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Car2Go cancels service in Horseshoe Bay MERIBETH DEEN
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March in, Newfoundland or Snug Cove? This year, it has been hard to see the difference.
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Bowen awarded close to $4 million for water treatment system MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
Last Friday, the Federal and Provincial governments announced funding for 26 new infrastructure projects across British Columbia. Bowen Island will receive $1,945,183 from the Federal government and $1,945,183 for the Provincial government to help build the Cove Bay Water Treatment plant, the Municipality will have to cover the other third of the cost. Mayor Murray Skeels noted the significance of this announcement in a letter posted on the municipality’s website. “This is a very important milestone for us. Our current water treatment for the Cove Bay area consists of adding chlorinated salts. While this has made our water safe to drink, it has been far from ideal.” Grafton Lake is the source for the water in the Cove Bay system, and about 600 users in Snug Cove, Deep Bay, Miller’s Landing, Scarborough, Cates Hill, Valhalla and Queen Charlotte Heights. In 2014, Vancouver Coastal Health sent a letter to the municipality asking for a number of upgrades to the system including: ozone treatment, uv treatment and the reducing the cloudiness of the water.
In an interview with Skeels, the mayor explained that the preferred system of water treatment for Cove Bay has switched from one that would use gas to push sediment to the top and skim it off to a system that would filter the water directly. “We are 90% sure the system we are currently looking at will work,” he says. “But we are hoping to get a pilot plant here so we can test whether they system works with our water chemistry. Josephine Lake an example of the water not working with the system, which leads to much higher operating costs down the road.” Skeels also says that it the way the municipality will cover its share of the plant’s construction costs is yet to be determined. “We do have a lot of reserve funds,” says the Mayor. “The Grafton Lake Lands rezoning will come before council again soon, and this might give us the land we need for the plant and a spot for wastewater disposal. This will make a big difference on our costs. Also, if that new development hooks into the system, we will likely get more money to fund the project.” In the meantime, Mayor Skeels says the Municipal CAO Kathy Lalonde has signed the funding agreements with both the provincial and federal governments and the municipality is keen to move forward on the project.
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On Monday morning, Car2Go sent users on Bowen Island a message informing them that the company has decided to discontinue service at Horseshoe Bay as of Thursday March 31. The reason for their decision, as stated in the press release, is a lack of balance in trips to and from the ferry terminal resulting in the cars sitting unused for extended periods of time. Bowen commuters reacted swiftly to the news, writing to Car2Go and commenting on social media with proposed solutions to keep the service running. Lindsey Tourand says that without some kind of car sharing system that is accessible from Horseshoe Bay, his family may have to consider purchasing a second vehicle. “I immediately wrote to Car2Go explaining how vital their service is to me,” said Tourand. “It allows me to catch earlier flights for business, to work late and attend functions in Vancouver. It fills in the gaps when other transportation methods fail. I told them I would be willing to pay a drop-off fee in Horseshoe Bay if it meant the service could continue.” Ken Simpson said he would also be willing to pay an increased drop-off fee of $20 on Fridays (the current Friday drop-off fee is $10). “I use Car2Go several times per week as it allows me to get home on the 2:25 ferry,” says Simpson. “Without Car2Go, I will probably end up bringing my car over to the mainland during weekdays. My parking costs will likely be $300 - $350 per month, which is far more than what I am currently paying to Car2Go.” Simpson adds that two years ago, when he was a member of the Bowen Island Municipal Transportation Advisory Committee (BIMTAC) he had a conversation with a representative from Car2Go who said that there was no way the service would come to Bowen, as it was already a stretch to have it in Horseshoe Bay. “I feel really frustrated right now, because they never came back to us users to ask for suggestions about how to make the service work better, they just cancelled it,” says Simpson. “I really hope they get flooded with good ideas, and re-consider their decision.” On Monday evening, members of council discussed ways of advocating for commuters facing this disruption. It was noted that showing support for a private business is a conflict of interest to the municipality, and that as a private business, Car2Go is under no obligation to hold public consultations. Still, council did decide to write a letter to the company highlighting the importance of the service to Bowen and concerns about its discontinuation.
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Meeting Calendar March 21, 2017 10:00 am Communications Team
March 21, 2017 7:00 pm Parks, Trails and Greenways Advisory Committee
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Invested in Safety: A New Fire Hall for Bowen Island At its Regular meeting on March 13, Council gave first reading to a Loan Authorization Bylaw which is required to borrow the funds needed to build a new Fire Hall and Emergency Operations Centre (EOC). This is the first step towards a Referendum this summer.
Parking in Snug Cove More changes are coming to parking in Snug Cove in 2017. With construction underway on the Cove Commons building, the parking lot on the North side of the Library has been removed and the parking lot on the West side is now a combination of 12 hour parking, Library parking, disabled parking and reserved parking spaces. In the spring, the 12 hour parking in the West lot will be reduced to two hour parking.
We are inviting all Bowen Islanders to get informed. Here’s how: 1. Go to our website to learn more about the proposed new Fire Hall and EOC, including the history of the project, frequently asked questions and more.
www.bimbc.ca/fire-hall 2. Come to a Public Open House. They are planned for March, April and June.
March 22, 2017 8:45 am Fire Hall Facilities Steering Committee Construction on a commuter parking lot on Miller Road will begin this spring. Meanwhile, there are a few alternatives to parking in the Cove:
March 25, 2017 11:00 am Public Open House Main Fire Hall
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The positions also require that the crewpersons interact in a courteous manner with the public. The applicants will have a strong landscaping and maintenance background, be comfortable working outside under varying weather conditions, have the ability to work under supervision on a task-oriented basis, and hold a valid driver’s license. This position is based on 35 hours per week.
For more information about parking and alternatives in Snug Cove, please go to www.bimbc.ca/parking
Island Plan 2017 The 2017 Island Plan is now available. This annual publication outlines Council’s progress on our strategic priorities for the term.
A complete posting and job description is available on the Municipal website (www.bimbc.ca), or from the Municipal Hall.
We invite you to take a moment to peruse all 12 of 2017’s priorities.
Please submit your cover letter, resume, and references via mail, fax, or email by Friday, March 31, 2017 at 4:00 pm to:
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Know the risks of asbestos Detached Secondary Suites to be allowed on and lead in your home lots just under one-acre ROD MARSH liability risk. Worksafe BC Bowen’s ducks seem to be enjoying this week’s balmy weather. Meribeth Deen, photo
RCMP seeking information on vandalism case BOWEN ISLAND RCMP SUBMISSION
The Bowen Island RCMP are currently investigating an intentional act to damage and disable a Bowen Island water taxi. The police believe that between 10:00 PM on March 1, 2017, and 6:00 AM on March 2, 2017, persons boarded the water taxi vessel and deliberately contaminated the engine oil system. Access to the vessel would have been gained from the Municipal Dock where the water taxi’s depart, or by water. The safety of the morning commuters utilizing the water taxi service was put into jeopardy as a result of this contamination when a fire began in the engine shortly after the trip commenced. Thankfully, the fire was extinguished and the water taxi returned to the Government Dock under tow. The police believe this was an isolated incident and continue to follow up on all investigative avenues to identify suspects in this matter. If you have information related to the above, or other criminal activity, please contact the Bowen Island RCMP at the non-emergency number 604-947-0516 or, if you wish to remain anonymous contact Crime Stoppers by phone at 1-800222-8477, by text 274637 or the web at solvecrime.ca.
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How’s this for a fun way to spend a Tuesday night: take an Asbestos and Lead Awareness Certification Course. Roughly a dozen Bowen Island contractors did just that at Collins Hall last week, under the guidance of islander Suzan Philippe, senior project manager in occupational hygene at Hygienica Environmental Assessments Ltd. What Suzan made obvious is that most home owners do not have the information they need about asbestos and lead materials in their homes. If you own a home built before 1990, you are personally responsible for knowing whether there are asbestos containing materials (ACM’s) or materials containing lead in your home. You must also disclose this information to any contractor you hire to work on your home. Homes built after 1990 are less likely to have asbestos or lead in them. What’s more, contractors need to know about asbestos and lead containing materials in order to prevent worker exposure to hazardous materials and reduce the home owner’s
On Monday, municipal planner Daniel Martin told council that in the past several weeks, several islanders with properties that are 0.39 hectares in size have come to him asking if they might qualify to build a detached secondary suite. Bylaw 4.14, which had passed second reading, set the minimum lot size for such suites at 0.4 hectares, or one acre. After some discussion, council decided to amend the bylaw based on a “liberal” interpretation of an acre. In response to a question about the number of lots of varying sizes on Bowen by councillor Gary Ander, Martin said he had counted 715 lots on Bowen that are larger than 0.4 hectares, and 63 lots that are between 0.36 and 0.4 hectares. “Did you check and see if there are any lots that are 0.35 hectares?” Asked Ander. “Because that’s what’s going to happen, someone’s going to come and say - but we’re so close, why can’t we just go ahead? It’s a line in the sand here, I don’t have a problem with it but I think we were thinking of something more an acre in size... but it works.” Councillor Maureen Nicholson stated that she was comfortable with this more liberal interpretation of an acre. “Some of the feedback we received was that, due to the casual way lot lines were drawn on Bowen at a certain time, lots of people believed they had an acre,” she said. “When push came to shove they had a wee bit more or a wee bit less and I think a lot that is a wee bit less than an acre, which this would be... seems fine to me. It doesn’t drop the minimum lot so far that we run into some of the issues that prompted us to move it from any lot size to a one acre lot.” Mayor Murray Skeels agreed that 0.9 acres was “close enough” as such lots could be found in neighbourhoods made up of one-acre properties. Council voted in support of the planning department’s recommendation and rescind second reading of bylaw 4.14 and re-read it a second time with an amendment allowing for the construction of detached secondary suites on lots more than 0.36 hectares in size. Public comment is still welcome on the matter.
takes the safety of workers and building occupants seriously. Currently, rules for disturbing asbestos or lead containing materials are not always strictly enforced – simply because Worksafe BC does not inspect all residential worksites. However, if your renovation is inspected, Worksafe BC will issue fines and stop work -rders wherever worker safety is deemed to be at risk. As a home owner, if you have any question about whether there may be ACM or lead in your home, you can start by visiting www. hiddenkiller.ca which is Worksafe BC’s public information site. Education is a good first step, so kudos to the dozen local Bowen tradespeople who paid to attend this certification session.
Suzan Philippe operates her consulting business with 15 years experience in the hazardous building materials testing industry. Rod Marsh operates Quickway Paint & Drywall Inc. on Bowen Island and employs five local, professional painting and drywall tradespeople.
On the calendar FRIDAY MARCH 17 St. Patrick’s Day Dinner at the Legion featuring Will Hayes and the Snug. Irish lamb stew with vegetables, potato croquettes and crispy leeks plus dessert. Doors open at 5:30 SATURDAY MARCH 18 Crippen Park Stewardship Group - Weed Warriors 10am - 1pm We will meet by the bridge at the mouth of Davie’s Creek (at nearby picnic table in field). Everyone welcome. Tools and gloves provided. Dress for the weather and bring your water supply. Bowen Bee House Build 2pm Grafton Community Garden Please RSVP on Facebook or by emailing di@artbydi.ca
MONDAY MARCH 20 SKY will have exercise at 9:00, coffee at 9:45, Speaker’s Corner with Bob Turner and Tim Pardee discussing “The Salmon are Back” at 10:00 and Yoga with Diana Kaile at 11:15. Bowen Island Garden Club presentation on fuschias and begonias, Bowen Island Legion at 1pm
WEDNESDAY MARCH 22 Philosopher’s Cafe Bowen Island Lodge starting at 7pm, $5 at the door Please contact David King in advance: davidking2311@gmail. com SUNDAY MARCH 26 Bowen In Transition Fix it Fair Bring in your bicycles, small appliances, computers, phones... Collins Hall, 1:30 - 3:30 MONDAY MARCH 27 Breastfeeding workshop for expectant parents with Jasmine Cairo, 7 -9:30 pm Send a message to Jasmine through Facebook if you’d like to join
Permanent Full Time Roads Crewperson Bowen Island Municipality seeks a qualified permanent full-time Roads Crewperson. The Crewperson will primarily be responsible for assisting with the maintenance of the Municipality’s road system as well as some additional labour tasks related to other Municipal infrastructure. This position will require that the crewperson interact in a courteous manner with the public and is based on 35 hours per week. Please submit your cover letter, resume, and references via mail, facsimile, or email by Friday, March 24th, 2017 at 4:00 pm to: Shayle Duffield, Human Resources Coordinator 981 Artisan Lane, Bowen Island, BC V0N 1G2 Email: hr@bimbc.ca Fax: 604-947-0193 Web: www.bimbc.ca
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’80s benefit party a success Dear Editor, On March 4, Bowen Children’s Centre’s hosted its annual fundraising party at the Legion. And the 80s Prom Night with Bowen’s own Black Molly band kept the crowd dancing all night long. Thank you to BCC families - past, present, and future and the Bowen community – who bought tickets for the event. Special thanks to Ross Allan of Allan Financial, who generously sponsors this fundraiser every year in support of BCC’s Gail Taylor Bursary Fund. The GT Bursary Fund provides financial support for families of preschool aged children.Thank you as well to Peter King, for providing a safe ride home for revellers; L’Abbatoir and Coast Hotels for donating the fantastic grand prize; Artisan Eats, The General Store, Homefarm Gardens, Irly Building Centre, Out of the Blue, Rustique Bistro, Snug Cafe, and The Union Steamship Co. Marina, for their generous donation of prizes and silent auction items; Paul Winny for donating his photo booth; the Kenneys for lending their hexbug track; and all the BCC families who helped with ticket sales, prizes, promotion, refreshments, set-up, and takedown -- especially Kerry Platt, Jess Epstein, Sarah Cormier, and Jade Weismiller, for taking the lead in organizing key parts of the event. Congratulations to Kim Molinski and Paul Winny, who won the people’s vote for Prom Queen and Prom
Ron is still in Mexico so we’ve decided to rerun some of those golden oldies. A proposal to put a demonstration pollination garden in our one beloved meadow shook the entire island awake climaxing in a splendid bee versus grass showdown. King respectively! Thanks to all contestants of the dip-off contest. Congratulations to the winner, nutritionist Lisa Marie Bhattacharya! Last but not least, big thanks to Sarah Winny, for her amazing ability to pull everything together. Thank you all for making the event a great success and for supporting BCC’s Gail Taylor Bursary Fund. If you have an interest in supporting this email info@ bowenchildrenscentre.ca or call 604-947-9626 Bowen Children’s Centre
A heartfelt thank you Dear Editor, We want to extend a heartfelt thank you to the Bowen Island Volunteer Fire Department, our resident paramedics and Bruce Steele (water taxi) for their assistance on February 27th when Dennis suffered a massive heart attack. He would most likely not be alive today if it were not for your timely help! We are in awe of your service and so very grateful for your expert care. You are always ready to drop whatever you
are doing in an instant, any time of the day/ week, to come to the aid of a fellow islander. And we must say it was very reassuring to see your familiar faces when Dennis was in a crisis. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts! We would also like to thank Alison Nosek for being a calm, skillful liaison with the 911 dispatch. You’re all heroes in our book! Dennis, Sheila and Ketut Vetter
Oil spill emergency plan is greatly needed Dear Editor, In the March 3 issue of Undercurrent, Kinder Morgan placed an ad which attempts to reassure your readers with regard to safety concerns involving oil tankers in our waters. While the ad mentions specific measures for reducing the possibility of a marine oil spill, such as using double hulled tankers, the language becomes vague when addressing oil spill response - such as access to the services of the Western Canada Marine Response Corporation, and money invested in more “people”, “response bases” and “equipment”. What is conspicuously absent from the ad is the explicit reassurance that, in the event of a marine oil spill, the emergency plans will ensure the effective containment and disposal of diluted bitumen, and that effective clean up materials are available to per-
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form that task. In fact, Kinder Morgan has gone to great lengths to avoid broaching that issue. In 2015, Kinder Morgan was able to seek and obtain a National Energy Board ruling which permitted the corporation to keep the full details of its emergency plans secret. I believe that lack of public transparency prevented the exposure of a key legal vulnerability in the Kinder Morgan emergency plans - as it cannot be ensured that, in the event of a marine oil spill, effective measures for the containment and disposal of diluted bitumen are achievable, nor that clean up materials are available which can adequately perform that task. According to a federal government report, diluted bitumen sinks in salt water when battered by waves and mixed with sediments. In addition, a major study of the National Acad-
emy of Sciences concluded that spill response is highly problematic when dealing with submerged or sunken oil. As the approval of the emergency plans requires the provision of effective oil spill clean up measures and there is no evidence that such measures exist, I believe the federal government was grossly negligent in approving the Kinder Morgan expansion proposal and its highly questionable emergency plans for the required clean up of a marine spill of diluted bitumen. The provincial government was also at fault as it provided its own approval of those plans. That transgression alone, beyond various other concerns to be raised in legal challenges, amounts to a dereliction of duty to safeguard our west coast marine environment John Sbragia
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Reconnect to the world with gratitude MARY COLEMAN CONTRIBUTOR
On Saturday mornings, the school yard at BICS can be a hive of cycling and scooting activities. Bowen`s roads, however, tend to be more sparse in terms of cyclists and pedestrians. photo Meribeth Deen
Rural living not as physical as you might think it is
ROB WYNEN CONTRIBUTOR
Moving our family to Bowen has been one of the most positive lifestyle choices we have made. We have been living on-island full time now for two years (I know, we’re still newbies) and we are still very much adjusting to the “rural” lifestyle the island offers. We lucked out on a nice property in the woods about an hours walk from the Cove. My weekends are often spent digging post-holes, carrying firewood and chasing after our chickens. I even cut down my first largish tree last week - it missed the house, which was a big bonus although I’m sure my brother in law, an expert chainsaw operator, must have been biting his tongue as the tree spun around and pinched the blade – but it was nothing a bit of cursing and five wedges couldn’t fix. As an exercise physiologist I have always been interested in the factors that lead us to becoming more active. Age, gender, education and our jobs all play a role but one that has stood out for me is the place we call home and more specifically, how we move around our community. Conventional wisdom would suggest that my new rural lifestyle would greatly increase my overall fitness level, this “wisdom” I have learned over many years of studying fitness is not so clear and I would say that in Canada it is quite inaccurate. A recent article in the International Journal of Pediatric Obesity drove home this point comparing rural vs. urban youth and their level of obesity. It seems that as “rurality” increases so do our kids’ waistlines. This confirms an increasing body of evidence on the topic: people who live in rural regions
ROB WYNEN move less than those in dense urban regions. I have witnessed a similar pattern emerge as our family moved from the West End to Bowen. I have been using a Fitbit activity tracker for a number of years and my step-count dropped dramatically once I moved to Bowen. Even with our family not owning a car, our overall activity went down from when we lived in the city. While gym memberships in Canada continue to rise so does our girth, as a fitness professional it has become very obvious that fitness is often not achieved in a gym but in those periods outside of our yoga, and Zumba classes. The sad fact of the matter is that rural living makes us physically lazy. In the city not owning a car was not a big deal. Recent transportation stats from Vancouver show that the majority (53%) of residents did not commute using a car, that stat is very different on Bowen and the on-island car culture is very evident. You see it everywhere: the drivethrough school drop off, continual whining on Facebook about the lack of parking and the complete lack of active transportation infrastructure short of
our recreational trail system. Our municipal hall doesn’t even have a bike rack and during our recent “snowmaggedon” there was no clearing of the measly 800m of sidewalk we have on island. Movement on island is primarily done on four wheels and here in lies the crux: our bodies need movement and by creating a home that discourages walking and cycling we as a community decrease our fitness. There are some bright signs on the horizon for Bowen. Speaking to long time Bowen residents, cycling, even with the complete absence of any infrastructure, seems to be picking up. There also seems to be a resurgence of interest as recently reported in The Undercurrent for a cross-island active transportation path. In a reading of the work done by staff and residents on the Integrated Transportation Master Plan (ITMP), which should go before council this spring, active transportation is front and centre and although we seem to keep building more parking lots there is a very clear understanding that the automobile is not in line with our desire to be both a physically and environmentally fit community. Bowen Islanders are also lucky to rub shoulders with more urban centres where there are ample examples of active living on full display. While rural living may be hazardous to one’s health, a bit of awareness and preventative planning will hopefully lead to both public policy and individual changes which will steer us to a more active and fit lifestyle.
Rob Wynen is a Health and Lifestyle consultant with a passion for policy issues relating to population and environmental health.
As winter begins to thaw, I am thinking about how we can have a need for reconnecting after a sense of hibernation. For me, this winter in particular has been a turn inwards with lots of time at home. As I feel the emergence from winter darkness, I am reminded about the power of connection with others and what conditions contribute to that wellbeing. I am remind how we are literally wired for connection with others, how our nervous system responds so readily to a place of rest when we connect. One practical way to connect with others is through gratitude, which is a mental tool we use to remind ourselves of the good stuff. While gratitude doesn’t make problems disappear, research shows practicing gratitude deliberately helps us manage hard times, decreases stress and contributes to wellbeing. One key to gratitude practice is savoring people and relationships rather than things. Emiliana Simon-Thomas, of the Greater Good Science center, puts it this way:
Experiences that heighten meaningful connections with others—like noticing how another person has helped you, acknowledging the effort it took, and savoring how you benefitted from it—engage biological systems for trust and affection, alongside circuits for pleasure and reward. This provides a synergistic and enduring boost to the positive experience. Saying ‘thank you’ to a person, your brain registers that something good has happened and that you are more richly enmeshed in a meaningful social community. This week’s invitation is to come out of hibernation and connect through gratitude: Find ways to say thank you to someone at home, work, or in the community. Not only that, try offering it to someone who doesn’t often receive attention because that builds trust and strengthens the fabric of our community. Excerpts from the Greater Good Science Center, University of California Berkley greatergood.berkeley.edu. Mary Coleman, MSW RSW has a counseling practice at Bowen island Naturopathic and Acupuncture Clinic and Docs on the Bay.
After a sense of winter hibernation, showing gratitude is a good way to thaw. photo submitted
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More than a winter getaway
Travel notes from islanders’ journeys MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
It has been a long, cold winter for many of us, with too much white for the preference of most rainforest dwellers. Some of us have been fortunate to enjoy beach time in sunny Hawaii or Mexico. Others have gone a bit farther out of their personal comfort zones, like the travellers featured in this section. Architect James Tuer made a return trip to Guatemala, not for adventure but for service, to build connections and help people in need. Jill and Ty Kenney travelled to India, offering eightyear-old Ty his first international experience. Heidi Kurt, David Demner and their kids Ryan and Robyn sold their house and headed off to Peru for six months. While their ties to Bowen are still strong, their plan is to move to Saltspring at the end of this journey. Here are their stories.
James Tuer went to Guatemala In his early 20s, James Tuer backpacked through Guatemala. This winter, he returned but with very different intentions. The 10-day visit, he says, was life-changing. “This was not adventure travel,” he says. “The purpose of this trip was service work, and I visited very non-touristy parts of the country. The purpose of visiting the various places we went was to show people that we cared and, for me, India through the eyes of an eight-year-old Goa, Varanasi, Hampi, Mumbai… these are all places eight-year-old Ty Kenney now knows, and longs for, when only six weeks ago he knew nothing about India. Ty and his mom Jill, alongside his grandfather Keith, departed for India on Feb. 6. Jill says India had long been on her list of dream destinations, but her husband Michael was hesitant to join in the adventure. Ty, on the other hand, was game. “Throughout the whole trip he took everything in stride,” says Jill. “I thought that there would be things he’d have a hard time with as we travelled, but that wasn’t the case. ” From the moment their plane touched down after 28 hours of travel time, one of the shocking surprises for Ty about India was the lack of safety regulations. “The first thing I saw in India was a man brushing his teeth on the side of the highway,” says Ty. “But also, in the cab from the airport
the experience taught me that it is much better to serve than be served.” James’s journey began back in the fall, when he started going to Village Church in Surrey. The church is connected with an organization called Hope of Life that was started by a Guatemalan named Carlos Vargas, who grew up poor in Guatemala but went on to become a successful business person in the U.S. He came back to Guatemala in 1987, when he was very ill, and had made a promise to spend his last days helping the sick and needy. Vargas made a miraculous recovery, and now “village of inspiration” includes an orphanage and homes for host parents, a private hospital, five large warehouses where donations (including food, medical supplies and building supplies) are stored prior to distribution, and they are in the process of building a rehabilitation centre for children rescued from sex trafficking. For James, taking a trip to Guatemala with Hope of Life required him to pay an intial fee of $2,300. His team leader made a challenge to raise more, so James tapped into his network of friends, colleagues and clients to raise more than $16,000. James says his team built a house, helped run a medical clinic, participated in the rescue of two children who were close to death from malnutrition, and ended their trip by hosting a lunch and ceremony for more than 300 people. “I’ve been inspired to do a trip like this for
there were no seatbelts. There were people driving really fast on scooters without helmets. And we went on a boat and there were no life jackets!” Ty also notes, there were a lot of cows in India. The journey, naturally, opened the door to a huge cultural and religious education. In the city of Varanasi, on the banks of the river Ganges, Ty saw human bodies being burned on the banks in the oldest of India’s cities. He also saw the bodies of animals simply thrown into the river, and he learned a few of the protocols of cremation. “Children under the age of two don’t get cremated because they haven’t lived a full life,” says Ty. “Also, animals, pregnant women and people who get bitten by snakes, they get rocks tied around their ankles and are just put in the river.” While Ty did try lots of new foods, he also found a breakfast staple that was not too unfamiliar and definitely welcome: banana Nutella pancakes. The three travellers were fortunate to not fall ill
a long time. I had no idea if I could make a difference. But what I learned is that if you make a commitment, the money will follow. It costs about $8,000 to build a house in Guatemala. And it costs money to get the required medical care for the children we helped to rescue,” says James. “Lots of people asked me why I didn’t just send the money, but I learned during my week in Guatemala that the Greek word for charity is agape, which also means love. And the people in Guatemala living in extreme poverty need to know that we care about them, and so that is part of what set out to do.” James gives the example of one of his trip’s most touching moments, when his team took a detour so that two of its members could connect with a family they had been sponsoring. “They literally only met for five minutes, but the gift of that connection had a huge impact. Ray and Grace came back to the bus with tears streaming down their faces. Those were tears of joy, as they had witnessed first-hand the power of love and the fact that they had really made an incredible difference to someone’s life.” James says that it is his goal to make the trip again next year. “My dream is actually to take a team from Bowen down, to build a school,” he says. “And my daughter, who will be 12, is a big part of that dream.”
James Tuer holds a rescued orphan in the Hope of Life Hospital. “They all have their arms stretched out begging to be held,” he says. photo supplied
Ty feeds the temple elephant before its morning bath in the photo at top. photo supplied once during their trip. “We both dealt with a stomach bug on our first day
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WWW.BOWENISLANDUNDERCURRENT.COM Six months in the Sacred Valley of the Incas We are fortunate enough that one of us, David, can earn an income no matter where we live as long as there is access to the internet. So, about one year ago we decided to try living in another country to learn a second language. I had been homeschooling Ryan and trying to teach him Spanish, but I don’t speak Spanish, so obviously, it was not easy. Our Bowen neighbours, Wade Davis and Gail Percy have done a lot of work all over the world and also extensively in South America. We asked them for their advice as to which part of the world they would live in with kids and they suggested Peru or Colombia. Later we narrowed it down to Peru, Sacred Valley, and they connected us with their close friend Nilda who owns the Chinchero Centre for Traditional Textiles. Nilda, over email, answered questions about villages, renting, and schools. Our arrival in Peru was made easier by the fact that we were accompanied by our friend from Bowen, Maria Cuba, who is from Peru. She took us to Lima, and helped us get settled in. We live in Urubamba the Sacred Valley of the Incas, which is surrounded by tall, lush mountains right now as it is the rainy season. There are small fields of quinoa, corn, squash, potatoes and cabbage. People grow limes, avocados, peaches and pears in their gardens. All the side streets are dirt. Urubamba is not a tourist attraction but it is surrounded by many ruins from Inca times and farther into the past, including Machu Picchu, which is the main reason most people come here. After Maria left, we located the school that I had been communicating with over
email. It is a school opened up by a lady from France who wanted to provide a quality education, free from any form of discrimination (race, religion, ability and economic class), to the children of the valley. It is supported by wealthier families who pay for their children to go (us), donations and a hotel, Sol y Luna, that she runs right beside the school. Classes are small, 15 at most, food is provided and having just wrapped all the textbooks I would have to say the academic standards are much higher than in Canada. There have been many hard things about coming here. Leaving Bowen was the hardest for us. We miss our friends on Bowen immensely and the children sometimes cry about this. Luckily technology is very useful here so we Skype with family and friends when we can. We don’t speak Spanish very well. Karen Apparchio, from Ecuador, was our tutor for a few weeks before we left. She was very helpful, but it is not enough to practise only two hours a week. Most people do not speak English here. We do not know the customs. Simple things like how to flag down a combi (local bus), how to say where you want to get off, how to know who is next in line at the store, etc. So confusing. The water is not safe here and there are many germs we are not used to. We did get vaccinated before we came for many things, but our stomachs were really not well for about four days. Poor little Robyn is still not 100 per cent. I am normally lax about cleaning. I usually just clean with water, vinegar and baking soda. Now I am using bleach and boiling water for 10-20 minutes. Seeing people’s houses, which are not at a standard I am used, to is also hard on me. Most houses are unfinished here, with exposed adobe bricks and rebar sticking out of
A 16-year-old neighbour, Melanie, reads to Robyn in the photo above. “Melanie speaks little English but knows so much about the animals and plants in the area, she’s taken us on several hikes,” says Heidi.
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Ryan and Robyn with women dressed in traditional outfits. “Many people in Peru still wear their traditional outfits. Most do it just because they want to,” says Heidi. “Others, like these women, trap tourists into holding their animals and then charge them for it.” photos supplied the roof. They look small, dark and cramped to me. I know most people cannot afford the luxuries of hot water, internet and space like we can and this makes me embarrassed. Why did we do this? So many reasons. Firstly we can. I do not feel better or more righteous than anyone else. David and I have
the resources to travel and the ability to earn money while away from our home country. I would love for us all to have another language. Spanish is widely spoken in the world and it is similar enough to English that I feel we can pick up relatively easily by just living in it. I want to see and live in another country just to expe-
rience something different. I want my children to know what it feels like to be the “other.” I know this sounds almost mean, but I think it is important for them to know what this feels like because in Canada they are part of the mainstream culture. I think this will benefit them as adults and allow them to navigate
in our multicultural world better. At the very least it will make them more empathetic for people who are struggling to fit in. If anyone wants to contact us they can send an email to info@heidikuhrt.com. We will also be starting a blog at 2017peru.wordpress.com (when we get internet access at the house.) – Heidi Kurt
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Football club ties for first in Surrey SASHA BUCHANAH CONTRIBUTOR
The Bowen Island Football Club’s Under 10 team played in their first soccer tournament this weekend: the Surrey Mayor Cup. The team won three of our four matches and tied one. The end result of this is that the BIFC U10 team tied in first for that age division. The team won their first match 6-1, tied the second game 1-1, won the third match 6-0, and the last match 5-0. On the first day of play, the team only had one sub, and on the second day they had no subs! The first goal of the final match was scored by Arthur while playing seven versus eight, as the opposing team refused to wait for the eighth
Bowen player to arrive. All the U10 boys showed their strength and skill, and also showed great spirits in the pouring rain. The sportsmanship they displayed showed a team wise beyond its years. A fond farewell to Seth, the U10 team goalie who is moving to Prince George at the end of March. Seth had a great year with only nine goals scored against U10 all season (76 goals scored for our team). Seth was also appointed by his teammates as Man of the Tournament at the Surrey Mayor Cup. Thank you to Oliver Zimmerman, U10’s coach. Your time and dedication is very appreciated by us all. The BIFC Under 11 team is now recruiting for the 2017/18 season.
Some members of the Bowen Island FC Under-10 team at the Surrey Mayor Cup. From left, Ryland Bentall, Chris Oban, Leo Szabo, Seth Whyte, Arthur Szabo, Jonah Haigh-Turner, Ewan Roden-Buchanan and Sam Florin. photo supplied
Under-9 team wins division at cup BECCA LAURSEN CONTRIBUTOR
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This weekend, Bowen Island Football Club’s Under 9 team, the Bowen Arrows, won their division at their first real the Surrey Mayor’s Cup. They played four games, tying one and winning the other three. It was so fun watching these little people put all their skills and athleticism into play. Every member of the team has grown so much over the past two years. They are all MVPs. Special thanks to our coaches Deidre and Jill, who devote so much time and effort to the this team. You two are the true definition of coaches! Honorable mentions to Ezra and Jack for playing up…and wow, you performed! And a special thanks to a great group of parents who gave up their weekend to stand in the rain in Surrey. Hayden, Makayla, Ela, Kaia, Addy, Saran…you were missed!
Bowen Island Legion, Branch 150 Notice of Annual General Meeting and Elections And 2017 Nominations Notice Royal Canadian Legion Branch 150 Bowen Island will hold the annual general meeting on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at 7:30 PM where the election for Officers and Board Directors will take place. Please be advised that nominations are open for 2017 Board Elections and interested candidates are encouraged to attend the General Meeting of March 21, 2017 to express interest in serving on the Board. The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 150 Elections for Officers and Board Directors will take place at our Annual Meeting on Tuesday April 18, 2017. There are four, full-term, positions open: Vice President, Secretary and two Directors (Members-at-large). The working Board comprises President, Vice President, Immediate Past President, Secretary, Treasurer, and two Directors (Members-at-large). Terms for President and Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Board Directors are one year. Any Royal Canadian Legion member can nominate another chapter member for these leadership positions. To become a candidate in the elections, you must be a Royal Canadian Legion member for at least one year and be nominated by another member. Interested Candidates please email your interest to Casey Grundy rcl150secretary@gmail.com and are welcomed to introduce themselves to the chapter members at the next General Meeting to be held Tuesday, March 22,2017.
Some members of the Bowen Island FC Under-9 team: Rhory Behm, Max Wild, Arjun Bristowe, Ezra Harrison, Cohen Van Strien, William Segal, Finn Morissette, Ty Kenney. photo supplied
Program aims to help keep seniors fit and safe REBECCA LYNE CONTRIBUTOR
Bowen Community Rec recently wrapped up it’s offering of the Forever Fit program for people 60 years old and over. The program focused on fall prevention, building on coordination, balance, and agility skills. It also focused on improving posture and core strength. The program was partly funded by a Vancouver Coastal Health Community Investments ACTION mini grant. Special guest speakers included Ellie Mackay (nutritionist) and Sandy Logan (physiotherapist). Thank you to all who participated. You all did an amazing job!
Forever Fit participants pose for a photo. The program focused on keeping seniors fit and active. photo Rebecca Lyne
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Delve into history with youth curators SARAH HAXBY CONTRIBUTOR
The BICS Youth Curator program was very popular this year with all 12 spots in the program filled by students in grades 4-7. These students wanted to learn more about local history and contribute to the celebration the BC Heritage Week. This year, the theme is, Oh Canada 150, with an exhibit about Bowen Island. Over the last few months students have gone on lunchtime field trips to visit the Bowen Museum & Archives to learn about local history, research techniques, how the archives work, and share their artifacts and information through special exhibits. Youth curators have selected topics of interest to them and are creating displays that will share what they have learned about Bowen’s history. These are weird, wacky, wild and wonderful stories. An exhibit about the history of Bowen’s schools was created by Nora, Makena and Lua. It features a school bell that may
have been from the original one-room schoolhouse built in the late 1800s. Rose researched Bowfest and has some great old photos, ribbons and a hat created for the 1978 Bicentennial Bowfest, which was a special two-day event. Nicola researched the old Bowen Island Salmon Derby tradition that ended in the 1980s when there were no longer enough salmon to catch. Rowan researched the history of the beaver on Bowen Island and its return to the streams of Bowen. Early Bowen Island ferries were investigated by Ewan and Sasha who found some great pictures of the first car ferry and the ferry line-up in the 1960s. Congratulations to all the youth curators for creating a wonderful exhibit by youth, for youth. Special thanks to the Museum & Archives as well as Bowen Heritage for their ongoing support of this program connecting youth to local history. The exhibit will be on display in the upper foyer of BICS from until March 30.
Last week, Bowen Islanders got to follow IPS students down the rabbit hole for a lively rendition of Alice in Wonderland, complete with silly swordfights, a fearsome Queen, a pompous Humpty Dumpty, dancing flowers and so much more. From left: Ryan, Poppy, Lola, Eden, Hunter, Jasmine, Mirella. photo Debra Stringfellow
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Former museum and archive curator Virginia Penny played a key role in helping the youth curators create their exhibits. photo Sarah Haxby
Three years ago, we held the first CSA Art Show and Auction and released more than 200 canvases to kids ages between five and 18 years old. One hundred and sixty seven of those young artists had their work hung at The Gallery at Artisan Square. Many under-fives (preschool age) had collaborated on group projects. All kids enjoyed their very first two-week gallery showing as artists. Many of you supported this effort by gifting a Canvas
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Multi-media art need only fit on the surface of the canvas and be able to hang on a wall. This art project is still intended to: ! Inspire kids to express themselves through art. ! Be inclusive for all kids of Bowen Island, regardless of whether they attend school. ! Create inter-generational connections. ! Raise funds for the community: this year all funds will be donated to replace a very expensive section of Bowen’s Community Playground, located at BICS.
Would you be willing to be a Mentor Artist and gift a session between April 4 and 8? If the answer is yes, please reply to SHaxby@wvschools. ca and she will send you more details about how we book the workshops, advertise them, and provide the rooms (and in some cases supplies). Also, if you know an artist on or off-island, who might be interested please forward this note. Need more info? Reach out to Sarah or another member of our project team: Dayna Purdy, Courtney Morris or Caroline Hurd.
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Electric vehicle to join municipal fleet MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
When it came to replacing the Parks Department’s 2008 Ford 5500 Super Duty truck, the Manager of Parks and Environment, Bonny Brokenshire, took a number of factors into consideration. Functionality, purchase and maintenance costs as well as greenhouse gas emissions were all factors that led to the decision to replace the diesel vehicle with the Canadian-made Might-E Truck that runs on a bank of 12 batteries that will require replacing every three years, and does not emit CO2. As stated in a report to council about the decision: About 2.31kg of carbon dioxide (CO2) is produced from burning a litre of gasoline. About 2.68 kg of CO2 is produced from burning a
litre of diesel. Bruce Lyne, who works in the municipality’s Parks Department, says he got a chance to testdrive the vehicle in Parksville. “It’s small and nimble, and will make it easier for us to get into trails,” he says. “It won’t be able to haul heavy equipment but it is part of a fleet, so we can use one of the other trucks when necessary. This new vehicle will meet our needs most of the time, though.” He adds that the Might-E Truck has an A/C engine, and has more pep than the electric vehicle that were being produced a few years ago and ran on D/C engines. The purchase price of the Might-E Truck is $40,000, and a $5,000 rebate is available. It is expected to be on Bowen and in use by the Parks department in a few weeks.
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Scientists study algae in mountain blooms JEREMY SHEPHERD NORTH SHORE NEWS
Slashes of pink, red and yellow mark the untouched snow like Arctic graffiti. At least half a dozen species of candy-coloured algae are in the North Shore mountains, swimming, dividing and spreading in what appear to be dramatically increasing numbers, according to molecular biologist Lynne Quarmby. “It’s one of the positive feedback loops of climate change,” she said, speaking from her lab at Simon Fraser University. As red algae divides and stretches, the snow doesn’t reflect light, it absorbs it. In the Arctic, that absorption has resulted in a dramatic increase of melting ice, according to a 2016 study conducted primarily by scientists from the University of Leeds in England. But while there is some knowledge about what the algae does, there is scant understanding of what the algae is. In 2016 Quarmby and a team of citizen scientists tried to remedy that ignorance by collecting algae from Hollyburn Mountain, Goat Ridge and West Lion, as well as other B.C. mountains. While Quarmby and a handful of undergraduate students managed to cultivate a
few species in her lab, the work is still in its formative stage. “I don’t even have a grant to fund the work yet,” Quarmby said. While the algae can be relied on to bloom each spring, scientists are uncertain if it’s deposited by wind or snow, or if it swims to the surface. There’s also uncertainty around how the unicellular organisms spread. In a temperate region, the algae population can increase 16-fold in a day. “Some of these guys have really cool cell division processes that we don’t understand at all yet,” Quarmby said. Quarmby is hoping the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada will fund her work with about $30,000 a year for the next five years. The money could mean a stipend for some graduate students as well as access to “very expensive” genetic sequencing that could help determine how the red algae forms. “Maybe way down the road we can have some sort of an impact,” said Vista Namdarian, an undergraduate student working with Quarmby. The algae’s role in raising atmospheric temperatures was enough to make Namdarin volunteer in the lab. “It could have the same effect in our local regions,” she said. “It’s important to explore
that potential.” The work on the algae in the snow is exciting because it’s “something that no one’s ever done before,” said Namdarin. Quarmby agrees. “On the one hand we don’t have any of the tools, we don’t know how to study these guys,” she said. “On the other hand, everything we discover is new.” The algae is truly revealed under the microscope, according to Quarmby. Scientists can study life cycles, differentiate species, and determine how algae survives an environment that appears to offer cold temperatures and little else. Quarmby said the impetus for her work is concern and curiosity. “Some of the greatest discoveries through human history have come unexpectedly through curiosity-driven research,” she said. Quarmby previously delved into the parallels between people and pond scum, with surprising results. “It’s not a keystone species … it doesn’t have any importance per se, but its importance is that it’s life, and all life is related.” Because humans and pond scum share an ancestor, Quarmby’s lab was able to extrapolate the genetic causes of polycystic kidney disease. However, Quarmby is clear
Citizen scientist Crystal Burchert investigates pink algae in snow near Semaphore Lake near Pemberton. photo Klaus Tatzlaff that her investigation of the North Shore’s neon snowbanks is also rooted in the 2009 United Nations Climate Conference. More than 100 world leaders gathered to discuss climate change in Copenhagen, Denmark. The conference ended with a non-binding agreement to “take note of ” an accord that failed to include a specific target for emission reductions. “It hit me like a punch in the gut that our governments
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