FRIDAY JUNE 26, 2015 VOL. 42, NO. 22
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The babies of 2014
And more photos from this year’s Father’s Day picnic
How could I not live here?
Meet Bowen’s most recent RCMP arrival
Outstanding athletes
Young Bowen Islanders impress at WVSS, yet again
Farmers’ and the new Tailgate Markets Council holds off on declaring Cove on-leash zone MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
Vivian, Rosie, Corrina, Daphne, Kamile and Sarah say the Tailgate Markets are a fun way to sell produce and products from their gardens in between the monthly Farmers’ Markets. Marysia McGilvray photo
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or three Saturdays now, folks have been pulling up at the BICS parking lot to sell their freshly picked produce, plants, and eggs to eager buyers. These Tailgate Markets were a lead-up to the first Farmers’ Market of the season (June 27), a bigger event where locals will also be selling homemade jams, baked goods, pies, preserves, coffee, tea, garden crafts, seedlings, herbs, and more. This new food sustainability initiative allows growers to arrive with whatever is fresh and ready to sell and to leave when they are sold out. It’s a fast and fun way for the community to connect every non-farmers-market Saturday, from 10am until sell-out through to October 26. Some of the produce seen so far at the tailgate sales are: Easter egg radishes, large heads of lettuce, a variety of greens and herbs, squash starts, eggs, garlic scapes from the youth garden, fig trees and the first Bowen-grown raspberries of the season. Besides being
a venue for filling up on seedlings, greens and treats, the markets are a chance to meet food growers on Bowen and ask a few questions—the farmers have been happy to trade tips, and to share their stories of growing on Bowen. Vivian Pearce of Shady Acres says the Tailgate Markets, which are a new initiative of Bowen Agriculture Alliance, made possible thanks to support from the Knick Knack Nook, let her share the extra greens and herbs from her garden. The larger Farmers’ Market will run June 27, July 25, August 15, September 12, and October 3, from 10am-12pm in the BICS undercover area. It will have tents, tables, kids activities and buskers and be a lively market with a larger spectrum of farm and garden produce and related local items. At the Farmers’ Markets, Daphne Fargher of Foxglove Ranch will be selling fresh fruits, produce and her limited edition homemade raspberry and rose-petal jams, as well as her grandmother’s recipe marmalades. Daphne’s daughter Kamile Fargher will be selling her famous homemade fudge. Farming is Daphne’s “lifetime dream and job,” and she’s happy Kamile is interested in it as well.
BICS students participating in the final competition on Sports Day, last Friday. Meribeth Deen, photo
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Of the 21 incidents of “dog aggression” that the municipality’s senior bylaw officer, Bonny Brokenshire, reported to have occurred between the beginning of 2014 and April, 30 percent of those occurred in Snug Cove. Brokenshire told council this week that nowhere else on the island are such incidents so concentrated, and recommended that the Dog Control Bylaw be amended to include an onleash area in Snug Cove. Councillor Alison Morse said that thanks to the amendments made to the Dog Control Bylaw made back in 2005, there was no need to go through a full bylaw amendment to create an on-leash zone. Council had the option of simply passing a resolution, and the regulation will come into effect immediately. Councillor Sue Ellen Fast said that she was not “fully in favour of the bylaw” and questioned whether the dog aggressions incidents are the result of one poor handler, and if so, suggested other means of regulation. Brokenshire responded that in fact a minimum of 6 people, and possibly as many as 10, have been associated with dog aggression in Snug Cove. She added that the Cove is also an area where other types of dog incidents - such as feces being left on the sidewalk, barking or dogs running into traffic - have been reported. Following a brief discussion about the problems that can occur with dogs roaming free on beaches, Fast questioned whether leash laws might negatively impact Bowen’s “laid back” lifestyle, and whether there might be a seasonal element to the complaints being made to bylaw services. To that, Brokenshire responded that while the number of complaints certainly does rise during the summer, dog incidents in the Cove occur all year long.
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