 children but the [community use room] really holds only 10 comfortably, so we need to use the kitchen (when available), the gym and the multi-purpose room located upstairs. This fragments our program and is not optimal for staffing, supervision or the children’s sense of comfort and belonging,” Silberman explained, adding that it also means that there is no capacity to offer before-school care or child care on professional development days - a real need in the community. Silberman hopes to increase the capacity to 25 daily spaces, the typical allowance for an after school club. Accompanying the Children’s Centre correspondence to council are a letter from the Bowen Island Gymnastics Club expressing interest in a shared community use facility as well as a communication from Alan and Stacey
Leigh, the owners of the property, asking council to consider rezoning as the current zoning for the Grafton Road property only allows a gas station. Mayor Jack Adelaar told Silberman that council just came out of two days of strategic planning where some of the discussion centred around creating a civic core that could include a municipal hall and a library. “We’ll try to bring in various clubs and groups to create that critical mass for a civic building,” he said, adding that he would see after school care as a good fit. Silberman said that both the after school program and the gymnastics program currently face serious limitations due to the fact that they operate out of shared spaces and are aiming to create designated spaces that might not be “best contenders” for a civic facility. Councillor Wolfgang Duntz expressed his support for finding a solution to after school care. He also wondered if alternatives to the Leigh property had been taken into account. “It’s not a perfect site in terms of sun exposure and a site assessment would be prominent in my focus,” he said. Questions he would like to look at include: Are there any better solutions? Who would fund the land and construction? Is land available at a lesser cost with better conditions? “But the most important consideration is the timing,” he said. “The timing would be at the top of the list, seeing that we don’t get any younger,” he said, adding that there has been a shift on council in view of the community centre. “We are more focused to address needs rather than wants. Everything about children and seniors is on top. Next to medical facilities, I see this falling into the category of the highest need.” Councillor Darron Jennings said that both his kids are graduates of the Children’s Centre and they go to the after school club on a weekly basis. “This is a community service and I know how little you pay as parents,” he said, adding that he is in favour of exploring options that could potentially offer better financial stability, including drawing on the municipality’s “land bank.”
FRIDAY March 1 2013 • 3
WWW.BOWENISLANDUNDERCURRENT.COM
SUSANNE MARTIN
The cast of The Tempest takes a break from rehearsals as the play’s March 7 opening approaches. Google Tempest and Bowen for details. Back row: Joe Henderson McCance (Ferdinand), Michael Epp (Caliban), Robyn Westcott (Miranda), Tina Nielsen (Trinculo), Graham Ritchie (Prospero) Front: Martin Clarke (Stephano), David Shadbolt (Alonso). Moving too fast to be seen: Ariel (Ariel, the flying elf).
Editor
Debra Stringellow photo
Seeing the cop car in the rearview mirror like this can be an unpleasant experience, especially when the speedometer wasn’t working properly. Speed Watch will create awareness without tickets. Submitted photo
Speed Watch on Bowen roads
S
peeding can be a problem on Bowen’s roads and Cpl Nancy Joyce of the Bowen Island RCMP is planning to enlist the help of local volunteers to increase awareness of the issue. She is planning to implement the Speed Watch program and invites interested islanders to participate. “I see the Speed Watch as an educational program with a focus to have drivers become more aware of their speeds in those areas where we feel there are concerns for the safety of pedestrians, animals, cyclists and other drivers,” Joyce said. Speed Watch is an educational road safety initiative aiming to reduce speed-related crashes in B.C. communities. Local volunteers use radar and electronic speed-reader boards supplied by ICBC to show drivers how fast they’re actually traveling. The equipment helps volunteers monitor drivers’ speeds throughout the community including school and playground zones. “Speed Watch is a great opportunity for citizens to get involved and help make their roads safer for everyone in the community,” said Tom Webster, local road safety coordinator. “Research shows that the program works - over 70 per cent of drivers traveling 10km/h over the speed limit slow down when they see a speed-reader board.” Joyce has planned training sessions at the Bowen Island RCMP detachment office at 1017 Miller Road for March 21. The time is yet to be determined. “We will initially get the program under way and expect that the time commitment will be two to three hours per volunteer, per month, depending upon the number of volunteers that we are able to encourage to help out,” Joyce said. “With respect to areas of concern, we are looking at the areas where there is any potential of higher speeds - such as Grafton Road, Adams Road, Sunset Road, Bowen Bay Road, Eaglecliff Road and the Seven Hills area. We are also likely to focus on the school zone near BICS,” Joyce said, adding that the program has potential on any road on Bowen as our speed limits are lower than those of the lower mainland.
Service agreement would ensure stable funding and accountability continued, PAGE 1
A cultural directory will focus on the island’s artistic and cultural offerings. Also part of the events will be a panel discussion that looks at how artists make a living, a Bowen Bohemia program that draws on the rich history of Lieben and musical performances that run through the summer months. The community is invited to celebrate by attending the birthday bash and events staged from April to September. BIAC’s executive director Jacqueline Massey explained that the festivities for the silver anniversary celebration were organized in addition to the arts council’s regular programming. “We received funding from the provincial and federal governments and are working with partners and sponsors. In the end, we are hoping to have something left to take us into the next 25 years,” she said, adding that two six-months employees were hired to the WorkBC Job Creation Partnership Program to help with the planning. “We want to make it clear that to secure the funding we had to demonstrate the support of the local government,” Massey said. “The silver anniversary is an example of how the arts council leverages the support of the municipality to create additional opportunities for investment in the local economy. We could not have been as successful as we are without your support.” The demonstrated consistent support from council has enabled BIAC to attract other funding, not just for the anniversary celebration but over the last 12 years, according to Massey, who showed a slide that illustrated
TI DE S
regular schedule
In effect Oct. 9, 2012- March 31, 2013
▼
5:30 am # 6:30 am 7:30 am 8:30 am 9:30 am 10:30 am 11:30 am 12:30 pm 3:00 pm 4:00 pm † 5:00 pm 6:00 pm 7:00 pm * 8:00 pm 9:00 pm 10:00 pm
VANCOUVER Horseshoe Bay 6:00 am 7:00 am 8:00 am 9:00 am † 10:00 am 11:00 am 12:00 pm 2:25 pm 3:30 pm 4:30 pm 5:30 pm 6:30 pm 7:30 pm * 8:30 pm 9:35 pm
Distance: 3 nautical miles crossing time: 20 minutes
Leave Horseshoe Bay
Leave Snug Cove
BOWEN ISLAND Snug Cove
HIGH FEET Fri.
#
Daily except sunDays anD statutory holiDays
*
Daily except saturDays
†
the WeDnesDay sailings Will be replaceD by Dangerous
the proportion of BIM funding against the total of the BIAC budget that has, since 2002, been much greater than the municipality’s contribution. Massey said that the numbers show that the arts council has very low overhead, a huge pool of volunteers and keeps investing the money back into community. “We are thankful for the municipality’s support and invite you to look at a new model that would benefit both BIM and BIAC,” Cram said, referring to a service agreement. She explained that stable, secure funding would enable better planning. It would also help to access and attract other grants and investments and give the municipality and taxpayers assurance that funding support is accountable, transparent and measurable. Massey added that this model would support the delivery of the cultural masterplan and cotribute to collaboration and a secure relationship between BIAC and the municipality’s community recreation office. As other benefits of a service agreement, she sees a formal agreement for block booking for the gallery by BIM for recreational and other uses. “It would also simplify administration and clarify budget development, especially if it’s combined with the visitor centre service agreement,” Massey said. BIAC’s end of the bargain includes the operating of the Gallery at Artisan Square and making it available to the public when it’s not used for arts council purposes, working collaboratively with the community recreation department to offer arts and cultural programming and assisting the municipality on advisory committees and in other capacities including cultural economic development.
H:10 L: 8
0738 2041 Sat. 0810 2148 Sun. 0846 2307 Mon. 0928
15.1 13.1 14.8 13.1 14.4 13.1 14.1
Tue.
13.5 13.5 13.8 13.1 14.1 12.8
0031 1022 Wed. 0147 1132 Thurs. 0248 1254
LOW FEET 0133 1426 0214 1513 0302 1605 0403 1702 0525 1806 0701 1914 0822 2019
6.9 4.6 8.2 4.3 9.2 3.9 10.2 3.6 11.2 3.6 11.2 3.6 10.5 3.6
In return, the municipality is asked to commit to annual funding that reinstates the core grant of $58,000 and an additional fee for the operation of the visitor centre and Cram added that she envisions the agreement to be set for a three-year term. Massey said that this is not a first time a service agreement has been considered and a draft was done in 2010 with [municipal] staff involvement. “[Drafting the agreement] would be a collaborative process that reflects what you want to see as well,” she said. Mayor Jack Adelaar suggested to bring the issue to the Finance Review Task Force to find out how it fits into the budget and strategic plan. Councillor Wolfgang Duntz said he can sympathize that BIAC wants a certain stability but that council has taken a very disciplined approach to public finances. “What speaks in your favour is the hiatus of [building a] performance space – we can’t see that being delivered during this term,” he said. “So it wouldn’t behoove us well to ignore [the service agreement]. The percentage of funding shows that you’ve been frugal with the use of public money.” Duntz believes that one of the criteria the finance committee looks at is “good value for public money” and commended BIAC on that part. Councillor Tim Rhodes expressed concerns about the precedent a service agreement would set for other organizations. Adelaar said that he understands that core funding is desirable as BIAC has been an “important part of island life and the island economy” but sees it as difficult to commit to a three-year term. “So many variables change year in, year out,” he added.
Places of Worship Welcome You BOWEN ISLAND UNITED CHURCH Rev. Shelagh MacKinnon
Service and Sunday School: 10:30 a.m. Collins Hall Bookings: Helen Wallwork Minister of Music: Lynn Williams
FOOD BANK DROP-OFF
BOWEN ISLAND COMMUNITy CHURCH Pastor Clinton Neal 1070 Miller Road 604-947-0384 Service 10:00 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m.
ST. GERARD’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH Mass: 10:30 a.m. Priest: Father James Comey
604-988-6304
CATES HILL CHAPEL www.cateshillchapel.com 604-947-4260
(661 Carter Rd.)
10:00 a.m. Worship • Sunday School: Tots to Teens Pastor: Dr. James B. Krohn
4 • FRIDAY MARCH 1 2013
WWW.BOWENISLANDUNDERCURRENT.COM Published & Printed by Black Press Ltd. at #102, 495 Government Road, Bowen Island, BC V0N 1GO
viewpoint
Off Broadway not off at all
EDITORIAL
Connectedness and acceptance
I
n some weeks, a theme emerges in the pages of the Undercurrent, like the Heritage Week or New Year’s issues, often through careful planning and discussing the content with community groups and leaders. At other times, themes emerge through submitted content that ends up on the editor’s desk seemingly at random. For this edition, it struck me that the prevailing topic is that of connectedness. Pauline LeBel and Paul Fast talk about new stories that focus on what connects rather than divides us. Paul Grescoe’s book review shines a light on compassion as a building block for society. Ted Spear’s talk about navigating school struck a nerve with parenting expert Kelly Matzen who wrote about the importance of a “cultivation of humanity.” To me, this looks like a common thread that arrives just in time when students wear pink to participate in the Pink Shirt Day, also called the Bullying Awareness Day.
To the Editor:
We may have seen the kids on the ferry going to school with pink scarves or T-shirts that say: Acceptance. And I bet for many that will have brought back not-so-happy memories. I know of many stories about bullying - it is a topic that finds wide resonance. A video by Shane Koyczan titled To This Day Project was viewed over five million times within a few days. But there is another video, this one also narrated by Koyczan that, to me, presents a message of hope. It’s called Educate the Heart and can be viewed at dalailamacenter.org/ educate-heart/watch-video. I see receiving all this material this week as a hopeful sign. Maybe there can be a future when bullying is not so prevalent and kids will wear pink on a special day to celebrate connectedness and acceptance rather than needing to raise awareness of something that hurts us all. Susanne Martin
The Write Stuff. The Undercurrent encourages reader participation in your community newspaper. You must include your full name and a daytime phone number (for verification only). The editor reserves the right to edit for clarity, legality, brevity and taste.
Who’s discussing garbage? To the Editor:
T
o echo the letter by Jim Cox in last week’s Undercurrent; I am all for less waste but the idea that anybody on this island can discuss waste management without involving Dave and Louise McIntosh of Bowen Waste Services, is absurd. They understand both the product and the people better than any of us and nobody should be discussing garbage without them in the room. Come on, get serious. Caro Johnson
Here’s how. To submit a letter to the editor, fax 604-947-0148 or mail it to #102, 495 Government Rd., PO Box 130, Bowen Island, BC V0N 1G0 or email editor@ bowenislandundercurrent.com. B.C. Press Council. The Undercurrent is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. Directors oversee the mediation of complaints, with input from both the newspaper and the complaint holder. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council. Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby St., Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 2R2. For information, phone 1-888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.
The Undercurrent is published every Friday by Black Press Group Ltd. All Advertising and news copy content are copyright of the Undercurrent Newspaper. All editorial content submitted to the Undercurrent becomes the property of the publication. The undercurrent is not responsible for unsolicited manuscripts, art work and photographs. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Periodical Fund (CPF) for our publishing activities.
B
illed as an ‘adult take on family life’ the recent run of Broadway on Bowen is about as far off of Broadway as you can get (except for perhaps the latest smash hit ‘Joyriders in Juneau: The Story of Harley Davidson Riders Journey Around the Alaskan Frontier’). And yet we were absolutely delighted to join the sold out crowds at last week’s performance. Thirty-two performers and musicians, plus some 11 others on the production team, and more than a dozen supporters in the community, including the phenomenal leadership of Gil Yaron and Heather Hodson. And what a superb job by all. My six year old son laughed and clapped enthusiastically, and my wife & I alternately laughed hard, and teared up with some stunning emotional performances. We expected a great time, and expected to have fun. We didn’t expect to be moved to tears multiple times (yep, including myself), with a gripping take on family, kids and life. Standout performances were many, including stunning songs by Brenna Rosen, Deborah Bramm, and Carrie Thiel, and a rousing closing song with the entire cast from the musical Rent called Season of Love. Simply put, winter is now the season of love for us for the cast and crew of Broadway on Bowen! Encore! Encore! Tom, Kelly and Tyler Matzen
Steamship days and island transport on agenda
Thanks for helping to make the magic happen Dear Editor:
I
would like to thank everyone who came out to see Broadway On Bowen last weekend. Your support has been truly overwhelming and humbling at the same time. To the entire cast, crew and musicians, I thank you all for your commitment and hard work. You made the magic happen. To our Bowen Island sponsors: Tuscany Restaurant, First Credit Union, Cates Pharmacy and The General Store, Andrew Todd Conservators, we thank you for your generosity and support. We couldn’t have done it without you. And to our off-island sponsors: North Shore Law, raumplus and Hemlock Printers, once again, we offer our sincere gratitude for helping us create Broadway Number 2. Our apologies to many of you who could not get tickets – we sold out all four shows in record time. We promise to do more shows next time around. Venues were simply not available. #102–495 Bowen Trunk Road, PO Box 130, Bowen Island BC, V0N 1G0 Phone: 604.947.2442 Fax: 604.947.0148 Deadline for all advertising and editorial: Monday, 4:00p.m. www.bowenislandundercurrent.com
When you have 27 members in the cast, four musicians and five technicians, scheduling a community theatre run on Bowen Island becomes a very complicated undertaking in itself. In fact, I’d call it a miracle! Finding ample, available, affordable rehearsal space is also a huge challenge. Although people were very accommodating to us, their priorities are to serve their own needs and those of their regular clients, thus we had to split up our rehearsals into four different spaces over the seven weeks. Sometimes it got very confusing. So guess what folks – what do you say we build a dedicated performance space? Bowen Island deserves to have a home for performance to call our own. If you build it – they will come, as my family did - spending more than $1,600 in one day on tickets, dinner, B & B, lunch and gifts at local businesses. And that’s how we all become winners. Heather Hodson. Broadway on Bowen producer
To the Editor:
A
very informative and productive meeting of the Bowen Island Chamber of Commerce was held at Evergreen Hall last Monday. President Rod Marsh thanked last year’s directors who stepped down and welcomed Theresa Anderson and Susan Pratt for joining the board. Following the formalities and introductions, the discussion went to Steamship Days that are in the first stages of creating and placing the committee and recruiting volunteers for the July 10 to14 event. The participation in the 2013 Vancouver Outdoor Adventure & Travel Show was discussed. Transportation was the last order of the evening and the conclusion of the discussion was that a municipal licensed hybrid shuttle/taxi would make a lot of sense. The evening ended with the welcome to new member Glen Cormier of the Bowen Island Pub and a thank-you to Maureen Armstrong for her hostpitality at Evergreen Hall. Maria Steerberg, B.I. Chamber manager
Editor
Advertising
Contributor
Publisher
Susanne Martin
Joanne Raymont
Marcus Hondro
Mary Kemmis 604.247.3702
Bowen Island Undercurrent Subscription Rates: Mailed 1 year Subscription (With in Canada) $65.00, including HST Newsstand (Single Copy) 75 cents per copy, including HST
editor@bowenislandundercurrent.com
ads@bowenislandundercurrent.com
publisher@bowenislandundercurrent.com 2011
Creative Manager: Jaana Bjork
CCNA
CANADIAN COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER AWARD 2011
FRIDAY MARCH 1 2013 • 5
WWW.BOWENISLANDUNDERCURRENT.COM
A fine story, followed by a fine mess slow lane
T
Marcus Hondro
here are two sections to this week’s offering and while seemingly disparate, there is a connection. A rather tenuous one, yes, but a connection. The one section is a fine story; the other is a fine mess. I once saw Bruce McCulloch live in a club in Toronto, this before his Kids in the Hall days, and he started out not so good. The joint was packed and while I don’t recall the material I do recall he was lousy, and it got very quiet. He gave the crowd an excuse: “I’m a props comic,” he told us. “But I left my props on the subway.” It went on, his being bad, and then he got good. Like really good. He had great material, great timing, he was really funny. Everyone was laughing. A guy I knew, Jerry Schaefer, was hosting that show and later asked McCulloch what happened up there. Jerry knew McCulloch to be good, he’d seen him before, and couldn’t figure out why the first 15 or so minutes were so flat-out bad. “I wanted to see how quiet I could get the room,” McCulloch told him. “To see how bad things could get and how long I could take being up there like that before trying to turn it around.” That, of course, took chutzpah. Guts, fortitude, moxie, whatever you call it. Could you do that? I don’t think I could. No. I couldn’t. It’s surely a reason Bruce McCulloch became so funny and successful. Whether it’s something we should all aspire to, to test ourselves so brazenly like that, I can’t say. It’s the stuff of champions though, I will say that. Now, for whatever reason, the above newsroom@bowenislandunder-
In addition to the cars waiting to unload and load, the traffic to and from the 7:30 a.m. ferry includes rushing teenagers, commuters with or without children in tow as well as bike riders, a recipe for chaos. Debra Stringfellow file photo story came to mind when I considered writing about the loading of the 7:30 a.m. ferry. Yes, that. I expect what links the two is this: we should not wait to see how bad it can get in Snug Cove at 7:30 a.m. on weekdays during the school year before we finally turn it around. I’ve gotten an eyeful of it this school year. When they are running late – they are often running late - I give the Lovely Monster and the Boy a ride down and it’s been a real eye opener. Sure, now and again I’ve caught the 7:30 a.m. myself during a weekday in the school year, but the occasional foray onto that sailing didn’t give me the full picture. And the full picture is this: chaos. There are cars unloading from the ferry followed by others loading, cars turning to drop people off and then get outta there, cars picking people up, cars looking to park, three school buses and the regular buses dropping passengers off and turning around to pick others up. There are also dozens of rushing students, many in a daze from a lack of sleep, scads of adults (occasionally with small kids) and even bike rid-
ers. I don’t want to overstate it but it can get so chaotic there’s an element of danger and it could lead to an accident, an issue that’s been brought up many times before. It seems to be getting more congested and a couple of weeks ago, I was told someone called in the RCMP to harness a particularly crazy morning, though I’m told that the call went in too late for them to arrive in time to help. Do I have a solution? No, not really. I’m more a criticize-guy, not so much a solution-guy. My solution would be for the muni to pay me 50 bucks each weekday morning to take this bullhorn they got down at the USSC Marina – being civic minded, I’m confident Dorothy and Rondy would lend it - and marshal the proceedings. They might not have that in their budget though. But if not that, then something else. Because, like Bruce McCulloch eventually did, it is surely time for us to decide that it needs to be turned around and collectively get around to doing just that. A tenuous connection, the one a fine story, the other a fine mess.
Conservancy clarifies position on NAPTEP and council’s statements Dear Editor:
D
uring the discussion about NAPTEP held by our elected officials at the February 18 council meeting, some statements were made that were truly remarkable and incorrect. We are writing this letter to correct some of the erroneous statements, and provide a more balanced perspective on NAPTEP. It was stated, at the meeting, that if we adopt NAPTEP here on Bowen Island, then we are giving money away, that we will have to pay the Islands Trust to administer the program, and that it will create “spot zoning for parks all over the island”. It was also stated that while other islands in the area may be interested in NAPTEP, here on Bowen Island we never were. Finally, more than once the insinuation was made that the Bowen Island Conservancy is attempting to force the adoption of NAPTEP, and that by doing so we are subverting council’s overall strategy. First of all, let’s address the issue of taxes and the reduction that might ensue from the adoption of NAPTEP. The program provides for a 65 per cent reduction in property taxes that is applicable only to that portion of land placed under a NAPTEP conservation covenant. It does not provide a blanket reduction in property tax payments for the landowner’s entire holding. And we should not expect that a huge number of NAPTEP applications will be made
each year: over a ten year period, we might see five or six successful applications, adding up to perhaps a $5,000 drop in municipal tax revenues by the end of the period. This is hardly an amount that will materially impact municipal programs. Second, applying for a NAPTEP covenant does not automatically mean that one will be granted. The land in question must meet specific criteria and be considered ecologically or geologically significant. Also, if a conservation covenant is granted, that land does not become a park; it is simply a protected area. Third, there is no special payment required from the municipality to the Islands Trust to administer the program. The Islands Trust Fund holds any resulting covenants, but the program is available to us at no cost. Fourth, there is, in fact, considerable interest in having NAPTEP available on Bowen Island. Besides interested residents (many of whom have no interest in making a NAPTEP application but would like to see the program available), our previous council agreed in principle to implement it in October 2011 (see resolution #11-273 from the October 11, 2011 regular council meeting). Lastly, we must address the insinuation about the Conservancy somehow meddling in council’s affairs. The Conservancy is a non-political organization, which may, from time to time, engage with council on
a specific issue related to the protection of the natural environment of Bowen Island. Of course, the Conservancy is very keen about conservation-related activities and programs, and NAPTEP is one such program. So, it would be completely remiss of the Conservancy to ignore the existence of the program, and we have, therefore, encouraged our members to make their views about NAPTEP known to council. We have no interest in subverting council’s agenda, and no desire to do so. In closing we wish to point to policy 43 in our Official Community Plan (OCP), which states: “The municipality will ...apply the Islands Trust Fund Natural Areas Protection Tax Exemption Program (NAPTEP) to promote conservation on private land.” While we recognize that the OCP is long and complex, it is a legal document that applies to the governance of our island, and some of our elected officials may wish to refamiliarize themselves with its contents. The board of the Bowen Island Conservancy Ellen Coburn Sharon Haggerty Andrea Kaufman Owen Plowman Nerys Poole Adrian van Lidth de Jeude Everhard van Lidth de Jeude Dennis Vetter
Philip Bement invites islanders to join the second, slightly harder round of Solve the Cipher. Submitted photo
Solve the Cipher 2
C
ongratulations to last cipher contest’s winner, Beth Legacy-Cole. Tanya Voormeijde Zwart came in as a close second. The first person to submit the correct solution to this week’s Cipher Contest will receive a gift certificate for Cocoa West. To enter, all you have to do is solve the cipher below and email your solution to the following address: bowenislandciphercontest@gmail.com People wanting to get a head start can check the online version of the Undercurrent which is published on Thursday afternoon or evening. Good luck. This cipher is a transposition cipher. It is in the basic rectangle form with columns transposed, and it is slightly harder than the previous cipher: TNESFMA-PITRWNU-ORGRATPRTTRDHE-BNATSGH-OTOCETEDS%NHOE-ERSGAMO-NWT%SEFIMTORNE-SCHI%PL-AOOAFAB-LOOIT%OEMNSNCP-EYLMTU%-STEETTR-HEHVBHT%ITSOIP-YYXAEIS-I% I am doing a project at school where I research a topic for a year, and then give a presentation about it. My topic of research is Codes and Ciphers, which is why I am doing this contest. If you have any questions, or would like to know more, please email them to the address above, and I will try to answer them as quickly as possible. Phillip Bement
SKY will discuss the most biographied man in the history of science
W
hen the Nazis came to power in 1933, one of the first acts was to set up an institute to produce biographies of Alexander von Humboldt. He was beautifully blonde and blue-eyed, the ideal Aryan. And such an accomplished man! Never mind that most of his Berlin friends were Jewish. Between 1933 and 1945, the Nazi period, many biographies of Humboldt appeared. Of course, when the communists took over East Germany, Humboldt’s support for the poor and oppressed – and even support for a short lived insurrection – made him a very attractive hero for Communist East Germany, and many more biographies followed. In all, there are just over 5,000 biographical publications on aspects of Humboldt’s life. On Monday, March 3, at 11 a.m., Kip Anastasiou will discuss this man whose name graces hundreds of locations and institutions world wide.
6 • FRIDAY March 1 2013
WWW.BOWENISLANDUNDERCURRENT.COM
The story of Paul & Pauline SUSANNE MARTIN Editor
T
heirs is a winter union – they met in their advanced years on Bowen Island. They were drawn to one another, yet they argued a lot. He’s a scientist, she is an artist and their views seemed to clash over almost everything. Until they sat down, turned on a tape recorder and held artist-scientist dialogues that changed their story. In a presentation and workshop on March 8, Pauline LeBel and Paul Fast share their experience of coming together, combining their respective narratives to make something beautiful: a brave new story that can change the world. Right at the beginning, Pauline takes charge of the interview with a storyteller’s skill of engaging the listener. Paul contributes mostly affirmations. “Ours is a very Bowen story because I met Paul on the island in 2002,” Pauline begins. She explains that, at that time, she was active in the Bowen Island Lifelong Learning Society (BILLS) and had become “hot into the cosmological story” by Brian Swimme. “It really appealed to me because this is a scientific story of the universe and why we are here. It reflects the eastern wisdom and the wisdom of traditional people about how we are intimately connected to every living and non-living thing,” Pauline says. “Then I got Paul involved.” “Paul was a scientist before he retired but he never talked about the science,” she continued. “I was invited to conferences in Berkeley and Hawaii. Paul came along and met other scientists.” Pauline noticed a change in him right away and told him, “You found your science brain again.” “I started to get that he’s got that science background and he wants to measure things. But he keeps himself at a distance, the typical impartial scientific observer,” she says, adding, “Well, I think that’s a lot of hooey.” Paul nodds his approval, “Now I think so too.” Pauline says that, for her, it’s all about deepening connections. “I’ve been an artist all my life,” she says. “I’m completely aware of how my environment affects me. For instance, I was coming to Bowen and the muses started to scream at me.” From the realization of having such different world views, the idea of holding artist-scientist dialogues was born. “It was amazing – I recommend it to anyone,” Pauline says with a laugh. “Even if you are both artists, or scientists or business people - it is a great exercise in listening to the other person and learning how they see things.” Pauline added with a laugh, “And I really got to vent.” Pauline had harboured a growing frustration with science and what it’s done and, at first, their sessions were very confrontational. “My first question to Paul was: ‘What’s so good about science?’ And he said, ‘Well, we study things. We learned how to split the atom.’ And I replied, ‘So science gave us the atomic bomb, thank you very much,’” Pauline recalls. The conversation then turned to the topic of making plastics (“You can imagine my response to that,” Pauline says), then to the space program. “Even in the early 60s, I was furious about the space program and all the money that was spent on it,” Pauline said. “Why are we going to the moon; why don’t we address what is wrong here on the planet?” She cannot suppress the irritation in her voice, the passion she feels about science’s not-so-wholesome contribution to today’s society that, in her view, still continues.
Paul Fast and Pauline LeBel come from different backgrounds and have different perspectives. But the common passion to change the story to one of connectedness has brought them together as a couple and as collaborators on a workshop titled Telling Better Stories. Will Husby photo
BOWEN
WEN INBO -HOU SE
GYMNASTICS GYMNASTICS EEET T ME MEETM IN-HOUSE
F E A TF U E ARTIUNRG INO GU OR UR
24 competitive gymnasts performing 24 competiti ve gymnasts performin g events: Olympic 4 all on events: Olympic 4 on all r
lt, Bars, Beam and Floo
Vau Vault, Bars, Beam and Floor SATURDAY Event starts at 1:15 pm by donation starts atis 1:15 pm AYHEvent SATURD 2 Admission MARC Admission is by donation
2 our gymnasts! RCHsupport MACome
Come support our gymnasts!
to sing along and make the sound of the universe. Then Paul talks about how ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny. “It is embryology,” Paul explains. “We look at how we develop in the mother’s womb and compare it to the way life developed over the last 3.5 billion years.” Paul calls this part of the talk “four billion years in nine months” and has prepared a slide presentation that shows different species at the same embryonic stage. “All the different fetuses, from duck to pig to fish, look so similar,” Pauline interrupts and Paul adds, “You can hardly tell the difference between humans and fish.” The images Paul shows include slides of a cell of an egg dividing into two, and a human egg with sperm attached to it. Pauline calls them “fantastic visuals.” She clarified that the presentation will take up the first hour and will be followed by a one-hour storytelling workshop. “The idea isn’t just to tell any story, the idea is to tell a story about our relationship with nature,” Pauline says. “If we don’t tell new and better stories about our relationship with the earth, we are going to continue trashing it.” The purpose of the workshop is to get people to look at the stories they tell and prompt them to tell stories about deep connections with the earth. “It’s not just that we are connected to the earth but we come out of the earth,” Pauline says. “I don’t just drink water – I am water. I don’t just breathe air – air is constantly flowing through me.” It’s been a learning process to recognize that level of connectedness, even for Paul, and Pauline says, “Although he learned all the science, he never connected it to his life. In our artist scientist dialogue, we talked about atoms and he kept pointing outward.” They feel good about having created a common understanding as well of a way to pass it on. And that is something they both have, the passion to work for a better, more sustainable future. And they have fun doing it. “If I can sing and dance, I can be part of the revolution, to rephrase Emma Goldman,” Pauline says. And Paul emphasizes that the new story they are telling - that we are connected, rather than separate - is a powerful one. “I have a benchmark for what is a true story. I ask: Is this story helpful and supports to me in living a wholesome and connected life to nature and people? If it is, then it’s a good story. If not, it’s not a good story,” The Bowen Island Community Festival Association is asking for input from Pauline says, adding that the community in selecting a new theme for Bowfest 2013. After receiving she will give advice on what to do with those numerous concerns about Zombie’s the board now invites islanders to kinds of stories. select one theme from the three listed here: Telling a Better Story 1) Tropics on the Rock (Hawaiian/Caribbean), will be held on Friday, March 8, at 7 p.m. at 2) Robots Rock, the Gallery at Artisan 3) Swiss Rock (in honor of Hank Strubin who so generously brought the Square. Admission bag pipers to Bowfest for well over 10 years and passed away in 2012) is by donation and the proceeds will go Email ymuzak@telus.net or call Yvonne 604 726 5277 to make a pick to the David Suzuki by March 15, 2013. All selections will be counted and the winning theme Foundation.
But the dialogues unearthed positive points as well. “And then Paul said what science has done is give us a bigger picture of the world,” Pauline recalls, “and I thought, OK, I get that because that’s what an artist hopes to do as well.” She clearly influenced Paul’s views but says that the scientific world still drives her nuts. From the dialogues came the desire to work together and an opportunity presented itself last year. “Paul and I became Suzuki Elders and were asked to participate in the Eldercollege at Capilano University,” Pauline said. “Of a six-part series, we did number 5. We called it Telling a Better Story.” Some of the topics in the series revolved around peak oil and technology, but it is Pauline’s belief that a solution to environmental challenges has to go beyond that. “We are not going to think our way out of this because it’s thinking that got us into this,” she says. She believes that to really tackle the issues that we face in today’s world, our stories have to change. “We have to look at the stories we have been telling ourselves, the 18th century science stories, the 19th century religious stories, the 20th century psychology stories, the big business stories. And what are these stories telling us? They tell us that we are separate isolated individuals in competition with everybody else for scarce resources,” Pauline says. “As long as we’re telling that story, we are going to have a lot of fear,” Pauline said, adding that at the same time, she was asked to write a book with a similar focus. It is called Becoming Intimate with the Earth and will come out in a couple of months. What followed was a lot of research about good new stories. “Some of the good new stories are scientific stories,” Pauline said. “Some of them are coming from neuroscientists about how we are wired to cooperate and care.” The couple’s presentation at the Eldercollege was so well received that Paul and Pauline decided to take it on the road. “And Bowen is our first stop,” Paul adds. Pauline explains the format of the workshop. She starts by singing and telling the universe story, inviting the audience
SATURDAY AUGUST 31, 2013
announced March 16th.
FRIDAY March 1 2013 • 7
WWW.BOWENISLANDUNDERCURRENT.COM
Students and teachers at Island Pacific School proudly participated in Pink Shirt Day, also called Bullying Awareness Day, on Wednesday, February 27. They wore pink or shirts that said ‘acceptance’ to show that they are prepared to take steps to tackle the problem of bullying. Submitted photo
Ted talks - navigating schools in the age of transition KELLY MATZEN spEciaL to thE UndErcUrrEnt
W
hether you choose to go the path of homeschooling, public school or private school, as a parent, you absolutely need to homeschool. This is the message I got from the talk “Navigating Schools in the Age of Transition” by the founder and principal of Island Pacific School, Bowen Island’s independent middle school, Ted Spear. Fortunately, this does not necessarily mean endless math drills, nor pulling children out of their current school to become homeschoolers. What it does mean is taking the reins of our children’s academic and particularly emotional learning into our hands and ensure that more than just the basic skills are covered. Tall order? Yes, especially with our busy lives and schedules. Critically needed? Again, yes. As an International Baccalaureate education provider, Ted shared two of his deepest fears that keep him worrying late into the night. These are the new academic facts that: 1. Homeschoolers are now admitted into Ivy Leagues Schools like Harvard and Yale (see www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/01/26/howmy-child-went-from-home-school-to-harvardand-yours-can-too). 2. The continual and massive emergence of completely free open online courses means
that now anyone with access to the internet can receive a basic education. Providers such as the innovative Khan Academy boast over a million individual students each month to learn basic math to quantum physics online. Suddenly, knowledge that had been reserved for top students, top schools and often a certain economic bracket has been thrown wide open to all with a simple click of a mouse. But is it really this simple? Can we all just get a decent education online? Ted doesn’t think so. The emergence of homeschooling and online courses show that schools need to better support children’s needs in an increasingly changing world where their future is not nearly so much paint-by-number as it was a mere few generations ago. That’s why he sees the need for a marriage of academia with what he calls “a cultivation of humanity” that intends to free a person from ignorance and supports them in the fullest expression of what it means to be a human being. This type of liberal education requires a shift from pure skill focus to more of a virtue or attribute focus. This is why Ted wishes that each student will leave his school with a good head on his or her shoulders. Where does this leave us as parents wanting the best for our kids and their academic future? Some of us have our own fears about making a wrong decision about our children’s education.
Ted suggests that educators should “compliment what parents are doing.” This means that no matter what school your child goes to, it is up to us parents to take responsibility for our children’s education with conscious intention and pragmatic action. What does this look like in the lives of such parents and hectic schedules? Ted suggests that parents need to provide three main essentials: 1. To equip children for the changing times with critical thinking and wisdom. 2. To inspire children to maintain their deep curiosity. 3. To support children in achieving their own personal excellence by not only “doing well” but also “being well”. Yikes! This strikes me as a tall order for some of us who sometimes do all we can to just get through the day. But merely focusing on getting through our days does not mean empowering our children to thrive in life. For Ted, one way to facilitate this cultivation of compassion and humanity at home means peppering dinner conversations with rich inquiry and discussion and the occasional, “So what do you think about that?” This, of course, presupposes that we are actually sitting down together long enough minus screens and texting interruptions to have meaningful discussions. One of my dear
friends would regularly bring a newspaper article to discuss at the dinner table each night with her preschoolers. In addition to sharing dinners with family, this could mean inviting interesting conversationalists to the table. Fortunately, for us living on Bowen, there seems to be an abundance of these people. Another thing Ted suggests is that we don’t just leave the field trips to our children’s schools. He recommends to take the time as a family to go to museums, galleries, planetariums or the latest IMAX show and include a little conscious discussion. This can be as simple as framing your outing with a brief statement such as, “I read the show is about polar bears. I wonder if it is about global warming or just how they live?” Then book-end your trip with: “So, it actually was about global warming. What did you think about it?” The key is inquiry, musings and critical thinking. For some of us, we may already be doing these things. For others, it may be a good reminder to be more involved in our children’s daily musings, using life and our experience as opportunities for rich learning. One thing I know is that whether or not a child goes to a traditional school, it is in our best interest to supplement the education with some creative homeschooling discussion.
· Toe-tappin’ Tunes · Red Hot Harmonies · High Lonesome Sounds
Back on Bowen! The legend...the myth...
The Lawn Dogs
Fiddle! Banjo! Mandolin! Guitar! Bass! Wow!
Bowen Island Pub Saturday, 9 March, 2013 8:30 pm Proudly Part of the Bowen Community since 1977.
604-947-BPUB (2782)
8 • FRIDAY March 1 2013
WWW.BOWENISLANDUNDERCURRENT.COM
Wisdom and compassion – building blocks of society
The Dalai Lama and Victor Chan take a stroll outside of the Dalai Lama’s residence during a break in one of their interview sessions that led to two books: The Wisdom of Forgiveness (2004) and The Wisdom of Compassion (2012). Susanne Martin photo
PAUL CRESCOE sPeciAL to the UndercUrrent
I
’ve known Victor Chan since Audrey and I moved to Bowen nearly two decades ago when this particle physicist from Hong Kong was improbably running a restaurant in Snug Cove. We soon found that Victor had yet another side to him as he revealed his deep Buddhist beliefs and his respect for the Dalai Lama. Now he has written his second book in collaboration with the exiled spiritual leader of the Tibetan people, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his decades-long nonviolent campaign to end China’s domination of his homeland. In The Wisdom of Compassion: Stories of Remarkable Encounters and Timeless Insights, he tells of his first meeting with the Dalai Lama in India in 1972. While the Buddhist monk kept giggling at Victor’s hippie-like appearance, he assured his visitor that he didn’t hate the Chinese but considered them his brothers and sisters. They met again in London in 1994 when the Dalai Lama accepted a gift of Victor’s just-published, comprehensive Tibet Handbook: A Pilgrimage Guide. And then in Indianapolis five years later, Victor brought his family-Susanne and their daughters, Lina and Kira-to attend a talk by the Dalai Lama. Threeyear-old Kira followed her father in prostrating herself three times on the floor too as her mom’s eyes brimmed with tears. The Dalai Lama soon agreed to co-author his first book with Victor, The Wisdom of Forgiveness: Intimate Conversations and Journeys.
In 2005, Victor founded the Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education in Vancouver. I had put him in touch with Gwyn Morgan, the CEO of the petroleum giant EnCana, who had embraced the tenets of Buddhism and visited the Buddha’s birthplace in Nepal. Morgan agreed to be an advisor for the Centre. In The Wisdom of Compassion, Victor’s accessible prose propels the reader with scene-setting descriptions and detail of the personalities and backgrounds of the people who dialogue with the man who was chosen as a child to become the 14th Dalai Lama. Among them was Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, whom Victor invited to the Vancouver Peace Summit in 2009. Like Morgan, Abed was also a senior
executive at an energy company-Shell Oil, operating in what was then East Pakistan. He later founded BRAC, the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, which pioneered microfinancing there, lending $5 billion to eight million women while opening 37,000 schools, mostly for girls. His efforts have since expanded to Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, five African nations and Haiti. Both Abed and the Dalai Lama came away from that conference learning from one another. Susan Davis, the founding president of BRAC USA, later told Victor: “Abed and I have been profoundly inspired by the Dalai Lama. We were moved by his call to find better ways to translate compassion into action . . . We believe that educating the heart is critical.”
STREET BANNER DESIGN
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS $5,995
Bowen Island Arts Council is celebrating its 25th year of service to our island community. We invite artists to submit design proposals for professionally printed street banners. Two designs will be selected to commemorate the
Silver Anniversary Celebration and installed during BC Arts & Culture Week April 21-27 2013
Artists whose work is selected will be awarded $400 honorarium. “25 years of supporting and promoting the arts on Bowen Island”
DEADLINE MARCH 12, 2013 visit www.biac.ca for more information The Classical Concert Series Presents The TheClassical ClassicalConcert ConcertSeries SeriesPresents Presents The Classical Concert Series Presents
2001 SUBARU IMPREZA Green with grey interior NO ACCIDENTS. FULLY INSPECTED. TIRES ARE 85% TREAD –ALMOST BRAND NEW!
. Viaduct Terminal Ave Vancouver City Center
H
1st Ave.
2nd Ave. 3rd Ave.
4th Ave.
COMMERCIAL DRIVE
autoform performance inc 1885 Clark Drive Vancouver B.C. V5N 3G5 604.877.0800 autoformco.ca
WIN a natural gas barbecue ❱❱ Vote for your favourite new or renovated project in the GVHBA OVATION AWARDS - PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD contest!
CLARK DRIVE
H Minutes from the North Shore.
Choose your favourite and you could
courtesy of FortisBC!
• Automatic transmission • 2.2L 4-cyl. engine • Up to 20 cty/27 hwy mpg • All-wheel drive Call Rossi Thomas today 604.340.9937 rossi@autoformco.ca
Victor describes another conference, in New Delhi in 2011, when a group of CEOs, writers, social entrepreneurs and philanthropists from around the globe met with the Dalai Lama. Among them was Zainab Salbi, the Iraqi daughter of Saddam Hussein’s personal pilot. Rebelling at the strictures of her society, she founded Women for Women, which has given about $90 million to about 270,000 poor women in Middle Eastern and African war zones. The book chronicles both famous and lesserknown characters who meet regularly with the Dalai Lama. He and his friend Desmond Tutu horse around on stage before the revered South African archbishop points out that “religion is of itself neither good nor bad: Christianity has produced the Ku Klux Klan. Christianity has produced those who killed doctors that perform abortions.” Paul Ekman, the renowned scientist whose reading of facial expressions inspired the TV crime series Lie to Me, accompanied his daughter to India, where she wanted to meet the Dalai Lama-who held her father’s hand while speaking with her. In later encounters, the two men became so close that Ekman says, “I feel that he is the younger brother I never had.” Richard Moore isn’t a household name in North America, but he is overseas. In 1972, as a 10-year-old in Northern Ireland, he was blinded by a British soldier’s rubber bullet during the terrible civil war called the Troubles. Despite his infirmity, Moore grew up with forgiveness and founded Children in Crossfire, an organization operating in 14 embattled countries to run projects that range from creating safe-water systems to rehabilitating child soldiers. In 2000, he spoke at a conference in Belfast discussing CatholicProtestant reconciliation. The Dalai Lama was a prominent guest there, and after hearing the story of the Irishman’s compassion, he said, “Richard Moore is my hero.” Seven years later, Moore invited the Dalai Lama back to Belfast as the keynote speaker at a conference on the rights of children. This time, Victor Chan brought his elder daughter, Lina, who was producing a film about the Troubles as a Grade 9 project at IPS. She wanted to interview Richard Moore and his mother. And she was there when Moore told her and her dad that he’d found the soldier who had shot him and would like them to meet him. “In the end,” Victor writes, “it was my daughter, Lina, the enterprising 13-year-old filmmaker, who managed to buttonhole the soldier in the hotel corridor. Against all odds, she was the only person who succeeded in interviewing him, and I was allowed to tag along.” Summing up the title of his new book, Victor Chan says, “For the Dalai Lama, compassion and wisdom are the fundamental building blocks of society. In our homes and in our schools, he believes, we should systematically nurture a culture of warmheartedness, a culture of kindness. They are essential elements, critical to having a happy life.” The Wisdom of Compassion: Stories of Remarkable Encounters and Timeless Insights (Riverhead Books)
3
With Heny Janawati, Taylor Pardell, Richard Epp With Heny Janawati, Taylor Pardell, Richard Epp With Heny Janawati, Taylor Pardell, Richard Epp
ClassicalTrio Trio $45 adult Classical With Heny Janawati, Taylor Pardell, Richard Epp Classical Trio $45adult adult Sunday, March 4, 2013 $45
$20 youth Sunday, Sunday,March March4,4,2013 2013 $20 $20youth youth $45 adult Tickets available at • Doors open at 2:45 p.m. Sunday, March 4, 2013 Tickets available • •Doors open atat2:45 p.m. Tickets availableatat $20 youth open 2:45 p.m. the door. • Doors Concert begins at 3:30 p.m. the • •Concert begins atat3:30 Cates Hill Chapel thedoor. door. Concert begins 3:30p.m. p.m. Cates Hill Chapel Classical Trio Cates CatesHill HillChapel Chapel
Tickets available at • Doors open atour 2:45sponsor p.m. We thank & donors! our Wethank thank our sponsor donors! • begins Ann Ramsay & Chris Pollard the door. •We Concert atsponsor 3:30 p.m.&&donors! We
• • Ann Ramsay & Chris Pollard • Ann Ramsay & Chris Pollard Bud & Nan Massender • • Bud & Nan Massender • Bud & Nan Massender Allen Feider • • Allen Feider thank our sponsor & Allen Feider • Ann Ramsay & Chris Pollard • Bud & Nan Massender • Allen Feider
donors!
❱❱ Vote online… http://bit.ly/2013GVHBA
FRIDAY March 1 2013 • 9
WWW.BOWENISLANDUNDERCURRENT.COM
Your pennies can make girls in Ghana smile.
Submitted photo
Donate your pennies to Bowen shares
T The Tiny and Tall show can only be seen this week, until Sunday, March 3, at the Gallery at Artisan Square. Submitted photo
Tiny and tall JANET ESSEIVA GAllEry ArTisAN squArE
O
ver 60 students from the Island Discovery Learning Community are represented at the Gallery at Artisan Square, sharing miniature and larger than life themes. They are between five and 15 years old and explore their interpretations of
tiny and tall, covering issues like wanting to be taller, being in the moment, laughing and encouraging adults to laugh more, walking in someone else’s shoes, inviting and repelling environments, dancing and believing in fairies. The Tiny and Tall show runs until Sunday, March 3, and the Gallery is open from noon to 4 p.m. every day. Don’t miss it.
tories built, books donated and school fees have been provided. Currently, the money we raise goes toward supporting female students who wish to pursue education outside of the orphanage school past Grade 9 – $1,000 will pay for residency and tuition for two students. So if you see a jar at one of your neighbourhood stores, lighten your pockets, donate your pennies and feel good about the money going to a good cause. If you feel moved to donate more than pennies, you can give to Bowen Shares through our account at the First Credit Union, Bowen Island branch.
he end of an era – the end of the penny – no more penny candies (wait, those were gone a long time ago), no more $1.99 days. From now on, we round up or down when we buy something and the difference is absorbed by the store or the shopper. Many people have jars and pockets full of pennies that are now being phased out. So what to do with all those pennies? Why not give them to a good cause? Bowen Shares is one of those causes. Bowen Shares is a not-for-profit organization that gives money to an orphanage in Ghana called the Royal Seed Home. Over the years, Bowen islanders have volunteered at the home and sent money to help with many projects. Food has been provided, dormi-
Pam Matthews, Andrea Bastin and Jen Henrichsen on behalf of Bowen Shares
BOWEN BUSINESS BULLETIN BOARD Dee Elliott Personal Real Estate Corporation MEDALLION CLUB 4 YEARS
HealtH& Wellness
James Goldfarb r.m.t rmtbc 05279
body Vitality massage therapy call call or text
604.288.2860 250.726.8080
available every sat. sun. & mon. on Cowan rd. (Just past willy's way)
Dr. Dana Barton
Naturopathic Physician 596 B. Artisan Square
604-730-1174 Natural Family Medicine
Bowen Island wellness centre 604-947-9755 Catherine Shaw
Dr. Utah Zandy 604-947-9830 Call for appointment open monday, WedneSday & friday
BLOOD TESTS, URINE TESTS OR ECGS
Dr. Gloria Chao
Diana Romer MEd, RCC
Family Dentist
Artisan Square • 604-947-0734 Alternate Fridays 10am-4:30pm Horseshoe Bay • 604-921-8522
6:45 - 9:00 A.M. EVERY THURSDAY DR. ZANDY'S OFFICE
Counselling TherapisT Bowen and West Van offices
604.290.6407
Dr. traditional Chinese Medicine/acupuncturist
www.bowenislanddental.com
Deromer@shaw.ca www.clearhorizon.ca
❦ Mary MCDonagh
Dr. Susanne Schloegl
Chiropractor
reg. Massage therapist Classical homeopath
❦ SanDy Logan
registered Physiotherapist
M.D.
Open Mon. Wed. Thurs. Fri.
Call for an appointment Artisan Square
604-947-9986
Dr. Tracy Leach, D.C.
575 Artisan Lane Wednesday Call for an appointment
(778) 828-5681
Macdonald Realty Cel: 604-612-7798 Toll Free: 1-866-612-7798 Email: dee_elliott@yahoo.com Web: www.bowenhomes.ca
Corbin
Also:
Baseboards, Bannisters, Balustrades! Bathrooms, Bedrooms, Basements! Crown Mouldings, Ceilings, Crawl Spaces! Doors, Dining Rooms, Dens! Feature Walls, Foyers, Corbin Family Rooms! Kitchens, Kennels, Kiosks! "...Let me asse rt Room my firm f s, Laundry s, Livinbelie g Room Keeps that the only thingLoft wes! have to ries, tParlo From Floors to Fascias! urs, Porches! paint, isPant pain itsel Stairwells, Studies,f!" Painting! - Fran Sunrooms! klin Decorat or
Keeps
BOWEN
BOWEN VETERINARY VETERINARY VIC SER ESES VIC SER Serving the pets, people and wildlife of Bowen Island since 1999
l Fully equipped, modern veterinary hospita) (Surgery • X-rays • laboratory • endoscopy
• dentistry
24/7 Emergency service Intensive care House Calls are available Boat service to Howe Sound Wildlife rescue and medicine
Office: (604) 947-9247 Emergency pager: (604) 806-2244 bowenvet.com
Painting!
t (To name butRoll a few...erfel )
604-947-9454 corbinkeep@telus.net
Dr. Sandra L Madden, DVM 604-786-1641 drsandra@myvetvancouver.ca www.myvetvancouver.ca Consultations on Bowen Island every Friday by appointment. .......veterinary care in the comfort of your home.
Power Equipment Repair & Main
tenance
Chris Buchanan, Certificate of Trad
es Training
621 Buchanan Road (604) 219 – 6556 Bowen Island chris-buchanan@live.com British Columbia V0N 1G2 buchananrepairs.com
10 Friday March 1 2013
WWW.BOWENISLANDUNDERCURRENT.COM
FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS
EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION
PERSONAL SERVICES
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
INDEX IN BRIEF FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS . . . . . . . . . 1-8 COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS . . . . 9-57 TRAVEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61-76 CHILDREN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80-98 EMPLOYMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102-198 BUSINESS SERVICES . . . . . . . . . . 203-387 PETS & LIVESTOCK . . . . . . . . . . . 453-483 MERCHANDISE FOR SALE . . . . . . 503-587 REAL ESTATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603-696 RENTALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703-757 AUTOMOTIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 804-862 MARINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903-920
7
OBITUARIES
114
DRIVERS/COURIER/ TRUCKING
robin@spruce hollowheavyhaul.com
130
HELP WANTED
bcclassified.com cannot be responsible for errors after the first day of publication of any advertisement. Notice of errors on the first day should immediately be called to the attention of the Classified Department to be corrected for the following edition. bcclassified.com reserves the right to revise, edit, classify or reject any advertisment and to retain any answers directed to the bcclassified.com Box Reply Service and to repay the customer the sum paid for the advertisment and box rental.
DISCRIMINATORY LEGISLATION Advertisers are reminded that Provincial legislation forbids the publication of any advertisement which discriminates against any person because of race, religion, sex, color, nationality, ancestry or place of origin, or age, unless the condition is justified by a bona fide requirement for the work involved.
COPYRIGHT Copyright and/or properties subsist in all advertisements and in all other material appearing in this edition of bcclassified.com. Permission to reproduce wholly or in part and in any form whatsoever, particularly by a photographic or offset process in a publication must be obtained in writing from the publisher. Any unauthorized reproduction will be subject to recourse in law.
TIMESHARE
CANCEL YOUR TIMESHARE. NO Risk Program STOP Mortgage & Maintenance Payments Today. 100% Money Back Guarantee. FREE Consultation. Call Us NOW. We Can Help! 1-888-356-5248
76
VACATION SPOTS
$449 CABO SAN LUCAS, ALL INCLUSIVE SPECIAL! Stay 6 Days in a Luxury Beachfront Resort with Meals & Drinks! For $449! www.luxurycabohotel.com 888-4819660
108 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES $294.00 DAILY MAILING POSTCARDS! Guaranteed Legit Work. Register Online! www.ThePostcardGuru.com ZNZ Referral Agents Needed! $20$95/Hr! www.FreeJobPosition.com Multiple $100 Payments To Your Bank! www.SuperCashDaily.com More Amazing Opportunities @ www.LegitCashJobs.com ACCOUNTING & TAX FRANCHISE - Start your own Practice with Canada’s leading Accounting Franchise. Join Padgett Business Services’ 400 practices. Taking care of small business needs since 1966. www.padgettfranchises.ca or 1888-723-4388, ext. 222. GET FREE VENDING MACHINES Can Earn $100,000.00 + Per Year. All Cash-Retire in Just 3 Years. Protected Territories. Full Details CALL NOW 1-866-668-6629 Website WWW.TCVEND.COM Help Wanted!!! Make $1000 a week mailing brochures from home! FREE Supplies! Helping HomeWorkers since 2001! Genuine Opportunity! No experience required. Start Immediately! www.mailing-group.com
ON THE WEB:
GUARANTEED Job Placement: General Laborers and Tradesmen For Oil & Gas Industry. Call 24hr Free Recorded Message For Information 1-800-972-0209
LABOURERS
STAVE LAKE Cedar Mills, in Dewdney, BC is looking for labourers and experienced shingle packers. These are full time positions and require heavy lifting. Apply by fax at 604-826-2379 or email at cnorthrop@stavelake.com. Call Colin at 604-826-6764 for more information.
160
TRADES, TECHNICAL
COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT & DIESEL ENGINE MECHANICS Required for Cullen Diesel Power Ltd. and Western Star & Sterling Trucks of Vancouver Inc. Positions avail. in Surrey. Cummins, Detroit Diesel and MTU engine experience considered an asset.
Union Shop ~ Full Benefits. Forward Resume to Fax: 604-888-4749 E-mail:ars@cullendiesel.com EXPERIENCED PARTS PERSON for a progressive auto/industrial supplier. Hired applicant will receive top wages, full benefits and RRSP bonuses plus moving allowances. Our 26,000ft2 store is located 2.5 hours N.E. of Edmonton, Alberta. See our community at LacLaBicheRegion.com. Send resume to: Sapphire Auto, Box 306, Lac La Biche, AB, T0A 2C0. Email: hr@sapphireinc.net.
FITTER/FABRICATOR
109 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES TRAIN TO BE AN Apartment/ Condominium Manager at home! We have jobs across Canada. Thousands of graduates working. 32 years of success! Government certified. www.RMTI.ca or 1-800-665-8339, 604-681-5456
114
Advertise across Advertise across the the Advertise across the Lower Mainland Lower Mainland in in lower mainland in the 18 18 best-read the best-read thecommunity 17 best-read community communityand newspapers newspapers and newspapers. dailies. 53 dailies. ON THE WEB:
FULL TIME Positions. Wanted skilled fiberglass shop workers, enumeration to follow skill level, benefit package will be included after 3 months. Must have own transportation can start immediately (full time positions) please send resume to precisionfibre@gmail.com (Port Kells location)
138 EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION
DRIVERS/COURIER/ TRUCKING
260
ELECTRICAL
Borrow Against Your Vehicle!
Maple Ridge shop req. full time Fitter/Fabricator with specific pressure vessel/heat exchanger experience. Can interpret shop dwgs is well versed in layout, fitting and tacking of pressure vessel tube and shell heat exchangers & tanks w/minimum supervision. Competitive Salary, with Benefits Including Pension. Please e-mail resume emmfg.com PYRAMID CORPORATION is now hiring! Instrument Technicians and Electricians for various sites across Alberta. Send resume to: hr@pyramidcorporation.com or fax 780-955-HIRE.
• MONEY TODAY! • Instant Approvals • No Credit Checks • Privacy Assured
www.topdogloans.com 604.503.BARK (2275) DROWNING IN DEBTS? Helping Canadians 25 years. Lower payments by 30%, or cut debts 70% thru Settlements. AVOID BANKRUPTCY! Free consultation. bcclassified.com www.mydebtsolution.com or Toll Free 1 877-556-3500
C & C Electrical Mechanical • ELECTRICAL • FULL PLUMBING SERVICES • HVAC GAS FITTING *Free Est. *Licensed *Insured 24hr. Emergency Service
287
NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com PRESA CANARIO P/B UKC, fawn Both parents approx 150 lbs. $950. Call 604-302-2357
No Credit Checks! www.PitStopLoans.com 604-777-5046
PUG avail for stud service. He is a rare silver male, purebred but not registered, $700 or puppy back. Also Golden retriever (not reg.) avail for stud $600 (OFA hips and cert eyes) Mission 604-820-4827
LEGAL SERVICES
SHELTIE SABLE PUP 1F, white body + spots D.O.B. Oct 19th Sweet & loveable 604-826-6311
320
MOVING & STORAGE
1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING. Real Professionals, Reasonable. Rates. Different From the Rest. 604-721-4555. GET the BEST for your MOVING From $45/hr Licensed & Insured Senior Discount 778-773-3737
WANT A VEHICLE BUT STRESSED ABOUT YOUR CREDIT? $500 cash back to pay off Christmas bills. Good credit/Bad credit. www.creditdrivers.ca 1-888-593-6095.
245
CONTRACTORS
EXP CLASS 1 TEAM DRIVERS Earn up to $6500/mo. Send resumes mj@synergytruckingltd.com Fax:604-598-3497
If you own a home or real estate, ALPINE CREDITS can lend you money: It’s That Simple. Your Credit / Age / Income is NOT an issue. 1.800.587.2161.
182
FINANCIAL SERVICES
PETS
CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866
Cash same day, local office.
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
PETS
BERNESE Mountain Dog Puppies. Vet checked with first shots and ready for loving homes. $975. Langley area. 778-241-5504.
Own A Vehicle?
Shepherd x, spayed female, all shots, 7 mos. asking $400. Call (604)847-0171 Shihtzu(3/4) Papillon x pups, 3m tri-colour, dewclawed, deworm, home raised with both parents. $300 604-795-6552
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE 548
FURNITURE
MATTRESSES starting at $99
329 PAINTING & DECORATING www.paintspecial.com 604.339.1989 Lower Mainland 604.996.8128 Fraser Valley
• Twins • Fulls • Queens • Kings 100’s in stock! www.Direct Liquidation.ca (604)294-2331 *NEW QUEEN MATTRESS SET* Pillow Top in Plastic. Mfr. Warranty Must Sell $200 ~ 604-484-0379
560
MISC. FOR SALE
Running this ad for 8yrs
PAINT SPECIAL 3 rooms for $299, 2 coats any colour (Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale Premium quality paint. NO PAYMENT until Job is completed. Ask us about our Laminate Flooring & Maid Services.
338
PLUMBING
FULL PLUMBING SERVICES • Hvac Gas Fitting • Electrical *Free Est. *Licensed *Insured 24hr. Emergency Service
C & C Electrical Mechanical
604-475-7077
353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS
Eastcan Roofing & Siding •New Roofs •Re-Roofs •Repairs Liability Insurance/BBB/10% off with ad
604.562.0957 or 604.961.0324 GL ROOFING. Cedar shakes, Asphalt shingles, flat rfs. Cln Gutters $80. Liability Insur. 1-855-240-5362
560
HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?
MISC. FOR SALE
SAWMILLS from only $3997 MAKE MONEY & SAVE MONEY with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT
STEEL BUILDINGS/METAL BUILDINGS 60% OFF! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca
563
477
Borrow Up To $25,000
CRIMINAL RECORD? Don’t let it block employment, travel, education, professional, certification, adoption property rental opportunities. For peace of mind & a free consultation call 1-800-347-2540.
www.treeworksonline.ca 10% OFF with this AD
BEAGLES, 12’’ size, born Dec 25, tri colour 3 F, 3 M, $650. (604)3160376, tobyscardetail@hotmail.com
Need CA$H Today?
CLASS ACTION Claim Support Vioxx, others. The Nurses at The Optio Group will help prove your claim and get you the money you deserve.1-855-939-0499; Claims@TheOptioGroup.ca; www.TheOptioGroup.ca.
604-787-5915/604-291-7778
HOME IMPROVEMENTS
MONEYPROVIDER.COM. $500 Loan and +. No Credit Refused. Fast, Easy, 100% Secure. 1-877-776-1660.
188
• Tree Trimming • Fully Insured • Best Rates
604-475-7077
PERSONAL SERVICES
CLASSICAL/ACOUSTIC Guitar Lessons. T: 778-862-2727, E: SoloAcousticGuitar@gmail.com www.SoloAcousticGuitar.com
TREE SERVICES
removal done RIGHT!
CLASS 1 DRIVERS BC/AB WE ARE HIRING! OWNER OPERATORS Permanent positions open. Lots of miles, great pay and benefits package. New equipment with lease opportunity EXPAND YOUR CAREER! Contact: George Costello PH: 1-877-914-0001 WWW.TRANSX.COM
374
TREE & STUMP
GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877987-1420. www.pioneerwest.com
TRAVEL 74
FINANCIAL SERVICES
YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899
HEAVY HAUL DRIVERS F/T Class 1 Heavy Haul Drivers required. 1 year low bed experience & ability to cross border a must. Please email DRIVER’S ABSTRACT with resume to:
AGREEMENT It is agreed by any Display or Classified Advertiser requesting space that the liability of the paper in the event of failure to publish an advertisement shall be limited to the amount paid by the advertiser for that portion of the advertising space occupied by the incorrect item only, and that there shall be no liability in any event beyond the amount paid for such advertisement. The publisher shall not be liable for slight changes or typographical errors that do not lessen the value of an advertisement.
182
MISC. WANTED
WWW.BOWENISLANDUNDERCURRENT.COM
REAL ESTATE 627
HOMES WANTED
TRANSPORTATION 810
AUTO FINANCING
TRANSPORTATION 810
Friday March 1 2013 11
TRANSPORTATION
AUTO FINANCING
838
RECREATIONAL/SALE
1996 22’ SLUMBER QUEEN 5th wheel. Interior like new, has to be seen to appreciate. New stereo, back up camera, new HD antenna, m/w, a/c. Includes hitch. $5,500. 604-625-7761 Aldergrove.
WE BUY HOUSES Damaged House? Pretty House? Moving? Divorcing? Estate Sale? We Will Buy Your House, Quick Cash & Private! Mortgage Too High & House Won’t Sell? Can’t Make Payments? We Lease Your House, Make Your Payments & Buy It Later!
845
SCRAP CAR REMOVAL
The Scrapper
604.657.9422
www.webuyhomesbc.com
639 REAL ESTATE SERVICES • DIFFICULTY SELLING ? • DifďŹ culty Making Payments? No Equity? Expired Listing? Penalty? We Take Over Payments! No Fees! www.GVCPS.ca / 604-786-4663
830
vhgfhgfhfh
MOTORCYCLES
AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Minimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673
2007 HARLEY SPORTSTER
DreamTeam Auto Financing “0� Down, Bankruptcy OK Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals
Factory custom, 74 cube (1200) big bore by Denco Cycle, Bassani pipe, windshield, sissy bar, leather bags. 27,000km, one old guy owner, $7450 obo (604)817-1945
58
UNCLASSIFIED
ARTISAN EATS Cafe is HIRING Part Time Counter Attendants with some cafe experience. Fair wages and a friendly working environment. Must be able to work most weekends. Also hiring a Sunday dishwasher. email info@artisaneats.ca FOR RENT
2 bdrm with ocean/mtn views. New suite, full furn. & equipped. Walking distance to ferry. $1800. Avail. immed. long or short term 604-908-9112 For Rent: Detached 1 bed suite. 4 appliances/inc.utilities. on bus route Mid Island. Avail April 1 $800/mo. To view - 947-9752 For Rent: newly renovated, family home in Tunstall Bay, 3 bdrm + den, 2 1/2 bathrms, lots of storage. Sunny location close to beach. Membership in Tunstall Bay Club available Avail. now (604)816-5040
1-800-961-7022
www.iDreamAuto.com DL# 7557
58
UNCLASSIFIED
Help Wanted: Bowen Legion is accepting applications for dishwasher for Friday Dinners. Exper/Food Safe preferred. Resumes to the Legion Bar when open or emailed to bowen legion@gmail.com by March 14. Contract rate of $40/Friday night. High end vintage upholstery since 1983 Dave McKay, certified upholsterer Island and West Van ref.’s, Cell 250295-1616 Bowen Island Upholstery.
58 *
*
*New Products* * * Paradise Valley Free Range French Pork Loin Racks & Canadian Elk Strip loin. Lots more - come in & check it out! Open Wed-Sun 10 am-5 pm 1351 Adams Road- 947-9434
Jade Plant: large, healthy and FREE to a good home. Call (604) 947 2811 LANCE’S RECYCLING I’ll pick up your recycling and deliver to BIRD for $25/load. Kindling $20/box at Building Centre. CALL 947-2430
UNCLASSIFIED
VACANCY COMMERCIAL SPACE Location: Artisan Square, 569 A Prometheus Place (Next to the Dentist office)
Size: 400 sq. feet Available Feb 1st 2013 Long term or short term for workshops meetings & seminars.
Contact: Audra 604 908-0545 778-374-0158
Single mother with 1 boy needs a 2 bdrm by May 1 or sooner. Has car, non-smoking working full-time on Bowen. 338-1975. Max $1000
On the calendar FRIDAY, MAR. 1 t :PVUI $FOUSF 6 to 10:30 p.m. Free food, free music - drop in. t -FHJPO %JOOFS 6:30 p.m. Members and guests welcome.
t #PXFO JO IPVTF HZNOBTUJDT NFFU 1:15 p.m. BICS gym. Admission by donation.
SUNDAY, MAR. 3
Submitted photo
Bowen gymnasts achieve great results B.I.GYMNASTICS
B
owen Island Gymnastics is wrapping up a busy winter session and getting ready for upcoming competitions and events. Many of our gymnasts who started when they were two or three in our recreational Tiny Tumbler programs have continued on to coach and compete in high school gymnastics representing Rockridge and West Vancouver Secondary School The recent North Shore Gymnastics High School Championships on February 15 at Windsor High School with over 150 gymnasts saw many Bowen gymnasts placing in the top eight on events and in the all around scores and winning a berth to compete at the BC High School Championship in Powell River March 6 to 8. First place finishes: Jack Welsh, after only two
TUESDAY, MAR. 5 t "" .FFUJOH 7:15 p.m. Collins Hall. 604-434-3933.
SATURDAY, MAR. 2
Gymnasts Jack Welsh, Oscar Schemmann, Coby Derban show off their strength and skills.
LISA BULLOCK
t *TMBOE 7JMMBHF 4POH$JSDMF 7 to 9 p.m. Bowen Court, call 2283 for info.
months of gymnastics training, was first on vault. Katie Brougham was first on floor, third on vault and third all around level 3. Annie Macintosh was first on bars, third on beam, fourth all around, level 1. Top eight all around were Ashley Murphy (second on bars, seventh all around, level 2), Maia Blomberg (second on floor, eighth all around, level 3), Josie Huskisson (second on vault, sixth all around, level 3) and Callie Brougham (eighth all around, level 3). Special recognition goes to Coby Derban who competed in the six men’s events after only two months of dedicated training. He placed seventh on floor and seventh on rings, 16th overall. You can see all 24 of our competitive gymnasts from age seven to 16 in action on Saturday, March 2, from 1:15 to 3:45 p.m. at the BICS gym. Admission is by donation. Registration for the BIGC spring recreational gymnastics session is on Saturday March 9, from 9:30 a.m. to noon at BIGC.
t #*"$ $MBTTJDBM $PODFSU 4FSJFT QSFTFOUT 0QFSB PO #PXFO 3:30 p.m. Cates Hill Chapel, tickets at the door at from 3 p.m. t"-"/0/ 7:30 p.m. Collins Hall. t4JOHJOH JO UIF 4BODUVBSZ BU 9FOJB 3 to 4 p.m. spirit-lifting chants and songs, meditation 4 to 4:20 p.m. (optional). All welcome.
t .0/%": ."3 t /" .FFUJOH Open meeting, 7:15 p.m. Cates Hill Chapel. t 4FOJPST ,FFQJOH :PVOH 9 a.m. line-dancing, 9:45 a.m. Pilates, singing and refreshments, 11 a.m. Speaker Kip Anastasiou will discus the life and science of Alexander von Humboldt and the Humboldt Current.
WED., MAR. 6 t %SPQ JO LOJUUJOH 2 to 5 p.m. at Bowen Court with Pat Durrant. All levels welcome. t 8FJHIU 8BUDIFST Collins Hall. 6:15-7:15 p.m. Call 604-947-2880. Join for free until March 23.
THURSDAY, MAR. 7 t %VQMJDBUF TUZMF CSJEHF 7 p.m. sharp. Bowen Court lounge. Call Irene at 2955. t 5FNQFTU PO #PXFO Opening March 7. Tickets at the Library or thetempestonbowen.com.
UPCOMING t 5FMMJOH B #FUUFS 4UPSZ Presentation and workshop by Pauline LeBel and Paul Fast, March 8, 7 p.m. Gallery at Artisan Square. Admission by donation.
12 • FRIDAY March 1 2013
WWW.BOWENISLANDUNDERCURRENT.COM
Broadway on Bowen Debra Stringfellow photos
“Come Play with us”
Kamloops
August 20-24
...Over 3500 55+ BC Seniors expected to participate ! Visit our website to find out more about what we have to offer Click on your It includes geographic zone and contact info for people you will find lots of who would be glad information to help you get involved
www.bcseniorsgames.org
Archery Badminton Bridge Carpet Bowling Cribbage Cycling Darts Dragon Boating Equestrian 5 Pin Bowling Floor Curling Golf Horseshoes Ice Curling Ice Hockey Lawn Bowling Mtn. Biking Pickleball Slo-Pitch Soccer Swimming Table Tennis Tennis Track & Field Whist
“Yipeeee - I’m going to get a groom at the Dog Ranch!”
NEW!
Offering full service grooming. All styles and cuts, bath and brush, de-matting, nails...
www.bowendogranch.com 947-6965 BOARDING
DAY CAMP
TRAINING
GROOMING