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New space for the little ones
An update on the Bowen Children’s Centre expansion
Adventure time
Half-full, and made on Bowen
On Bowen and abroad
A review and celebration of Teun Schut’s new album
FAC Chair welcomes new ferry schedule MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
LEFT: A recent photo of Peggy Proudlock ABOVE: Peggy and her sister, Roberta, outside their cottage in the Cove (Doc Morgan’s Cottage)
Bowen Island Museum and Archives
Island mourns loss of Peggy Proudlock, Bowen institution
Margaret Elizabeth Proudlock aka “Peggy” was born at Lions Gate Hospital on October 31, 1948. She grew up on a large property on Grafton Rd, with her parents Dorothy and Bob Proudlock and her younger sister Roberta and youngest brother George. Nadyne Hindle recalls playing with Peggy, and her siblings outside the Dots Inn hamburger and ice cream joint as a child, while their mothers chatted. “We would go to the washroom in Doc Morgan’s cottage,” says Hindle. “And through the years we would always say hello, and stop to chat in the Cove.” Bob Proudlock created “Dots Giftshop” on the corner of the family Grafton property as a haven for Dorothy as she was battling cancer. Peggy moved off the island for a short time and lived in Toronto after giving birth to her first son, Lonn. Peggy also lived in Vancouver with her best friend Susan Childs before moving back to Bowen Island, where she met Mark Slade, the father of her three other children: Brandon, Michael and Serena. Peggy and Mark along with the children lived on the corner of the childhood property beside Dots Giftshop. Serena and her brothers recalled their mother living on every corner of Bowen Island at some time or another. “She always worked so hard for us,” says her daughter, Serena. “She worked hard for everyone, actually. She was
always giving people things, that’s what gave her joy.” Peggy worked at many different places, including the CNIB or “the lodge”, Doc Morgan’s Pub, The Bowen Pub, and she volunteered at the Bowen Archives. “She would come in here and had this amazing ability to put names to faces, and she remembered every event,” recallsCathy Bayly, from the Museum & Archives. “She was a real asset in that sense and I was really looking forward to doing an interview with her. And she was also just an incredibly kind and generous person. My heart is broken.” Joan Hayes has memories of Peggy hitch-hiking with her three small children, and working very, very hard. “The one thing I can tell you is in spite of how hard she worked, she always asked me how I was doing,” says Hayes. “And always asked how my kids were doing, and my grandchildren.” Serena and the boys have fond memories of living at the Buchanan’s trailer with their uncle George, their dog Chow Chow (the Chow Chow) and the cats, Cleo, Leo, and Storm. “I remember spending hours playing at Peggy’s with Serena and her brothers, and their friends. We always had so much fun, and were surrounded by so much love,” says longtime family friend, Rebekah Lipsey-Ouimet. continued P3
This Monday, BC Ferries released new schedules for ferries to both Snug Cove and Langdale, following a months-long consultation process. Bowen Island’s Ferry Advisory Committee Chair, Susanna Braund, says that a positive shift in attitude on the part of BC Ferries lies behind this schedule, and its release marks the beginning of a new phase in the relationship between the organization and coastal communities. “Last year, BC Ferries decided to look to the schedules to address on-time performance,” says Braund. “They introduced a spread-schedule with longer turn-around times for docking, and brought these schedules to the FACs. We said no to these schedules, as they would negatively impact Bowen student and Langdale commuters. Initially, BC Ferries didn’t want to hear it, but ended up offering further consultation if we’d be willing to live with delays for a while longer.” Braund says that accepting this deal seems to have paid off. For Bowen, the new schedule “With more than 600 respondents to the schedule-survey from Bowen Island, I believe our needs were taken seriously,” says Braund. “And in light of those responses, BC Ferries identified five key priorities: to maintain key sailings e.g. for schoolkids and commuters, to achieve reliability, to increase frequency and capacity, to simplify the schedule (more a Langdale issue than a Bowen one), and to provide later sailings to Bowen and the Sunshine Coast. The new schedules reflect those priorities.” Starting in January, the new schedule will see the first ferry of the day departing Snug Cove at 5:30am, and the last heading back to Horseshoe Bay at 10:30pm. Key aspects to this new schedule, says Braund, include the fact that the 7:30am ferry from Snug Cove will remain in order to accommodate commuting students, the morning schedule will remain the same throughout the year, and the afternoon schedule will have the student run shift from a 3:30pm departure in the afternoon to a 3:45pm departure in the peak season. So far, many islanders have responded positively to the new schedule - especially the later sailings in the evening. Parents of teenage hockey players, who have practices in West Vancouver ending at 9:15pm, will now cut down their number of trips on the water taxi from four to two times per week. Shift workers have expressed concern about no ferries before 6:20am on weekends, as have parents of kids who play off-island sports - as there is still no 7:30am ferry on Sundays.
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Seeking Public Comment for a Development Variance Permit at 1395 Eagle Cliff Rd A Development Variance Permit application (DVP-05-2017) has been submitted for 1395 Eagle Cliff Rd (shown on map) to reduce setback to the sea. The variance would facilitate construction of a new house and a less steep driveway.
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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.
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Peggy Proudlock: mother, friend, Bowen Islander continued from P1
Peggy loved plants. Serena remembers how her mom would stop the car on the side of the road when a plant would catch her eye. “Gardening always brought my mother joy, even if it was only tending to a weed,” says Serena. “No matter where my mom moved, her plants moved with her.” Peggy had planted a monkey tree at Mark Slade’s parents place.
“Mom always wanted this tree with her but never had a place to put it,” Serena recalls. “After a recent trip out visiting my grandma Joyce, and my uncle Keith Slade, she said, as we were leaving, that she was going to steal that tree back one day. The irony of the monkey tree is how spiky and unfriendly the tree is, the total opposite of my mom.” No matter if you’d lived on Bowen for 50 years or 1 year, Peggy always made you feel welcome. She will
be missed by many and thought of often. In late August, Margaret Elizabeth Proudlock and her family learned she had stage 4 lung cancer. She passed away at Lions Gate Hospital at 8:30pm on Friday evening, surrounded by her children. The family intends to place a plaque, along with her monkey tree, in memory of Peggy at the Memorial Garden, and will hold a Celebration of Life at the end of October.
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Our friend, Peggy Peggy Proudlock narrowly missed one last gathering of the great friends she grew up with on Bowen Island during the 1950s and 60s. Helen Wallwork, photo
Peggy’s Poem If you spoke to her you knew she paid attention to the small things in and out of the garden, she knew about the light that breathes inside every stone, and cherished the caterpillar that would one day fly. Peggy knew about the songs birds dance themselves into, and the music that sometimes weaves the confusion of life into something beautiful and she especially knew about the infinite possibilities of the heart and how it longs to love. And so she loved. She loved and she loved. To speak with her was to enter into kinship, into belonging, for she treated each conversation as if in the presence of someone beloved, and though she loved her children best, to speak with her was an encounter out of time and place, a moment of grace with a lady who had time for everyone.
You would stand there in the Cove and talk as the sun was setting cars coming and going people honking and waving and it was as if no time had passed at all, as if you had stepped into a river of Bowen Island’s yesteryear and suddenly you were on Peggy Time. You had the sense she understood things before you found the words for them, she with her wild hair and wide moon eyes, she could see into the soul of things and didn’t waste time on despair nor indulge in the telling of her own arduous journeys. Instead she stopped to listen to every voice in the storm she put down her bags didn’t answer a phone offered blessings and something warm and you knew she was indeed someone for whom the river sings. - lisa shatzky
Saturday the 16th was our bi-annual reunion of “old” Bowenites - those whoe grew up here in the fifties and sixties and lived all our lives here, many who left but came back to visit every two years.
Peggy was supposed to be there. She loved to re-connect with friends and family. The last visit I had with her on Wednesday, she showed me all the family photos she was amassing to chronicle
I lost a very dear, sweet friend this past weekend. Her name was Margaret Proudlock. I called her Peggsy. She has been in my life for over 40 years. She would help you out at any time of day or night. She would invite you into her home for a meal. She would give you the clothes off her back. She gave me a rose bush last year and the night that Peggsy passed that rose bloomed. She had the biggest and brightest smile. She had these great awesome hugs. I was with her the day before she passed and you would not know she was sick. I gave her a courage stone. She had no idea how long her life would be. She had cancer.
her life with her ever-growing family. She was so proud of them all. Love you, Peggy. - Helen Wallwork
She had Stage 2 Lung Cancer and then within weeks in went into Stage 4. She hadn’t even had a treatment. She was taken to hospital on the Friday night and her body was septic. There was nothing they could do. Her family was with her as she left our world and into a better place. Peggsy they are so very lucky to have you as both my husband, Chris and I were knowing you. The tears are flowing. Loving you and missing you so very much. Your friends and buddies, Chris and Penny White.
Remembering Peggy Proudlock Three descriptions about Peggy: Big hearted: Peggy really loved Bowen Island and the people who call it home. She was truly one of the pioneers here. She was able to see the positive in a situation. I never heard Peggy criticize another person, not something you often get to truthfully say about someone! She just had a big heart, was constantly putting other people’s needs in front of hers. Peggy had a number of friends that she had known forever, from the days when Bowen’s population was measured in the hundreds, not thousands. Peggy’s big heart was touched by sadness and tragedy in her lifetime, but she always seemed to find the interior spirit to keep on going with grace and dignity. She opened her heart to so many and showed that caring in very real and beautiful ways. Gratitude: My second descriptor of Peggy is the appreciation she shared for every kindness she received. I think people often wanted to be there for Peggy and when that happened, she would always remember who and what had been behind acts of sharing. And in turn, we are indebted to her for her courage, her grit and her “stick-to-itness” that she showed every day of her life. Her Legacy will, I believe, always include this sense of gratefulness to her for her wonderful spunk, and we may well ask ourselves, ‘where did she get that from, day after day?’ Peggy was a hard working woman who pushed herself to suit up and show up over and over again. She has made so many friends over the years of the people who worked with or near her. Kindheartedness: Thoughtfulness was such a part of every conversation with Peggy Proudlock, be it short or long. Peggy remembered the stories of the lives she shared and with sensitivity would enquire how my daughter was doing, for example, after Ana was diagnosed with cancer over 5 years ago. I remember her gentle support after accidents etc., and I know she just offered that consideration to so many of us. She had a good, and gentle, sense of humour. This allowed her to see a humourous twist in a difficult situation. Her smile was brilliant. I was saddened when Peggy told me last week of how advanced the cancer was. I had popped her into Emergency at LGH about a month ago and knew she was facing something serious. Peggy, yours is still a bright Spirit on this Island. I will remember you with your beautiful smile and your curls. I was shocked and saddened by how quickly you left us, but I believe your Spiritual journey continues and that Bowen Island has a new, wonderful, Guardian Angel looking over us all. It is an honour to call you my friend, Godspeed.
Peggy with her fellow Brownies on Bowen in the 50s Peggy at Bowfest, 1980.
photo submitted Museum & Archives, Serena Slade
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Bowen’s stand, on logging Recently, BC Timber Sales (BCTS) proposed to bring industrial logging to Bowen Island by including our Crown Lands in a Forest Stewardship Plan (FSP). After an instant and overwhelming negative community reaction, BCTS agreed to remove Bowen from the immediate planning for the FSP. However, BCTS has advised us that they intend to pursue logging Bowen Crown Lands in future. Over the years, Bowen Islanders have been reassured repeatedly by Ministry representatives that Bowen Island would likely never be logged because it is such a “complex” area. As a result of the sudden change in approach, the Bowen Island Municipality has analyzed the potential cost/benefit of logging Bowen Crown Lands and concluded that logging the Crown Lands would have an overwhelmingly negative economic impact.
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More on Davies Orchard Dear Editor The letter from Ted Evans in September 15 Undercurrent is asking for response but I will not try to cover my whole history with Bowen Heritage, where I served for 15 years. Beginning in 1989, the Greater Vancouver Regional District was alerted by Bowen Heritage to the background history of the Orchard cottages. A West Area Parks manager checked with B.C. Heritage Branch who sent someone to look at the site. We were not surprised when it was deemed worthy of being named a Heritage Site. The possibility of restoration was evaluated and discussed for many years. There was one problem which was often raised: the septic systems. GVRD (now Metro Parks) eventually decided to connect the cottages to Cove Bay Sewage. This letter does not address the more recent proposals, in which Judi Gedye has still been involved, but it may point how frustrating it became to various Bowen Heritage Boards. Marion Moore
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Rationale against logging Bowen Island lands There are compelling provincial, regional, and local interests that would be best served if Crown Lands on Bowen Island were not logged. Contrary to Provincial interests • BC Timber Sales (BCTS) states that the AAC for Bowen Island is 8288 m3 (Draft FSP, 2017). As such, this is 0.65% of the AAC for the Fraser Timber Supply Area. Our estimate of the stumpage value of this harvest is approximately $63,000 annually and this is a maximum before areas are set aside for views, watersheds, recreational values and other public uses. The potential income generated would pale by comparison to the damage done to every other metric one could use. • Further, it has been acknowledged by Ministry staff that Bowen Island is an area with “a low level of operating performance” due to competing land uses (Fraser Timber Supply Area Review, 2013). • Bowen Island also lies within the specially designated Islands Trust. The Provincial government created the Islands Trust “to preserve and protect the trust area and its unique amenities and environment for the benefit of residents of the trust area and of the province generally …” (Islands Trust Act, Part 1.4). • The standing forest on Crown Lands on Bowen Island provides “Natural capital”, including environmental protection, high value multiple uses, and significance to the provincial requirement to address carbon issues. Contrary to regional interests • Bowen Island lies within Metro Vancouver, and Crown Lands on Bowen Island have been specifically designated in the region’s long-term plan as Conservation and Recreation Areas, as well as a part of the Regional Recreation Greenway Network • Metro Vancouver has a rapidly expanding population, totaling over half the population of BC, and a severely limited land base for recreation and parks (Metro Vancouver
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2040, Shaping Our Future, 2017). As such, this places additional values on Bowen’s available Crown Lands. Bowen Island is located in Vancouver’s backyard and is a popular destination for Metro citizens to hike and enjoy nature. Bowen Island lies immediately adjacent to some of the largest tourism corridors in British Columbia: the Highway 99 Sea to Sky corridor, BC Ferries routes between Horseshoe Bay, Vancouver Island, and the Sunshine Coast, and cruise ships departing Vancouver harbour. Logging on the steep slopes of Bowen’s Crown Land would be clearly visible to the millions of people travelling on these routes. Such visual impacts would cause serious harm to the tourism economies of the region.
Contrary to local interests • Bowen Island Municipality has a desire to support Bowen Island’s economy and quality of life. Logging of Crown Land would threaten the economy and lifestyles of Bowen Island. • Logging on Bowen would drive down property values and interfere with the construction industry - the largest component of Bowen’s economy. Almost all proposed logging areas are closely adjacent to residential areas that would be impacted by logging operations. • Logging would adversely affect Bowen’s local tourism economy, built around quiet recreation pursuits, forest walking, retreat centres and solitude. Crown Lands are heavily used for recreational purposes, and are a cornerstone of the tourism economy on Bowen Island. • Crown Lands provide water supplies, both surface and groundwater that support almost all of Bowen Island’s population. Fourteen community watersheds lie within Crown Lands.
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The foregoing discussion of provincial, regional and local interests establishes that Bowen is unique in the Province for its location and contribution to the provincial, regional and local economy. We believe this must be recognized. I ask that you consider seriously our request to take action. We are a twenty square mile island that is a suburb of Metro Vancouver, a popular regional tourist area and a community fearing for its future. Please help us to prevent the logging of Bowen Island’s Crown Lands. We are available to meet with you at your convenience, and will provide to you a detailed rationale to substantiate the points above. Sincerely, Mayor Murray Skeels NOTE: This is an edited version of a letter sent this past week to Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, the Honourable Doug Donaldson
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We’ve come a long way since 1980, but The Age of Integration: Consider a the Terry Fox Run is as meaningful as ever conversation, without consensus JANE MILLER SUBMISSION
In July 1980, I joined thousands of other citizens, in welcoming Terry Fox to Scarborough Ontario, one of the stops along his cross Canada route for the “Marathon of Hope”. Like so many, I took time away from my usual activities to honour the young man whose courageous run ultimately attracted contributions exceeding $24 million and realizing Terry’s dream of “a dollar for every Canadian” by February 1981. And his legacy, through the Terry Fox Foundation, has in the years since garnered over 715 million dollars and has led to important discoveries through cancer research. Since 1980, I have participated in quite a few Terry Fox runs including two on Bowen: the first with my partner Fraser and our godson at his school, and the second last Sunday where I set out to walk (not run) as a proud
cancer survivor! It felt as significant as ever. It was thrilling to see the thirty plus eager participants hit the trail from the Little Red Church, sent off in fine style to the skirl of bagpipes. Folks of all ages turned out - biking, running and walking - little hands holding big hands, walking poles in other hands – all buoyed by the clapping and cheers of volunteer route guides along the way. I was very moved when one runner, Carol MacKinnon, slowed to walk with me a ways and generously and unexpectedly placed her breast cancer awareness bandana on my head as I was sharing a bit about my survivor story. Back at the church sincere hugs and stories were exchanged among the participants; there was coffee, and a delicious soup; and a chance to both contribute to the cause, and to sign the Terry Fox poster in honour of someone touched by cancer. The warmth of the event and its people stayed with me throughout the day, and called to mind once again the inspiring young man I was privileged to see and hear on that Scarborough day many years ago! Thanks to all the volunteers who organized and contributed to the Bowen Terry Fox Run this year - Mike Chisholm, Nancy Cox, Rose Marie Leverton, Carol Mackinnon , Shelagh MacKinnon , Shelia McCall, Tina Overbury and Mary Ann Zakreski . Shelagh MacKinnon reports that The Bowen Run has raised almost $2000 in donations, with more coming in.
The Terry Fox poster at the Little Red Church.
TINA OVERBURY SUBMISSION
Let’s be real, most of us didn’t move to Bowen Island to live a suburban, somewhat tight lipped and contained life. For many of us, we packed up and headed for the Queen of Capilano with a moving truck in tow because the idea of living within a vibrant and connected community made sense and felt good. Funny how in that dreamy scenario, the word complexity and consensus didn’t show up at all. I know... let’s move to Bowen and join in the complexity of living within a community who express their opinions passionately and with conviction, and, not all of those convictions will align in a neat little package! In fact, all those beliefs and opinions are going to get messy and divisive... we never say that, and yet that’s what happens here. I moved here during the unfolding of the Cape Roger Curtis story which followed the creation of the then controversial soccer field. The heated National Park conversation came next. There seems to be an air of calm over much of the island lately (if you exclude the Bowen Island Everything
My garden, the exercise industry and the future of fitness ROB WYNEN COLUMNIST
There I was with my fifth load of manure pushing with all my might to get the load to our upper garden. Puffing away, arms aching under the strain, I reminded myself to get the truck load delivered up hill next year. Five loads is all I managed, I would do another 5 next week or get my 16 year old to run up a couple of loads, I’m sure he will be thrilled with that task. Back at work the next day I find a picture of a weighted sled with a note from a co-worker, “Rob, can we get one of these?” The weighted sled is designed to mimic the pushing motion I was fretting about on the weekend. Mind you, training people in my fitness centre with a wheel barrow loaded with manure probably wouldn’t go over to well but why in the world would someone in their right mind want to mimic that motion? Why not pop over to any gardener in the neighborhood and help them move some dirt? Heck, I could put you on an exercise program for free that could go on for hours if you wish, just come over to my place. The sled is just another example of a trend that is so prevalent in our modern
world. The new buzz word is “Functional Fitness.” In short, fitness routines and equipment that mimic everyday movements. We have become so inactive that we are paying for the privilege of moving. We drive our cars to the local spin studio, to sit on a bike, or go for a run and then pop in the car to travel to work. Why not run or bike to work? The average car trip in Metro Vancouver is under 2km so distance isn’t the issue. From a physiological perspective, training the body to mimic real life movements is supported by science but one needs to ask themselves, why not do the real life activity, why the substitution? Our predecessors had a much more physical existence. Most work pre-1900s would be considered hard labour by today’s standards. Our productivity was largely governed by the physical strength of the human body. Want to dig out that foundation? Get your shovels out and if you want to speed up the process, hire some more guys. The industrial “revolution” brought some amazing labour saving practices along with lots of smog, gone were the days of wheel barrows, in came the big diggers. The process has pretty much continued to the point
that we even have devices that physically lift us up a flight of stairs. With all that labour saving technology, stress on the human body diminishes, stress is what grows muscle and bone. Add to that an endless supply of food energy and a culture of consumption and who could possibly be surprised at the current state of fitness, which is at an all time low in Canada. I often question my role in the “exercise” industry. Yes people need to move and be active to stay fit and I play a big role in this but am I just a cog in the wheel of this new paradigm, one I intuitively know is messed up, where will this all end? The signs of our fitness future do not look promising. Obesity is up, inactivity with the dawn of the computer has skyrocketed and with all the health talk out there it seems like the more talking we do the less action takes place. Canadian kids recently scored a D- in fitness by the Canadian Society of Exercise Physiologists, a score that seems to be dropping year by year. Solutions to this problem will be tricky, in some ways it means going back to what life used to be like and that flies in the face of our current thinking around progress. There are some
signs of change popping up, ironically in our more urban centres. Vancouver recently announced with much fan fair that it had met its target of more than 50% of all trips in the city being made on foot, bike or transit. What our physical lives will look like in the coming years is anyone’s guess. It could continue on its way and wind up in a dystopian future portrayed in the movie WALL-E which garnered rave reviews for its satire on consumer culture, in which future humans are depicted as a group of obese gluttons who never leave their padded floating arm chairs. Maybe our future could resemble a version of Mad Max where human struggle for survival is based on a very physical future, with lots of ugly cars racing around a dessert landscape. I did wind up turning down the request for the weighted sled but put out an offer to pop over to our property and help split some wood and haul more manure, I’m still waiting for a reply on that. Rob Wynen is a health and lifestyle consultant with a passion for policy issues relating to population and environmental health.
Else Page on Facebook), and some might even point to a sense of unity, as demonstrated by this summer’s furor over a logging bid on Bowen’s Crown Lands. However, while so many of us found ourselves on the same side of this issue, there were undoubtedly others who saw things from another perspective - but were to wary to even speak up and express themselves. While it may feel good to have the flow of conversation head neatly in one direction, ignoring the undercurrents of conflicting beliefs leads to greater conflict down the road. How do we keep talking? How do we continue to listen to all sides and embrace our complexity without dividing? This is challenging stuff and usually, is not the compelling reason to move here. Yet it’s what we do, and wholeheartedly so. Here’s an invitation to do this, on purpose, with the aim of learning how to do these conversations better. This exercise will be part of the New Earth Institute (founded by Shahar Rabi and Saskia Tait) series called the Age of Integration, starting on September 28th at the Tunstall Bay Clubhouse at 7pm, The New Earth Institute. Here’s what we’ll be con-
sidering: What if it the conversation isn’t about ‘my ideas’ or ‘your ideas’? What if we don’t try to find a consensus? What if we learn how to talk by listening first to what we usually can’t hear (our underlying belief systems, values, needs and fears) without judgement, and without trying to change them. This is scary stuff. How can a community move forward without arriving at a consensus? That’s what we’re going to find out. Each evening (September 28th, October 26th and November 23rd) is a playful conversation exploring first the “I” space (all about me), then the “We” space (all about you and me), and then on to the “Life” space (all about us). Each evening has a clear direction but no agenda, except collaboration and connection. Sounds like a conversation ripe for a Bowen Islander don’t you think? Want to come? Bring your unanswerable questions to the group to inquire in to. Let’s continue to strengthen our community’s ability to hold complexity and inclusivity. Just imagine what consensus could look like then. For more information contact Tina at overburynation@ gmail.com or Shahar at shaharrabi@gmail.com
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Have you always wanted to sing but were told that you can’t? Or do you already like to sing but aren’t interested in performing? Have we got a group for you! Shasta Martinuk and Brian Hoover (Village RhythmKeepers) are pleased to invite you to the Island Village Songcircle, a weekly gathering for the purpose of sharing easy-to-learn and fun-to-sing music from many different cultures and traditions. All adults and older youth are invited to join. No musical or vocal training or experience is required, in fact new singers are especially welcome. Treat yourself to the joy of singing in harmony with your friends, neighbours and family. Singing is a wonderful way to connect with ourselves and each other. Not only is it fun, there’s a growing body of evidence that it’s also really good for our health, as individuals and as a society. So why not treat yourself to an evening a week of musical and healthy fun? We meet every Monday from 7:00 to 9:00 at Collins Hall, beginning September 25th. Come as our guest for the first two weeks to check it out. If you decide to sign up, the cost will be sliding scale $75 to $150 for a 12 week session (and if that’s too much, pay what you can). Contact Shasta or Brian at 604-9472283 for more information, or visit www.rhythmkeepers.ca. Looking forward to singing with you in the circle!
Get ready to celebrate Anniversaries of the Bowen Island Arts Council and Gallery coming up Did you know that the Bowen Island Arts Council is turning 30, and the Gallery is turning 20? These anniversaries, plus the release of a brand new Bowen Island Cultural Plan will be celebrated on October 14th. More on all of that in next week’s Undercurrent!
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Entrepreneur creates new adventure opportunities on Bowen Island MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
Kiley Redhead says that she and her partner, Baz Cardinal, are longtime outdoor enthusiasts, but when she moved to Bowen five years ago it made a major shift to the role of outdoor activities in her life. “Getting outside used to be something I did on weekends,” says Redhead. “Now it’s some-
thing I do every single day because there is so much nature right outside our door.” Their interest in the outdoors, and adventure in particular, led Redhead and Cardinal to launch the Bowen Island Adventure Film Festival in 2016. “The Festival connected us with nature lovers and sporting devotees and introduced us to various communities such as scuba divers and trail runners, and the different people on Bowen making adventures happen,” says Redhead. “We wanted to see how we could help bring their work forward. So, Bowen Island Adventures is about doing that.” The company is Redhead’s fourth, and she says they did a “soft-launch” this summer. “We wanted to get a sense of what we didn’t know,” says Redhead. “What surprised us, were the number of families that showed up from international locations. A lot of people did kayaking and stand-up paddleboarding through Bowen Sea Kayaking. There was a lot of interest in foraging, led by Stephanie Carruthers. Baz and I taught slack-lining, and of course there were people hiking.” Redhead adds that her intention with this company is not necessarily to attract more visitors to Bowen, but to build infrastructure for those visitors that are already coming. “We want to make a minimal impact,” says Redhead. To learn more about Bowen Island Adventures, check out their website at BowenIslandAdventures.com
Kiley Redhead says her own adventures in slacklining have been inspired by the landscape of Bowen Island. photo submitted
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An adventurous spirit, not dampened by age No dragons were discovered in last year’s trip to Cornwall, but enough adventure was had to do it all over again. Mary Letson, photo
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As a 6 year old I fancied myself an explorer. Not the blanket-fort-in-the-living room kind of explorer (although this too was a favourite activity reserved only for rainy days), but a real explorer forging through what my brother and I pretended were virgin forests of the New World surrounding our summer home at King Edward Bay. It was that lovely duality that children master so effortlessly, of knowing something isn’t real but fully embracing the make-believe anyway. We knew we weren’t truly discovering anything, but I distinctly remember the thrill as if we were. With the rest of the household still asleep, my brother and I woke early, climbed from our sleeping bags on the back porch, and gamboled off into the forest to play explorers with nothing but the cool forest and the deer trails to lead us before returning to the warmth and breakfast aromas in our country kitchen. We reveled in those summer
days unfettered by schedules, schoolrooms, and city life. We were enraptured. I was 11 years old the summer I discovered Tolkein’s stories and I devoured the Hobbit and the following Trilogy in short order. Part of the story’s magic for me was the meticulously detailed map at the front of every book, complete with hand drawn mountain ranges, swamps, plains and rivers. I loved the maps. It fueled my joy of the story as I followed the characters along on their adventures, flipping back to the map mid-sentence to see where they were, imagining what it must look like, where they had been, and where they had to go. More than fourty years later I have by chance re-discovered these childhood joys. Last year a friend and I spent a week walking a point to point route along the North West Cornwall path, heading out each morning with nothing but a packed lunch, water, a map and the address for our next B&B. I realize my excitement was in part a product of my childhood King Edward Bay explora-
tions combined with my preteen fascination with maps in make-believe lands. And although we didn’t stumble across a single dragon (other than the cranky Pasty Bakery clerk in St Ives), I felt a little like one of the characters in the Tolkein Trilogy. I pretended a little that I was discovering the landscape for the first time. I let my imagination run, my stride lengthen and we rolled with the rhythm of the Cornish countryside. I was so smitten with our Cornwall trip last year I am returning in September leading a Positively Fit group of four walkers for a week’s trek from Padstow to St Ives and then will continue on for another 6 days with my walking mate from last year. It is a holiday that nails the restorative qualities of a good adventure at any age: physical exertion, brilliant scenery, good food and a deep sleep in a comfortable bed at the end of the day. Perhaps most importantly this holiday brings out the child in me who has always loved a good adventure with just a hint of make believe.
First Credit Union welcomes province’s decision to restore credit union tax benefits TARA CHERNOFF SUBMISSION
Powell River, BC, September 14, 2017— First Credit Union is pleased by the Government of British Columbia (B.C.)’s decision to reinstate the credit union tax treatment, which was announced in the September 11 B.C. budget update. Previously, the lower tax rate was implemented in recognition of the fact that B.C. credit unions are in a unique position to reinvest capital back into the provincial economy. A competitive tax environment enables credit unions to reinvest in a diverse provincial economy by creating quality, head-office jobs across the province, providing more financial support for community projects, and making more local lending decisions to help small businesses and individuals thrive. The province had planned to phase out the small business tax rate on credit unions and increase it incrementally over the next four years. In January 2017, the government deferred this decision, pending further consultation. Without the restoration of the credit union tax treatment, B.C. credit unions faced
a tax increase of over $26 million annually. “We’re thrilled by this decision,” says Dave Craigen, CEO of First Credit Union. “With this permanent tax change, we’ll have more money to lend to our members and support local businesses. Ultimately, this decision enables us to continue to make important investments in our community and support local economic development.” In communities where credit unions are the sole financial services provider, the tax change is likely to have an even bigger impact. ‘We’re very glad the government sees the benefits in this tax change and we look forward to working with the government to develop legislation and regulations that enable us to grow and support our communities,” says Craigen. First Credit Union is the longest running credit union in BC, incorporated in 1939. With five insurance branches, five credit union branches, over $360 million in credit union assets, and $140 million in wealth management assets, the organization’s 140 employees serve over 51,000 clients and members across five coastal communities.
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Bowen’s generosity wins the trophy LEFT: Bob McCaskill and Bruce Russell FAR LEFT: The silent auction table at the Bowen Island Golf Club’s Annual fundraiser. photos submitted
There are many days when the full generosity of Bowen Islanders is on glorious display, and Saturday, September 16th was one of them. The Bowen Island Golf Club Annual Fundraising Tournament, this year called “From Tee to Shining Tee,” took place on what might have been the last perfect day of summer and was a resounding success. Eightytwo golfers and another twenty-five diners filled the course and clubhouse to capacity. Bowen’s golfers and friends of the golf course came together to celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday and raise funds to keep the course running for another year. Our community’s public golf course operates at a loss, and the fundraiser is essential to its survival. But it wasn’t just golfers who contributed. Thanks to volunteer efforts led by the tireless and indispensible Bruce Russell, a very long list of individuals and businesses from Bowen and throughout B.C. donated money through Joint Hole and Patron Sponsorships; and many more donated merchandise, services, and leisure experiences to our live and silent auctions. The tournament was a “scramble” - four players working as a team and playing from the best shot made by any one of them. It’s a format that allows players of all levels of ability to play together, and it’s played largely for fun. But it was still a competition, and this year’s winner is the foursome of Kathy Thom, Evan Puri, Lucas Puri, and Tim Kerr. Their score was an unbeatable 9-under par 26, not
surprising since three of the four team members are part of the Thom / Puri family winners of our Community Challenge Tournament earlier in the year. Their dominance of Bowen golf continues. Rumours that some of their competitors are raising funds to send Evan and Lucas to schools far, far away appear to be unfounded. Given their youth, they are likely to dominate team competitions for many years to come. But the golf round was only part of the event. This was a day to put the fun back in fundraising. There was: a $5000 prize for holes-in-one on two holes (happily for our insurance company, no one shot an “ace”); a shootout from #1 tee to #9 green - a treacherous and potentially embarrassing shot across the pond in full view of the clubhouse; chipping and putting contests; and a vast array of cool stuff to bid on in the silent and live auctions, including vacation packages in Hawaii and Mexico, Vancouver Island, and the Okanagan. Our stellar auctioneer Dale Hewitt once again donated his time and was as entertaining as he was effective. Other winners were: Shootout - Rob Purdy; Putting Contest: Alea Bell; Chipping Contest: Karen Moles. But the real winner was our public golf course, and the trophy goes to the giving nature of Bowen Island residents and businesses. We are truly a generous bunch. Terence McKeown Chair, Bowen Island Golf Club Annual Fundraiser 2017
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B.C. to miss 2050 climate targets if LNG facilities constructed: Pembina Institute target for 2050 if two liquefied natural gas projects – including Woodfibre LNG in Squamish – are built, according to a new report from a Canadian think tank. “New investments in natural gas and LNG are too carIt will be “virtually impossible” for B.C. to meet its climate bon-intensive to be consistent with limiting global temperature rise to 2 C, and therefore should not be seen as a climate solution,” said the If you don’t want Pembina Institute in a recent to miss a week of report. the island’s news, In 2015, delegates from 19 countries signed onto people and events, the Paris Agreement, which subscribe to the outlines the global temUndercurrent perature rise should be kept below two degrees celsius. today. It’s only $45 Some negative consequencto get the paper es of a two-degree increase delivered to your include an almost 18 per cent decrease in Mediterranean mailbox every freshwater, as well as Friday for an entire decreases in the amount of wheat and corn harvested year. in the tropics, according to NASA. Pembina’s report arrives Name: at a time when discussion about climate change has Address: taken a renewed focus. B.C. has just been through a particularly dry sumCheque Phone: mer, which has led to a record-breaking wildfire seaCredit card: son. In the Squamish area, smoke blown in from B.C.’s Clip this out and drop it by the Undercurrent office or mail it to Box Interior blotted out the sun 130, Bowen Island, VON 1G0. Price for weeks. Some researchis for on-island subscriptions only. ers appear to suggest the Off-island annual rate is $65. increased severity and fre-
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Bowen Children’s Centre pushes ahead to bring care for younger children Iain Mitchell will be overseeing the construction of BCC’s Infant-Toddler Wing. He may also be convinced to give wheelbarrow rides to the kids at daycare and pre-school. Meribeth Deen, photo
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It was four years ago, roughly, that Ann Silberman, executive director of the Bowen Children’s Centre (BCC), observed that the needs of local parents started shifting to require more care for children under three. The Centre got the appropriate licensing, to allow up to four two-year olds (now increased to six), and has been working to accommodate the ever-growing need since. Now, preparations are being made to begin construction on an infant-toddler wing for BCC to accommodate eight full-time positions for children two years of age and under. “In the past four years, there have been two rounds of government funding we’ve applied for and we were rejected on both our applications,” says Silberman. “We have a lot of parttime families, which makes us different from other communities and is perhaps the reason we were overlooked. But there is a real gap in care for the time when families finish up their maternity/paternity leaves, and it is only growing.” Silberman adds that following the BCC board’s approval of the project, the Centre received a private donation of $50,000
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Susannah Pierce, external affairs director of LNG Canada, said that liquefied natural gas can reduce climate change globally because LNG burns cleaner than coal and could, therefore, be a more environmentally-friendly alternative. “LNG Canada believes LNG has a vital role to play in meeting the global climate change challenge,” said Pierce in an emailed statement. “With half the CO2 than coal, natural gas delivered to China from LNG Canada to back out coal fired power can reduce CO2 emissions between 60 and 90 million tonnes per annum.” David Keane, president and CEO of the BC LNG Alliance, said that the province imposes stringent guidelines in the production of liquefied natural gas. Finally, Byng Giraud, country manager of Woodfibre LNG, said that his project was recognized by the Pembina Institute as the cleanest LNG terminal proposed in B.C. “Woodfibre LNG’s approach is consistent with the very [Climate Leadership Team] recommendations Pembina endorsed,” he said in an emailed statement. But while Pembina does acknowledge that Woodfibre is using advanced technology to limit emissions from the terminal, it says there are still many opportunities for the company to clamp down on pollution. “We support that choice of technology,” said Maximilian Kniewasser. “There are still lots of opportunities to reduce upstream emissions.” Upstream emissions result from pollution associated with the terminal but not coming directly from it. Some examples include drilling natural gas wells, gas processing and transporting materials. He estimated that about 80 per cent of the emissions from the Woodfibre project fit this description. With respect to the idea that LNG can help reduce climate change, Kniewasser said that Pembina acknowledges natural gas has a role to play, but it shouldn’t be considered a final step because it’s still a fossil fuel. “LNG should not be seen as a climate solution,” said Kniewasser. “It’s really climate policy that’s going to drive us to adhere to our global commitments to limiting climate change impacts.” He also added that while liquefied natural gas could displace coal in some cases, there is concern it could also end up competing with energy that has lower carbon output, such as hydro or nuclear. Kniewasser also appeared to disagree with the idea that reducing Chinese coal emissions could justify allowing B.C. to continue polluting over its limits. “We shouldn’t claim credit for the emissions reductions from displacing coal in export markets in order to justify missing our own climate targets,” he said in a follow-up email. “This will result in double counting. Each jurisdiction has made climate commitments and it is important that all of us meet the targets that we have set.” The province did not respond to requests for comment before press time.
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as well as a Bowen Island Community Foundation Grant of $10,000. She is hoping that another $75,000 in provincial funding will come through for the project so that the burden of the cost is not carried by the parents. The new wing will add 933 square feet to the BCC building, and stretch out from the current pre-school space and the area that was, formerly, Silberman’s office. This space was determined to be not only the best, but the only location that would work for the addition, but it required a development variance permit from the Municipality to relax the front yard setback from 7metres to 3metres. Limited space to the Carter road side of the existing building, which is THE best and only location (programatically speaking) to fit the addition on site. Architects Vince Knudsen and Elena Vilis (who also happen to be parents of young children) are responsible for the design of the new wing, alongside Manny Trinca of Trinca Architecture. Parents Iain Mitchell and Greg Cormier will take the lead on the construction of the new wing. Silberman has already vacated her office, and yard is being prepared this week to begin construction. “We know the children will all be fascinated by the work that is being done,” says Silberman. “So we plan to incorporate that into some of the daycare and preschool programming.” If all goes well, the new wing will be up and running by March of 2018. AND if you wish to get on the waitlist for the new birth to three wing – call 604-947-9626 or email daycare@ bowenchildrenscentre.ca
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A Howe Sound story
Le Bel uses traditional story to launch into a tale of resurgence and renewal
Whale in the Door will launch on Sunday October 1, starting at 3pm at the Gallery at Artisan Square. Free admission. Books will be available for purchase and signing. Pauline Le Bel says she has been working on this book for 2 and a half years and falling in love with and writing and singing about Howe Sound since she moved here 19 years ago.
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“Welcome all you who long to explore, to be reconnected to the wild. I welcome you into my home. Pull on your gumboots, your hiking boots. Go barefoot if you dare, and paddle my waters, wander my rocky paths, climb my precipitous peaks. You won’t need wifi here. I offer you a deeper connection.” There is an important Skwxwu7mesh story about an ancient potlatch on Gambier Island in which Mink and Skunk give a feast and invite Whale to come. Whale swims fast and jams his head in the longhouse door, trapping all the animals in the feast and forcing them to talk to one another. Howe Sound is like that longhouse, a container full of the richness of life, story and deliberation. A place where we live and work and play, where we come to heal and renew ourselves, where the long lines of stories play out and braid together against a backdrop of mountain ramparts, ocean and islands. Pauline Le Bel has drawn inspiration from the Whale in the Door story as told by Squamish Nation councillor Chris Lewis as her jumping off point for her evocative new book about Howe Sound. Whale in the Door: A Community Unites to Protect BC’s Howe Sound is a tour through the current state of the fjord where we make our home. Part documentary, part journal, part myth, Howe Sound herself is a central character in the book, constantly singing in Pauline’s ear hints and clues for her own journey of learning about this place, in this time. Along the way, she catches fragments of story and song from those that make their place here, from port managers to citizen scientists, from activists and leaders to the creatures themselves that live in the sea and forests of our inlet. The book begins with a call to attention and a tour through the “Genius of Atl’kitsem/ Howe Sound,” a mind opening summation of the unique landscape and ecology of the place. From the ancient glass sponge reefs in the inky depths of the inlet, to the eternal rhythm of the salmon runs of the rivers, Pauline surveys the flora, fauna, forests, rocks, and water that are the container for our lives. From there the book charts the rhythm of betrayal and renewal that have brought Howe Sound to some important turning points. The
natural environment is recovering from more than a century of industrialization. The nature of the local economy is changing. The culture, rights and title of the Squamish Nation, nurtured for so long despite almost two centuries of brutal suppression, are finally playing a significant role in the future of the Sound. For residents of this place, these changes are about who we are and what our future will hold. In Pauline’s view, the future is about renewal and revitalization; renewal of beauty, ecological integrity, cultural resurgence and sustainability.
Jazz musician continues to see the glass as, Half Full, celebrates new album MARY KASTLE CHAN CONTRIBUTOR
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. That was precisely the mindset that jazz guitarist Teun Schut took when gigs slowed down and he found an abundance of time and space to create music. A year later, he’s now celebrating the release of a new album entitled, “Half Full” which features ten original compositions and a who’s who of Vancouver’s finest jazz musicians including Brad Turner on flugelhorn, Cam Wilson on violin, Rene Worst on bass, and Bowen’s own Buff Allen on drums. They are launching the disc into the world with a Sunday afternoon CD Release concert at Tir-na-nog on September 24th, at 3:30pm. “Half Full” is a beautiful and interesting collection of songs with the addition of Cam Wilson’s lithe strings calling to mind the Django Reinhardt/Stephane Grappelli recordings. The muted bell quality of the flugelhorn combined with the violin and guitar also suggest the tight, noodley melodies of Dizzy and Bird’s iconic bebop recordings. “That era of songwriting is what I love to play and to solo over,” says Teun. “The songs write themselves, they are a vehicle for the mel-
ody, and thereby the solo. Different chord changes present new pathways for the melody to travel and that is what is interesting to me.” Teun was inspired to write for the eclectic collection of instruments for the love of the sound. “I always loved the flugelhorn,” he says. “When I was studying in Holland, there was a flugelhorn player there that affected me greatly. And I love the violin. It has so many colours and is such a versatile instrument. It’s an unusual combination.” Teun’s process for writing music usually starts with the chord changes. Then he experiments with singing or playing melodies on top and adjusting the harmony as needed. “Initially, I wrote the melody in two-part harmony for the flugelhorn and violin, but soon realized it was more interesting to have the guitar participate and create threepart harmony.” Luckily being the engineer, he was able to use various plug-ins in his studio to get a simulation of the sound before bringing it to the band. The album was recorded entirely in his home studio with him engineering and mixing. It was mastered by Bowen’s own Rob Bailey, which makes it a true Bowen produc-
Teun Schut at his home studion in Eaglecliff.
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tion from start to finish. “I wanted to write music that is pleasant to listen to,” he says as we listen to the album together. It certainly is so, though not at the expense of sophistication or intricacy. “Half Full,” the title track, is one of these tunes, with a time signature in ¾ while the bass and guitar suggest 4/4. “Depending on how you hear it, the glass is half full. It does really represent how I look at life,” Teun says. For the CD release party, it will be a rare treat to see Brad Turner, Rene Worst, Buff Allen, Cam Wilson, and Teun come together on stage. “Everyone in the band is coming and we’ll play the album, although we can take a bit more time with our solos,” Teun says. After the concert, look for Teun’s project on stages in Vancouver and beyond. When asked if he’d consider performing this material in Holland, he seems excited at the idea. ““If I can find that old flugelhorn player again...” he says jokingly. Above all, this has lit a fire under Teun’s compositional side and he hopes to keep the momentum going. “That is a dream, to make an album every year or two,” he says. It looks like the glass will soon be more than half full for Teun’s fans, and we’ll all be drinking lemonade indeed.
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