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Bowen-made movie screened at International Film Festival

Mall-ternatives

Ways to avoid the seasonal glut of materialism

Success story

Naked Soapworks gets a name change

With rezoning complete, councillors say goodbye MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR

Michael Corneliusson told the members of the council, elected in 2011, that he spent the morning writing a fifteen page list of their achievements, and thanked them for their hard work over the past three years. Colleen O’Neil followed, and actually stated what she considered to be the council’s main achievements: improving the relationship between council and municipal staff, approving both Belterra and Arbutus Ridge, increasing the amount of park land on Bowen by three percent, creating both the A digger at work on the Snug Cove House lands on Miller Road provided several days worth of Municipal Finance Committee and entertainment this week for boys of all ages. Story on page 7. the Community Grants Advisory Meribeth Deen, photo Committee, and so on. After these, and several other statements of thanks, council moved on to add one more achievement to the list before saying their goodbyes: unanimously voting to pass the rezoning of Lot 2 through fourth reading.

Members of council discussed and debated the wording of the two mendation this week.

MERIBETH DEEN bylaws that require amending – the “This committee has spent too much time, altogether, Land Use Bylaw and the Official EDITOR on this one issue,” said councillor Tim Rhodes when Community Plan – at their October the issue came up at council. “If you go out there on a Alternative solutions to the current look and con24 meeting. This Monday, with the day like we had a few days ago you will know that what approval of the Islands Trust, no dition of large boulders channelling storm water we have works.” through Seymour Bay Park are a necessity, say memmajor changed were necessary and The fact that the rip rap channel is working as it is bers of the municipal Parks, Trails and Greenways the rezoning passed with little dissupposed to was confirmed by the municipal Public Advisory Committee. Members of council, however, cussion.

Works Superintendent, Bob Robinson. made a point of stating their disagreement with this Councillor Tim Rhodes says he perspective by voting down the Committee’s recomfeels the completion of this rezoning

Committee, council, clash over “giant scar” at Seymour Bay Park

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“Wolfgang [Duntz], Daron [Jennings] and I all ran for council with promises to get a community centre built,” says Rhodes. “While I am disappointed that there is not a shovel in the ground after three years, we have made progress. We have rezoned the lands for community purposes and for sale, and with that we might actually be able to afford to build something.”

Rhodes says that part of the struggle he, and other members of his council faced when it came to the task of getting a community centre built was a lack of experience.

“We had a rookie mayor and only two members of council with experience,” says Rhodes. “One of our mistakes was passing the community centre issue back to a committee. It had already been through at least three committees, and when we established the Community Centre Implementation Committee, we struggled for seven months to find a way to build something we could afford. But we were getting way ahead of ourselves and didn’t get anywhere, which is why Daron and I resigned.”

Rhodes says that after some time on the table at a Mayor’s committee, they realized that the first step in getting a community centre built had to be a rezoning. continued, PAGE 7

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Bowen LIFT (Linking Islanders through Friendly Transportation) to launch Bowen Island ride-share app and drivers off-island.

Here’s how the app will work: - Users install the app and register as driver, rider or both.

Bowen LIFT (Linking Islanders through Friendly Once registered, they don’t need to do anything further, makTransportation) recently met with Katherine Wolters and her ing it easy to stay engaged. daughter Bea to find out how they use Bowen LIFT. Katherine - Riders ‘raise their digital thumb’ by opening the app. This and Bea regularly pick up neighbours from their Eaglecliff sends their ride request to all nearby drivers. The ride request neighbourhood. They find it a great way to make every trip communicates their desired destination and information about count around the island and to meet new people. the rider.

In her younger days, Katherine hitch-hiked across Canada - Drivers remain anonymous to the rider until they decide and feels that Bowen is a safe place to share rides –especially to offer a ride. Once they decide to offer the ride, their conas the LIFT stop gives the driver a good opportunity to see tact information is sent to the rider. riders waiting for a lift. When Katherine and Bea heard about - People who plan ahead can post earlier on their intended the new ride-share app being developed by Bowen LIFT they travel plans (for both offers and rides), much like the current thought it was a fantastic idea – especially to coordinate riders Bowen LIFT Facebook group.

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Acting mayor Andrew Stone added that the committee is less concerned about the engineering, and more concerned about the fact that the rip rap is a potential safety hazard for children.

In an interview, Claudia Schaefer, ViceChair of the Parks, Trails and Greenways Committee, said that the main concerns are that the rip rap is a potential safety hazard and an eyesore.

“The rip rap channel is a giant scar that goes right through the middle of what is supposed to be a small park,” says Schaefer. “It exists because the upland development created a drainage problem. This was solved using solely an engineer’s perspective. The fact that this land is considered to be a park was not taken into account. Now it looks like we’re stuck with it, but as a Committee we believe there are still things to be done to reduce the safety hazard and provide a more appealing look.”

Schaefer says that when the Parks, Trails and Greenways Advisory Committee was created, the land zoned passive park between the golf course parking lot and shoreline were stated by Council to be a priority.

“The upland development was relatively new, and there was a lot of angry public feedback about what happened at the park,” says Schaefer.

She says that one of the committee’s first tasks was to survey the site and create a plan about what could be done to improve the land as a park.

“We had a series of recommendations that included addressing the rip rap issue as a priority, creating stairs close to the shore for beach access, using native tree and shrub species when replanting, picnic table locations, and so on, and we recommended that a park planner or landscape architect be hired to draw it up,” says Schaefer. “We had hoped to have a hand in the hiring of that person, but we didn’t. And the plan that the hired landscape architect presented avoided the main

concern altogether.”

Committee member DG Blair says she was shocked by the failure to address the concern about the rip rap.

“My response was - do you have rose coloured glasses? The architect told me that the ‘stream’ was to be a feature of the landscape.”

Blair says in a later meeting, the municipality’s new planner, Cari St. Pierre, mentioned there are ways to deal with the storm water by looking at the park in a broader context that includes the upstream development.

“She did not offer specifics, but that led us to make the recommendation to look into alternatives,” says Blair. Committee members also suggested there are ways to plant within the rip rap to soften its look and create a barrier for children who might climb on the sharp rocks.

During the discussion on this topic in council this week, councillor Andrew Stone recommended leaving the issue for the incoming council to deal with.

“The issue has become a political issue,” said Stone. “Ethically, this should be passed on to the next council to deal with. It’s an open issue that’s not going to be dealt with in five minutes.”

Councillor Tim Rhodes, however, disagreed with this approach.

“I’d like to make the motion and defeat it, just to make a point,” he said. “I don’t know how much money’s involved here but it’s considerable, its time to move on.”

In closing, Councillors Rhodes, Lucas and Morse opposed a motion to look into an alternative to the rip rap stormwater channel that cuts through Seymour Bay Park.

Schaefer says that from her perspective, the time spent on this project has resulted from the fact that the problem has never been corrected, and is as relevant today as it was when the committee was created.

“People are still approaching committee members and stating their disgust and anger about the state of things at Seymour Bay,” says Schaefer.

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Bowen-made film sends young director to Hollywood MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR

In Between the Lines, a soldier trudges through trenches in a muddy battle surrounded by fog. He meets his end only to wake up as a young boy injured in a pretend battle.

Sixteen year-old Emmett Sparling says the story, told in 6.5 minutes and without words, can be interpreted a number of ways: as the kids playing and imagining a real battle; as the soldier, remembering a time when for him, war was more innocent; or as Sparling originally wrote the script, with the kids as angels taking the soldier off the battlefield.

Sparling made the film in 2012 for his Masterworks project at Island Pacific School. In November, the film screened at the 12th Annual International Student Film Festival in Hollywood.

“There were 100 films from all around the world,” says Sparling. “There was a student from Dubai, one from China, Japan, Turkey, Mexico…”

Made in four days on a property on the north end of Bowen, the film’s budget totalled $250.

“The fog machine was the biggest expense,” says Sparling. “It cost $175.”

Sparling says at the festival, his film did not win anything because it did not fit easily into a specific category. But following its screening, along side a number of other films, the audience had a slew of questions all directed at him. Sparling also says he met with someone from Chapman University Film School who encouraged him to attend a camp in New York this summer.

“Afterward I sent him all my films and photos.

He wrote back and said I have the technical side of movie-making nailed and I just have to work on my story-lines,” says Sparling. “I do want to go to film

school, maybe not in Vancouver, but we’ll see.”

Sparling says that he is more proud of a film he made this summer, over a five day period when his parents were in Germany.

“It’s called Somnium, and it doesn’t have much of a story line but it looks like Lord of the Rings,” says Sparling. “The budget was $50, most of which went to Guerilla Tape for waterproofing, and root beer.”

Top photo: Island Pacific School teacher playing the lead in Between the Lines.

Bottom photo: A scene from Sparling’s latest film, Somnium, starring Sparling’s grandfather, Tim Scorer.

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Regretfully, the Friends of the Bowen Island Library will be unable to accept any further donations of books until we can secure a new building to sort and store the books for the annual sale in May. The building we are currently using has been deemed unsafe

for our volunteers so we must temporarily suspend our work of sorting and packing books until a new location can be found.

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The agenda for for thethe Inaugural will posted The agenda Inaugural Meeting Meeting will be be posted the Bowen Island Municipal website www.bimbc.ca on theonBowen Island Municipal websiteatat www.bimbc.ca the week prior to the event. the week prior to the event.

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JACK Memorial Service for

Mayor Jack Adelaar A Celebration of Life for the late Jack Adelaar will be held on:

Saturday, December 6, 2014 2:00 pm

Royal Canadian Legion on Bowen Island Translink will be providing free bus service from Bowen Island Community School to the Royal Canadian Legion for the Celebration of Life.

All are welcome to attend.

For information, call 604-947-4255

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Thank you, Sue Ellen, and welcome back

Leadership MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR

An 87 year-old former librarian, and Bowen Island resident Alejandro Frid (see opposing page) count themselves among the more than 100 citizens arrested for protesting against Kinder Morgan’s drilling on Burnaby Mountain.

Burnaby’s Mayor, Derek Corrigan, has told protestors not to risk arrest. This time, he says, the government’s got their back and will fight this battle out in the courts.

Of course the protestors will go ahead and risk arrest anyhow – as they should.

On the heels of an election I see democracy at work in Burnaby, where a majority of citizens share the same goals as their elected leaders, each working in different ways to achieve it.

I was particularly impressed by a letter written

by Corrigan to residents of two Burnaby neighbourhoods clarifying the reason why the City of Burnaby is opposed to the Kinder Morgan project.

If you haven’t read it yet, I would recommend looking it up (it’s under News & Media on the City of Burnaby’s website). It is well researched, clearly

written and proves that the mayor really is willing to stand up for citizens. He knows that his job is to protect the “public interest” – two words I don’t often hear being spoken by elected officials. And if a livable climate for future generations sounds too wishy-washy to be a credible point of opposition for you, in his letter, Corrigan lays out a long list of other reasons why the Trans Mountain project doesn’t make sense. For example, there are no jobs, even short term ones, promised to local workers.

Trans Mountain’s claim to have been operating in the community safely since 1953, says Corrigan, is a lie if you count the spill of 1,572 barrels of crude oil in from the pipeline in 2007. And as for the company’s committment to fully restore any areas disturbed by their work?

“This is not possible,” writes Corrigan. “The damage done as a result of Kinder Morgan’s initial survey work has had far-reaching damaging effects on the Mountain.”

These are just a few examples put forward in the letter.

So in my mind, we can look to our neighbours in Burnaby for an example of strong leadership. Even if we’re planning on heading over there ourselves.

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It is with a happy smile that I write to celebrate Sue Ellen Fast’s return to public life on Bowen Island. While it was difficult to see her removed as Greenway’s Committee Chair, it is excellent to have her back working for Bowen as a Councillor and with Islands Trust. When speaking to friends and strangers alike about the election, I noticed Sue Ellen’s name elicited a nod of approval, a positive word or a warm look. Sue Ellen has such charm and strength of character. We all value the natural spaces and trails on Bowen she is working to establish. I know I speak for many Islanders when I say thank you to Sue Ellen for working on our behalf.

Sincerely, Rina Frid

A variety of Bowen talents Dear Editor, The Rotary Variety Show on Saturday, November 22nd, at Cates Hill Chapel, was a great success. It was a true variety event, showcasing a huge range of Bowen talent.

Singer Carlos Vela-Martinez opened the show with “Already Home” accompanied by dance students from Perform Art Studios. Bowen poet Jude Neale read several of her touching and funny poems.

The young string duo of Nicholas Belluk and Liliana Orlikow had our toes tapping with their lively fiddling, and comic Marylee Stephenson had us giggling with her “Cuddles and Cars” routine.

The second act began with Graham Ritchie doing justice to several Shakespearean monologues – one in the dark. Shari Ulrich thrilled us with her lovely songs, including the poignant “Making friends With Gone.” Jackie Minns and Bawn Campbell performed a hilarious skit about a psychiatrist and his new patient. Martin Clarke recited several poems, and we did indeed believe that he was “a very sensitive man.”

Nicole Thomas Zyczynski and Malcolm Shewan closed the show with gorgeous piano and Scottish pipes compositions.

Many thanks go to the performers, to the volunteers who put the show together, to the donors and sponsors including the Snug Café, to the designers who did the posters and ads, to the publicity folks, to the bar staff, to the tech guys, and everyone who helped on the night.

A special thanks goes to Phoenix for (always) cheerfully selling tix. Thanks also go to Bawn Campbell, who had the original idea for the show, coordinator Sheena Ashdown, stage manager Nancy Joyce, and to the fabulous emcee, David Cameron.

The Bowen Rotary Club put on this fundraiser for the Africa Village Project and for Rotary projects on Bowen. The Club invites you to their meetings on Thursday evenings at Collins Hall. Come find out about Rotary!

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Why I chose to engage (again) in civil disobedience ALEJANDRO FRID EDITOR

Harper’s conservative government is working hard to turn Canada into a Petrostate. Their tactics include blatant inaction on climate change, dismantling environmental legislation, stripping government scientists from their ability to communicate research findings to the tax-paying public, and spying on citizens who, like me, dissent.

Consistent with these tactics, Harper tasked the National Energy Board (NEB) with examining whether building new pipelines that enable increased exploitation of bitumen from the Alberta tar sands is in the best interest of Canadians. Proposed infrastructure under current NEB “scrutiny” include the Trans Mountain pipeline by Houston-based Kinder Morgan, which would increase the capacity to transport tar sands bitumen to an export port in Vancouver, and the Northern Gateway pipeline, which would transport bitumen to the export port of Kitimat. The NEB has approved Northern Gateway and appears to be well on its way to doing the same for Trans Mountain.

The NEB, of course, is a blatant sham, a smokescreen, a club that exists solely to advance the interests of fossil fuel corporations. This assessment is consistent with the conclusion of Marc Eliesen, an industry insider who resigned as intervenor in the NEB Trans Mountain hearings, stating in the Globe and Mail that, “To me this is a farce: There is no way you can test the evidence if they won’t answer the basic questions. Unfortunately, this board is not objective. This board is biased.” .

While the above quote speaks volumes, for many of us the real clincher is this. The NEB process considers only local impacts—oil spills and the like— while ignoring climate change. This is the equivalent of banning discourse on respiratory disease and asking, “Is it in the best interest of Canadians for the cigarette industry to market their product for toddlers, or would the plastic wrapping of cigarette cartons pose a choking hazard to that age group?”

Opposition to Kinder Morgan is substantial. In a rather interesting twist of fate, the proposed route for their Trans Mountain pipeline includes the outskirts of Simon Fraser University in Greater Vancouver, where academics and other senior professionals can easily join First Nations and other citizens in opposition, some choosing civil disobedience http://www. vancouverobserver.com/special-reports/tar-sandsreporting-project.

Of course, I had to follow suit. On November 22, 2014, I joined what may be the first sustained, multi-day act of civil disobedience against climate change inaction. That day, I crossed an injunction line excluding the public from the Kinder Morgan’s “study area”.

All she wanted was freedom: Instead she got the Nobel Prize KIP ANASTASIOU SCIENCE COLUMNIST

As an ecologist who understands the scientific literature, I know that a rapid transition to largescale use of renewable energy is no longer a technical issue, but rather one of political will.

As captured on video: I am here because it is my moral obligation as a parent, an ecologist, a human being, a citizen of Canada. I am here because climate change is the issue of our time. As an ecologist who understands the scientific literature, I know that a rapid transition to large-scale use of renewable energy is no longer a technical issue, but rather one of political will. The decisions we make today on how fast we phase out fossil fuels will affect the chemistry of the ocean and atmosphere for many centuries to come. It will make the difference on whether my daughter will have a livable planet… or not.

As a parent, ecologist, and human being…I can no longer tolerate inaction on climate change by the federal government. Which is precisely why it is my moral obligation to engage in the act of peaceful civil disobedience that I am about to commit. With this act, I am sending the message to the federal government that we want Canada to be a country that stands for democracy and climate justice.

In crossing the injunction line, I helped raise the arrest tally to fifty-three (with more arrests happening since.) This meant hand cuffs, a paddy wagon ride, and almost eight hours under custody, with about four hours in solitary confinement in a cold cell without food or water. While police treated us courteously (as we treated them), I cannot help wondering whether the solitary confinement reflected top-down orders from corporate board rooms.

Having been previously apprehended for blockading a coal train, but released within an hour, my past experience suggests that a much faster release without solitary confinement was within the scope of police discretion.

Was my peaceful act of civil disobedience consistent with my obligations as a scientist who understands climate change? Absolutely. While I do not suggest that others should answer in the same way I did, I do encourage all scientists and other citizens to ask themselves the same question and to respond—in a thoughtful and informed manner—with the actions that best apply to their personal context.

Volunteers make the library possible

On Sunday Nov 23, library staff and board members paid tribute to the volunteers who make our library possible. Above, Andrea Little, Chair of the Library Board, addresses volunteers.

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She was born in Connecticut, and christened Eleanor McLintock, the third child of a physician father and a Boston socialite from a Mayflower family. Her mother seems to have been very snobby, even introducing her husband to her socialite friends as ‘NOCD’ (Not Our Class Dearie). True to form, she seemed somewhat disappointed with Eleanor who showed a strong independent streak even from her second year. To her mother she lacked sufficient femininity for the name Eleanor so from at least age three called her Barbara – a name her mother felt was less feminine.

So Eleanor became Barbara for the rest of her life and it is not surprising that she developed rather negative feelings for her mother, apparently not allowing physical contact after the age of three. Also at this age, Barbara apparently expressed a very strong desire for freedom to do what she wanted, including the kinds of things that little boys liked to do. To her credit, her mother dressed Barbara in bloomers and sent her out to play with the boys. Any neighbours who might object were given an earful by this Boston Blueblood!

As soon as she entered school, Barbara realized that she loved to learn and to solve problems. She desperately wanted to go to college, and her desires won over her mother’s fears that such an education would make her unmarriageable or worse, a professor. She started out at the Agriculture Faculty at Cornell University.

University was a fantastic experience for Barbara. She had a ball taking and dropping as many courses as she was, at least for the moment, interested in.

Pretty and brilliant, she was very popular and became women’s class president during her first year. Even so, with the number of courses she took and then dropped, and her lack of attention to marks, she graduated with just under a B average (which today would NOT qualify her for grad school). Cornell admitted her to a graduate program in Botany, which she loved. Barbara completed her masters and doctorate in genetics by the time she was 25. There were very few academic and even fewer government jobs for a woman at that time, so she remained at Cornell supported by post-doc fellowships.

Barbara was fascinated by cytogenetics, in which heredity is studied through the careful microscope examination of nuclear and cytoplasmic evidence. She became extraordinarily expert at examining chromosomes in maize. These chromosomes are remarkably small and thin, almost invisible when compared to salivary gland chromosomes in fruit flies. However, Barbara made them visible and for the first time ever, was able to distinguish them and characterize each of the ten.

After a few years, she got a university position, but she was unhappy having to cater to students and other university commitments, which cut into her time for research. Five years later, she quit. A university appointment did not provide the freedom she needed. Barbara was appointed to the research staff of the Cold Spring Harbor Carnegie research station on Long Island in New York. There she could do what she wanted when she wanted. Perfect! She stayed there until she died.

The corn she studied gave one field crop a year and possibly another over the winter in a greenhouse. She trusted no one with her plants, nurturing and protecting every one. At least once in a terrific windstorm, she alone was out there propping up her precious research material. She had ‘a feeling for the organism’ that was admired and envied.

She had hawk-eyes and interminable patience. She worked long after others left in the night and having little need of sleep, was the first there in the morning.

She allowed only anointed, brilliant, and gentle friends to visit. Others were summarily dismissed, often politely. If interested scholars wrote her with questions she admired they were liable to get a twenty-five page typewritten letter in return.

Otherwise, the inquiring letter “never arrived.”

She worked out the expressions and locations of many corn genes with a special interest in their mutations and interactions. In addition, she was able to develop systems conducive to genetic mutation. Because of the complicated nature of her experiments, many researchers found it difficult to understand her research papers. When others later repeated her work or couldn’t find the same thing in other organisms, or felt what she described wasn’t clear. She would say, “Wait a while, they’ll get it.”

In 1948, when she first described genes that moved from one place to another on the chromosomes, called transposons, few could bring themselves to believe such an outrageous idea. Yet, within a few years, transposons or ‘jumping’ genes, were shown to be common and an important mechanism in the function of the chromosomes. Even the insertion of viral DNA into host chromosomes to cause infection was related.

In about 1953, she got so fed up with her colleagues that she stopped publishing in journals requiring peer reviews. “They just don’t understand my work,” she said. For the last part of her life (she lived to 90 and researched to the end or close to it), she worked on the cytogenetics of all the maize varieties in North and South America. She established a number of labs in South America, and trained their scientists in her methods. She was a very demanding and tough teacher, but they loved her for it.

In 1983, she received the Nobel Prize for her work on genetic transposition, the movement of genetic material on the chromosomes.

Barbara McLintock died a couple of months after she was honoured with a volume of papers by her friends and colleagues — a memoir. I am absolutely certain that she found a lot of ideas she disagreed with in its hundreds of pages. In fact, I would hazard a guess that she was mumbling to herself over and over again, “NOCD”.

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Christmas: consumer-frenzy-free BOWEN IN TRANSITION SUBMISSION

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Can we find other ways to give this Christmas? Consider the mindnumbing malls, the desperate searching, the dubious expenditures, the time, the driving, the stress. Consider the waste: the packaging, the bag you bring it home in, the wrapping paper (the wrapping the wrapping paper comes in) and, finally, there’s the gift itself – resource rich, polluting in its production, and destined to become garbage. Paying for needless stuff so corporations can get rich. So here are a few ideas for a saner, less wasteful Christmas from a couple of your Bowen neighbours.

Jacquie Massey says, “For years my extended family traded homemade gifts.

It was fun and there were some pretty cool items but it became too stressful, so we settled on making an ornament for the tree of whomever’s house we would be visiting at Christmas. A new family tradition is enjoying “experiences” together, usually arty and Christmas themed - movies, the symphony, the ballet, live theatre.

A couple of years ago I participated in a FaceBook “chain” where you create five mystery gifts for five people and they in turn will offer to create five gifts, etc.

But mostly it’s spending time together that’s our big gift - especially now that everyone’s so busy.”

Jan Parker says, “I found the hub-

bub of shopping for something just to have a present made no sense at all.

So, a few years ago, my husband and I started giving each other certificates for experiences instead. These presents are simple, meaningful gifts and were actually what we really wanted all along. For example, I received a handful of certificates for ten-minute foot rubs from my husband. I gave him a certificate and promise to go camping with him. One year I gave us both the gift of not complaining when a light was left on in a room. I just turned it off. Best present ever! Gift giving is easy now, and great for our relationship.”

Alternatives to traditional gift-giving: - Collectively choose a house gift, something that everyone can get use out of but that generally couldn’t be justified in the normal budget.

- Family trivia game - for cash hungry youngsters make them earn the money with a family trivia game that gets them talking to other family members.

- Memory jar. “With the help of friends and family, I collected memories and old pictures of my grandfather. I put one on each of 365 business cards, put them in a nice jar, and every morning for the next year, my grandfather would pluck a memory from the jar.”

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Snug Cove House lands cleared in preparation for sale of lots

A gift-giving idea for people with too much ‘stuff’ Why not ask people to donate to your favourite cause instead?

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Six of the lots on Snug Cove House land are zoned to be duplexes, the other three will be for single family homes. A large sign with the above vision for the Snug Cove House lands will be placed alongside the property on Miller Road.

Image courtesy of Snug Cove House

MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR

Last week, a digger cleared away the alders and blackberry bushes covering the 1.17 acres of land on Miller Road owned by the Snug Cove House Society. The clearing is intended to clean up the land, which will be divided into nine lots that will go up for sale starting this spring.

Snug Cove was granted access to the Cove Bay Water System three months ago, following a visit to Bowen by Vancouver Coastal Health.

“With that, the municipality got the go-ahead to expand the Cove Bay Water district,” says Ritchie. “Our development was

included in that expansion.”

In the first week of November, Bowen Island Municipality granted the Snug Cove House Society its Preliminary Letter of Review (PLR) for its lands on Miller Road. This letter acts as a conditional subdivision that allows the land owners to go to market.

Snug Cove House board-chair Graham Ritchie says that the sales will occur on the condition that amenities such as water, sewer and hydro will be put in place by a certain date. He adds that the sale of five lots should provide the necessary funds to put those amenities in place.

The sale of all nine lots will provide a down-payment for the construction of Snug Cove House, an assisted-living residence for Bowen’s seniors.

Re-zoning the first step in getting a community centre built from PAGE 1 “Our planning consultant developed the rezoning proposal using input that came out of a decade’s worth of community consultation,” says Rhodes. “And in the end, both the location and the uses of the land in question resemble what was being talked about a decade ago. I feel with this we can say we’ve fulfilled the promise

that we ran on, and also the promises made about re-couping the investment on community lands when they were purchased.”

Following a number of other decisions made, councillor Rhodes and offered up words of thanks for staff and goodbyes. The the subdivision of lot 2, as well as prioritizing the community amenities to be built, will be left to the next council.

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Martha Perkins is the executive director of FundAid. ca, a crowdfunding initiative by Glacier Media. You can contact her at mperkins@glaciermedia.ca.

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Hey Chelsea, I just can’t seem to get into the Christmas Spirit.

The desire to give each other gifts at Christmas comes from a good place. We want to let friends and family know that we value their presence in our lives.

But there can come a point when we simply don’t need any more “stuff.” We appreciate the sentiment behind the gift-giving but don’t want people to buy us things that we don’t really need.

Here’s an idea for you: start a crowdfunding campaign that people can donate to in lieu of buying you a Christmas present.

The concept is simple: • Choose a charity or cause that means a lot to you.

• Go to FundAid.ca and start a personal crowdfunding campaign. Tell a compelling story about why you care.

• Send a link to your family and friends to let them know that instead of buying you a gift, they can make a donation to your campaign.

• Donate the proceeds to your charity, thanking your donors for helping you make a difference in the lives of others.

There are many other reasons you may want to turn to crowdfunding this Christmas.

If you are hosting a holiday get-together, you could ask for donations to a charity in lieu of a thank-you gift.

Maybe there’s a special project you’re working on, or a trip you’re planning, or a goal you’re setting.

You can ask friends and family to support you on your quest by donating to your crowdfunding campaign.

The possibilities are limitless.

I heard the USSC Marina Gift Shop has really fun stocking stuffers.

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Alternatives to gift-giving - Offer to teach someone a skill you have.

- Provide a goat or chickens for someone in the developing world. Get kids to choose the gift that they want to give rather than doing it on their behalf – it feels great to go through the catalogue and imagine the needy family receiving their life-changing gift.

- Here’s a weird one... swapping roles for 1 week. Over the holiday let the children run the house as the ‘parents’ and the parents become the ‘children’. The ‘parents’ must delegate work to the ‘kids’ and take on the lion’s share of duties around the house. They can stay up as late as they want and put the ‘kids’ to bed as they see fit. Get an appreciation for how the other half lives!

Or make it really simple and as one family put it, “Somehow we started giving each other the gift of not expecting any gifts.”

from PAGE 6 - In lieu of a gift give time to a nonprofit organization. Document what you did and give your day of donation as a present.

- Food: Layer cookie ingredients in a pretty jar, all ready for mixing and cooking.

- Home made treats such as homebrewed beer, homemade granola, homemade truffles – unbeatable when packed in a cute box from the KKN. Food is a great gift since it is destined for someone’s tummy, not the landfill.

- Love coupons: it is so great to be able to come home at the end of the day and redeem a coupon for a dinner out, or for a back rub, or for an evening watching a favorite movie.

- Create a menu of various culinary delights (e.g., Tantalizing Thai, Mexican Fiesta, etc.) and have the gift recipient choose one of the options.

- Sing a song, write a poem, tell a story.

Places of Worship Welcome You

On the calendar FRIDAY NOVEMBER 28

TUESDAY DECEMBER 2

Legion Dinner Doors open at 5 p.m. dinner starts at 6:30 Sears Christmas Wish Dinner

AA Meeting Collins Hall 7:15 p.m.

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 29

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 3

Mowen Island Gala Party Bowen Island Pub with DJ Jaime Smith

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 27

Knitting Circle 2 - 5 p.m. Bowen Court - All levels welcome!

Snug Cove House Society AGM 11 a.m. Collins Hall

Duplicate Bridge @ Bowen Court Call Irene @ 2955

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 30

Book launch at Collins Hall 3 p.m. “A Giraffe Called Geranium”

By Ainslie Manson, illustrated by Mary Baker Children welcome

UPCOMING

Book launch at the Gallery at Artisan Square Storms and Stillness: An ecologist’s search for optimism through letters to his young daughter Starts at 5 p.m.

DECEMBER 6

DECEMBER 4

Festival of Trees, Union Steamship Lawn

MONDAY DECEMBER 1

9:00 to 9:45a.m.: Exercises 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Refreshments, Socializing 11:00 a.m talk: Wildlife experiences of a researcher in Africa

Rev. Shelagh MacKinnon

BOWEN ISLAND COMMUNITY CHURCH

ST. GERARD’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH Mass: 10:30 a.m. Priest: Father James Comey

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Kerri Sutherland of the Alzheimer Society of BC presents a workshop entitled “Understanding Dementia” to the Rotary Club. 7:30 pm, Collins Hall, all are welcome, no charge.

DECEMBER 12

The Muppet Christmas Carol Family Movie Night at BICS, $10 per person or $30 per family Admission includes slice of pizza starts at 4:30

DECEMBER 14

15th Annual Christmas Carol Dramatic Reading 7:30 p.m. Collins Hall

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DECEMBER 7

Bowen Agriculture Alliance public meeting Proposal to build a pollinator demonstration garden in the Killarney Meadows 6:30 - 8:30, BICS Multi-Purpose Room

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Jazz at Tunstall 8 p.m Tunstall Bay Clubhouse, tickets at the door

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Pastor Clinton Neal 1070 Miller Road 604-947-0384 Service 10:30 a.m. Sunday School 11:00 a.m.

Light Up Bowen See Undercurrent ad for details

Community School Association Craft Fair 10 a.m. - 3 p.m at the BICS Gym

Inaugural council meeting 7:15 p.m. at Cates Hill Chapel

BOWEN ISLAND UNITED CHURCH Service and Sunday School: 10:30 a.m.

Collins Hall Bookings: Helen Wallwork Minister of Music: Lynn Williams

A Celebration of Life for Mayor Jack Adelaar 2 p.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion

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Head to Collins Hall on Sunday afternoon to check out A Giraffe Called Geranium. Story by Ainslie Manson, illustrations by Mary Baker.

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Somatic Patterning with Yoga Balls BOWEN ISLAND REC SUBMISSION

What if the person giving you a massage knew how to work on just the right spot, found just the right pressure, and stayed there exactly the right length of time? With self massage using yoga balls, you get to be that perfect therapist. Yoga balls are often called myofascial release balls because they don’t just help open your muscles but slowly melt the connective tissue wrappings around the muscles. These wrappings, called fascia, slowly shrinkwrap to the shape of chronically tight muscles, and hold us in a straight jacket. As the balls melt the fascia, muscles can open and lengthen, making it easier for us to stretch and move.

While yoga balls are great for working at stuck spots in your body, Somatic Patterning adds the “big picture”, helping you work with the dysfunctional holding patterns that create tension. Somatic Patterning guides you into a deep exploration of the holding patterns in your body.

Together, Somatic Patterning with

yoga balls creates a balanced approach to opening up stuck places in the body.

It allows the body to unwind its tensions, following its own path and its own pace. As the body reorganizes, Somatic Patterning encourages a change in relationship to your body, helping you learn to move from working on your body to working with it.

The instructor, Matthew van der Giessen, has been a somatic practitioner and instructor for over 30 years, and has been teaching with yoga balls for over a decade. He also draws upon his work as an anatomy instructor, enhancing the effectiveness of body rolling and its application in everyday life.

Introductory classes will be held at the Fitness Centre, starting in January.

The Winter series is five sessions, starting January 13, either on Tuesdays (9 a.m. - 10 a.m.) or Saturdays (10:30 11:30 a.m.). Cost is $73.50. Balls and yoga mats are provided. Wear comfortable clothing.

To register, contact Bowen Island Community Recreation at 604-9472216, on-line, or in person at the rec office below BICS.

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The Bowen reads calendar is back

Joanne Mogridge and Carlos Vela-Martinez grace the cover of this year’s Bowen reads calendar.

Len Gilday, photo

BOWEN ISLAND LIBRARY SUBMISSION

The 2015 Bowen Reads calendar is out and available for purchase at the library, and many other locations on Bowen. This is our second calendar celebrating our community members and the joy of reading. The Bowen Reads calendar is a fundraising project for the Annie Laurie Wood Annex – an addition to the library that will provide space for meetings, study, programs, tutoring and community gatherings.

Not only does the library support reading and lifelong learning, but it also provides a variety of programming and community events that are often held in alternate locations due to lack of space. The library is a busy place with more than 100 people visiting every day. People come to borrow books, DVDs, or medical equipment. They use the wifi or public internet terminals; read the newspaper or magazines. They visit the library to study, work, meet with a tutor, take part in programs, chat with friends and neighbours, or get help with technology – when there’s room. Often there isn’t.

We have run out of space in our beautiful heritage

TANYA WEBB SUBMISSION

Elise and Barb were newcomers to the island, meeting and bonding at the Snug Cove summer markets. The ladies were encouraged by market-goers to become Community School Association (CSA) BOWEN ISLAND HOUSE ACCOUN R001920652 BI03

We are looking for a well-organized customer service orientated individual to supervise our Pro-shop.

Share the spirit of giving with those in need in our community

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Duties would include booking tee times using a computer reservation system, processing payments, answering the telephone, general office duties, looking after retail sales of golf related items and the rental of equipment, pull carts and power carts.

The individual must have a friendly outgoing personality with strong communication skills, computer experience, and enjoy working with people as part of a team.

Familiarity with point of sale systems, debit and credit card processing and Microsoft Office would be an asset.

Ideally the individual will have customer service and/or retail experience and golf knowledge.

Work hours could be somewhat flexible Please send resume to Bowen Island Golf Association, 810 Beach Drive, Bowen Island, B.C. V0N 1G2 or e-mail to proshop@bowengolf.com

building. It can no longer meet the needs of our users and community partners for space and services in a 21st century library. Luckily we have a simple solution – the Annie Laurie Wood Annex, a 1200 square foot addition connected to the existing library and built to match the style and historic character of our main building.

Named after one of our island’s pioneers, the annex will be an open, multi-purpose space where students can collaborate, telecommuters can get some work done, local businesses and organizations can hold meetings or workshops, and where the library can offer new events and programs.

Every calendar that you buy for yourself, your family, or your friends brings us closer to building the Annie Laurie Wood Annex and making Bowen island Public Library big enough for all of us.

Whether for gifts or for yourself, the Bowen Reads Calendar is a great way to support your library and to enjoy seeing your friends and neighbours.

The calendar sells for $20 and all profits from the sales will go directly to the Annie Laurie Wood Annex fund.

If you wish to donate further, please contact Tina Nielsen at 604.947.9788 or donate online at http:// bowenlibrary.ca/support-us/fundraising.php.

A Friendly Situation at the CSA Christmas Craft Fair

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Make cheques payable to B.I. Christmas Hamper Fund mail to PO Box 19 Bowen Island OR drop off at Artisan Office Services TAX RECEIPTS WILL BE PROVIDED

Information: Linda Pfeiff (9625), Janice Skeels (9524), Pernille Nielsen (2210), or Ian Thompson (604-329-8097) If you or anyone you know needs assistance Please call the numbers above Confidentiality Assured

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Christmas Craft Fair vendors and decided to submit their request for tables together. The CSA’s Christmas Craft Fair is all about sharing friendship, local crafts, and being involved with the CSA’s largest fundraiser, which supports the community school as a hub for community learning and development. These ladies are contributing from every angle to those values.

Elise West is a knit aficionado. She will be selling her creative kids knits at the 29th Annual CSA Christmas Craft Fair, along with her friend Barbara Adams, craft connoisseur and chocolatier. These ladies are set to help you complete your Christmas checklists on Sunday, December 7.

Elise loves creating her knits by matching varying colours, textures, and unique, quality buttons. Her garments are a must-have for a wintery Christmas morning and a perfect accompaniment to a kiddie’s hot cocoa. Elise will have machine-washable kids knits available for toddlers through to teens.

Barb taught stained glass in Coquitlam many years ago and will be selling her stained glass Christmas decorations and window hangers. More recently she has been chasing a chocolaier’s dream of touring Canada with ‘Tickleberrys’ which are Okanagon blueberries and cherries covered in Belgium chocolate.

Ladies and Gentlemen, girls and boys – prepare those stockings to be stuffed. Be sure to come out for the CSA Christmas Craft Fair at BICS on Sunday, December 7th between 10 am – 3 pm; this year is set to be a record turnout and we look forward to seeing you there!

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The lengths Bowen gymnasts will go to, to get to Finland MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR

They’ve sold sports equipment, brought the circus to Bowen, and this weekend they’ll be packing groceries in an effort to raise $20 thousand to fly off to Finland.

Last July, Bowen Island gymnasts participated in the Canadian Gymnaestrada competition in Calgary and through that qualified to be a part of Team Canada for the World Gymnaestrada championships.

“This is a team event, and in Europe it’s a really big deal,” says Lisa Brougham, the head coach of Bowen Island Gymnastics. “We can expect 30 thousand gymnasts to be participating in this event. Team Canada is sending 500.”

The Bowen gymnasts who will be making the trip to Finland are: Ali Catchlove Twyla Lotenberg Callie Brougham Katie Brougham Ashley Murphy Shelby Murphy Maia Blomberg Briar Blomberg Aria Willis Megan Wall Brougham says that Bowen Islanders can look forward to many more fundraising events put on by the Gymnastics Club, until the $20 thousand goal is reached.

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Late November already, how is that possible? Time to remember some highlights from our golf season to warm up the chilly nights. The Bowen Island Ladies League wound up another great year of fun and games. Rain or shine, off we played from a shotgun start every Thursday morning at 9, April through September. We welcome players of all stripes and organize a wide range of games – from serious to silly. The morning round finishes with a fabulous lunch thanks to Frank and Glenn in the clubhouse. This year we gained five new members. If you want to improve your game, meet new and old friends or just get yourself out regularly for a convivial game one day a week, we welcome you, whatever your skill level.

Come on down when the season starts up next spring.

A big congratulations to the talented women in the photograph.

Our interclub team is made up of the best players in our league and this year they won first place in our zone. That is first place in a field of fourteen teams from well-established clubs in the lower mainland. As team member Colleen O’Neil says, this is quite an achievement given that many women in our league only started

golfing when we built our golf course and it is a testament to how the challenges of our little course hones our skills. Kudos to our fine competitors!

Christine Roocroft and Margo Anthony both did the island proud winning a BC-wide and Canada-wide Pin sheet competition respectively.

The winning streak continued and we retained our trophy from our annual high-handicap tournament with Gleneagles. Now this is a truly friendly home-and-away interclub competition with the nine-hole club across the water. In fact, it is so friendly that one year, no one could remember who won!!

Here at home, many of us played league match play and the winning two person team was Kim Nattress and Carol Correll, with Ruth Openshaw and Kathy Bellringer in second place.

Finally, the winners of our in house championship were Gitte Kristensen in first place, Colleen O’Neil, second and Kim Nattress, third.

Thanks to all of you who worked and played hard to make it a great season, especially to our outgoing captain, Kathy Clarke.

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8th Annual Eco-Fashion/ Movement show Join us Sat Nov 29 @ 2pm at the Gallery in Artisan Sq as familiar faces in the Bowen Island MOVEMENT/Fitness Community showcase “Movement” in its various forms.

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Friday Dec. 5 - Yvonne McSkimming is cooking up a tasty Roast Beef, Yorkshire pudding and the works at the Legion. Doors at 5:00, dinner at 6:30. also Penrhyn Academy kicks off the weekend with a Concert, Friday night at Cates Chapel. Featuring Lynn Williams, the Madrigal Singers plus the debut of Alison Nixon’s children choir. Tickets at the pharmacy and at the door.

The Gallery @ Artisan presents

“Gifted 2014” Featuring art and giftware from over 30 Bowen artists, writers and musicians

Saturday Dec. 6 - Light up Bowen! See ad in the Undercurrent for all the details.

Sunday Dec. 7 - CSA Craft Fair - this is the event not to be missed! Local Bowen Artists, crafters, cooks and creators sell their wares. BICS Gym 10am - 3pm

Reception: Fri 21 Nov 7-9pm 21 Nov – 23 Dec

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Naked no more: Bowen brand gets snatched up MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR

Naked Soapworks grew out of a hobby and out of an effort to make healthier products. Laurel Bailey says that her goal with her products was reflected in the brand name.

“I wanted to make cosmetics with as little packaging as possible, I wanted to deliver the ‘naked’ truth on what was used to make them – offering consumers more information than I actually had to deliver – and, well, I figured people would usually be naked when they used my products.”

The name, it seems, was just too good for one little soap company. When, a friend sent Bailey a photo of a product she believed infringed on the trademark, she decided to talk to her lawyer.

“I learned that getting money because someone infringes on your trademark is not so easy,” she says. “As the trademark holder, it is up to you to go after whoever has infringed on your property.

Usually, this can cost as much or more in legal fees as you are likely to walk away with – given that you actually win the case. In my case, I found out that the company in question had applied for the trademark. I had my lawyer approach them, and offer to sell – with the understanding that making a deal would be much cheaper than going to court.”

After many months of negotiations and paperwork, the deal came through. With that, Naked Soapworks started making its transition to its new name, Ethical Body. For Bailey, this is a huge step, and one she is celebrating.

However, she’s hoping to take one more step, and that’s to sell the nuts and bolts of the business.

“I didn’t build the business with the intention to sell it,” she says. “But while there are things I’ve really loved about this business – like educating people about what they’re putting on their body – there are other parts, like being a boss, and mostly, marketing, that I’ve decided I don’t want to do anymore.”

Bailey says that since closing her store in December 2011 and deciding to sell, she’s had numerous expressions of interest in purchasing it that have fallen through for various reasons. Bailey says that while she has taken a break from pursuing new business herself, she has done the research and knows exactly how it could grow.

“For anyone who buys this, that’s part of the deal,” she says. “Alongside learning how to make all the products.”

In the meantime, look for her cosmetics at the upcoming CSA Craft Sale. There will be some products that still have the label “Naked” on them, and also new ones with the new company name, “Ethical Body.”

From “Naked” to “Ethical Body,” Laurel Bailey says her soap and cosmetics company owes its existence to life on Bowen and all the people who helped her launch.

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Mustachioed and clean-shaven folk alike are welcome to dance the night away at the Mowen Island Gala Party on Saturday night.

The party features DJ Jaime Smith spinning old-school club classics at the Bowen Island Pub. Smith started dj-ing at the age of 12 in England.

In the mid-1980s, he played in Bristol, London and Bath, and went on to organize some of the biggest raves in England with up to 25 thousand people.

“The 80s were a pivotal moment,” says Smith.

“And this music has absolutely stood the test of time.”

Semi-retired from his musical career, Smith recently returned from a gig with Ghetto Funk Records. He says he is looking forward to a night of music at a much smaller venue... the Bowen Island Pub.