FRIDAY AUG. 17 2012 VOL. 39, NO. 16
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Whale whisperers
Farmers market this Saturday
Shaking it up!
Bowen team paddles for a cure for cancer patients
Get your island-grown goodies at the BowFEAST event
Shakers truimph in the battle over the baseball trophy
Blaze illustrates high fire risk SUSANNE MARTIN EDITOR
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Clearly the organizers of the 2012 Dog Days of Summer managed to get all their ducks in a row with the help of the many gifted and attractive canines and their enthusiastic owners. More photos on page 12. Debra Stringfellow photo
Bring your own bottle to some Bowen restaurants SUSANNE MARTIN EDITOR
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here are a number of benefits to being able to bring your own (B.Y.O.) wine into a restaurant with a primary food licence, according to Paul Rickett of the Bowen Island Beer and Wine Cellar. One of them is that customers can take along a bottle of a wine they are particularly beholden to but that might not be on the menu. “Bringing your own bottle gives you a greater number of choices in wines,” he says. “That is especially true for restaurants that don’t have an extensive wine list or for people who want to choose a specific wine or champagne for celebrations.” Rickett recalls taking his wife out for her birthday and not finding a suitable sparkling wine on the menu. “One of the
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options was a cheap quality [sparkling wine] and the other was marked up significantly,” he said. “We didn’t order sparkling wine that night but if B.Y.O. had been available, I would have considered bringing a bottle.” Rickett thinks that B.Y.O. is not going to be a massive trend but that there are some occasions when it will make it easier for people to go out and drink something they know they are going to enjoy. And in some cases, it’s more than the taste that makes a wine special. “Some people might want to bring a bottle of the same champagne that was served at their wedding and drink it at a special anniversary,” he said, adding that others might have purchased a bottle of wine at the birth of their child and want to crack it open when he or she reaches an important milestone.
n Sunday, August 5, smoke coming from the south side of Bowen was seen from West Vancouver and prompted a number of reports, says Bowen Island’s fire chief Brian Biddlecombe, adding that the incident illustrated the increased fire risk on the island. Biddlecombe places the fire north of the Bowen Island Golf Course on a private property that borders on the ecological reserve. “At first, we couldn’t determine where it was. When we got the location nailed down, we realized that it was a spot that was difficult to get to,” he explained. “When we received the call, we notified the BC Forest Service to give them advance notice that we had a situation on the island. They responded very quickly.” Biddlecombe said that the Bowen Island Volunteer Fire Department set up a station near the golf course; the forest service arrived with a crew and two helicopters that made several water drops with one of the helicopters drafting water from Killarney Lake. “We also had an air tanker on site that made several passes but its [involvement] was not required.” Cpl. Nancy Joyce of the Bowen Island RCMP also was on site. “I was up in the BC Forest Service helicopter and saw the fire area. It was apparently 0.2 hectare,” she said. “My understanding is that it was caused by human activity.” Joyce added that there are several people living in the area but that the investigator was not able to tell her the specific cause of the fire. Biddlecombe also says that the source of the fire is unclear. “We don’t know what caused it. It could have been an old camp fire or cigarettes or even a bit of glass reflecting sunlight.”
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