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Strawberry Tea
A delicious weekend at the Little Red Church
Salmonids in the Classroom
Congratulations to the Bowen Blue Jays, the new West Van Little League Minor B Champs. The team won the Friday semi-final 9-4 and the finals on Saturday 8-4 at Cypress Falls in West Van. Back row from left: Wendy Cellik, Clive Scarff, Andy Behm Second row from left: Saran Juneja, Ty Kenney, Rhory Behm, Dominic McCrae, Ryan Champoux Front row from left: Will Scarff, Jack Bentall, Obi Son, Callaghan Konyha, Atom Brooke, Ewan Buchanan Missing: Pablo Dawe photo submitted
Zoom Zoom Bowen goes carbon positive MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
Zoom Zoom Bowen owner and operator Jamie Woodall says that she wants every business she runs to be as ethical as possible. This week, her commitment to that statement was confirmed by achieving the status of “carbon positive.” Woodall says that looking at environmental and carbon emissions seemed like the obvious route for a business that rented out scooters, particularly considering many people wanted her to rent out e-bikes - an option she says did not make sense for a variety of reasons. Last summer, Woodall started talking with islander Jae Mather, a director of the Carbon Free Group, about how to make the necessary improvements. “I encouraged her to go above and beyond in terms of impact reduction,” he says. “Making no impact on the environ-
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ment is not enough, at this point. Human beings need to start making a positive, regenerative impact on the environment to make up for the damage that’s already been done.” Mather says that the term carbon positive is commonly used in Europe, but is not so common here. He says he was pleased to find the Vancouver-based company Offsetters, was working towards this goal last year. “I worked with them to get the first carbon positive certification for a North American business,” says Mather. “So having a relationship with them combined with their understanding of the publicity resulting from working with Zoom Zoom Bowen, they were willing to undertake the job of making this small company carbon positive. Offsetting just a few tonnes of carbon, as Zoom Zoom is doing, doesn’t give Offsetters much opportunity to make a profit.” Mather adds that offsetting can be a contentious practice within the sustainability community, but one that he sees the continued P5 value in.
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Sixteen yearold swimmer circumnavigates Bowen MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
At 6:45am on Saturday morning, sixteen year-old Emily Epp got in the water at Snug Cove to start on a journey that would bring her a deep understanding of the difference between swimming in the ocean, and swimming in a lake. Her coach, Brent Hobbs, has swum around Bowen several times himself and coached numerous other English Channel hopefuls to do the same, and says that the conditions Epp faced were the toughest he’s seen. “Out of Snug Cove, Emily swam towards Finisterre Island and as she came around the Bowen’s west side a south-easterly came out of nowhere and brought huge waves,” says Hobbs. “We couldn’t have timed a more perfect swim to prepare her for what she’ll face crossing the English Channel.” Epp is currently scheduled to swim the channel some time between July 14 - 21, when there will be the least difference in the tides highest and lowest points. Hobbs says that the two preparation swims he recommends for people planning to swim around Bowen are the Straight of Georgia and around Bowen. “Conditions around Bowen are comparable especially when you get near Cape Roger Curtis and Cowan Point,” he says. “The difference is, swimming around Bowen is one of the most beautiful swims you can do, there’s something new to look at around every corner. When you swim the English Channel, all there is to look at is big ships, jellyfish that sting, and eventually, France.” Epp says that she was nervous going in to the swim around Bowen, as she had never completed a swim of more than 6.5 hours, and those were in Lake Okanagan. “It was just around the 6.5 hour mark that the waves started getting really big,” she says. “I learned that waves that big actually make me nauseous. Feeling sick did really bring down my energy level, so after that, I just took it really slow.” She adds that highlights of her swim around Bowen include being trailed by a pack of five seals at the beginning, having two more swim alongside her later on, and also encountering a porpoise. Emily Epp’s swim across the English Channel is a fundraiser for Canuck House, a children’s hospice in Vancouver. The Bowen Island Legion has already donated $150. If you would like to supprt her go to: http://events.canuckplace.org/ goto/EmilyEpp
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A new ferry schedule is coming: make sure you have your say! SUSANNA BRAUND SUBMISSION
Metro Parks offered Bowen Islanders two options for moving forward with the cabins in Davies Orchard. The dots on the above concept board represent people’s preferences, including a third option - written by members of the community, which would mean keeping all the cottages.
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Islanders converge on Davies Orchard
I have heard less than complimentary remarks about the current survey about the ferry schedule. In hopes of encouraging the maximum possible participation by Bowen ferry users, I thought I’d explain the background. BC Ferries is very dismayed at its poor on time performance (OTP) on the routes that serve Langdale and Bowen. Fewer than 70% of Langdale sailings are on time, the worst performance in the entire fleet. The Bowen run is almost as bad. Their challenge is berth congestion at Horseshoe Bay. With a narrow entrance to the Bay, more runs than at Tsawwassen, and only three berths, there is little leeway in the system. If one ferry is late, it will likely delay others. And half of the dockings are the Queen of Capilano. To address this, BC Ferries plans to introduce a revised, more forgiving, ‘spread’ schedule, with more time between sailings. They plan to achieve this by having the crews work 10 hour shifts instead of the current 8 hours. (This will have the advantage for BC Ferries of reducing overtime costs.) Make no mistake: a ‘spread’ schedule is coming. The survey is our chance to express our priorities and preferences. In fact, several months ago, I was told that BC Ferries had a revised schedule ready to implement in June 2017: they brought it to the Ferry Advisory Committees as an information item. However, when we and the Sunshine Coast committee saw what was proposed, we protested in the strongest terms. So BC Ferries offered us a choice between implementation of that awful schedule and public consultation during the summer. We chose public consultation.
MP credits community for reversing DFO cuts Salmonids in the Classroom program and Resource Restoration Unit will continue MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
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Back in 1977, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) launched the Salmonid Enhancement program in British Columbia, and made citizens key partners in efforts to reverse the decline of all pacific salmon species as well as cutthroat and steelhead trout. A few weeks ago, this relationship was rocked by news that DFO was cutting key aspects of this funding. On June 15, North Vancouver MP
Between 50 and 60 people attended the Davies Orchard Open House last Saturday, hosted by Metro Vancouver Parks. Jeff Fitzpatrick, division director for Metro Parks, says that while many people are passionate about the heritage cottages and keeping them all, there has been a lot of feedback expressing interest in creating bookable spaces out of one or two of the cottages, as well as a nature-scape for families and children. He adds that a report on the public consultations will likely come out in the fall, and a decision on how to proceed with changes to Davies Orchard will be made after that. a Bunch of People Productions community amateur theatre
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That is the back story. BC Ferries have engaged Context Research of Victoria to conduct the survey and to elicit views in other ways too. There was a focus group workshop on Bowen in May, and on June 20, 30 and July 1 they will be at HSB terminal conducting ‘intercept surveys’ with vehicle and foot passenger traffic waiting for the ferry. The survey is available online at bcferries.com/about/ontime-sc/. Context Research have also supplied paper copies for anyone who does not use a computer at the Library, the General Store and the Muni. I’m grateful to all concerned for making the paper surveys available. Tina Nielsen, the Librarian, has also offered IT help to anyone who would like to complete the survey online at the Library. More than 600 responses have been submitted from Bowen so far, a good amount for our population, but I am also aware that not everyone has seen the invitation to participate, and that others who have started the survey have been deterred by certain questions. Context Research have been receptive to feedback on these points and some of the directions in the survey have been revised. What is BC Ferries trying to find out? In essence, they want to know the amount of flexibility users have in sailing times and the strength of feeling about keeping certain sailings where they are. For some of us, having a sailing at a particular time might be crucial for getting to work on time, for others, it is not going to make much difference whether it’s 10 minutes earlier or later: we can adapt. We already do adapt to the summer/winter schedule change, after all. I hope that this background might encourage anyone who has not yet completed the survey to do so. The survey will run until July 5, 2017.
Sunday 25 @ 6 pm CANCELLED
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Terry Beech reported to the Standing Committee for Fisheries and Oceans that there will be no changes to the Salmonid Enhancement program, and West Vancouver Sea-to-Sky MP Pamela Goldsmith-Jones credited community action on the issue for this change. “This is very good news for us. I am grateful to the hundreds of community volunteers whose passion and deep knowledge of wild salmon and wild salmon habitat helped me and my colleagues to portray the importance of the restoration work supported by the Salmonid Enhancement Program,” stat-
ed Goldsmith-Jones. “Minister LeBlanc fought for BC, and for the critical role the DFO staff play in the classroom and in the restoration units, to attract millions of dollars in funding from numerous community partners, and to encourage and support thousands of volunteers who do the actual work of salmon habitat restoration.” Locally, the President of the Bowen Island Fish and Wildlife Club, Tim Pardee, simply says he is thrilled that the Salmonid in the Classroom Program and the work of the Resource Restoration Unit will continue.
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Is there any hope for the future of our children? Dear Editor, Barely an issue of the Undercurrent newspaper goes by without more dire warnings of the disastrous events that are about to befall our population. So that the outside world doesn’t think that we are all retrogressive thinkers I would like to balance the scales a bit. Let’s examine the suggestion that we are told is going to occur when a tanker carrying LNG crashes against the shores of Bowen Island killing us all. What is going to happen to cause that tanker to veer off course, crash into the island and kill us all? Believe it or not there at least 3,000 large vessels passing Bowen Island every month, and probably more. To the best of my knowledge not one of them has ever crashed into our island. So why would a tanker carrying LNG operated by very skilled and highly experienced marine workers escorted by a flotilla of tow boats crash into our island? Canada, and in particular British Columbia, has prospered over the years by exporting natural resources on large ocean-going vessels, carrying lumber, minerals, gas, oil, (every day 5 million barrels of oil are exported from Canada), wheat and fish to overseas buyers. Why are LNG tankers any more likely to veer off course and crash than any of the vessels? If our overseas trade is interrupted by the doomsday crowd what will happen to our working population in those industries that rely upon jobs and pay cheques? Jobs create income. Income creates prosperity. This is not to deny the benefits of renewable energy, and hopefully, the cleansing of the environment, but renewable energy is not going to be able to heat the homes and workplaces of millions of people here and around the world or supply enough energy to meet the demands of factories, heavy industrial and commercial vehicles, airplanes, ships, trains, etc. Let’s not allow the naysayers to destroy the quality of life we enjoy by trying to frighten us with preposterous statements. Respectfully, R. Gerry Sear
Kayaks and tourism To the Editor: The article in on the kayak shop on the pier (Bowen Island Sea Kayaking) in the June 16 issue of The Undercurrent mentioned how popular the kayaks are with tourists from around the world. Recently, Joan and I were on one of our many visits to a resort on Treasure Island, a small island in Fiji. So, there I was on the beautiful beach chatting to a young lady who was waiting to go para-sailing. I opened the conversation by asking where she was from and was told she was from England. I told her I was from Bowen Island. She told me she had been kayaking around Bowen a few days before. In fact, she even remembered paddling past our home on Tunstall Bay. She told me that was the high point of her world adventure. Ian G. Henley
Where to donate to WISH Dear Editor, I write to let people know that donations for WISH, the downtown eastside drop-in support centre for survival sex workers, can from now be brought to the Knick Knack Nook. Bowen Island has been sending donations to WISH since 2009 and they are greatly appreciated. In 2015, the Bowen Island Fibre Arts Guild, under the leadership of AnneMarie Atherton as a special project, made really beautiful makeup bags for the women who benefit from WISH. Up until now, The Office at Artisan Square, under Janice Skeels and then Margaret Miller, has generously provided storage space for the donations until the team of drivers could transport them to the city. I am really grate-
ful to them for their help and to the team of women who drive the donations into the city. I am also very grateful to Donna Scorer and the KKN team for finding a space for these donations at the Nook - and I thank everyone who has donated items over the years. As a reminder, items that can be donated include: women’s clothing, bras, panties, socks, tights, feminine hygiene products, makeup and toiletries, toothbrushes, toothpaste, coats, hats, gloves, umbrellas, walking shoes and boots. If you have any questions or would like to join the team of drivers to make the drops, please contact me at susannablues@gmail. com. Susanna Braund
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It is time for a cultural upgrade! SHAHAR RABI
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The current crisis of addiction, depression and anxiety should not to be blamed only on people’s lifestyle, genetics or ‘disorders’. These are symptoms of profound disconnection that human beings are experiencing all over the world. The disintegration of communities might be subtle in some cases but the suffering adds up. With less co-regulation, low inner (community) resources, and a fragmented common (ecological) ground for meaning, purpose and values, connections fall apart and with them so do people and families. In his brilliant article titled “How to Enslave People With Addiction”, Charles Eisenstein, (2014) writes: Remove as much as possible all opportunities for meaningful self-expression and service. Instead, co-erce people into deadend labor just to pay the bills and service the debts. Seduce others into living off such labor of others ... Cut people off from nature and from place. At most let nature be a spectacle or venue for recreation, but remove any real intimacy with the land. Source food and medicine from thousands of miles away ... Move life— especially children’s lives —indoors. Eisenstein is pointing to a (very) sad truth. When the abandonment of our deepest needs occur, people use avoidance strategies to neither hear the ‘scream’ from within nor sense the devastation of their communities and environment. We need to take a broader view of the social conditions of human suffering and understand how deeply global change and the forces of the free market ideology have effected each and every level of our social-cultural engagement. When we start to register that, like any other force, current global economics are carving our social typography and redefining the ways in which we understand ourselves and our place in the world.
As globalization ‘hits’ new shores, humanity is responding as best it can. However, it seems to me that we are mostly re-acting instead of adapting. Adaptation (which is part of evolution) is what is needed most these days— not only on a personal level, but also between people— in groups, with friends, within families and in communities. What can be done? I believe that we need to upgrade our cultural ‘operating system’. This new ‘operating system’ should help us arrive at the future of our choice, not the future of our misdoings. As we increased in complexity, the need for a socio-cultural vision that could hold multiple perspectives while simultaneously focus on the holistic, global and integral nature of things grow. A vision that holds depth and span (beyond the post-truth era) and allows for synergy and a new view of our unfolding essence. What would this look like? Well, that’s complicated.... I promise I will be writing much more about this critical issue in the months to come. I will point at what can be done and the reasons to our current situation. But for now, I would like to focus on three basic foundations for a successful upgrade to even be possible Firstly, fewer ideas, but better integration: We have so many ideas, programs, platforms and solutions to the epidemic of addiction, depression and anxiety. Most of them are great and highly effective on the individual level but don’t have as much efficacy on the wider scope of change. Secondly, safety is key: there cannot be sustainable growth without equilibrium and that can only come when the organism feels safe. Safety is the ground on which life can thrive and bloom. The lack of safety and ground is one of our biggest challenges as a society because so many people are uprooted and dislocated. Without this foundation, it is extremely difficult to explore needs, values and feelings. Without learning how
to be together in a respectful and caring way (that honours the developmental needs of ourselves and others), people won’t feel they can show up as who they are in their full beauty AND ugliness, in their brilliance and small-mindedness. Third, we need more adaptation and less re-action: When new epidemics erupt, new medications are needed. If we use this metaphor for our times, we can see that we will not resolve this crisis by behavioural reactions (spending more money, providing more psychiatric medications to clients and so on). The new ‘medications/solutions’ will be found in the most basic patterns of life... In the basic patterns of evolution, adaptation and human development. If we use the current US election as one example, we will discover that the election was less about left vs. right and more about stages of consciousness ‘fighting’ for dominance. As a global community, our social challenges and personal burdens can be transformed—or at least find equilibrium—by a deep listening to life, nature and soul. Life calls us to re-invent ourselves as co-creators. Always available for discovery—evolving, self-organizing, unifying. For we are born from and are a part of the Cosmos. This means that a pulsation of harmony is present in us at any given time when we pay attention. It might not be enough to ‘fight the power’ on a global scale, but it may be enough to help our family members and clients find new connections and purpose that are bigger than their sense of isolation. I see this pulsation to be the baseline for future research, not for its ontological truth, but from a place of open inquiry and most importantly, hope.
Shahar Rabi is a registered clinical counsellor and co-founder and director of Education for the New Earth Institute in Vancouver. He has years of experience in treating trauma, addiction, depression, and anxiety.
Islanders find hope for summer in annual Strawberry Tea Continuing the tradition first started by the congregation of St. Gerard’s mission, Bowen Island United Church celebrated the annual Strawberry Tea, on June 17 and 18. The “Junuary weather” meant we had to postpone the tea for three weeks until the strawberries were ripe. It was worth the wait as the strawberry shortcake and tea, chocolate dipped strawberries, silent auction, kids’ fish pond, clothing, treasures from the attic, raffle baskets and other activities meant there was a buzz of community spirit throughout the two days. Many thanks to the scores of volunteers who helped make this friendly event a success!!! --Carol MacKinnon
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Who do YOU think are the islanders who make a difference? Naming Bowen Island’s Citizen of the Year is a tough job. That’s because so many islanders do so much to enhance the special lifestyle that this community enjoys. Volunteering comes in such varied forms. There is the traditional volunteer who donates the essential hours needed to staff, for instance, the library or art gallery and those who accept truly daunting challenges to run events or develop island amenities. Then of course there are all the low key heroes who have quietly focused, year after year, at making the island a better place. We need your input to honour these acts of kindness. This year we’d like the community’s recognition to be a bit more inclusive. So we ask: Who do you think has made a difference to Bowen?
You can be a key part of the Citizen of the Year judging process. Send us your suggestions. We look for remarkable service, leadership or project accomplishment. Include your name, and the name of your nominee plus some background and detailed reasons for your choice.
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On the calendar Saturday June 24 First official Farmer’s Market of summer 10 -12am at BICS
Scooter business aims for positive environmental impact from P1
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“There are lots of people who say that purchasing carbon offsets simply justifies behaviours that cause environmental harm,” he says. “The way I see it, people need to travel and if we are going to affect change we need to do it by working with as many people as possible and that often starts with things like offsetting.” To achieve carbon positivity, Zoom Zoom Bowen made a total of five Tonnes of carbon offsets which Woodall described as “very affordable.” The money from those payments was put into the Quadra Island Forestland Conservation Project, which acts as a carbon sink and protects biodiversity on the island. Mather says that he sees an opportunity for other businesses and organizations on Bowen to move towards carbon positivity, but he would recommend that groups “pool their emissions for purchasing,” in order to bring their volumes up to an amount that Offsetters can help you with. “We need to be offsetting a lot more carbon,” says Mather. “Not 5 or 10 percent more carbon, but 100 percent or more.”
Round Bowen Kayak Race 9am pre-race meet-up, 3pm awards ceremony (at the Pier)
Sunday June 25 West Coast Symphony Concert for the Community, 2pm BICS ‘Fracked!’ at the Tir-na-nOg Theater CANCELLED! Party’s On: Exhibition at the Museum & Archives Opening reception 2-5pm Family Drum Circle 2 - 4pm, Collins Hall
Saturday, July 1 Canada Day Celebration in Crippen Park Saturday July 8 Logger’s Show at Veteran’s Park Starting at 8am
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Most of you recycling regulars have noticed that the official closing time of BIRD has been nudged up to 2:20 to adjust to the high number of folks arriving at 2:29, inevitably leading to staff and volunteers having to regularly stay well beyond closing time. So you’ll see our faithful Sean or other volunteers standing by the gate to open it for folks leaving the depot between 2:20 and 2:30. As you can expect, The Knick Knack Nook has the same issue with folks arriving just before closing to drop off or browse requiring our volunteers to stay beyond their scheduled shift. So the KKN board has decided to align with BIRD and is also moving their closing time to 2:20. In order to give those hard working volunteers a break, note that the Nook will be closed from Sat. July 1st, Sun. July 2nd, and Mon. July 3rd. Due to renovations, the Office in Artisan Square is no longer able to accept the donations for the WISH Drop-In Centre, so the KKN has agreed to become the drop off point, on a trial basis since a space is somewhat limited. We are offering scholarships for post-secondary studies which develop the capacity of individuals to advance environmental sustainability. The deadline is June 26. Get the info and application on our website! Thanks for your support for Bowen Island’s treasured re-use it store!
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Here is the long anticipated announcement of our special events, guided tours, as well as our guest of honor and the entertainment for the Opening reception right after the AGM on Sunday the 25th of June, from 2-5pm. • 2:15 Bob Doucet. With original songs from his newly released CD on guitar and squeezebox. Known for his solo gigs at the local pubs and coffee houses, or with Bowen’s Best Dressed Bluegrass Band, The Lawn Dogs, or as the even better dressed squire of The Black Sheep Morris Dancers. • 3:15 The Chillbillies. From their humble beginnings as eager participants at Nimblefingers Music Camp, this group of long time friends came together through their shared love of acoustic music of all kinds, especially fun and upbeat tunes and tight harmony singing. The Chillbillies are Liz Watson (bass), Lorraine Ashdown (guitar), Dyan Spear (mandolin), and Susan Munro (fiddle and ukulele). • 4:15 The Black Sheep Morris Dancers have been a part of the cultural life of Bowen Island since 2001! The Group dances around Vancouver, the Okanagan, the UK, and the USA and in their own words huge fun and a great way to see the world. The winner’s of our Bowen Island song contest will be announced right after the Black Sheep. We are incredibly thrilled that our guest of honor will be Rita Greenlaw. She is known for her participation in the Christmas Hamper and the coordination of the Bowfest parade, but she left her strongest mark as organizer for the most incredible Haunted Houses known even on the mainland and her move off the island left a gap that is still felt today.
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For Ashala I can’t yet pick the foxgloves that before you left used to tumble out from every container we could find this time of year, filling our home with their beauty… foxgloves that twenty-one years ago fell all over themselves volunteering to grace — a foxglove fantasy — CNIB’s Lodge by the Sea that bright sunshiny morning when we all tried our very best to begin to say goodbye… foxgloves that now — as spring optimistically rushes headlong into summer and the earth is lush and the days are long and warm — fill the island (evermoreso) with your (incredible) presence. and your (equally incredible) absence… this time of year, when the foxgloves stand in glorious attention along our road ways, it’s almost as if the tall ones become you, standing there, thumb out, (amber) eyes meeting eyes, the epitome of youthful insouciance. bowen’s everychild, and with that sudden and amazing smile… i can’t yet pick the foxgloves that before you left used to tumble out from every container we could find this time of year, filling our home with their beauty… surely, something deserves to stay… wild and free? Ashala Matthew august 4, 1979 - june 24, 1996
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After the Steamships: Another Golden Age in Davies Orchard LAURA QUILICI SUBMISSION
As a newcomer to Bowen Island, a lover of history and someone interested in community issues, I am rapidly becoming familiar with Davies Orchard and the discussions surrounding the fate of the historic cottages there. I have also read Irene Howard’s account of the importance of the cottages, particularly during the Steamship era on Bowen Island. But two oral histories recently collected may shed light on a later “Golden Age” of these cabins, particularly for a group of artists, dreamers, and independent thinkers. The following excerpts are taken from my interviews with Connie Wright and Rita Greenlaw, both members of the Davies Orchard community in the 1980s and 1990s.
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CW: I moved into one of the old cottages just at the time that Crippen Park was created in 1983 and I stayed for 19 years. The experience of living there was phenomenal. It was a total community. All the cabins were outfitted, everybody worked, we all kept an eye out for each other. I’d say it was really one of the most special times of my life. I loved living there. RG: In 1991, I moved into one of the old Union Steamship cabins - number twelve. Was it pink? It always seemed pink to me because historically, I think they were pink. It’s disastrous and heartbreaking to look at its condition right now because when it was my home, there was just so much joy and so much energy that came out of there. The nickname for members of our community was MEOWs - Middle Aged Orchard Women. But we weren’t all middle aged, for crying out loud! And there may have been one or two token men there too. We were really close women, we were peers, and we had the same type of energy. We were cat-loving, creatively independent women! We also hosted many celebrations. We had “Tea and Toast” parties, croquet afternoons complete with cucumber sandwiches, and a number of festive picnics in the Orchard where people came in costumes of every type. There was always lots of buffoonery and were all very theatrical. It was just fun. CW: When I lived in the Orchard, two different writers were there as well as other artists. I’ve supported myself my whole life by creating. I’m a fibre artist but I was also doing sculptural things. I just found it very inspirational to live there - the mountains, the ocean and just the feel of that community in the Orchard. It has an aura to it that I think is very real. To this day, when I walk around there I feel like I can hear the voices of people from the past whispering. Because, everyone that ever spent any time on Bowen always had a memory of the Orchard and the cottages there. RG: We were all creative. We were all vitally involved in making and creating. We were witnessing each other’s lives. The Orchard always had its own little identity down in the Cove. It really was very special. Because it had so much history, the Orchard and those cabins - I couldn’t believe I was living in one! I felt kind of honoured in a certain way. I miss the Bowen I was part of. Wholeheartedly, I miss it. The Orchard community was a big part of that. I’d venture to say the Golden Age might have been the 1990s. The arts were flourishing, there was a creative spark there. Everybody was involved and we always had events going on. We had to make our own fun - this was pre-pub so we had to be creative with our time. CW: Those cottages could continue to be phenomenal. They could be workshops, they could be craft stores, artist studios. When I lived in the Orchard, all the artists living in that area just made for a vibrant community. Bowen is filled with artists because it’s just so creative here. And the Orchard and its cottages could still be that way - a vibrant community in the heart of Bowen. If you or someone you know lived in one of the Davies Orchard cottages, I’d love to hear from you so that I may capture your stories. Please contact me at lauq@telus.net or through the Bowen Island Museum and Archives where I volunteer.
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Connie Wright lived in the Davies Orchard community for 19 years. Laura Qulici, photo
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Through the Kitchen Window: Carrie Wheeler be featured amongst these other incredible chefs, so they all really tried to out-do each other. I get super inspired by their combinations and creativity.
Who’s your biggest culinary influence and what did they teach you? My husband, Jaman Lloyd, is my biggest culinary influence. He has no fear in the kitchen! He loves to dive deep into researching heirloom vegetables, old timey cooking and preserving techniques as well as exploring a vast array of spices in international cuisines. He then takes that knowledge and experiments with lots of bold flavours. He has a lot more confidence in the kitchen than I do, and he’s taught me to just let go of pre-conceived notions of which flavour profiles and ingredients are ‘supposed’ to work together. The Copper Kettle Sour Citrus Pepper Sauce as well as our Cranberry Chai Hot Sauce were both the beautiful result of not being afraid of making mistakes. And now they are two of our best selling sauces! When did you realize you loved to cook? Frankly, I love the eating part more than the cooking part! I really started to enjoy cooking once I realized that dinner doesn’t need to be fancy. You don’t need a lot of ingredients or steps (hello one-pot-pasta) to make delicious food, fast.
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There are so many people on Bowen who not only love to eat, but love to cook. While some of our foodie friends kindly offer us the opportunity to taste their food by opening up restaurants, there are so many others whose food-lives are unknown to us. This column is an attempt to pry open the kitchen windows of our local friends and neighbours who have a passion for cooking. Some of them are trained chefs, some of them make a living from cooking, and others are self-taught, excellent, passionate home-cooks. If you have a foodie friend who might make a great feature, please contact: editor@bowenislandundercurrent.com Bowen Islanders Carrie Wheeler and her husband Jaman Llyod are the owners of Copper Kettle Fine Foods.
What’s your comfort food? Soup and a sandwich, specifically Vegan Pho Soup and Jerked Tofu Banh Mi (recipe below). I get huge cravings for it, and could probably eat it every day. Luckily, with our company, Copper Kettle Fine Foods, we have an endless supply of Jamaican Jerk Wet Rub on hand so we can make the Banh Mi anytime! If you could only have one cookbook… If I *must* choose, it would be GREAT CHEFS COOK VEGAN by Linda Long. 25 of arguably the greatest chefs were tasked to create a 3-4 course vegan meal. None of them have vegan restaurants, though they knew that their work was to
Tell me about a culinary challenge, and how you overcame it. For example, when you had to adapt to a particular diet or allergy, or when you had to learn a totally new cooking style. I spent a great deal of my life eating convenience foods from cans and boxes and take out. Simply put, I did not know how to cook anything, only how to heat it up. My friends still joke about the time I seriously burned frozen pizza bagels how do you screw up pizza bagels? But when I transitioned to a plant based diet a dozen years ago, I was forced to teach myself how to cook everything from scratch. So much packaged food contains (often hidden) animal ingredients, not to mention incredibly high amounts of sodium and sugar and food colouring and all sorts of junk. I didn’t want to put that in my body, so I spent an incredible amount of time learning everything about nutrition and food preparation in my early 30’s. I would make huge portions of food as if I was feeding an army, and then call Jaman over to my place to be my proverbial guinea pig. That’s how we fell in love, over the dinner table, with him trying out all of my crazy new recipes and eating my leftovers - plus he would do all of the dishes afterward - how do you not fall in love after that? How has living on Bowen influenced your cooking? Living on Bowen encouraged us to start a whole new business in the culinary sector. When we moved here we joined the Bowen Vegetarian Potluck Group. We arrived to our first dinner party with our dish and a Hostess Gift of our homemade vegan Worcestershire Sauce. Several group members tried the sauce that night and asked where they could buy it. With each subsequent dinner party, more and more people
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This recipe requires marinating tofu and pickling vegetables at least one hour in advance. The longer, the better, preferably overnight for maximum flavour. Ingredients: - 1 package (350g) of Extra Firm Tofu - 1/2 cup Copper Kettle Jamaican Jerk Wet Rub - 1 French Baguette (from Artisan Eats!), cut into quarters (sandwich sized) - 1/2 cup cilantro - 2 carrots, shredded - 1 small Spanish onion, sliced thinly on the mandolin - 1 jalapeño, sliced - 1/4 cup water - 1/4 cup vinegar - 1 tsp sugar - 2 tsp olive oil - pinch of salt - vegan mayo (to taste) - hot sauce (to taste) *try Copper Kettle Pineapple Rum Habanero Sauce Instructions: • Drain tofu and cut into 1/2 inch strips. In a bowl, gently coat tofu strips with Copper Kettle Jamaican Jerk Wet Rub. Cover and let marinate at least one hour, or preferably overnight. • In a separate bowl, combine vinegar, water, sugar and salt. Submerge carrots and onion in the mixture. If not completely submerged, add more vinegar and water at a one to one ratio until the vegetables are completely covered. Place in refrigerator at least one hour, or preferably overnight. • Preheat oven to 350°C. Spread jerked tofu strips evenly on a lightly oiled baking tray. Cover the strips with any excess marinade and bake for 30 minutes, turning once half way through baking. • Lightly toast sliced baguettes in the still hot oven for 2-5 minutes. • Assemble sandwiches with mayo, jerked tofu, pickled vegetables (drained), jalapeños, cilantro and hot sauce. • Makes 4 sandwiches. ENJOY!!
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Venturing beyond Life underwater inspires songwriter our daily mien LISA SHATSKY SUBMISSION
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For most of us, reading poetry is an uncommon occurrence. Poetry requires a focus and stillness we don’t often afford ourselves. So when our Island poet Jude Neale recently read from her latest collection, she offered us a rare and quiet contemplation. Splendid in its Silence is Jude’s fifth book of poetry which delivers what we seek in poetry – entry to deep thought and elevated feeling. Jude read a dozen poems to a few weeks ago to full house of appreciative listeners. Her artistic gift is the ability to capture an everyday moment and elevate it to an iconic experience. In Jude’s poems we can dwell in the rarified space that poetry opens for us. She began with the title poem which set the tone for all that followed – the memorializing of life’s fleeting yet monumental moments. We feel the intimate longing at the side of a dying spouse, the push from the wind urging a lover’s decision, the child’s elation of first communion in new shoes. The most poignant moment for me was a mother’s emptiness in the wake of her daughter’s leaving home as she experiences the fading warmth, the lingering scent, the impression on the bed. The images and ideas in Jude’s condensed expressions invite our vulnerability and reward us with an unexpected perspective, a tilt through her characteristic turn of phrase that elicits an emotional reaction – a tear, a gasp, a chuckle, even a shiver. Hearing Jude recite in her mellifluous voice from Splendid in its Silence was to be transported to a rich inner life. Her melodious performance drew on her singer’s talent, and gave lilt and phrasing that will now forever echo in my future readings. Whether in recitation or on the page, Jude’s poetry touches us, and offers our community a connection to our deeper selves and to each other. We can relate to her poetic expressions that speak to our shared experiences as Bowen Islanders and to a world beyond our daily mien. Jude Neale’s volumes of poetry can be found at the Phoenix, at Amazon.ca, and at http://judeneale.ca
The talented Amber Spitovski has been showing up in all kinds of places on and off Bowen Island with her wonderful music and vibrant personality. I was finally able to catch up with Spitkovski who goes by Amber Mae, and sit down to chat with her. She is a busy lady, dividing her time between creating and playing her music and diving under water to clean boats, change zincs, and create beautiful underwater videos, which are all part of her day job (her business called Underwaterangel Diving Services and is known by most boaters on and off Bowen Island). I wanted to ask Amber Mae some questions about her music since we had seen her perform at various events on Bowen this past year and we were impressed by her sense of style and powerful voice. Can you tell us how you became a musician and your background in music? Amber Mae : I’ve always been interested in music, from my earliest memories as a kid until now. I was always creating songs and poems and putting the two together. I’ve studied music as an adult and have some training as a music therapist too. Music is in some way a part of every aspect of my life. I notice your new CD which you recently produced with Randy Doherty - called Buoyancy - has a connection, at least in its title, to your work as a diver. Is there a connection between your music and the sea? Amber Mae: Yes, there is for sure a connection between the two. It might have something to do with how you have to have a relationship with the water just as you have a relationship with music. When I’m working on a new song, I can’t force it, rather, I just have to wait and listen and work with what rises up inside me. And when you’re diving you also can’t rush to the surface or rush to the bottom, it’s like you have to work with the effects of buoyancy and the effects of a change in perspective, which water definitely creates. Both song writing and diving require patience and an ability to work with the currents and what rises up around us, in the darkness and in the light. Can you say what you hope people feel or take away from your music? Amber Mae: Yes, I hope my music touches people in a way that opens them and allows them to come into contact with
the beauty and the mystery of what it means to be connected to ourselves and other people and this earth. I hope my music has a healing quality too in some way. And of course, I hope my music inspires people to get up and dance and have a lot of fun!
Amber Mae will be playing again on Bowen Island on June 30th at Doc Morgan’s and it’s bound to be an awesome night. Also, if you are in town, you can catch her at Pat’s Pub on June 22 which is having a fund raiser for the downtown eastside. As the fundraiser poster says, music heals. Indeed it does. And with Amber Mae, also known as Underwater Angel, her music taps into the depths of all the oceans within us. Don’t miss her!
Amber Mae Spitovsky on stage with John Stiver and Cameron Hood.
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