Bowen Island Undercurrent October 30 2015

FRIDAY OCTOBER 30, 2015 VOL. 42, NO. 40

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Got a Craving?

Food sharing comes to Bowen

Broken Glass

Protecting Glass Sponge Reefs

A Big Hairy Deal

Award-winning Animator Creates Special-Effects Fur

Making wishes

a reality LOUISE LOIK EDITOR

On Tuesday night The Bowen Island Community Foundation kicked off their new year of fund-raising by awarding grants to four groups for local community initiatives.

At a reception held at Cates Hill Chapel, representatives from four groups came forward to receive their grants. The Bowen Island Library Foundation received $5850 funds for an all-terrain wheelchair that will be available on loan for use on island trails from the library run the Med Shed.

A portion of this grant will be made available from the Maggie Cumming Fund, an individual legacy that promotes access to Bowen’s trails. A nonprofit organization based on Bowen , Clean Energy Canada received a grant of $12,500 for a Solar Energy program at BICS to educate students about solar power while providing solar energy; Tir-na-nog Theatre Society received $6,160 funding for a new lighting system.

The foundation also collaborated with the municipality, giving $2,990 to the Bowen Island Football Club to develop the men’s league. Soren Hammerberg, Chair of the Foundation explained that the funds were deliberately distributed to different types of community initiatives.

In ten years on Bowen, the Foundation has accrued more than $1 million in total assets. Last year the Foundation received $150,000 from donors. “We don’t grant it all in a year. We average $40,000 in a year.“ Donations come in a number of forms. Some donors are “Legacy” donors who want to leave a lasting legacy on the island in the form of a future medical centre or library expansion. Another thing a donor can do is give the money to the Foundation allowing the board discretionary license to choose the Levi Seaberly gets ready for Halloween amidst monsters and pumpkins at McDonald’s Farm. recipient. Endowment funds are permanently invested with the returns on the photo by Carolyn McDonald investment going out in the form of bursaries and scholarships.

The evening event was also a chance for Director Jennifer Pardee to announce the Youth Council Initiative. Hammerberg explained that they “discovered that we could do more for youth. Now as part of it we are opening the gym Saturday night so kids have somewhere to go. We bought new hockey nets and there’s a cooking program.”

Hammerberg says that the Foundation is happy to receive any size of LOUISE LOIK donation. To help drive up donations, ambassadors have been selected to spread According to Elections BC, the highest government elections in British Co the word. There is a particular incentive this year to raise $100,000 in estate EDITOR amount of money spent on a campaign lumbia will be in 2018. bequests. “If we can raise that amount, one donor will immediately grant us Well in advance of the next local Limits will apply to candidates running on Bowen Island last election by either $10,000.” government elections, legislation is council or mayoral candidates was for mayor, councilor, electoral area on the table to limit election expensthe $12,291.43, spent on Tim Rhodes director, Islands Trust area trustee and es. campaign. school board trustee. Limits will also Because Bowen has less than 10,000 affect third-party advertising. people, the proposed expense limits Expense limits for candidates and i^]qpde^g q rq] _q]i `h bclnlll h`_ aqo- electoral organizations would apply oral candidates and $5,000 for all other from Jan. 1 of the election year to Photo: Sally Fitz-Gibbon d`kqddo idik]ij `hski^m Election Day. Expenses leading up to accepting the cheque for the Community, Sport and Cultural DeJan.1 would not be considered in the all-terrain wheelchair from velopment Minister Peter Fassbender tabulation. the Bowen Island Community introduced the provincial legislation Foundation, with Andrea this week though the next local

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→ WAT E R M A I N F L U S H I N G As part of the regular municipal water system maintenance program, Bowen Island Municipality (BIM) will be flushing water mains in all municipal water systems; Cove Bay, Eagle Cliff, Hood Point, Bowen Bay, Blue Water Park, King Edward Bay, and Tunstall Bay from October 3 – November 13, 2015.

Flushing will take place 7 days a week from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in most neighbourhoods.

Reminder: It is recommended that water users with compromised immune systems ensure their drinking water is boiled, filtered or distilled.

→ CALLING ALL BOWEN BUSINESS OWNERS/ O P E R AT O R S

Please join the Economic Development Committee as we host interactive discussions about what makes Bowen businesses successful.

Wednesday, Nov 4, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Food and Beverages will be provided. Space is limited.

For more information and to RSVP, please contact Sheana Stevenson at 604-947-4255 or sstevenson@bimbc.ca.

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FOR DOGS IN SNUG COVE

Council recently adopted an amendment to BIM’s Dog Control Bylaw making Snug Cove an “On Leash Dog Area”. Please see the map below for the area affected by this new section of the bylaw. For more information regarding this change or other bylaws, please call Bylaw Services at 604 328-5499 or email bim@bimbc.ca.

→ REQUEST FOR MEMBERS BIM Recreation & Community Services Commission (RCSC) The purpose of the RCSC is to provide advice and recommendations to Council with regard to recreation and community services on Bowen Island. The RCSC is also currently working on the planning, development and implementation of the Community Recreation Master Plan. If you are interested in joining the RCSC, please go to www.bimbc.ca for more information and to download the application. Applications are due by Friday, November 13, 2015.

→ REQUEST FOR MEMBERS Bowen Island Heritage Commission At its meeting held September 14, 2015, Bowen Island Municipal Council adopted Bylaw No. 392, 2015, establishing a Heritage Commission for Bowen Island. Council is seeking members of the community at large who are interested in serving on the Bowen Island Heritage Commission. For more information, please visit www.bimbc.ca.

Those interested in sitting on the Bowen Island Heritage Commission are asked to respond by Monday, November 16, 2015 at 4:00 pm.

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Notice of Cove Bay Water System Annual Information Meeting When: Thursday, November 12 at 7:00 pm Where: Bowen Island Municipal Hall Council Chambers, 981 Artisan Lane What: Overview of 2015 Five Year Financial Plan, Water System Operations and Annual Drinking Water Quality Report

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Mary Lynn Machado draws inspiration from Bowen

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Award-winning animation specialist has worked on the soon-to-be released film “The Revenant,” starring Leonardo Di Caprio.

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An orangutan sat in the lifeboat for a good part of the movie Life of Pi, fur dripping wet or blowing in the wind, reflecting light, absorbing shadows. Mary Lynn Machado spent nine months working on that fur. She won an Academy Award for the visual effects that made the animal seem real. Unfortunately, instead of celebrating, she was home, fighting back the tears.

Machado and 300 co-workers were blind-sided by a layoff only days before her Academy Award for the Life of Pi. Rhythm and Hues, one of the few independent animation houses, one that she had been with for 17 years was bankrupt. Machado was devastated. She didn’t go to the awards show but watched it on TV. It was the biggest award in her career and the memory of that day still stings, in spite of another Academy Award win for The Golden Compass.

Machado’s more recent work is in a new film starring Leonardo DiCaprio called “The Revenant”, when it comes out on Christmas day. The movie is based on a novel by Michael Punke about Hugh Glass, a frontiersman mauled nearly to death in the 1820. He survives and vows revenge on the men who left him to die. Machado says she thinks the movie will get an Academy Award for DiCaprio’s acting. She knows because she has seen the footage while she worked on the special effects. She can’t disclose what exactly goes on that required her touch but she can say that she worked on animation special effects on some of the scenes with animals including bison, wolves and a major character.

From the skin and eyes of the Geiko ad lizard to the fur and skin of the Life of Pi orangutan, it’s all part of Machado’s portfolio of effects as a look/development director.

Some of the productions Machado’s helped to animate include the polar bear TV commercials for Coca-Cola, Transformers: Age of Extinction, The Expendables3, The Best of Me, Hop, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonion, Babe: Pig In the City, X-Men 2, Garfield, Alvin and the Chipmunks. Her work on the Golden Compass won an Academy Award and Snow White and the Huntsmen was nominated for Academy Awards. She was also a short-listed nominee for Academy Awards for Cats & Dogs and Night At The Museum.

The orangutan in The Life of Pi, says Machado, took a year and a half to create to look for the way the muscles moved under the fur, the movement of the fur, in strands and clumps. She has reference tools like photos or videos or real animals that she uses to render skin.

With the orangutan, she says that she was modeling the look of a specific female orangutan that the director had found in a zoo.

Mary Lynn Machado and colleague with her Academy Award for her work on The Golden Compass

He shot video and stills of her, which Machado had to match. “It was almost as hard as working on a person, there was so much skin and wrinkles. “She explains that the process starts with modeler like a sculpture, who creates a drawing of an underlying structure, then comes “grooming” software that grooms and styles hair; “- it’s like hair plugs. You distribute random hairs on cat; --these are things that will guide growth of hair.”

She creates the details for the ear hair, the hair between pads of paw; every detail has to be looked at. “You have to understand real animal anatomy and how hair looks, the undercoat, the guard hairs, the top coat.

As the director of the animation special effects look of the character, Machado designs the texture, the clumping that happens with fur if you touch a long hair cat. After she finishes creating the fur, the lighting department has to work on light and shadow as it changes. Another department, the simulation department takes the model and simulates the effect of wind or water on the fur.

Animators create the overall movement On the other hand, Machado has also worked on characters that are based on cartoon drawings, like Alvin and the Chipmunks. With Alvin and the chipmunks the art department did sketches of Alvin, taking it from a two dimensional world to 3D, “but it’s still a drawing. You have move it, spin it around and there’s always an unknown,” “ Alvin is a good example of the challenge animators face. Even though we matched the drawing 100 per cent, client wanted him to ”look older and more realistic, “ than what resulted in adding the third dimension. “So now it was too real, and we had to design the hair to accommodate the change. ” Machado is excited to be working on a family film called 9 Lives , starring Kevin Spacey and due out in April. There’s a real cat, which has long fur, and “a comedy stunt cat.” Which involves Machado’s skills with fur and special effect. “ A long -haired cat a great challenge,” she says. With the cat animation, she is supervising the look, quality and texture. “The orangutan had so much skin, that was difficult, it had the complexity of a human but the cat is difficult because of the long fur.”

Machado says that the cat can take eight months to create 200 shots, which can be 2-20 seconds of film time.

When not animating furry creatures, Machado loves being around actual furry animals, especially dogs. Machado spent years breeding and exhibiting some award-winning smooth fox terriers.

She lives with two terriers now and stays involved with show dogs from a distance as part owner of a champion that lives in the United States. While life of Pi had “the highest highs and the lowest lows,” it gave her a chance to focus on photography. She took a year off and produced coffee table books for dog breed aficionados.

The film industry in Vancouver is booming and Machado’s talent is in high demand. “There’s a huge advantage to being here. Vancouver is the leading city in world for opportunities. The government gives 40 per cent tax cut incentives for companies to hire locals.

Machado’s on her 3rd film since arriving just over a year ago. At the studio she is with now, Machado is working on 9 Lives, with Director Brett Dowler, who coincidentally lived on Bowen for almost a decade. She is also happy to be working with two coworkers who used to work with her in California when they worked on The Life of Pi together.

Machado, originally from Ontario, found her way to the island after living in California and working for an animation house, Rhythm and Hues, for 17 years. She was offered a position with a company in Vancouver and jumped on it. She’d been visiting her long-time friend Beth Turner on Bowen for years and had always wanted to live here. Within a couple weeks of the offer, and after a year taking time out of work in the industry, she sold her California house, bought a house here, moved and started a new job and a new life on Bowen.

She feels right at home here. “Bowen is full of Creatives,” she says. Machado has advice for the kids on Bowen. “ It is possible to make money as an artist. You have to be organized, plan your work flow and be methodical and investigative; - asking a lot of “why” when observing is critical.”

She also admits, anyone wanting to work in this type of field has to know that she is gone 12 hours a day between work and commute, and others in the industry work longer. That’s why you’ll find her at home on Bowen on weekends visiting with friends she’s made during the commute or walking with her highly animated dogs.

Machado and one of her Smooth Fox Terriers has an image of the orangutan from The Life of Pi on her computer while another of her projects, a character from Hop stands watch from on top of her screen.

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Editorial They were out in full force last week, in Tunstall Bay at Explosives Creek, dredging fish-ladders. Others were out beautifying roadsides, cleaning recreational and social spaces, donating time and money .

The volunteers on this island have built shelters, trails, designed and collaborated with government to get parks, there’s schools and sports teams that wouldn’t be around if it wasn’t for the volunteers. In the pages this week, you’ll see images that I hope show just a bit of what we, as a community do for each other. Meribeth Deen, for instance, came by with a baby on her hip to help me learn the design program for this paper, as did Leanne Romak.

Adam Taylor and his efforts to protect Howe Sound Glass Sponge reefs are another way volunteers are making positive change around the area.

On Saturday night our Volunteer Firefighters will be staging the community fireworks and serving hot chocolate. From the sea to the sky, you can see the impact of the many Bowen Island volunteers . Thanks to all of you and Happy Halloween!

-Louise

Re: Grafton How Bowen Does Business Lake lands Submitted by the BIM Economic Development Committee

I appreciated the front page story in last week’s edition which reported on council’s unanimous support for Primex Investments Ltd.’s master plan for their Grafton Lake lands, which was conscientiously and responsibly masterminded by John Reid. This is a win-win situation for the community and shows what can be done when reason, common sense and common needs and expectations merge.

I have a great deal of respect for John’s balanced and reasoned approach and applaud Primex for their astuteness in choosing him as their consultant, not to mention their willingness to do something with this unique site that will benefit the community-at-large. For the record, this is not the first time Primex (the late Art Rennison) has demonstrated their “community spirit” as Art was one of the initial construction sponsors of one of the holes at the golf course. I am delighted to advise there is a Primex Investments Ltd. bronze plaque on 1 of 9!

Yours truly, R.B. (Bruce) Russell

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In November, the Economic Development Committee (EDC) will be hosting two more two-hour interactive discussions with business owners to identify what makes them successful. The three discussions held earlier this year have given us much insight, but we’d like to hear from more businesses. The EDC wants to offer useful information to Bowen Island businesses. To do this, we need to understand the business environment on Bowen and how businesses maintain their resiliency and health.

Each of these discussions will bring together ten to twelve business owners from diverse sectors of our island economy to listen and learn from one another. All Bowen business owners are invited. From accommodations to consulting to woodworking. Whether you’re a brick and mortar business, on-line or home-based. Our local businesses are critical to our community.

Locally owned businesses: Provide jobs for members of the community Spend more of their money locally, which benefits the entire local economy, providing a strong foundation for local income, wealth, and jobs Celebrate and support local community events and activities helping to preserve its unique culture, foods, ecology, architecture, history, music, and art Have a vested interest not only in their business, but also in the health and vibrancy of the entire community In other words, a strong local business economy means a more vibrant community.

So what makes a Bowen Island business successful? What are the traits, activities, relationships, etc. that support a successful business on Bowen? What can businesses learn from one another to ensure economic viability for all? These are just a few of the questions the EDC wants to address as part of their efforts to facilitate initiatives that help build a year-round healthy and resilient economy on Bowen.

Two discussions are currently scheduled for Wednesday, November 4 and November 18 from 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm in BIM Council Chambers. Food and beverages will be provided. The discussions will be facilitated by Chris Corrigan and Edward Wachtman.

If you’re a business owner interested in sharing your experiences of owning and managing a business on Bowen, please contact Sheana Stevenson at sstevenson@bimbc.ca, 604-947-4255 with your preferred date and contact information.

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Golf course fund-raiser, a team effort The display ad in this week’s edition is a small token of the club’s appreciation and gratitude for the fund-raising support from a broad cross section of the Bowen community as well as individuals and companies beyond our shores. Of course, without the inspiring leadership of Chairperson Heather Coulthart, and her dedicated committee, there would be nothing to support. Our September 12th fund-raiser was well attended, a great deal of fun and very successful thanks to so many.

While our first class, well maintained public course has received numerous accolades/recognition/awards, it still does not enjoy a sufficient number of green fee rounds of play, or membership revenue, to sustain itself, hence the need for BAF (Bowen Island Golf Club Annual Fund-raiser). The monies raised from this single event, which exceeded $40,000 this year, are needed to help meet normal and tightly controlled operating expenses, including the maintenance of the course to the high standard the community-at-large has become accustomed.

While our public course is often used by other organizations/groups to raise monies for their well-meaning causes, which the club supports as much as our limited means permits, the BAF event is to help meet our own needs so thanks to everyone for the generous support.

Yours truly, R. B. (Bruce) Russell, BIGC, Vice-President

Election Reflection The defeat of Stephen Harper’s government is a triumph for the people of Canada - the triumph of democracy over autocratic rule. After ten years of that rule, the great majority of Canadians can now rejoice that an autocrat will be replaced by a man of the people as leader of our country - a new leader whose first name means “just, upright and righteous”. And indeed, he meted justice in full measure on that fateful day in the history of our nation.

John Sbragia

The Provincial government’s rubber stamp It really comes as no surprise that the Provincial Government has rubber stamped the Environmental Assessment (EA) for Woodfibre LNG. This is one of their pet projects, and the BC Liberal’s election promise was to develop an LNG industry for BC, whatever the cost. They have continued to push this pipe-dream, despite plummeting gas prices and increasing pressure from LNG companies to slash taxes and weaken regulations in an attempt to make the industry viable.

This approval simply highlights a conflict of interest: how can the public have faith in the integrity of the BC Environmental Assessment process when the Ministers approving these projects (one of which is Rich Coleman, the Minister of Natural Gas Development) also have a mandate to develop LNG export facilities? Quite simply, we don’t.

An article published in BC Business earlier this year notes that “our environmental assessment process is, according to critics, the weakest and most confusing it has been in decades—thanks to abrupt changes in our environmental laws and deep budget cuts to government regulatory agencies.”

This has not been an open and transparent process, and meaningful community engagement has been limited by short windows for public input, incomplete studies provided by the proponents, and poor advertising of open house events.

Thanks to My Sea to Sky’s efforts to get people involved, the public comment period for Woodfibre LNG in March generated a record number of public comments. Has this overwhelming community opposition been adequately scrutinized by the Ministers granting this EA approval, or are the BC Liberals ignoring public input, as well as deleting emails?

The good news is that while Woodfibre LNG has their rubber stamped approval from the Province, they still need approval from the Federal government. Our new Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, has acknowledged that "even though [it is] governments that grant permits, ultimately it’s only communities that grant permission."

So far community opposition has been loud and clear, with Powell River, Lions Bay, Gibsons, West Vancouver, Bowen Island, and Squamish all signaling strong opposition to Woodfibre LNG through recent resolutions. My Sea to Sky has partnered with more than 20 other organizations that oppose this project, and our volunteers have hit the streets to gather over 4,400 signatures (and counting) to the Howe Sound Declaration, stating opposition to the project.

There is no social license for this project in Howe Sound. A rubber stamp isn’t going to change that.

Tracey Saxby, Co-Founder of My Sea to Sky

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Protection for Fisheries and Oceans While trust for the BC Government couldn’t get any lower after last week’s uncovering of a culture of deleting emails and ignoring Freedom of Information requests, we learned this week that BC Minister Polak has granted Woodfibre LNG an environmental certificate for the building of a methane gas processing facility and LNG export plant. We will call on the new Federal Minister of Environment to not sign off on this certificate.

Although we were expecting the BC Government to say yes to this project, not surprising when it turned itself literally into a LNG Government, it is hard to see to what length this Government is willing to go, to push its natural gas agenda ahead.

The BC Government in its decision: -Ignored the fact that Canada does not have LNG safety standards and is unwilling to wait for the Federal Ministry of Environment to do the work and create these, -Ignored the range of environmental problems caused by fracking, of which new ones seem to by found weekly. This week it’s heavy metal containing mud slides, the week before then, the increase in miscarried pregnancies in areas where fracking is done.

-Perpetuated the lie that LNG would help fight green house gasses, when it leads to delays in more expansive renewable energy investments, -Made deals in the worst possible time to do so, leaving little doubt that BC will not financially benefit from LNG exports what so ever.

It has been disheartening to see Federal Fisheries and Oceans willing to go against its own guidelines regarding Herring Spawning, which has been abundant around the Woodfibre for at least the last 5 years. It ignores its own requirement to have seawater intake 2 or more kilometers away from Herring spawning sites.

The proposed seawater intake and outfall would be 50 meters away from the spawning. It also seems ‘blissfully’ ignorant about the fact that in the US, new facilities have to use close loop cooling systems instead of the Once Through Cooling system proposed by Woodfibre LNG and now given the green light by the BC Government.

We have heard many times during the Federal election campaign from candidates, many who have won seats in Parliament, that the environmental assessment process in BC is broken and action needs to be taken to make it credible again. This has been our experience too. The Environmental Assessment office seems little more than a courier service, sending information back and forth between proponents and opponents.

We will call on the new Minister of Fisheries and Oceans too, to stop the use of Once Through Cooling intakes and step up rebuilding forage species like Herring and makes sure its data regarding Herring Spawning is representative of the actual reality. Not an unreasonable ask, when we know the oceans are in trouble and need nurseries like Howe Sound.

This fight for the protection of Howe Sound is far from over, and only now beginning for real.

On behalf of Concerned Citizens Bowen.

Anton van Walraven

A Heart-felt Thanks I would like to take this opportunity to offer a heart felt thank you to Dyan Spear for her moving letter about the upcoming ‘Healing with Grace’ Benefit that she and Elaine Taylor, Joanne Forbes, and Tanya Voormeij- de Zwart have organized for my family and me.

The practical support of this benefit to help ease the financial strain caused from my two-year complex jawbone reconstructive surgery has come ‘just in time’. The BC Medical Plan does not cover the financial ramifications of these kind of specialized dental surgeries.

When Dyan approached me with her incredibly kind offer of assistance via the benefit, I felt both uncomfortable… and relieved. Although I have participated in many benefits for others over the twenty years I’ve lived on Bowen, I admit I never saw myself at the receiving end of one. Now that I am, however, I welcome it with awe and gratitude and humbly accept this fundraiser in the caring spirit in which it was offered.

Throughout this healing journey I have met many other patients in the dental clinic who are facing financial ruin and family breakdown, whereas I have been fortified by my family’s unwavering love and support.

My dearest husband Jack Callister and daughter Ashley have been my rock of stability with their compassion, devotion and humor.

Now with this added boost of collective revenue and generous outpouring from the Bowen community, fellow artisans, and business owners, I truly feel surrounded with positivity from every corner. Each of your contributions will assist in the successful completion of my final restorative dental process’s over the next three months. I am looking forward to spending time with everyone at the benefit to joyously join my musical friends in a celebratory song or two.

Thank you again, Christie Grace

Letter to BC Ferries Dear BC Ferries, We were in a pickle. We had made a reservation on the 7 pm Nanaimo ferry on Saturday October 24 believing that this would give us plenty of time to catch the last ferry to Bowen Island - our home - at 9:30 pm. However, the Nanaimo ferry was very late and after much conversation with the steward’s office, it seemed the Bowen ferry would be leaving without us. We are too old (84 and 72) to take the water taxi at 12:30 pm. and walk home, so we tried to make a reservation at the motel in Horseshoe Bay. No room at the inn. We were not the only Bowen residents to be stranded. Several of us exchanged worried glances and entertained possible scenarios - none of them appealing. Then at the last minute we were instructed to go to the steward’s office on the Nanaimo ferry and were told the Bowen ferry would wait for us. What followed was a highly dramatic exit from the Nanaimo ferry, lights flashing, and ferry employees with lighted batons passionately directing us as we drove like hell on to the Bowen ferry.

Lynn on the Bowen ferry told us that the captains of both ferries had communicated back and forth and agreed to hold the ferry for us. We collapsed in a heap and offered many thanks to these thoughtful captains.

Thank you again. We are extremely grateful for the consideration that was shown to us. It’s nice to be reminded there is a human face and heart to B.C. ferries.

Very Sincerely, Pauline Le Bel

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Robert Ballantyne on publishing e-books

When: Thu, 29 October, 19:30 – 21:00 Where: Collins Hall Description: Rotary presents Robert Ballantyne discussing his experience publishing e-books.

No charge, All are welcome.

The Legion Halloween Bash

When: Oct. 30, 8 pm Where: The Legion Description: Tickets $20. 604-763-8397, 604-947-9523 BIHORA Halloween with Horses

Everyone is welcome When: Oct. 31, from noon till 2:00 Where: at the Meadows.

Description:Wear you costume as there will be a competition for the most imaginative costume, games to watch withhorse and rider and games for the audience, dunk for apples and run relays.

Community Fall Dinner

When: Sun, 1 November, 17:00 – 18:00 Where: Bowen Island Lodge, 380 Cardena St, Bowen Island, BC V0N 1G1, Canada Description: Hosted by BI United Church. Tickets at Antique Emporium and Cates Pharmacy Two seatings available at 5 pm and 7 pm.

Half Price off-peak ferry crossings

Community Lunch

When: November 10 11:30am to 1pm Where: Legion $5: adult event

From Nov. 16 to Dec. 20, BC Ferries will be giving us a break on the cost of crossing in off-peak hours. Weekdays, the two crossings before the lunch break, first one after lunch and two evening crossings, 8:30 and 9:30 coming to the island. No discounts on Fridays, and 7 crossings are discounted on Saturday afternoons and evenings starting at 2:25 from the mainland

Science Fair

When: November 12 Where: BICS gym SKY

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Cuban food-sharing tradition comes to Bowen

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Adams got married in Cuba and he says that after the wedding, he and his wife had a fantastic lobster meal in a Paladar. Back on Bowen, he was thinking about the idea and shared his idea with a friend. “He told me to use Bowen as a proof-of-concept.” He was in the kitchen, pancakes were cooking on the stove and he was “looking for a sign “ as to whether or not to try out the concept. Then he saw someone post on Bowen Everything Else on Facebook that they were looking for somewhere to get pancakes. Within the hour, Adams had the person who had posted, along with her husband and child, at his kitchen table sharing a pancake breakfast.

“That was the sign I was looking for,” Adams says with a smile.

LOUISE LOIK EDITOR

You’ve heard of Ride Share and you are familiar with home sharing on an island that abounds with Bed & Breakfasts. Now following on the same mind-set is food sharing. Not the same as a food co-op, food sharing brings together people looking for a particular kind of food with others who are happy to supply the demand.

Introduced to the island just last week on Facebook under the name “Paladar on Bowen,” 75 members joined in the first seven days without any promotional efforts and three exchanges were made immediately.

David Adams, who introduced Paladar to Bowen, explains that the name comes from a Cuban tradition that began after the collapse of the Soviet Union. “People were looking for ways to make money and thinking of how to deal with the crappy Soviet-run restaurants.”

Adams says that people began to sell meals from their homes, setting up tables in their living rooms where people wanting a meal could come to eat. The concept of the paladar took off as a mainstream way of life in Cuba and says Adams, “it’s still a primary way to eat in Cuba.”

The model of self-regulated peer-to-peer food transactions means that pricing or exchange deals are created by those involved in the exchange. “Let’s say you have a craving for Indian food. You can put up a post asking if anyone has some. “Food doesn’t have to be sold, it can be shared without monetary exchange. Someone may want to try out their skills as a chef or baker and want people to do a taste test. “It’s not a replacement for the farmer’s markets or grocery stores or restaurants, “ says Adams. “Bowen is lacking a food sharing culture. This is an opportunity to create community around food.”

There are a number of ways to participate in the Facebook group that is open to anyone.

Members may want to sell, share or exchange produce or prepared packaged foods like jams or baked goods. Chefs may offer to come and cook for you in your home, or host you in their home for a private dinner or a communal dinner.

“Someone may post that they are willing to make a type of salad on a particular day,” then others can order what they’d like in advance.” The other part of the picture in this casual business model is that it gives people a chance to meet others who enjoy the same kind of food, or want to experiment with different types of foods. It can be an opportunity for a business enterprise to test out a concept or a social event. “Restaurants can post their specials on the site too,” says Adams.

Part of the attraction to a food-sharing group is the potential for spontaneous fulfillment of a food craving, but the other is the opportunity to plan ahead to have someone make sandwiches for your kids for school on a busy day. In the U.S., a company called “Feastly,” launched a similar concept more than a year ago, and it has been spreading from city to city.

The idea of bringing Paladar to Bowen came to Adams after a few trips to Cuba.

Carrie Lloyd and David Adams are enjoying in the Cuban tradition of food sharing comes to Bowen with Paladar.

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Dr. Westcott looks at images of a faulty heart valve on his new ultrasound machine at the Bowen Island Veterinary Hospital.

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Ultrasonic Solution Saves Stress at Vet’s LOUISE LOIK EDITOR

The arrival of an ultrasound machine at the Bowen Island Veterinary Hospital will come as a relief to many pet owners. “It used to be like a MASH unit,” says Dr. Alistair Westcott. “We’d have to rush in and guess what was wrong.” Now the clinic is a full service, around the clock animal hospital. There is a digital x-ray machine in addition to the ultrasound which Westcott and his veterinary technician are trained to read. Marla Brillinger points out “people may not realize that this is a fully functional hospital like you have in any major city, just smaller.”

Westcott does surgeries, does all the in-house blood-work and x-rays, in addition to being available for pets that need care in the hospital overnight. Westcott also offers the mobile vet Dr. Sandra Madden the use of his equipment when needed and ”she’ll send her pets here if she needs something done. --There’s a great spirit of cooperation between us.”

Westcott says it’s important for his hospital to fulfill a quest to be an integral part of the Bowen community.

“Every animal can benefit from the hospital regardless of your vet. “ Westcott knows that having the equipment here makes a big difference for some older clients. “Some people just can’t get off the island with their animals, and we should be able to take care of our own.”

What Westcott also likes about having the ultrasound on island is that he can access the opinion of a specialist by sharing the image from the ultrasound without having to send the patient off-island. The ultrasound allows me to be more specific with the diagnosis. I can get a biopsy without surgery.”

The difference between an x-ray compared to an ultrasound is that the ultrasound gets a better picture of the soft tissue. “When I’m doing ultrasound on cats they just lay there and start purring. It’s like getting a massage.”

Every year veterinary students come to the little hospital to do their practicum. “We do more than just spay, neuter and give vaccinations,” says Brillinger concludes. Westcott adds, “We are a teaching hospital too.

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Gazebo’s Completion Welcomed Arriving on Bowen will now feel a little more welcoming. A volunteer construction crew began work on a new structure on the municipal wharf by the ferry in April. On Monday the gazebo was officially opened by Acting Mayor Melanie Mason along with First Credit Union Branch Manager Kevin Manning and Murray Atherton, founding Member of the Bowen Island branch.

“The Dick van Aelst Memorial Welcome Gazebo,” will house a large map of Bowen Island, pamphlets and maps. It also serves as a shelter for walk-on passengers. The Dock Dance was able to utilize the shelter last summer though it was not yet fully finished. The intention is for the gazebo is for it to be multi-purpose, also functioning as a bandstand for community events.

Dick Van Aelst had been a member of the original local First Credit Union Board. According to Kevin Manning, Branch manager, he “contributed many hours and immeasurable positive energy and guidance into the branch at the start up and in those early formative years.” Van Aelst passed away in June 2012. The Gazebo will be managed by Tourism Bowen Island.

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STUDENTS FILL MUNICIPAL HALL FOR FIRST HAND LOOK AT GOVERNMENT Council Chambers were full of BICS and IPS students as they learned about local government. above: BICS teacher Andrea Laysell talks to her students about municipal government. below: Rowan Calder shares her ideas before council. photo: Louise Loik

For the increasing number of Island residents caring for a family member with Alzheimer’s disease or another dementia related illness, support is essential. The regional Alzheimer Society of B.C. provides free monthly gatherings for Bowen Island residents to share tips and information for living with people with dementia. If you are a caregiver, the society offers some tips: Fitness: Activity is key for physical and mental health. Walking or any other exercise helps. So does healthy eating.

Making time for yourself: Take some time regularly for activities that you enjoy and plan for someone else to be with your family member.

Create a sanctuary: Designate a room in the house as your quiet space. Spend a few minutes there each day, away from the demands of your life.

Accept help For more information on Bowen support groups, contact Kerri Sutherland at 604-984-8348, or email ksutherland@alzheimerbc.org. More resources are available at www.alzheimerbc.org.

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Glass Sponge LOUISE LOIK EDITOR

While you are no longer allowed to fish or drop anchor over fragile glass sponges, the law only applies if the Department of Fisheries and Oceans has officially acknowledged the location of the sponges. Undocumented by the DFO, glass sponge reefs like the one identified by divers off Dorman Point, Bowen Island, remain at risk.

Bowen Island has stepped forward as “the first local jurisdiction to publicly state that this is important,” says Adam Taylor. Recreational diver and marine life advocate Adam Taylor feels strongly about the need to protect this rare life form and took the matter to Council asking for a letter to DFO to support protection of all glass sponge reefs; -- including those outside of the local jurisdiction. Council has agreed with Taylor and will also request that Fisheries opens consultation with stakeholders.

Bowen’s OCP shows alignment with this initiative as OCP details the protection of marine habitats and of vulnerable marine species and sensitive aquatic zones. Islands Trust Council has passed a resolution to recommend that the DFO ”implement fishery closures, in addition to those already announced.”

Islands Trust would like “all glass sponge reefs in the marine waters of the Trust Area” to get protection.

While DFO has not formally identified all glass sponge reefs around BC, local area divers like Taylor are hoping that Bowen will take action to help protect the reef off within Bowen’s jurisdiction off Dorman Point.

“We used to fish locally, but there’s no fish left,“ says Taylor. Protected areas allow for the generation of an undisturbed habitat where fish can flourish, and then expand their numbers beyond the protected zone. The glass sponge reef is rockfish habitat. Rockfish are a long-lived species and there

is a ban on fishing rockfish, Quillback and yelloweye rockfish which live in the reefs are few and far between. “My grandfather used to pull up large adult rockfish,” says Taylor, “now I only see sub-adults.”

The Marine Life Sanctuaries Society, in association with a number of other organizations are seeking “to conserve the health, composition and function of cold-water coral and sponge species, communities and habitats in support of a healthy ecosystem.”

Bowen Island will also Yellow Eye Rockfish swimming around a glass sponge reef off Dorman Point, Bowen Island. be looking putting up some Adam Taylor, photo educational signage at Dorman Point, as well as sending a letter to inform BC Hydro of the location of the reef to prevent any future transmission cables to be dropped in that location. Islands Trust is also on board to protect all the glass sponge reefs.

Groups from the Sunshine Coast to Vancouver hope that fishing, crabbing, prawn trapping, and anchoring in the fragile areas will stop.

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Snug Cove General Store Soren & Elizabeth Hammerberg Strategic Group Superior Propane TD Canada Trust Telus Terry McKeown & Lisa Avery The Cape on Bowen The Old Buzzards Saturday Morning Skins Group The Patersinghs Tim Kerr Titleist Triad Signs Twin Island Excavating Union Steamship Company Marina and Chandlery Vancouver Canadians Webster Engineering Westpark Parking Services

Alan Haigh Alice Jennings Artigiani Milanesi Cashmere Artisan Eats Barry Adams Bay Moorings BC Ferries Boston Pizza Bowen Dog Ranch Bowen Glass Bowen IRLY Building Centre

Bowen Island Flower Shop Bowen Island Freight Bowen Island Massage Therapy Bowen Sushi Bruce Russell Cates Hill Pharmacy Cloudflower Pottery Connie Wright Original Knits Diana Kaile Doug Robinson

Fairmont Chateau Whistler Fairmont Empress Victoria Fawn Gill Fitness Frank Patt Glen Bagshaw Helijet Invictus Kim Nattress Lorraine Ashdown Margo & John Anthony

McTaggart Water Systems Inc. Movement Global Design Inc. Nature Encounters Tours and Travel Nectar Yoga Bed and Breakfast Out of the Blue Boutique Peak Golf Peter Clarke Positively Fit Rory & Susan Vickery Rustique Bistro

Schooner Lane Designs Snug Cafe & Catering Soren Hammerberg The Burrard Tom Monaghan Tuscany Restaurant Union Steamship Marina and Chandlery Vine and Garden West Coast Monagram Wren Boutique

Barbara Reid Barbara Sowinska Barbara Wallis BIGC Men’s Night

Bill Hamilton Bruce & Dorene Russell Dave Witty Emilie Paterson

Maryon Adelaar Neil Tompkins Ross & Suzanne Allen Sally Lambert

Shirley Tan-Tompkins Terry & Sylvia Boss Tim & Jennifer Pardee

Donors

Patrons Erwen Smith Hugh & Jocelyn MacNeil Jill Purdy Larry Oliver