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Black Cat Farm

A sneak peak at one venue at this weekend’s Sustainability Tour

The new guy

Meet Constable Kory Hendricks, Bowen’s new RCMP officer

Fastpitch re-cap

Kat Bernard looks back on the actionpacked Bowen baseball season of 2014

On August 23, 1984, Bowen Islanders gathered in front of the Old General Store for a community photo. They repeated the exercise for the 10-year anniversary of the building’s restoration and dedication. Islander David Smith has been pushing for the statue carved by artists Shane Tweten and Simon Daniel James to be moved from in front of the building so that the tradition may continue, unobstructed by the piece of art.

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Statue to be moved prior to 30th anniversary of the Old General Store’s restoration MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR

This week, David Smith finds himself, yet again, scrambling to pull an event together, and doing so with a celebratory spirit. This was his reality 30 years ago with the deadline for the dedication ceremony for the Old General Store just week’s away. Now he is scrambling to pull together a commemorative photo for the thirtieth anniversary of the building’s restoration, and the 90th anniversary of its initial construction. His plans for this photo were delayed, he says, because a statue called as Embracing the Spirit of the Flame stood right in front

of the building and because it was not until this week that the municipality and artists agreed to let the statue be moved.

“Its location always bugged me because it took away from the view of the building,” says Smith. “Continuing the tradition of a community photo in from of the building was my motivation for working to relocate the sculpture.”

Back in May, Smith made an appeal to council asking that the statue be moved. This appeal was countered by Lonnie Hindle, who conducted a blessing ceremony on the day that the statue was placed, and put two eagle feathers under it.

Hindle told council that the statue is in fact a totem and that according to First Nations’ tradition, once a totem is erected it should not be moved.

Councillor Tim Rhodes took the lead on this issue, which he says was complicated by the fact that, while the statue stood on municipal land, it did not in fact belong to the municipality.

“I spoke to the artists and they agreed that if a suitable location could be found they would agree to the statue being moved,” says Rhodes.

A spot just to the left of the ferry line-up past Village Square and above a stone retaining wall was suggested, and agreed to by all parties. continued, PAGE 5

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Black Cat Farm: Aiming for energy independence much energy they’ve created.

The solar panels at Black Cat Farm not only power the buildings’ lights, but power the energy sucking tools (a welder, for example, which runs on 220 volts) in Tatlow’s workshop.

Tatlow says that if he has one regret about his work on Black Cat Farm since acquiring the land in 2011, it’s that he didn’t build a larger solar power system to begin with.

“People told me it wouldn’t work, because there isn’t enough sunlight here,” says Tatlow.

“But my experience so far proves this incorrect. Even in winter, on cloudy, overcast days, there is enough sunlight for these panels to make energy.”

Tatlow says that every two months he gets a $20 bill from BC Hydro, and he is looking forward to a cheque from BC Hydro at the end of the year as payment for the energy Black Cat Farm pumps back into the grid every day.

The fourth building on Tatlow’s property (not including the chicken coop) is the main house, a work in progress. When it is complete, the two-bedroom, 1,300 square foot home will be heated by pipes carrying hot water through the floor. That water will be heated, initially, by travelling through tubes on the roof that the sun’s rays. Any extra heating required will be added by an on-demand hot water heater.

Tatlow points to his windmill as an example of one of the aspects of his property that hasn’t worked out as well as he had hoped.

“I didn’t hire an engineer or do any kind of study to tell me where to place it, I just spent the $2,000 and installed it myself. Is it paying for itself? Maybe it will, eventually, but I figure you never know these things until you try them. I like the idea that I can share this knowledge, though, and maybe other people can carry on and build on that.”

Wayne Tatlow among his Aeroponically grown plants in the Black Cat Farm greenhouse.

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MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR

When Wayne Tatlow purchased his acre and a quarter of land a little less than three years ago, there was nothing on the property but blackberries and a small driveway.

Coming from Canmore, Alberta, he had big dreams for the place.

“I wanted to not be working for a utility company,” says Tatlow. “When I left Canmore, you were not allowed to put up solar and I really wanted to be self-sufficient in energy, and also as much as possible in food. So that’s what I was aiming for when I started building this place.”

Tatlow says he feel that he’s close to achieving both of these goals, but the building of his home on the land he calls Black Cat Farm is a work in progress. His land now has 3500 square feet of buildings, all of which are connected to a solar and a wind energy system.

He is living, currently, in what he calls the guest house, a two-bedroom, 765 square-foot building heated by a small woodstove and sunlight streaming through massive windows facing east.

“The way the windows are designed and

placed, I can strategically control the tempera- Tatlow says he’ll bring in other plants includture in the house,” says Tatlow. ing the lemon and lime trees that are currently A 416 square-foot greenhouse is visible outside. from the north-facing windows of the guest The building he calls the solar shed holds house. Constructed with the windows from all the equipment to run the 28 solar panels a locally torn-down house, Tatlow says the and feed the electricity they create back into Get a tour of Black Cat Farm yourself, as well as building holds heat because of its doublethe grid. There’s an inverter that monitors Endswell Farm and the Ruddy Kitchen garden at the walled roof that lets in 90 percent of sunlight, the panels and delivers information includBowen in Transition Sustainability Tour this weekend. and sandy floor. ing how long they’ve been creating power To register, contact Shasta Martinuk at shastamarti“In January, it can get as warm as 27 on that particular day (on the day of the nuk@gmail.com or call 604 947 9228. degrees celsius in there, the sand acts as a Undercurrent visit, they started harvesting heat sink. At night it goes down to about 11 the sun’s energy at about 5 a.m.) and how degrees,” says Tatlow.

Right now Tatlow has tomatoes, squash, basil, and cucumber growing in the greenhouse. The plants grow vertically out of towers with water in their base that gets pumped up to the top and drips down through the growing pods every 45 minutes, for 15 minutes.

Known as Aeroponic gardening, Tatlow says this method conBowen Island Municipal Council is requesting applications from members of the public interested sumes just 10 percent of the water in joining the following Municipal Water System Local Advisory Committees (LAC’s): required for gardening in beds of soil, is pest-free, and because of • Blue Water Park Water System Specified Area; nutrient additives, faster-growing.

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New RCMP officer settling into life on Bowen MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR

RCMP Constable Kory Hendricks has been waiting four years to call Bowen Island home, and after five weeks, says he is settling in and getting accustomed to the speed limit. Having grown up in the prairies, Hendricks says he never imagined he would live by the ocean, but he and his wife were wooed by a trip to Mayne Island, and then focused on Bowen after it was recommended to them.

“When I was in Keremeos, I mentioned that I was looking into an island posting to Constable Mark Fulton. He told me, ‘You have to get Bowen on HR’s radar, I loved it there.’”

When Hendrick’s initial request did not work out, he accepted a posting to Texada Island. He says that so far, Bowen is something of a mix between Texada and one of his other previous postings, Summerland, BC. “In Texada, there are many people who’ve lived there their whole lives, and there are numerous generations of many families. That makes for a very connected community,” he says. “It’s the tourism on

Bowen that reminds me of Peachland, although the tourists are different here. On Bowen, a lot of families come to visit. You don’t get the people who are just coming here to drink and party.”

When asked about policing on Texada, Hendricks says that the work was mostly “general policing” which including traffic violations, impaired driving, domestic disputes, and so on.

“The one thing that makes Texada different is that it is a very attractive place to grow marijuana. We would work with a team called SABO that would find grow operations from the air and give the coordinates to the Armed Forces and to us as well. The Armed Forces would get dropped from helicopters to destroy the plants on Crown Land, and we would go and finish the job from the ground.”

Hendricks adds that he his enjoyed his three years of island life on Texada, even with the challenges of ferry travel and isolation (eight hours to Vancouver, and four hours to the nearest town with shopping). He says that although he is definitely not a city boy, he and his family are enjoying the amenities that exist because of Bowen’s close proximity to Vancouver.

Constable Kory Hendricks and his family have lived on Bowen for five weeks now.

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Brush fire ignites on hillside between ferry line-up and Artisan Square MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR

On Tuesday morning at 6:45 a.m., the Bowen Island Fire Department received a call about a brush fire on the wooded hillside between the upper ferry line-up and Artisan Square. Upon arrival at the scene, Fire Chief Ian Thompson said the fire covered an area of about 400 square feet.

“We started out by putting the flame out with water, and after that we had to use shovels and pickaxes to get rid of all of the moss and vegetation in that area. The next step was to place a foam which acts as a fire retardant on top of the whole area,” says Thompson. “The big concern with a brush fire like

that is that it will continue to smoulder, and then ignite again underground and spread through the root system of the forest.”

Thompson says he believes the cause of the fire was likely a cigarette butt.

“They are all over the ground up there,” says Thompson. “I think it is likely that someone was walking up there smoking a cigarette the evening before, and left it smouldering on the ground.

Because of the wet moss in the area it didn’t ignite until morning.”

It took the fire department roughly two hours to put out the fire and clear the area. Thompson says he visited the site three times later in the day to ensure there was no risk of it re-ignighting.

Places of Worship Welcome You ISLAND DOCTORS AND THEIR AVAILABILITY: Dr. Zandy is on holiday until August 25th and Dr. Schloegl is off on holiday without a locum taking over until August 18th.

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GUEST EDITORIAL

The Undercurrent erred in deciding to add “Bowen Island Improvement Association”to Gayle Stevenson's name in her letter in the August 8 issue.

Ms. Stevenson was writing on her own behalf, not on behalf of the Association. The Undercurrent regrets this error.

Access is everything BUD MASSENDER CARING CIRCLE

A long time ago, Izaak Walton said that health is “a blessing that money cannot buy.” We have, however, spent a great deal of money and come a very long way in health care since the seventeenth century, with incredible advances in medicine and greatly improved delivery and access to services.

But not everyone in our small part of the world finds that medical care is as accessible as it should be. In fact, many Bowen residents are obliged to travel to the mainland to receive primary health care. This is not just an inconvenience for a limited number of residents. It is in fact putting many islanders, particularly seniors and the very young, at unnecessary risk.

We are fortunate to have the excellent care provided by Dr. Suzanne Schloegl, the only family physician who lives and works on Bowen. She cannot, however, be expected to look after our more than 3,400 full-time residents, not to mention the

“summer people” and visitors. Our doctor-patient ratio puts us on par with Madagascar and just a bit better than Bangladesh.

The Community Medical Clinic Society of Bowen Island was officially formed in April of this year in order to address this uacceptable shortfall in access to primary care. Its aim is to create a Health Care Centre that will attract and retain other primary care providers as well as facilitate the provision of related health care services under one roof.

This may sem like a monumental task but we are encouraged by the success of other island communities such as Pender and Denman. The clinic on Gabriola, housing three full-time family physicians as well as ancillary services is a shiny example of what can be done in a community such as ours.

Walton may have been right about health; after all, living to nearly ninety in his time was remarkable. But here and now on Bowen perhaps a little money, judiciously managed, can help us improve access to it.

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The Magic of Howe Sound Dear Editor, This poem was written aboard the ferry from Bowen to Horseshoe Bay at dusk, July 15, 2014: The mountains range in front to guard a vast surprise But they also huddle round a hallowed treasure, Not captured by a name and too large for man to sample; The beauty of this place exceeds all measure.

Sunsets have fondled all these cliffs since the dawn of time.

I have witnessed many here myself, safely inside a vessel.

You’d think perhaps my wonder would abate But each time the waves ignite my soul, unleashing dreams and poetry to wrestle.

Each time is different but one thing always seems unchanged.

Just as the lapping of the waves may never cease, The journey on the sea leaves my turmoil far behind, And the mountains and the ocean bring me peace.

John Weston, M.P.

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Bowfest: More than just a great slug race Dear Editor, With Bowfest happening right around the corner, my friends and I couldn’t help but share a story from last year when we came to Bowen for the first time to celebrate this great event. It was early in the day when we arrived on the ferry and we figured we would take a walk on one of the beautiful trails that Bowen has to offer before heading to the festival. I should mention, we are definitely city slickers, but figured Bowen was small enough to manage.

However, it wasn’t long before we were lost! I blame my friend Tian, who got us turned around hunting for wild blackberries. Here we were, hopelessness starting to set in, when from around the corner came a saviour running in bright green spandex!!

OK, maybe it wasn’t so dramatic, but our new friend Wendy (after laughing off our complete lack of a sense of direction) pointed us toward a path that took us back to Bowfest in less than five minutes.

After the “near-starvation experience,” our friend Marcie made a beeline for the cotton candy, and she was not disappointed. All in all, we had a fantastic time and are still overwhelmed by the sense of community and general kindness of the island – oh, and of course we’ll be back this year! See you at the slug races!

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This week in Undercurrent history MAUREEN SAWASY UNDERCURRENT HISTORIAN

20 years ago in the Undercurrent

In her Island Neighbors column, Lois Myers-Carter reported that August 20 was the date of the Ten-Year Party organized by travel agent and heritage aficionado David Smith, on behalf of the Bowen Island Park and Store Use Society (BIPASUS). The party celebrated the community-based effort to preserve the old Union Steamship Store which was opened in its renovated form in 1964. The party also acknowledged the work which resulted in the location of a regional park on Bowen island. Myers-Carter went on to report how the old store building had been become derelict after the previous owner lost their attempt at Cove development and one of their partners had taken possession of the building. This partner had no interest in the building so it sat and slowly fell into poorer and poorer condition. As he sat across the street at Sly’s café one day in 1978, David Smith got an idea. He printed a notice in the Undercurrent and called a meeting at Collins Hall. Soon enough, the Bowen Island Park and Store Use Society was born. Much work went into creating the park and saving the old building including Ellen Dorman and her crew’s Flea Markets and campaigning and lobbying for a provincial park. When the idea of a provincial park fell through, the GVRD was brought in to help secure almost 600 acres of parkland and the building.

Finally in June of 1094 the old store was officially dedicated.

15 years ago in the Undercurrent

The headline in the Undercurrent for August 13, 1999 was“Controversial

‘Cat’ leaves destruction in its wake”.

Residents of Passage Island were complaining to both BC Ferries and the local RCMP about the destructive nature of the wake caused by the Fast Ferry as it sped past their island. There were concerns that the vessel was being operated in an unsafe manner and that the wake could potentially be a threat to not just docks but people as well.

10 years ago in the Undercurrent

“Another chip away at the innocence of Bowen,” was the quote from Fire Chief Brian Biddlecombe regarding the theft of Dock Dance tickets and cash from Vonigo – all told, “in excess of $2,000.” Thieves jimmied the door of the small store and appeared to target the small box with the tickets and cash sales from the tickets. Susan Clarke owner of Vonigo said that first her car was stolen then the store was targeted but that none of Vonigo’s cash was stolen. She said the break-in was particularly discouraging for her 90 year-old mother, Joan Knight, who can often be found manning the counter and happily selling tickets for community events.

5 years ago in the Undercurrent

A plea made by missing teen Jodi Henrickson’s parents had generated some new leads in a coordinated search for her. RCMP Cpl. Dave Ritchie said that police combed terrain on Bowen Island with search dogs but he would not comment on the exact location of the search. Police confirmed that BC Ferries footage did not show her leaving the island and they believed she either left by other means or remained on the island. Jodi’s parents made the plea on August 1 stating they believe she is alive and being held against her will on Bowen Island.

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Collective intelligence PAULINE LE BEL COMMUNITY CAULDRON

Healthy communities keep questioning what it’s like to be together. They imagine new ways of engagement that move beyond your agenda versus my agenda. They develop partnerships that focus on collaboration rather than competition. And they create new gathering places to foster these ideas. The world really doesn’t need more successful people; it needs more successful collectives concerned with the deepest and best interests of the whole.

There is a new collective on the island that aims to do just that. In July, I attended the launch of the Bowen Island Yoga and Holistic Living Studio, and later I sat down with three vibrant young women, the owners of this new enterprise, to learn more. Chantal Russell, Saskia Tait, and Rebecca Bizzari-Gibbs have a grand vision for their studio: “to support people to realize their full potential—spiritually, intellectually, physically, socially, and emotionally—and to support our community to evolve in all of these areas.”

As well as ongoing yoga classes, they offer weekly meditation, a monthly documentary film series, a monthly speakers series (Bowen Speaks), workshops for young mothers, a reading club, guest teachers, and programs from fields as diverse as ecology, wellness, and the arts. And for the adventurous, there’s Sunday morning stand-up paddle and yoga on the Pier.

The women are all quite new to the island, Saskia being the veteran at 2½ years on Bowen, and Rebecca the newcomer, having arrived in February from London via the Swiss Alps. They started meeting at night “while the babies were sleeping” and saw that there was a real need to gather the island yoga teachers under one roof, and offer programs that would serve the island community. Together they’ve created a unique partnership integrating their many talents and interests.

Each woman has a clearly defined role and title.

Saskia is the program director, organizing and overseeing events, workshops and retreats. She has a masters degree in International Development and is a PhD candidate in contemplative education. She has taught prenatal yoga and is a director of the New

Earth Institute, which she co-founded with her husband, Shahar Rabi. “Yoga means union,” she says. “It’s new in the west and the focus has been on the physical,” but Saskia makes it clear that yoga is a study that includes “inner work and relational work.”

Chantal is the studio director. She manages the class schedule in the studio, as well as teaching a vinyasa flow yoga class. Chantal is also a nutritionist and will offer classes on nutrition in the fall. She is on the faculty of the Vancouver School of Yoga and has been teaching for almost a decade. She is passionate about sharing the teachings of yoga. And so is her two-anda-half-year-old son, Ben. “Ben loves the yoga studio,” Chantal says. “He comes in and does downward dog, and when my husband drops him off at the end of my class, he waves goodbye to everyone and says thank you for coming.”

Rebecca is the creative director. She looks after marketing and promotional materials, as well as teaching classes in Ashtanga Yoga and Restorative Yoga. She is interested in taking the practice outdoors, combining alpine walks with yoga and meditation. Rebecca has a degree in fine arts, which she put to good use making sketches of the interior of the studio and the furniture “to transform a shabby space into a sanctuary.” The sketches were brought to life

by Chantal’s husband, Gary, who built the shelves, benches and desk, and laid flooring using reclaimed lumber and locally sourced wood from a friend’s mill on the island. The results are calming and energizing.

“We want to create a multi-generational space,” says Saskia. “One that can nurture deep inner work, as well as conversations that matter. We want to serve our island community in unique and needed ways, for years to come.”

May it be so. I find it tremendously encouraging that these enterprising women chose Bowen Island to raise their kids, start a business, and offer us their skill and dedication. We will all be the richer for it.

The Bowen Island Yoga and Holistic Living Studio is at 585 Prometheus Place on the lower road at Artisan Square, next to Cloudworks Pottery Studio.

For more information and to sign up for classes, visit their beautiful website at www.bowenislandyoga.com

The 2014 Dog of the Year

from PAGE 1 “I actually think this is a nicer location,” says Rhodes. “With all the greenery, it will be a better back drop to show this piece of art.”

The land does not belong to the municipality, but Rhodes says the municipality is working on the creation of a commemorative plaque to be placed beside the statue, thanking the artists for their work.

He adds that the statue is not, in fact, a totem.

“There was a blessing ceremony that went with the placing of it and there was some significance to that,” says Rhodes. “But it is a sculpture, not a totem.”

Lonnie Hindle says that half of the sculpture is a totem pole.

“A totem is not a piece of art. Traditionally, a totem would be placed in front of the Big House as a signifier of whose house it was. Once it was in place, the totem was not to be moved. If it fell down it would have to be replaced immediately. The ceremony I conducted was inkeeping with the traditions of poleraising.”

Hindle says that he is not happy that the statue is moving, and the decision to move it does not reflect the wishes of a majority of Bowen Islanders.

However, Hindle says he will attend the event at which the pole will be placed at its new location, scheduled for August 18, but is not likely to conduct another ceremony.

Meanwhile, David Smith will be planning to capture “a moment of time” with as many Bowen Islanders in front of the Old General Store as possible, following the Bowfest parade.

Seamus camped out in the backyard with his owners (from left) Makena, Saxon, Sawyer and Lachlan Coker.

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MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR

On Saturday, judges at the annual Dog Days of Summer event awarded Seamus Toke Coker with the Dog of the Year award.

Nominated by kids Makena, Sawyer, Saxon and Lachlan for being the cutest dog in the whole wide world, for never stealing food out of people’s hands, helping the kids with their bad

dreams, not chasing the family chickens, and a great number of other attributes.

The kids’ mother, Jean, says she knew that adding a dog to a household with four young children could be catastrophic (they’ve had him for one year), but Seamus has exceeded her expectations by far.

“We knew we needed a good dog,” says Coker, “but Seamus is more amazing than we could have ever imagined.”

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Faces and Places: Nature, archaeology, mixed media

BOWEN ISLAND ARTS COUNCIL SUBMISSION

The next art show at the BIAC Gallery will feature art and photography by wife and husband team Diana and Rafal Izdebski.

This is the first solo show for the Bowen Islanders who recently moved back to the rock and have (easily) settled into island life. Diana has always been recognized for her artistic abilities, having won a few art competitions in grade school, but has never pursued formal training. In the last couple of years she started painting for friends and family, experimenting with different media and developing her own style. She will highlight the show with her acrylic paintings that are heavily inspired by the natural beauty of Howe Sound and the West Coast. Diana likes to add

a graphic design twist to her landscapes and doesn’t quite know what to call her signature style yet. She also dabbles in other art forms and will be including some odds and ends in the collection, including acrylic paintings on birch board that play off the texture of the wood.

Diana will also show some of her traditional trade work: archaeological illustrations. These are often black and white stipple and line drawn representations of artifacts and other archaeological finds.

With a background in archaeology, Diana wanted to incorporate her natural artistic talents into the more technical nature of the social science, and thus found herself freelancing as an archaeological illustrator. She has done in-field illustrations in Hawaii and Tahiti as well as illustrated over 40 images for the new Polynesian Hall exhibit at the Bishop Museum

in Honolulu, Hawaii. Some of these illustrations, including colour site reconstructions, will also be on display.

Rafal grew up on the island throughout his high school and college years. The island life inspired him to seek out the nature that surrounds him and capture it in the form of photography. His photographs have been featured in calendars, papers and on TV. Recently, Rafal began experimenting in photography using various filters to produce artistic photos that play on the effects of light and shadow. He has also included photos from his numerous trips to Hawaii where he and Diana got married in 2010.

The show Faces and Places runs at The Gallery at Artisan Square from August 20 until September 14.

Reception on August 30, 7-9pm. See you there!

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Acrylic paintings on display in the exhibition Faces and Places.

Left: Howe Sound Right: Owl Diana Izdebski

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It’s a wrap: The 2014 fastpitch season KATALINA BERNARD CONTRIBUTOR

Top: Shaker Mike Vertlieb, on base, holds the ball in his glove in an attempt to out a runner from the Brewers in one of this weekend’s semifinal game. The runner was called safe.

Bottom: Cruiser Eddie Weismiller gives writer Katalina Bernard a peck on the cheek following the tournament awards ceremony.

The dust is still settling over the Alex Ross Memorial Field in Snug Cove after last weekend’s annual three-day pennant race. The competition was tense, fierce, and gregarious, and it has, as always, left us with a little sense of loss as we look to the coming winter and its long, cold, baseball-less nights. But for now, the ups and downs of an exceptional season and a thrilling tournament are still very much alive in our minds as we regale one another with the stories, stats, and strikeouts that defined the 2014 Bowen Island Men’s Fastpitch season!

Spring training began much like any other year, with a few strategic recruitments here and there, as well as the usual rumour mill and trade talks that generally preclude the least prophetic of season-long projections, but there was something different about this pre-season. Something exciting. Something big was Brewing.

There was a team out there practising! It was still early April, and the season wasn’t set to begin until the 27th of that month. And this wasn’t just any team practising- this was a brand-new set of ballers who were chomping at the bit and stomping at the plate to take on the other five teams in the League. These were the Brewers.

Sponsored by the Howe Sound Brewing Co. and fearlessly coached by Robert Clayton, Derek Sinke, and James Strang, the Brewers rose like a phoenix from the ashes of the Celtics, whose Irish luck had either expired or had never really flourished in the first place, and they took to the league with the kind of fire and ambition that becomes the stuff of Bowen ballpark legend. Not because they swept the League Championship; in fact their season on paper seems at first glance not to be remarkable. But paper never really tells the whole story. What the Brewers brought to the field was a whole lot of heart, dedication, camaraderie, and pure enjoyment of the game of fastpitch. They were a pleasure to watch, and they played some truly spectacular games during the regular season. Their ride to the tournament semifinals was nothing short of inspirational, and their ever-growing fan base and raw enthusiasm for the game has reinvigorated this league in a way that some folk might not have believed possible. It was our great privilege to award all three of the Brewers’ leaders with the Coach of the Year trophy, and we only wish that Robbie could have been there to celebrate what he had worked so hard to achieve. We’re all looking forward to seeing where you take the team next season!

No season summary is complete without paying a little tribute to its champions. The Diggers outplayed everyone yet again and took home the League Champions trophy for another year, thanks to their consistently excellent coaches Tom and Adam Woodward (occasionally referred to as the Bowen Sedins, but with better results) and the team’s well-developed baseball skills. But the big story of this year’s tournament is the victory of long-time Bowen baller Eddie Weismiller and the Cruisers in a tight, tense 5-4 win over the Shakers.

Eddie began his Bowen ball career in its inaugural year as a pitcher for the Firemen, one of the Original Four teams. As the League gained in popularity, it expanded to six teams, and the late 80’s saw the introduction of Eddie and the Cruisers. They had some great seasons, winning the league title a few times and making appearances in the tournament finals and semifinals in several years, but when Eddie and his boys stepped up to the plate last weekend the team hadn’t won a tournament since 1996. Well, all of that was about to change. They came strongly into the semifinals with a 2-1 record, and then rallied through a thrilling back-and-forth battle to edge out the Twins in a 12-10 extra-innings throwdown. This was baseball at its best. Then came the final game itself, in which the Cruisers came back from an early 2-run deficit to defeat the Shakers and reclaim their long-lost tournament title! No longer can I cheekily refer to the Cruisers as the Paper Kings, a running joke that began as a reference to the Cruisers being a team that “only looks good on paper,” because now they’re real Kings and they look good all over the place. If you doubt their royal status, just check out Jamie Weismiller’s treasury: he took home quite a lot of hardware during this year’s awards ceremony, including the highest honour you can receive in the league, the Greg Cope Most Sportsmanlike Player Award. To win this one, you need to be a pretty great guy in the eyes of your teammates, your opponents, your umpires, and your scorekeepers, but most of all you need to keep the true meaning of this league close to your heart at all times. That meaning is community, and Jamie never forgets it. continued, PAGE 10

Tobias Puga, photos

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Can you help solve this Bowen mystery?

MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR

The response to a message in a bottle with numerous references to Bowen Island, starting from top left, to top right, bottom left to bottom right.

In 1990, while enroute to Vancouver Island for a camping trip, Jenny and Kevin Gorsline and their friend Devon Wallis wrote a message with their names and the Gorsline’s address into a bottle, and dropped it from the ferry to Nanaimo. Roughly one year later, they received the above letter back.

Just recently, Kevin and Jenny’s mother, Marian, was rifling through the family phone book and came across the three-page response to her children’s message in a bottle.

She sent the above copies to her sister, Dee McCarthy, who has lived on Bowen for nine years now.

“The return address simply says HMS Cirdan. I’ve googled Cirdan and found it to be a reference to a mythical shipwright from the Lord of the Rings. There is reference in the letter, amazingly enough, at the start of the letter, which is presented as an excerpt from the ship’s log as follows: “July

25-26, 1990 - Collingwood Channel, Strait of Georgia, Bowen Island,” wrote Mariane to Dee. “It would appear that the author likely is a Bowen Island resident and I wonder after all these years, if the person is still alive, and if they would be interested in “outing themselves”. Would be such an amazing opportunity to know of and possibly meet the person who would spend so much time crafting such a beautiful response to a simple note in a bottle that said (and he/she quoted the exact wording, spelling mistakes and all) “Who ever gets this note please wright us From Devon Wallis (this was a young friend of Kev’s at the time), Jenny and Kevin Gorsline... Sorry to ramble on, but this letter really is magical and I’d love to personally thank whoever is responsible for it after all these years.”

If you happen to know who the author of this letter might be, please contact Marian Gorsline at (250) 573-4765 or by email at mariangorsline@gmail.com.

If you don’t, enjoy the poetic letter above.

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More drivers wanted CARING CIRCLE SUBMISSION

The Caring Circle Driving Program has been up and running since November 2013. This program brings together volunteer drivers with people of any age, needing a drive, on or off island, to a medical or other health-related appointment, and have no other means available to them. So far we have found a drive either into town or on island for 15 Islanders who were extremely relieved and appreciative to have this service available to them.

In an effort to publicize the driver program, we have recently created a “rack card” that you will find in your mailboxes this coming week. The card will give you information about the program, how to request a drive, and how to become a volunteer driver. (If you don’t receive “junk mail,” you can pick a driver information card up at Caring Circle behind the library.) You can also find out more about the program or request a drive at our website at www.

caringcircle.ca or call Caring Circle at 604-947-9100.

There have been some requests over the past year that we couldn’t fulfill, as there weren’t any drivers available, so we welcome additional volunteer drivers. At this time we have 12 drivers, but we would like to have 20+ drivers in our roster to increase the likelihood that we will be able to match every request with a driver. So please join the group as it’s not an onerous task. Often off-island transportation can be coordinated with days drivers might have already planned to go to town and the passenger is responsible for the ferry costs (either with a TAP form or an Experience Card), which is a bonus for the driver who might have errands to run at the same time. If you register with Caring Circle as a driver you are not obliged to commit to any specific number of drives. This program is meant to work with your schedule and your routines.

Keep your eye out for our cards in the mail this week!

Kids' Rotary Run for Rwanda

Bowfest Country Fair: Celebrating slugs, unique root vegetables and so much more BOWFEST BOARD

Contest Categories:

SUBMISSION

Everyone in the community is invited to show off the best of what they’ve got in the garden at the Bowfest Country Fair Contest. By doing so, you will be a part of a decades-old community tradition.

This year the Bowfest Country Fair Tent is being hosted by the Young Farmers of Bowen program. The Bowfest Community Fair Association makes the Country Fair contests possible and we’re excited once again to see what sort of entries will be submitted.

The Country Fair Tent will display the entries as well as information about the Bowen Ag Alliance and Farmers’ Markets and Young Farmers of Bowen.

Matt Matheson, the Young Farmers of Bowen program leader, will be overseeing the Country Fair tent and will be providing an ongoing cooking demo to create breakfast wraps/lunch wraps or some sort of simple hot item using Bowen-grown ingredients. The demonstration samples will be offered for sale.

How to enter the Bowfest Country Fair Contests:

Kids who register soon for the Run for Rwanda are eligible for a free ticket to Bowfest.

Rotary Run for Rwanda

HILARY BUTLER SUBMISSION

Hey kids! What a great summer it has been, and it's not over yet! Bowfest promises to be fantastic this year, and the Rotary Run for Rwanda is on just before the parade. If you are nine or under and sign up really soon, you may be in line for a free Bowfest ticket, which means more spending money for the day! Your registration for the run costs only $10 and if you like, one of your parents gets to run or walk the 1.5K with you. It all starts at 8:30 on the ferry dock. At the end of the run you get a great medal, then fruit and muffins to reward you for all that hard work; what's more, at the prize giving at 10:15, you may win a draw prize as well.

By the way, you don't have to do the kids' run.

You could do the 5k or 10k run with your parents or

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friends or on your own. You won't get lost because there are people to guide you along the way. The long runs start as soon as the kids' run is done at 9 a.m.

So hurry off to Phoenix or First Credit Union and hand in your registration forms, or your parents can do it online if they don't have time.

Pick up your Komera bib with your number on it on Friday 22 between 4 and 7 p.m. at the tent on the library lawn to avoid the crowd on Saturday morning. And if you forget to get your registration done before Saturday, you can do it at the last moment, but then you certainly won't get the free Bowfest ticket!

But you and your parents can buy advance tickets to Bowfest right there anyway. That saves standing in line at the gates later on.

See you on August 23! By the way, the library lawn is the best spot for watching the parade, and you'll be right there at the right time!

• If you are attending the fair you can enter in the Bowfest Country Fair Contests!

• Bring your photos/stories/ creations/racing slugs to the Country Fair Tent 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

• Put your name/phone/age on the back of entries • Adult (19+), Youth (under 19 years old) • Winners of the Country Fair contests as well as the Slug Race winners will be announced after 2 p.m. * Please pick-up your entries and ribbons between 3:30-4 p.m. on Aug. 23

DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAYS

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DAILY EXCEPT SAT, SUN & MAY 19, JUL 1, AUG 4, SEPT 1 & OCT 13

† THE WEDNESDAY SAILINGS WILL BE REPLACED

BY DANGEROUS CARGO SAILINGS. NO OTHER PASSENGERS PERMITTED.

1. Tallest flower grown on Bowen: Bring in the actual flower, or a photo with proof of height.

2. Biggest Zucchini grown on Bowen: Bring in your biggest zucchinis to be weighed (let us know if you want it back, or if you want us to sell them!)

3. Strangest-Looking Root Vegetable grown on Bowen: Bring in your strangest looking root vegetables!

4. Best Photo of a Bee (any type of BC bee) 5. Best Photo of a Bowen Island slug: Explain why you think it is incredible (or write a fairy tale about it for extra points!)

6. Favourite Farm Animal Award (adult and youth ribbons) through photos, drawings, poetry, a short story, or online media... share with us why you think your farm animal is the best!

7. Youth Cooking Creation Contest: Make a smoothie on the spot with the provided ingredients or other simple cooking contest, and get judged by peers and adults-youth only (sign up between 11-12:30 on the day) 8. Lego Contest - create a farm or garden-inspired Lego creation, explain how you were inspired to create it, or write a fairy tale about it for extra points! (Youth only) 9. Fibre Arts Finest: Finest handknit/ crocheted/spun/felted creation (extra points if you use any locally sourced fibres, or did any of the dyeing with local ingredients - please explain the inspiration for the piece and what it is made of) 10. Slug Races will run between 12:30-1:30 p.m. at the Country Fair tent. Adults and youth welcome to bring a racing slug and slug race bribe (ex. A piece of lettuce). All slugs must be returned to their forests/gardens at the end of the races.

Dr. Susanne Schloegl M.D.

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596 B. Artisan Square

604-730-1174

Natural Family Medicine

Chiropractor

Open Mon. Wed. Thurs. Fri.

Call for an appointment Artisan Square

604-947-9986

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Dr. Utah Zandy 604-947-9830 CALL FOR APPOINTMENT OPEN TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS

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Dr. Gloria Chao

Bowen and West Van offices

Health Page

Artisan Square • 604-947-0734 Alternate Fridays 10am-4:30pm

call 604-947-2442

Horseshoe Bay • 604-921-8522

Dr. Tracy Leach, D.C.

595B Artisan Lane Tuesdays Call for an appointment

(778) 828-5681

ToCOUNSELLING advertiseTHERAPIST on the 604.290.6407

Deromer@shaw.ca www.clearhorizon.ca

Family Dentist

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604-947-9755 CATHERINE SHAW

Dr. Traditional Chinese Medicine/Acupuncturist ❦

MARY MCDONAGH

Registered Massage Therapist (Available Mondays through Fridays)

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Registered Physiotherapist ❦

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Registered Massage Therapist (Available Thursdays through Sundays)

BLOOD TESTS, URINE TESTS OR ECGS

6:45 - 9:00 A.M. EVERY THURSDAY DR. ZANDY'S OFFICE

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On the calendar $15 per drop-in class, runs until August 26th

FRIDAY AUGUST 15

Youth Centre drop-in 6 - 9 p.m.

Youth Centre drop-in (6 p.m. - 9 p.m.)

SATURDAY AUGUST 16

Bowen Island Summer Market Boardwalk in Snug Cove, 10 a.m. -5 p.m.

UPCOMING

Bowen in Transition Sustainability Tour 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m, cost $10 contact Shasta Martinuk at: shastamartinuk@gmail.com to register

SATURDAY AUGUST 23

Bowfest, parade starts at 10:30, theme is Fairytales Categories are: Community, Commercial, Individual, Neighbourhood, and Overall

Youth Centre drop-in, 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Run for Rwanda Starts at 8:30

SUNDAY AUGUST 17

Bowen Island Summer Market Boardwalk in Snug Cove, 10 a.m. -5 p.m.

Community Photo on the library lawn, just following the parade

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.

SUNDAY AUGUST 24

Bowen in Transition Potluck 5:30 p.m. start, Bowen in Transition meeting starts at 7:30 The home of Carol MacKinnon, 1293 Westside Road For more details contact Shasta Martinuk shastamartinuk@gmail.com

TUESDAY AUGUST 19 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

AUGUST 30

Faces and Places - exhibit by Diana and Rafal Izdebski Opening, 7 - 9 p.m.

THURSDAY AUGUST 21

SEPTEMBER 5 Bowen Island Golf Course Annual Fundraiser For details contact the Pro shop at 604-947-4653

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……!

SEPTEMBER 11 Rotary Meeting at Collins Hall Sept 11th 7:30pm Speaker: Nat - Animist Ritual

Duplicate bridge at the hall at Bowen Court.

For more info call Irene Wanless 604-947-2955

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Land Act: Notice of Intention to Apply for a Disposition of Crown Land

Cruisers take home the Scott Helenius Memorial Trophy

Take notice that Zhen Wang on Bowen Island, BC, have applied to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), Lower Mainland/Surrey, for a Specific Permission for a Residential Private Moorage situated on Provincial Crown land fronting Lot 3, DL 1548, Group 1, NWD, Plan BCP43265, PID: 028-132-068, Bowen Island, BC. The Lands File for this application is file #2410984. The Lands File for this application is file #2410953. Written comments concerning this application should be directed to the Senior Land Officer, Lower Mainland / Surrey, MFLNRO, at Suite 200, 10428 153rd Street, Surrey, BC, V3R1E1.

Comments will be received by MFLNRO up to September 19, 2014.

MFLNRO may not be able to consider comments after this date. Please visit the website at http://afrd.gov.bc.ca/ApplicationPosting/index.jsp for more information.

WAKEFIELD

Be advised that any response to this advertisement will be considered part of the public record. For information, contact the Freedom of Information Advisor at Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources Operations Office in Lower Mainland / Surrey.

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Run Rwanda Saturday, August 23RD

1.5K KIDS’ RUN

BHA STARTS AT 8:30AM

5K,10K RUNS & 5K WALK START AT 9:00AM

ALL STARTS FROM THE FERRY DOCK

REGISTRATION: ON-LINE & AT FCU OR PHOENIX See www.rotaryrunforrwanda.com for more info.

All proceeds go to Komera Canada, a registered Canadian charity providing scholarships for high school girls in Rwanda.

The Cruisers celebrate their win.

Tobias Puga, photo

from PAGE 7 Speaking of community, the tournament just wouldn’t be the same without the beer garden concession run by each individual team in rotation.

This year’s concession was expertly run by the Twins and their devoted friends, fans, and families; these volunteers worked tirelessly to keep us all fed and refreshed in the hot sun all weekend long, and we are so thankful for their hard work!

And so, on that note of gratitude and contentment, we close the book on the 2014 BIMFL season. For a full list of this season’s awards, please see the Bowen Island Pub’s ad in this issue of the Undercurrent. Stats are available through the Facebook group, “Bowen Island Men’s Fastpitch League.”

Until next season, folks.

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