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A connection to the cottages
Part one on Hans Behm’s story about the Orchard Cottages
Reconciliation and art
Minnijean Brown Trickey
Pauline Le Bel outlines the next steps in her series of reconciliation events
Civil rights activist at the Gallery, reflects on hate, trauma, healing
Heavy rainfall causes waterways to flood local trails MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
Participants in Bowen Rec’s Leaders in Training program helped out with younger kids who came out for Tuesday’s Family Play Night. Meribeth Deen, photo
BC Ferries restores service on Saturday, Sunday mornings
MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
The ferry running between Horseshoe Bay and Snug Cove is now, officially, running on the summer schedule. With that though, comes good news from BC Ferries: they’ve decided to re-instate morning sailings at 7 and 7:30 am on Saturdays, and 9 and 9:35pm on Sundays. BC Ferries cut the sailings from the schedule in April, 2014, invoking a protest in Snug Cove. Adam Holbrook, the then-chair of the Bowen Island Municipal Transportation Advisory
Committee (BIMTAC), called the cuts “arbitrary.” In 2016, council made restoring these cuts a strategic priority, and BIMTAC set out to create a business-case for re-instating the sailings. “There were 400 responses to the survey we created to find out how people are affected by the cuts,” says BIMTAC chair David Hocking. “There was data about new families moving to Bowen, and young families in particular being adversely affected by the cuts. BIMTAC member Susanna Braund, councillor Melanie Mason and members of the public all worked hard on this. I think it proves that when we all get on board
with an issue, we can make change.” Darin Guenette, Public Affairs Manager for BC Ferries, says that after a thorough analysis, BC Ferries believes that they will be able to break-even on these two runs. “The government won’t give us any more money to increase the service,” says Guennette. “But we’ve looked at all the numbers and think that bringing those runs back is a safe risk, and we would like to try and help the community.” For now, the reinstatement of these two sailings is considered a pilot project, and if BC Ferries loses money on them they are likely to be cut.
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The spring of 2017 has seen flooding in the Okanagan, record rainfalls and, according to Environment Canada the “gloomiest” day on record (March 28). Bowen Island has not been spared the moisture and the gloom, adding extra work for local park maintenance crews. “We can barely keep up on the weed-whacking and mowing,” says Bruce Lyne, the municipality’s operations manager for parks. “Everything is growing like crazy, which is quite different from what I experienced last spring, when we were already concerned about water conservation by the end of May.” He adds that the rain has caused flooding and trail damage in several parks around the island. “Malkin Creek was particularly bad,” says Lyne. “Flooding washed out a nearby trail. We doubled the size of the culvert to handle the increase in water, and also put in large rocks between the stream and the trails in the hopes that we can prevent the damage from happening twice.” Streams in Quarry Park and on the Evergreen development have also flooded and caused damage in recent weeks, says Lyne. The trail between the meadow and the bridge in Crippen Park has also been flooded, and after several days of being closed off, re-opened on Wednesday. Tom McComb, Supervisor of Park Operations for Crippen, says that there’s been no place for the water to flood to. When asked about flooding caused by nearby beaver dams he said, Metro Parks is “working with the beavers.” “We put beaver-deceivers in the dams,” he says, explaining that these devices are essentially pipes that allow the water to continue flowing through. “We’ll go in and dismantle part of the dam and put the pipe in. By the next day they’ll have built over it, completely repairing the dam. They are very industrious.” The need to tamper with beaver dams and mitigate flood damage should be over soon, as weather forecasts are calling for a sustained sunny period and increasing temperatures by the weekend. Sophie Isdinga, Communications Co-ordinator for the Municipality says that while council has endorsed Metro Vancouver’s water restrictions (which came into effect on May 15) here on Bowen, these are just considered guidelines. While the municipality does not measure water levels in Grafton Lake over the winter, they will start to record and keep track of water levels once they dip below the spill-way.
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Meeting Calendar May 23, 2017 7:15 pm Transportation Advisory Committee
May 24, 2017 8:45 am Fire Hall Facilities Steering Committee
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Volunteer opportunity: Board of Variance The Board of Variance considers minor zoning variances where compliance with the Land Use Bylaw would cause undue hardship. The board requires three members appointed by Council, and meets only as needed to hear appeals and make decisions about minor variances. The board currently has a vacancy for one member. To be considered for the board, you must live on Bowen Island, and share a desire to create a liveable, sustainable community for all.
Advisory Planning Commission
May 25, 2017 12:00 pm
There are so many initiatives underway on Bowen these days! For example: civic facilities, improvements to Snug Cove, enhancing local business, improvements to transportation infrastructure…and the list goes on.
Heritage Commission
All meetings are held in Council Chambers at Municipal Hall unless otherwise noted.
Community boat racks
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If you don’t want to spend your time looking for parking in the Cove, you can park for free at the Park & Ride at 1421 Adams Road (Satellite Fire Hall) and take the C10 Bluewater-Snug Cove bus to meet the ferry. Use your Compass card to tap on and you can transfer to a bus in Horseshoe Bay on a single fare.
If you are interested in applying, please download a committee application form from www.bimbc.ca and submit it by May 23, 2017 to Stef Shortt, Committee Clerk at sshortt@bimbc.ca. You may also obtain a paper copy of the application form from Municipal Hall at 981 Artisan Lane.
May 24, 2017 7:00 pm
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Please note the following conditions for use of the community boat racks at Sandy Beach and Tunstall Beach:
Bowen Island Municipality is seeking enthusiastic, dedicated volunteers to participate in the following advisory Committees:
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All small water craft must be clearly labelled with the owner’s name and phone number.
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Advisory Planning Commission: Official Community Plan and Land Use
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Only one small recreational water craft per community member.
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Advisory Design Panel: design and architecture in the Cove
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Rack storage is limited to: boats, life jackets, oars, paddles and bailers.
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Parks, Trails and Greenways Advisory Committee: improving access to shorelines, forests and natural areas
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Transportation Advisory Committee: make “getting around” more sustainable, efficient and enjoyable
Fuel containers, propane tanks, seafood traps, and all other personal, household or construction items will be removed at the owner’s expense.
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Economic Development Committee: energizing and supporting the thriving Bowen business community
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Building Bridges Through Art
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Xwalacktun with his Spirit of the Mountain sculpture. This Squamish Nation artist believes, “all things grow and are healed by art.”
A reading by Jude Neale from her latest book of poetry
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“CRA” scam continues PAULO ARREAGA RCMP
Reconciliation takes shape in many forms. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report addresses its 94 Calls to Action primarily to federal and other levels of government to do right by Indigenous peoples in the areas of education, language, health and justice. But there is a lot we ordinary citizens can do. Part of the focus of Knowing Our Place: A Reconciliation Initiative is to meet the Indigenous people on whose land we live, to get to know them, their culture, and their art. When you spend time with Indigenous people, you soon realize they have a very different view of the role of the artist in the community. The western idea of art as something you find in concert halls and galleries just doesn’t fit for cultures who use art to pass on teachings and stories. The Squamish Nation has a rich artistic tradition, and has fostered many renowned artists in traditional arts such as drumming, dancing, singing; the carving of masks, canoes, welcome figures; painting, jewelry making; and the weaving of wool and cedar. Many of these art forms had been forgotten, lost, or banned through colonization, the Indian Act, and residential schools. Only in recent times, have they been reclaimed through the memories of Elders. For the Indigenous artist, singing and drumming and dancing are part of everyday life. Every meeting begins and ends with song. Scientific reason for that: music brings hearts and minds together so the meeting will be a fruitful one. You can expect lots of singing and drumming for the next event in Knowing Our Place: Building Bridges Through Art. The bridge builders I have invited are all outstanding artists. Storyteller, Rebecca Campbell Duncan, whose ancestral name is Tsitsayxemaat, retells the stories of the Squamish people with a dramatic flair. I heard her at the Vancouver Public Library a year ago, and was captivated by her presence, and the way she brings ancient stories to life and makes them vivid, relevant, and inspiring to a contemporary audience. Once you’ve heard her tell the uplifting story of Ch’ich’iyuy, you will never look at the iconic mountain peaks, which we call the Lions, in the same way. Tsissayxemaat is also an accomplished weaver and I hope she will be wearing one of her beautifully woven cedar capes. Squamish Nation Elder, Bob Baker, whose ancestral name is S7aplek, is the co-founder of Spawkwus Slulum, Eagle Song Dance Troupe. He has performed worldwide: in Montreux for the Summer Jazz Festival; in a cultural exchange with the Ainu of Hokkaido, Japan; in Hawai’i for cultural presentations; and in Whistler for the opening ceremonies at the 2010 Olympics. S7aplek is the Cultural Consultant for local schools, including BICS. He is also the person who brought back the seagoing canoe to his Nation after knowledge of these big powerful canoes had almost disappeared. S7aplek gives us an understanding of Squamish Nation culture through the teachings of the Longhouse, the seagoing canoe journeys, and the singing/ drumming and dancing of his people. Rick Harry (Xwalacktun) has been building bridges through his sculptures and carvings for over thirty years. Born and raised in Squamish, he was educated at Emily Carr and Capilano Colleges before he became an internationally recognized artist and cultural ambassador. He works in wood, glass, and steel, and is best known for his remarkable wood carvings that blend the traditional and the contemporary. His works have been commissioned by galleries in New York, New Hampshire, and many galleries in B.C. I first met Xwalacktun ten years ago at the unveiling of his monumental steel and brick sculpture, Spirit of the Mountain, at Ambleside Park. Like all his work, this sculpture is “a message keeper.” It offers a story of mutual respect between the communities of West Vancouver and the Squamish Nation as they journey together. The central themes in his art and his life are healing, growth, respect, and giving back to the community. For Xwalacktun, “All things grow and are healed by art.” Come to The Gallery at Artisan Square for an interactive evening of Squamish Nation Art, Song, Dance, and Story. Friday, May 26 from 7:30-9:00 p.m. Free Admission thanks to sponsorship by First Credit Union. Donations are welcome.
The CRA Scam continues. In the past few weeks several Bowen Islanders have reported being called by these scammers. They have been close to getting money and personal information from some. How the scam works: Someone posing as a CRA officer calls stating there is a warrant for your arrest unless you go out and purchase hundreds in gift cards and give them the codes. This is done in a very official and aggressive manner that does unfortunately work on some. Please be aware and tell those in your circle of this scam.
On the calendar Friday May 19 Friday night dinner at the Legion, doors open at 5 p.m. dinner starts at 6:30 p.m. Tickets sell out quickly come early. $10 members / $13 guests Men on the Rock - Bowen’s Mens Choir 7:30 at Belterra Common Room, $15 at the door
Saturday May 20 Tailgate Sales for Bowen Farmers: BICS 10am - 12pm Green Man Festival Starts with mini-farmers market, drama between Ice Queen and Green Man starts at 1pm, lower Snug Cove
Sunday, May 28, 2017 3:30 to 5:30 PM | Collins Hall
Refreshments - Artisan Eats Entertainment - Teun Schut, guitar Master of Ceremonies - Susanna Braund
Free Admission
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FOR SENIORS KEEPING YOUNG (SKY) May 29th 10am In the hall at Bowen Court 1070 Miller Rd
Looking for nominations for board members. Happy
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Bookfest (sale) BICS gym, starts at 10 am Saturday and Sunday
Sunday May 21 Bowen Island Nature Club Annual Bird Walk Cape Roger Curtis, 9am - 11am Meet Richard Wing at the bottom of Collingwood lane by entrance to the coast path Tuesday May 23 Community Lunch at the Legion 11.30-1pm: Gourmet Soup with artisan bread, followed by tea/ coffee and dessert $5.00 Adult event Wednesday May 24 Opening night of Logger Sports Hatchet Throwing League Starts 5:30pm at the Legion Email: ben@laughinglogger.com or call 604-765-8836 Friday May 26 Knowing Our Place: Building Bridges Through Art Gallery at Artisan Square 7:30 - 9 interactive evening of Squamish Nation art Wednesday May 31 Island Pacific School Walk Through Time/Twins Project, Art & Humanities Open House. 6 - 8pm everyone welcome Sunday May 28 Food Label Mysteries Explained with Ellie Mackay Collins Hall 1 - 2pm Saturday June 3 SoccerFest at BICS Fun for everyone, cheer on your favourite adult co-ed team and give human foosball a try Starts at 1pm, everyone welcome
To my wonderful Mum. My best friend, advisor, confidante, and more fun than a barrel of monkeys. All the years together has only made me
love you more.
Caring Circle Health & Wellness Society of Bowen Island
Annual General Meeting - All Welcome June 1, 2017 @ BICS
(follow the signs to the meeting room)
7 - 8:30 p.m.
We look forward to telling you about the work we’ve done in 2016 and our plans for 2017
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Community dedication leads to successful clothing sale Dear editor, On behalf of the Bowen Island Community School Parent Advisory Council, we would like to express our gratitude to the many community members and organizations whose time and resources made the Annual Clothing Sale a success. Thanks to Bowen Children’s Centre for asking BICS PAC to take over the sale and for allowing use of their shed; to Cates Hill Chapel and Island Pacific School for making their space available for this event; to the Little Red Church for allowing use of their tables; and to Tim Hausch and Bowen Library Tech Tutor Leo Pedersen, for each providing crucial assistance with advertising. A lot of work went into handling the thousands of donations, and we were fortunate to have the great volunteer team of Samantha Adkins, Lisa Marie Bhattacharya, Sasha Buchanan, Hilary Cassady, Kara Chanarin, John Clemenson, Jean Coker, Sarah Cormier, Patrick Currah, Maryam Erfani, Caroline Hurd, Sam Knowles, Sheila McBurney, Jane Miller, Fairon Moore, Jason Morton, Zoë Rappard, Isabel Ruediger, Alexandra Sinclair, Sara Skuce, Inga Toews, Peter and Ann Walters, Sherrie Zielinski, and young volunteers Lachlan, Makayla, Sophia, Cooper, Clayton, Sam, Oscar, and Milo. Many thanks to Steve Bayley for transporting unsold clothing to charities in town. Thanks to Lynn Hartle, Shelagh MacKinnon, and Lynn Williams for collecting donations for the Bowen Island Food Bank during the sale; Kevin Toews, for manning the barbeque with Shawn Cole; Eva Kepesova, for her delicious cookies and tarts; and opening soloist Makena Coker, BICS music teacher Cindy Fairbank and the BICS Choir, and the North Shore Celtic Ensemble for providing delightful musical entertainment throughout the sale. Special thanks goes to BICS Principal Scott Slater for all his help with promotion, take down, and general support. Finally, big thanks to the many clothing donors and shoppers in the community -- too many to count – who were the key to a successful fundraising drive for both the school and the Food Bank. Your generosity and enthusiasm make the sale worth it every year. Shawn Cole and Caroline Parker - BICS PAC Co-Chairs
A giant garland of thanks Dear Editor,
The Bowen Island Garden Club had its annual Plant Sale and Draw on Saturday May 6. Thanks to so many people who contributed: notices were posted about the Island and to media, a vast array of plants were potted up and looked very appealing at the sale. Indeed it was a pleasure to see most of them leaving BICS by hand or by barrow on their way to new sites. And so many volunteers to make sure the busiest hour of the year was successful with all the pricing completed in the second before the sale opened and the plants sorted into their sale places. Money was exchanged with alacrity and there was much cooperation if anyone needed it to get their burdens home. Advance draw tickets had been sold by many skilful volunteers and ticket sales continued with buyers further enticed by the array of fabulous prizes displayed. We sincerely thank the businesses and individuals who contributed to this bounty. The Plant sale closed and the draw began with some very happy prize recipients and unfortunately some less fortunate. But there will be next year…. There are so many individuals to thank but I want to single out Marolyn Anderson and Monica McKinley who were the overall plant sale coordinators and did an amazing job. Thanks also to Grace Quarry who was selling welcome coffee, drinks and goodies as a fundraiser for her forthcoming Me to We trip to Tanzania to work on a clean water project. And a shout out to former President, Ann Davidson who not only contributed potted plants but also added two of our draw prizes. The Plant Sale is the Garden Club’s main annual fund raiser and this year’s gain was approximately $4000. Contributing to beautification of Bowen is one of the Club’s main activities and spring’s daffodils about the Island are a splendid reminder of Club initiative. And none of this could happen without the great and small contributions of so many islanders. Lynn McArthur President
Seniors and visitors, unimpressed by trail maintenance Dear Editor, There was a policy in Crippen Park to frustrate the beavers in an effort to drown the last alders in the swamp. This effort changed, now our oldest seniors are frustrated in their effort to keep moving from bench to bench to bench. Old lungs and legs, especially after a stroke, do not climb hills well anymore. Even trails become a necessity. Now they are flooded by the beavers efforts – and to put on rub-
ber boots is an effort I can not do anymore. Neither are visitors equipped that way. I am here nearly 30 years doing my daily walks. First I went up Mt. Gardner, and explored Roger Curtis, later I walked around the lake, then I walked to the lake and now just to the meadow. Is there any help in sight for the flooded trails? Imke Zimmermann
Community spirit shines through at Cinco de Mayo fundraiser Dear Editor, We are writing on behalf of Bowen Island Montessori School (BIMS) to express our deep gratitude for the phenomenal turn out to the Cinco de Mayo fundraiser party. Artisan Eats was the perfect place to smash a piñata and enjoy delicious food washed down with fun in a glass. Mr. Taco (AKA Dale Hewitt) the live auctioneer, went above and beyond. The winning combination of Mr.
Taco’s charisma and incredibly generous island auction donations enabled BIMS to raise more than $5,000!! This goes a long way for a little preschool and allows doors to remain open and bursaries available to any family in need, no questions asked. Perhaps the most heartening aspect of the eve-
ning was having folks from all walks of Bowen attend. We have a magical community and we are very proud to be a part of it. Thank-You. Yours in good times, The Party Planning Committee
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The historic fight to protect Bowen’s heritage buildings JACK LITTLE B O W E N H E R I TA G E
Back in 1978, the building you now know as the library was slated for demolition. A devoted group of Bowen Islanders managed to save and restore the building, and this re-enforced the importance of our community’s built heritage, and paved the way for the partial preservation of the historic Davies Orchard cottages. Nearly three decades later, the struggle continues. When, in 1983 the GVRD paid $1.7 million (half the assessed value) for the 600 acres which we now know as Crippen Park, the plan was to repair and maintain the Old General Store as a heritage site, but GVRD priorities left only $50,000 for Crippen Park over the next five years. In 1986, GVRD established the Bowen Island Special Committee to examine park problems, including the status of the remaining cottages rented out to provide a “minimum level of maintenance and patrol.” The Committee reported that eight cottages had been demolished as “inspection revealed repair was uneconomical.” After “clean-up, painting and repairs,” the remaining 17 cottages met minimum safety standards, but, in keeping with the free-enterprise spirit of the time, the report recommended that the Davies Orchard instead become the site of a privately owned inn and restaurant. Patrick Frey, Assistant Director of Historic Programmes, BC Ministry of Tourism, Recreation and Culture, wrote to the Senior
Planner for GVRD Parks that the “remaining elements of the old Union Steamship resort contribute positively to a unique cultural landscape at Snug Cove / Deep Bay,” and that the orchard cottages were “clearly a component of this cultural landscape.” Considered separately, the cottages were “simply modest undistinguished resort structures.” Collectively, however, they were “the only surviving cluster of cabins that continue to visually convey their original function and historical association with the Union Steamship Resort.” As “arguably the most prominent beach resort on the coast,” the Union Steamship property was “reflective of a particular phase in the growth of social forces influencing recreation and tourism activity in the province.” Finally, Frey suggested, GVRD should consider possibilities for the preservation and rehabilitation of the Orchard Cabins, funded largely by rental options. However, when a tenant moved out that fall, GVRD boarded up the cottage, leaving it, in the words of local resident, John Sbragia, “to deteriorate, unheated, over the winter.” They dropped the inn and restaurant idea, and then in 1988 the GVRD Parks Committee announced the demoltion of five cottages would due to septic system failures. One argument for construction of the controversial 20,000 gallon-per-day primary-treatment sewage outfall system in the park had was to serve the cottages. Now, the Parks Committee now claimed that connecting
them would require secondary treatment at a prohibitive cost of $100,000. In the spring of 1990, two more “deteriorated” cottages were demolished resulting in a mock requiem attended by 175 people. The Chair of GVRD Parks claimed that he was simply following the recommendations of the region’s health committee. A local resident responded that islanders had offered to provide free labour “to bring the cottages up to snuff but the GVRD gave a flat-out ‘no.’” Unfortunately, the only major step taken in the next several years to keep the cottages was the establishment in 1993 of a community-based cottage management agreement with the Bowen Island Heritage Association. With the restored Old General Store and the recently refurbished causeway, the cottages were referred to by the GVRD as the “historical precinct at the gateway to the Island.” Although several were repaired, others were left to deteriorate. In 2000, Metro Parks estimated the cost for revitalizing the Davies Orchard: restoration of 10 cottages ($422,000), construction of 3 new ones ($78,750 each), totalling $1,242,507. Investment depended upon the sale of surplus lands which finally took place in 2005 when the municipality of Bowen Island paid $2 million for 40 hectares. However, rather than directing money towards heritage preservation, Metro Parks transferred the Old General Store to the municipality, and allowed the remaining cottages to deteriorate to the sad state that they are in today.
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My historic connection to the heritage cottages in Davies Orchard (Part 1) HC BEHM SUBMISSION
Canada’s 150th birthday is an invitation to look back and the emerging number of stories cannot be counted. I, too, have a few and one in particular connects me with Bowen Island, the Union Steam Ship Company and the Orchard. In 1968, Marianne and I lived with one year-old Markus on Cameron Avenue, that dreamy, one-block dead end street off Alma between Point Grey Road and the Water with a view from Nanaimo past Bowen and Black Mountain to the BC Hydro Building . One day in June I received a letter from my mother, Gisela Behm, who had just completed her year as primary teacher in Bella Bella on Campbell Island. She had purchased a wooden life boat and was sending it on a Northland Navigation freighter to Vancouver and asked whether I could pick it up. We had a VW Bus, but a 14foot long boat would not fit inside. Looking for adventure I decided to row it from the Terminal near Second Narrows to Kitsilano. I asked the Coast Guard how to behave as a transient rower amongst tugs, freighters, and liners and was told to use an outgoing tide, hug the south shore and stay out of the course of oncoming freighters because they would take
several hundred meters to stop. As I received the Lighthouse Boat I saw the shiny bright work of a beamy two seater row boat, flat bottomed, oak clinker with two sets of skull oars. Her lines promised speed. The voyage of about ten kilometres took me just under two hours with some untold adventures. And now, I suppose you are wondering what this has to do with Bowen Island, the Union Steamship Company and the Orchard… Well, that story really began when I arrived back on the shores of Cameron Avenue in Kitsilano. Across from us on the water lived Mrs. Talbot , the chain smoking “Duchess of Shrewsburry,” a lady interested in everybody else’s business on that street and with a sharp tongue, but a golden heart. Hearing my story she let me pull the boat up to the beach at her house. Upon arrival she sat me down with a stiff drink. “Northland, eh? Do you know, they bought the Union’s Ships?” She was referring, of course, to the Union Steamship Company. I had no idea what she was talking about and I said as much. A smile came over her face and her eyes half-closed. “If you ever want to know what fun is, you should have been there.” To be continued…
The author with his family when they lived in Kitsilano. photo submitted
Places of Worship Welcome You BOWEN ISLAND UNITED CHURCH Rev. Shelagh MacKinnon
Service and Sunday School: 10:30 a.m. Collins Hall Bookings: Helen Wallwork Minister of Music: Lynn Williams
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BOWEN ISLAND COMMUNITY CHURCH www.bowencommunitychurch.org Pastor Clinton Neal 1070 1070 Miller Road 604-947-0384 604-947-0441 Service 10:30Service a.m. Sunday 11:00 a.m. 10:30 School a.m.
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Civil rights activist reflects on hate, trauma MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
On September 25, 1957, federal troops escorted sixteen year-old Minnijean Brown and eight other black teenagers into Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. The US Supreme Court had deemed segregation unconstitutional three years earlier, but the governor of Arkansas had defied that ruling and had even called in the State National Guard to stop the “Little Rock Nine” from entering the school on the actual first day, September 4. Looking back, Minnijean (now Minnijean Brown-Trickey) says the experience of facing down an angry mob to enter the school, as well as the taunts and abuse by white students while attending Central High was definitely a traumatic experience. “Healing is an on-going process,” says the now, 75 year-old. “There is no part of our minds , or our bodies, that can understand this kind of thing. It just doesn’t make sense. I used to be angry, but then I did some work with a councillor and realized that the feeling was actually sorrow. So now, as a councillor myself, I ask people, are you sure you are mad, or is it hurt that you feel? I can take the horrific experience I had and say I learned to be optimistic, I understand the value of non-violence. It’s kind of cool to have that experience and come away with something.” Lately, most of her energy involves working with young people. “I’ve basically given up on adults. It’s very hard to change their minds on anything,” she says. As part of the Sojourn Project, she brings youth to civil rights monuments and introduces them to the people who participated in
the movement. “Kids of every colour, every class, are horrified that they didn’t know these stories and are so changed by meeting these people,” says Minnijean. “But I have also learned that we have not equipped our kids to deal with this stuff, and we have a very hurt youth.” She adds that as a parent raising her kids in Sudbury and Ottawa, she was shocked to realize the racism they endured in school. “They didn’t tell me about it, but I overheard them talking amongst themselves. When we lived in Ottawa they demanded to go to the most multi-cultural schools and so our house kind of turned into the UN,” she says. “It was so common for the kids, the girls especially, to talk about how they’d respond to comments like, where are you from? They’d turn it into a joke, of course, but there’s a name for that now - it’s called micro-aggression. And how sad, that kids in junior high have to find ways to deal with that.” Minnijean says there is no answer to how to deal with these things, beyond talking about them and making art that communicates about this subject matter. “We are in a time when hate-speech is resurgent,” she says. “Art and literature serve as a warning to us - we must be vigilant and guard against it. I try not to watch the news but I am watching a government un-do the progress that has been made, and nobody is doing anything about it. It feels like it can’t be stopped. Imagine how our children must feel?”
Minnijean Brown Trickey spoke alongside artists Nancy Current and Robin Atlas at the opening of their exhibit, On the Consequences of Hate Speech, at the Gallery at Artisan Square on Wednesday evening.
The party’s on... and the Museum and Archives wants to know what YOU are celebrating
Your knowledge, compassion and action can save a life. The Bowen Queen Float on Bowen Day, 1961. From left to right: Diane Buchanan, Mary Robinson, Laurie Davies, Suzanne Holte, Nancy Holte. Bowen Island Museum & Archives
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When you ask anyone about their favourite Bowen party they will tell you that Bowen Islanders always love to throw a good party. One might argue that Bowen has a Party gene in its DNA and it would be impossible to account for all the parties over the years. That’s why we named this year’s summer exhibition Party’s On: Bowen’s Completely Incomplete History of Celebrations. To make this year’s exhibition a special one we would like to hear from you. We are putting out a call for stories and objects. Tell us what you are celebrating this year and become part of our summer exhibition. Send us a 50-word paragraph and drop it off in our letterbox beside the door to the archives (up the stairs) by June 1.
We would also love you to become part of the opening celebrations. We are putting out a call to all music-making Bowen Islanders to participate in our Bowen Island song contest. In our archives we have a song with the title Bowen Island, written by Einar Nielsen. You can pick up a copy of the song from Monday to Sunday between 10-4, or write your own Bowen song. At our opening we will select the winner and everyone is welcome to play the song. For details please go to our website: bowenislandmuseum.ca The exhibition opens on the 25th of June, which is also our annual AGM. You can hear more about our revitalization project, meet our wonderful summer students Eliza McCullum and Ivonne Zhao and enjoy a line up of Bowen’s own entertainment.
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Bowen Island Where: September Morn Beach Closure When: May 24 - July 31, 2017 We are improving the reliability of service for our customers on Bowen Island by installing a new submarine cable from West Vancouver. Primary construction activities will occur between May 22 and July 31 in preparation for the cable installation later this year. To ensure the safety of the public, the trail to September Morn Beach will be closed temporarily during the work period. We appreciate your patience and understanding while we complete this important work. Should you have any questions about this project, please contact BC Hydro at 1 866 647 3334 or stakeholderengagement@bchydro.com.
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved wife, mother and grandmother, Jane McGillivray. She will be missed immensely by her loving husband of 71 years, Gordon A. McGillivray, her four sons and their wives: Roger and Stephanie, Art and Luz, Ian and Jane, and Scott and Kyoko, as well as her six devoted grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and numerous additional friends and family. A true prairie girl, Jane was born on June 11, 1922 in Beulah, Manitoba, and grew up there with her twin brother Murray and elder brother Art before moving to Winnipeg as a young woman to work as an accounting clerk. It was here during WWll that she met her future husband Gordon, and they were married on October 8, 1945 after his return from overseas service with the RCAF. After some time in Winnipeg and North Vancouver while Gordon attended university, they moved in 1951 to Hamilton where he was employed at Canadian Westinghouse. In 1956, they settled with their young and growing family in North Vancouver, where they raised their four boys and have resided ever since. In their retirement, Jane enjoyed spending as much time as possible in her beautiful garden at Tunstall Bay on Bowen Island, weaving, spinning, and knitting with her many weavers’ group friends, and caring for (and cooking for) her many family members. She was the hearthstone of our family, and will always have a place in our hearts.
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