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Bowen Island welcomes revellers at the first annual Steamship Days

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Tiny but affordable Islander proposes to build a small house and workshop on wheels as a solution to affordable housing needs SUSANNE MARTIN EDITOR

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Isn’t that Wilde? Wilde and Jasper strut their stuff at the Walk Through Time that featured historical fashion designed by Jasper’s grandmother Shirley Wrinch as part of the Steamship Days program. Debra Stringfellow photo

Level-headed response to allergic reaction SUSANNE MARTIN EDITOR

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n islander’s swift and level-headed action may have saved Rob Forbes’s life. Forbes, a long-time beekeeper, had developed a growing sensitivity to bee stings that led to an unexpected and full-blown allergic reaction on June 23.

Forbes was near Heidi Kuhrt’s home on Fernie Road because she had noticed a swarm of bees. Kuhrt explained, “I had gone outside and seen the swarm. My husband contacted Bees on Bowen and heard that the

swarm might be Rob’s.”

Forbes came to take a look and Kuhrt and her six-yearold son Ryan went with him as they are both interested in beekeeping (they had started a hive in a previous year that hadn’t survived the winter). Forbes went to collect the swarm and, while working, told Kuhrt that he had developed a sensitivity to bee stings and was planning to undergo venom therapy. He also told her that he kept an EpiPen in the car. “I’ve been beekeeping for years.

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iny houses that sit on wheels may be a solution to creating affordable housing options on Bowen Island and Ruth Harding addressed council on Monday, July 9, to explore the possibility of building a tiny house and a workshop as part of the pilot project.

Part of the discussion centred on the topic whether the structures would be regulated by the building code or the motor vehicle licensing act.

“We all know that we have issues with affordable housing,” Harding said. “And tiny houses could be part of a solution.” She explained that larger homes are more costly in terms of building, taxes, heating, maintenance and repair while small homes have other advantages in addition to the economic one – they appeal to people who want to live a less cluttered and less complicated life with a reduced ecological impact. Harding believes that tiny homes could allow people to stay on Bowen in the event that their finances take a turn for the worse.

Harding believes that tiny homes may be suitable for empty nesters, singles, seniors and young adults as well as artists. Harding wants to build a tiny house and a workshop on wheels but she says she doesn’t plan to sell her work out of her workshop but will continue to market it through local galleries and craft fairs.

Harding said, “If the house stays on a trailer and doesn’t go on a cement bed, its height and size are dictated not by the B.C. Building Code but by regulations of the Ministry of Transportation.” She explained that the homes can be built to a maximum of 10 feet width without needing an escort vehicle when they are moved on the road.

“Ideally, the homes should be hooked up to septic systems and connected to water lines but that’s not necessary as they could have holding tanks,” Harding said, adding that most tiny homes have kitchens, bathrooms and electricity; they can also be hooked up to power poles or use solar or battery power.

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Beekeeper doesn’t give up his passion continued PAGE 1 next day,” Forbes said. “I picked up an EpiPen because I have to go into town to work and see clients and I didn’t want to have a swollen cheek or ear.”

While Forbes collected the swarm, one bee got caught in the leg of his trousers. “It was there for maybe five minutes,” Kuhrt recalls. “Rob was shaking the pants to get it out but that must have agitated the bee.”

Forbes got stung, pulled out the stinger and went back to collecting the swarm. It was only after a couple of minutes that he felt the effect.

“I was feeling hot, flushed and dizzy and Heidi noticed that I started to stagger,” he said. “I dropped within a couple of minutes from being stung.” When Forbes first noticed the allergic reaction, he immediately ran to his car where he kept the EpiPen. He took it out of the glove compartment but before he could apply it, he passed out.

That was when Kuhrt took over.

She applied the EpiPen and called 911.

“It was a scary experience,” says Forbes, who has completed a master beekeeping course and kept a hive for about five years. And even though he cannot go near a swarm until he has completed his venom therapy, he will not give up beekeeping. “We [beekeepers] have a passion for what we do,” he said, adding the bees are not a threat and beestings are harmless to those who are not allergic. “Bees are gentle by

nature. They mostly leave people alone. Beekeepers get stung more often because we go into hives, we are invasive.”

In his years as a beekeeper, Forbes has never been allergic but he says that he noticed signs of sensitivity. “This was the first time I had a full blown allergy.” Forbes said, adding that he found out in the emergency room that this is a rare occurrence but does happen. “I was lucky on two cases: I had an EpiPen and I was with a responsible person who responded in the appropriate manner.”

In the end, Forbes was not able to determine whether the swarm had been his. “The weather has been so bad and [the bees] were swarming because they had been cooped up for so long,” he said, adding that beekeeping is not as passive a hobby as it used to be and that managing the hives that tend to be affected by diseases keeps him busy.

Kuhrt said that she benefited from taking first aid classes two years ago and that helped her stay calm during the time it took for the firemen and the ambulance to arrive. And the experience did not affect Kuhrt’s enthusiasm for beekeeping.

The idea was that Forbes would take the bees back to his place but Kuhrt is happy that they stayed. “We have the hive now and that’s great because we wanted to keep bees,” she says. “We feel that it is important. The declining population of bees is part of why our planet is in trouble.”

Heidi Kuhrt and her sixyear-old son Ryan were only a few metres away to watch Rob Forbes work when he collected a swarm of bees near their home. Heidi Kuhrt photos

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Islands Trust is looking for input

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BICS is getting a new look

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ast fall, the building of the Bowen Island Community School at 1041 Mount Gardner Road was officially 30 years old.

This special occasion was celebrated by singing “Happy Birthday” at the Turkey Dance and Stories of Bowen celebration. The current school building is part of a public school tradition on Bowen Island that stretches back to the old school house built in the 1880s located at the former B.I.R.D. site.

The current brick building was a big improvement from the first community school that was a portable, and the building at Bowen Court now known as Howarth Hall. And while islanders have loved the brick face of BICS for three decades, the time for improvements has come.

The West Vancouver School District is investing in the future of the school by installing new skylights, windows and metal cladding during the summer. The construction will get underway shortly so further rental and use requests for the summer cannot be accommodated.

We appreciate the community’s understanding as there may also be temporary disruptions to community recreation programs and playground, field and tennis court use. Any questions about the construction should be directed to the Bowen Island Community School Coordinator who oversees school site scheduling and grounds. For information, please get in touch with Sarah Haxby at shaxby@sd45.bc.ca or 604947-0389.

Bylaw may hinder affordable housing continued PAGE 1 Harding has a trailer and a significant percentage of the material and supply ready, she also has an offer of a place to build from a local developer. She was asking for council’s approval to proceed with the project.

A briefing report by building inspector Joldine Lee raised a number of concerns and stated that the construction of a house and workshop would be subject to the BC Building Code and would require a permit. The report also pointed out that the Bowen Island Municipality Land Use Bylaw (LUB) restricts “living partially or totally in a tent trailer, motor home, camper or other recreational vehicle without a permanent foundation or permanent service connection.” Councillor Tim Rhodes said that it was the LUB that provided an obstacle rather than the building code and asked, “Can we do a pilot project with changing the LUB?” Peter Frinton was one of the public speak-

ers at the council meeting. Looking back on many years on council, he stressed the need to review the Land Use Bylaw. “It is out of sync and needs regular review,” he said. “The restrictions on forms and sizes of housing are inhibiting affordable housing.”

Councillor Wolfgang Duntz sees tiny houses as a potential creative solution to affordable housing needs. “If the regulations we have in place don’t make it possible, we need to look at those regulations and decide if we are willing to change them,” he said. “I see this as a pilot project that we can watch and see how it goes.

Then we can decide whether it was a mistake or it went great.” Duntz believes that the question of housing affordability will not go away and demands a creative approach. “This project is different, it’s not mainstream. Rather than finding a reason to say no, how can we say yes without making sure that it doesn’t turn into a problem?” Council referred Harding’s proposal to staff to sort out the matters of policy.

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en objectives have been identified by the Islands Trust as being relevant to its work for the next three years and islanders have been invited to weigh in. The Islands Trust Council is looking for feedback that will inform strategic priorities for the 2011 to 2014 term of office.

Sheila Malcolmson, chair of Islands Trust Council, announced the consultation phase by explaining that the “trust council needs to focus its work this term on a few important priorities, and we want to know what really matters to islanders. Which of the ten proposed objectives are best for the next few years? Is there anything missing?”

Malcolmson added that the draft now circulating is based on what trustees have already heard from islanders and from discussions at committee meetings over the last six months. “To make the best use of our budget and staff time, we need to set specific and realistic objectives to focus on during our term. We are asking British Columbians to get formally involved in offering advice.”

The ten objectives are based on the three primary goals in the Islands Trust’s policy statement that focus on ecosystem preservation and protection, stewardship of island resources, sustaining island character and healthy communities and the overarching goal to do this work in cooperation with others.

The ten objectives under discussion are the protection of the

natural environment of islands, the protection of coastal and marine ecosystems, the reduction of the impacts of climate change, the protection of the quality and quantity of water resources, the protection and restoration of community and socio-economic diversity, the increase of local food production, enhancing community economic sustainability and security, strengthening relations with First Nations, improving organizational cost and operational effectiveness and enhancing community engagement and participation Islanders can submit their input by fax, mail or e-mail: strategicplan@islandstrust.bc.ca. They can also address the Islands Trust council in person, complete a survey and participate in an online discussion. The latter two options are hosted at a new online consultation tool called PlaceSpeak. com. Malcolmson said that, “all written input received by the end of July will be considered by Trust Council’s committees in August, so I hope we will get broad participation in the survey this month.

Input received after that will go to the Trust Council meeting in September and be considered before council finalizes the strategic plan.”

Details are available from the Islands Trust website at www. islandstrust.bc.ca/strategicplan. cfm. Trust Council will review all the submissions and consider adopting its strategic plan at its September 11 to 13 public meeting on Bowen Island.

Council recommends review of options

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n a closed council meeting on June 25, the moorage application for Cape Roger Curtis were under discussion. On June 28, the municipality issued a press release that stated that council unanimously adopted a resolution that includes recommendations for the province requiring all applicants for moorage applications at Cape Roger Curtis and surrounding waters to complete a number of studies.

A review of the options available for moorage for the neighbourhood and the development of an overall vision or approach to moorage along this coastline with a view of neighbourhood moor-

age or communal moorage in lieu of private docks is recommended, along with a review and assessment of environmental and coastal impacts, aesthetics, views and safety. Council also deemed it important that the applicants look at the compatibility of private docks and public access points and the impact of the docks on public access along the beach. Council recommends that the reviews should be undertaken by qualified professionals, completed to the satisfaction of the province in consultation with Bowen Island Municipality and identify alternatives for moorage, with recommended options based on the impacts identified.

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EDITORIAL

Smelling the roses

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t’s a skill that can’t be learned and only about 20 per cent of people have it.

And according to Ray Robb of Metro Vancouver’s air quality division, measuring smell can’t be done with a gadget – it requires human noses. Robb came to Bowen Island’s council meeting last Monday to talk about Metro Vancouver’s solid waste and air quality regulations. He mentioned that an odour emission control regulation was under development and didn’t mind explaining the ins and outs of measuring odour emission in detail.

“There is a way,” Robb said. “You take a sample in a bag made of a certain material.

You take it to the lab and then you have an odour panel of eight people.”

And those eight are no ordinary folks – they have been carefully selected. “If you take 40 people, about 16 of them have noses that smell reference odour,” Robb said, repeatedly pointing to his own nose before admitting that he wouldn’t qualify as he’s over 50, pregnant women also need not apply. Of those 16, 10 per cent have noses that are too sensitive.

Those who have a nose in the “right range” are tested over and over again to make sure they can identify smells consistently.

Back to the sample in the bag. At first, the smelly stuff is heavily diluted when the panel-

ists are exposed to it. They receive little blasts of the air up their noses that are coming from three ports (two of them release clean air, one the sample). With each round, the concentration of the sample is increased until all the panelists pick up on it, twice.

At this point, the smell is getting a number – a measurement in odour units that describes the detection threshold that reflects the average of how diluted the sample was when each panelist could smell it.

Robb said that odour is a logarithmic response. “All we are talking about are quantifications and dilution” he says, adding that this is an internationally accepted methodology. It’s reassuring that the odour emission panel is not a random kind of thing as Metro Vancouver is considering imposing fines for odour emissions; composting and animal rendering facilities are on the list for getting tested.

But Robb doesn’t see any concern for Bowen Island’s future composting plans as the regulations take into account how many people are affected, or, let’s say, offended.

And, to make it clear, only the things will be regulated that people don’t like the smell of.

Susanne Martin

Golf club loses a pioneer To the Editor:

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t is with heavy hearts that many in the community acknowledged the unexpected passing of Dick Van Aelst. As Dick would have wanted it, numerous family members and friends gathered at the Bowen Island Golf Club clubhouse for a celebration of his life on July 3. As Dick was so passionate about the game and our golf course, this was the only place we could have celebrated the life of this wonderful individual. First and foremost, Dick was a truly great member of the community for which he cared about and gave to in many ways.

In addition to being a founding club member, Dick was a longstanding director of the Bowen Island Golf Club, member of the management committee and as well, a director of the First Credit Union Bowen Island Partnership Board. He loved the game and was equally passionate about the development and operation of a public golf course on

Bowen. Dick gave of his time and energy in so many areas to ensure our 77-year-dream of a course on the island not only became a reality, but a first class one!

Most recently, he spearheaded, along with his good friend and former BIGC director Harold Fraser, the design and soon-to-be constructed Fraser-Van Aelst bridge which will cross the swale to the south of the ninth hole.

Thanks to the generosity of Dick and Harold, their names will live on forever at the course Dick loved so much and was so proud of, all for good reason.

Dick will be missed but not forgotten. The manner in which he embraced life and cared for those with whom he shared his life was infectious and an example for all to follow.

May you forever score par on that big course in the sky.

Bruce Russell President & Founder, B.I. Golf Club

First food scraps pick-up went well To the Editor: Re: congratulations to Bowen Islanders

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he first week of food scraps collection passed with flying colours. Dave McIntosh, from Bowen Waste Services reported that he was very pleased with how the pick-up went. There were a few hiccups but very few complaints.

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This is a testament to how serious Bowen is about doing things right, and taking care of our ecosystem.

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Steamship Days step in right direction, taking action in Mannion Bay comes next To the Editor: Re: Steamship Days

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applaud our local council for formally declaring June 7 to 15 as Steamship Days. Kudos to the Chamber of Commerce (and Norma Dallas) for the initiative in coming up with this novel idea and much needed stimulus for Snug Cove.

Those of us who are as old, if not older, than the Lady Alexandria and had the pleasure of coming to Bowen in the 1940s, and later years will remember those very heady and enjoyable days. Sorry, kids, this is one time when the good old days were far better than the present, at least as to “life, excitement and curb appeal in Snug Cove”. I saw it and experienced it.

Believe me, it was better.

In keeping with the “Steamship” theme, I trust council will agree to another proclamation, that being to take a much more proactive role, in concert with the federal and provincial governments to clean up Mannion Bay (aka Deep Bay) by way of dealing with the long stay anchorages, liveaboards, derelict boats and the related garbage on the beaches. We need a concerted effort, from top down, to maintain the bay and the beaches to the clean, safe and appealing standard, for the use and enjoyment of all, which they enjoyed back in the good old Steamship Days.

The Friends of Mannion Bay, which is a growing group of volunteers, will be quite happy to do our part to clean up and maintain these public areas.

Don Marshall Chair SWRMAC

Yours truly, Bruce Russell

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It is not an every day occurence when islanders can say that they have been living ‘on the rock’ for 25 years.

Anne Franc de Ferriere-Chollat and Andre Chollat have reached that mark and also celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary.

Their many friends came out to help them celebrate these milestones on their beautiful property.

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Giving the gift of reading S ince 2003, 40 Bowen Island Community School students have received a gift of books from the Carolynne MacNeil Memorial Gift of Books trust fund. Carolynne grew up on Bowen Island and worked at the Snug Cove General Store for many years.

She was a kind and gentle person. Sadly, she passed away in 2002.

Her family and friends wished to honour her memory by setting up this book fund.

Carolynne loved to read and actively encouraged others to experience the joy of reading, so

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One woman’s determination brought memorial garden into existence and Jacqueline became its chair.

Welcome to the 22nd year of Island Then ensued seemingly endless meetings, Neighbours, a gathering of items about Island planning, changes and disappointments but people, activities, interests and events. To share Jacqueline didn’t give up. She set a major examan item, email lbmcarter@shaw.ca or telephone ple of perseverance and thus, in April 1994, a 947-2440. dedication ceremony officially opened the garummertime on Bowen brings a variety of den. Since that time, the garden’s archways have special activities. This year’s newcomer, become places to place a marker for someone Steamship Days, celebrates Bowen’s twoloved and lost. An added benefit for anyone fold resort history – the Terminal Steamship who has lived on Bowen for a goodly number of years from 1902 to 1920 followed by the betyears is that walking through the garden, readter known Union Steamship era from 1920 to ing names on plaques is like a visit to old friends. the late 1950s. This lively event began July 7 .friends one hasn’t seen for a while. It is, indeed, and continues through this weekend, July 15. the island’s version of a cemetery, It’s grand. And It’s amazing to think of the thousands of people it’s here. A note – Jacqueline’s Memorial Garden brought to Bowen by the Britannia or the Lady creation, her long-running Undercurrent gardenAlexandra for a special day on the Happy Isle. ing column begun in 1978 and the 1980 creation Coming next week is the People, Plants and of the Bowen Garden Club were key items in her Places Tour, Saturday, July 21 and Sunday, July selection as the Chamber of Commerce 22. Created in 1993, it’s a fund-raiser for 2004 Citizen for the Year. the two partners - the Community Museum island Neighbours Ten Years Ago: News from the and Archives and the Memorial Garden Undercurrent of July 2002: A two-page Society. Bowen’s Museum and Archives map was a key part of an invitation to are housed in an attractive two-story cotcome to two Cowan Point Rezoning tage across Miller Road from the RCMP Information meetings July 10 and 16. office. It’s easy to find, has its own parking A note from Bowen Island Properties lot and in the summertime, it’s open seven indicated, “ Most of the Cowan Point days a week, Visitors are always welcome lands have been subject to previous comas are reference and research questions. At prehensive development plans which, the moment, the Archives are the place to for a number of reasons, did not come buy PPP tickets. Tickets are $25.00. Some to realization. A major shift in market islanders are pooling their orders – a good conditions and consumer demands means that move because orders of ten and up are just $20. densities above the Official Community Plan The Memorial Garden doesn’t have a buildlevels are no longer necessary to make a plan ing but it’s easy to find. It’s in Snug Cove, just such as the one proposed now financially viable. inside Crippen Park. It’s easily reached by the • Neighbours was describing the origin of the park entrance on CĂĄrdena Road, just past the Strawberry Tea as a fund-raiser for St Gerard’s Visitor Centre. It exists because of one woman’s Mission. • Summer job grants made it possible determination. Jacqueline Bakker, a member of for the Teen Centre to hire Krista Haydahl, an the Bowen Island Historians, had always appreaspiring marine biologist from Capilano College, ciated the role of history in community life. She was only too aware that Bowen had no cemetery Maral Merati, a fourth year psychology student from UBC and Adrian van Lidth de Jeude, a and little prospect of having one and after a third year history major from SFU. • Real estate good deal of thought, she came up with the concept of a memorial garden. She visualized a quiet ads were fascinating to browse through. The Vineyard could be yours for just $1,350,000. site with benches, flowers and trees, perhaps On Lenora, a five-bedroom home, hidden away enhanced by archways holding small memorial within an amazing garden, cost just $275,000. • plaques for departed family and friends.

The best possible site seemed to be a section of Personal success was noted when former resident, Savannah Lamal was awarded a full-tuition Crippen Park but the park was owned by GVRD (Greater Vancouver Regional District, now called scholarship to the School of Architecture at New York’s Cooper Union. The scholarship will proMetro Vancouver) Question: would a memovide $25,000 for each year of the five-year prorial garden be permitted or even understood by gram. • Bowen welcomed new RCMP officer the regional authority? It was worth trying so in Greg Louis and his wife, LeeAnn. Greg’s new 1987, the Memorial Garden Society was created posting required him to be back in uniform – quite a change from his work on Vancouver’s drug squad where uniform was not required.

The Last Word: In July of 2002, the Steering Committee for Bowen’s Cultural Master Plan was looking at various proposals for an arts centre on Bowen. Any group or individual with formed ideas was invited to send the proposal or idea to the committee by July 22.

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Bowen Island Steamship Days 2012 LAST WEEKEND, DON’T MISS IT !

All aboard! Bowen Island was a popular destination during the Steamship era and the island saw a lot of traffic when steamers like the S.S. Brittania, the S.S. Baramba and the Bowena arrived with full loads of holiday-makers. In the photo above, picnickers bound for Bowen follow the sign to embark on the Lady Cecilia and the Lady Alexandra at Vancouver’s Union Steamship dock. Photo courtesy of the Bowen Island Museum and Archives

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Places of Worship Welcome You BOWEN ISLAND UNITED CHURCH Rev. Shelagh MacKinnon Service and Sunday School: 10:30 a.m.

Collins Hall Bookings: Helen Wallwork Minister of Music: Lynn Williams

FOOD BANK DROP-OFF

BOWEN ISLAND COMMUNITY CHURCH Pastor Clinton Neal 1070 Miller Road 604-947-0384 Service 10:00 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m.

ST. GERARD’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH Mass: 10:30 a.m. Priest: Father James Comey

604-988-6304

CATES HILL CHAPEL www.cateshillchapel.com 604-947-4260

(661 Carter Rd.)

10:00 a.m. Worship • Sunday School: Tots to Teens Pastor: Dr. James B. Krohn

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Saturday, July 14

Event schedule

Friday, July 13 EVENT

WHERE

WHEN

Pancake Breakfast

Bowen Island Marina

Art Exhibit/Local Landscapes

EVENT

WHERE

WHEN

9 to 11am

Pancake Breakfast

Bowen Island Marina

Gallery Artisan Square

10 to 4pm

Croquet & Bocce

USSC Lawn

10 to 12pm

Museum Open

Heritage Museum

10 to 4:30pm

Historical Talk & Walk

Heritage Museum

10 to 12pm

Museum Open

Museum & Archives

10 to 4pm

9 to 11am

10 to 4:30pm

Farmer’s Market

Cates Village Square

Children’s Old-Fashioned Games Bowen Island Marina

10 to 6pm

Art Exhibit/Local Landscapes

Gallery Artisan Square 10 to 4pm

Croquet & Bocce

USSC Lawn

10 to 6pm

Museum Open

Heritage Museum

10 to 5:30pm

Chess

Snug Cafe

11 to 4pm

Museum Open

Museum & Archives

10 to 4:30pm

Wooden Boat Show

USSC Marina

11 to 5pm

Wooden Boat Show

USSC Marina

10 to 4pm

Wooden Boat Show

Bowen Lodge

11 to 5pm

Chess

Snug Cafe

10 to 4pm

Historical Display & Talk

Bowen Island Marina

12 to 1pm

Children’s Old-Fashioned Games Bowen Island Marina

10 to 6pm

Historical Slide Show

Museum & Archives

12 to 1pm

Mariner’s Knot Class

11 to 12pm

Old-Fashioned Races

USSC Lawn

12 to 2pm

Antique Gold Barbershop Quartet Rotary Stage

11 to 11:30pm

Historical Talk & Walk

Heritage Museum

1 to 3pm

The Walk on Band

USSC Marina

11 to 1pm

Robin Loochie Duo

Bowen Island Marina

1 to 3pm

Wooden Boat Show

Bowen Lodge

11 to 4pm

Music

USSC Marina

2 to 3pm

Historical Slide Show

Museum & Archives

12 to 1pm

Historical Slide Show

Museum & Archives

2 to 3pm

Old-Fashioned Races

USSC Lawn

12 to 1pm

Old-Fashioned Sing-Along

Rotary Stage

2 to 3pm

Timothy Lambert

USSC Marina

12 to 2pm

Old-Fashioned Races

USSC Lawn

3 to 4pm

Stroll Down Memory Lane

Bowen Island Marina

12 to 2pm

Headwater

Rotary Stage

5 to 8pm

Old-Fashioned Picnic Lunch

Davies Orchard

12 to 2pm

Jazz Band

Snug Cafe

8 to 10pm

Antique Gold Barbershop Quartet Davies Orchard

1:30 to 2pm

Old-Fashioned Races

USSC Lawn

2 to 3pm

Historical Slide Show

Museum & Archives

3 to 4pm

Shiny B Band

Rotary Stage

3 to 5pm

First aid and lost and found at the Bowen Island Visitors’ Centre, 604947-2634, in Snug Cove.

All events are subject to change or cancellation. Please see the notice board at the Rotary Stage for posted changes or check out the website at steamshipdays.com.

USSC Marina

Antique Gold Barbershop Quartet Bowen Island Marina

3:30 to 4:30pm

Croquet & Bocce

USSC Lawn

4 to 6pm

Dal Richards Orchestra ($20)

Muni Wharf

6 to 9pm

Tickets for the Saturday Night Dal Richards Orchestra are available at the Bowen Island Visitors’ Centre (604-947-2637) and at Phoenix on Bowen (604-947-2793)

Sunday, July 15 EVENT

WHERE

WHEN

Pancake Breakfast

Bowen Island Marina

9 to 11am

Old-Fashioned Races

USSC Lawn

10 to 12pm

Croquet & Bocce

USSC Lawn

10 to 12pm

Buskers

Muni Wharf

10 to 12pm

Wooden Boat Show

Bowen Lodge

10 to 3pm

Art Exhibit/Local Landscapes

Gallery Artisan Square

10 to 4pm

Chess

Snug Cafe

10 to 4pm

Wooden Boat Show

USSC Marina

10 to 4pm

Museum Open

Heritage Museum

10 to 4:30pm

Museum Open

Museum & Archives

10 to 4:30pm

Timothy Lambert

USSC Marina

11 to 1pm

Music/The Walk On Band

Bowen Island Marina

11 to 1pm

Music

Cates Village Square

11 to 1pm

Marketplace

Muni Wharf

11 to 4pm

Children’s Old-Fashioned Games Bowen Island Marina

11 to 4pm

Wooden Boat Show

Bowen Lodge

11 to 4pm

Historical Talk & Walk

Bowen Island Marina

12 to 1pm

A Walk Through Time

USSC Boardwalk

1 to 3:30pm

& Shasta Martinuk

Bowen Island Marina

3 to 4pm

Music/The Walk On Band

Rotary Stage

3 to 4pm

Croquet & Bocce

USSC Lawn

4 to 6pm

Sing-Along with Marc Gawthrop

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Location, location, location Steamship Days venues make the most of the many different stunning settings around the ferry dock in Snug Cove and are easily accessible without a car

The venues for the Steamship Days events are all in the vicinity of the ferry dock in Snug Cove and are within easy walking distance.

If the steeper trails to Artisan Square offer too much of a challenge, there is a bus service available.

The bus will stop anywhere along the blue line if it is evident that people want to get on or off.

Here to help you steer.

First Credit Union.

We’re looking forward to seeing you at Bowen Island Steamship Days.

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A Vancouver legend for more than seven decades, Dal continues to swing - leading his orchestra of talented musicians in a blend of unique sounds that capture the best of the big band era, along with jazz, rock and pop standards from the 1930s to today.

Tickets $20. steamshipdays.com

Available at the Visitor’s Centre 604-947-2634 and at Phoenix on Bowen 604-947-2793. Beer, wine and food will be available at the dance. Outdoor event - adults only.

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Bowen Island Steamship Days JUST ARRIVED

Italian Gelato!

Smoothies, Shakes, Iced Lattes!

Brewing supplies by Bodum, Bialetti & Many More Meet “Al Capone”... A Tough Sandwich to Beat!

(Calabrese, Salame, Capocollo, Provolone on Baguette)

SUNDAY, AUGUST 12TH UNION STEAMSHIP MARINA LAWN Call 947-0707 ext. 2 for info All proceeds donated to BC Guide Dog Services Thank you to all our sponsors: Bowen Island Building Centre, Bowen Island Dog Ranch, Cormorant Marine, Dee Elliott/ Macdonald Realty, First Credit Union, Korna Pet Supplies, Miksa, Snug Cove General Store

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Certified Organic Coffees... 1/2 Ton Literally of New Stock! 65+ Certified Organic Teas!

NEW HOURS... Now Open from 7am Most Days, 7 Days Per Week!

604-562-0024 The Bowen Coffee Store Everything Coffee... and Tea Too!

Take Bowen Heritage Home

Antique Emporium at the Crossroads & VONIGO Pottery 604-947-2446 Come visit us and step back in time!

Sand as a condiment? Are you kidding?

Why didn’t we just go to the Ruddy?!?

Visit the Ruddy Potato for all your outdoor eating necessities 201-203 996 Dorman Road

WELCOME. My menu is handmade with love for you using fresh, local, and sustainable foods. .

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BRUNCH: TH - SUN FROM 11 AM DINNER: WED - SUN FROM 5 PM

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GARDEN PATIO IS NOW OPEN

Wooden boats and pirate dogs were only a few of the many attraction of the Steamship Days this past weekend. And the fun continues this weekend, don’t miss out.

Debra Stringfellow photos

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STEAMSHIP DAYS

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ALL OUTDOOR FURNITURE

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ALL GARDEN SUPPLIES READY FOR THE HEAT WAVE?????

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step into the past... then step into the future...

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Mon. 11-5 Wed - Sun 11-5 Be Before and after-hours shopp shopping by appointment 778-863-7770 www.m www.movementglobal.com

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Guess what is open for Steamship Days?

DOC’S BBQ PATIO! July 7th to July 15th the grill is open at noon Come on down for some BBQ, a cool beverage and bring the kids!

Lamb Burgers, Beef Burgers, Hot Dogs, Chicken Souvlaki & Salads

The Bowen Island Museum and Archives features an exhibit about Bowen’s artist colony, Lieben. Submitted photo

FRESH STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE DOC’S BBQ PATIO is SPONSORED BY THE

USSC MARINA

Call 947-0707 #2 for info

Learn about Lieben

It’s

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What a better way to enjoy STEAMSHIP DAYS but with a cool beverage sitting on the best patio in town!

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NORTHSHORE

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FABULOUS DEEP BAY • STEPS FROM BEACH NG! I T S I L NEW

Excuse me, Mr. Thomson, but I think you need a rest. And I believe I know where you could get the kind of rest you need,” said Einar Neilson upon introducing himself to author and educator Watson Thomson in 1945, according to Irene Howard’s book Bowen Island 18721972. “It has everything you need,” continued Einar. “I can give you the key and you can just walk in and make yourself at home. And stay as long as you like.”

This place was Lieben, and Einar’s frank invitation reflects what he hoped his simple cottage on Eagle Cliff would be – a getaway for artists and intellectuals to relax, recharge, and find inspiration. Watson would take up Einar’s invite, and he and his family became a part of Lieben’s rather distinguished group of visitors. From authors such as Earle Birney and Malcolm Lowry to Lionel LeMoine Fitzgerald (a late member of the legendary Group of Seven), some of Canada’s brightest minds flocked to Lieben from 1946 to 1965.

Lieben, however, provided more to its guests than simply a bed and a warm meal. The Eagle Cliff cottage would ultimately become an odd but very intimate community joined by the similar passions and values of its guests and hospitable hosts. Yes, gorgeous paintings and messy first drafts were made there, but Lieben also produced enduring friendships.

Even when other locales became more enticing in the early 70’s, many of Lieben’s visitors still looked fondly at their time on Bowen.

Despite its notable guest-list, Lieben has largely remained a footnote in Canadian history. Even some islanders may be unaware that an artist colony ever existed on Bowen. And while the provincial government has yet to recognize Lieben as a historically significant heritage site, a number of island groups strive to at least preserve its memory.

One such group is the Bowen Island Museum & Archives, which is currently running their summer exhibit Lieben: An Artistic Oasis on Bowen.

With furniture, artwork, correspondence and other artifacts from Lieben, the museum has re-imagined this important piece of Bowen history. All are invited to experience Lieben; to learn about the Neilsons, their guests, the current status of the property and much more.

Lieben: An Artistic Oasis on Bowen will run throughout the summer.

And don’t forget to check out the Museum & Archives’ historical slideshow on the Union Steamship Co. before Steamship Days end.

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Adding 150 square feet in the most effective and green way to remodel the cottage. One option included moving the living room out over a rocky outcrop, another ave you ever wondered envisioned adding another level to what lies behind a massive the building. In the end, the couple gate, what place a windchose the most financially viable ing private drive leads to or what plan. “We found that to stay green, treasure an ornate front door might it was best to go with the existing hide? Bowen Island’s People, Plants footprint and modify it in a posiand Places (PPP) Tour will unlock tive way,” David said, adding that it some of those secrets and throw was Margaret who took on the role open the doors to seven innovaof project manager and did all the tive homes and gardens that can research and purchasing. “Luckily, be admired and learned from on we both have design skills between Saturday and Sunday, July 21 and us,” he said.

22. Added to those attractions are Margaret is an artist who speaks stops at the Bowen Island Museum with excitement about the renovaand Archives, the Memorial Garden tion, including the transformation and the mid-island seven-acre Mitts of the damp crawl space. “We used garden that is designated as a picnic liners and sealed all the seams - it is site. positively toasty down there now.”

One of the featured properties is And David gestures to an outdoor hidden behind a solid wooden fence deck that also has a waterproof in the neighbourhood of Millers storage area underneath. “We did a Landing: the Witty residence. It was bunch of cool things,” he says. love at first sight for Margaret and They came away with a series David Witty when they beheld the of ‘outdoor rooms’ that allow for cottage on Miller Road in 1993. a vegetable garden, multiple seatThey had ing areas and barely walked expansive views in when to the ocean.

Margaret And there is a whispered to special story her husband about the water that this was feature. “The the place she pond was built wanted to when we were live in. They in Italy in bought it but, 2009,” Margaret as with every said. “It was my love affair, birthday present things did not to Dave.” always run She explained smoothly. The that David had oil furnace dug a hole on broke down; the property the shower with the intenleaked; the tion of creatceiling was ing a pond but sagging. The hadn’t been Come on in! The Wittys will be on crawlspace able to finwas wet, turn- hand during the PPP tour to answer ish the project. questions about their renovations. ing stored Margaret found Susanne Martin photo possessions a local contracinto moldy tor and swore refuse. Trees grew tall and blocked him to secrecy. She laughs as she the light. The floor yielded slivers relates David’s surprise on their for anyone who dared to brace it return when she jokingly told him barefoot. that what he was seeing was the What’s more, as their sons moved reflection of broken glass. into close vicinity and visited with There are other changes, for loved ones, the cottage, originally instance, a good entry, an overhang built in 1917, felt crowded. There outside the sitting room where the came a point when the couple was couple can enjoy a cup of tea and ready to give up on their home. “We stay dry on rainy days, a library in wanted it to be great for our family the place of an old closet. David and we knew that we needed to do and Margaret Witty, with the help something major,” Margaret said. of an architect and a builder, gained The Wittys researched the real a lot of experience on renovations estate market and looked at other and are eager to share it. properties. But nothing felt right.

“It’s exciting to see what is posDeciding to stay, they embarked sible,” Margaret said. The couple on an extensive renovation prowill be on hand to answer questions cess in 2009. They extended the on the weekend of the PPP tour bedroom, removed closets, re-did although they regret missing out on the kitchen and floors, put in a seeing the other properties. “We’ve waterproof basement and spoke gone to every one,” David said to the neighbours about trimming about the PPP tours that started in the trees. And they did it all in an 1993. environmentally friendly way. The Tickets are available through an result? A jewel of a home that is order form at bowenislandppp.org. child-friendly and seems spacious Orders of one to nine tickets are even though they added only about $25 each while orders of 10 and up 150 square feet. “It was done very are $20 each. The People, Plants carefully and now it feels twice the and Places tour is a fundraiser for size,” David explained. the Bowen Museum and Archives David, a landscape architect by and the Bowen Island Memorial profession, produced five concepts Garden.

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The Witty property is located in Miller’s Landing, a neighbourhood that is densely populated by Bowen Island standard but the view from the house (and even the bathtub) give the impression of spaciousness that is reinforced by a number of ‘outdoor rooms.’

Submitted photos

Sunday, July 15th - 1:00pm shotgun As part of the Bowen Island Steamship Days Celebration, the Bowen Island Golf Club will be hosting the 1st Annual Hickory Open. Join us on Sunday, July 15th as we roll back the clocks to a time when golf clothes weren't made for comfort and woods were actually made of wood.

Golfers are encouraged to dress in steamship period golf attire and play with equipment from years gone past, with a prize for the best dressed.

The BC Golf House Museum will also be in attendance for the BC Golf House Par 3 challenge. On this hole competitors will play the hole tee to green using hickory shafted equipment and period specific golf balls.

Entry Fee: $65.00 per person Entry includes: 9 holes of golf, prizes, and post round appies Space is limited to the first 64 paid players to register, sign up now as this event is sure to fill up fast.

Register by calling the Pro Shop at 604.947.4653, or via email at proshop@bowengolf.com

Partial proceeds of this event will benefit the preservation of the game in BC through support of the BC Golf House Museum.

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Photos courtesy of the Bowen Island Museum and Archives

BOWEN BUSINESS BULLETIN BOARD 604.947.0787 778.987.3878 cell

Rock Walls Landscaping

TOM ROOCROFT EXCAVATING INC. Weeding TOM ROOCROFT EXCAVATION ARTIST Weedeating

Grading

Phone: 604.947.0812 Cell: 604.916.TREX (8739)

Site Preparation Large and Small Machines Available

CHRISTINE ROOCROFT Gardener Cell: 604.319.8739

Clearing

Panefree

Mowing Pruning

Window washing, Gutter Cleaning Power washing, Driveway sealing Chimney Cleaning

jason@panefree.ca www.panefree.ca

Hedging Yard Maintenance

Dr. Sandra L Madden, DVM 604-786-1641 drsandra@myvetvancouver.ca www.myvetvancouver.ca Consultations on Bowen Island every Friday by appointment. .......veterinary care in the comfort of your home.

BOWEN VETERINARY SERVICES

Did you have a good time?

If you had fun at Steamship Days, you may consider some of the other festivities that make perfect excuses to visit Bowen Island again: • People, Plants and Places Tour: Take a peek at how islanders live on July 21 and 22. Tickets are $25 each. (BowenIslandPPP.org) • Dock Dance, August 4, annual fundraiser for the Bowen Island Fire Rescue, featuring three great bands • Dog Days of Summer: A festival for dogs and dog lovers alike, August 12 • Run for the Ferry: now called Run for Rwanda, the 5km or 10km forested race starts just as the 9 a.m. ferry leaves on August 25. Raises money for KomeraProject.org (RotaryRunForRwanda.com) • Into the West Theatre Festival: July 19 to August 12.

(TirnanogTheatreSchool.org) • Bowfest: Parade, country festival, kids games and rides, outdoor concerts — one big, day-long island party on August 25. (Bowfest.org)

HEALTH & WELLNESS

Home Organizing Services Working with you in your home to de-clutter, organize and simplify your life.

Experienced, respectful, calm and confidential services assured.

References and free consultation provided.

BLOOD TESTS, URINE TESTS OR ECGS

Clearing a Way

EVERY THURSDAY DR. ZANDY'S OFFICE

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HANDYMAN NDDYM INTERIOR & EXTERIOR

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THE PAINTER LIVING & WORKING ON BOWEN ISLAND

CALL ROGER

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To advertise on the Bulletin Board, call 604-947-2442

6:45 - 9:00 A.M. SHADES OF CRIMSON EDITING Davina Haisell

Brochures & Websites Packaging, Menus, Novels Annual Reports Requests for Proposals

604-947-9222

shadesofcrimson.com Proofreading for more than 16 yrs.

Bowen Island businesses 15% off.

Dr. Susanne Schloegl M.D.

Dr. Utah Zandy 604-947-9830 CALL FOR APPOINTMENT OPEN MONDAY, WEDNESDAY & FRIDAY

Dr. Gloria Chao Dr. Peggy Busch

Chiropractor Dr. Tracy Leach, D.C. 575 Artisan Lane Tuesdays Call for an appointment

(778) 828-5681 Dr. Dana Barton

Naturopathic Physician

Open Mon. Wed. Thurs. Fri.

Dentists

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On the calendar FRIDAY, JULY 13 â&#x20AC;˘ Youth Centre: 6 to 10:30 p.m. Free food, free movies. Drop in. â&#x20AC;˘ Steamship Days: See pull-out section for program.

SAT., JULY 14

meeting, 7:15 p.m.

Collins Hall/United Church. 604-434-3933.

â&#x20AC;˘ Bowen summer market is back!

Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. until Labour Day. For info call 604-9470640 or email bowen. market@gmail.com.

WED., JULY 18 â&#x20AC;˘ Post Partum Support Group: Meets two evenings/mo. (604) 947-2717.

â&#x20AC;˘ AA Open Meeting: 9 a.m., Collins Hall. â&#x20AC;˘ Steamship Days: See pull-out section for program.

â&#x20AC;˘ Weight Watchers: Collins Hall. 6:15-7:15 p.m. Call 2880.

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THURS., JULY 19

â&#x20AC;˘ Steamship Days: See pull-out section for program.

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â&#x20AC;˘ Duplicate-style bridge: 7 p.m. sharp.

Bowen Court lounge.

Call Irene at 2955

â&#x20AC;˘ SKY annual potluck picnic: noon in Crippen Park picnic grounds, all welcome.

â&#x20AC;˘ Youth Centre: 4 to 6 p.m. Practise with your band or listen to music.

Free food.

â&#x20AC;˘ BowFEAST: Saturday, July 21, 9 a.m. to noon at BICS. Tables cost $5; kids can sell for free.

Volunteers are needed.

For info, contact elle@ glave.com.

â&#x20AC;˘ NA Meeting: Open meeting, 7:15 p.m. Cates Hill Chapel.

â&#x20AC;˘ Rotary Club: Business meeting for committees to meet and discuss their projects followed by social- 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the Snug Cafe. Guests welcome.

â&#x20AC;˘ Into the West Theatre Festival: 7:30 p.m. Tir-nanOg Theatre School, Opening on July 19 to August 5. Info at stray dogtheatrecompany.com

TUESDAY, JULY 17 â&#x20AC;˘ AA Meeting: Open

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ONGOING

â&#x20AC;˘ Sound Circle for World Peace and Enlightenment 7:30 p.m. $10 rsvp healingsong@shaw.ca or call 947-2057.

â&#x20AC;˘ Alicia Hansen concert: Cates Hill Chapel, 7:30 p.m.

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UPCOMING â&#x20AC;˘ PPP Tour: Saturday and Sunday (July 21 and 22) tickets available at the Museum and Archives, 10 am to 4:30 daily, or by phone to 604-947-2655 or 604947-0384. E-mail to bowenppp@shaw.ca or place an order online to bowenislandppp.org.

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he curtain at Bowenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tir-na-nOg Theatre is rising on a summer of theatre for Bowen Island, this time not of the kidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s variety but most definitely for adults. The Into the West Theatre Festival runs from July 19 to August 5 and will feature a play about three Vietnam vets which runs in repertoire with an evening of three short plays.

The most notable of the works is Pvt. Wars, by the late American playwright James McLure.

The Louisiana writer, best known for Lone Star and Laundry and Bourbon, has written a play about three Vietnam vets, Americans, who voluntarily admitted themselves into a psychiatric hospital.

The play began life in the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;70s as vignettes in a one-act but McLure eventually turned it into a full-length play.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a play that speaks to the emotional scars and loss we all encounter, so Pvt. Wars has a resonance beyond the U.S. border and the Vietnam War. The company that is putting on the run of theatre, Straydog Theatre Co., is out of New York; two of the four involved in the productions are American, one is from Toronto and the other is Bowenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own Hamish AllanHeadley.

Allan-Headley, who went to New York in 2006 to train at the esteemed Neighbourhood Playhouse and who continues to use that mecca of live theatre as a base, met the others from Straydog while studying there.

Their intention, he said, is to bring quality theatre to Bowen. The local actor also wants

to say thank you. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I do this on Bowen because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m from here and because the community here has been so supportive of me in my endeavors,â&#x20AC;? AllanHeadley said this week. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought I could show my appreciation...by producing a show and bringing (to Bowen) theatre artists I meet and hopefully bringing together theatre artists on the island.â&#x20AC;?

The actor feels a festival of this kind is something that could exist as a regular feature in a community that he still calls home (â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love it hereâ&#x20AC;?).

This is the second time Straydog has produced shows on Bowen, the first Into the West Theatre Festival last year saw them produce Strange Snow by Steven Metcalf and The Dreamer Examines his Pillow by John Patrick Shanley.

Along with Headley, company members working the shows are Jason Stanley of St. Louis, Scarlett Thiele from New Orleans and Michael Goldlist from Toronto.

In the first two weeks, Pvt. Wars runs on July 19, 20, 21 and 22 and again on July 26, 27, 28 and 29.

The festivalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s final week sees three short plays (all by American playwrights, Langford Wilson, John Shanley and Julie BeckettCrutcher) on August 3, 4 and 5.

Tickets are 20 bucks and can be reserved at straydogtheatrecompany.com or purchased at The Phoenix on Bowen.

All shows start at 7:30. The plays are labelled as having adult themes with some coarse language and are not recommended for children.

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Bowen Island, established in 1999 as British Columbiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only Island Municipality, is a vibrant community of approximately 3,500 full-time residents accessed by a regular 20-minute ferry service from West Vancouver. An island within the Islands Trust, it is also a member of the Metro Vancouver Regional District. The Municipality is committed to enhancing its unique natural ecosystems, improving economic, environmental and social well-being, and fostering community involvement.

Reporting to the Chief Administrative Officer, as a key member of the senior management team, the Manager of Development and Operations will:

We want to hear from you

@ strategicplan @islandstrust.bc.ca

Islands Trust Council 200-1627 Fort St Victoria BC V8R 1H8

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For example, we hear people say they want us to protect the natural environment â&#x20AC;&#x201C; on land and sea â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and they want sustainable economies and healthy communities. People also want the Islands Trust to be cost effective.

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Provide strategic leadership to the Planning and Public Works divisions; In this capacity will lead and coach a team of three direct reports and approximately ten indirect reports in the areas of Infrastructure, Utilities (water and sewer), Planning, Parks, Solid Waste & Recycling and Bylaw Services; Be integrally involved in the Municipalityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s short and long term infrastructure planning process, capital budgeting and programming, and coordinating the design and construction of municipal infrastructure; Ensure that the activities of the Development and Operations Department are coordinated with other municipal departments and to promote an atmosphere of cooperation with all; Be responsible for retaining and managing consultants to undertake planning and public works capital projects.

The successful applicant will: â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;˘

Have related civil engineering credentials coupled with approximately ten years of municipal experience in supervisory positions of increasing responsibility; Have a demonstrated knowledge of municipal engineering and operations, land development approval practices and policies, and project management; Have strong organizational, interpersonal and communication skills, and a demonstrated success in working effectively with elected officials and staff in a team environment; Be cost conscious, innovative and bring leadership qualities and a progressive approach.

Trust Council is considering ten objectives for this term. We want to know what matters most to you.

Did we miss something important to you?

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The Islands Trust Council will consider your input in public and decide about a strategic focus during its next meeting in September.

The salary range for this position is competitive and includes a full range of benefits. Qualified candidates are invited to submit their detailed resume, covering letter and salary expectations in confidence by 4:00 p.m., Monday, July 16, 2012 to the attention of:

Join the discussions today!

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Please have your say by the end of July.

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Three-legged kitty needs support IRIS CARR CAWES

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n June 2006, Khat turned up in Carol’s neighbourhood begging for food.

When she realized how hungry he was, she set down a dish for him in the woodshed where she thought he could hang out until his family claimed him. He was so scared, he wouldn’t even go into the shed – not even for food! He would only eat out in the open.

We sent out word and nine different families came to see Khat hoping that he might be their lost pet, but nobody took him away. His great fear of being confined, combined with Carol’s allergies meant that she could not take him in, and it seemed unlikely that anybody else would adopt him either, so he became “a CAWES cat.” He has been dining on Carol’s porch twice daily ever since. With much patience over the last six years, Carol has gradually managed to convince Khat that people aren’t so bad after all.

Although Khat’s life wasn’t great, it was okay and he was getting along - until a few days ago when something awful happened to him. As Carol tells it, “Khat went for a stroll on Wednesday, June 6, and did not make it home for his dinner; in six years this was a first. We kept looking for him until it got quite late and finally a small, dark shadow appeared at the bottom of the steps. It was only when he could not climb the steps for his food that we realized something was terribly wrong with one of his hind legs. He had somehow managed to limp home on three legs with the fourth just dangling.”

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not believe that he was hit by a moving vehicle. His best guess is that the damage was from a blow with a very hard object.

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Dr. Westcott set the leg and put a cast on, but Khat managed to wiggle this off in no time and trying to re-cast just wasn’t going to work. Odds were not great that the leg might have mended anyway, but now they were really low. Surgery to repair the damage is way beyond our financial resources, so the only other option open to us was amputation. We couldn’t have Khat euthanized. After all he has been through we just could not give up on him now.

When Khat lost his leg on the operating table, it also meant an end to his outdoor independence. Fortunately, we live in a wonderfully caring community with people who will step up when it’s needed.

Dani of the Cat Cottage has offered to provide the care and indoor space that Khat needs while he recuperates. She will need some financial support and perhaps other kinds of assistance, but there have been so many caring people involved that we are optimistic. Dr. Westcott helped us make this difficult decision and performed the surgery for the cost of materials only, for which we are most grateful.

Life outside, without a caring family has been hard for dear old Khat.

Somewhere in his life, there has been trauma that has made him suspicious and careful around people. He can be sweet and affectionate at times, but we suspect that some really bad things must have happened to him before he came under the CAWES umbrella . On top of all of this, he now has to learn to get around on

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only three legs! He is also going to have to learn to like the indoors – at least until he can function like a regular cat again.

Although we have just completed a fairly big fundraising campaign, much of what we earned at this event has already been spoken for, which is why we are appealing for some specific help for this special guy.

In case you would like to sponsor Khat, we are leaving a few donation boxes in strategic locations such as Bowen’s Vet Clinic, Bowen’s Little Pet Store, Out of the Blue, and the Flower Shop. Anything donated in his name will go towards helping him recover. He’s just an old moggy who still has some of his nine lives left. We feel he deserves a chance.

If you would like to adopt Khat when he has healed or even while he is healing or can offer a foster home short term or for life, please contact us. Thanks so much for your continued support.

Khat has been looked after by CAWES since 2006 but after losing one of his legs in June, he needs a bit of extra support.

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A biting wit for those who have and kindness and compassion for those who don’t SUSANNE MARTIN EDITOR

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ob Wright was a rebellious character, an actor, a writer and a wood worker. He was well-known on Bowen Island, mostly through his role in putting out the High Tide, a lampoon on island life that had been randomly published from the mid 90s till a few years ago. Last Tuesday, Wright passed away suddenly at the age of 52.

Rob Wall, a long-time friend, thought of publishing a final issue titled: RIPTide.

Wright had left Bowen Island recently to re-unite with his high school sweetheart Kari Olsen and settled in Elora, Ontario. “He slipped off the island without much ado,” according to Wall. But he is not forgotten. For many years, he lived in the seaside cottage, close to the lagoon, and was often seen working on the Polish Girl, his prized boat.

Wall said he spoke to him about a month ago when he called from Ontario to ask for help with an ad for a his new woodworking business.

Wright was the chief editor of the High Tide and with his team of trusted satirists, happily tackled any and all of the issues islanders took very seriously. “He kept us in balance and reminded us to keep it real,” Wall said. “he was a comedic genius.” The High Tide started as a tearsheet and later “snowballed” due to popular demand. It was published infrequently, says Wall.

“He didn’t put it out until he had collected good material. It gave us a chance to laugh at ourselves, no holds barred,” Wall said. “But there were also messages there.

The best feature was the 3-D feature. Sometimes there was a little pocket to unfold, sometimes a stereogram.”

Wright was also a playwright and actor who wrote plays for the Fringe Festival and performed in local theatre productions as a member of Theatre on the Island.

“Rob [Wright] told me, ‘When I put on a show, I put on an event,’” says Wall who is the organizer of the Steamship Days and thinks that his friend would be proud of the proceedings. “He was a true friend and I respected him deeply,” Wall said.

Many islanders will recall the Blow (black Labrador/ crow cross) and the Crat (Crow/rat cross) that Wright populated his writing with. But there was more to the man than his biting wit and a few of his friends have come forward to share stories of his kindness and compassion.

One example is the long-standing friendship of Wright and Allan Hawley, a man who had no one else and who Wright stood by and supported for nearly 20 years.

Tina Nielsen, Wright’s long-time friend, recalls, “This is what I remember from what Rob told me: Allan Hawley came over to Bowen Island one weekend in the late ‘80s and he lost his wallet. Rob [Wright] and Chris Roddan found it and decided that the best thing they could do was to put it in the mail box to ensure that it would get mailed back to the owner.” Nielsen thinks that the wallet may have contained some cash and a bus pass. After dropping the wallet though the mail slot that was located where the library is today, Rob and Chris came across a young guy who was clearly upset. “They ran into this incredibly distraught young man in the cove,” Nielsen said. “The thing about Rob was that he would immediately go and help, unlike other people who might want to avoid this sce-

Ever seen Cratz? They are the creatures that populated the High Tide, a publication that Rob Wright edited. He also loved going out on his boat, the Polish Girl. Submitted photos

nario. So he went straight up to the guy and said, ‘What’s the problem?’ – ‘I lost my wallet,’ came the answer. Rob said, ‘We found it.’” Hawley’s relief to learn that his wallet had been found turned to distress when he heard that it was in the mail box. “I need it, I need it,” he said. “I don’t have any other way to get back.” At this time, he lived on his own and Nielsen thinks it likely that he stayed in a place like the Cobalt Hotel in the downtown Eastside.

“Rob and Chris called postmistress Rosa Helenius, a woman not easily trifled with, on a weekend and told her the story,” Nielsen continued. “She agreed to come down and open the mail box.” The two young men waited with Hawley until she arrived. Their kindness and the fact that they had persuaded the postmistress to open the mail box made a huge impression at Hawley, who had recently come out of foster care. “Allan knew the rules, he knew that it’s illegal to meddle with the federal mail,” Nielsen said. “The fact that Rob and Chris could get the postmistress to take things out impressed him, it made them superheroes in his mind.”

After handing Hawley his wallet, Wright gave him his address and phone number and told him come back to visit. Nielsen laughs and says that if you know Hawley, you know that he will accept that invitation, maybe more than you expect. “For Allan, birthdays and holidays are really big events and Rob invited him for Christmas,” she says. “Rob used to do an orphans’ Christmas and he would invite people who weren’t celebrating with family. Allan became one of those people. He basically came every Christmas in addition to visiting for three or four times a year.”

Nielsen says that things continued like this for a while until Hawley, who had moved into a group, started a fire and was charged with arson. “He ended up in the Forensic Psychiatric Institute (FPI) at Colony Farm,” Nielsen says with sadness. “He spent seven or eight years there. Later on, he was allowed on day trips. The guards would deliver him with handcuffs to Horseshoe Bay in a van. They’d uncuff him and hand him over to Rob, saying, ‘Have him back here tonight and make sure he takes his meds.’”

Nielsen remembers the occasions when Wright would take a long bus ride to the FPI on Christmas Eve and back to be able to give Hawley a present.

“Rob also went to Allan’s review board hearings,” she says. “Allan had no family, no advocate. Rob would meet with the legal aid lawyer who would often have seen the file the day before and give him or her the history and explain why Allan was not a threat to society and why the institution was not be the best place for him because he didn’t cope well.”

Nielsen said that Hawley would tell stories about his time on Bowen Island to his psychiatrist and staff the FPI and suspects that they didn’t believe him. “Allan would go on about boat rides and hanging out with a whole bunch of people who would all go skinny dipping. And then, we’d have movies in the back yard. I actually think that people thought that Allan was making it up.” She added that she doesn’t think Hawley had been accepted in that way anywhere else and included in the normal things that a “whacky kinda hippie guy like Rob would do.”

“Rob was good at that - he knew how to talk Allan down when he was in his panic state,” Nielsen said, adding that she heard the story how Wright calmed Hawley down at a review board hearing by distracting him with a remark about the Bowen Island ferry schedule.

“This is a side of Rob that most people on Bowen never saw and really knew about,” Nielsen said. “He just did those things without telling anyone. His thing was to look out for people who were in need. He might have had lots of distain for those who were not in need but for someone who was in need, he was always right there.”

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Collaborative exhibition with a sensory element

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ing experience for the viewer to see how titch & Burnt is an exhibition at the many different styles and techniques Coastal Patterns Gallery that feacompliment and contrast – overall comtures artwork of Sarah Haxby and ing to a sense of balance through a Gerald Morrisseau. Through a range of black and white chromatic theme. mediums including carving, pyrograSarah phy, tradiHaxby’s tional First Stitch textile Nations artwork is drums, hand-drawn embroion to the dered texsurface of tile art, and the cancollaboravas using tive works, vintage, the comnew and mon thread reclaimed of the threads. She exhibit is juxtaposes the exploand overration of laps ideas Canadian of high and identity. low brow Gerald art by placMorrisseau ing needledraws on work in the his First realm of Nations fine art and and Celtic the tradiancestry, tional paintand Sarah ed surface Haxby on with a sense her exploof considration of Gerald Morrisseau uses pyrography, the art of eration, Canadian burning into cedar, as one of his carving techniques detail and identity and for the Stitch and Burnt exhibition at Coastal intimacyancestry, Patterns Gallery. Sarah Haxby photo that is best through conveyed by an ongoexperiencing the work in person. ing series inspired by a year of living The work is wry, in a Canadian fashin Wales while completing a masters ion, thematically exploring symbolism of fine art and art history. This is the and ideas of Canadian identity through first collaborative exhibit for these two the lens of Welsh agricultural immigralong-time friends, and it is an interest-

tion to Canada and the historic connection between Welsh textile traditions and working the land. The Home and Hearth series is mathematically inspired by the agricultural dimensions of farm acreage, stiles, plow lines, and livestock and crop line divisions. The embroidery recreates elements of the original Welsh workmen’s smock-frocks.

Gerald Morrisseau’s Burnt artwork series began with the Cedar Stories Eagle panel, installed in the BICS upper foyer, that he created with the students of BICS. Drawing inspiration from local and traditional mythology and symbolism, his work has great deal of heart, expressing personal and cultural symbolism. Carving, burning, stretching animal skin, reclaiming and reusing found and donated materials, Gerald uses traditional, contemporary and pyrography techniques as well as old saw blades, found objects and even ‘your great grandmother’s old coat!’

The sensory experience of the Stitch & Burnt exhibit includes the look of raw, stretched canvas, abstract textile art, inlaid copper and semi-precious stones and the smell of carved and burnt red and yellow cedar. The exhibition opening reception is 1 to 3 p.m, Sunday, July 22. Both artists will be in attendance.

The regular gallery hours during the show are Thursday to Sunday from noon to 4 p.m., July 19 to August 12.

Both artists will be at the gallery at various times during the show, working and demonstrating embroidery techniques and carving techniques, so be sure to drop by and say hello, or check out www.coastalpatternsgallery.com or www.haxby.weebly.com to see more!

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Paintings by Saffron Gurney ikebana by Nicola Murray Bowen Island Art Gallery presents

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In the new show at the Gallery at Artisan Square, Nicola Murray and Saffron Gurney combine paintings, paperworks and floral designs.

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ntentions is the title of the next exhibit at the Bowen Island Art Gallery. Saffron Gurney will be showing her most recent paintings and paperworks. Nicola Murray will be displaying her floral designs.

Nicola’s work is a 3-D response to Saffron’s 2-D paintings in which common elements or pattern, shape and color are emphasized.

“Our pieces work well together,” says Saffron. “because Nicola and I have a similar sensibility. We are strongly inspired by nature and all of the color and structure it has to offer.” Saffron’s paintings are largely inspired by landscape; some pieces reference Bowen Island in particular. To form her structures, Nicola has used materials such as moss, arbors and stones gathered from her immediate landscape.

“We both strive in our work to communicate with simple, beautiful gestures and materials,” says Nicola. Their work is inspired by Japanese culture and aesthetic. Saffron visited Japan in 2007 and Nicola studied traditional Japanese arts including pottery, sumie and Ikebana while living in Tokyo from 1985 to 89. Nicola has been studying the Japanese art of ikebana flower arranging on and off for the past 25 years and is currently studying Sogetsu style with Master Hollis Ho in Vancouver. Saffron says, “I challenge myself to communicate a mood and place with as few gestures as possible. There is a beautiful tension created in abstract work when there is space left for the viewer to complete the picture, the thought, the intention.”

Intentions runs from July 18 to August 12 with an opening reception on Saturday, July 21, from 5 to 8 p.m.

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Steamship Days fun Maria Steernberg, Janis Treleaven and Debra Stringfellow photos

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