See you at StrawberryTea

REV. LORRAINE ASHDOWN

Bowen Island United Church

For decades now, The Strawberry Tea has been a favourite annual event on the island This year, Bowen Island United Church brings it to you again on Saturday, June 24 from 10 am to 3 pm, and it’s bound to be better than ever!

We will have our regular features such as strawberry shortcake; sandwiches; a barbecue with hot dogs, hamburgers and veggie burgers; raffles and a silent auction; gently used clothing for sale; a lemonade stand in our new children’s play area, music, and pies and strawberries for sale

If you would like to pre-order strawberries, strawberry rhubarb pies and strawberry tarts and pay (see prices below) by e-transfer please send to msmccall@telus net and be sure to list exactly what you ordered and quantity in the message

For info regarding paying by cash or

cheque, email mazakreski@gmail com

Prices:

$20 per pie

$16 per 2 5 pound box of strawberries

$96 per 15 pound flat of strawberries e-transfer msmccall@telus net and be sure to list exactly what you ordered and quantity in the message To pay by cash or cheque, email mazakreski@gmail com to place your order and arrange payment

Pick up for berries is Friday, June 23 from 5 to 6:30 pm in the church parking lot We don’t have the storage space to keep berries overnight

There will be a limited number of these items for sale on the day

All items for the gently used clothing will be $2 or $5

We are very excited to host our tea once more and to invite the community to gather, visit with old friends and new and enjoy an age old Bowen tradition So grab your favourite fancy tea outfit and join us!

Hope to see you there 1122 Miller Road

All are welcome Always that becomes even more difficult to enforce at this point in time,” said Edwards

The CAO added that municipal staff currently have little capacity to tackle a bylaw of this nature anyway

Even if a bylaw was crafted in the future, the logistics of monitoring the large swaths of Crown land on Bowen pose a practical problem Edwards says many of the reports he receives of Crown land camping take place at the summit of Mount Gardner, which would require staff to travel up the mountain to enforce Others lie deep in the woods or other remote areas, and would be difficult and time-consuming to access

Metro Vancouver staff have run into the same issue with campers on their land, including Crippen Park Mayor Andrew Leonard says local parks staff have seen camping taking place, but are nervous they might “ run into a shaky situation” if they approach the campers Metro Vancouver employees who could enforce the organization’s current no camping rules are stationed on the mainland, and would need to make the trip over to pursue any enforcement

For now, municipal staff will be focusing on signage to dissuade campers from setting up on Bowen, including postings at BC Ferries and other access points to the island

Edwards added that while the municipality can enforce camping prohibitions on Crown land, campfires remain a provincial decision. As an example, if the fire rating were at a lower level and allowed for campfires, Bowen staff could not make somebody put one out on Crown land.