Bowen Island Undercurrent September 11 2015

FRIDAY SEPT. 11, 2015 VOL. 42, NO. 33

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The NDP’s Larry Koopman

Tommy Douglas’s legacy resonates strongly with federal candidate

Fall into autumn

A salute to Cpt. Richards

Community groups, from soccer to to SKY to choir, are starting new seasons

Allie Drake visits with a descendent of the man who gave Bowen its name

It’s still too dry to lift fire ban, water restrictions MARTHA PERKINS EDITOR

The drought might be over but that doesn’t mean the risk of forest fires is.

“It’s still incredibly dry out there,” Bowen Island Fire Chief Ian Thompson said on Tuesday morning. “Even this rain hasn’t done a lot.”

With a return to summer-like weather forecasted for later this week, he’s keeping many of the island’s fire restrictions in place.

While you can have a barbecue on your own property, no campfires or charcoal briquette barbecues are allowed in public places.

Thompson will reassess the situation next week and, until then, he reminds islanders that there are no backyard clearings and burns allowed until October 15.

And it’s not yet time to give your house or boat a good power wash.

The water restrictions in the King Edward Bay and Bluewater neighbourhoods are still in place.

Public works superindentent Bob Robinson says recent rains have had a negligible impact on the wells that are 500 feet below ground.

Up until August 26 this summer, there was only 8mm of rain. Between August 28 and 31, we got 104.5mm, and another 10 or so millimetres fell in the first few days of September.

“It will take a lot more rain to recoup” the water in the municipal wells, Robinson says.

All other residents on municipal water systems are recommended to conserve water.

Ah, the joys of the first day of school! Two friends greet each other in the playground on Tuesday morning as BICS rings in a new school year. More photos on page 3. Martha Perkins photos

Saturday traffic advisory

It’s not ‘the Bowen way’ to have campaign signs MARTHA PERKINS EDITOR

In 1999, a group of people running for a seat on Bowen Island’s first-ever municipal

council got together at Doc Morgan’s. Since municipal elections were new here, they wanted to come up with certain etiquettes.

“We agreed we wouldn’t have signs,” says Alison Morse, who was at the meeting (and

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The Lions Gate Bridge and Stanley Park Causeway will be closed to northbound traffic on Saturday morning from 6 to 8am to accommodate the RBC Granfondo Whistler. As well, the eastbound lanes of the Upper Levels Highway from Horseshoe Bay to Taylor Way will be closed from 6 to 9:30am. Traffic will be rerouted to Marine Drive.

This affects the 6:30 and 8:35am ferry traffic.

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→ COMPLETE FIRE

BAN IN EFFECT WAT E R U S A G E R E C O M M E N D AT I O N S AND RESTRICTIONS CONTINUE

Please visit www.bimbc.ca for more information.

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M U N I C I PA L I T Y IS SEEKING YOUR INPUT

Council will be considering a resolution at its September 14, 2015 meeting to create parking on Cardena Road to accommodate 10 – 12 parking spaces.

Please forward your comments and/or questions by email or mail to the address below, by Friday, September 11, 2015. All comments will form part of the public record and will be considered by Council with regard to possible approval of this project. If approved by Council, work is anticipated to begin in late September. For more information, please visit www.bimbc.ca

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I S L A N D M U N I C I PA L I T Y ANNUAL REPORT

The Bowen Island Municipality (BIM) Annual Municipal Report is available for public inspection at Bowen Island Municipal Hall, 981 Artisan Lane. The report is also available on the BIM website at www.bimbc.ca. If you wish to obtain a copy, please email cgrundy@bimbc.ca.

The 2013/2014 Bowen Island Municipality Annual Municipal Report will be presented to the public at the regular Council meeting scheduled on Monday, September 14, 2015 at approximately 7:15 pm.

Members of the public are invited to provide submissions and questions about the Annual Report at the meeting or in advance of the meeting, in writing, to cgrundy@bimbc.ca

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T U N S TA L L B AY RESIDENTS: NOTICE OF A N N U A L WAT E R S Y S T E M I N F O R M AT I O N M E E T I N G

When: Thursday, September 17 at 7:00 pm Where: Tunstall Bay Club House, 1654 Tunstall Blvd.

What: Overview of 2015 Five Year Financial Plan, Water System Operations & Annual Drinking Water Quality Report

→ S N U G C O V E PAV I N G WEEK

NEW ESTIMATED START DATE: September 22*, 2015 *Weather Dependent Bowen Island Trunk Road - From BC Ferries’ property to the top of the hill

by BICS and including Cardena Road to the Library Parking lot.

General Information ● The Snug Cove paving project will improve and maintain Bowen Island’s essential infrastructure. ● Work will take place over six weekdays. ● This project will benefit the entire community - please be patient and courteous. ● Two lanes of traffic will be open whenever possible. ● Trained traffic control persons will be on-hand during construction. ● This project will be funded by the annual roads budget.

More detailed information is available at www.bimbc.ca.

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C O M M U N I T Y R E C R E AT I O N

Register now at www.bowencommunityrecreation.com, call 604-947-2216 or visit the Rec office at BICS.

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Ensure that your decal is current (2015 or 2015/2016) Put curbside recepticles out by 8:00 am on pick-up day Secure curbside recepticles from wildlife, wind and weather Paper and compostable paper bags can go into the organics bins but plastic bags, including compostable plastic bags, are PROHIBITED Collection Schedules are available to download at www.bimbc.ca or for pick-up at Municipal Hall If you have any questions, please contact Bowen Waste at 604-947-2255

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Bowen Island Municipality is seeking proposals to review the Municipality’s existing emergency management function, associated plans and recommend changes to increase program efficiency and effectiveness. For the complete Request for Proposals, please visit the BIM website at www.bimbc.ca.

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The first day of school was also Tara’’s last. The Grade 4 student, second from left, is moving to Calgary with her mom, Michele Harrigan, right, and father James Thangaraj.

Jemima arrived on crutches, the result of a soccer injury.

A time of new beginnings at BICS MARTHA PERKINS EDITOR

“Is anyone feeling nervous?”

A circle-full of hands goes up in the BICS library on Tuesday morning.

“I even feel nervous when I move up a grade,” says Jacob, one of the dozen or so students sitting on the floor.

Nervousness is normal, says Cindy Fairbank, the music teacher giving the new-to-BICS students a tour on the first day of school. Then she lets them in on a secret — she’s nervous, too, because it’s her first day at BICS, too.

Little by little, the students’ shyness melts away as they go through the getting-to-know-you phase in a less overwhelming environment. This year, there are approximately XX students enrolled at the K-8 school so that’s a lot of new faces for these students.

When Miss Fairbank asks them what they’d like to accomplish today, Jasmine says, “I want to know who my friends will be because I don’t feel comfortable.” All of them want to know who their teacher will be but that, alas, is something that might have to wait until Thursday. A few students have a more prosaic need: to find out where the washrooms are.

Then she asks them what their favourite thing about Bowen is. “All the nice people,” says Levi, who just moved here from Alberta. Josephine says, “I like the rain because when we lived in Alameda, California, we didn’t have much rain.”

And Greenlee says she likes that everyone can let their cats out because there are no coyotes or bears

Who knew collecting attendance sheets could be so much fun..

Oscar and Max (aka Mad-Eye Moody) take a tour of their new school.

Everything is possible when you have a friend by your side...

Photos by Martha Perkins

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Dear Woodfibre LNG: That’s all Howe Sound means to you?

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Housing, not paving, needed most Following on from Stacey Beamer’s thoughtful letter, I too am deeply disappointed with the plan to re-pave the Cove. To me this is a clear statement that the comfort of the commuter matters far more than the onisland worker.

We need housing for workers on Bowen. It is a dire situation now. The OCP is a wonderful wish list. It is time to look at the results it has given our community: a 16,000 sq.ft. house and various tear-downs of waterfront/ view homes are beyond the pockets of the staff of the Ruddy Potato.

The intention to save the environment is laudable. Whenever supply is restricted then the wealthy have an advantage. We see this on Bowen with luxury homes for holiday-makers being the new norm. With the resurgence of the housing market the rental market for workers is worsening. Renting is the only way working people can live on Bowen. This restriction of supply is an artificiality, created by us. To blame the problem #102–495 Bowen Trunk Road, PO Box 130, Bowen Island BC, V0N 1G0 Phone: 604.947.2442 Fax: 604.947.0148 Deadline for all advertising and editorial: Monday, 4:00p.m. www.bowenislandundercurrent.com

on the market is simply a cop out.

To balance life’s realities we could create a similar artificiality to favour the worker: density in the Cove. Of course to build we need land. I fear the expense of re-paving the Cove is such that it de-facto removes many future planning choices for the Cove.

I would love to see many different housing styles for workers. It could be done by moving Bowen Island Trunk Road north into Crippen Park between the library and the crossroads. This would instantly create land.

Various Snug Cove Plans have been mooted over the years with Bowen Island Trunk Road being built on. The supreme irony is that the answer is in the OCP Chapter 11: Create a Business Improvement District for the lower cove. As working capital put the old road into the corporation.

The island is awash with good brains to implement this possibility.

Sadly it is Bowen and time to fiddle while Rome burns.

Daniel Heald

Isn’t it sad and soul destroying that we have to read, in last week’s letter from Woodfibre LNG in the Bowen Island Undercurrent, that Woodfibre LNG regards Howe Sound not to be a high-population density area and therefore not to be an issue in public safety risk assessments? Although the SIGTTO and Sandia safety guidelines were never part of Woodfibre LNG’s environmental assessment application, they now try to make it sound like they were. That does it, I guess — if our lives are only valued by Woodfibre LNG when we are at more than 9,000 peoples per square mile, what more can we say?

Well a lot actually.

In the light of rapidly moving climate change, all of our efforts should be focused on investing in local, provincial, national and continental renewable energy infrastructure, such as making Bowen Island fully solar, considering on-island hydro storage capacity and connecting into a North American grid of wind, solar, geothermal energy farms and hydro storage. Instead, we have to waste our precious time fighting off a proposal for a LNG plant and LNG super tankers going through our waters, because the BC government and its superrich supporters hold the opinion that Howe Sound is well suited for a LNG processing and export plant.

We have been barraged with ads coming from the oil and gas industry and its politicians, trying to seduce us into accepting that BC needs LNG; that it is clean LNG; that it is safe, and a so-called “bridge fuel” to get us, and Asia, to a “renewable energy future.”

LNG is cooled methane. This fossil fuel is a potent greenhouse gas.

Its extraction with fracking is far from clean. Fracking destroys wildlife habitat, leads to ground water contamination, leaves behind pools of toxic affluent, and wastes away our

highly valuable freshwater resources.

At least seven per cent of well heads leak methane and the fracking operations in northeast BC would like to get their energy from the proposed Site-C dam, which itself would lead to the flooding of farmland needed for growing future crops. The drought in California makes that abundantly clear.

Should LNG be a “bridge fuel”?

But what needs to be bridged? Why invest in infrastructure that will soon be obsolete, when we can leap into a renewable energy future? We can start building that today! The technology is already here and is being used through out the world for over 10 years. China and Europe are moving ahead fast. I bet you, the rest of Asia and Africa will follow soon. And it is starting to rumble in the US as well: Hawaii sees any money going into LNG proposals as money not being spent on its goal of going 100 per cent renewable.

How does it work? China and Europe are building and connecting its solar, geothermal and wind farms to a smart grid that will allow the energy to move from locations of generation to locations of need or storage. For instance, when there is less wind over here, it will blow in other locations across the continent or energy can be released from storage. Norway has just offered its hydro storage capacity to the European grid.

Local energy generation for local use is part of this mix.

This, people, offers hope and a way out of the economic malaise Canada is in. It is the hope that we feel when we see the herring and whales return to a recovering Howe Sound. This is the hope that gives us confidence and guidance to build the children of this world a future.

Anton van Walraven On behalf of Concerned Citizens Bowen

A road by any other name isn’t a street To: The Mayor and Council, Bowen Island Municipality On a recent trip to the Bowen Gas station, I was amazed to see two signs at the intersection of Mt. Gardner and Carter Roads, designating them as “streets”. I have not checked to see if this is isolated urban vernacular preferred by our mayor, council and public works department.

However, I sincerely hope this new designation will be returned to the original.

It is my understanding that Bowen, and other islands in the Salish Sea, signed an Island Roads Agreement with the Islands Trust which recognizes that road standards have been lowered in the Islands Trust Area.

Standards were lowered in

response to the Trust objective to maintain the rural character of the islands and “the need for a gentler approach in harmony with the land”.

Who among us might object to that philosophy?

I checked in my 2008 Canadian English Dictionary for a definition of street: “a public road usually lined with buildings”. Its compounds: “street walker n. prostitute” and “streetwise adj. knowing how to survive in big cities.” Bowen seems to have added another: “street sweeper” n.leaf blower.

Is this what Bowen is looking for, rather than the road objectives of the Islands Trust? Let us hope not.

Sincerely yours, Marion Moore

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Islands Trust meets on Bowen Sept. 14 to 17 From September 14 to 17, the Islands Trust Council is holding its quarterly meeting on Bowen Island.

As well as its regular agenda, the Islands Trust will host joint meetings with Bowen Island council. A brief schedule: September 14 • 1 to 5pm: annual meeting of Islands Trust executive committee and BIM council at the municipal hall council chambers.

• 7:15pm: regular BIM council meeting September 15 • 1 to 4:30pm: Islands Trust workshops at Cates Hill Chapel on structured decision making, adaptation strategy and terms of reference for Victoria office location study.

• 4:30 to 5:30pm: joint meeting with council at Cates Hill Chapel September 16 All meetings at Cates Hill Chapel • 9am: Islands Trust decision and information items.

Continued at 4:30pm • 10am to noon: Islands Trust strategic planning • 1:30 to 2:30pm: delegations and Town Hall session • 2:30 to 4pm: Strategic planning discussion cont’d September 17 • 8:15 to 9:40am: Islands Trust decision and information items continued • 10 to 10:45am: Islands Trust trustee roundtable • 10:45am: Islands Trust meeting adjourned For details go to islandstrust.bc.ca and BIMBC.ca.

Claus Spiekermann memorial A memorial for Claus Spiekermann is planned for Sat., Sept.

26, at BICS at 1pm in the Community Use Room.

Claus passed away in Kamloops on August 6. He and his late wife, Lorraine, have left a lasting legacy on Bowen. Claus was the founder of the Community School Association, a school trustee, Islands Trustee and was instrumental in creating the present school. Lorraine served as school secretary for a while and was the cofounder with Anne Woodrow of “All Around The House”.

Those, who remember the Spiekermanns, and anyone, who would like to hear more about this couple, so dedicated to Bowen, is invited to come to the memorial.

HC Behm

Frankie’s arrival into the world a smooth one thanks to many Bowen Islanders If it takes a village to raise a child, then our new baby has landed in the right place. Before our little Frankie even popped her head out, family, friends and neighbours have stepped up, ensuring the transition from womb to world went as smoothly as possible.

When she was still hanging tight in my belly six days post due-date, Mike Shannon called in an extra bumpy ride for us on the water taxi ride from Granville Island. I’m not sure if the boat ride had its intended effect, but I appreciate the effort.

Another boat ride, with Doug Hooper, ensured that Ross got home to me well ahead of when he would have if he had waited for the perpetually late (it seems) Queen of Capilano. That was Monday, after I texted him to say, “I think I’m in false labour, looking forward to seeing you!”

Although we considered it, we did not put in the call for a water taxi during the wee hours of that night. Instead, we held out until the 5:30 a.m. ferry. We left the island knowing that our almost-three-year-old, Shah, would be safe and happy although we were not quite sure yet with whom.

Our friend Jeff, who was staying with us from Vancouver secured his title as the best “manny” ever.

Felicity and Jen, thanks so much for getting Shah to “school” with lunch in tow. To the staff at BCC: thanks for fielding Ross’s calls... I knew you would give Shah all the love he needed to get through what was likely a challenging day for him.

To Melanie and Tom: you are brave souls for taking on another energetic redhead. I hope you managed to get some sleep.

And Chrissy... thanks again for bringing Shah to the hospital to be a part of the first day of his little sister’s life; it was nice to have you there too.

Courtney Morris and Alicia Hoppenrath, you weren’t in the hospital with me, but I still consider you both a part of the fantastic team that helped in the safe delivery of Frankie.

Bowen-raised Jazzmin Nagy was with me as my doula for

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To all those active Bowen Islanders 55 years and up: Would you like to hear an interesting speaker or be entertained by a musical group every Monday at 10am? Would you like to go on a trip over to the mainland or further afield every other month? Or maybe you would just like to exercise with Ali or Elizabeth at 9am and yoga with Diana at 11am.

If so, then Seniors Keeping Young (SKY) would like you to join us at Bowen Court (1070 Miller Road) on Sept. 14 for our first Fall meeting with guest speaker Ron Woodall at 10am.

For more info, phone Elizabeth Storry at 604-947-0702.

A much-loved Undercurrent tradition was putting birthday greetings in the paper.

Every two weeks, columnist Lois Meyers-Carter would honour those who were celebrating their arrival into this world.

However, now that Lois is no longer writing her column, the Undercurrent no longer has a Keeper of the Birthdays.

We were reminded of this when Robin Smith phoned to add his and his daughters’ birthdays to next week’s list.

Is there an Undercurrent reader who would like to take

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On the Calendar

Farmers’ Market September 12 BICS Local producers share bounty of their garden, plus baking, from 10am until they sell out Local Food Cooking Demonstration September 12 10am – noon Farmers Market at BICS Featuring Chef Matt Matheson; sponsored by Bowen Grows

Bowen Island Writer’s Group September 12 Noon - 2 pm Collins Hall Open writer’s forum, all levels, all writing projects welcome.

Enquiries to: bowenwriters@gmail. com

Bowen In Aid of Syria September 12 Doc Morgan’s 4 to 6pm $20 for a beer and a burger All funds for Migrant Off Shore Aid Station Tickets available at Phoenix Eat, drink, paint September 12 Gallery @ Artisan Square Two-hour evening workshop

Shah Bragg hugs his one-day-old sister Frankie at BC Women’s Hospital. Chrissy Rodriguez photo the second time. I credit Jazzmin’s attention, as well as that of our amazing, super-hero of a midwife Natalie Amran, for such a successful delivery. Jazz — I am so glad you were there to share this experience with Ross and I. Andrea Layzell and all the wonderful mommas who have brought meal train food over — thank you! I feel so spoiled.

This is the best among many great Bowen traditions.

And to Geoff and Karen Cowper, your generosity will also be long remembered.

Our family is so lucky to have landed in such a kind and caring village. Frankie (full name: Francis Sparrow Bragg) is looking forward to getting to know you all better in the years to come.

Meribeth Deen

Who will be Bowen’s keeper of the birthdays?

Ron Woodall helps launch SKY fall season

Rotary Club September 10 Collins Hall, 7:30pm Guest speaker: Gloria Staudt on the Rotary Peace Fellowship No charge, all are welcome

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taught by Janet Esseiva Inspiration: Tom Thomson’s Tamarack Swamp Register at www. bowenislandrecreation.com SKY – Seniors Keeping Young September 14 Bowen Court 9am Exercises with Ali 10am Speaker — Ron Woodall 11am Yoga with Diana Kaile Deadline for Passionately Speaking: Pecha Kucha on Bowen Island September 14 Each presenter at the September 26 event has 6.66 minutes to present 20 images for 20 seconds each.

If you want to be one of the presenters, submit your name,

on this important task? If so, please contact editor Martha Perkins at 604-947-2442 or email editor@bowenislandundercurrent.com. If you have a birthday greeting you’d like to share, please use this contact information as well.

In the meantime….

This week’s birthday greetings to Robin Smith on September 14, Shauna Smith on September 13 and Samantha Smith on September 14. (What are the odds, especially since the two sisters were both born in delivery room number 13?)

Birthday greetings on September 11 to the Undercurrent’s Maureen Sawasy and welcome home to Lois, who is back on Bowen Island after breaking her hip.

info and presentation subject to admin@biac.ca Busk on Bowen September 15 in Snug Cove from 12 - 2pm Featuring Lorraine Ashdown Islands Trust Town Hall Session September 16 1:30 to 2:30pm Cates Hill Chapel Deadline for delegations: August 19 Community Choir registration September 16 7pm, Cates Hill Chapel Sign up for the fall concert season; rehearsals are Wednesday nights, 7:30 to 9:30pm.

Jonathan Byrd September 16 7:30pm Tir-na-Nog Presented by Shari Ulrich’s Trust Me series. Tickets $25 at Phoenix.

Rotary Club Social September 17 6:30pm See Piers at the Snug Café for location Wine is Bottled Poetry September 18 3 to 7pm Beer and Wine Cellar Afternoon of wine sampling with Sandra Oldfield of Tinhorn Creek paired with local wine-themed poetry. A fundraiser for the Bowen Island Arts Council.

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Out of the Attic and into the Gallery

Things change. People change.

Our preferences and desires change. What does this have to do with art? The Gallery @ Artisan Square has been helping retrieve those works of art that have lost a place in their owner’s heart, or a space on their walls.

Maybe it’s because they have downsized. Or perhaps they’ve discovered a new love.

Regardless of the reason, these owners of work selected for the Out of the Attic exhibit have made the decision that they can let go of their artwork, and allow it to impress and creThis work by ate joy for Karol Appel is others. For one of the pieces the third that will be on time over display at the a number Gallery @ Artisan of years, Square.

Greta Smith and Betty Dhont have teamed up to gather a collection of impressive artwork – original paintings, lithographs, etchings, sculptures and ceramics – that will be on display and up for sale from September 18 – October 12.

These two volunteers of the Visual Arts Committee of the Bowen Island Arts Council have combed private collections, auction houses and other riches to amass more than 42 works by such well-known artists as Norval Morrisseau, Karel Appel, LaurieAnn Latremouille, Mildred Thornton, and Ejner Thornvig.

As Betty says, “The exhibit will feature a variety of many high quality artworks – some by known artists and others by lesser known but also very talented artists. There will be an incredible diversity of work in this show.

Really, something for everybody.”

“We’ve been able to uncover some real gems,” Greta adds.

While most of the revenue from sales will go to the owners, the Gallery will retain a 20 – 30 per cent commission. There have also been some generous donations of works. Money raised goes directly towards offsetting costs of operating the gallery and ensuring that artists continue to have the opportunity to display and sell their work on Bowen.

On average the Gallery mounts 12 shows a year, largely featuring local artists, including both emerging and well-established.

The Gallery invites everyone to join us for the opening reception of Out of the Attic on Fri., Sept.

18, from 7 – 9:30 pm.

The HMS Plumper in Port Harvey, Johnston’s Strait at the start of the surveying boats.

An unrecognized hero While charting the islands in the Howe Sound in 1860, Captain George Richards gives Bowen Island its name ALLIE DRAKE SPECIAL TO UNDERCURRENT

I recently stayed in England with an old and dear friend who informed me, with much delight, that his great-grandfather had named Bowen Island! And so we hastened to the National Archives in Kew to peruse old journals and maps pertaining to the journeys of Captain George Henry Richards.

It is a most fascinating story. He was born in Cornwall, England, in 1832 and by the age of 12 had joined the Royal Navy. In the next 20 years he saw action in the first Opium War with China, surveyed the Falkland Islands and the coasts New Zealand.

From 1852-54 he sailed in search of Sir John Franklin where he surveyed the coast travelling 2,000 miles by sledge in the Canadian Arctic. On his return to England he was promoted to Captain.

Now in command of a 21-gun screw survey vessel, H.M.S.Plumper, Capt. Richards sailed for the Pacific Northwest in 1856, ostensibly to help with the Anglo-American Boundary Commission but also to provide a British military presence in Victoria. He spent six months surveying in detail the waters between Vancouver Island and the US mainland as a basis for resolving the boundary negotiations.

By June 1858, gold fever hit the

Fraser River and thousands of prospectors began arriving in Victoria.

While helping to maintain law and order, and transporting men and goods, Captain Richards also had the urgent task of charting the lower reaches of the Fraser. And so, for the next two years he sailed through all the waters between Vancouver Island and the mainland. Six smaller boats set forth from Plumper each day, making detailed maps of every island in Howe Sound. Each evening, Richards would compile these drawings into an accurate map, sending them regularly to the Admiralty in London, urging them to print as soon as possible, since ships were entering the straits “really knowing nothing of navigation, and run considerable risks”.

I think, from his journals, I can pinpoint the date to October 26, 1860, when he records he “weighed anchor and proceeded up the Sound, sounding every one-quarter of an hour. Shark (his main survey boar) left for three days in charge of ___? ...foggy and drizzly… 9:10 – weighed and steamed up between Great (?) and Anvil Islands, turned off near ___ Island and proceeded down between Great Island and the Main, passed between Great Island and an island off it, sounding every mile, at Bowen Island.”

The next day he passed out of Howe Sound. When he sailed back to England in 1862, his senior surveyor, Daniel Pender, Lt. Richard Charles Mayne and Second Master Edward Bedwell carried on the work.

Considering that he named just about every place along the coast, it seems ironic that there is no mention at all of Captain Richards in our local maps. Admittedly, his inspiration often came from the questionably glorious sea battle of the Glorious First of June, 1794 wherein the French and British fleets succeeded either in demolish-

While on a visit to England, Bowen Island’s Allie Drake becomes fascinated with the British captain who mapped the Howe Sound. ing or in thwarting each other effectively enough so that both could claim victory. Under direct orders from Lord Earl Howe, Commander of the Fleet in his flagship, Queen Charlotte, (Howe Sound so named

by Captain Vancouver earlier), was Rear Admiral James Bowen.

Other ships’ officers whose names might sound familiar were Admiral Sir George Montagu, Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander Hood, Rear-Admirals Alan Gardner and George Bowyer, Captains William Truscott, John Payne, Thomas Pasley, John Hutt, James Gambier, Sir Roger Curtis, Cuthbert Collingwood and John Elphinstone. Admiral Sir Richard Keats did not take part in this battle as his ship was being repaired.

There are many more inlets, islands, channels and coves around us which Captain Richards named.

He returned to England to an illustrious career until retirement as hydrographer of the Royal Navy. For another 20 years he was chairman of Telcon, a telegraph construction company responsible for laying 76,000 miles of submarine cables.

Admiral Richards, K.C.B. died in 1896. He was described in the Proceeedings of the Royal Society obituary as “a man of great ability, of sound commonsense, and of untiring activity”.

Among one of his treasures, my friend has a small painting of Lady Jane Franklin, presented by her to Captain Richards in thanks for his efforts in trying to locate her husband. It would be very fitting if we could find and name a place on Bowen as tribute to his untiring activity in opening up our west coast waters.

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NDP candidate Larry Koopman draws inspiration from party founder MARTHA PERKINS EDITOR

Growing up in Saskatchewan, Larry Koopman and his family didn’t talk politics only at election time.

“Politics were always front and centre in our home,” the NDP candidate for West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country says during an interview on, appropriately enough, Labour Day. The legacy of former Saskatchewan Premier Tommy Douglas, one of the NDP’s founders, instilled in him “the ideals of justice for all and the unwavering belief that a more equal society creates a healthier and stronger society that belongs to everyone.”

Life on a farm also taught him the importance of co-operation and pulling together when times are tough.

Those qualities and values are being undermined by the Stephen Harper government, especially with Bill C51 which is “infringing on Canadians’ liberties, freedoms and constitutional rights,” he says.

The current Conservative government has also gutted our environmental protection laws, laws which people in this riding hold dear, he says.

This is Koopman’s first foray into federal politics. A resident of the Sunshine Coast, he made an unsuccessful bid as a school board trustee. The idea to enter federal politics was born a couple of years ago when, as president of the federal riding association, he and his wife hosted and overnight visit with NDP leader Tom Mulcair.

“I formed insights into the man and his qualities — his honesty and integrity, how he genuinely cares about issues. He’s an extremely principled individual. These are the qualities I admired in Tommy Douglas and [former Saskatchewan Premiers] Al Blakeney and Roy Romanow. I wanted to be part of his team.”

Koopman acknowledges that as a Gibsons resident, he is not as well known as his opponents — incumbent Conservative MP John Weston, former West Vancouver mayor Pam Goldsmith-Jones, who’s running for Liberals, and the Green Party’s Ken Melamed, a former mayor of Whistler.

“I don’t have the profile of the other candidates but I’m out knocking on doors. I’m very active in

Foresight has helped Grafton Lake do well during the summer drought. John Dowler photo Larry Koopman grew up living and breathing politics. getting out there and talking about the real issues that concern us,” he says. “Do I have the experience of a politician? No. I’m a hard worker, I communicate with people and I listen. The skills that are needed, I have.”

His campaign profile says that, “after earning his education degree, Larry dedicated much of his career to helping others.” He is Sunshine Coast community coordinator for the Opportunities Fund, helping people with disabilities access employment training. He also created, developed and managed the Greater Vancouver Business Leadership Network, educating employers about hiring people with disabilities. He helps promote the Sunshine Coast through his Gibsons-based cottage rental business, which he and his wife have owned for 14 years.

One of the local campaign issues that’s emerging is the Woodfibre LNG proposal for the Squamish area. Koopman says the issue has become very divisive on the coast and that it lacks “social licence.”

“Howe Sound is a very sensitive area for such a massive and complex proposal,” he says. “There may be places for it along the coast but the Howe Sound is not one of them.”

However, he also wants people to think on a broader scale and, like him, be inspired by the sentiment best expressed by John F. Kennedy: “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.”

“That’s the macro statement for all of us to adhere to,” he says. “We really have to look at how we balance jobs and economy” while protecting the environment.

End-of-summer rains fill Grafton Lake

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We have just seen one of our driest springs and summers on record come to an end as the end-of-summer rains fill Grafton Lake within inches of overflowing again.

We really benefited this year when the public works department had the foresight to raise the level of the new dam to its licensed maximum last spring. This gave us an extra month’s supply in the lake just before the drought.

At the moment it is looking like we may not have to pump from the lake to keep water flowing in Terminal Creek this year. Normally this is required as the lake level falls to a point where water no longer is held back by the dam, and the lake retreats backward across the wetlands to its natural location; still lots of water, but several hundred feet from the dam.

What has been telling for me is how large a storage reservoir Grafton Lake is, and how easy it is to fill it back up when you have a catchment area of close to 1,900 acres flowing into a 40-acre lake.

Our future issues as Bowen grows will not be around supply as much as they will be about storage and water quality.

The rezoning application that we are working towards will include a 200-acre nature preserve entirely encompassing the lake. This will include lands far in excess of wetlands, riparian areas etc.

Public ownership of these lands would allow the municipality to have control over things such as future storage levels and public access. These lands, while privately owned at present, have been used extensively by the community for their recreational needs and municipal ownership could ensure better control of these activities

going forward.

Personally, I see the Nature Preserve as being critical to our growing greenway and trail system.

Municipal control should enable better management so that trails can coexist with the need to protect the quality of the water supply.

We know that decisions are on the horizon for the Cove Bay water system in regards to future expansion and water quality. We hope to be part of that discussion, and in September we will be asking council to allow us to enter into discussions with municipal staff on how our development’s water needs and those of the municipality can be integrated so as to benefit both in the long term.

We would be happy to hear your thoughts on any of this. You can reach us at our website - graftonlake.ca - or me personally at isldpark@telus.net.

Bowen etiquette frowns on campaign signs from page 1

Ever since then, Morse says, any candidate gets “a polite phone call” if they don’t follow the informal protocol.

“It’s ‘the Bowen way’ not to have campaign signs,” she says.

Although there are no specific rules banning campaign signs from the sides of municipal roads, candidates who call the municipal office are given a similar message as a way of giving them a heads up about islanders’ possible reaction to road signs. The generally acceptable option is to put up one sign at the four corners — as long as you

put it towards the back of the lawn so that smaller community groups’ signs are still visible.

That property is owned by Telus which has given the island permission to put signs there.

“The Green Party is doing lawn signs big time everywhere else,” says Tim Wake, a Bowen Islander (and former Whistler councillor) who’s helping former Whistler mayor Ken Melamed with his campaign as Green Party candidate.

“When we asked around here, we got a very clear message — ‘Bowen doesn’t do lawn signs.’”

At first the campaign was somewhat taken aback but Wake says

the consensus now is that it’s a nice policy to adhere to.

“When I ran for municipal council in Whistler, I was appalled with the number of lawn signs,” he says. “If that’s the way Bowen Islanders feel, I’ll respect that.”

The Greens have printed up small dashboard banners with “Bowen is voting Green” on one side, and the ferry schedule on the other.

Mary Ann Smith, who worked for John Weston for five years, says that instead of knowing who can put up the most signs, she wants to know who has done the most for Bowen.

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It took skill and perseverance to overcome the challenges of the Commodores Cup; Bowen Island sailors put their training with the CanSail program to the test.

Keona Wishart came third in the Laser class dinghy fleet.

A young sailor’s story Keona Wishart started taking sailing lessons at the BIYC at age 10. She quickly became hooked on sailing.

With the unfailing supports from her coaches, Keona continued to grow fonder in sailing, and be more determined to do well. She received a second place in the Commodore’s Cup 2013, when she was with BIYC. BIYC provided her with many different types of experiences; from learning important techniques to sail, to gaining self-confidence, to finding solutions when the boat or plan

didn’t seem to go her way, to assisting coaches during lessons, and having many volunteering opportunities throughout summer, and to making friends with people of all ages.

This was Keona’s last year of Commodore’s Cup Regatta. She attended the regatta with the intention of having a blast, and she was placed first in the Laser class dinghy fleet.

Without BIYC, Keona won’t have the opportunity to discover her passion and ability to sail!

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Of the 80 sailors in the CanSail program offered by BIYC this summer, a handful were selected to go to Commodores Cup. From left: Derek Zandvliet (coach), Ava Shaw, Ryan Champoux, Finnen Davis (Volunteer), Christopher Oben, Bless Wleshlow, Avery Jones, Dayna McMahon, Holden Jones, Jessica De Connick and Santana Rutherford (coach).

BIYC competes in Commodores’ Cup CINDY DE CONNICK B I YA C H T C L U B

The Bowen Island Yacht Club sent eight of its sailors to compete in the 30th anniversary of the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club’s Commodores’ Cup. Shortly after our arrival, we had the great pleasure of meeting Patrick, a past Commodore of RVYC and the regatta’s founder, truly a man with wonderful stories and a rich history. Patrick’s unbridled joy was tangible as he watched over and interacted with the young sailors, showing a true love for the sport of sailing.

BIYC sent two wonderful coaches to guide and assist our young sailors: Derek Zandvliet who took his team of five sailors out on their Lasers; and skipper Bless Wleshlow with crew Holden Jones (first time racing), Skipper Dayna McMahon with crew Jessica De Connick (first time racing) on Laser 2s and Ava Shaw racing a Laser 1.

These teams overcame many challenges, with one skipper unfortunately receiving a head injury and having to withdraw from the race, to a damaged Laser that was taking on water at an alarming rate.

The challenges, however, did not deter our team who learnt to work together and find solutions and who ultimately won both Silver and Bronze medals.

Santana Rutherford coached three young and determined sailors, Avery Jones, Christopher Oben and Ryan Champoux on the Optis. These sailors had a wonderful time and gained knowledge, experience

and the desire to compete in the next Commodores’ Cup. The parents of participating sailors would like to thank BIYC Commodore Geoff Jarvis, Florrie Levine and Ann Walters for coordinating the event, volunteers Finnen Davis, Ally Radley and Sophie Walters who helped our team to successfully complete the races and with special thanks going to our coachess Derek Zandvliet and Santana Rutherford. Though faced with many trials, Derek and Santana were always there for the children, keeping them safe and guiding them successfully through to the end.

On a personal note our daughter started sailing with CanSail 1 this summer through BIYC – on her second day she came home and we knew we now had a sailing addict with the rest of the summer quickly becoming dedicated to sailing. The coaches and volunteers throughout the season helped her to gain skills and confidence in sailing which culminated in her being awarded a bronze medal at the Commodores Cup. If you are looking for a healthy, outdoor activity, during the summer for your child, learning a lifelong skill and gaining experience in a sport that they will truly enjoy, with coaches and volunteers who are there to train and inspire them, please sign up with BIYC for the next CanSail lessons in summer 2016.

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Bowen Island Community Choir (Director Ellen MacIntosh)

All are welcome to come out and register for our 2015 fall season Date: September 16 Time: 7 p.m.

Location: Cates Hill Chapel Cost: $85 No experience necessary Practices: Held every Wednesday evening 7:30-9:00 p.m.

Performance: Concert in December

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Shari Ulrich has invited North Carolina’s Jonathan Byrd to Bowen Island on Sept. 16. Rodney Bursiel photo

Jonathan Byrd breaks your heart, then mends it again SHARI ULRICH TRUST ME CONCERT SERIES

with him – Paul Ford on cello, and Johnny Waken on mandolin, guitar, vocals, and a few surprises.

We are very lucky to have Tir-nanOg Theatre in our community – it’s a sweet room for concerts, but it is small, which means limited income for the artist, and touring is expensive. So though some might feel $25 is “spendy”, it is often less than these artists command elsewhere, and that extra $5 makes a big difference to it being financially feasible to bring artists to the island. But I never want anyone to miss out because it’s a stretch, so if you’re squirming please do contact me at info@estherrecords. ca and we’ll work it out.

Note, all of the proceeds (after rent is paid to the well-deserving Tir-nanOg Theatre) go to the artist.

Tickets are at Phoenix. If need be, you can call them at (604) 947-2793 to have them reserved in your name at the door. Be sure to let me know if your plans change.

Wednesday, Sept. 16, 7:30 pm at Tir-na-nOg! See you there!

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haven’t, here is your chance to join and experience it first hand! The BICC second night of registration is Wednesday, Sept. 16, 7 p.m. at Cates Hill Chapel. The registration fee is $85.

Under the gifted direction of Ellen MacIntosh and talented accompanist Sheilagh Sparks, the group rehearses every Wednesday from 7:30 - 9:30pm ending the season with their ever-popular holiday concert in December. All those interested are welcome.

The choir is always looking for sopranos, altos, tenors and basses. Members are not asked to audition and previous experience is not necessary. You?ll be amazed at how Ellen blends and polishes ensemble voices for performance! Downloadable practice music files as well as additional sectional rehearsals are available for the experienced and inexperienced alike.

Come join us for the GOOD vibrations and SOUND nutrition of choral singing in one of the longest running community programs on Bowen!

As I explained in my article about We could all do well to be reminded of the healing the recent Martyn Joseph concert, power that music can offer in our busy lives. the Trust Me concert series is about Music is made up of frequencies that relate to each the artists who have inspired, enterother through resonance and coherence, a form of tained and otherwise moved me so vibrating energy. Researchers at the University of profoundly that when I discover Gothenburg, Sweden, found that choristers’ heartthere’s an opportunity to bring them beats synchronize when they sing together (a kind home to meet the family on Bowen of entrainment), bringing about a calming effect that Island I jump at the chance. They are would be as beneficial to health as yoga. You see, artists who tour all over the world singing incorporates a lot of breath work making for and for good reason – because they healthier lungs and diaphragms, and has also been have exceptional gifts as songwritshown to boost immune systems and reduce stress. ers, musicians, and the ability to Perhaps the most rewarding aspect of singing in a transform a room with their warmth, choral group is the feeling of ?one? that comes from humour and music. singing in harmony with others.

I first heard Jonathan Byrd several If you’ve been part of the Bowen Island years ago when he was on the same Community Choir you’ll know this to be true. If you 14-date series but two weeks following my shows. The presenters kept writing me about how Jonathan had blown them away, so I arranged to attend one of the shows to see what Following multiple days of wet weather, the conSnug Cove paving project has been delayed to the the fuss was all about. I was spelltracted paving company has advised Bowen Island week of September 21 - 25. Updates will be posted bound from the first song and have Municipality that the new estimated start date for the regularly at www.bimbc.ca. been a diehard fan ever since.

He’s a world-class flat picking guitar player, and his songs are heartbreakingly beautiful and alternately steeped of the character of his homeland in the southern US – a 7th generation North Carolina boy. The fact that the Chicago Tribune Has your son or daughter left Bowen Island to attend hailed him as “One of university or college? Help them beat the homesick the top 50 songwriters of the last 50 years” does blues by sending them news from home every week. not surprise me.

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Joe Scigliano, left, and other members of the BC Soccer Premier League, got the Bowen FC’s new season off to a rousing start on August 30. Debra Stringfellow photos Bowen Island Football Club’s kickoff to the season proved to be the best this year with the help of Joe Scigliano and the Coquitlam Metro Ford U-16 BCSPL Porto team. The rains held off just long enough on August 30 for the kids to practise drills and skills with some of the finest players in the BC Soccer Premier League. The best part was when the kids tested their skills against the ‘big guys’ in a series of small sided soccer games. A big thanks to Scigliano and his team for volunteering their time and expertise to our BIFC club. We appreciate it!

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Dive Against Debris is slated for September 26.

Shoreline volunteers will gather at 11:30am while divers, boaters and kayakers are asked to contact organizer Amber Spitkovski in advance to arrange their contribution to the annual clean-up effort.

This year, there will also be a Nature Dive, with details to follow next week.

Here are some stats from Dive Against Debris’ first four years.

2011: 827 lbs of debris gathered by 31 volunteers, including stove top, blender, outboard motor, generator, batteries 2012: 1,414 lbs of debris gathered by 24 volunteers, including camera, small row boat, crab traps, generator, plastic blinds 2013: 678 lbs gathered by 19 volunteers, including tricycle, batteries, nets, crab traps, rope 2014: 688 lbs gathered by 32 volunteers, including outboard motor, crab traps, plastic tarps, car tire, rope, pipes, anchors.

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