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Terminal Creek Contemporary’s artist-in-residence, Julie Hill, working on The Space Out of Time, part of the 2019 Capture Festival.
Sculpting the cosmos on Bowen A CONVERSATION WITH TERMINAL CREEK CONTEMPORARY’S FIRST ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
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The Milky Way erupts from the cracks in the floor of Terminal Creek Contemporary. Eighty-two million stars contained in the white cube of a gallery in Artisan Square. The Space out of Time is from
U.K. artist Julie Hill, Terminal Creek Contemporary’s first artist-in-residence, and presented as part of Vancouver’s 2019 Capture Photography Festival. The work is site-responsive, meaning that each time it is shown, it adapts to its environment. One piece has hung in a forest, another down a spiral staircase. For the Terminal Creek exhibit, there are
three sculpture-esque pieces protruding into the gallery from the (pre-existing) cracks in the floor. Totaling more than 60 square metres of paper, these are one of the largest photos ever taken of the Milky Way, cut into three. The photo was taken from a landbased telescope in the high deserts of Chile, which some consider to be among the best stargazing locations on Earth. CONTINUED ON PAGE 5
Expressing interest: The Bowen Island Transportation Society, a non-profit group of local commuters dedicated to improving islanders’ transportation options, is in negotiations to buy Peter King’s express bus service, council heard Monday. The society estimates that between 75 and 100 people use the service daily. King began the bus service in 2015 during the Queen of Capilano’s refit. It hasn’t been smooth sailing, but through breakdowns and bureaucratic hoops, King’s persevered. The bus works with the Cormorant Marine water taxi to provide passage from Bowen through to Vancouver and back. The current plan is to buy and stabilize the business. Julian Barrera, who gave the presentation to council, said that the society wants to ensure that the core service is sustainable. He said that the society would be approaching council for endorsement, bus parking spaces and inclusion in future transportation planning, but they wouldn’t be asking for money. He said that the society hopes to be a member-driven society and they intend to fundraise withn the membership (which they hope to grow from the current 5 to the more than 900 who are part of the facebook group.) Council voted to encourage the society to work with the Transportation Advisory Committee. Starbucks hole 9: Bowen now has a public spaces naming policy. This includes “guidelines and criteria for naming municipally owned public spaces related to recreation, parks, trails, and community amenities or equipment.” Manager of recreation and community services Shauna Jennings said that the policy came up in part due to the proposed disc golf course – the idea being that businesses and individuals could sponsor holes. She assured council that any naming would ultimately be up to council. Up you go: A proposal to build a tramway down a steep embankment on Smugglers’ Cove Road will receive a variance permit after a five-to-two vote. CONTINUED ON PAGE 6
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Community Grants 2019 The application deadline for Bowen Island Municipality’s grants program is April 15, 2019. Beginning in 2019, there is one annual intake for Grants-in-Aid and Community Grants.
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Applications for Permissive Tax Exemptions are due by June 30th for consideration and review for 2020-2024.
Community Economic Development Committee Meeting
April 15 2019 7:00pm Advisory Planning Commission Meeting
April 16 2019 7:00pm Parks, Trails and Greenways Advisory Committee Meeting
April 23 2019 6:15pm Regular Council Meeting
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Drinking water and persons with compromised immune systems The Provincial Health Officer advises all British Columbians with compromised immune systems (such as HIV, organ or bone transplants, chemotherapy or medications that suppress the immune system) to avoid drinking water from any surface water or ground water that is under the influence of surface water, unless it has been boiled, filtered, distilled or treated with UV. Bowen Island and other areas in British Columbia use surface water sources (lakes, rivers, streams). This is not a general boil-water advisory for the general public, but rather is directed only at persons with compromised immune systems. If in doubt about your immune system status, please discuss this further with your physician.
COMMUNITY RECREATION - SUMMER JOBS: Bowen Island Community Recreation Department has full and part time positions available this summer. Positions include: Daycamp Leaders, Daycamp Assistants and Playcare Assistant(s). Application deadline: 4:00pm, April 19, 2019. PUBLIC WORKS - SUMMER JOBS: Bowen Island Public Works Department has full time positions available this summer. Positions include: Public Works Parks Maintenance Crew and Public Works Roads Crew. Application deadline: 4:00pm, April 12, 2019. FIRECHIEF - PERMANENT FULL-TIME Bowen Island Municipality is looking for a permanent full-time Fire Chief to join our team. Reporting to the Chief Administrative Officer, the Fire Chief will administer, plan, direct and control all aspects of the Fire Department including the administration, fire suppression, fire prevention and rescue activities. Application deadline: 4:00pm, April 12, 2019.
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A locally grown marine conservationist GARDEN REFLECTIONS FROM THE FIRST TALK IN THE LIBRARY’S NATURE OF HOME SERIES: ADAM TAYLOR
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Four generations of Adam Taylor’s family have lived on Bowen’s shores “I remember my dad and Uncle Bill telling me about their childhood in the late 1940s when they used to fill the bathtub with herring that they raked from Snug Cove,” Adam recalled last Saturday evening. “They were avid fishermen and froze the herring on cookie sheets to use for bait. What they couldn’t freeze, their uncle, Ped, pickled, and what remained went into the garden soil as fertilizer.” Adam told us about his early days growing up on Bowen as part of a talk, the first in the library’s Nature of Home series. Adam’s story wove his early memories growing up on Bowen with his passion for scuba diving in Howe Sound and the discovery and conservation of the sound’s famous glass sponge reefs. I am always curious about the personal history of a conservationist; what pushed them in that direction. Adam’s own reflection was that, for him, it was the influence of his dad and Uncle Bill, both avid fishers and hunters, who spent much time in nature and saw conservation needs. Adam grew up helping them maintain wood duck nesting boxes, and watching the construction of the salmon ladder and hatchery. “That was the Bowen way, you jumped in and got things done,” said Adam. Adam learned scuba diving from Brian Hartwick, a Bowen Islander and Simon Fraser University marine biologist. He recalled that during his first training dive at the CNIB Lodge dock in Deep Bay, Brian swam the class a short way off-shore.
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Diver Alejandro Frid from Bowen Island with rockfish on glass sponge reef near southeast corner of Gambier Island. “We saw two octopus, right away,” said Adam. “I was hooked!” Adam has spent many weekends over the past 27 years diving Howe Sound. His stunning underwater video, eye-to-eye with rockfish, shrimp, sea stars and other marine life made me realize how little we know about the rich and diverse life of Howe Sound. Adam is proud of his work with other citizen scientist divers who discovered, documented, and gained protection for the glass sponge reefs in Howe Sound. “These reefs are the only glass sponge reefs in the world that are shallow enough to be
accessible to scuba divers,” he told the audience. But Adam is clear-eyed about how much there is to do. “We are still in the ‘steam engine’ era when it comes to marine conservation,” he said. Our next talk in the library’s Nature of Home series is this coming Saturday evening, April 13, 7 p.m. at the library annex. Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, local author and award-winning artist, will draw on his Haida heritage, his activism and his art in his conversation, “WRECK – CONciliation: Now What?” Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Seating is limited.
IPS Masterworks project cleaning Bowen’s beaches RIVER HOOPER
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Many of us can agree that we have seen a lot of plastic showing up on our local beaches. My name is River Hooper and I am a grade nine student at Island Pacific School. As part of my masterworks project on ocean plastics, I would like to organize a beach clean up on April 13 and 14.
I encourage all of you to take part by going to your local beach and cleaning up what you can. It doesn’t have to be for a long time, just do what you can. You can drop off your collected plastics at Island Pacific School (671 Carter Road). There will be a marked spot where you can drop it in front of the school. I will sort it and recycle the plastic on Sunday afternoon. If you cannot make these days I still encour-
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age you to do your own clean up. If you choose to take part, please put all the styrofoam you collect in one bag and all the other plastics in another. This is because there is a lot more styrofoam than any other plastic and it is hard to separate from the other plastics. If you have any questions or anything you would like to ask please email me at riverh@ go.islandpacific.org. Hope to see you all out on the beach.
The Bowen Island Garden Club invites islanders to their first open Garden of the season. This is an opportunity to visit a garden in the first flush of spring with bulbs and blossoming fruit trees providing wonderful bursts of color against a background of a world teeming with new green life. Our hosts will be David and Ainslie Manson at 1815 Vista Road, at Hood Point. The garden will be open from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 14. If you are not a club member you are very welcome to join us. There is a small fee but if you’re seduced by the spirit of the gardening community you will meet here, you can buy a full membership on-site for a few dollars. Simple refreshments will be provided at no cost. This is a fenced garden sitting high above Cates Bay, with views east and south. Like most gardens on the east side of Bowen, the February North winds damaged plants and shrubs, not to mention falling trees which took out some rhododendrons. However, spring is now in full force with a splendid show of a tulip magnolia, daffodils and bulbs. If you’re lucky, there have been sightings of goldfinch, and of course humming birds. Ainslie has been busy in her vegetable garden and has planted her first seeds. David is the irrigation expert. Interested gardeners will profit from his expertise in developing comprehensive systems with zones and scheduled watering periods. An Open Garden is an occasion to meet up with old friends, talk about your winter travels and hardships and exchange thoughts on the gardening season ahead. It could be another hot and dry year. But we will have to wait and see.
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Robin and Eddie
There’s a robin that keeps flinging himself against my window. For four weeks now, I’ve woken to a thump patter patter, thump patter patter, every morning. I get up to see a flicker of a red breast flitting off into the woods. The robin continues throughout the day, though if he senses movement inside the house, he flies away. Google tells me that the robin sees his reflection in the window and thinks that it’s another bird, competing for mates in his territory. Hence the relentless assault against my windowpanes. The suggestion online is that I put a mirror in the yard so the robin can fling himself against that instead. Move the problem somewhere else. This seems like a cop out. Especially after last week. Last week I met Eddie. I was on deadline for the paper last Tuesday evening when a family friend, David McCullum, asked for help capturing an eagle in the driveway. David had spotted the weak bird on his way home from work. The immature bald eagle
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David McCullum hands off Eddie to the Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society
(younger than five years) had no visible injuries but was unable to find the strength to fly away, even from an approaching dog (the dog is so old and blind she didn’t notice the eagle). So David called Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society (OWL), which specialises in the rehabilitation and release of injured raptors. It is illegal to capture, transport, possess, import and export raptors without a permit, however, once an injured raptor is reported to OWL, the bird falls under OWL’s license and an expert will talk you through next steps. The society instructed David to capture the eagle and bring it to them. So with towels and a laundry hamper in hand, we cornered the eagle against a fence. Cliché as it is, watching the honed predator on the cusp of adulthood, feathers of his harsh brow transitioning to white, a beak turning from black to yellow, bouncing against a wire fence, desperately trying to extend his powerful two-metre wingspan to escape from saviour and executioner both, was heartbreaking. Eddie, as David dubbed him, had lead poisoning. Raptors get lead poisoning from ingesting fragments of lead ammunition and fishing tackle, either by directly eating the lead or eating animals that’ve previously ingested the metal. Though hunting waterfowl with lead ammunition has been banned since the ‘90s, it is still used for hunting other birds and animals. And it’s not the bullets that hit their targets that are most dangerous. It’s those that miss. Birds mistake the lead for pebbles or a snack. Like in humans, lead accumulates in birds ––even a small amount can kill an eagle. And it killed Eddie. Eddie survived his first night in captivity, though he fought his way out of the laundry hamper overnight. The next morning, David brought Eddie to the mainland where Angela Clacey of OWL picked up the bird and brought him to their facility in Delta, where they treated him. But it was too little too late and Eddie died Saturday morning. Eddie’s fate was a brutal reminder that everything we do, every time we fish with a lead weight, spray with pesticides, block off a nesting spot, there are unseen consequences. Some are harsher than others. So this robin flinging himself against my window. Truth is, I am in his territory (though I feel no need to compete with him for mates). And in some ways, I’m grateful for the daily reminder that the little guy is still alive. Still fighting for his territory. As inconvenient as the thump patter patter, thump patter patter is, I’ll miss it more when it’s gone. When there’s nothing left to fight for. No one left to fight. ––Bronwyn Beairsto, Editor
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 The photo is printed on a type of Japanese paper that lends the work an almost-geological texture. Like cosmic igneous. “There’s a lot of crossover between sort of the language astronomers use and those geologists use,” explains Hill. “Coming off the Milky Way, [astronomers] can trace filaments of stars, which they call [stellar] streams and things like this, so there’s associations there. “Sometimes people think of outer space as something completely separate. But it’s all made of the same sort of stuff. Like whatever you find on Earth is coming in and made of explosions of stars.” Mirrors spot walls of the gallery, hearkening in part to mirrors being the primary light-gathering component in many telescopes. “And I quite like the fact that in literature and folklore, mirrors will quite often be illusory and magical. I like that kind of duality of the material,” says Hill. “And as you walk around you get bits reflecting back into each other, so it makes it feel like a landscape that you’re amongst as well.” While Hill’s fascination with the cosmos dates back to her childhood, it has dominated her work since around 2013. Hill says that she enjoys exploring the limits of comprehensibility and the sublime. She is also trying to challenge a scientific artefact with art. “Quite often the image is taken as something objective and true – it’s knowledge,” she says. “[But] theres been a lot written about Hubble images, and actually, they’re false coloured. “They’re wavelengths you can’t see, so you have to attribute a visible light range to them. “There’s a lot of subjectivity that goes into creating those images,” she says. “How they’re framed to look like a landscape perhaps. But then there’s no direction in space, why would they be that way up? “There’s all these kind of things that are really interesting and then the knowledge starts to seem less stable. “Which is, I guess, what maybe I’m trying to explore in a physical environment.” Julie met Terminal Creek Contemporary’s owner, Scott Massey, who too explores and challenges scientific ideas in his work, at a residency in Italy three years ago. After launching Terminal Creek Contemporary, Massey invited Hill, currently a fellow in digital print at the Royal Academy Schools in the U.K., to be the art space’s first resident artist. This is her first trip to Canada. “It’s exciting for me to kind of have a whole space to kind of play with for a week and try some new ideas out and it will generate sort of material that can probably use in the future,” she says. This residency is the first time Hill is showing the entire Milky Way picture. “It’s a nice opportunity to bring the whole image together and sort of maybe conclude it as a piece of work as well,” she says. The opening reception for The Space out of Time is April 13 from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m., with open studio visits Friday, Saturday, Sunday (12 p.m. to 4 p.m.) Hill will be on Bowen until April 17.
Singing for a new centre
CHRISTIE GRACE QUINTET WILL PERFORM A BENEFIT CONCERT APRIL 20
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It’s a concert two years in the making for a community centre several decades in the making. On April 20, local singer Christie Grace, local drummer Buff Allen and a top-notch crew of other Vancouver musicians, will play a benefit concert for the proposed community centre. “The center’s at a stage now where we really want to keep the momentum going,” says Grace. “So this is a way to really keep the energy around it.” Though Grace and Bowen Island Arts Council had discussed doing the show in 2018, due to renovations in Cove Commons and musicians’ busy schedules, the concert had to be pushed back by a year. \So next week, the islander of 23 years will play her first show in Cove Commons. The jazz singer and songwriter, who has three albums under her belt, is excited about the quintet gathering for the show, including Bill Sample on piano, Laurence Mollerup on the bass, Tim Porter on guitar and Buff Allen on the drums. “We love each other. We love to play together. That’s what we do,” says Grace. “This is celebration,” she says. “This is my year of really coming back too.” Grace has had some health problems over the past few years, which have hampered her ability to sing. “I released my album a couple of years ago but I’ve still been doing recoveries in between,” she says. Complications from a more-than-a-decade-old root canal have required 16 surgeries over the past few years and at one point, Grace wasn’t sure she’d sing again. But she’s back now (in the spotlight rather – Grace is quick to say she never left the island). For the April 20 concert, Grace says to expect songs of love and renewal and new beginnings. She says they’ll explore the american songbook, Joni Mitchell, Norma Winstone and even some of her own material from her most recent album, 2017’s Golden Thread. Grace says she hopes to see a crowd to support a proj-
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ect she’s seen the need for since arriving on Bowen. “We have so many really wonderful musicians who don’t have a proper venue,” she says. “And so I think, first and foremost, we are deserving of that. “To have a place where our actors and our musicians, and film and writers, can have a proper stage with proper acoustics with proper instruments with proper lighting, proper seating, I think that’s pretty important. And it has been a long time coming. “A centre would be so vital to the pulse. It’s like the heartbeat. I think, really, it’s kind of like the kitchen of a home that’s been missing here.” The benefit concert will be April 20, starting at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $35 or $40 at the door, available online at thehearth.ca or at the Gallery at Cove Commons.
ing persons investigations; 2 theft from vehicle; 1 motor vehicle collision ; 2 mischief; 1 assault Bowen Island RCMP would like to remind parents and guardians that children outgrow everything - even car seats and booster seats! Ensure you’re using the right seat for your child’s age and size.
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Invites you to our Annual Meeting The Bowen Island Community Foundation’s 2019 Annual Meeting Are you concerned about: housing, seniors, diversity, youth activities, and gathering places on Bowen? Please join us to learn how your support is making a difference. We are excited to award $35,500 in community grants, introduce the Foundation’s new Board members, and announce some new initiatives. We hope to raise a glass with you in celebration of community!
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The tramway is to be constructed in the 30-metre setback from the ocean set out in the Land Use Bylaw. Councillor Sue Ellen Fast said that she was worried about the precedent such a variance sets and that shorelines should remain in their natural conditions. Councillor Rob Wynen said he was concerned that if council allowed this, what else would they allow in the 30-metre setback. Councillor Michael Kaile said that he thought the design is extremely discreet and given that the neighbours agreed and the existing staircase is rather treacherous, he would support the variance. Whose line is it anyway?: Four of the six Cape Roger Curtis docks are up for licence renewal. Though docks and permanent moorage facilities are now banned at Cape Roger Curtis, these docks were approved in 2013, predating the bylaw by two years. The municipality’s role in the renewal is advisory but council voted four to three to recommend that the province refuse renewal for all four docks. Councillors Maureen Nicholson, David Hocking, Fast and Wynen voted in favour of refusal. “It’s a clear statement from us,” said Nicholson. “It’s about being honest with them.” Sticking points for councillors included that construction of two of the docks didn’t adhere to the submitted design drawings (including the dock with the spiral staircase). On this point planning and development manager Daniel Martin said that provincial representatives had told him that they weren’t concerned as the docks had been built within the tenure area. Another Issue was how well used the docks are. According to the staff report, not one of the four docks has a float in the water, bringing into question if anyone uses the docks. Councillors debated what constitutes “diligent use.” The third sticking point was public response. While Nicholson cited the widely-circulated “stop the docks” petition of 2013, Kaile noted that public response to the dock controversy was mixed and that a number of people wrote in favour of the Cape owners. Council voted to forward all public correspondence related to these four docks to the province. Ander noted that Martin had consulted with the province on the points that stuck with council and the province hadn’t been concerned. He voted against recommending the refusal of the requests. Get your requests in now: council passed first, second and third readings of a formal freedom of information bylaw for the municipality. The bylaw essentially charges $7.50 for every half hour of staff time dedicated to retrieving a requested record plus additional fees. The accompanying staff report says that the fee is the actual cost of providing the service. The bylaw now just needs to pass adoption.
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The lastest show at the Gallery at Cove Commons features discarded and found items moulded into new pieces of art. Sandy Arthur, Jens Dierks, John Givins, Susan Hillman and Claudia Schaefer (seen in the photo below, though not left to right) came together to create new from the old for an exhibit that runs until May 5. The photos below are from the opening reception April 6.
PHOTOS BY ANNE BOA
Every Monday morning at Bowen Court, members of Seniors Keeping Young gather to exercise, visit and hear from a guest speaker. Last week Diana and Michael Kaile gave a slideshow presentation about their recent trip to India. Next week physiothearpist Sandy Logan will talk to the crew about balance. One can join as a member or just drop in.
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Duplicate Bridge Bowen Court 6:45 - 10 p.m. Info call Irene 604-947-2955 Fire Smart Workshop Fire Hall #2 7 p.m. A presentation by wildfire expert Bruce Blackwell ShelterBox talk by Chris Loat Collins Hall 7:30 p.m. Hear about ShelterBox’s disaster relief work around the world and particularly in Malawi in the wake of Cyclone Idai.
FRIDAY APRIL 12
Wine Tasting Bowen Beer & Wine Cellar 2:45-6:45 p.m. Enjoy a free tasting of Mission Hill’s popular 5 Vineyard Series along with a Reserve Meritage. training@bowendogranch.com www.bowendogranch.com
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Dinner at the Legion Bowen Island Legion Doors at 5:30 Dinner at 6:30 Jules is serving tacos. Beef or chicken with all the trimmings. Friday Night Live Snug Cove Blues Band Bowen Island Pub 7-10 pm Live music, no cover, and dinner specials.
SATURDAY APRIL 13
Bowen Beach Clean-up Saturday & Sunday IPS
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student River Hooper has organized a beach plastics drop off at IPS 671 Carter Road. River will sort and recycle. Please place styrofoam in a separate bag.
11 a.m. Open to everyone. Dress warmly. Tea will be served. No cost. More info: lisa.shatsky@gmail.com
The Space out of Time opening reception Terminal Creek Contemporary in Artisan Square 12-4 p.m. Meet U.K. artist Julie Hill and see her work.
Seniors Keeping Young 1070 Miller Road Exercise at 9:00, coffee at 9:45, Physiothearpist Sandy Logan talking about balance at 10:00, and yoga at 11:15. Yearly membership is $20, drop in fee for the first time is $3.00 and $2.00 for members.
Nature of Home: Michael Nicoll-Yahgulanaas Bowen Library Annex Doors open at 6:30 p.m. WRECK-Conciliation now what? Seattle’s Cave Singers/ Robert Connely Farr Bowen Island Pub 9 p.m. Don’t miss this one! Tickets $15 at the pub. Earth Sounds & Rhythm N Roots present “Raise Your Voice” Cates Hill Chapel 3 p.m. Under the direction of Karla Munday. Tickets at Phoenix $15 adults $10 seniors and students
SUNDAY APRIL 14
Open Garden 1815 Vista Road at Hood Point 1- 3 p.m. The Bowen Island Garden Club invites islanders to the first open Garden of the season. Small fee for nonmembers. Fix-it Fair Collins Hall 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Bring your broken tools, electronics, bikes even your worn out socks to this hive of handy people on Bowen. Outdoor Meditation Circle Meet at the picnic tables at the entrance to Crippen Park
MONDAY APRIL 15
Growing Apples and Pears in Coastal BC Bowen Legion 1 p.m. The Bowen Island Garden Club welcomes Jim Rahe to speak about Growing Apples and Pears in Costal BC. Members are free, guests $3
TUESDAY APRIL 16
Art Group Gallery at Cove Commons Drop-in $2 Bowen Island AA Collins Hall 7:15 p.m.
FRIDAY APRIL 19
Dinner at the Legion Bowen Island Legion Doors at 5:30 Dinner at 6:30 Friday Night Live at the Pub Bowen Island Pub 7-10 p.m. Live music, dinner specials, and no cover.
SATURDAY APRIL 20
The Great Bowen Easter Egg Hunt BICS playground 10:30 11:30 a.m. Pre- register at bowencommunityrecreation. ca
Writing Workshop with Chantal Eustace 2-4 p.m. Discover physical movements and writing strategies to help you feel more open, and to keep your story going. No writing or yoga experience is necessary! Bring a journal, pen and open mind! Register at bowencommunityrec.com Nature of Home: Bob Turner Collins Hall Doors open 6:30 p.m. The Great Howe Sound Recovery Spring Jazz benefit with Christie Grace Quintet Cove Commons 7:30 p.m Tickets online at www.hearth. ca/christiegrace.php $40 at door. Proceeds will benefit the Community Centre Project. Black Molly Bowen Island Pub Get ready to dance Bowen’s favourites are back at the pub.
SUNDAY APRIL 21
Easter Sunrise Service At Sandy Beach next to Bowen Island Lodge on Cardena 7:30 a.m Easter Sunrise Service presented by all of the churches on Bowen and led by Bowen’s St. Gerard’s Roman Catholic Church. The choir will include members from each of the island’s churches. Easter Breakfast Collins Hall 8:30 - 9:30 a.m Bowen Island United Church hosts a free breakfast of sausages and pancakes with coffee, tea and juice for ALL ages and ALL welcome.
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Introducing the Apple Blossom Festival
SARAH HAXBY
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The Bowen Island Heritage Preservation Association, also known as Bowen Heritage, is a group of Bowen Island volunteers dedicated to helping to preserve the cottages, apple trees and history of Davies Orchard and celebrating and raising awareness about local heritage on Bowen Island. Bowen Heritage has a small, caring, new board of volunteers who are learning the ropes and who are working with Metro Parks. We are keen to host a year of activities for the community to promote awareness of Bowen’s heritage and to preserve, celebrate, educate and engage people in the heritage gems that are still in Davies Orchard, nestled in Crippen Park in Snug Cove. The theme this year is old and new apples and thanks to support from the Knick Knack Nook, we have received a
grant to help with a full slate of activities. Our first event is for all ages and will be April 27 between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. The inaugural Apple Blossom Festival. It will be in the orchard, behind the Seabreeze building and Tuscany, down Cottage Lane. Davies Orchard, home of heritage apple trees planted in 1887, will be in stages of bloom throughout April. We would like to invite you to visit the orchard to take photos of the blooms, write poetry and generally to get inspired by the beauty of the old cottages and the apple trees, some of which are over 130 years old. This event starts the growing season and is the new counterpart to our traditional fall Applefest harvest event. On April 27, we will have a Rocking Horse Tea House serving tea in heritage outfits in the Information Cottage, as well as a new heritage textile exhibit and the Museum Cottage will be open
as well. There will be a mini farmers’ market and seedling sale as well. Local artist and new co-president of Bowen Heritage, Vikki Michele Freckelton is leading a parasol apple blossom painting workshop. Eight spots are available between 10 and 10:30 a.m. and another eight between 10:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. For youth age 5+, it’s $15 per 24” parasol, which you keep and take home as a usable work of art. This is a small, old-fashioned Bowen event created with the caring hearts and helping hands of the community, just like in the good old days. For more information about the event, Bowen Heritage, to volunteer for the event, to reserve a spot at the mini market, to busk, to help with kids games or to register for the parasol activity, please email bowenheritage@ gmail.com or phone Sarah Haxby, the other new co-president of Bowen Heritage at 604 947-9952.
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Cannabis legalization is a significant change in enforcement for the RCMP. Several new acts at the provincial and federal level provide new rules and information on everything cannabis enforcement related. The Bowen Island RCMP would like to remind the public that getting behind the wheel while impaired by drugs is not only dangerous, it’s against the law. Drug-impaired driving laws apply to all drivers, including those with a medical authorization for cannabis. The new law is consistent with the Criminal Code’s long-standing drug impaired driving offence, which has never exempted drivers who drive impaired by prescription drugs. Cannabis affects everyone differently. There is no safe limit for drivers who are recreational cannabis users or medicinal users since everyone has a different body tolerance for drugs. Different drugs act on your brain in different ways, but almost all affect your attention, judgment, reaction time, decision-making skills and more. If you choose to use cannabis, choose not to drive. Here’s some of what you need to know to keep roads and public spaces safe for everyone: Cannabis consumption is banned in vehicles. Provincial laws have established a number of consequences when cannabis is consumed in a vehicle, including fines and other administrative penalties to discour-
age and reduce the incidents of impaired driving. Keep cannabis out of reach. When cannabis is in a car, it must be secured in closed packaging and not within reach of any occupants. Prescription drugs can impair a person’s ability to safely control a moving vehicle. When taking prescription drugs, it is vital to follow doctors’ orders against operating any machinery, for a certain time after taking them. Talk with your doctor about the effects of your prescriptions and how they can react with other substances. Know your local rules before consuming. In B.C. people are allowed to consume cannabis in their homes and in some public spaces. Municipalities have the power to create additional restrictions on public use. A few examples of violation tickets and fines include: Section 15 Unlawful sale of cannabis $575 Section 63 (1) Smoke or hold lighted cannabis in or on an outdoor public space $230 Section 65(1)(a) Consume cannabis while operating a vehicle or boat $575 (Criminal Code Offence as well). Section 65(1)(a) Consume cannabis in a vehicle or boat operated by another person $230. Section 73(1) Minor possessing cannabis $230. For more information on B.C. cannabis fines and regulations pleas visit bclaws.ca/ civix/document/id/oic/oic_cur/0529_2018. For more information on B.C. cannabis laws and regulations visit cannabis.gov. bc.ca/.
Do some of these names make your mouth water? If yes, help is on it’s way. The Bowen Island Garden Club welcomes Jim and Mary Ann Rahe, owner’s of Annie’s Orchard in Langley. They have grown these rare and delicious apples and pears since 1985. They are coming to Bowen to offer their expertise and support to those of us caring for these tasty and sometimes troublesome fruit trees.
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The Gathering of the Nancys draws Slow Lane eye At the Barcelona last Sunday, April 7, Undercurrent reporter Marcus Hondro had the great honor, and singular distinction, of being an (albeit brief ) attendee at Bowen Island’s Gathering of the Nancys (no relation to Spain’s Running of the Bulls). Yes, each of the seven women in this photograph is named Nancy. The Gathering of the Nancys has taken place seven times over the past 13 years and the largest amount of Nancys at any one get together was 13. Left to right we have Nancy, Nancy, Nan...oh, nevermind. CAPTION AND PHOTO: MARCUS HONDRO
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