THURSDAY JUNE 7, 2018 VOL. 44, NO. 21
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‘Round Bowen challenge draws large crowd Event attracts racers from island and beyond
BRONWYN BEAIRSTO EDITOR
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On Saturday, June 2, seven islanders competed with 74 other racers in the 18th annual ‘Round Bowen Challenge hosted by Bowen Island Sea Kayaking. While there was rain in the forecast, it turned out to be a beautiful day for circumnavigating the island’s 32-kilometre coastline. At the beginning of the race a strong in-flow wind pushed some paddlers up to a speed of 16 km/h along the south coast. The challenge draws a committed group of paddlers who look forward to it every year. Several of the racers have competed more than 10 times and a handful have returned to circle Bowen for 15 years or more. While most of the racers come from the Lower Mainland, this year there were 10 from Kelowna, Vernon and Nelson, as well as a couple from Seattle. The Half-Island Challenge is gaining in popularity. This year, 17 registrants opted to start their race at Tunstall Bay and, paddling clockwise, covered a distance of 19 km. The youngest half-island paddler was nine-year-old Liliana who was competing with her dad for the third year in a row. Next year she is determined to race the whole island. The fastest single kayaker was Greg Redman at 2:32, shaving six minutes off his winning time of last year. The fastest double,
Community members save general store from flames
Katja Rademacher and partner Jeff Raymond took first place in the double kayak category during the ‘Round Bowen Challenge. The fastest kayaker in a single was Greg Redman, with all winners receiving a pie of their choice from Lime and Moon Pie Company. PHOTO COLIN HERRINGTON
paddled by Jeff Raymond and Katja Rademacher, crossed the finish line at 2:34. These were not recordbreaking times, but it is amazing that winners consistently finish in about two and a half hours every year. Other notable times were Sally Wallick at 2:43 (women’s single surf ski) and Davide Cina at 3:31 (men’s stand-up paddle board). Three prone paddle boarders competed by paddling with their hands. Firstplace winner Joel Perkins posted 4:14, besting his time from last year by more than 40 minutes. A special mention is due to
Dominique Preney, the only competitor paddling in a coastal rowboat. He crossed the finish line in an astounding 2:00:54. And a very special mention must go to the safety boat volunteers for keeping the racers safe: Harry Patrick, Frazer Elliot, David Verlee, Robbie Clayton and Josh Stone, as well as Horseshoe Bay Search and Rescue. The post-race party and barbecue did not disappoint, with a delicious salmon dinner served up by Christoph and Julie of Artisan Eats. The Bowen Island Pub provided beer and the Ruddy Potato came through with after-race fruit
snacks. Deep Cove Canoe and Kayak, Think Kayak and Prone Canada provided awesome prizes for the drawings. All winners were treated to pies from Lime and Moon Pie Company – whole pies for first place winners and slices for second and third place finishers. Every participant received a hand-thrown ceramic mug made by local potter Sue Clarke. The challenge of paddling around the island, the great food and camaraderie afterwards, and lovely mugs, are traditions that bring people back to the race year after year.
A stray cigarette nearly ended in disaster in the cove on May 31. A smouldering cigarette butt, discarded in the loading zone beside the Snug Cove General Store in the late afternoon, sent a nearby bush into flames and risked jumping to the store and homes that were mere feet away. General Store manager Nancy Lee was at the front counter at time. “I could smell something burning, but we’d had some work done on our compressors – I went out and couldn’t see anything,” she said. She’d just made it back to the counter when local volunteer firefighter Eric Michener came running into the store and said there was a fire. People in the baseball diamond beside the store had already spotted the reportedly tall flames and called 911. Customers, bystanders and staff raced out to put out the fire. Lee estimates they had 12 people out there, just trying to save the store. The fire was out before the fire truck even arrived, but locals were still shaken by the experience. “It could have been catastrophic,” said Lee. “Had it been an hour later, it would have been a different story.” The fire happened at about 4:45 p.m., an hour later the loading doors to the alleyway would’ve been locked, and the impromptu fire brigade wouldn’t have been able to react with the speed necessary to put out the fire. Continued on page 3
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Meeting Calendar June 7, 2018 12:30 pm Community Centre Select Steering Committee Meeting
June 7, 2018 7:00 pm Walking Tour Lot 1 Meet at BICS parking lot
June 8, 2018 9:00 am Economic Development Committee Meeting
June 8, 2018 1:30 pm
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Property taxes are due July 3 Property tax notices have been mailed to Bowen Island property owners. If you have not received your tax notice, please contact us as soon as possible 604-947-4255 or bim@bimbc.ca.
The Bowen Island Volunteer Fire Department would like to invite you and your family to the Annual Open House.
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Snug Cove Improvements Working Group Meeting
June 11, 2018 7:15 pm
Saturday, June 16 11:00 am - 3:00 pm Satellite Fire Hall 1421 Adams Rd • • • • •
hot dogs, snacks and fun stuff for the kids! smoke house simulation display automobile-extrication display fire extinguisher use and service presentation Bowen Emergency Amateur Radio Service (BEARS) exhibition • fire safety and emergency preparedness information • learn about the proposed new Fire Hall and EOC • order your high visibility house number sign
Fun for the whole family! Meet your BIVFD members and check out the Fire Hall, trucks and equipment.
Regular Council Meeting
Paving Starts June 18
June 13 2018 5:00 pm Recreation and Community Services Commission Meeting All meetings are held in Council Chambers unless otherwise noted.
Giant Hogweed Giant Hogweed is a dangerous invasive plant species that causes severe burns, blisters, and painful dermatitis when its watery sap comes into contact with the skin. It has been identified and removed from various locations on Bowen Island, but continues to be observed on private and public property. If you suspect or have knowledge of Giant Hogweed growing on Bowen, PLEASE DO NOT ATTEMPT REMOVAL. Contact us at 604-947-4255 or bim@bimbc.ca. The Municipality will coordinate safe and timely removal and disposal.
Beginning June 18, 2018, crews will be working on resurfacing sections of Dorman Road and Bowen Island Trunk Road. Resurfacing includes grinding down the existing pavement, re-paving and then painting new lines. The project is expected to take up to two weeks. This work was anticipated to happen in May, but it is now scheduled for June due to contractor availability. This work will complete the temporary repairs made to the roads following the BC Hydro construction work completed last fall, and will include the enhancement of a new bike lane going up the hill towards the school.
Traffic will be reduced to a single lane, alternating direction. Please expect delays of up to 10-13 minutes to drive through the work area. Flaggers will direct traffic. We appreciate your patience while we complete this work before the peak summer season.
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Opinion: Islanders protest pipeline, fossil fuels ANTON VAN WALRAVEN COLUMNIST
I can’t help but be dismayed when as I watch the energy story unfold in Canada. The Federal Government seems stuck in 19th century thinking, when we need 21st-century solutions to 20th-century problems. Twentieth-century problems? Indeed! Large oil corporations became aware of the problem that high carbon emissions from burning coal, oil and gas would increase the Greenhouse Effect a while back. The year was 1959. The keynote speaker at the American Petroleum Institute’s 100th anniversary symposium Energy and Man was Edward Teller: the HungarianAmerican physicist and so-called “father of the hydrogen bomb”. He told the audience of the need to rapidly look for alternatives for coal, oil and gas, as burning of these fossil fuels would start chemically contaminating Earth’s atmosphere, leading to climate change, Artic ice melt, and rising sea levels. It is now 2018 and we see the
Canadian Government jump to a new level of support for the oil and gas industry, literally going in overdrive with its recent decision to bail out Kinder Morgan by buying the Trans Mountain Pipeline. That was enough reason for a good number of Bowen Islanders to join fellow-riding members in a Nation wide Snap Action that was held on Monday June 4. Armed with placards, banners, and chants they gathered at the constituency office of our MP Pam GoldsmithJones and marched through Horseshoe Bay. Our MP wasn’t there, but her assistant Natasha Lepur was. She graciously invited everyone to leave messages – which we did. The messages were loud and clear. Many of those who came out and many of those who couldn’t, are divesting from fossil fuels, trying to limit their greenhouse gas output as well as they can. We were inspired by Canada signing on to the Paris Climate Change Accord in 2015, but the expansion of oil pipelines doesn’t fit that picture. It fits even less now our Government has decided to use
Some of the Islanders who made it over to Pamela Goldsmith-Jones’ constituency office in West Van.
$10 billion (or more) of taxpayer money for the purchase and expansion of an oil pipeline. People feel betrayed. Why bother taking climate action when the Government, expected to provide leadership, is bailing out full time. I feel the same way. Although I am a Green party supporter, I was inspired by the election campaign that Goldsmith-Jones ran three years ago. As part of it, she hosted a large pre-election gathering at the Kay
Meek centre in West Vancouver where well-known Bowen Islanders Wade Davis and Ross Beatty were part of panel discussion. The message back then was that Canada must transition to renewable energy and divest from fossil fuels. Beatty explained that this was already happening, and it was happening faster and faster, and Canada had to step in before it falls behind. Instead of doing divesting, though, Canada’s government has
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now decided to move backward altogether. In hindsight, Goldsmith-Jones was courting soft Green supporters to vote Liberal and they did in large numbers. That might have been a clever political move, but with an issue that concerns the survival of life on this planet, it is a cynical and deeply disturbing one. I doubt that soft Green supporters will be as soft in 2019, and I doubt they make the same mistake twice.
AED a thank-you gift to the community continued from page 1
Firefighters arrive to find an already extinguished fire on May 31 near the Snug Cove General Store. Crews doused the area anyway, not wanting to take a chance on a stray spark. PHOTO BRONWYN BEAIRSTO
An unusually dry May has prompted warnings to be fire aware. “We’re a month ahead of where we usually are when it comes to dryness,” said Fire Chief Ian Thompson. When Thompson gets back from a firefighters conference in Victoria this week, the fire warning on-island will be switched to high, which means no campfires in public fire rings and pits, though residents can still apply for permits for backyard campfires. Under Metro Vancouver regulations, at high fire warning there’s no smoking permitted on trails, but Crippen Park’s fire danger rating is still listed as moderate. This doesn’t mean people can be blasé about cigarettes and campfires. Thompson said that in May alone the fire department received four
calls, which is more calls than usual. Two of these calls were to campfires that weren’t totally extinguished – one on Mt. Collins and one at Seymour Bay. Irresponsible smokers also worry Thompson. “You still see people discarding cigarettes out the car windows,” he said. “People have to be smart and safe.” Now that the ashes have settled, the General Store is looking to thank the community for saving the business. “If it wasn’t for our customers we wouldn’t be here,” said general manager Nancy Lee. As a gift to the community, the store will be buying a defibrillator for the front of the building. “We just want to express thanks and gratitude,” said Lee.
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A sign of things to come To the editor, During a winter walk mid-January 2018 I discovered a Shaw Cable sign on Pebble Beach at Cape Roger Curtis. Living on Bowen, you’ll hear about or remember the Stop-theDocks campaign against monstrous docks on the cape. More than 1,300 signatures petitioned against the docks and for the safekeeping of the unique shoreline of the Cape for generations to come. Arguably, during the last municipal election the Cape Roger Curtis’ docks played a decisive role in the outcome. Since then, dock bylaws were passed, the municipality won and lost court battles, some docks were barred, some were permitted. Pebble Beach – with its natural beauty, tide pools, eelgrass meadows, kelp forests and resident seal – was and is central to this debate. Politically and environmentally this beach is an area of heightened sensitivity, and it’s for this reason that the discovery of the Shaw Cable sign in January was unexpected. When contacted, council referred my inquiry to staff and staff passed the buck to Shaw Cable. I learned that Pebble Beach had been selected as the landing point for a subsea fibre-optics cable connection with Vancouver Island. Since, neither BIM nor Shaw Cable have provided a compelling answer to why and how Pebble Beach was selected. Why not Tunstall Bay with its industrial history or Bowen Bay with an already existing cable trench
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and a much shorter beach run? Trenching of beach and foreshore will disturb and destroy the beach environment. Trenching involves heavy equipment on the beach. Check: youtube.com/ watch?v=07cEaHxyPq8insert BIM permitted roadworks and directional drilling. These extensive works were completed in 2017. There was no council vote and no public notice. It was business as usual, regardless of public concerns. The monolithic sign stakes Shaw’s claim to Pebble Beach. Is this a done deal? Not so fast. All this happened before Shaw Cable had any provincial approvals for the right to occupy the ocean bed between Bowen and French Creek. Their application was filed only in January 2018, after the sign was posted. A first public notice was posted by the province in March 2018. The Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resources and Rural Development acknowledged my concerns as a citizen about the approval process and the sequence of events. Shaw has admitted that they jumped the gun prior to a decision on their Land Act application. Shaw covered up the sign and, if their application is denied, they will take it down. The ministry stated in an email, “The fact that the upland permit has been issued (by BIM) and the sign erected (by Shaw) will not factor in the Land Act tenure decision.” Corporate arrogance, dictatorship or democracy at work? I remain concerned and have filed an access to
information request with BIM. By the way, don’t hold your breath for improved internet services. For now, Shaw has declined to present a timeline for better-quality services on Bowen “until other necessary upgrades on Bowen are completed”. Richard Wiefelspuett Bowen Island
Now you see it: the uncovered Shaw Cable sign as Richard Wiefelspuett saw it on Pebble Beach January 2018.
Now you don’t: the sign on Pebble Beach has since been covered in camouflage tape. PHOTOS RICHARD WIEFELSPUETT
Dear Editor, Bowen Island is at risk of losing out on an opportunity to create a much-needed vibrant, walkable neighbourhood that would be a short stroll from Snug Cove, adjacent to Bowen Island Community School, Island Pacific School, and the Bowen Children’s Centre’s wonderful daycare and preschool. Our municipal council is currently considering a pair of bylaws that would rezone Lot 1 of the community lands, which are owned by all Bowen Island residents. This large parcel is on the left-hand side of the road as one drives down Mt. Gardner from the school to Killarney Lake. The bylaw seeks to divide this land into smaller parcels, and allocate the uses of each. At just over six acres, Area 1 is the largest parcel of Lot 1. It is almost immediately across the parking lot from Bowen Island Community School. As currently drafted, bylaws 432 and 433 would designate these six acres for “light industrial and artisanal” primary use, with live/work and residential as a secondary use. In practice, this would mean apartments on a second floor above workshops and welding shops and warehouses. With all due respect to our hard-working council, this is bonkers. In the most recent Island Survey, more than three quarters of us said we wanted more housing: more diverse and affordable housing. This is the very best location to develop new housing. It is close to Snug Cove, near our village—with its shops, services, and ferry— and schools. Doing so will reduce traffic and energy use, and help revitalize our village. Much of the public feedback on this issue to date, including a review by the Advisory Planning Commission and the Bowen Island Municipality Transportation Advisory Committee, of which I am a member, led to recommendations that Area 1 be devoted to housing. These bylaws should be sent back to the staff for a rewrite, to designate residential as the primary use of Area 1 - including town homes and condos that would be more affordable for young families than standalone houses, and suitable for empty nesters who want to downsize. Islanders have expressed their policy priorities, loud and clear. As an election looms, council would be well advised to take heed. James Glave
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Wearable art shines in massproduced clothing era INES ORTNER CONTRIBUTOR
The June Ruth made her final voyage Monday Morning. She was towed from Mannion Bay to Snug Cove to be dismantled. PHOTO BRUCE RUSSELL
At 8 a.m. Monday morning the June Ruth was pulled from the waters of Mannion Bay. With funding from the federal government under the abandoned boats program, BIM received $6,000 to have the boat removed.
For several months now it had been kept afloat by local authorities pumping out water. The boat was immediately dismantled near the Union Steamship Marina.
Matching-funds deadline extended The deadline for Bowen Children’s Centre infant-toddler wing matching-funds campaign has been extended to June 8. Bowen Children’s Centre executive director Ann Silberman says that there’s a pressing need on the island for daycare for young children. In the 2016 census, Bowen had more than 450 children under five. “There’s a huge population of families that are desperate for care for their young ones,” says Silberman. After false starts, and a lot of money wrangling, Silberman and the centre managed to start building the new toddler wing to meet this need. With the new wing, two full-time spots will open up, and there will be six part-time spaces, with the potential to help 11-15 families. One anonymous donor donated $50,000 to the new wing, says Silberman, but that
donor wanted the community to recognise what important work the centre does. The donor made a second $50,000 available in a matching-funds campaign. So far $30,000 dollars has been donated to the expansion. “The response from the average family has been phenomenal,” says Silberman. She says she’s also been impressed by the support from people who neither have children nor any connection with the centre. Now Silberman says she’s hoping for some of the larger foundations and organizations to pitch in last-minute and bridge some of the remaining matching-funds gap. “I would like to thank everyone for the donation they were able to give,” says Silberman. “There’s nothing more important than giving children a head-start in life.”
Wearable art is as old as getting dressed itself. Clothing the body has always been about communicating belonging, individuality, and beauty through the skillful manipulation of materials worn or carried on the body. Although contemporary textiles are made with mindboggling technological advancements and highly computerized methods, the basic techniques have not changed over the past few thousand years: we are weaving, knotting, felting/fusing and layering fibers and other materials to satisfy our need of protection from the elements, communicate status, place, community and represent through beauty our technological skill. Over the last few years Wearable Art has increasingly become a social commentary on and expression of the desire to reconnect, to even more reconsider our ways of how we consume garments. The Bowen Island Arts Council, in conjunction with our guest curator Ines Ortner, is pleased to present our second wearable art show on Bowen, this year featured at the new Gallery @ Cove Commons. Once again we are featuring an incredibly talented group of artists who offer beauty, techniques and point of views about a wide array of issues to the community. We
are excited to introduce to you the following participating artists in the 2018 Wearable Art Show in the Gallery @ Cove Commons: Kathleen Ainscough, Jenny Anstey, Lois Belluk, Jani Carroll, Muriel Curtis, Becky Dawson, Mary Downe, Vikki Michele Freckelton, Judi Gedye, Sarah Haxby, Tracey Lee Hearst, Caroline Hurd, Kami Kanetsuka, Emilie Kaplun, Emily van Lidth de Jeude, Paula Love (Alucema), Carolyn (Hadfield) McDonald, Gerold Mueller, Laura Rahn, Claudia Schaefer, Connie Wright, Delilah Bell and Paige Tweten. The exhibit is running from June 7-July 8, with an Artists Reception on Saturday, June 9, from 7-9 p.m. We would like to encourage you to wear a piece of wearable art for the reception. It is a wonderful way of meeting new people. On July 2 we are holding an exciting special event. First we will offer a curator’s tour from 12-12:30 p.m., followed by a film and talk with Kami Kanetsuka. From 1-2:30 p.m. Kanetsuka will present the film “Advanced Style and talk about her experience and involveme”nt in a workshop given by Debra Rapoport, one of the ageless fashionistas portrayed in the film. Admission for these events is by donation. The Gallery is open every day except Tuesday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. BIAC thanks the Knick Knack Nook for its support of this program and its commitment to a more sustainable Bowen Island.
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Pub 2.0 enters new era
Nick Shaw, Wyatt Shaw, Glenn Cormier and Meredith Cormier cut the ribbon to the new pub Friday. PHOTO BRONWYN BEAIRSTO
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Dozens of people, young and old, crowded onto Dorman Street last Friday afternoon, to get their first glimpses inside Bowen Island Pub 2.0. Emerging, with some theatrical flair, to a clapping crowd, owners Glenn Cormier, Nick Shaw and their family members cut the ribbon and welcomed a stream of Islanders into the new institution. Cormier had previously said that he didn’t want to “overproduce” this pub. He wanted to leave it comfortable and Bowen-like for his patrons. The pub is clean and there’s not a carpet in sight, but it’s cosy, with plenty of corners for patrons to tuck away for a pint. It’s got the classically dim pub lighting and features neon signs on the walls, heirlooms from its predecessor.
The pub’s centrepiece
though, is the pool table smack dab at the entrance. The old pub famously had a post immediately beside its pool table, an amusing and frustrating obstacle for players. But for better or worse, no such post flanks the new pool table. It was a jovial atmosphere post-ribbon cutting as laughs and “how’ve you beens” drowned out inaugural clinks of beer and whiskey glasses. “This is Bowen at its best,” said grinning local Edward Watchman.
Project manager Stacy Beamer, fresh off testing out the pool table, said, “The job’s gone well and we had a good team. I’m glad it’s done, and I don’t mean that in a bad way.” Once the afternoon crowd died down, John Stiver and the Snug Cove Blues Band broke in the stage and dance floor with some tunes. The pub’s grand opening party is June 16.
NEW BOWEN VET HOURS The Doctors will now only be taking appointments from 9am - 5pm Wednesdays, Thursday’s and Saturday’s. The clinic will maintain the regular opening hours for you to purchase food and book appointments. We will still be answering Emergency calls and directing you accordingly but please plan ahead and allow extra time for medication refills. This reduction in hours is temporary but necessary while we open and establish the North Shore’s first 24 hour, Animal emergency and Critical care facility. Thank you in advance for your understanding and we apologize for any inconvenience.
Union Steamship Marina Parking Enforcement: Due to continued non-compliance with parking in the Union Steamship Marina parking lot, USSC will be using a wheel clamp. Anyone who does not have a visible current year USSC parking pass in their window or has not paid for parking will have their car wheel clamped. This will result in a clamp removal fee of $20 on top of payment for all outstanding fines. Customers of Doc Morgan’s please ask your server for a parking token to pay for parking when you arrive. For those who consistently pay for parking and hold a current year USSC parking pass, we thank you for your patience while we work towards solving the parking problem. Please note Union Steamship Marina Chandlery office hours are daily 9am – 7pm during the summer, if clamp removal is required.
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Dozens of people turned out to christen the new pub Friday afternoon.
There was a round of applause for pub project manager Stacy Beamer. PHOTO BRONWYN BEAIRSTO
Dominique Preney was the lone rower in the race and finished in two hours. PHOTO BRONWYN BEAIRSTO
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Gary Anders, Tim Rhodes, Cro Lucas and Steve Bellringer waiting to try the newest beer taps on Bowen. PHOTO BRONWYN BEAIRSTO
Dave Pinner and his wife Kathryn joined eager new patrons at the pub opening. PHOTO BRONWYN BEAIRSTO
Competition was fierce in the 18th annual Round Bowen Challenge. The Undercurrent was at the finish line to snap the competitors as they crossed the finish line and then could finally rest. PHOTOS BRONWYN BEAIRSTO
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Ulrich to bring famous musician friends to Bowen SHARI ULRICH CONTRIBUTOR
The “Trust Me” series will feature well-known Canadian songwriters John Wort Hannam, Christopher Ward and Shari Ulrich at Tir-na-nOg next week. On Wednesday, June 13, I’ll be joining John and Christopher for a songwriters’ in-the-round concert at Tir-na-nog Theatre. This is John’s second appearance as part of the “Trust Me” series. A Juno nominee and Canadian folk music album of the year winner, John’s well-travelled road has lead him to performances at The Kennedy Centre, The Smithsonian, and Trafalgar Square. His seventh album is due out in September. Christopher is best known for writing “Black Velvet,” peformed by Alannah Myles, and has written songs for Diana Ross, Hilary Duff, Wynonna Judd, The Backstreet Boys, Amanda Marshall, Roch Voisine and dozens of others. A Juno-award winner for songwriter of the year, and with countless songs in films and TV includ-
Trust Me organizer and local musician Shari Ulrich has lived on Bowen for 26 years. PHOTO SUPPLIED
ing The Voice, Christopher helped launch MuchMusic as Canada’s first VJ. He continues as a prolific writer – including prose. Random House recently published his fourth book - Is This Live? Inside the Wild Early Years of MuchMusic. I will be sharing some brand new songs I’m currently recording for a new album and will accompany
these longtime dear friends from time to time on violin and mandolin. I can promise you a very entertaining evening of songs, stories, humour and wonderful music. The concert is at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 13 at Tir-na-nOg Theatre. Tickets are $25 and available at Phoenix and directly on line at trustme.bpt.me
SATURDAY, JUNE 9TH 2018
30TH ANNUAL
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEEETING The Board of Directors of the Bowen Island Community School Association hereby give notice that the Annual General Meeting of the Association will be held at Bowen Island Community School on
ROUND BOWEN RACE
Wednesday, June 13 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm For the following purposes: • To receive the financial statements of the Association • To receive reports of Board Members • To elect Board Members of the Association to fill required vacancies on the Board; and most importantly • To welcome new members and invite them to learn more about the CSA! Mission Statement: The CSA supports the Bowen Island Community School as the hub of community life on Bowen by encouraging community development and life-long learning, leading to strong families, a healthier community and enhancement of the quality of life for all ages.
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FRIDAY Registration: Race HQ from 4pm to 9pm Host Bar: 5pm-7pm Dance band at Doc Morgan’s Pub SATURDAY Pancake Breakfast..........................07:30 HRS Skipper’s Meeting.......................... 08:30 HRS Race Start.........................................10:00 HRS Awards & Prizes...............................18:00 HRS BBQ on USS C lawn & live music by Ginger Ginge 66 Moorage: Friday & Saturday free rafting moorage courtesy of Martin Marine ENTRY FEE Before June 1st ($55) - After June 1st ($65) BIYC Members ($55) INFORMATION & REGISTRATION See website www.biyc.bc.ca Registrar Jason Zahara: jzahara@biyc.bc.ca
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Salmon fry set free at Coho Bon Voyage TIM PARDEE BOWEN ISLAND FISH AND WILDLIFE CLUB
The excitement of children seeing the wonders of nature at Coho Bon Voyage on Sunday was infectious. Everybody attending, Bowen community members and visitors from the mainland alike, could feel their vibrant energy. Metro Vancouver Parks had an interactive display and salmon lifecycle obstacle course for parents and their children to play on. Albert Schaly and his daughters showed participants the many insects that live in Bowen creeks and explained how they are essential elements of our healthy riparian habitat. Volunteers of the Bowen Island Fish & Wildlife Club made sure that all the children, young and old, released the last of this season’s coho fry into nearby Terminal Creek. There were many
smiles and even more laughs. Coho Bon Voyage was the culmination of another successful year for BIFWC volunteers who operate the Terminal Creek Salmon Hatchery in Crippen Park under the supervision of Fisheries & Oceans Canada (DFO). Over 98 per cent of the chum and coho eyed salmon eggs we received from DFO were incubated and released as healthy fry into Bowen creeks and the ocean; an excellent survival rate that dedicated salmon enhancement volunteers can be proud of. The hatchery is now closed until next fall but coho will thrive all year in the following Bowen creeks: Terminal, Killarney, Explosives, and Grafton. The BIFWC would like to thank the Bowen community for supporting wild salmon and protecting wild salmon habitat. Have a great summer!
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Union Steamship Marina Dinghy Dock:
Salmon fry make a break for freedom Sunday afternoon.
The Union Steamship Marina has found unmarked dinghy’s left by boaters on the dinghy dock. We ask everyone who may own one to please come to the USSC Chandlery on the docks and identify dinghy. Unless, there is already a USSC contract in place for the dinghy it must be removed from dinghy dock. Any dinghy left unclaimed or without a current year USSC sticker will be auctioned off on July 3, 2018.
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Masterworks Presentations 2018 Join us June 12-14
Shari Ulrich’s “Trust Me” series presents
An evening of songwriters in-the-round with
CHRISTOPHER WARD
JOHN WORT HANNAM
Can a 14-year-old be expected to conduct a public presen esentation similar to a esen TED talk? IPS students have been doing so for over 20 years through a program called Masterworks.
SHARI ULRICH
Self-selected, self-directed, and self-presented, the Masterworks independent study project is compulsory for every Grade 9 student and marks a significant academic achievement at IPS. Successful completion of the project results in students gaining 4-credits toward their high school graduating program.
WED. JUNE 13th 7:30 pm Tir-na-nog Theatre 585 Rivendell Dr. Bowen Island TIX $25 at PHOENIX & online at Brown Paper Tickets: trustme.bpt.me
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Grade 9 students at IPS will be publicly presenting their projects at Cates Hill Chapel on Bowen Island. The public is welcome to attend. Please join us. date
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Forging of the Ages
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Bev Rapley
Chelsea Mainwaring, Iichan Cruz
10:00am
Fantasy on High; an Anthology of Short Stories
Eden Vela-Martinez
Charlotte Paterson
Dianne Carruthers-Wood, Michael St. John Smith
11:00am
Do these ads even work? The different ways we receive, learn and remember information from TV commercials and how they influence our decisions.
Alex Ronczewski
Jennifer Henrichsen, Scott Herrington
Bernie Hadley-Beauregard, David Martin
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A Promising Future for Cancer Treatment
Fiona McInnes
Pam Matthews, Anna Fenn
Marcel Bally
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From Dream to Screen; The Process of Writing a Screenplay
Reid McKenzie
Bev Rapley
David Ray, Peter DeLuise
10:00am
The End of the Universe as We Know It
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Pam Matthews, Anna Fenn
Scott Massey, Per Parker
11:00am
The Morality Behind Murder Law
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Adrian van Lidth de Jeude
Michael Hancock, Geoff Cowper
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Dogs with Jobs
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Laura Meagher
Dee Elliott, Jenn McGowan, Alexandro Jurgensen
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Fruit of the Forbidden Tree: Power, Morality and Personal Choice
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Adrian van Lidth de Jeude
Doug Elliott, Julie Desaliners
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Expressive Art Therapy
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Charlotte Paterson
Cyntha Gonzalez
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Sports Analytics; Changing the Game
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Laura Meagher
Kevin Manning, Stuart McGee
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Dancing through the Decades, Women’s Roles in Society reflected in Dance
Ellen Nickle
Jennifer Henrichsen
Gail Lotenberg, Kelly Kono
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Men On the Rock Bowen’s Male Choir
21/06/18 Cates Hill Chapel 8pm 22/06/18 Tunstall Bey Clubhouse 8pm Tickets $20 at Cates Pharmacy
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Thursday, June 14
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Middle School Superheroes IPS is Hiring for the 2018-19 School Year Program Support Staff
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On the calendar FRIDAY JUNE 8 Ferry Advisory Committee Meeting 9:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Evergreen Hall 464 Melmore Rd. Open to the public. Dinner at the Legion Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Dinner at 6:30 p.m. Members and guests welcome. SATURDAY, JUNE 9 ‘Round Bowen Yacht Race 10 a.m. start Deep Bay Events include Pancake breakfast on Doc’s Patio at 7:30 a.m. and after party at 7 p.m. on the lawn with Ginger 66. All welcome. Arts Pacific Gallery celebrates its 20th anniversary. Browse, shop, and eat cake! Info contact janicarroll@shaw. ca. Continues Sunday. Bowen Island Farmers Market at BICS Every Saturday 10-12 p.m.
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Bowen Island AA Collins Hall at 7:15 p.m.
Wearable Art Show Opening Reception 7-9 p.m. (Runs to July 8) Attendees encouraged to wear a piece of wearable art. The Gallery @ Cove Commons.
g Squamish Nation Dance Troupe
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