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On the mend
Islanders’ objects got a new lease on life at last weekend’s Fix-It Fair
Reconciliation
A farmer’s spring
Local author wants to delve into history, to carve out a better future
Tales from the lamb maternity ward at Endswell Farm
“Dancehall Years” a finalist in BC Book Awards MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
Dr. Marie Noel, the Research Manager for the Vancouver Aquarium’s Ocean Pollution Research Program, inspects caged mussels grown in Snug Cove.
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Scientist test Snug Cove mussels for contaminants
MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
Scientists from the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre recently extracted 60 day-old mussels grown off of Norma’s dock in Snug Cove as part of a wider program, named PollutionTracker, to measure pollutants in British Columbia’s coastal waters. “Mussels are great integrators of water quality, taking out particles and water bound contaminants, giving a snapshot of what’s going on,” says Dr. Peter Ross, director of the Aquarium’s Ocean Pollution Research Program. “Sediments are the ultimate sink for ocean pollutants, so taking a sediment sample and looking at a range of different contaminants is pretty informative in terms of looking at the general state of contamination in a coastal region. So by doing both we are looking at different but complimtary signals in terms of what’s in the water and what sinks to the bottom.” Analysis of wild mussels and sediment are the basis of the Pollution Tracker study, but the analysis of genetically con-
trolled “caged mussel,” such as those pulled out of Snug Cove, are an addition to it. Ross adds that while similar studies have been ongoing in the US for more than three decades, this is the first study of its kind in Canada. What makes Pollution Tracker stand out on an international level is the range of contaminants that will be tested for, as well as the level of detection. “In setting up these 50 Pollution Tracker sites up and down the coast we’re hoping, for the first time, to compare like with like up and down the coast and look for a very wide range of contaminants, and that would include PCBs, PBDEs, Dioxins, Furans, metals, hydrocarbons, micro-plastics, flame-retardants, pharmaceuticals and personal care products,” says Ross. “And we’re also asking that a high resolution analysis be done. So that’s using the most expensive instrumentation and protocols in the lab, which allows you to reduce the detection limit and give us more compounds to look at.” Ross adds that there are no results back from any of the detection sites, but when the research is complete, his team will write up their results for scientific literature, to report to funders and to inform the public.
Launched in June, the fictional family saga, The Dancehall Years, in which Bowen Island is a central location, is one of five finalists for this year’s Ethel Wilson Fiction category of the BC Book Prizes. Author Joan Haggerty says her family’s history stretches back to the summer her mother was eight years old, and her grandparents set up a tent by the lagoon. The cottage Haggerty summered in was built in 1918, right below what is now know as the Bowen Lodge. Back then, it was the dance hall. “My cottage was right underneath, so it completely affected my childhood,” says Haggerty. “We were always peaking in the windows and wanting to be grown up.” She stresses that while the main character, Gwen, who we meet stepping onto a boat headed to Bowen with her family from at the beginning of summer, may bare resemblance to her, each character and event is a work of imagination. The story begins in the idyllic summer of 1939, when children laugh easily, when revelers come to Bowen on booze cruises and babies take their naps in cradles placed under the big Douglas Firs. Then suddenly, it skips ahead to the summer of 1941, “when nothing’s like its supposed to be.” Through war, secrets, illicit affairs and acts of violence, the lives of four families intersect, and Haggerty warns, “it gets rough.” The Dancehall Years is available at the Union Steamship Company store and on Amazon. The winners of the BC Book Prizes will be announced at the Lieutenant Governor’s Gala on April 4.
Author Joan Haggerty still summers on Bowen Island. She spends her winters writing in a cabin outside of Smithers. photo submitted
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Meeting Calendar April 5, 2017 10:00 am Parcel Tax Review Panel
April 7, 2017 8:45 am
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Spring clean up days are back Special Waste clean up days are back this spring! Dump Day Saturday, April 22, 2017 9:00 am - 5:00 pm @ Bowen Island Recycling Depot 1063 Mount Gardner Rd Drop off excess household waste, appliances and mattresses for a small fee. You must purchase your ticket in advance - payment will not be accepted on site. Please note, drywall will not be accepted. Hazardous Waste Drop Off Day Saturday, April 29, 2017 9:00 am - 3:00 pm @ Bowen Building Centre 1013 Grafton Rd
Economic Development Committee
April 10, 2017 7:15 pm Regular Council Meeting
All meetings are held in Council Chambers at Municipal Hall unless otherwise noted.
Innovation grant application deadline is approaching
No fees to drop off hazardous waste such as paint and clearly marked hazardous waste containers.
Building on the success of last year’s Innovation Grants program, Bowen Island Municipality is once again offering grants of up to $500 to residents, community groups and businesses for small scale projects that will keep Bowen beautiful. The grants are intended to foster civic pride, environmental responsibility and beautification through community involvement. Applications will be evaluated on the basis of their contribution to community tidiness, environmental action, heritage conservation, landscaping, floral displays, and public art. -A spark of colour: you’re a painter and want to paint a door or two -A floral display: you’d like to help improve your curb appeal -A public art work for the whole community to enjoy The application deadline is April 15, 2017. For details about how to apply and more, please go to our website:
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Need more information about fees, where to buy tickets, what is accepted and not accepted? Contact us at 604-947-4255 or go to:
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Parcel Tax Review Panel The sitting of the Parcel Tax Review Panel is an opportunity for individuals to appeal the validity of the Parcel Tax Roll on one of the following grounds: a) there is an error or omission respecting a name or address on the parcel tax roll; b) there is an error or omission respecting the inclusion of a parcel; c) there is an error or omission respecting the taxable area or the taxable frontage of a parcel; d) an exemption has been improperly allowed or disallowed.
An Innovation Grant helped spuce up Bowen Court’s street number sign in 2016
Volunteers needed for the Emergency Program Executive Committee
The Panel will convene at 10:00 am on April 5, 2017 in Council Chambers at Municipal Hall. Individuals who wish to appear must provide written notice to the Municipality by 10:00 am on April 3, 2017.
Spring session programs start next week. Register today to keep your family fit and out there having fun! Hard copy brochures are available at the Rec office if you did not receive one in your mailbox.
Bowen Island Municipality has recently established an Emergency Management Program (EMP) with the adoption of Bylaw No. 428, 2016. Council is inviting members of the public to apply for a position on the Emergency Program Executive Committee. Reporting to Council, this committee will provide strategic direction and oversight to the Emergency Program Management Committee. Additional duties include: •
Finalizing and presenting an annual strategic plan and budget for the EMP to Council; and
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Approving Emergency Plans developed by the Management Committee
Skills or experience in Emergency Management would be an asset. If you are interested in joining the Committee, you may download an application form from our website or pick up a paper copy from Municipal Hall. Please submit your application by Wednesday, April 12, 2017 to Jennifer McGowan, Emergency Program Coordinator at jmcgowan@bimbc.ca
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North Vancouver lawyer leads election ad lawsuit
leading up to a provincial election but today, the government operates “with no established guidelines and principles that distinguish between government program, partisan political adverNorth Vancouver lawyers David Fai (left) and Paul tising and comDoroshenko discuss the lawsuit launched this week munications for on the steps of the B.C. Supreme Court. members of the photo Dan Toulgoet public services,” BRENT RICHTER the suit alleges. Fai, Dorshenko and Trapp also NORTH SHORE NEWS are seeking a judge’s finding that the B.C. Liberals continue to be “unjustly A North Vancouver lawyer is one of enriched” at the expense of taxpayers as two people leading a lawsuit against well as a total accounting of the costs of the provincial government and the B.C. the 2013 and 2017 ad campaigns. Liberals for alleged misuse of taxpayers’ Most importantly, the lawsuit seeks money on pre-election advertising. an interim injunction pulling the ads in David Fai, who practises in central the run-up to the election to stop any Lonsdale, is donating his time and “irreparable harm,” said Fai. expertise pro-bono for the suit that “Here, there is irreparable harm and seeks to halt the ad campaigns extolling that’s to the electoral process itself. If the the virtues of government policies on court finds that the ads are improper the airwaves, and force the B.C. Liberal and they’re wrongfully misappropriatparty to pay back the provincial treasury. ing public funds, then they could have The suit is filed in the name of David influenced voters who wouldn’t have Trapp, a 63-year-old White Rock man been influenced if these ads hadn’t been recovering from cancer surgery who felt played. That’s the irreparable harm that the ad money would be better spent in can’t be paid back later,” Fai said. “It’s B.C.’s health-care system. But Fai and a concern about the function of our co-counsel Paul Doroshenko are seeking democracy. We have a government that’s to have it certified as a class action suit, so arrogant that it thinks it can do whatmeaning virtually any B.C. resident or ever it wants with taxpayers’ money – taxpaying business could join. even promote itself, its own party. I just The claim filed in B.C. Supreme Court think we need to stop that.” on Monday asks a judge to rule that Fai said he likes his chances of success the government is violating its fiduciain the suit. ry duty to Trapp in its spending of tax “I think they’re pretty damned good. money for “partisan and non-essential I think it’s pretty clear that these ads are advertisements.” Specifically, it names partisan and are for one purpose alone, the BC Jobs Plan, B.C.’s LNG Industry, which is promoting the Liberal party for WorkBC and Our Opportunity is Here their election campaign,” he said. campaigns. In 2016, he successfully argued before Former B.C. premier Gordon the Supreme Court of Canada that the Campbell’s government put a moratoriprevious Conservative government’s um on such ads in the six-month period
mandatory minimum sentences for drug trafficking were a violation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms’ protection against cruel and unusual punishment. “I’m no stranger to constitutional challenges,” he said. “As a lawyer, I have these skills and they should be used for public interest advocacy.” Doroshenko previously worked for Gordon Campbell’s Liberal government in its early days, in part, because he was bothered by the B.C. NDP’s pre-election ad spending. The two decided to join forces on the suit after a conversation over Twitter. Fai said he’s had a “very positive” response to the suit as word about it spread. “On social media, people are saying ‘It’s about time,’ ‘Good job,’ ‘Glad you’re doing it’,” he said. Once served, the government and the BC Liberal Party have 21 days to respond. None of the allegations have been proven in court. Advanced Education Minister Andrew Wilkinson, whose ministry is also responsible for government advertising, issued a statement on Monday afternoon questioning the court action’s timing. “This litigation is timed to occur just before the election. The issues should be addressed in the election and not in the courtroom,” it read. The government worked with B.C.’s auditor general to ensure the ad campaigns fulfilled the government’s criteria: that they are fact-based and inform the public about government programs, services, policies or priorities, Wilkinson’s statement added. Although Fai and Doroshenko are volunteering their time, they have launched a crowdfunding campaign on gofundme.com to cover some of the administrative and court costs that come with the undertaking. In the first 24 hours, they had raised almost $5,000 towards their goal of $26,000.
Tir-na-nog to welcome back Karen Savõca and Pete Heitzman in April SHARI ULRICH CONTRIBUTOR
I fell in love with Karen and Pete and their music at a festival on Vancouver Island almost 20 years ago. Their undeniable appeal goes beyond Karen’s stunning voice, songwriting, percussion and exceptional lyrics, and Pete’s unparalleled guitar work. It is their disarming warmth, humour, spontaneity and authenticity, all of which are infused into their performance that draws listeners in from the moment they hit the stage. From upstate New York, Karen and Pete tour extensively throughout the U.S. and Canada. They have appeared on Good Morning America, Prairie Home Companion, and pretty much every major festival in North America including Vancouver. They are loved wherever they go and Bowen Island is no exception. Though anyone who loves to hear a great singer /songwriter will want to hear Karen, I also encourage the many guitar players on the island to come and experience Pete Heitzman’s mastery of the instrument. The range of colours and textures that man can get out of six strings is awe-inspiring. Tickets are $20 and now available on line from Brown Paper Tickets at trustme.bpt.me, or the newly re-opened Phoenix (yay Quinn!), as well as the Gallery in Artisan Square (both cash or cheque only). And please do pick them up early. If it turns out you can’t make it and can’t find someone to take your ticket, contact me in advance and I can arrange for a refund. Thank you for your support of live music on Bowen Island!
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Bowen counted among top Canadian small towns, Expedia MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
“We know a place far away from everyday cares, where you can feel like you’re on your own island–perhaps because it is an island...” Yes, you know the place, being referred to it is our
lovely Bowen Island. This description is part of what makes Bowen one of Canada’s top small towns to visit, according to Expedia.ca. Other towns included on the list are Dawson City, Yukon; Canmore, Alberta and Woodstock, New Brunswick Ontario.
On the Calendar Friday April 1 Legion dinner brought to you by Artisan Eats Doors open at 5:30 Show opening for “Echoes” Gallery at Artisan Square starting at 6pm
Saturday April 2 Meat Bingo at the Legion, 1 - 5pm Monday April 3 Seniors Keeping Young, starts at 9am, Speaker’s Corner with Pat Adams Wednesday April 5 Maison Sanskar (Artisan Square) open house welcoming designer Sonam Dubal, 12 - 7pm Thursday April 6 Women’s Golf League coffee party, 10am Saturday April 8 Opening for “Visiting the Happy Isle, a Paradise Playground” at the Museum and Archives, 12 - 2pm Logger’s Show Fundraiser at Doc Morgan’s Tickets $20 at the door, includes access to games as well as live music by Almost Famous. Event starts at 7:30
April 9 Bikes for Humanity Bike Drive Bring your old bikes to the parking lot behind IPS, 1-4pm Karen Savoca and Pete Heintzman at TirNaNog Theatre Introduction to Permaculture To register, or for more details, contact delvin@cosm.org
Women’s Golf League welcoming new members JANE KELLETT SUBMISSION
Spring has finally arrived after an interminably long winter and it’s time to dust off the golf clubs and get out and play. The Women’s League of the Bowen Island Golf Club is going to do it exactly that. We are starting our season with a coffee party at 10am on April 6 and we will be beginning play on Thursday, April 13. The purpose of the league is to provide an opportunity for women to golf together, improve their skills and have fun. We play nine holes every Thursday morning beginning at 9 o’clock and we welcome women of all ages and skill levels. If you want to join us or you’re curious about how the league works, call Jane Kellett at 604 947-0771 or the BIGA Pro Shop at 604 947-4653.
Karen Savõca and Pete Heitzman at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival. Steve Edge, photo
Karen Savõca and Pete Heitzman play at Tir-na-nog on Sunday, April 9th at 7:30 pm.
From left, 2016 Women’s League Champions Dianne Snyder and Jennifer Pardee being presented with club trophy by Jane Kellett (League Captain).
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Ron is still in Mexico so we’ve decided to rerun some of those golden oldies It was unclear who was a True Islander and who was a Newbie. We needed a cutoff. So, If you were not on the last ferry of the millennium, you could never be an islander.
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The facts of life on Bowen Island
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Tourist season is coming up, so I think us locals should brush up on our local Bowen facts so that we can offer not only directions, but also interesting conversations to the tourist we encounter on the streets, beaches and shops. Here are a few, courtesy of our community profile: ! Geo-position: 49° 23’00” lat-
itude, 123° 22’00” longitude. ! 49.94 square kilometres or 5,260 hectares total area. ! 12 km long and 6 km wide at its widest point. ! 37 km of coastline. ! Highest peak: Mt. Gardner at 719 m/2,500 ft. ! Second highest: Mt. Collins at 411 m / 1,350 ft. ! Third highest: Mt. Apodaca at 360 m / 1,181 ft. ! Largest lake: Killarney in Crippen Park. ! Other lakes: Grafton,
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Josephine and Honeymoon.
! Numerous wetlands dot the
valleys and lower lying areas.
! 399 hectares in the southeast
are protected as an ecological reserve. ! Average annual rainfall: 150 cm to 180 cm.
And there’s one more, which will answer the question that the tourists will really want to know and it is this: ! The median sale price of
homes sold on Bowen Island in the past 12 months is just below $900,000 (according to MLS) And that’s a proper house that isn’t falling over, was never used as a grow-op and might even have a view… all for under a million, which is super cheap if you’re cashing-in from the third most expensive city in the world. I state this fact with a sense of dread and trepidation. I
am happy to welcome new friends and neighbours to this island despite the fact that their arrival may reduce the number of homes available for current friends and neighbours who happen to be renters. We’re all just looking for a good place to land, and trying to make decisions that ensure our future security. These housing prices though, leave me feeling like a good number of us of us are more insecure than we’d like to think. According to Statistics Canada, the median family income in Vancouver is a little more than 76,000 (about 2,000 less than the median family income in Canada). Considering our economy is so tied to Vancouver, I think it is safe to assume that the median family income on Bowen is comparable. While of course the gap between cost of housing and income is far bigger in Vancouver, I still feel like
a good chunk of us here on Bowen are being stretched and squeezed in ways that are not sustainable. Add to that the fact that we’re all fundraising for something: pre-schools, playgrounds and bike parks, soon a medical clinic… And we’re all so creative about these things, but the money has to come from somewhere and the sources, it seems to me, are a whole lot shorter than the list of costs we are trying to cover. I look over at the municipality and I see another household with a long list of necessary improvements that require investment, and just like us, it is squeezing and stretching. Could they make better decisions up there? Sure they could, we all could, but money will still be tight and the list of projects that need doing will remain long. And yes, to see some of the plans for housing become more than plans
on paper will help out with housing, but it won’t tackle the inequality that’s feeding the problem. The costs of housing, transportation, education, food and the rest of it are rising, but our paychecks are not. We’re trying harder and harder to make things work in a world where the numbers just don’t add up, and I can’t help but wonder, how long we can keep going? When summer comes (it feels right now like it never will) everything will feel a little easier, I know it will. The tourists will walk off the boat and their eyes will sparkle as they fall in love with this place, and we will share our facts with them and tell them the best spots to visit within walking distance and yes of course, the market’s booming here. Our eyes will sparkle too, because we’ll remember how incredibly lucky we are to live here. If we can just keep making it work.
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Lessons learned at the Fix-It Fair MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
Who knew landfill diversion could be so much fun? Well I guess all the dedicated volunteers at BIRD have a clue. The difference with the Fix-it-Fair, hosted at Collins Hall last Sunday, is that it is cozy and you can also enjoy a tea and even learn things while you practice landfill diversion.
A quick scan around the room showed collaboration, teaching and information, and furrowed brows. As veteran fixer Peter Matthews hurried to wrap up his time at the fair and successfully repair a damaged microwave, he offered up the difference between a regular Phillips screw and a security screw. “Essentially the security screw is adult-proof,” he
Peter Matthews shows the difference between safety screws and regular Phillips screw-heads. photos Meribeth Deen
said, and then offered a peak at his extensive collection of screw-driver heads that come in handy for such jobs. When asked about how he became a fixer, he simply replied, years of practice, and said he likes to encourage people to make use of the random electronics that can be found at the recycling depot. “Take things apart and put them back together,” says Matthews. “After a few decades, you’ll know what you’re doing.” Aaron Davison says he’s been fascinated with how things work ever since he was a kid. “I encourage people just to be brave and start taking things apart with whatever tools they have, and maybe watch some YouTube videos,” says Davison. “Of course, be careful when dealing with things that have a high voltage! And if you don’t find that kind of thing fun, just bring your stuff to the next fix-itfair.”
Thomas Bement puts his bike-repair skills to work.
The one big parenting mistake loving moms make KELLY ELISE NAULT CONTRIBUTOR
Years back, my 87-year-old grandmother, who had seven children and 28 grandchildren, mused, “I feel rather sorry for mothers these days ... they just expect so much of themselves.” Then, under her breath, the punchline: “Of course, I feel even sorrier for fathers.” Well, my truth chord was hit. I knew I resembled the remark. I still think of her words often. The fact is, most of us mothers are too busy, too over-scheduled, too plugged in and too worn out, because our expectations are just too high. Parenting never has been and never will be for lightweights. And being a mom (or dad) takes more courage today than ever before, simply because there are more distractions than ever. We’ve all had our share of those really hard parenting days ... the ones where we plain ol’ forget to deep breathe, our patience goes the way of the dodo bird, and we forget that what we really need is a good night’s sleep so we can start fresh tomorrow. The distractions are mighty powerful though. There’s the mortgage payments, a sick child, rent due, job demands, that next extracurricular to rush off to, the meeting we’re late for, onslaught of appointments, the forgotten lunch, the skinned knee, that urgent text, the dog who
got skunked (remember the good old days when we had no skunks on the island?!!!), the runny nose, the diaper change, the pressure to be there, the homework help and the dirty laundry and last night’s dishes and, and, and ... Well, it can all feel like crazymaking. It’s when these items begin to occupy all of our attention that we can become snippy and short with the kids, our spouse, our friends. So maybe your kid’s behaviours are annoying you (even the ones others think are cute!), or perhaps you’re feeling guilty for constantly correcting, constantly rushing, and constantly being the one to toe the family line. That’s no fun for anyone. Can you relate? While we can’t change the unexpected stresses that crop up, we can change our approach to our weeks and days, and mindfully choose what we put on our to-do lists. What I’ve discovered after 21 years in the parenting trenches — as a nanny and childcare worker, then as a family counsellor and parenting author, and now as a homeschooling mom — is this: in order to more joyfully parent, we need to ask better questions so we can experience better outcomes. Start with simple questions like: “So what would make it a great week for you? For our family?” Sincerely ask yourself, “When’s the last time I really laughed?”
these are great, but often, like our sincere New Year’s resolutions, they fall flat when we don’t have a solid blueprint to fall back on. So, what’s your calming parenting reset blueprint? Does it include: ! A regular way to tame your schedule? ! Time on task when it comes to boosting your kids’ happiness and health? ! The ability to positively transform those challenging times that can drag you down? ! And finally, mindfully raising children who are humbly confident and less anxious?
Parenting coach and homeschooling mamma Kelly Elise Nault with her puppet friend Razzle Frazzle. photo Deb Stringfellow A few years back, I heard our son ask his dad this very serious math problem: “So Daddy, how many times bigger is your bum than mommies?” Well, it made me LOL. It also reminded me that I hadn’t been laughing enough. We go through seasons, don’t we? Sometimes life’s just more taxing. Plus, it’s easy to fall into the status quo and stay busy — after all, it’s normal, and so accepted. Sometimes, what I really need is a good dose of my own customized parenting chill pill: going to my friend’s games, a party, cutting work and heading to the lake, planning my own play-date with
that girlfriend who makes me laugh, making a pot of homemade soup, letting that issue go, or picking up a movie or book that’ll make me cry. We’ve all heard it before: “When Momma ain’t happy ain’t nobody happy.” This is parenting wisdom at its finest. We absolutely need to be grounded in the things that mean something to our heart and soul, so we can model for our kids what it means to be a healthy and happy adult. You see, it’s really not being busy that’s the problem. It’s actually not the multitude of extracurricular activities, the immense work, the meal prep, the need for two
incomes, the pressure to do something meaningful ... not even the onslaught of information and interruptions. These are all just noise (and annoying noise, at that!). What it comes down to is the No. One mistake most loving moms make (and as a recovering people-pleaser, I’ve certainly been there and done it myself) is that we fail to have a calming reset parenting blueprint in place. Essentially, we don’t have a mommy off-button! Oh, we flirt with it ... a sudden burst of motivation to go to that exercise class, try that new diet, or attend that recommended yoga class. And
Indeed, it’s asking better questions, getting a clear, calming reset parenting blueprint in place, and being gentler with yourself. That can go far in making your parenting days easier. This’ll help you leave that sense of utter overwhelm behind and end more weeks on highs rather than exhausting lows. If I had just one wish for all of us Bowen moms, this is what it would be. Kelly Elise Nault, M.A. recovering people-pleaser, award-winning authour, family counsellor and mommy calm coach is seeking 25 Bowen moms and friends of friends to test her Mommy Calm, Kids Calm Online Course. For info: joyfullyparenting.com/p/Bowen
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Bowen Island Conservancy Learn about the Howe Sound UNESCO Biosphere Region Initiative The second event in our 2017 Speaker Series will feature Ruth Simons, Executive Director of the Future of Howe Sound Society. Ruth chairs the Howe Sound UNESCO Biosphere Region Initiative, and will explain how a UNESCO Biosphere Region can help achieve our common goals for protection of Howe Sound for future generations. This session will be interesting and informative. We hope that you’ll join us. • When: Saturday, April 8, 2:00 to 4:00 • Where: Room 2, Bowen Island Community School, 1041 Mount Gardner Road More information about this presentation is available at bowenislandconservancy.org.
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Places of Worship Welcome You BOWEN ISLAND UNITED CHURCH Rev. Shelagh MacKinnon
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Service and Sunday School: 10:30 a.m. Collins Hall Bookings: Helen Wallwork Minister of Music: Lynn Williams
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New exhibit kicks off year of honouring Bowen’s celebrations Relive the time when visitors had time of their lives INES ORTNER MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
We are thrilled to present a very exciting season this year at the Museum and Archives. We are celebrating 50 years of collecting, preserving and presenting Bowen’s history and we are dedicating all our exhibitions this year to Bowen Island’s unique ability to celebrate. We are starting with “Visiting the Happy Isle, a Paradise Playground,” in the permanent gallery on Saturday, April 8. You can experience the early 1900s and the Union Steamship Days through artifacts, photos, and personal accounts. A recollec-
tion of a time when visitors to Bowen came to have the best times of their lives: dancing, picnicking, dining and having fun at play. For our big summer exhibition we will look at how Bowen Island has celebrated since then. We want to tell your stories of Bowfest, Canada Day and the Centennial, private, business and group celebrations, anniversaries, inaugurations, openings and so on. The exhibit will open up in early June. And yes, we would like to hear from you. The Remembrance Day exhibit will celebrate the many people in our community who keep memory alive, foremost the dedicated community in and around the
Legion and its members. And last but not least our Christmas exhibit. We want to celebrate communal and family traditions of Bowen Islanders. What are your favourite Christmas traditions, and yes, this includes the museum’s tradition of our popular Bear Display. This is your year in history, Bowen. Stop by, say hello and share your stories, and help us to celebrate your Bowen Island. We look forward to making this a year to remember. We are open Wednesday to Sundays 12-4 pm. We’ll host a meet-andgreet opening reception on Saturday 8 from 12 to 2 p.m.
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Couples swing the night away at a 1940s Dance Pavilion party. photo Bowen Island Museum and Archives
Play with bugs and catch live music for the Logger’s Show MAUREEN SAWASY CONTRIBUTOR
If you made it out to last summer’s first annual Logger’s sports show at Veteran’s Park, you know what you’re in for and you know it is one of the best events of the summer. To make it happen we’re throwing a fundraiser! Join us on April 8 at Doc Morgan’s for live music and games.
Tickets are $20 and include access the hexbug and other games. Live music will be provided by Almost Famous, they have a repertoire of more than 600 songs and appeal to all ages. This truly is the fundraising event not to be missed. Tickets are available at the Building Centre or Doc’s or just ask any of us on the board: Alethea, Kelly, Karis, Shane, Tim, Ky and Maureen.
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Looking to the past creates a way forward for Bowen reconciliation PAULINE LE BEL CONTRIBUTOR
Happy Birthday Canada! One hundred and fifty years young. Way to go! I’d like to celebrate by looking at your past – your deep past – so I can learn about my history with the Indigenous peoples who cared for this land long before my ancestors arrived in the 1600s. Knowing Our Place has been my dream ever since I read the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report. It’s not an easy read. I could only manage about 10 pages a day. The tears got in the way. There are many calls to action in the Report for improving our relationship with Indigenous people. They deal with child welfare, justice, language, and health. There are many issues to attend to, and to make amends for. It all begins with education. I imagine a series of informal and lively gatherings for dialogue about the true history between Indigenous and non-Indigenous in Canada – a history that most of us never learned in school. I like to have a good time, so I picture educational and cultural adventures. I am inviting the many creative, willing and witty Native people I have met over the years, and the creative, willing and witty non-Natives I have met over the years. Thanks to Chris Corrigan for suggesting the title, Knowing Our Place. He made sure I understood the pun. We’re going to take a good look at the
historical and contemporary relationships between “Settlers” and “Indians”, open up the conversation and see if we can let go of misguided myths and unchallenged assumptions. We’re going to build bridges, and over time create strong relationships with Indigenous peoples, especially the Squamish Nation, on whose unceded territory we live and breathe and thrive. Reconciliation has not been accomplished because we had a Truth and Reconciliation process. To quote the TRC Report, “Reconciliation is an ongoing process of establishing and maintaining respectful relationships.” It’s possible that as we experience our shared history we will be able to move into a mutually enhancing future together. Recently, I heard Chief Ian Campbell of the Squamish Nation speak about “creating a community where we are not strangers to each other.” Well, that sounds like a good place to start. To get to know one another. As Wab Kinew puts it in the compelling CBC series, Eighth Fire: “Time to meet the neighbours.” And that’s just what we propose to do. The first of my reconciliation events, The Blanket Exercise, will take place on Sunday, April 30 from 2-5 p.m. at The Gallery at Artisan Square. The Blanket Exercise is a teaching tool, a powerful way to learn the history and experience the effects of colonization, the Indian Act, residential schools.
I took a training in this exercise last November and I’m really looking forward to sharing it with others. It will be led by members of the Squamish Nation. Mark your calendar. I hope you can come! More details in my next column. There are other adventures planned over the next many months: storytelling for children, and for adults; a fun language evening—you too can learn how to pronounce the original name for Bowen Island; a dazzling native dance troupe; and a cultural bus tour to the Squamish Estuary with a biologist and a Squamish Nation storyteller. I’m grateful to the Bowen Island Arts Council, the Bowen Island Library, and the Bowen Children’s Centre who have agreed to support the initiative. I’m also grateful for the financial support of the Knick Knack Nook and Literacy Task Group for helping move the initiative forward. I hope others will see the beauty in this project and find ways to get involved. “This is the great issue of our time,” writes John Ralston Saul, in A Fair Country: Telling Truths about Canada. “The great unresolved Canadian question upon which history will judge us all.” Nobody’s going anywhere. We’re here to stay. Now how do we work it out together? Come to Knowing Our Place and let’s learn together how we can start to work it out, so the next 150 years will be truly celebratory.
Pauline Le Bel is the author of Becoming Intimate with the Earth. She also has two new books coming out this year. They Ask Me Why I Sing So Loud, a book of poetry, is coming out in May and Whale in the Door: Re-Imagining Howe Sound will be out in September. photo Virginia Penny
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Local mason bees get new homes after event MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
The recent Bowen Bee House build at Grafton Commons saw 30 mason bee homes crafted to house the beneficial pollinators, and sent bee house builders home with cocoons to be kept in the fridge until the weather warms up. “When the cherry blossoms come out,”
says event organizer Diana Izdebski. “That’s when you’ll want to take your bees and stick them in their houses. The fridge is the perfect temperature, and will keep them safe from woodpeckers in the meantime.” Izdebski says that the bees will create a new cocoon in July or August, at which point you can remove them from their homes and put them back in the fridge until the next cherry blossoms come.
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Charmaine Heffelfinger won the adult category for best mason bee house. Judges were impressed by her entirely recycled creation which included old floorboards and an old coffee can. Scarlet Kompass won the best Kid’s bee house competition. photo Patrick Currah
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DAVE POLLARD CONTRIBUTOR
“Sitting at our back doorsteps, all we need to live a good life lies about us. Sun, wind, people, buildings, stones, sea, birds and plants surround us. Co-operation with all these things brings harmony.” - Bill Mollison To kick off spring, truck in the soil, the mushroom fertilizer, and then later on find somewhere to chuck away all the green waste. Or maybe try something new, like understanding nature as a system in itself, that can be harnessed without waste or destruction. Understand that your own little plot of land can get healthier over time instead of simply degenerating. This is permaculture, the short version. Permaculture is a system of agricultural and social design that draws insights from the world’s traditional peoples as well as modern scientific understandings about how to build sustainable gardens and farms, homes and neighbourhoods.
Using permaculture design we can save time, energy and money while living in alignment with our values. By designing homes that use less energy, gardens that need less water and input, and businesses that work co-operatively with the community, permaculture can help create efficient, effective and ethical systems. On April 9, Transition Bowen presents a free introduction to permaculture design with Sunshine Coast-based teachers Delvin Solkinson and Kym Chi of Gaiacraft. The day will include a tour of Grafton Commons and the application of permaculture design methods to peoples own lives or landscapes, gardens or farms. Share in this creative experience with like-minded people offered freely including an exploration of gardens, new media and a shared potluck. To register or for more details email delvin@cosm.org or visit www.gaiacraft.com. See more local events and projects or sign up for the newsletter at www.bowenintransition. com.
Artists go incognito for new show opening CONTRIBUTOR
The Gallery at Artisan Square has opened a truly unique show of multiple Bowen Island artists, who have submitted 2D and 3D works inspired by artists they admire. At “Echoes: Artworks in the Style of an Artists Who Inspires Us,” you may see a little Rembrandt, Emily Carr, or Andy Warhol. If you come to the show opening this Saturday, April 1, (6-8:30 p.m.), you may actually see these artists themselves! Being April Fool’s Day, we’ve invited the artists and the public to “fool us” by dressing up as their favourite creative. Come meet the artists and find out what really lights their
Jilly Watson’s Provence Echoes of Van Gogh. photo submitted
creative fire. It’s sure to be an opening party you won’t want to miss! The show runs March 30-April 30, with gallery hours from 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Wednes-
day-Sunday, so come and visit the gallery to see this varied collection. You may just be “inspired” to take home a unique piece to call your own.
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In a month’s time, these newborns will be big enough to roam out in the field at Endswell Farm. For now though, they are tucked safely away in the barn with their mothers. Lambs on Bowen’s Endswell Farm are being born fairly early in the season this year. This spring has already seen at least 19 new lambs. photos Meribeth Deen
Lambing season in full swing at local farm MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
Rosie Montgomery says she promised her kids that this year that she would cut back on the number of new lambs they’d raise at Endswell Farm. With four ewes left to give birth (she thinks a few might not actually be pregnant), this spring has brought at least 19 new lambs, but Montgomery says the number is somewhat in dispute as truthfully, they’ve lost track. The first lambs of this year came as a surprise, in January. “My barn girl, Mirella Nichol found the lambs and I actually didn’t believe her at first,” says Rosie. “But then I found them, and they were clearly not premature as they were a good weight. Those two, Keiran and Fiona (named after Keiran McSkimming and Fiona Beatty,
as the lambs came close to their birthdays) are two and a half months old now and getting really big. Afterwards, Corrina (Headley) remembered that Florence had a little foray with the rams this summer. That must’ve been when she got pregnant.” Florence, by the way, is the mother of Keiran and Fiona, and is herself named after Eva Kepesova’s daughter, Florence. Rosie says that she predicted lambing season would begin at the end of March, but that too came early with the next lambs arriving on March 16. She explains that before lambing begins, all the ewes are moved into the barn in order to protect the newborns from ravens. This hadn’t happened yet, so both David Smith and Sean were born in the field. When Rosie found them, she says she thought one was
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