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Bruno comes to Bowen
Water taxi owner docks 50 passenger boat on Bowen for the first time
Adventures in the neighbourhood
Artist interview
Summer vacations in Howe Sound
Bowen artist Stuart Slind prepares for Vancouver exhibit
A meeting of minds to make prescription drugs safer Round-table at the Orchard Recovery Centre focuses on “Vanessa’s Law” MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
Cease and Desist, with Barney Bentall on the left, entertain the crowd at this year’s Dock Dance. Brian Biddlecomb, photo
Fire chief urges islanders to be “smart and safe”as fire ban continues MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
The ban on outdoor fires is in full effect on Bowen Island and heading into its fourth week, is rated as “high” on the scale of risk. Bowen Island Fire Department Chief Ian Thompson says that there have been no fires to fight this summer. “No outdoor fires at all are permitted at this time,” says Thompson. “A few weeks back, there were a couple days of rain but that wasn’t enough to make it safe for fires and there were a number of people who thought that maybe it was.” Thompson says that the south side of the island, near the Cape Roger Curtis, is pushing “extreme” on
the risk scale. “This area is most susceptible to fires because it is the driest and experiences winds that could easily blow a spark that might catch on the dry grasses in the area and cause a wildfire.” Last year, the fire department had to put out a major wild fire at the Cape in April. “People really need to be smart and safe,” says Thompson. “Last week there was an incident out at Grafton Lake where someone fell off the rope swing. On the way to the site of the accident, there were cigarette butts everywhere.” Thompson adds that there is currently no end in sight to this fire ban, as it will take prolonged and heavy rains to bring the risk level down.
Pharmacists, doctors, recovery specialists and politicians met at the Orchard Recovery Centre on Bowen Island last week to discuss prescription drugs, and how to make them safer. The aim of the meeting was to raise awareness about the Protecting Canadians from Unsafe Drugs Act, otherwise known as Vanessa’s Law, among local doctors and pharmacistss. The law received third reading in the House of Commons on June 16th and will be passed on to the Senate for review in the fall. Vanessa’s Law is named for Vanessa Young, the daughter of Terence Young, the Member of Parliament for Oakville, Ontario. Thirteen years ago, when she was 15 years old, Vanessa died of a heart attack after taking a prescription drug that was later deemed unsafe. The law, if passed, will make reporting of adverse drug reactions mandatory; increase penalties for unsafe products; compel drug companies to do more testing on products especially when they are being used by at-risk populations (children, for example); and make labeling on prescription drugs more clear, especially when it comes to health warnings. Lorinda Strang, the Executive
Director of The Orchard, says she is happy to see that Vanessa’s Law will likely be passed. “If people have more information, they can make better decisions for their health,” says Strang. “While this law may not appear to have a direct link to addiction, people need to understand that all drugs can be poison and they can also be abused.” Strang says that when she, and Dr. Maire Durnan (also from the Orchard) testified at House of Common’s Standing Committee on Health’s drugs caucus, they spoke about the lives shattered by the prescription drug Oxycontin. “I’ve spoken to many patients here at the Orchard who were prescribed this drug on legitimate grounds, and became addicted. The people who become addicted are not the ones you’d expect. I’ve met young people who had everything going for them, star athletes, not people who’ve had some trauma or horrible childhood that leads them to drug abuse,” says Strang. “I’ve heard some of these patients tell me that if only they’d known, they would have preferred the pain of their broken ankle, or whatever it was, than the pain of trying to get off of this drug.”
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Boat manifests dream of thriving commuter service to downtown Vancouver
On July 30th, the board of the Snug Cove House Society celebrated the 20th anniversary of its meals delivery program to island seniors. The Reverend Shelagh MacKinnon presented April Sear with a certificate of thanks. For the past twelve years April and her daughter Kim and husband Gerry have picked up the flash frozen meals from Better Meals in Burnaby and delivered them to Bowen seniors and others in need of a break from meal preparation. Graham Ritchie, photo
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The Bruno spent Sunday and Monday docked in Snug Cove for no reason other than the fact that its owner needed a break. “Until yesterday, I haven’t had a week off in thirteen weeks,” said Mike Shannon, owner and operator of the English Bay Launch. “I was using the Bruno to haul docks, but I needed a break. I needed to go home and cut the grass.” The Bruno, is named after the actor Bruno Gerussi, who played Nick Adonidas in the tv series The Beachcombers. The boat came to Shannon from Gibson’s where the show was filmed. “I should’ve renamed her The Perseverance because everyone who owns that boat goes broke,” says Shannon. “It was about six years ago, that the guy who owned the mortgage on it called me up and made me an offer, because the owner couldn’t keep up on the payments.” That was not long after Shannon started running the English Bay Launch, the commuter service from Bowen to downtown Vancouver. He says that initially, he thought he could get the Bruno working for him on the route. “I quickly learned that ridership is too inconsistent, and just to get the Bruno working would’ve required an immediate investment of nearly $100, 000. Six years later, the boat is just about ready, it’s a few weeks away I’d say, but I’m not sure what I’m going to do with it.” Shannon says that per-passenger, the Bruno is better on fuel than his twelve-seater boat, The High Flyer, but he is not confident he could fill it on a regular basis for commuting runs. “I’ve been in talks with the mayor over in Gibson’s, They are interested in getting a commuter service to downtown Vancouver and have offered me support and the use of their docks, but if I were to do that
I would still want to make a stop on Bowen,” says Shannon. “Also, if it pans out and BC Ferries gets on board with the idea, the Bruno could be used to reduce vehicle overloads when the Queen of Capilano goes in for refits in January.” This is a plan that Bowen Island Transportation Advisory Committee (BIMTAC) member Ken Simpson is keen to see come into fruition. “I think it would be really great for people to experience a comfortable ride directly into downtown Vancouver,” says Simpson. “The Bruno is a catamaran, and its seats are like airplane seats. It is hard for people to step away from the routines they develop commuting, and if we want to get people out of their cars we’re going to have to be able to offer a certain level of comfort.” Simpson says that based on a survey conducted in 2005 over the period of a week, roughly one-third of the people boarding the ferry on weekday mornings in Snug Cove are heading downtown. “But we really need to update this information, and find out more details – like how many of these people drive regularly, how many take the bus, and so on,” he says, adding that BIMTAC is currently working on a survey to better understand the commuting plans of Bowen Islanders. “We’re hoping that BC Ferries will help to facilitate this,” says Simpson. “We need to know where cars are going to reduce traffic during the refit.” The refit is estimated to take four months, and the slated replacement for the Queen of Capilano, the Bowen Queen, will have 20 percent less vehicle capacity. “If we could transport one-hundred people every morning directly to downtown Vancouver, as we could if the Bruno were operating, that would completely solve the overload issue. Whether BC Ferries will foot the bill for this is yet to be determined, but I think that if the mayor and council say something is worthy of consideration, BC Ferries will at the very least take a look.”
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Exploring Howe Sound: the not quite stay-cation
Enjoying the sandy shore of McNab creek at low-tide. Donna Kreutzer
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Bowen Islanders are fortunate to live in a place that for visitors is a fantastic vacation destination. Better still is the fact that with a little creativity and access a boat of just about any kind, a whole world opens up. Howe Sound can become more than the water that separates us from the mainland or the place we can spot the occasional marine mammal splashing around, it can become a prime summer vacation spot. Donna Kreuzer says that since purchasing a small motorboat two years ago, her family has explored just about every island in Howe Sound except Anvil. “Having a boat has actually opened our family up to the idea of camping which is something we weren’t particularly interested in before. Somehow this just feels more adventurous and exciting,” says Kreuzer. “It has also change my perspective on Howe Sound completely. Everything here suddenly feels so accessible – what would take a full day if you were travelling by car and ferries can become an easy trip in a couple of hours.” One of the most unique adventures the Kreuzer-Jones family has taken, says Donna, has been to McNab Creek. “Someone told us that when the tide is out there’s a sandy beach, so we decided to check it out. And really, I don’t think there’s sand like that anywhere else in Howe Sound. The kids absolutely loved just running in the sand with their bare feet. We also dug down to find crabs and shell fish that bury themselves when the tide goes out, and you can also just throw a fishing line in, right there.” Kreuzer also had the opportunity to join her twelve-year old son, Jackson, on a two-day kayaking trip through Howe Sound with the Outside 45 class at BICS. The group paddled from Snug Cove to Halkett Bay Marine Provincial Park (north of Hood Point) and set up camp. The next day, they paddled up
Kids climb the vista overlooking Pam Rocks. Karla Everitt, photo
the coast of Gambier and across to the seal and bird colony of Pam Rocks. Jackson says he was particularly impressed by the sea-life he saw on the trip, the purple starfish along the coast of Gambier, and of course the sea lions. Karla Everitt led this trip, and has led many others through Howe Sound. She says that one of the things that is so fantastic about the area is its accessibility for beginner kayakers. “Other places, like the Gulf Islands for example, when you head out on the water you have to marry the tide charts and the currents. If you don’t, it won’t matter how hard you paddle, you just won’t be going anywhere. Howe Sound is shaped like a horseshoe, and for some reason we are just less affected by those forces. The main thing you have to worry about is the wind, but there is always a way to navigate around that.” She says that paddling the Gambier coast is a particularly amazing experience because, unlike Bowen, much of the shoreline is a sheer rock face. “You can paddle right up next to the shore, and that’s where you’re going to see the most sea-life.” Pam Rocks, she says, is magical. “The sea lions are one thing but the birds are amazing as well. The oystercatchers, with their bright orange beaks look like they belong in the Galapagos islands, and the surf scoters move in packs of hundreds,” Everitt says, adding, “When I take school groups there, I always tell the kids they have to be dead quiet because the place has this amazing energy and you need silence to feel that, and also, if you’re making too much noise you’ll scare off the sea-lions.”
On that note Donna Kreuzer recalls her experience with the Outside 45 group at Pam Rocks: The kids were told to paddle quietly and slowly around the rocks but they are kids, so their idea of quiet and slow pretty much sent every seal into water. However, my kayak partner and I DID paddle quietly and slowly and were barely halfway around the rocks when the kids were already heading back. As we came around the rocks to join them, we saw at least 15 seal heads in the water watching the kids paddle off – it was awesome! Of course, as soon as they spotted us, under the water they went… continued, PAGE 9
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Politics in paradise MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
In the course of two weeks spent in Ontario I saw a good chunk of the people I wanted to see, haunted a great many old haunts, and even experienced a bit of urban-envy while walking the streets of the centre of the universe (you know, Toronto). Really though, I didn’t start to relax until well after my flight landed back at YVR, the 357 express bus to Horseshoe Bay fought its way through longweekend traffic, and I stepped onto the Queen of Capilano and gulped in the salty Pacific air. Upon my arrival home I was greeted by deer in the backyard but none in the garden. I felt sure I’d returned to paradise. A visit to the mail box re-enforced the fact that this is not any old paradise - this is a politically
charged one. In two weeks, five pieces of political opinion and information (some of it could be called propaganda) made their way into my mailbox. If you can look past some of the strong perspectives (which either you agree with or find utterly offensive) there is some worthwhile information within all of that. For example, appreciated the Bowenian’s map, on page four, showing the locations of all six parcels of community owned lands. Getting caught up on what actually happened on Bowen (in incomplete snippets, of course) was just a matter of bumping into people. I learned that the OCP meeting was actually pretty civil, but the community lands meeting not so much. I learned that the Transportation Advisory Committee gained a member and lost the same member within a few short days, and that BC Ferries left people stuck in
Horseshoe Bay following extensive delays. In the course of all of this, someone told me, “You know, I never cared much about politics before, but living on Bowen, I can’t afford not to.” This is true, I think. Living in paradise means we have something to lose. The fact that we have such a high level of public engagement can only be considered a good thing. I think that if we could manage a little extra deep breathing in the midst of challenging conversations, if all sides of the debate could speak, if not less passionately, but perhaps from a place that is a little less personal, we might be able to better find a way to get things done - even when getting things done means letting some things stay the same. That said, Bowen Island is not alone in its struggle for constructive conversation, and in any case, it might be a little much to expect the politics of paradise to be easy.
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Public meeting derailed is a wasted opportunity Dear Editor, I feel it is extremely unfortunate that the public meeting held on July 29 to discuss the proposed rezoning of lot 2 was so badly derailed. After numerous attempts and a great deal of effort by many members of the Bowen Island community over nearly forty years, the municipality finally owns land and, as step-two, is engaging in the rezoning process. The land-use vision, for which rezoning is required, is to include a variety of public service buildings called a Community Campus. Months, no years, of deliberations have preceded this step and I personally want to commend the Municipality and all of those who have tirelessly and passionately offered their time, energy and expertise to reach this level.
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So, what went wrong at this recent meeting? Firstly, the process by which the Temporary Advisory Board came into being, and then proceeded to operate, meant that people holding differing opinions were shut out from the conversation. That is undemocratic. If consensus is to be achieved the process has to be inclusive. Secondly, at the meeting, a great many people raised concerns about the supply of services, design, costs, infrastructure, etc. As important as these things are in the planning and design phase of a project, they have very little to do with zoning. What is important, however, are uses, densities, impact, future changes and community benefit. Thirdly, it happens again and again, that passionate newcomers want to re-invent the vision for Bowen. It would help them and us, who have been
around for awhile and have forgotten many of the deliberations, reports and decisions made over the many years, if the Municipality could have a constantly updated synopsis available for study by anyone. It would save a lot of time and misunderstanding. Fourth, it is divisive and highly counter productive, when such public meetings are used by hurt and swollen egos as a platform for self-aggrandization. I would like to suggest that we, as a community, employ our good will, energy and resources toward a speedy achievement of the Community Campus. Hans Christian Behm
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Proposed OCP amendments deserve widespread support
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I was impressed by the excellent organization of the Public Open House at Cates Hill Chapel on July 21, where the Economic Development Committee (EDC) introduced its proposed amendments to the Official Community Plan. The EDC, with backing from Council, demonstrated admirable sensitivity in carrying out its mission. Wherever new economic opportunities or revisions to existing wording were proposed, the need to preserve our natural environment was highlighted. Curiously, it seemed that many came to the meeting prepared to criticize the committee's work, with most commentators displaying a no-change/no-growth bias. Why? The proposed changes are hardly radical. The current OCP imposes restrictions on opportunities to create new and enhance existing businesses on Bowen. The objective of the EDC's proposed amendments is simply to remove or mitigate these barriers to progress. These are reasonable revisions, aimed at strengthening the potential for gradual growth and long-term stability in our currently sluggish economic environment. Among the most glaring examples of the need for change is in the current OCP's transportation section, where an objective reads, "to ensure that ferry transportation services DO NOT encourage population growth." Who could possibly dispute that the EDC's proposed revision – "To ensure that ferry transportation accommodates population growth." Does the latter statement not aptly reflects the needs of Bowen residents? One commentator at the meeting, a former municipal councillor, asked a critical question: "Why are these amendments necessary? What peril do they address?" The answer is that they address a clear and present peril: economic stagnation and its consequences. Bowen must take action to avoid the socio-economic and demographic torpor that's draining the vitality of other coastal communities. I commend the EDC and our Council for taking first steps in the right direction and urge other Islanders to support the amendments.
I would like to respond to the West Vancouver Council’s vote to ban the passage of LNG tankers in Howe Sound, and as the Member of Parliament for West Vancouver and the rest of our magnificent riding, I disagree with the motion, the way it has been passed, and its timing. I admire the Mayor and Council of West Vancouver and work with them regularly. I applaud their energy and genuine commitment to the interests of our community. In fact, I have never previously written publicly to challenge one of their decisions or actions. Elected officials have a duty to wait until they know what the concerns are, how significant they may be, and what can be done to mitigate them. At this time, we have not heard of the Council investigating the matter thoroughly or interviewing the proponent, Woodfibre LNG in Squamish. But, on the other side, the proponent is doing much to engage the public in Squamish and elsewhere, preparing for just such an application. Firstly, our Community needs to know that the project would be in Squamish and has not yet entered its environmental assessment phase. In fact, the proponent has not even formally filed an application. Secondly, it's one thing to say, "No, not in my backyard." However, it's something else to say, "No, not in someone else's backyard." LNG promises to bring jobs and economic growth across our whole province. The Premier and Government of BC have committed to LNG as a primary economic driver. If we are to pay for our teachers, our medical services, or welfare and the other good things we love in British Columbia, we do need some level of economic growth. As a British Columbian, I am also concerned about
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Not a gift, but an exchange Dear Editor, Thanks to the astute Undercurrent reader who pointed out an error in my column FORE! FORE! about the Bowen Island Golf Course. While it's true the course was built on land owned by Bowen Island Properties, it was not a gift but rather an exchange for greater density. This doesn't take away from the fact that the Bowen Island Golf Club is an ingenious model for creating a community amenity without burdening taxpayers.
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the environmental impact of new industrial developments in our jewel, the Howe Sound. However before I categorize this project as unsound for environmental or safety reasons, I as a politician, or for that matter, a tax payer in this country need to understand the facts and have the input of experts. . One of the greatest benefits we have had with our focus on the environment is the ability to continuously improve and become more efficient in the use of resources. As a result I am a firm believer that the Environment is the Economy as I have indicated many times in the House of Commons. I do know that an LNG plant brings an alternative to coal, and brings more high valued long-term jobs to our riding than a gravel pit, a logging project, or a garbage incinerator. Therefore we should not prejudge this project but remain engaged in the process. This and other industrial projects should be evaluated one by one, based on facts and science, not presumptions. They should also be part of an overall plan for Howe Sound, a concept which I have championed, and will continue to champion. I look forward to the next steps in promoting growth in our riding in a proper, long-term, and sustainable way. And, once again to Mayor Smith and Council, thank you for your dedication to our community. I just disagree with you in this particular case. John Weston, M.P. West Vancouver – Sunshine Coast – Sea to Sky Country
This week in Undercurrent history MAUREEN SAWASY UNDERCURRENT HISTORIAN
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Two groups were putting their collective heads together to create affordable housing on Bowen. Together, members of the Bowen island United Church and the Orchard Commons Housing Co-operative had been gathering to asses needs and alternatives to create affordable housing options. The feeling was the time was right to get a project underway if Bowen was to maintain the economic and social mix of people that made the Island unique. Efforts were underway to apply for Ministry of Housing grants and to secure land as a building site. Cove coliform counts remained steady at less than one fecal coliforms per 100 ml. Health officials warned that a count in excess of 200 fecal coliforms may pose an increased risk of illness for persons who bathe.
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If you’re walking in the woods this summer, you just might spot a redlegged frog like this one. This species is blue-listed, but abundant on Bowen. Emily van Lidth de Jeude, photo
Judge Ken Page found Richard Littlemore not guilty of assault in charges brought against him by Tony Sorangese. Page called Littlemore’s use of force justified when trying to prevent angry protestors from entering a private meeting between local representatives and B.C. Ferry officials. Littlemore was quoted as saying, “I’m glad it’s over but it’s hard to leap up and down because I don’t believe I should have been here in the first place”. In three separate police reports, local RCMP reported on two break and enters and pending assault charges against three individuals. The assault charges stemmed from aggressive behaviour following the annual Dock Dance when the individuals were asked to dump their open alcohol. The break and enters occurred at Twiggleberries, in Artisan Square, and at the Oven Door Bakery in the Cove. At Twiggleberries, thieves made off with about $100 in cash and a camera. The Oven Door was lucky in that nothing was stolen but when police arrived they noticed smoke coming from the oven. The vandals had evidently left some buns in the oven before fleeing the scene.
The Undercurrent reported on the municipality conducting GVRD surplus land discussions behind closed doors. The idea for the closed-door meetings was a grey area. Wording in the community charter is murky. “It’s a ‘may’ language,” said Mayor Barrett. Meaning that the mayor and council could choose to hold certain meetings as closed doors and be well within their rights to do so. The frequency of these meetings had been called into question by members of the public with one source stating, “The surplus land discussions do not deal with details of negotiation that might necessitate a closed meeting….the meetings should include the public. The GVRD surplus meetings were necessary to discuss land uses for Snug Cove planning. In her community column, Lois MeyersCarter bemoaned the fact that Bowen Island needed a Kay Meek to donate 2 million dollars for a dedicated community space. West Vancovuer’s Kay Meek centre was just about to open it’s doors and much accolades had been given to Ms. Meek and her generous gift to the community.
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Bowen Island Fish & Wildlife club claimed that a significant number of coho and chum salmon as well as cutthroat trout – along with other aquatic life- died in a dried-up Terminal Creek early on July 19. The municipality failed to notice the water from the Grafton lake Dam had stopped flowing into the creek and as a result the creek had gone dry from Grafton lake to the hatchery and beyond. There were conflicting reports about the number of affected fish and the length of time that the creek was dry. At a meeting with all parties on July 30 and temporary solution had been reached but further work would still have to be done. RCMP confirmed to the Undercurrent that they had busted an indoor marijuana grow up on the Island. Officers would not confirm the location of the grow op nor how they discovered it.
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Slind looks for “inner response”
Stuart Slind at his studio on Bowen Island, with portraits for his upcoming show Poetics of Persona at the Bau-Xi Gallery in Vancouver. Bau-Xi Gallery, photo
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Bowen Island artist Stuart Slind will be exhibiting a series of portraits at Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver on Saturday, August 16 (Opening Reception 2-4pm). Titled Poetics of Persona, the exhibition includes portraits of individuals who the artist has encountered over the past year. Best known for his highly meditative paintings of objects and landscapes, this latest body of work, the artist forges new ground by applying his still life techniques to animate and emotionally complex subjects. Stuart Slind answered the following questions on his work
How would you describe your work?
I like to describe my work as an attempt to find the serenity that is within the subject. Whether it is portraits, landscapes or everyday objects I try to go beyond the outward details to find the inner repose of the subject.
What is your favourite medium and why?
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While my goal is always to capture the meditative quality of my subject, I am constantly fascinated by the way time effects my work. The various hues that make up an evening sky as it changes into dusk or the constantly shifting expressions of the sitters in my latest series of portraits provide a sense of intrigue to a final composition that I may not have been initially considered during my initial
I work in oils for their richness and the depth of expression that they allow.
What themes do you like to explore in your art work?
In my recent portrait work, I have sought to go beyond the visual markers that identify individuality and seek a more universal interpretation of the individual. It is not the biographical details that interest me but the inner spirituality that I find endlessly fascinating.
How do you get inspired?
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object or scene I paint to make sure I am aware of its subtle details. While my goal is always to capture the meditative quality of my subject, I am constantly fascinated by the way time effects my work. The various hues that make up an evening sky as it changes into dusk or the constantly shifting expressions of the sitters in my latest series of portraits provide a sense of intrigue to a final composition that I may not have been initially considered during my initial study.
I find inspiration by learning to lose myself in other activities like taking walks in nature. I find I can only become inspired by not thinking about my practice. By turning off the analytical mind can I find a more connected mind.
What is your process for creating?
I begin by examining the subject before me. I study the shape, the colour and the texture of each
study.
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My latest body of work is a collection of people I encountered over the past year. Each possesses a underlying emotion that is detectable, but not necessarily defined by their physiology or clothing. Through contemplation and conversation with the subject before me, I distill a pure and spiritual element unique to their essential being and allow it to become the focus of the portrait. The collection is a significant departure from my still life’s and landscapes, because I am forced to react to the changing appearance of an animate subject. I have maintained the same approach to the portraits as I have my earlier work, but character of each sitter makes this collection more personal and symbolic. It is this relationship between the soul of the sitter and my intense study of it that radiates off the canvas and into the space of the viewer.
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A Flamboyant Nudist with Gross Nerves DENIS LYNN HOWE SOUND CONTRIBUTOR
Why call this animal a nudist? And, if you’re naked, why be so colourful? The animal pictured is a nudibranch, one of over 3,000 species. Nudibranchs are related to snails and are often called sea slugs because they crawl on a foot, like snails and land slugs. They have a snail-like shell as larvae when they live in the plankton, but when they settle to the bottom or benthos to live, they lose their shell and the cavity inside it, called the mantle cavity. Hence, they are ‘nudus’ meaning naked and their gills or ‘branchi’ are exposed. This particular species, the golden or orange-frosted nudibranch, Dirona pellucia, has been found from Oregon north and west to Russia and the Sea of Japan. Actually, instead of true gills, finger-like projections called cerata (keratos = horn) are a feature of many species. The cerata of this golden nudibranch are leaflike with white lines that get broader to the tips. Without the protection of the shell, these flamboyant slugs challenge predators, like crabs, to remember them, either by their colour or their taste. Some sponge-eating nudibranchs sequester toxic or distasteful chemicals from the sponge in their cerata to discourage predators. Other nudibranchs feed on sea anemones and their relatives, which have nematocysts that, when discharged, can be toxic enough to kill people. In 1929, the Danish physiologist August Krogh wrote that "for such a large number of problems there will be some animal of choice, or a few such animals, on which it can be most conveniently studied." This has become known as Krogh’s Principle, and sea slugs illustrate the point perfectly. The nerves in the brains of the sea slug Aplysia are the largest nerve cells in the animal kingdom, 50 times larger than most mammalian neurons; they truly are gross! These gross neurons have made sea slugs model organisms for scientists studying how nerves work. Neurophysiologists can easily see these neurons and can recognize different ones by their shape and position. Among their many interesting discoveries, they have shown that these nerves are sensitive to the Earth’s magnetic field, and this enables the sea slug to find its way around on the bottom of the ocean. Perhaps our nerves are also sensitive to the Earth’s and other magnetic fields too!
Orange Frosted Nudibranch spotted in King Edward Bay. These interesting sea slugs are found at many sites around Bowen and come in a variety of shades.
Denis Lynn is a Professor Emeritus in Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, and an Adjunct Professor in Zoology, University of British Columbia. He taught various courses in biology during his 32-year career and still researches his favourite wee beasties, the ciliated protozoa.
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Welcome to the 13 week emergency preparation challenge!
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AMANDA OCKELOEN EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTRIBUTOR
We have all become used to seeing worldwide disasters daily in the news: from mudslides to wildfires, single homes affected to entire cities. How people make out in the wake of a disaster really depends on how well prepared they are. Of course, we all like to think we are safe from such disasters, but we could all be safer if we went out of our way to prepare, just in case. Putting a few simple items together in preparation can mean the difference between life and death, and a simple power outage can serve as an effective reminder of the importance of such simple things as replacing the candles you used up at your last dinner party. Well, your local emergency planning coordinator is here to help you get started with the thirteen week challenge!! Some people are doing 100 day handstands, but I am challenging you to be prepared, not scared.!! Firstly, a few things to think about, the beginnings of “having a plan”: 1. Think about a family emergency meeting place. If a disaster occurs during the day or on the weekend, it is unlikely all family members will be at home. Involve everyone in choosing a family emergency meeting place and a way of contacting each other. Make sure the emergency meeting location is central to the places individual family members visit most frequently. You should also decide on a system of communication in case all family members can’t get to the meeting place. Designate an out of province contact your family members can check in with if regular communication and transportation systems are disrupted. Participate in regular family drills and make sure every family member is part of the planning process. Update your plans regularly as circumstances change. Always consider those with different abilities or extra needs. Texting has been touted as the way to go in an emergency. If you have seen the movie or read the book the Wave, you can truly understand the importance of having that person that everyone checks in with. 2. Be sure each family member carries personal identification. This identification could be a wallet card , clothing label, or ID bracelet with name, address, and phone number. Health problems, such as diabetes, or heart conditions should be noted, as well as any allergies to medications. Imagine if someone is unconscious, how much quicker they would be able to be helped and family informed with this simple step? Also, keep copies of important personal papers including home insurance, wills, identification, credit card numbers and records of passwords in a fireproof, water proof container. And now for this week’s challenge: Get a large portable container, with a lid, to use as an emergency kit. A plastic storage bin or garbage can works well, alternatively a carry all, or back packs to make them easier to carry. This part is up to you. Choose an accessible location for the container near an exit, and label the container. Make sure everyone knows about the secret spot, and what it will be used for. Now stock this kit with at least a three-day supply of water for every family member including your pets, or visiting in-laws. It is best to plan for four litres per person, per day. Two for drinking and two for food prep and hygiene. You might also consider the addition of water purification tablets. Together we can all become personally prepared, and this week’s challenge alone is a great start. See you next week with the next exciting addition to pop in your bag!!
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Musicians transform youth centre into recording studio MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
The five participants of the Music On Bowen camp, led by John Stiver and Stephen Fisk wrote and recorded three songs within the course of five days last week. “When we were writing the songs, we’d start with a drum beat or a guitar riff, build it from there and at the end I’d add in the melody and lyrics,” says singer Aine Corrigan-Frost. Corrigan-Frost adds that the guid-
The first ever Bowen Island Onion Swim!
ance offered by Stiver and Fisk was a huge help. “The way Steve looks at music, its like he can see it as a physical thing. And John is my guitar teacher, I really love working with him. He’s a really great writing influence.” If you are interested in hearing the tracks recorded by these young local musicians, check out the Youth Centre Facebook page (www.facebook.com/BowenYouthCentre?ref_ type=bookmark). You can also see them perform together at Bowfest.
From left: Maya Church, Carmen Shea, Kyra Farah, Billi (instructor), Henry Wing, Jasmine Farah, Sofie Jarvis, Lua Blackbourn, Kaya Matheson. KRISTIN JARVIS SUBMISSION
Students in Billi Behm’s swim classes for Red Cross levels 6 – 9 proved they could swim 350 metres by swimming from Tunstall Bay to Onion Island. The
Bowen Island Yacht Club volunteered their chase boat along with head sailing instructor Emily Hauner to pace the kids and provide safety back up. All eight class members, ages 8-11, participated and completed the swim and received the first ever Onion Island Swim certificate!
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Members requested for Municipal Water System Local Advisory Committees Keiran McGuigan and Stephen Fisk recording tracks at the youth centre. Aine Corrigan-Frost, photo
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• Blue Water Park Water System Specified Area; • Tunstall Bay Water System Specified Area. → Applicants to the above-noted Committees must be property owner or residents within the respective Specified Area for which they wish to apply; → Local Advisory Committees provided advice and recommendations to Council and/or staff related to the water supply & distribution system, including (but not limited to) operations/maintenance, budgeting, planning for future improvements and communications to water system users.
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Forage fish for everyone: learn how to help protect the ocean’s food web with the Queen of Smelts BOWEN ISLAND CONSERVANCY EDITOR
If you don’t know what a forage fish is (or if you do) but you like the idea of salmon and whales in local waters, sign-up for Monday’s Forage Fish Survey workshop with the Sea Watch Society’s Executive Director, Ramona de Graaf (otherwise known as the Queen of Smelts). Forage fish include in their ranks herring, sand lance, capelin and surf smelt. While herring spawn in the intertidal and subtidal zones on eelgrass, seaweed and other submerged vegetation, the other three species of forage fish use beaches themselves as spawning grounds. A lack of knowledge on this topic as well as a general understanding of proper shoreline management has led to the destruction of much of this critical spawning habitat. With fewer places to spawn, the forage fish numbers are dropping - and goes a major food source for wild salmon, upon which other marine species - such as whales - are dependent. Ramona de Graaf is working with people throughout coastal communities to identify beaches that still function as spawning habitat for forage fish. Her workshop on Monday will take place in the Bill Rush
Ramona de Graaf teaches volunteers to take beach samples with the aim of finding forage fish embryos. Sea Watch Society, photo
Memorial classroom at the Terminal Creek Hatchery as well as at a nearby beach. If we can identify forage fish spawning habitats, we can work to protect them! To register for this free workshop, email the Bowen Island Conservancy at info@bowenislandconservancy. org. The workshop runs from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.
You won’t see them with the naked eye, but when you sit on a sand, pebbly beach, you just might be sitting in a nursery for tiny smelt embryos. Sea Watch Society, photo
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At the same meeting, says Strang, MP Terence Young grilled the representative from the maker of Oxycontin, Purdue Pharma. “This is a company that has been fined more than $600 million in the US,” says Strang, adding that Young presented information on many other drug companies that have received major fines in the US. “Because of what they’ve been through in the United States, you can see a real difference in the drug fact sheets given alongside prescriptions there and here. In Canada, this information is written by lawyers and is generally very obscure to the layperson. In the US, this information is presented in plain language.” Strang adds that while most doctors and pharmacists do a good job of explaining how to consume prescription drugs and their side-effects, the person on the receiving end needs to go out of his or her way to be informed.
Pam Rocks is also close enough to Bowen that it is accessible as a day-trip by kayak from Snug Cove. Everitt says that one of her favorite Howe Sound adventures (as a date, or with the girls) is to Smitty’s Oyster Bar in Gibsons. “Leaving from the west side of Bowen it takes less than two hours to get there. This season, the wind usually dies down by about 4pm so that makes the paddling easier. You head through the Pasley Islands and then cut over the west side of Keats, then just head straight for the main dock in Gibsons, Smitty’s is right there. Smitty’s is an old shipyard that’s been re-done, and it is very hip. It would fit right in to Gastown, so I love pulling up there in a kayak sort of incognito, and having a night of oysters and drinks…” Bowen Islander Stephen Foster is the Howe Sound campaign leader for the David Suzuki Foundation, and in this work, he found tourism to be the biggest industry in the region in terms of money spent. Despite this, he says, Howe Sound is not typically considered a destination point in and of itself. “It is most often positioned as a transition point – to Squamish to the North, to the Sunshine Coast to the West. The typical way we connect with each other in the Sound is through BC Ferries, and that can be challenging so, while we here on Bowen can practically throw a ball over to Gambier, how much we know about one another is pretty limited.” In the past year, Foster has led a team of students from BCIT’s Sustainable Business Leadership Program in a study on improving Howe Sound as a destinaBOWEN ISLAND HOUSE ACCOUN tion through tourism and recreation. The study will be released this fall. R006820043 Foster offers two options for adventures in Howe Sound. BI03 HIGH FEET LOW FEET “Because it’s new, I would say everyone should take a trip up the Sea to Sky Gondola, there is so much to explore once you get up to the top. And as far as Fri. 02:50 14.1 10:30 2.3 boat rides go, the trip between Horseshoe Bay and Langdale is about as good as 17:48 14.1 23:01 10.5 you can get, if you have visitors, it is a great way to show off where we live.”
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On the calendar FRIDAY AUGUST 8
Youth Centre drop-in 6 - 9 p.m.
TUESDAY AUGUST 12
Bowen Island Men’s Fastpitch Tournament starting at 6:30 p.m.
SATURDAY AUGUST 9
Bowen Island Summer Market Boardwalk in Snug Cove, 10 a.m. -5 p.m. Bowen Island Farmer’s Market and Bowfeast @ BICS, 9:30 - 12:30 Bowen Island Men’s Fastpitch Tournament starting at 9am Bowen Island Arts Council presents: Summer Session: Walk on Dead Rotary Stage outside the Snug Cafe, 3 - 5 p.m, Free! Youth Centre drop-in, 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
SUNDAY AUGUST 10
Bowen Island Summer Market Boardwalk in Snug Cove, 10 a.m. -5 p.m.
AA Meeting Collins Hall 7:15 p.m.
Summer Tai Chi, 7 p.m. outside BICS We will be focusing on the simple and timeless movements of tai chi, meditation, grounding, chi gong, two-person “push hands” and some tai chi sword principles $15 per drop-in class, runs until August 26th
THURSDAY AUGUST 14
Duplicate bridge at the hall at Bowen Court. For more info call Irene Wanless 604-947-2955 Summer Tai Chi, 7 p.m. outside BICS We will be focusing on the simple and timeless movements of tai chi, meditation , grounding , chi gong , two-person “push hands” and some tai chi sword principles and fun two person drills……! $15 per drop-in class, runs until August 26th Youth Centre drop-in (6 p.m. - 9 p.m.)
Adult sailing classes at Tunstall Bay, 12 - 4 p.m. Registration online through Bowen Island Yacht Club. $60 per class, buy four get one free. Bowen Island Men’s Fastpitch Tournament starting at 9am Dog Days of Summer: Dog contests, dog demonstrations, and exhibitions in support of BC Guide Dogs Service Union Steamship Co. Marina lawn Registration starts at 11am, events start at noon
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Forage Fish Workshop with Ramona DeGraaf Bill Rush Memorial Classroom, Terminal Creek Hatchery 9 a.m. to 4:30 to register please email info@bowenislandconservancy.org
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Bowen in Transition Sustainability Tour 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m, cost $10 contact Shasta Martinuk at: shastamartinuk@gmail.com to register
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Mamma Me Workshop for new Moms Bowen Island Yoga, Artisan Square. 2 p.m - 5 p.m. We will use mindfulness practices and art materials to learn practical tools for attending to your inner world even with minimal free-time; tune-in and digest your experience of mama-land so far. Cost: $40. Contact Stephanie Park at (604) 719-6294, stephanie@counsellinginvancouver.ca
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