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No is possible
But open to dialogue preferred, MLA Sturdy on Logging
Memory Lane
Perspective on Mannion Bay
Rocking out
Bowen’s unconventional music teacher
Logging interest prompts swift reaction BCTS rejects requests to extend public comment period
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Over the weekend, Bowen Islanders learned that BC Timber Sales (BCTS) in Chilliwack, BC has access to parcels of Crown Land on the island and is interested in engaging the municipality on opportunities to harvest trees on that land. Council chambers overflowed on Monday evening with citizens eager to speak their mind and hear what council had to say on this issue. By Tuesday, Islanders were already organizing to oppose the plan. Mayor Murray Skeels shifted the agenda of Monday’s meeting so that the public comment section, which was made up entirely of points opposing industrial logging activity on Bowen, coincided with council’s discussion on the issue. André Chollat told council that while Islanders understand that the Provincial Government can do what it pleases with Crown Land, Bowen is the wrong place to be harvesting trees for commercial purposes. “Times are changing, and as we see right now in the Caribou, wrong decisions can have unintended consequences and costs.... Crown land makes up 60% of our land to be left in its natural state regulating our water reserves, and climate conditions,” said Chollat. Hugh Freeman brought up the impacts felt by islanders while Cape Roger Curtis was being logged, and urged council to enact bylaws directed specifically towards logging, logging trucks, logging helicopters and woodlots. “Our island consists within a boundary, and that boundary is the shoreline. And even though the properties within the island are park land, called crown land, we have some control over it, it’s within our boundaries. And similarly we have a little area of water around the island in our letters pattent that should allow us to prevent fairly significant permit seeking by logging companies,” said Freeman. John Dowler took issue with BCTS’s public comment period taking place in the summer, when many residents are taking vacation and those involved in the tourist industry are
working “full-tilt.” Mayor Murray Skeels followed up these, and other comments, with the perspective that so far, the process followed by BC Timber has not served Bowen Island well. “We received a fairly innocuous letter sent to our chief corporate officer, suggesting they would like to meet with council in a Committee of the Whole. Then before we know it there is an ad in The Undercurrent, which I don’t think most people picked up on as being related to anything. Now we find out their public engagement process is set to end on September 6. So, the process to date has not moved well.” Skeels suggested that council write a letter in return to Enrique Sanchez, from BC Timber Sales, inviting him to a Council of the Whole meeting but also requesting that he extend the date for public comment and change the scheduled July 30th open house to a later date. Sue Ellen Fast suggested that the Official Community Plan (OCP) and the Crown Lands Report made in the year 2000 may be useful tools in dealing with logging proposals, and allies will be found through Islands Trust and other community groups. After some further discussion, Fast mentioned that she and Bonny Brokenshire, Manager of Parks and Environment, met with Sanchez on June 30. “What I gathered, was that the previous Forest Stewardship Plan was done in 2006, and Bowen Island wasn’t in it. Our new Bill 12 and Bill 25 would allow BC Timber Sales to allow BCTS to bring Bowen Island into the boundary. Benefits, I asked, and he said revenue, jobs, local companies would benefit. I said I don’t think we have local companies and he said, well you have a loggers festival coming up,” said Fast, recounting the meeting. She says she asked questions about water quality, and brought up points about climate change, logging trucks and property values. “I thought, by the end of it... I had been persuasive, and Bonny had been doing her staff thing asking questions and I thought he would go away but he didn’t. Next thing I know, we got this
This map shows the areas of Crown Land assigned to BC Timber Sales (BCTS) by the Fraser Timber Supply Area in yellow. Enrique Sanchez of BCTS says that within those portion exists an Annual Timber Yield of 8,288 m3. He adds that this is typically the maximum amount that could be harvested on an annual basis. From BIM Council Agenda for July 10, 2017
letter and saw this ad in the paper.” Council continued to discuss the issue and how best to move forward in a strategic sense. After a lengthy discussion, they agreed to
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The project was set in motion earlier this year when Bowen Island Municipality received a $3,890,367 grant from the joint Federal/Provincial Building Canada Fund – Small Communities Component. The grant represents a 2/3 share of the cost of the full-scale water treatment plant.
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Not logging is not an option, Sanchez “No” is an acceptable answer which occurred in 1991. That last harvest focused on the north end Sturdy urges open dialogue on forestry The following day, after summarizing the of the island, near Hood Point West.
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meeting on Facebook, Dave Pollard suggested that members of the community write letters to Enrique Sanchez of BCTS stating their objection to logging on Bowen. John Stiver posted the response he recieved from Sanchez that afternoon stating that the dates of the public comment period and the open house on July 30 will not be changed. In a phone interview with The Undercurrent a short time later, Sanchez confirmed his unwillingness to change the dates of the public comment period. “The current Forest Stewardship Plan (FSP) is going to expire on December 1, and we need one in place before it does,” he says. “Once a new one is approved, BCTS will engage the community in putting together a 20 year plan that would solidify the details about how and when timber harvesting would be done on Bowen Island. This process would take several years as it would require extensive community conversations and meetings, essentially, the community would be taking ownership of how the forest is managed.” The current FSP was created in 2006, and although these plans have five-year terms, they can be extended - as this one was. Sanchez says that the 2006 plan does not include Bowen, as BCTS recognized that the forest required time to regenerate following the last timber harvest,
“According to the provincial database for this area, small patches of timber totaling approximately 9 hectares were harvested using small openings inside of which clearcut Siviculture systems were used,” explains Sanchez. “The harvested areas have the objective to minimize impact on local resources. The areas were planted and monitored for stocking. The original stand was of Douglas Fir and had an age of approximately 100 years.” Sanchez explained that each year on Bowen, the trees within the 1,400 hectares of land accessible to BCTS grow approximately 8,233m3. “Your harvest really shouldn’t exceed the growth, although there are some cases in which that is possible to manage for a specific value,” says Sanchez. “The conversation will go back and forth and the amount to be harvested will be based on that. The community knows more about the local watersheds than I do, as well as the recreational opportunities that need to be maintained and enhanced. This is why I need their input in a 20 year plan.” When asked about whether not harvesting timber on Bowen would be a possibility, based on community input, Sanchez replied that this is not an option. The 1400 hectares assigned to BCTS on Bowen island are part of the working forest and contribute to the Fraser Timber Supply area’s rate of harvest.
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West Vancouver Sea-to-Sky MLA and provincial Environment Minister Jordan Sturdy says news of potential logging on Bowen Island was brought to his attention several days ago by concerned constituents. He says that Bowen Island is likely one of many places across the province that has received a request for consultation on current Forest Stewardship Plans (FSP), and he is urging islanders to be open to dialogue. “As far as I know, this is happening now because because the Forest Practices Review Board, which is a body appointed by government to set forestry standards across the province, conducted an audit and found that communities felt they were not being adequately consulted when it came to forestry,” says Sturdy. “So they have asked for a renewal of all the FSP’s across the province with the aim of improving the level of community consultation.” Sturdy likens an FSP to an OCP (Official Community Plan), meaning that both are land-use planning tools created through community input. “If the community provided certain feedback on this plan, but that was not reflected in the final version of it then that would indicate a disconnect, and I would step in on behalf of the community,” says Sturdy. “Certainly, the community could say no to logging, that is a reasonable answer. Timber harvesting objectives need to be met somehow, but if Bowen doesn’t want to be a part of that land base, we would have to deternine how we would want to proceed in terms of designating that land provincially, and look into precedents in how to shift that designation.”
He adds that, while he would support the community in that decision, Sturdy sees approaching these conversations with a sense of openness as being more constructive. “There is so much that could be discussed and considered. Interface fire management could be an outcome, a community forest could be a possibility, a horse logging operation, an industry in non-timber forest products, I really don’t know but I think this discussion would be open to all of that,” he says, and points to Whistler’s Cheakamus Community Forest as an example of another potentially positive outcome. This forest is jointly managed by the L’ilwat and Squamish First Nations as well as the Resort Municipality of Whistler. It ensures that First Nations benefit from logging operations instead of private forestry organizations, it ensures logging is done with considerations towards recreational, cultural and sustainability goals, and it sells carbon credits. “It should also be noted that any other timber licensee could propose logging on the designated areas on Bowen, including First Nations,” says Sturdy. “With that in mind it would be extremely helpful to have an FSP as a record of comment and community desires. I’ve seen this situation before, I’ve seen the reactions and I get the concern, but I would hope that people don’t jump to conclusions before even know what is being considered.” He adds that he is supportive of the bid to change the public comment period and hopeful that it can be changed. “I understand that the deadline is related to the expiry of the current FSP, but I am not sure that it can’t be shifted,” says Sturdy.
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2017 Referendum - Notice of Advanced Elector Registration This is what logging looked like on Bowen 100 years ago. The most recent round of commercial logging on Bowen Island was done on roughly 9 hectares of land in Hood Point West in 1991. Enrique Sanchez estimates that 4,500 cubic meters of lumber would have been removed at this time, over a period of nine months.
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It’s summertime... and the ferry’s late Dear Editor, Our ferry from Horseshoe Bay is often late leaving Horseshoe Bay or leaving Snug Cove Bowen Island. One of the reasons for this appears to be that quite often (particularly during the summer months) if a larger ferry for Vancouver Island or the Sunshine Coast is loading in Horseshoe Bay our little Bowen Island then gets delayed for 15-20 minutes, because BC Ferries always load the larger ferries first. Would it not seem more advantageous and perhaps better ferry management when two ferries are about to load at the same time for our little Bowen Island Ferry to be loaded FIRST ahead of the larger far longer loading time larger ferry. Bowen Island ferry, just for the cars and trucks, doesn’t take much longer to load than five minutes sometimes less. Because of the BC Ferries present policy of loading the larger and longer time to load ferries, our regular half hour sailings get constantly later and later during the mornings and afternoons. Yesterday the 12.45 p.m. ferry from Snug Cove didn’t leave until well after 1.15 p.m. because of the present “if you are bigger therefore you get first load service”. As a woman (now in my seventies) I find it amusing - this domination - “of because you are smaller/different than me, you are not as important”! Jeanie Seward-Magee
Heartfelt thanks from the Community Foundation Dear Editor, The Bowen Island Community Foundation is grateful to have been the recipient of recent donations made possible by events organized by fellow Bowen Islanders. Nicholas Bradford Fritz was the force behind a recent vinyl record swap, with support from Barry Thomas, and from Julie Cree and Christophe Langlois of Artisan Eats Café, which raised $333 for the Foundation. In addition, Cocoa West Chocolatier hosted a lovely community and
chocolate fundraiser in celebration of their 15th anniversary, with $2,700 in proceeds benefitting the Community Foundation. Congratulations and special thanks to Joanne Mogridge and Carlos VelaMartinez and daughter Eden for their sweet success on Bowen! Community events like this make it possible for the Foundation to build a more caring and connected community. We could not do it without you! With sincere gratitude, Bowen Island Community Foundation
Fracked was a blast! Thanks to all who came out
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one involved. As one of our cast members worded it: “…none of this would have happened without such a wonderfully supportive audience! I feel like we actually made a difference in raising awareness, and that feels really good and positive.”
We would like to thank Alistair Beaton the playwright of “Fracked!” for giving us special permission to stage the comedy four times on Bowen Island. We would like to thank the cast members, Helen Wallwork, Calder Stewart, Natasha Wehn, Adrian van Lidth de Jeude, Tanya Voormeij - de Zwart, Sam Spear, Daniele Colajacomo, Davin Killy, Julie Tetzner, Jim de Zwart, Robin de Zwart and Martin Clarke for their wonderful acting. We would like to
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The Bay that lives again Calling Artists to Create a Kids’ Library Card! MARYSIA MCGILVRAY SUBMISSION
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In the battered photo, my family is stepping into the future on the deck of The Georgic—the children in order from two to 17 years of age and then our parents. I’m second youngest. It was 65 summers ago, and we were sailing on The Georgic from England to Halifax to become Canadians. On the voyage, my father gave the keynote speech at a special banquet. It told the story of the ship. I listened and learned The Georgic was a motor vessel that began life as a passenger liner in 1932 but became a troop ship in World War II. In 1941, German aircraft bombed it at anchor south of the Suez Canal. Ammunition stores exploded, and it burned and sank. Incredibly, it was re-floated a few months later and towed 1,500 miles to “British India,” where my future father was chief executive of the Karachi Electric Supply Company. In 1942, to help the war effort, his electricians restored the motors and everything else electrical. After further work in Bombay (now Mumbai), The Georgic was a troop ship again. After the war, it was refitted as a passenger liner once more, enabling our Atlantic voyage in 1952. The story ended, “And that was how the Georgic came to be known as ‘the ship that lived again’.”
In 1958, our family came to Bowen, largely as seasonal residents, always as loyal Islanders on the north shore of Mannion Bay. In 1959, Dad retired young for health reasons, and he took up sculpting. He’d discern latent form in Bowen driftwood and carve exquisite sculptures from it in his boathouse studio, looking out at the bay, energized by its fresh smell, sights and sounds. One of Dad’s sculptures that’s still on Bowen is the main crucifix at St. Gerard’s Church, carved entirely in one piece from a cedar driftwood log from Mannion Bay. In essence, the driftwood was like the sunken shipwreck—seemingly just navigation hazards, but with much value when given a chance. Dad died in 1976. Only four of us in the Georgic photo are still alive, and we all conserve and restore in our own ways. With Mannion Bay, I’m simply a vocal supporter of Bruce Russell and Bonny Brokenshire as they team with council and community to restore the natural treasure. I see a Georgic connection, slightly in the bay’s sunken vessels but mainly in the clear thinking, resolve and goodwill to restore together for the common good. When I look across the recovering bay and ahead to what’s become possible, I imagine a fitting end to its story: “And that is how it came to be known as the bay that lived again.” Jim Wright is Past President of the Garden City Conservation Society and a Friend of Mannion Bay.
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The public can create and submit their designs on one of our sturdy card stock application packages, available for pickup at the library. Alternately, folks can print the 2-page package out from the library website. We will also accept designs on canvas or other supports, and digital designs are also welcome, as long as the file is printed for submission; either must be handed in with our agreement form, and must fit the card’s size ratio (3.375 x 2.125 inches). Head to bit.ly/kidscard for more information. Before the midsummer heat drives you out of your studio and into your hammock, get inspired to create something for the kids, to make their book check-outs a little more fun. The contest deadline is July 31, with the three winning designs announced in late August.
Create your design for a Kids’ Library card on card stock in our application packages, your own canvass or through a digital submission. Just be sure to get your design in to the Bowen Island Library by the end of the month!
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There’s something about spring on Bowen that makes the artist in us come alive. Although winter is perfect for “woodshedding” (to borrow a music term) — hunkering down and perfecting an artistic skill — the colours that reveal themselves after a long, cold season crave to be echoed in the works of artists, and we feel the call. Now it’s officially summer, and galleries also open up for longer tourist hours, and communities come together for group art shows and lessons, like the recent Community School Association Youth Art Show, which was filled to the brim with colourful creations. With this seasonal “urge to art”, the Bowen Island Public Library has joined in, offer-
ing another creative outlet for the artsy among us. The “Design a Kids’ Library Card Contest” is a chance for all Bowen Island artists, both aspiring and professional, to make a mark on Bowen culture, and encourage children’s literacy through art. Designs are already coming in, and even more are out there being created as we speak. Three different designs will be chosen to become limited edition children’s library cards, picked from different age categories, so both young and seasoned artists can compete, without competing against each other. All age and skill levels are encouraged to submit to this, whether you’re a pro graphic illustrator, a hobbyist practicing your design chops, or a newbie who’s only picked up a paintbrush this week.
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New Stage Music Studio wants An Open Garden highlight of 2017 to help Bowen kids rock-out MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
Standing on a stage carved out of a former storage room, Ross Doytchinov gets stars in his eyes talking about his love of rock music and the taste of stardom he experienced as a young man back in Bulgaria. “Rock music was illegal, which of course made it even more appealing,” says Ross. “My band played underground, and then, when things started to loosen up with Perestroika, we made it big. We played stadiums and other huge venues. Our band Episode created a heavy metal theatrical show complete with a medieval prop set decked out with gallows, torches, and coffins.” Later on, Ross moved to the Netherlands where he performed with some of the top Dutch rock bands and later opened a recording studio. “As a music producer and sound engineer, I worked with musicians and bands of all genres,” he says. “From working with them I learned how to develop and shape their creative musical ideas.” He says that he wants to offer all this experience to help young musicians on Bowen tap into their creativity and make it come alive on stage. He’s emptied out a storage room in his house and turned it into a recording studio with a stage to facilitate that work, and he’s calling it New Stage Music Studio. “I am not a teacher in the classical sense,” he says. “But I want to teach kids how to teach themselves. And on top of that, I want to teach them how to compose their own music, how to record, how to develop a stage presence, and tap in to their own unique voice – whatever that may be.”
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For the moment, Ross is working with students individually and in group settings with the idea to put on their own regular rock shows here on Bowen. “My dream is to help young musicians develop their talents and see them shine”, he says. To contact Ross Doytchinov, email him at rossd33@yahoo.com
Ross Doytchinov proudly displace a collage of his days as a rock star, standing on the stage at New Stage Music Studio. Meribeth Deen, photo
JOHN LAWRENCE SUBMISSION
This month’s Open Garden will be hosted by Jeanette Wrenshall on Sunday July 16th from 1.00 to 3.00 pm. The address is 457 Cowan point Road, but the access to the property is via Salal. Turn left off Sunset onto Salal and drive to the end of the paved road. Park here at the turn-around where the pavement ends, and either wait for the shuttle or follow the signs and walk the 400-metre easement to the home. Sturdy shoes are recommended. Non-members are welcome for a small fee, but full memberships can be purchased for a little more on-site. The property is just over 6 acres with old growth forests, one large pond with a rock bluff, 2 smaller ponds and lots of room for growing food. Incredibly, the soil is more than 6 feet deep in places and there is enough southern exposure for fruiting trees. The cabin of 672 square feet was built in the 1950’s. It has been gutted and restored but maintains the original footprint. Solar panels, a water turbine, batteries, and a generator provide all essential power needs. With enough land to grow food, an organic, permaculture food forest is being created It’s an ancient way of providing a sustainable food supply for the family. Plantings to date include: fruit and nut trees, vines, berries, annual and perennial veggies, pollinator plants, medicinals, ground covers, fuel for heat, and fodder for chickens. The ecological reserve rising another 600” above creates problems of water run-off during the winter. Should it be contained or diverted? Jeanette is not offering us your typical ’Bowen Open Garden ‘experience. This is more like homesteading at the turn of the last century. Here is a unique opportunity. It is not to be missed!
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A Contest for All Ages
2017 BOWEN ISLAND FIRE HALL AND EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTRE NON-ELECTION ASSENT VOTING ADVERTISING
• Submission Deadline: July 31, 2017 • 3 designs will be picked for library cards! Come pick up a submission package from the Bowen Library (includes a cardstock fillable submission design page) OR find more info & print your own 2-page package here: bit.ly/kidscard
DOCK DANCE XXVI
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On the calendar Saturday July 15 Farmer’s market at BICS 10am- 12pm Sea, Suds and Song Craft Beer and Music Festival, 1pm 7pm on the Union Steamship Marina Lawn Tickets $25 in advance at Beer and Wine Store, USSC Marina, Museum and Archives or on-line at seasudsandsong.com
Sunday July 16 Bowen Island Open Garden 457 Cowan Point Road, 1 - 3pm Wednesday July 19 Caring Circle is inviting you to join Lyndsay Lazzarotto for a free interactive workshop on perimenopause from 7:30 – 9 p.m. Please call 947-9100 to confirm your attendance ahead of time! Saturday July 22 Bowen Island Classic Motor Show 1441 Adams Road, 11am- - 5pm $5 per person or $15 per family, all proceeds go to the Bowen Island Museum & Archives for their revitalization project Tailgate Sales by local farmers BICS parking lot, 10am - 12pm
Saturday July 29 Sk8 Day at the Satellite Fire Hall Skate demo team featuring Kevin Harris All ages welcome 2 - 5pm Monday July 31 Last day to enter your submission to the Design a Kids’ Library Card at the Bowen Island Library Saturday August 5 Dock Dance! Presented by the Bowen Island Volunteer Firefighters Social Committee Featuring Nearly Neil & the R&B Allstars Purchase tickets from any firefighter or on July 15 at the North Community Dock in Snug Cove at 2pm Sharp $30, limit of 4 tickets per person
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