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Young musicians win medals at Royal Conservatory of Music
For the love of food and health A nutritionists foodie story, and recipe
Chum runs
Another perspective on this year’s celebrated salmon return
The future of Community Lands “Lot 1.”: Housing, light industrial and tourist accommodations MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
President of the Bowen Island Legion Nairn Knipe and Reverend Shelagh MacKinnon at Friday’s Remembrance Day Ceremony’s at the Cenotaph. See more photos from the ceremony, p5. Meribeth Deen, photo
Council approves plans to move forward on Bike Park MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
Municipal staff has deemed the proposed bike park site as ideal for a “bowen-sized bike park.” Following some discussion on how the proposed park might impact the local trail system, outdoor learning at BICS and other potential concerns, council gave staff and the bike park group the go ahead to move forward on next steps. After the completion of a survey of the potential site, and a
volunteer/collaboration service agreement, the group can start drawing up plans for what the inner and outer pump track rings will look like. Christoph Haase is a member of the Bike Park Group and says he is looking forward to moving this project onto the design stage. “Our group needs to meet and tackle the design process,” says Haase. “We are trying to do as much as possible on a volunteer basis, but we may need professional help on this. I am definitely happy that our project now feels very concrete.”
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Last week, the Mayor’s Standing Committee on Community Lands publicized their plans for the portion of Community Lands known as “Lot 1.” The 20 acre (8 hectare) area spans the area around the public works yard on Mt. Gardner Road, and has been divided into three distinct portions. Council approved plans to rezone those areas from their current rural residential zoning, which allows the area to be divided up into 10 acre lots. The Standing Committee recommended that the roughly 1.2 acre (0.5 hectare) on the northern portion of land be zoned for a tourist accommodation with up to 8 rooms. A roughly 4.5 acre (1.9 hectare) portion has been slated for potential housing, with suggested rezoning allowing for up to 20 dwellings. The committee suggested that the third section, east of Terminal Creek, be rezoned for mixed-use including housing, industrial, live-work and retail. Council welcomed these ideas with a few caveats, clarifications and suggestions. Councillors Melanie Mason and Sue Ellen Fast expressed concern about rezoning these lands in a way that does not keep stated community uses - such as housing and a composting facility - as a top priority. “Are we as council becoming a developer? Where is the need for tourist-commercial expressed? Is that in the official community plan? How much land do we need to sell to get rid of this debt?” Asked Councillor Fast. Mayor Skeels explained that the idea for creating tourist accommodation came from a suggestion that it would be a good location, with a view over the lake. “This is just the beginning of a very long process,” he said. Councillor Mason also expressed her concern that the area proposed for housing, given that the lot sizes would be roughly 1/4 acre each, would not fulfill the need on Bowen for affordable ownership. Skeels did not have a specific answer, but described his vision of clusters of densely packed houses in the woods. “This is an area where we can start to explore smaller lots, and try to break that $500 thousand ceiling,” he said. “Or we can just zone it for 2 houses instead of 20 and sell it for big bucks. Sometimes on Bowen it is cheaper that way. This project will be determined by septic requirements.” The municipality’s development planning consultant, Judy McLeod, suggested that a site visit to the locations in question visit be required for all the councillors before moving forward with rezoning.
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Meeting Calendar November 18, 2016 10:00 am Snug Cove Sewer System Local Advisory Committee
November 21, 2016 7:00 pm Advisory Planning Committee
November 22, 2016 7:15 pm Transportation Advisory Committee
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Notice of Public Hearings Parking Cash In-Lieu 12:00 pm on Monday, November 28, 2016 Municipal Hall Bowen Island Municipality Land Use Bylaw No. 57, 2002, Amendment Bylaw No. 423, 2016 Bowen Island Council is considering changes to parking regulations in the Land Use Bylaw, as they relate to properties in Snug Cove. Current parking regulations in Bowen’s Land Use Bylaw requires a provision of a number of parking spaces per floor area for a number of land uses, generally 1 per 40m2 floor area for commercial uses in Snug Cove, and one parking space per dwelling unit. Bowen Island Council is considering providing land owners the option of providing a cash payment of $20,000 instead of on-site parking spaces. This money would be placed into a reserve fund, and would be used to provide new and existing parking spaces and transportation infrastructure that supports walking, bicycling public transit or other forms of transportations.
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November 23, 2016 10:00 am Tunstall Bay Water System Local Advisory Committee
November 24, 2016 7:00 pm Heritage Commission
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Community Lands Lot 3 Rezoning 7:00 pm on Wednesday, November 30, 2016 Municipal Hall Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 425, 2016 & Bowen Island Municipality Land Use Bylaw No. 57, 2002, Amendment Bylaw No. 422, 2016 Bowen Island Council is considering changes to the Official Community Plan (OCP) and the Land Use Bylaw with respect to zoning of Lot 3 of the Community Lands. This is a 1.6 hectare (4 acre) parcel located on Miller Road and Bowen Island Trunk Road as shown on the attached map.
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Committees seeking new members Economic Development Committee The Economic Development Committee (EDC) aims to facilitate Bowen Island economic development and provide advice to Council on such matters. The Committee is seeking energetic, new members committed to working toward this goal.
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Proposed Land Use Bylaw No. 422, 2016 would rezone the northern portion of the Lot “Island Civic,” to enable future construction of the relocated Fire Hall and new Emergency Operations Centre, and rezone the remainder “Village Commercial 1” to enable a proposed parking area in the centre of the lot, and future commercial or mixed use development.
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Proposed Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 425, 2016 would change the designation of the northern portion of Lot 3, which is currently designated “Village Residential.” Council is proposing adding “Institutional” to the Land Use Designation, to enable the future construction of the relocated Fire Hall and new Emergency Operations Centre.
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Young pianists take home top prizes from Royal Conservatory examinations MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
From left: Elaine Taylor, Nevé Freed and Miranda Forster. Meribeth Deen, photo
Piano teacher Elaine Taylor says she was delighted, although not entirely surprised to learn that two of her students, Nevé Freed and Miranda Forster won First Class Honours with Distinction in their Royal Conservatory of Music exams that took place last year. “I used to adjudicate myself, and I hear them before they go into the exams so I know how prepared my students are,” says Taylor. “But the competition is really tough.” Taylor says that many of her students received First Class Honours in their exams, and others choose not to do the exams at all but are standing out in their own ways. “One student, Luke Morales, has never taken an exam. He’s really into jazz, and is now a peer-teacher at Rockridge,” says Taylor. “The decision to take these exams simply raises the bar, and gets students working towards a goal.” During the exams, students are expected to demonstrate their ability to read music (sight-reading), their ability to listen to a piece of music and identify pitch or repeat a rhythm, and also to play a repertoire from memory. “I like to expose my students to a wide variety of music, and they can chose what they want to play - it can be anything from pieces composed in the romantic era to something composed yesterday,” says Taylor. “We work together to decide what they will play in the exam.” She likens practicing to paying off a credit card bill. “If you only pay off a little at a time, it will take you forever to pay it off,” she says. “And
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anything less than a half hour per day will not do much. Parents need to help build the routine, and eventually practicing, playing, becomes part of who you are as a person. The kids I work with might not always want to practice, but they definitely want to be in piano.” Taylor says that she while she has been teaching music since her first year of university, it was never her intention to become a piano teacher. “I taught French, Spanish and German and was planning on getting my doctorate in order to teach at the university level,” says Taylor. “But I guess that in the end I found the most value in teaching music, and I really enjoy the one-on-one aspect.” The value, Taylor says, includes the thickening of the pre-frontal cortex and building pathways through different areas of the brain.
...it’s like building the playground of the mind... “Piano requires seventeen different brain centres to synchronize with one another, it’s like building the playground of the mind,” she says. “It helps with stress management, anxiety and executive function. I have collected many articles that explain these benefits.” Taylor adds that she is happy to see so that so many parents on Bowen seem to understand these benefits, and so much opportunity to learn about music here. “We have a really musical culture that has been built, and Bowen has so many people in different musical fields. It is an embarrassment of riches.
BIM receives infrastructure planning grant At the 2016 Union of BC Municiaplities Convention, Bowen Island Municipality was awarded $10,000 from the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development to further research the creation of a composting facility on Bowen Island. We already divert more than 70% of our solid waste from the landfill. A facility to handle organic waste on the Island could reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by an estimated 4%, among other benefits. BIM would like to thank the volunteers of the On-Island Composting Facility Working Group (OICFWG), Peter Taggart and Mary Ellen deGrace, whose report was instrumental to the successful funding application. The next steps in the project will be public consultation and outreach.
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Poor chum returns on Squamish River Dear Editor: The news media has everyone doing the “Chum Run Hoochie Choocie Salmon Dance” with reports of huge chum runs on the coast. But when you take a closer look at how the Chum returns stack up in the Howe Sound area something starts to look a bit…well…fishy. Now predicting Chum returns is a bit like calling the U.S. election, but here is my take on things. The Squamish System has been hurting for many years and not surprisingly our Eagle Count numbers have been dismal as well. I didn’t immediately jump for joy when I heard talk of this HUGE Chum run. I was sceptical that the Squamish River Chum run could instantly rebound, even if ocean conditions were the best. I watched the Squamish Streamkeeper counts for the Squamish System and read e-mails related to the field work and data. There was nothing big and definitely not “Hoochie Choocie” stuff. Then I headed out to do my own counts.
I’m one of the few who actually count returns around Howe Sound, away from the Squamish River. I typically count Britannia, Furry, Potlatch, and Mcnab Creeks. This year, I added a small creek on Gambier Island. The results were interesting, to say the least. I received one email reporting huge returns at Bowen, close to a 1000 or more Chum. I surveyed a small creek on Gambier and counted 930 Chum in the first part of the creek. The count would easily have gone above 2000 if I had surveyed the entire creek. You could walk across that creek on the backs of Chum, without getting your feet wet. As I went further north, up Howe Sound, the numbers started drop. A nice 75 Chum at the Mcnab groundwater side channel, but nothing to start building a smoke house over. 53 for Potlatch Creek, 7 for Middle Creek (side channel of Furry Creek). So why the difference in numbers? Gambier is the key to this puzzle. On Gambier and Bowen, the two big
islands to the south, the run came in early, at the start of October. On Gambier, there was also evidence of a later, smaller run and I saw both runs using the same creek. This isn’t a big, single entity, but two distinct groups.
I will leave you with one last thought. The low Chum returns at Squamish can’t be related to poor ocean conditions, because the big runs at Bowen and Gambier clearly came out of the same body of water. The difference must be
due to local river and creek conditions. What is it in the Squamish watershed that continues to suppress the Chum runs here? John Buchanan Squamish B.C.
Knick Knack Nook Auction supports Caring Circle Dear Editor: It was an evening of magic, possibility and delightfully frenzied bidding. The biennial KKN auction, this year supporting Caring Circle, ignited Cates Hill Chapel on Saturday evening. The room was festooned with enticing objects of desire that just couldn’t be resisted. There are many, many people to thank for making this magical event happen - literally hundreds gave countless hours or donated treasures. KKN volunteers are extraordinary. For the past two years they have been selecting, storing, sorting, cleaning, repairing and having appraisals done on items gleaned from donations to their Reuse-it store. Deep thanks to KKN’s Donna Scorer and Katherine Lawrence for their leadership and indefatigable energy. We sincerely thank all the KKN and Caring Circle volunteers and most of their families
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and friends who also pitched in. Thanks to Mark Groen for managing and continually updating the live auction. Thank you to Colleen O’Neil, Caring Circle’s Program Director, for her dedication and never ending contributions for taking care of so many of the details. The Knick Knack Nook and the Caring Circle would like to thank the following individuals and organizations for their invaluable contributions: Body Vitality, Bowen Sushi, David Pinner at Sharpshire, David Wrinch, Gino’s Coffee, Jeanette Langman, Karen at Euro Chocolate, Mary Farris, Tiffanee Scorer, Jocelyn Willis, The Flower Shop, the Bowen Island Beer and Wine Store, Graham Ritchie and the many volunteers of the KKN and Caring Circle. And of course, we would like to thank everyone who donated their treasures! Caring Circle is honored to receive the support of this
The Knick Knack Nook Auction supports Caring Circle programs including the community lunch program and mental health workshops. photo supplied year’s Auction. We will use the proceeds to maintain our many programs such as the Driver’s Program, Mental Health Workshops, Community Lunch Program, Health Navigation Program,
Conscious Aging Workshops, and our newest Connections Program where volunteers offer companionship to people in their homes. With gratitude for the generosity of our volunteers and
of our community. Maureen Witney, Chair, Caring Cirlce On behalf of the Knick Knack Nook and Caring Circle
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A solemn moment of silence on Bowen Island: Nov. 11
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Back pedalling on electoral reform out of the question Dear Editor: Last year, on the weekend before the federal elections, we did our very last preelection-ferry-line-blitz and handed out over 500 small flyers. Flyers that informed folks that they had a choice to vote for electoral reform by voting for a party that had made this promise part of their election platform. The Liberals, NDP and Greens all did. What I picked up from that blitz was that people really do not like having to vote strategically, and, except for a very few, are done with the current election system of first past the post. And so it seems, is the new government. At least that’s what Prime
Minister Trudeau has been exclaiming for well over a year now. “We are committed to ensuring that 2015 will be the last election using first past the post,” Trudeau stated June 2015. All very encouraging of course, but it is the “committed to ensuring” where things seem to be stuck now. Just before the summer, the Committee on Electoral Reform was created and its members have been hearing from experts, and Liberal MPs have been busy consulting with the public at town hall meetings ever since. Right from the start it was unclear how conclusions were to be distilled from the town halls. This wasn’t another poll. After all the
election outcome gave a clear mandate for electoral reform. In number of votes: more than 63 per cent voted for parties, including the Liberals, that have committed to replace first past the post with a different election system. Unlike at committee meetings, it appeared that any certified method of minute taking or reporting was absent from the town hall meetings. MPs took their own minutes next to facilitating. It was a bit messy, and I didn’t know what to make of it, attending the meeting in West Vancouver. Maybe this is why Minister of Democratic Institutions Maryam Monsef
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could suggest that, “There hasn’t been a consensus on any specific system.” coming out of them. Thank goodness for Fair Vote Canada, a grassroots multi-partisan citizens’ campaign for voting system reform. These people knew what was coming and decided to do their own reporting at the town halls and committee hearings. They found that in contrast to what the minister
had suggested, nine out of 10 witnesses who appeared before the committee, and who had a position on voting systems, recommended proportional representation to replace first past the post. From the 173 town halls it was reported that at 121 of them, seven out of 10 was in favour of some form of proportional representation to replace First Past the Post. Confronted with this clear preference for proportional
representation, are Trudeau and Monsef back pedalling? You expect some courage from our political leaders facing the prospects of a little bit of political white water. They seemed so brave at first. Of course we respect a choice to portage, but back pedalling on this strong river flow of electoral reform is out of the question. Anton Van Walraven
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100 unwanted guns collected during amnesty BRENT RICHTER NORTH SHORE NEWS
A cache of 100 firearms was turned over from North Shore residents’ closets and crawl spaces during this October’s gun amnesty. The province arranges an amnesty every few years to collect guns – no questions asked – that are no longer wanted by their owners, to prevent them from ever being misused or falling into the wrong hands. The guns are catalogued and researched before being destroyed. West Vancouver police brought in 48 firearms altogether, and 2,300 rounds of ammunition, slightly up from the last amnesty in 2013, which collected 33 guns. Included in the haul were seven shotguns, 27 rifles of varying types and caliber, and 14 pistols. Notable finds turned over to officers were a Waffen 7.5 revolver, which was standard issue in the Swiss army from 1882 to 1949; two British Webley revolvers, possibly left over from the First World War; one Walther PPK (James Bond’s favoured gun) and some .38 specials. “No rocket launchers,” said Const. Jeff Palmer, West Vancouver police spokesman
“But a lot of very capable firearms, which, with ammunition and the wrong hands, could cause a great deal of harm and heartache.” North Vancouver RCMP members collected 42 rifles, shotguns and pistols as well as one replica musket that may have once been a prop from a locally shot movie, according to police. That’s down significantly from 90 firearms collected in 2013. “Which is encouraging,” said Cpl. Richard De Jong, North Vancouver RCMP spokesman. “You’d like to think our closets and hiding places are becoming less and less occupied with unwanted firearms. Hopefully there will come a day when we have none or very few turned in.” Police don’t discourage the legal keeping or sale of firearms, Palmer said, but most often, guns collected in the amnesty are coming from homes where they were never wanted nor stored properly. “A good number of the ones that we’re receiving here are rifles or pistols that a deceased family member had and people have not really known what to do with them,” he said. “They’re just relieved not to have it in the house and definitely it’s a
Const. Jeff Palmer shows off a British Webley revolver, one of 48 firearms turned over to West Vancouver police during a gun amnesty held in October. Three rifles and a prohibited shot-gun were collected by RCMP on Bowen. photo Mike Wakefield, North Shore News relief to us to know that if someone’s house is broken into, there isn’t a firearm that
could be taken and find an illegal use somewhere.” Depending on their vintage
and condition, the antique pistols are popular with collectors, although none of the
weapons will likely be saved from the smelter, Palmer said.
BC Housing presents affordable housing possibilities MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
Last Thursday, Bowen Island’s council heard from the CEO of BC Housing, Shayne Ramsay about all the ways his organization helps to create affordable housing options in communities across the province. Members of council had many questions about the size and scale of the projects, how the organization works with local governments, and what would be needed to move forward on a project, and closed the meeting with a sense of optimism. Ramsay told council that B.C. Housing, in partnership with non -profits from across the province, has created 60,000 units of housing, including 5000 in the Lower Mainland. They’ve built housing complexes with as few as six units, they’ve built pre-fabricated modular housing, and
even shipping container housing. “A number of years ago we looked at partnering with local governments in the North around seniors housing,” said Ramsay. “We probably did a few dozen projects between 10 and 30 units, and largely from modular housing, and the modular’s looked absolutely beautiful, you couldn’t tell they weren’t stick-built.” In partnering with local governments, he said, B.C. Housing expects them to provide a long-term lease of land. A local non-profit would be expected to step in to develop the capacity to manage the buildings. “They have the experience with the client group that they are aiming to serve and they would have roots in the local community,” said Ramsay. “In general, those are the criteria we would look for.” Members of council provided their perspectives to create a picture of
because it is such a fluid situation.” Councillors also offered a rundown of developments that are currently underway that will increase the housing stock on Bowen Island – these include Snug Cove House, the proposed medical centre/apartment complex on Dorman Road, and the development of the Grafton Lake lands. “When it comes to affordable rental stock, there is not very much,” said Councillor Nicholson. In terms of exact numbers, Councillors Nicholson and Fast offered that there are several “streams of data” that can be tapped into in the near future, but it would be necessary to bring that data together into one report. A housing needs analysis and a basic business plan would be necessary in order to move forward on a plan with B.C. Housing’s support, said Ramsay.
Bowen Island’s housing landscape for Ramsay. Councillor Sue-Ellen Fast told him that a main focus has been the push towards detached secondary suites on Bowen Island, described by Councillor Maureen Nicholson as “laneway houses.” Fast added that that the idea is to provide housing for people who work in Snug Cove and are struggling to afford living in the community. “So, the need is largely for working families and they would largely be singles?” asked Ramsay. “We have exactly all the needs of every community you’ve ever walked into,” replied Mayor Murray Skeels. “Our needs are a mile wide and an inch deep. So when you say, do we need housing for workers well yeah, that could be 50 people, or 30 people or maybe 20. We don’t really know. We don’t have good obtainable data
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West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea-to-Sky Country MP Pamela Goldsmith-Jones and Terry Beech, Burnaby North-Seymour MP, met with the public and press in Horseshoe Bay on Friday to discuss the Liberal government’s new Ocean Protection Plan. The plan will invest $1.5 billion over five years to restore and protect marine ecosystems and habitats, to strengthen indigenous and community partnership/management practices, invest in safe shipping practices and spill cleanup and response research. In response to a question about where LNG tankers fit into this plan, GoldsmithJones said that Transport Minister Marc Garneau is currently working on a report
‘The self-funded community centre’: the proposal council never heard MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
An unscheduled chunk of time in the public comments portion of a council meeting just won’t do, says Tom Matzen, to ask for council’s blessing to try for a housing solution he considers perfect for Bowen Island. Matzen says that in the summer, he got on the council schedule to present as a delegation but last week he was informed that his delegation had been pulled, as there were too many other items on the agenda.
“What I want to ask from council is for permission to try, even if that means we will try and fail,” says Matzen. “And I’ve been through enough presentations to know that if you give someone partial information they will say no for sure. I’ve been preparing to speak as a delegation for months, this is a complex idea that needs to be heard in full.” Matzen’s proposal, “the self-funded community centre,” is an idea researched and formulated by Tim Wake, founder of Foxglove Housing.
It is based on a roughly 11-acre land-swap with Metro Vancouver Parks. Metro Parks would get back some of the park land it sold to Bowen, and provide Bowen with land that would be perfect for development within the Cove. According to Matzen and Wake, the useable land in the Cove area could be developed to meet community housing needs, and also to fund a community amenities — possibly a community centre, seniors’ housing and/ or a firehall. “Everyone we’ve explained
this idea to has said they love it — but you’ll never pull it off,” says Matzen. “They agree that if we could pull it off, it would be perfect. It may be true that we could never get through the bureaucracy of Metro Parks, but we still want to try.” Matzen adds that he has not been given the option of another date to present as a delegation at council, but is hoping that with enough community support that may change. mayorandcouncil@bimbc.ca
on a marine transportation plan, and we can expect the issue to be addressed there. Mayor Murray Skeels, who, alongside other members of council, had a private meeting with Goldsmith-Jones last week, says the component of the plan that deals with derelict vessels is likely to have the greatest direct impact on Bowen Island. “Pamela [Goldsmith-Jones] said she will speak with Bonny Brokenshire, head of Bylaw Services, and get infor-
mation about boats we consider derelict here and try to sort out the logistics of how we can actually make this plan work for us,” says Skeels. “The government is acknowledging that derelict vessels are a real problem, and incidental part of big-picture marine protection. I think we will see what this means to us when a boat washes ashore and we have to pay $8,000 to wash it away, and at that point, if we will be able to tap into federal funds to cover the cost.”
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Rich Ralph, a holistic nutritionist who focuses on helping clients with food, environmental or pet allergies, has been nominated for a People’s Choice Award and a Community Impact Award through Small Business B.C. Ralph also recently received second place in The Georgia Straight’s Best of Vancouver Best Nutritionist category. Ralph launched his business six years ago. “When I graduated as a nutritionist, I was working full-time for an Internet company and intended to build my business slowly,” he says. “Then, the company laid off my whole department and I was faced with the choice of looking for a new job or diving in and starting my business. My wife Crystal and I decided that the second choice was the better option.” He says that his business grew quickly, in part because he worked with kids. “I think that among mothers, word spreads really fast,” he says. Moving to Bowen three years ago was a challenging transition and one that is ongoing, he says. “I was nervous about setting up shop here, because it is such a small community and in a way, the goal of my work is to make it so that people don’t need me any more,” says Ralph. “But I’ve put that behind me and I now work out of an office in the Cove every other Saturday alongside seeing clients in the city three days per week.” As Ralph is a nutritionist and loves to cook I’ve thrown The Undercurrent’s “kitchen questions” his way and asked for a recipe. See below! Question: What’s your comfort food? Answer: Strangely, I don’t really have a comfort food! If I had to choose my favourite food it would probably be my homemade pizza. I make a delicious sprouted spelt crust and my favourite toppings are pesto, raw milk cheese, prosciutto, pear and kale (recipe below).
Question: If you could only have one cookbook… Answer: In all honesty, I haven’t read too many cookbooks. With technology at our fingertips it’s hard not to scroll through food blog after food blog. And why not? The Internet is full of incredibly creative ideas! If I had to pick just one website, I might choose AllRecipes.com. I look there for inspiration and then modify the ingredients to make the recipes healthier. Question: Who’s your biggest culinary influence and what did they teach you? Answer: My mom. This may sound cliche, but she influenced me in a different way to develop my love for cooking. My mom didn’t enjoy cooking even though she did it for our family every night. She did her best and I’m thankful for her efforts. She was also not very adventurous with respect to food. I didn’t get my first taste of sushi until I was 19 years old. I think that my lack of exposure to a wide variety of foods fostered my curiosity in the kitchen. Thanks mom! Question: When did you realize you loved to cook? Answer: My love for cooking evolved over time. I can’t really pick a moment when I realized I loved it. My first real experience cooking for others was when I was 20 years old living in Australia. I was hired by a scuba dive company to cook on a boat for passengers. I didn’t know what I was doing, but I sure learned a lot (I even had to learn to bake apple pie on a barbecue since the boat didn’t have an oven!) Question: Tell me about a culinary challenge, and how you overcame it. For example, when you had to adapt to a particular diet or allergy, or when you had to learn a totally new cooking style. Answer: My wife used to be severely intolerant to gluten, dairy, eggs, soy, sugar and several other things. Although I don’t have any food sensitivities myself, it was necessary for us
to have a completely glutenand dairy-free kitchen. It was challenging to learn alternatives to many of these cooking staples, but once the changes were made and the kitchen was stocked with proper options, it became quite easy to make just about anything. Six years ago Crystal completely healed all of her allergies and sensitivities. This experience led to me becoming a registered holistic nutritionist, where I specialize in helping adults and children overcome their allergies. Question: How has living on Bowen influenced your cooking? Answer: In some ways it has made it easier, and in some ways it has been more challenging. Before moving to Bowen, my family lived in Vancouver’s West End. Everything was easily accessible any time of day. Out of an ingredient at 9 p.m.? No problem. There’s a store open with my needs. I’ve had to learn to plan ahead more but living on Bowen has also given me the opportunity to have a larger kitchen. I enjoy the extra counter space to prepare daily meals for my family. Rich’s spelt-crust pizza: 1 1⁄2 cups sprouted spelt flour 1 tablespoon baking powder (non-aluminum) 1⁄2 teaspoon sea salt 1⁄2 cup filtered water 2 tablespoons olive oil Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Put the dry ingredients in a large bowl. Stir in the liquid ingredients and start kneading. Transfer to a floured surface and knead for five minutes. Set aside in an air-tight container while you prep the pizza toppings (10-15 minutes). On a floured surface, roll the dough out (I like mine quite thin). Now use your favourite sauce and toppings. A few of mine were listed above. Cook at 400 for about 20 minutes. I usually check it at 15 to see if the thin crust is brown and crispy.
Eating Closer to Home On November 21, 2016 the Bowen Island Garden Club welcomes Dan Oostenbrink, a market gardener at The Local Harvest in Chilliwack, where he gardens with his wife and children. The Local Harvest is a progressive initiative whose mission is “to grow and produce quality food, educate the public on the importance of local food systems and promote the development of agriculture and food production.” In this presentation you will learn to grow more food on less land without an aching back and successfully feed yourself every day of the year—yes, even during the bleakest winter months. You will gain a better understanding of the basic principles of vegetable gardening that will help you grow organic food in abundance. And with the first seeds going into the ground in February, it’s not too early to begin planning you garden. Dan will also talk about his efforts to create food secure communities and how this vision can be realized through education and the combined efforts of home gardeners, larger scale food producers, restaurants, value added enterprises and other stakeholders in the food landscape. Please join us for this thought provoking presentation at The Gallery at Artisan Square on November 21, 2016 at 1 PM. Everyone is welcome. Members no charge, guests only $3.00.
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End of life: a Caring Circle Symposium
Event deals with managing pain as well as coping with loss CAROL MACKINNON CONTRIBUTOR
Dr. Leah Cline will discuss pain management at End of Life Matters, set for Dec. 3. photo supplied
Bowen Islanders have embraced with gratitude the services, expertise and compassion of the Caring Circle, particularly that offered by Program Director Colleen O’Neil. As an experienced Registered Nurse and longtime member of the Bowen community, Colleen quite literally has her finger on the pulse of the island. And Colleen reports that many of the most touching conversations she has focus on end of life matters. What happens if I have to go to Emergency? Will my wishes be respected? Who makes life and death decisions if my family isn’t around? How do I get
palliative care for my loved one on Bowen? What’s available? How can we manage symptoms and control pain? When someone dies on Bowen, what happens? What is possible for the treatment of my loved one’s body? What resources are available for our family for grief support? To address these and many other questions, we have created a one day event on Dec. 3, 2016 called End of Life Matters. This learning offering is specifically for Bowen Islanders interested in the medical, social, emotional and spiritual perspectives of dying and death on Bowen. Speakers, all of whom live on Bowen Island include: Dr. David Evans, an emergency surgeon, will describe
Men, vulnerability and Movember JULIE HUGHES CONTRIBUTOR
November is Movember month, the popular mustache growing phenomenon that has swept the nation! The motto for this movement is “Stop Men dying too young.” Men’s health has become a popular issue lately and for good reason. But it’s more than just the physical health of men that we should be focusing on. In Canada, the suicide rate for males is three times higher than the rate for females (17.9 versus 5.3 per 100,000). Men are also less likely than women to seek help for all sorts of problems--including depression, substance abuse and stressful life events--even though they encounter those problems at the same or greater rates as women. So why the disconnect? Why aren’t
these men getting help? The challenge for men who want help with their emotional lives is often the stigma – the idea in our culture that men should be strong and not seek help. Traditional masculine role socialization is a big part of why men don’t seek therapy. Traditionally what it meant to be a male involved ideals of toughness, independence and emotional control. Thankfully, gender roles are changing and men are more open to the idea of seeing a therapist. The stigma behind “vulnerability” is also changing. For an example of this view Brene Brown’s Youtube video on “The power of vulnerability.” In my experience as a therapist I often see people trying to skip the “feeling” part and jump right to the solution.
It’s hard to let go and trust ourselves in the presence of strong emotions. People are very solution-oriented and I think they find some safety in that method. However the “solution” often comes from experiencing and allowing our emotions to exist, by simply giving them space to be. I have worked with many men in the last seven years of my practice. In fact I would say that almost 50 per cent of my individual clients are male. I also work with women, teens and couples. For more information visit my website at: www.shift-counselling.com or contact me directly by email: julie@shift-counselling.com or phone: 778-858-2669. I currently work out of the Bowen Island Naturopathic Clinic in Artisan Square on some evenings and weekends.
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what happens in an emergency situation, in terms of Advanced Care wishes. Bowen nurse Jane Henley will talk about both home and hospice palliative care programs and the specifics of the North Shore program criteria. Dr. Leah Cline will talk about palliative symptom control and pain management on-island. Rebecca van der Giessen will share her personal experience around the preparation of a body after death, and Mary Coleman and Mary Ellen deGrace will talk about the support available in our community both for those who know they are dying and for those who grieve. We will also be honoured by a short musical contribution from the Threshold Choir, who are trained and available
on Bowen, to visit the bedside or home of the dying. After each speaker, there will be time for some questions, and at the end of the conference, we will spend some time to discern what else our Bowen community might like on the topic of End of Life Matters. This will be a full day symposium including a light lunch, and will be held in the Bowen Island Lodge. There is more information on the Caring Circle website (caringcircle.ca). The full conference will be offered for a suggested $10 donation at the door to offset our costs. To register, please contact the Caring Circle at 604 9479100 or info@caringcircle.ca. by Friday November 25th. Thank You!!
Brain physio for concussion recovery COLLEEN O’NEIL CONTRIBUTOR
Caring Circle is hosting another educational talk on concussion and brain injury. This is the second in our series and Sandy Logan will be our guest speaker. Sandy asks: “After a hit or a blow have you ever experienced the following: headache, nausea, dizziness, confusion, memory loss, light sensitivity, fatigue, trouble sleeping? These are just some of the common symptoms associated with concussion/mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Once the diagnosis has been made, then what…? With the explosion of new research in this field over the past six years, the medical community is beginning to more fully understand the nature of this injury and to provide more options for treatment.” Please join physiotherapist Sandy Logan on Saturday Nov. 26, 10 a.m., at the Caring Circle office in Snug Cove behind the library, where we will explore how important vision and balance training are to the recovery process. Call 604 947 -9100 or email at info@caringcircle.ca to reserve your spot. Hope to see you there.
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Crown Riders tidy trails near Lake Josephine KEVAN BERNARDS CONTRIBUTOR
Formed in 2012, the Crown Riders is a group for people who enjoy the use of motorized vehicles on Bowen Island Crown land and are dedicated to the responsible use and maintenance of trail systems. This past Sunday, we cleaned up the Microwave Towers multi-use trail system around Lake Josephine.
Ninety per cent of the waste we removed looked to have been at least 15 to 20 years old. There was very little waste that had been recently dumped. Most of it was old car parts and some household garbage. In addition to trail clean up and maintenance days our group has also been mapping the trail system at the towers. One of our long-term goals is posting signage on the trails
and a trailhead map at the main access point. The Crown Riders would like to extend a huge thanks to Need a Bin Waste Removal Services Ltd., which donated a bin towards our effort, and the Village Baker for providing our group with coffee and cookies for the cleanup. Thanks again to those who came out on a Sunday and volunteered their time to help with this cleanup, you all rock!
Crown Riders meet with Recreational Vehicle officer Mike Peters to discuss mapping and deactivation of some trails leading into Fairy Fen on Bowen. photo supplied
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On the calendar FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18 Bowen Youth Matter, Youth Centre on Cartger Rd. 4:15-7 p.m. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19 Arts Pacific Gallery Reception from 1 to 3 p.m. Please join us for refreshments in celebration of our 19th year of business. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20 Hockey helps the Homeless at BICS 12:30-2 p.m., teams of five, bring your sticks MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21 SKY will have exercise at 9 a.m., coffee at 9:45, Story Exchange with BICS Grade 6 and 7 students at 10 a.m. and Yoga with Diana Kaile at 11:15. Garden Club Presentation: Eat Closer to Home 1 p.m., Gallery at Artisan Square. Non-members $3
Eating closer to home
LINDA BARRATT
CONTRIBUTOR
On Nov. 21, the Bowen Island Garden Club welcomes Dan Oostenbrink, a market gardener at The Local Harvest in Chilliwack, where he gardens with his wife and children. The Local Harvest is a progressive initiative whose mission is “to grow and produce quality food, educate the public on the importance of local food systems and promote the development of agriculture and food production.”
efforts to create food-secure communities and how this vision can be realized through education and the combined efforts of home gardeners, larger-scale food producers, restaurants, value-added enterprises and other stakeholders in the food landscape. Please join us for this thought-provoking presentation at The Gallery at Artisan Square on Monday at 1 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Members no charge, guests only $3.
Street hockey fun this weekend
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Last day to register for End of Life Matters, a full-day symposium on Dec. 3. Contact the Caring Circle at 604-947-9100 or info@caringcircle.ca Lantern-Making Workshop BICS Multi-purpose room, $10 per family, 3-6 p.m.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26 Reindeer Run, 10 a.m. at Amelia Lane Trail Head (Bowen Bay). Suggested donation $20 to Caring Circle Mowen Balls Hockey Tournament 12-6 p.m., private residence on Cates Hill. Contact jillbkenney@gmail.com to register, proceeds go to Movember Snug Cove House AGM, 10:30 a.m. at the Bowen Island Lodge Recovering from concussion workshop with Sandy Logan, 10 a.m. at the Caring Circle office behind the library. Call 604-947-9100 or email info@caringcircle.ca
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 27 Craft Fair at Bowen Island Legion, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
In this presentation you will learn to grow more food on less land without an aching back and successfully feed yourself every day of the year — yes, even during the bleakest winter months. You will gain a better understanding of the basic principles of vegetable gardening that will help you grow organic food in abundance. And with the first seeds going into the ground in February, it’s not too early to begin planning your garden. Oostenbrink will also talk about his
Wil D. Salmon plays goalie for the Chums. photo Peachy
Get your stick out and prepare to play hard for a good cause! This Sunday, Famous goalie Will D. Salmon and his team, the Chums, want you to head out to BICS with your sticks and friends to join in a fun tourament to raise awareness about homelessness. This is a part of “Hockey Helps the Homeless” which has raised more than $1,000,000 to date for the thousands of homeless men, women, and children in Vancouver. Teams are made up of five players, and the tournament starts at 12:30pm. Next Saturday, Mowen Island is hosting a Balls Hockey Tournament to raise money for Movember (prostate cancer, testicular cancer and men’s mental health).
Teams are made up of three aside plus a goalie (who is welcome to wear a helmet, gloves and knee pads). There will be burgers, smok-
ies and beer. The cost is $100 per team, to register email jillbkenney@gmail.com. The Fun starts at noon at a private residence on Cates Hill.
A chance for youth to have their voices heard
JOHN STIVER
CONTRIBUTOR
Bowen Youth Matter is taking place this Friday, Nov. 18, at the Bowen Youth Centre (650 Carter Rd). The event runs from 4:15 to 7 p.m. This is an opportunity for the youth of Bowen to have their voices heard by various community groups. The BICF, CSA and the municipality will all be in attendance. Creative Toolbox is facilitating the evening with laughter, yoga and fun activities. There will be loads of pizza and great munchies. This event is free and for Bowen youth in Grades 7 to 9 and is sponsored by First Credit Union. Anyone interested can register at the rec office, online at www.bowencommunityrecreation.com or by calling John at 604-240-3467.
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