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Summer market
Runners help Komera Project
Back to school
The last summer market of the season takes place this weekend.
The Rotary Run for Rwanda was well patronized by Bowen Islanders.
A guide to going starting school or going back at island schools.
Drivers reminded to be cautious for back to school
Mammoth turnout for Bowfest
Don’t drive around school buses, police remind community SUSANNE MARTIN EDITOR
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eptember will once again see school buses drive along Bowen roads. For a number of children, this will mark a milestone as they are attending school for the first time. Cpl. Nancy Joyce of the Bowen Island RCMP would like to remind drivers to be mindful of the rules—don’t pass a school bus when the lights are flashing—and leave with time to spare. “From our point of view, drivers need to remember that when a school bus is stopped to let kids off, they also need to stop,” she said. “It’s actually a traffic infraction if people drive around a school bus. And they are endangering children because when children come off the bus, they might go left or right and might cross the road at that point.” With Bowen’s winding roads, it can be tricky to find a spot to safely pass a school bus and Joyce suggests leaving a few minutes earlier in order to meet appointments or catch the ferry to allow for the extra time when school starts next week and school buses will pick up children.
For Joyce, the issue of stopping for the school bus is related to another issue the RCMP has been dealing with on an ongoing basis: speeding. “Our main focus on Bowen Island is the continued safety of the residents and visitors to the island and sometimes we need to do things not everyone agrees with to maintain that safety. Our ongoing complaint is speeding on the island,” she said. “We do traffic enforcement and not everybody likes to see that. “In many areas there is nowhere for pedestrians to walk except on the roads. With speeding vehicles, it creates so many scenarios where things can go wrong,” Joyce said, adding that there are also concerns for cyclists and children, especially with children starting school. Joyce also mentioned that there are wildlife corridors all over the island that cross roads. Another issue that has come to Joyce’s attention concerns the number of U-turns drivers have been making on Government Road. “That is rearing its ugly head again,” she said, adding that the RCMP enforced the rules in the past but that islanders need again to be reminded.
Bowen Island residents turned out for a parade and other fun activities at Saturday’s Bowfest. See more photos on p. 6. Deb Stringfellow photo
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Susan Carson (left) and Dawn Smoke display their wares. Deb Stringfellow photos
Karen Huges sells tie-dye shirts, dresses and baby onesies. Deb Stringfellow photo
Summer market ends this Sunday DEB STRINGFELLOW CONTRIBUTOR
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This summer could be a scorcher.
edicated vendors are out early every Saturday and Sunday throughout the summer selling their goods, crafts and baked delicacies from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The season is wrapping up and Sept. 2 will be the last market day. Dawn Smoke has been working the summer market for 10 years now and according to her, “This has been the oddest year ever!” People are buying baked goods, but it’s been a difficult year if you are selling jewelry or crafts, states Smoke. Uniquely designed jewelry and custom made medicine bags are Smoke’s speciality. She will be selling her pieces at the craft fairs closer to Christmas but if you wish to contact her for some custom work she can be reached at 604-
947-2083. “Most people are here for the love of it, not the money. We’ve had a slow season due to the economy and people are being very conservative,” says Karen Huges, Bowen Summer Market supervisor. Huges sells tie-dye shirts, dresses and baby onesies,a must-have, if you want to be a true islander and a great gift for any mainlander. Susan Carson has been working the market for six years now. “It’s been very slow, in fact it’s the slowest year ever. I do get a lot of compliments but no one is buying,” says Carson. Carson makes finely crafted jewelry mostly in turquoise and silver. “I’m retired and this is my artist outlet.”. This is your last chance to buy from the summer market so come down and support our local vendors.
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MP John Weston visits Bowen Island SUSANNE MARTIN EDITOR
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ast Friday and Saturday, MP John Weston came to Bowen for his team's annual best practices conference. The time on the island also included a visit to the Orchard Recovery Centre, kayaking in Mannion Bay (a.k.a. Deep Bay) and participating in the Rotary Run for Rwanda as well as Bowfest. “I love Bowen so when my staff expressed interest in having our annual best practices conference here, I was delighted," said Weston, stopping for a chat on his way from the Bowfest parade to his stint in the dunk tank. “We began our two-day meeting in the municipal offices. The mayor and councillors weren't there but this illustrates the good relationship between my team and the local council that opens all sorts of opportunities to work together for the good of Bowen.” After what the West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country Conservative MP called a “productive session,” his team headed to the Orchard Recovery Center, a private residential drug rehab and alcohol addiction treatment center located on Bowen Island. “The Orchard played a pivotal part in getting my very first private member’s bill passed,” Weston explained. “Carrie De Jong, who used to work there, had organized a meeting together with her husband Richard De Jong, who is with the RCMP and has a career in teaching about substance abuse problems. They educated me and, most importantly, they inspired me to get that bill passed. It was through meeting recovering addicts that really
turned the tide in my emotional commitment.” Weston brought his staff to the Orchard in connection to a different initiative. “What we are working on springs from the same foundation. It’s a national drug take-back day where people across Canada can focus on getting rid of unnecessary prescription drugs that can be a new source of abuse.” Weston added that he again received “wise counsel” from the people at the recovery centre. The next stop for team Weston highlighted another concern Bowen Islanders have brought to the MP’s attention. “We got into kayaks and paddled to Mannion Bay where I showed them first hand the abandoned vessels we have been working on for some time,” Weston said. “It’s good for them to understand how beautiful the bay is and the extent of the problem.” Weston added that he met Michael Lightbody, who is involved with a group of neighbours seeking to improve the situation, and received an update. Weston also participated in the Rotary Run for Rwanda. “I did the 10k run that benefits the Komera Project that was initiated by Margaret Butler from Bowen Island,” he said. “I like to promote health and fitness.” Weston mentioned the National Health and Fitness Day bill that will be introduced on Sep. 24 and that has been endorsed by the Bowen Island council. “We are going to have a parade on Aug. 29 in West Vancouver to celebrate the bill,” Weston said. “I would like to invite all Bowen people to come out and join me.”
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Is organics pickup rubbish in a rural area? To the Editor:
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The Slow Lane takes a turn at literature... The purveyor of this column begs readers to give him this one mulligan, an attempt at real literature with a fictional retelling of a true – sort of – story that (kind of) happened to him. Mr. Hondro says he seeks here to better himself by “making art, or something like it.” Let us wish him luck.
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t is early evening in late August in the sleepy town of Horseshoe Bay. The sun is going down as clouds make their way across the mountains that hover over the nearby sea, forming a serene back-drop to the cement-paved ferry terminal. Suddenly, a dishevelled but kindly looking man adroitly pulls his aging but well cared for blue jeep Cherokee up to the cramped but functional ticket booth. The physically fit, though not quite as young as he once was, hombre puts his manual vehicle into neutral, also adroitly. “Am I too late for Bowen?” he asks, with a strong voice. “Ferry’s not even in yet,” the stern-looking-throughyears-of-doing-the-job attendant replies. “That’s great.” The dishevelled but kindly looking man pulls out his wallet and begins looking for his Experience card. He pulls a few things out and grunts. “Huh,” said the grunt. Now he’s pulling more and more faster, looking disturbed even, like a protestor of the turf field. His wallet is empty. “I can’t believe this!” he exclaims! “Take your time,” she says, sort of nicely, but not too nicely. “Oh hold it. My son used it and forgot to give it back. Gosh. He probably sold it and bought another goalie stick, or worse traded it for a can of soda. We don’t normally let him have soda,” he said, thus avoiding the use of a brand name. “The sugar makes him loopy.” “I see.” “How much is a new card?” he asks hopefully, adroitly counting the bills he’d taken out of his wallet. “I got ninety dollars.” “It’s 95 actually.” “Wait. I have a twoonie, a loonie and...4 quarters. So
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that’s 94 dollars.” “I’m sorry,” the stern-looking-through-years-of-doingthe-job attendant tells the dishevelled but kindly looking man. “It has to be 95. But you have enough to pay the full fare.” “Yeah but only us islanders don’t pay full fare. It’s against our principles.” “Sir, there are cars lined up behind you.” “Look I have 94 out of 95. That’s a high number and only one is missing. Do the math. It’s 94/95ths,” he adroitly points out, adroitly pronouncing the ‘tthhhs’ sound. “It doesn’t matter. The system won’t let me purchase a card unless it’s 95 dollars.” “But couldn’t you pretend it’s 95 and just put 94 in the till?” “Then my count would be off.” “By a dollar!” he exclaimed again (remember he did that earlier, too)! “I’m sorry, Sir, but I can’t do it.” she says, crossing her arms with a stubborn body language reminiscent of the previous Bowen council that wouldn’t let us vote on Cape Roger Curtis. “Okay. Fine. Look, desperate times call for desperate measures and things are pretty desperate. After all, I’m almost out of column space.” He hands her the 94 dollars and opens his Jeep Cherokee door. “Hold on. I’ll be right back.” The still young at heart and nimble hero leaps and vaults adroitly out the door and walks to the shiny SUV in line behind him. He does not know the lone occupant but does knows all islanders have a strong and friendly bond (though nobody really liked the wolf-dog). He asks the SUV driver a question. The driver says “no problem” and moments later the dishevelled but kindly looking, and now relieved, man is clutching another dollar. He walks triumphantly back to the ticket booth and hands it to the stern-looking-throughyears-of-doing-the-job attendant and is soon driving down the cement-paved road toward the sea and home. Adroitly.
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fter reading the letter in last week’s Undercurrent about the success of the organics curbside pickup, it occurred to me, why is it successful? I am sure that the letter reflects the feelings of most people. What bothers me is that this policy was put in place by a group that mostly represents urban areas. Which makes sense, since recycling of organics in a high density urban area is not feasible. However in a rural area, such as Bowen, is it really needed? Most homes have space enough for some sort of garden, and only minimal space is needed for a compost box. Are the majority of people who live here now so apathetic they can’t be bothered? I certainly don’t think so, evident by all the little pails I see by the side of the road each organics pickup day. Is Bowen changing into an urban environment? Possibly! The more high density development, the greater the infrastructure (such as organics pickup) is required to support those developments, which of course leads to a greater cost to support all that the infrastructure. Is the Municipality of Bowen, becoming the City of Bowen? I can only hope it isn’t, but there are times when it appears to be heading in that direction. Is that the direction you want to go? That is a question you will have to answer! I realize I am taking a rather benign topic and blowing it way out of proportion. However, many little benign topics can add up, and before long the whole tends to be much greater than the sum of its parts. Jonathan Bell
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he boards of Knick Knack Nook and the Bowen Island Community Foundation thank all of the students who applied for the Knick Knack Nook 2012 Environmental Sustainability Bursaries. The two $2,000 bursaries were awarded to Geoffrey Lewicki and Ashley Callister. Each and every one of the applicants represents hope for the future of our world as demonstrated by their commitment to the environment, to the community and to academic excellence. We are extremely fortunate to have such talented and conscientious young people as a part of our island life. We congratulate them all, and wish them well. Mary Ellen deGrace, Chair, Knick Knack Nook Re-Use-It Store Society & Joyce Ganong, Chair, Bowen Island Community Foundation
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The soccer field precedent: challenging some long held views of how Bowen should be developed To the Editor:
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ill the people seeking establishment of their particular viewpoints, who have been privileged to live on a green Bowen Island for many years, please tell me why the oft repeated mantra for “change,” whatever form it takes, is their definition of “progress”? How is it that some outdated perspectives on how the Island should be developed hold sway over any suggestions that offer a review of those ideas in the promotion of very careful land use planning? Planning, that is, that embraces more objective recognition of current knowledge regarding benefits of environmental protection as the base line. For example: How is it that expectations of ‘due process’ by the populace can be ignored in the rush to appease a powerful club to expand their soccer field onto community-owned land without any public consultation whatsoever? How is it that many who are indignantly protesting infractions
of bylaw regulations regarding the development permit on Cape Roger Curtis land, do not recognize the need for consistency in abiding by legal requirements that affect all land dispositions on Bowen? Did a 55% election percentage disenfranchise the other 45% of residents and property owners from having their voices heard regarding input into decision-making that affects their island way of life; not to mention their taxes? Or, in fact, possible reverence for the preservation of a rural island community. Is July and August the appropriate time to initiate a major land use transformation on community owned land for a soccer field extension without any input from the greater Bowen Island community? Where are the wellpresented statistics on the expected benefits to the greater community? Where is the considered assessment of just how the land in question was to be prepared for such radical changes, and at what cost? How was the disposition of the felled trees to benefit the
community, and how was that presented to the community? Where is the budget estimate for annual maintenance? The artificial turf field was always touted as a much cheaper alternative than improving the existing grass field because of the significant cost of annual maintenance of this field. Has the BI Football Club committed to paying the annual maintenance cost? Is the BI Football Club aware that the budget passed this spring does
not include the annual amount that was to be set aside for the replacement of the artificial turf in 10 years? Is this not a priority consideration for the club? How is an adult sized soccer field rationalized on primary and intermediate school grounds with the West Vancouver School Board? Why were the negotiations regarding the accommodating washroom extensions to the school not public knowledge? Where is the detailed informa-
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tion? Is it available? What other issues regarding this development are not being identified? For example, higher light standards for the adult regulation size field, and, or, extensive drainage considerations encompassing both synthetic turf and the new field? What are the overall plans for Site 2 of the community lands? Why are trees being culled
throughout Site 2 in addition to what has happened to accommodate the soccer field extension? Where is the public disclosure as to the purpose of so much tree removal? Why hasn’t the adjacent neighbourhood been notified, and given an opportunity to address the proposals? There is a reason why good governance means public involve-
ment – in the end there is public understanding, and often public acceptance, and certainly better decision making when there is public input. This council fails on this test in its lack of public process leading to the decision to expand the soccer field. Out of respect for the community they govern, openness is surely required of municipal government. Edna Thomson
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Bowen Islanders have mammoth fun at Bowfest Bowen Island residents turned out for a parade and other fun activities at Saturday’s Bowfest held at Crippen Park. Mammoth Fun was the theme of this year’s festival. It was the 37th annual edition of the end-of-summer party. Deb Stringfellow photos
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Bowfest Country Fair Runners aid Komera Project contest winners announced in Rotary Run for Rwanda
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he Slug Races and the Country Fair contest component of Bowfest are the longest running traditions of our annual community festival. For more than 35 years local gardeners, bakers and farmers have entered their baked goods, home-grown produce, preserves and other home and garden items in friendly local competition. The Country Fair was hosted this year by the Bowen Agricultural Alliance, with special thanks to Elle Glave and Ken Beatty for their many hours of volunteering. The judges were a mix of four adults, and one youth, with all the entrants’ names hidden until after the judging was over! This year’s winners: •The Youth Tallest Sunflower Award went to the Bowen Island Community School students in Mr. Gloag’s class. The winning sunflower was 214cm. •Biggest Zucchini : 1st place adult: John Hoover, 2nd place: Jane Skipsey, 1st place youth: Benjamin Kerr •Garden Wow! (strangest, most exotic or interesting, legal, plant grown on Bowen in your garden,) 1st place adult: 1st place adult: Sarah Haxby’s twenty year-old Hellebore, 2nd place adult: Jane Ferguson’s goji berries. 1st place youth: BICS Garden students’ Nasturtium waterfall planted by Mr. Brown’s class as part of the Farm to School Program with Pam Matthews. 2nd
Brian Creswick, Meghan Creswick and Elisabeth Pechlaner were Bowfest 2012 Country Fair Best Chicken winners. place youth: Franny Heffelfinger. •Strangest Fruit/Root Vegetable: 1st place youth: Alissa Schaly for the tomato with the nose and a carrot with fingers won the first place adult award! •The categories that had the most entries were the Best Bee photo and the Best Chicken Award’ More than 40 bee photos had the contest judges a-buzz! The first place youth award went to Emmet Sparling. His sophisticated cropping and layouts were very professional and the close-up photos themselves were spectacular, elevating the subject matter to an art form. If Emmet’s photos had been entered in the adult category, they would have won there as well, but the 1st place adult award went to Sarah Haxby’s unusual night-photo of a bee and a flower spider in a yellow poppy. The 2nd place Adult Best Bee photo went to Dennis Nault and the 2nd place youth award went to the BICS students’ photo of
the mason bee program. •The Best Chicken awards had judges clucking as the entries were all terrific! However Fanny Heffelfinger’s youth entry won best overall for her entry which was nicely laid out and showed how much she knows, and loves her blue-egg-laying chicken! Franny took home the blue first place youth Best Chicken award ribbon, and will also receive a free bag of chicken feed, courtesy of Carolyn MacDonald of Bowen Island’s MacDonald’s Farm and Feed Supplies. The 2nd place youth award went to Lucie Robichaud and the 3rd place to Meghan Creswick, who both created lovely art works featuring their chickens. First place adult award went to Elisabeth Pechlaner for her beautiful painting of a chicken and two-page story. Brian Creswick won the 2nd place award for his fabulous drawing and poem, and 3rd place was awarded to Jane Ferguson.
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Saturday was a perfect day for a run or a walk and the Rotary Run for Rwanda was very well patronized by Bowen Islanders and visitors. More than 180 enthusiastic participants walked and ran the trails of Crippen Park. Organizers were lucky enough to have a great group of volunteers who provided the marshalling, the setting up and taking down of the finish line, and manning of the registration and water and food tables. Organizers were also grateful to individual donors who gave generously to the Komera Project which supports girls at high school in Rwanda (www. komeraproject.org). Margaret Butler, who is executive director of the Komera Project, was on hand to help with the organization of the event and hand out the prizes. Fifty children participated in the Kids’ Run and were rewarded with a lovely medal as they finished. Thanks go to Lisa Brougham for organizing this event. The winners of the adult races are as follows: •5K Men: 1. David Verlee (19:52); 2. Scott Peterson (19:57); 3. Conrad Heatu (21:00)
A group of young runners stretch before the start of the Rotary Run for Rwanda. Deb Stringfellow photo
5K Women: 1. Thelma Wright (24:32); 2. Zoe Shatwell (25:26); 3. Nina Freed (24:34) 10K Men: 1. Colin Kerr (38:17); 2. Jeremy Cuff (38:37); 3. Gerd Braeuer (43:40) 10K Women: 1. Stephanie Smith (42:18); 2. Rylee Blaxland (43:45); 3. Joni Blaxland (46:54) See www.rotaryrunfor rwanda.com for more results. The post-race snacks and water were provided by The Ruddy Potato, Artisan Eats, Savary Island Pie Company and McTaggart Water; they were delicious and much
appreciated by the participants. Thanks also go to other business sponsors: Forerunners, Barbara Wahler Interior Design, Bowen Barber Shop, Bowen Island Undercurrent, Bowfest, Chilliwack Ford, First Credit Union, Positively Fit, The Gym, The Office, Phoenix, The Snug Café and Union Steamship Co. Many thanks to the community for all the support that has been shown to the cause. The Komera scholars in Rwanda will benefit greatly from your kindness.
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James Tuer a Bowen Island resident, architect, landscape architect and planner has been named as one of Western Canada’s top two eco-designers and the winner of “The One to Watch” award for Eco-Design. This award comes from an esteemed panel of judges and organized by Western Living magazine. He was also named by judges as a finalist for the Arthur Erikson Prize (architecture) and Landscape Designer of the Year in this annual competition that is open to all of Western Canada’s design community including fashion design, furniture design, architecture, industrial design, interior design and landscape design.
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A real community effort and a big thanks to all the amazing volunteers that came out this past Saturday to help roll out sod for the grass field expansion project. Expanding the grass field to the minimum requirements of 45x90 metres will allow the club to play home games here on Bowen from u9-u18. Thanks for all the support!
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all is rolling around and to some folks, that fact is music to their ears. The Bowen Island Community Choir resumes its weekly practice schedule on Wednesday, Sept. 5 at 7:15. With creative choral director Ellen MacIntosh at the helm and seasoned accompanist Sheilagh Sparks on board as well, the choir is ready to start breathing life into winter holiday songs in September. The Bowen Island Community Choir is an open choir. All youth and adults are welcome. There are no auditions. If you have never sung before and have always wanted to, this is the place for you. If you have sung for years and want to continue, this is the place for you. If you can read music, you belong in this choir. If you don’t you belong in this choir. The SATB (soprano, alto, tenor, bass) choir is composed of more than 50 singers. Each year two concerts are performed at Cates Hill Chapel at Christmas time and two more are prepared for spring. The cost is $80 per session. Practices are every Wednesday night at Cates Hill Chapel at 7:15, with occasional extra Sunday afternoon rehearsals.
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THANK YOU TO EVERYONE! WE HAD MAMMOTH FUN!
And we want to thank everyone who helped us make the 37th Annual Bowfest such a huge success. The weather was stunning, the rides were jammed packed, the exotic reptile shows stole the event with an average of 80 people per show, and the food was plentiful. As a new board we had big shoes to fill with the departure of Nicola Murray, Karen Redmond, Barbara Wilshire, Carol Peterson, Lisa Holman and their crew who for over 5 years did a tremendous job keeping the tradition of this longstanding community event vibrant. As your new board, we spent a great deal of time making sure we honored the work completed by the previous board while looking to make a few enhancements. We will continue to build on what we have started by first keeping the ticket price inclusive of the rides and games, looking into transportation to support those wanting to support the Beer Garden but not wanting to drive (good call) and then by asking for feedback from you the community to help us bring you all back. If you have any ideas or suggestions please drop us a note at ymuzak@telus.net. We would love to hear all comments, as we need to know what we did well and not so well in order to improve. As everyone attached to Bowfest is a volunteer and no one receives any financial compensation for their time or efforts, including us as a board, we want to thank a number of people whom without their help we could not have made Bowfest possible.
Stage Crew – Valek Fine Homes, Chris Bell, Matt Gray, Jeremy Waurechen, Callum Benson, Chris Barnett, Fraser Elliott, Doug Hooper, Ian Thomson, Reed Beement, Martin Beckett, Kalleen Benson
Music Stage – Rueben for keeping everything on time and David Cameron for emcing Sound and Audio – Jonathon and Andros from S & W Audio and Visual
Parade Crew – Pam Mathews and all her volunteers, Union Steamship, Belterra Co-op Housing, Montessori School, Ryan Peters, Mr. and Mrs. Canada, RCMP, Firefighters, Phoenix, Camp Bow Isle, T-Rex, BC Regiment Pipe and Drum Band, MP John Weston, and The Marina Dunk Dank – Bruce McTaggart (filtering the water and ensuring it was sparkling), Patti Jo Weise, Allan Ross Financial and all the Dunk Tank dunkee’s Games Crew – Parents and youth from Island Pacific School and Bowen Recreation Staff Games and Events – Cinemazoo and BC Event Makers All the crafters and non-profit vendors – especially Ryan Peters for allowing us to take pictures with his shark display Boat Building – Dave and Louise McIntosh and their dedicated crew of staff (19 years and counting donating time and all the resources to make the boat building possible)
Electrical – David Wrinch Pipers – Hank Sturben for bringing the BC Regiment Pipe and Drum band to the festival for over 8 years All of the performers – Chris Herbson, Amber Spitkovski, Dave Moody, Chanelle Walker, Ron Van Dyke, Gail Lotenberg, Walk on Dead, Demimodaine, The Slicks, Schut-Stiver Quartet, Deer In Headlights, Cornshed, Ginger 66 and 3D. Special mention to David Morris for lending us his drum kit – you’re the best Dave. The Gate(s) – The Blacksheep with a special thank you to Sarah Haxby (coordinator extraordinaire) The Beer Garden – The Legion with a HUGE THANK YOU to Tim Haush for always being so incredibly helpful and generous of his time and talents. Media – The Undercurrent – Suzanna and Janis Sunday Clean up Crew - Shari Ulrich and Martin Beckett
Science Fair and Aqua Kit – Suzanne Philippe, Robert Gilbert, and their lovely children Dane and Willow Food Vendors – Julie Cree for helping to organize all the vendors – Tuscany, Chili Tank, Coco West and Bowen Sushi Cotton Candy and Slushy – Bowen Island Children’s Center with a special shout out to Kirsten Jarvis who stepped up and helped at the last minute Popcorn – Corrina, Noah, Rosie and all the Montgomery clan who for 20 years have been at Bowfest providing everyone with one of a kind Bowen popcorn Policing – RCMP
Our amazing sponsors: Hal Barber, Dee Elliott and David Riddell Bowen Municipality BC Ferries The Undercurrent Knick Knack Nook The General Store First Credit Union Irly Building Centre S&W Audio Turtlebox Productions for the amazing map Dave and Louise MacIntosh – Waste Management Bowen Biffies
On a final note as the Board chair I want to personally extend my appreciation to Pam Mathews, Sarah Haxby, Peter Courtney and Ellen White for over 6 months of hard work and countless hours of follow up to ensure this year’s Bowfest came to life. I would like to give additional credit to Ellen White who went well above and beyond her role as the treasurer for Bowfest to make sure everything we needed was all in hand. In all we had approximately 20 volunteers come to our aid this year but WE NEED MORE and as such will be looking to explore ways in which we can collaborate with other island groups to do this. Once we have the final count of ticket sales and such we will post our results on our website www.bowfest.org so you can all see what it cost to put Bowfest on and what money we helped other island community organizations raise.
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tarting school is really fun. There are really nice teachers there and everyone treats you
fairly. The library and the librarian are really nice. The playground is great. You can look forward to every day because every day is fun. There are always helpers outside in fluorescent orange vests, so you can go to them if you need help. You may even get to take the school bus which is really fun and the bus drivers are all really nice, I know every one of them and they have really nice personalities and they are very kind. The other thing to look forward to is making new friends or seeing all your friends. After summer vacation, when you're going into a different grade, you can't wait to see all the friends if you haven't seen them over the summer vacation. Even if you're away for a weekend, you can't wait to see them again. My advice for starting school:
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•When you get on the bus for the first time, look for one of your friends and get to know your bus driver. •When you get to school, you can ask a person in a fluorescent vest where your classroom is in case you forget. •Ask an older kid to show you around. •If you have questions about school, ask your teacher. •If you don't have any friends, just become friends with one person then you'll become friends with his or her friends. Soon, you'll have lots of friends. •If there's a problem on the playground, again go to a person in a fluorescent vest and tell them. If there is a problem inside, tell your teacher. If it's lunch time and your teacher is not there, tell your lunch monitor. I had an idea that maybe one kid from each grade could wear a button for the first week that says "I can help you with Grade…" depending on what grade they just finished. That way, they could help you if you had questions about that grade. Colleen Treleaven is going into Grade 5 at Bowen Island Community School.
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Carmen Lane helps supervise the school yard during lunch at Bowen Island Community School. Deb Stringfellow photo
A face to count on DEB STRINGFELLOW CONTRIBUTOR
Packed with band-aids in her pocket, a cure for most school yard mishaps, Carmen Lane is but one of many outstanding supervisors who patrol the school yard during the lunch break at Bowen Island Community School. The back playground behind the school is where the kindergartners play for the first half
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Lane enjoys watching the kids mature during this pivotal time, “These Kindergartners are so tiny and sweet when they come in - by the time June rolls around they are a foot taller and so much more confident.” Lane only works at BICS two days a week but during that time she forms lasting bonds with the kids, knowing and understanding all their little quirks and supporting them as much as she can during their first year at school.
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Learning to make a difference Back to school for DEB STRINGFELLOW CONTRIBUTOR
Barb Bingham, operations manager at Island Pacific School, is gearing up to welcome both new and returning students. Bingham has been working at IPS since 2002, and is the go-to person for just about any issue big or small. “Supporting the kids and staff is just part of the job�, says Bingham. IPS is a private middle school which accepts students locally and from around the world. It has been in business for 17 years and teaches Grades 6 through 9.
Its motto is “Learning to make a difference� and teaches an inquiry–based learning model. This year it has approximately 19 newcomers and has introduced a second Grade 7 class due to demand. Bingham says the school is seeing an increase in off-islanders who reverse commute each day just to attend IPS. The best part of the job for Bingham is watching the kids grow during the time at IPS, “the students are child-like when they come in and after 4 years they leave as typical teenagers—its fun to see them mature over the span of time.�
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Barb Bingham. Deb Stringfellow photo
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Back to school can be an anxious and stressful time for most kids but at Island Discovery Community, the transition is made easier with the help of secretary Laura O’Neill. Described by her peers as the “school mother,� O’Neill makes sure the students feel safe and well cared for in a relaxed atmosphere. Formally known as the Learning Centre, this part-time school has been managed under the New Westminster District since 2003. Island Discovery offers families two program options as a way to supplement their home teaching efforts. The first option is a 2.5 day classroom program where students are taught by B,C, certified teachers in a classroom setting. The second option is a distance education program which supplies support and resources to families and teachers who wish to teach at
Laura O’Neill of Island Discovery Community. Deb Stringfellow photo
home full time. O’Neill states that home schooling is a choice and a balancing act for families, but with 180 enrolled its an option many families are selecting. The small class sizes (12 maximum) along with mixed groups allows students to learn at their own pace. For more information about Island Discovery visit their website at www. islanddiscovery.ca O’Neill is looking forward to welcoming all the families back for a great year ahead. “I see in the kids an excitement to come back to school. I am
always amazed at how much the kids have grown over the summer. They are eager to share their summer stories with their friends and beloved teachers and mentors. And maybe show off the extra inch or two in growth! Or maybe show off that new lunch kit or binder or new t-shirt. They arrive with smiles and freshly combed hair—a little like picture day. It is so, so sweet and I just love it. I’d like all of them to know I’ll be there when they get back and would love to hear how their summer went.�
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