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Councillors favour “Option Two” for Heritage Cottages MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
On Saturday, the Loggers celebrated their victory in the Slopitch League’s end-of-season tournament.
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Underdog Loggers take the 2017 Slopitch season MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
Saturday’s rain was no-match for the enthusiastic players with the Bowen Island Co-Ed Slopitch Baseball League. They brought out their batting helmets (mandatory for the day) and gave it their all for the league’s final tournament. All three games were tight, but in the end, the team that had struggled most through the season came out on top. “We were just a very happy team and had a lot of fun,” says Logger’s coach, Duy Son. “Out of our whole team, we had seven or eight players who were new to the league and mostly had never played baseball before. We practiced for about an hour before each game, re-enforcing the rules, things like, don’t run with your bat, for example.” Son adds that in the tournament, he decided to mix things up a bit, in terms of strategy. “Usually, the girls get put on the right side of the field because most hits go left,” says Son. “So I decided to put myself in right field. I wanted to show that every position is
valuable. Also, usually the pitchers are usually guys, but I put Fenella (Jacquet) in as our pitcher. We also are the only team with a female shortstop.” Jacquet, by the way, was also the shortstop, and was one of the team’s new players. “I played in high school gym,” she says. “But I never really saw myself as a baseball player.” Jacquette says she started the season in the outfield, but then moved on to first base. “Duy moved us around, giving everyone a chance to try different positions through the season,” she says. “Apparently I’ve got a knack for pitching, but my arm did get really tired after the first game so I guess it helps to practice and build up strength. As for being a short stop, I think that’s a position where agility really helps.” League organizer George Zawadzki says the game and tournament were all so great, details - like the final score, barely matter. “As Spencer [Grundy] says, everyone just played ‘out of their body.’ And we all had a great time.”
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On Monday, representatives from Metro Parks presented the two options they’ve deemed appropriate for moving forward with the Davies Orchard area, to Bowen Island councilors. The organization completed its public consultation on the area in June, and this meeting was held to give councilors the opportunity to provide their feedback on the plans. There was no vote or motion taken, but a majority of councilors expressed their preference for Option Two, known as the Heritage Option, which would leave four cottages standing and upgrade two more. Jeffrey Fitzpatrick, Metro Parks’ division manager for West Area Parks, told council that the 2.3km area site known as Davies Orchard has a First Nation, agricultural, recrational, orchard and cottage history. Out of ten remaining cottages in the area, six are currently vacant. “The deteriorating condition of the unused cottages, the lack of a clearly defined program, limited open space and relative seclusion from the rest of Snug Cove and the park have led to under-use of the site over time,” said Fitzpatrick. “The project goals are to improve public access and use of the Orchard Area, to better integrate Davies Orchard into Crippen Regional Park and to celebrate the unique heritage of the site.” Fitzpatrick added that making the site more accessible to families is also a priority, and a “nature discovery area” is proposed for both options. This amenity would encourage kids to climb, explore and play, but would be made of all natural materials. Councillor Melanie Mason suggested that Metro consider some kind of option to make the area use-able during the wetter months, perhaps by creating some kind of shelter structure. She also expressed her preference for Option Two. “I will say, I have been approached by a lot of people who will be quite sad to see a loss of Heritage Cottages,” said Mason. “In a perfect world, I think more cottages could be spared. I understand your budget constraints and everything on that one, but... if there’s any way of saving more heritage, I would also be in favour of that.” Councilor Sue Ellen Fast echoed the preference for Option Two, as did councilors Gary Ander and Michael Kaile.
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Meeting Calendar September 18, 2017 7:00 pm Advisory Planning Commission
September 19, 2017 11:00 am Communications Team
September 19, 2017 3:00 pm Snug Cove Improvements Working Group
Emergency Social Services: Meet & Greet Course
The Recreation and Community Services Commission is pleased to announce Council’s adoption of the Community Recreation Plan that will inform decision making for Recreation and Community Services on Bowen Island over the next 10 years.
In the event of an emergency on Bowen Island where an evacuation order is issued, a reception centre will be opened by Emergency Social Services volunteers to receive evacuees. The “meeter and greeter” welcomes evacuees and directs them to the appropriate service area according to their needs.
The Community Recreation plan was built on a foundation of community input, truly making it a plan for all Bowen Islanders. Recommendations are comprehensive, including providing the community with opportunities to enhance physical well- being, lifelong learning, social connectedness, increased community capacity, accessibility, and inclusiveness.
Come learn more about this important role with your local Emergency Social Services team.
Friday, September 29, 2017 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Municipal Hall
We invite you to review the Recreation Plan and the supporting data. It’s available on our website at www.bimbc.ca. Paper copies are available at Municipal Hall and the Recreation Office at BICS.
September 19, 2017 7:00 pm
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Parks, Trails and Greenways Committee
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Cruising into retirement at the USSC Marina For Earl Carroll, retirement means more time on his Coronoato 27 - or possibly a bigger boat, if he can find one for the right price. Meribeth Deen
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Retirement, says Earl Carroll, is freedom from having to get up every day at 8am. He will continue to putter, though, mostly in his workshop at the Union Steamship Marina or on his boat. Carroll has been working as a handyman at the Marina for roughly 15 years, a job he said he took when he was already winding down, and in “retirement-mode.” Having grown-up in Horseshoe Bay, Earl says he’s always felt connected to Bowen. “When I was a teenager, whenever a Bowen kid missed the ferry there would always be a family in Horseshoe Bay who would take him in for the night,” says Earl. “I’d say I knew every third Bowen kid. I spent my summers water skiing here.” In 69’, Carroll hit Whistler to work in ski shops and get into the racing scene where he quickly rose through the ranks. His love of skiing, and the racing scene in particular, led him to diverge from the path set by previous family members – working with BC Ferries. “I was so enthralled with the ski industry, I meandered through just about every
aspect of it,” he says. “For a while I made ski-boot liners. A friend of mine and I started a heli-skiing company so that we would get the best spring skiing, but there was not enough business at the time so we sold it. The guy who bought it from me ended up building it up and hiring me back. We were so enthused with the downhill, and were being handed some of the best young skiers in the country to train in the lead-up to the Calgary Olympics. I tested skis for Head for a long time, and worked on building the first fat skis. That’s who I was working for before I moved back here.” Through the decades he spent in Whistler, Earl witnessed massive change. “Back in the 70s, people got excited if there were 4,000 people on the mountain,” he says. “Then we hit a point where there were so many people on the mountain that people were getting hit every day. They needed to hire people to be out there telling skiers to slow down! The whole culture changed, it astounded me that people were coming to Whistler for work, because when I arrived, the only thing to do was ski. The whole business atmosphere, everything, just shifted.” These shifts pushed Earl to look for a shift in his own life, and that brought him back to Bowen.
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Councilor Alison Morse asked about the costs of the plans and the amount of revenue generated in holding on to cottages. Fitzpatrick told responded that Option Two was the more expensive of the two plans, and that other parks that have spaces bookable to the public generate roughly $6000 per year at a cost of $17 per hour. Mayor Skeels suggested that perhaps some kind of compromise could be reached about Cottage 17, which is slated for demolition. He suggested maybe holding on to the skeleton of the cottage, to create a shelter as Councilor Mason suggested. “It would be really nice if
that could be massaged in their somewhere, without keeping it as a $160,000 full restoration to be a rentable useable space,” said Skeels. “The only other point was, in the fullness of time, those cottages could get an awful lot of public use. To get $6000 a year for $17 an hour you only have to lease a cottage for 7 hours a week for it to break even with what it is as a short term rental. The amount of life that can be brought to that area with emphasis on the day to day rental, could ad an awful lot to the area.” Metro Parks is expected to release its final proposal on the cottages later in the fall, and council’s feedback will be included.
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“I came back to what I believed was a hidden gem. As the Commodore of the West Vancouver Yacht Club said to me, there are not that many places in the Vancouver area where you can have THIS,” says Earl. “And its true, this has got to be the best place locally to dock a boat. I can get out into open water from the marina in five minutes. Compared to False Creek where you have to cruise out past freighters just to start sailing, well there’s no comparison.” Earl Carroll has a lot to say about the changes he’s seen on Bowen in the past decade and a half, and some of it is actually quite good. “When I was a teenager, if a kid from Bowen wanted a job he or she would come to Horseshoe Bay,” he says. “Now, it’s great to see all these young kids here working hard, you can make $25 an hour doing labour on a construction site these days. A lot of them seem motivated, on-track. I hope they take their education to the next level.” Earl Carroll intends to stick around Bowen for the foreseeable future, spending as much time on the water as possible, helping the Bowen Yacht Club to grow a local fleet of racing boats, and perhaps picking up a project or two. “Projects have an end,” he says. “And when the project’s over, I go sailing.”
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Coming together to build community EDITORIAL
If you’ve lived on Bowen Island more than a year or two, you have likely come to realize that for all the lovely touch-feely things that come a long with living in a tight-knit community, there are also a good number of prickly things. You’ve either followed the advice to, “not get too involved,” or you’ve waded into the thick of things prepared to do your best to handle happens. None of us would be here though, if some things weren’t working well and if we were not, occasionally, able to come together and make great things happen. This weekend’s Vital Conversations gathering, hosted by the Bowen Island Community Foundation, offered proof that given the right structure, this community really can connect, find common values and work together. The beauty of this gathering is that while there were many people at present who
are already deeply engaged in the workings (and building) of this community, the Community Foundation made a point of inviting people who are not usually involved in this kind of work. Based on the sense energy in the room as the facilitators took turns stating the ideas and possible initiatives suggested by the people in their groups, one could assume that most participants had a positive experience. Hopefully, some of these people, especially those who are not normally involved, will wade-in and push forward their great ideas. The more people we have offering up their perspectives and building what is important to them, the more we’ll tap into positive growth as a community. And for those who hate change, don’t worry… we’ll hold on to the prickly bits. editor@bowenislandundercurrent.com
With heartfelt thanks... Dear Editor, We would like to give a big “thank you” to all of those who gave up their Saturday to join us for “Vital Conversations 2017” hosted by the Bowen Island Community Foundation. Notwithstanding everyone’s days are full, we were honoured with a “full house” who gathered at Cates Hill Chapel with over 80 individuals taking the time to either act as scribes/ facilitators or share their thoughts about how we can make our Bowen Island community even greater than it already is. Indeed a selfless act of generosity for which we are most grateful. We very much look forward to sharing the final report with the entire community in the coming weeks. With much appreciation and heartfelt thanks, Joanne Gassman & Holly Graff, Co-Chairs, Vital Conversations 2017 Bowen Island Community Foundation
Our resident heron, who sadly does not pay taxes to the municipality. Haig Farris, photo
The process stinks, or does it? Dear Editor, I must respond to Judi Gedye’s letter last week about Metro Parks and their process in planning for the Davies Cottage area. Gedye wrote,“These “experts” suffer such a monumental lack of imagination, it hurts.” When I sent this flowery excerpt (from the Bowen Heritage published in the last Undercurrent issue) to be translated into the type of English that ordinary folks could understand, it came back reading - “Metro does not share our vision for the Davies Orchard”. Guess what? Metro doesn’t share my vision either. I would like to see each and every one of those derelict cottages demolished - no commemorative plinths required - and the area returned to us common folk for our use and enjoyment. Crippen Park, which includes the Davies Orchard and its cottages, belongs to the 2.5 million residents of the municipalities, electoral district and Treaty First Nation that comprise Metro Vancouver and not our local special interest group which has appointed itself champion of these derelict remnants of our past. It would be a stretch to suggest that Bowen Heritage speaks for even 1% of the 2.5 million yet they are responsible for count-
less letters to our local newspaper and the Municipality denouncing Metro’s process. Our parks are supposed to contribute to a livable region by conserving natural assets and connecting people to nature. To accomplish this they must reflect the varied needs of all the residents of Metro Vancouver with its diverse demographics. Available funding should be allocated to projects that will be enjoyed by the majority of our residents and not funneled to the pet projects of special interest groups that will benefit only a select few. How many of the 2.5 million do you suspect care at all about weekend workshops for writers, photographers, painters, film makers, fibre artists etc.? Same goes for a tea room, used book lounge or Yacht Club facilities. I’d venture to guess that there would be a broader support base for a cannabis dispensary than for any of the Bowen Heritage suggestions. I challenge Bowen Heritage to show us where Metro’s process was flawed. I guess it is easier for them to just blame the process than to concede that both options presented by Metro are a reasonable compromise of the opposing positions. Ted Evans
An apology to Councilor Nicholson Dear Editor, In one critical sentence of my Letter to the Editor last week I attributed specific words to Maureen Nicholson and I was in error. Those words should not have had quotation marks. At best they were my interpretation and what I thought was a summary of an issue, however I have listened to the video of the Heritage Commission meeting, cannot now decipher the words that may be in issue and therefore cannot rely on my notes. Regardless of any words used, I was wrong to put my conclusions into quotation marks as if it were a direct quote. I apologize to Councilor Nicholson for any upset or misunderstanding thus created. Judi Gedye
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On the calendar SEPTEMBER 15 Last day to register for Adult Spelling Bee on September 30, $20 per team member, Register at Library Mobile Mammogram Screening Clinic is back at the Legion To book call 1-800-663-9203.
SEPTEMBER 16 From Tee to Shining Tee 9-hole scramble at the Bowen Island Golf Course contact Pro Shop to participate: proshop@bowengolf.com 947-4653 Mobile Mammogram Screening Clinic is back at the Legion To book call 1-800-663-9203.
SEPTEMBER 17 Parent-Tot Gym Time 10am to 11:30am at the BICS Gym every Sunday Terry Fox Run, starts at 11:30 Collins Hall
SEPTEMBER 23 Trust Me Series Concert 7:30 pm at Tir-na-nog, tickets available at Phoenix Eat, Drink, Paint at the Gallery at Artisan Square 7 -9pm, register soon through Bowen Island Rec
Terry Fox Run It’s that time of year again, kids are back to school, the leaves are changing, and the Terry Fox Run is just around the corner! Please join us again at your favourite Run site on Sunday, September 17th. We hope you will come out to join us this Sunday at 11:30 at Collin’s Hall. Drop off donations will be received at that time, with thanks. This wonderful annual event gives us the chance to
raise more money that goes directly into research. There is a large poster for us to name who we dedicate our involvement to, this year. Please take a minute to write up the names of the people in your life who have been touched by cancer... Thanks so much to those who already made donations here and on line. We are site #201. -Shelagh MacKinnon
Propagation Workshop: A Comprehensive Review LINDA BARRATT SUBMISSION
On September 18, 2017 the Bowen Island Garden Club welcomes Gwen Odermatt, operator of a farm nursery called “Petals and Butterflies.” Gwen is a Master Gardener, teaches advanced master gardener courses and is on the selections committee for the Great Plant Picks. She is also a member of the Hardy Plant group and the South Surrey Garden club. Gwen’s workshop will be a practical demonstration (with some limited hands-on opportunities) on many important aspects of plant propagation. She will discuss the how, where and why of plant division, growing plants from cuttings and growing from seed with success. She will discuss how to protect plants, maintain plant cleanliness, her favourite soils and fertilizers. This is an opportunity for us to increase our knowledge and skill in plant propagation from an expert gardener and teacher. Also, this workshop serves as a reminder to start propagation of plants for our May 2018 Plant Sale so plants have a better start and we have a greater variety of plants to offer. If you have a favourite plant you would like to know how to propagate bring it with you. Please join us for this presentation at the Gallery at Artisan Square at 1 PM on September 18, 2017. Members no charge, guests $3.00.
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Last Tuesday morning, Sharon Dunbar entered Bell’Occhio at Artisan Square to find her shop completely flooded. The hot water tank in Caroline Walker’s flower shop, right next door, had burst. The tank itself only held two litres of water, but it was connected to a pump that continued to work, causing major damage to both shops. The walls and floors in both shops will need to be relplaced, and both shop owners are currently dealing with the building’s landlord and insurance companies to figure out how the cost of damages will be paid for. Both shops are looking at a closure of several months, and both shop owners say they have been saved by the generosity of the community. “I’ve lived here on Bowen for thirty years, and I’ve seen how this community responds when disaster strikes,” says Walker. “I’ve just never been on the receiving end. People have been bringing wine, chocolate, bins to store things and helping out in all kinds of ways, it just makes your head spin.” Dunbar says she believes she would likely be in the hospital right now because of the stress, if not for the support and generosity of her neighbours at Artisan Square and the many customers who have gone out of their way to help out. Dunbar put her shop up for sale this summer, looking ahead to a planned retirement in the spring of 2018. She’s owned the shop for a decade, and says that the business has given her exactly what she needed.
“I’ve become part of the fabric of this community, and had the flexibility to help with my grandkids,” she says. “It’s been the best ten-year scenario I could ask for.” Dunbar has been in negotiations with a potential buyer for her shop, but says she’s not sure about how the flood will impact that. “If a buyer doesn’t come along, I will terminate the business as soon as possible,” says Dunbar. Meanwhile, her neighbour Caroline Walker is encouraging her to stay positive. “I keep telling her that some way, some how, maybe this could end up being a good thing,” says Walker. “And if you really start to feel down, just look at the devastation in the Carribean and Florida. Things could be much worse.”
Sharon Dunbar and her husband Bill have been working hard to mitigate the damage after a major flood. Meribeth Deen, photo
Celebrating 30 years of supporting and promoting arts and culture on Bowen Island! BIAC SUBMISSION
In celebration of the 20th year of the Gallery @ Artisan Square and the 30th
year of the Bowen Island Arts Council, the Gallery @ Artisan Square is exhibiting close to 100 works by Bowen artists from private Bowen collections. As these pieces
of art have been collected from over a 30 year period of time, the exhibition presents a delightful sampling of Bowen artists from past to present. The opening reception is
Friday September 15th, from 7-9 p.m. when all are welcome to come and celebrate the history of the Gallery. The show continues until October 14th.
NOTICE OF 2017 TAX SALE Pursuant to section 403 of the Local Government Act, the following properties will be offered for sale by public auction to be held at 10:00 am in the Council Chambers at Bowen Island Municipal Hall, 981 Artisan Lane, Bowen Island, BC on Monday, September 25, 2017. The following properties will be included in the Sale unless delinquent taxes, plus interest, are sooner paid. Roll Number
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Site C Inquiry: Public Feedback The BCUC is conducting an independent inquiry on the cost implications of Site C on BC Hydro ratepayers. On September 20, BCUC will publish a preliminary report on the initial findings of the inquiry.
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The public is invited to provide feedback on this report between September 21 and October 11 either online, or at community input sessions being held at locations throughout the Province. To learn more, or pre-register for a community input session, please visit the Site C Inquiry website, or call the number below.
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1-844-815-6190
COMMUNITY INPUT SESSIONS Vancouver
Sep 23
1-5pm
1125 Howe Street (12 floor)
Kamloops
Sep 24
6-10pm
Kamloops Coast Hotel
Kelowna
Sep 25
6-10pm
Kelowna Coast Capri
Nelson
Sep 26
6-10pm
Nelson Best Western Hotel
Prince George
Sep 29
6-10pm
Prince George Ramada Hotel
Hudson’s Hope
Sep 30
6-10pm
Pearkes Centre
Fort St. John
Oct 1
6-10pm
Fort St. John Pomeroy Hotel
Fort St. John
Oct 2
6-10pm
Fort St. John Pomeroy Hotel
Vancouver
Oct 5
6-10pm
1125 Howe Street (12 floor)
Nanaimo
Oct 10
6-10pm
Nanaimo Coast Bastion Hotel
Victoria
Oct 11
6-10pm
Delta Ocean Pointe Hotel
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