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Budding artists created Sculpey bunnies in their pre-Easter mixed media class with Erin Lane at 4 Cats Art Studio this week. The polymer clay bunnies go home with their creators for baking in the family oven. The students, ages three to five, meet regularly at the Trail Bay studio to work with Sculpey, traditional clay and the potter’s wheel, and paint with acrylics on canvas.

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esidents packed the vately owned. Each jurisdicSeaside Centre in Sech- tion has its own regulations elt on Thursday, March 29 governing management and for the District of Sechelt’s development, adding layers Trail Bay Foreshore Plan- of complexity to the project. ning Workshop.

“We need o see what mix Teresa Bartrim 1013 Landscape Architect David of physical solutions and Reid reviewed the site’s his- community activities evtory and challenges, and how eryone wants, and to see if other communities have dealt we can make it work,” Reid with similar situations. said. “We need to look at Reid noted that four all other options, and at the branches of government maintenance, not just the – federal, provincial, mu- engineering.” nicipal, and Sechelt Indian March 29, 2012Reid noted that any strucGovernment – hold juris- tural improvement in the vidiction over different por- cinity of tidewater requires tions of the foreshore and careful consideration of the those adjacent lands not pri- stresses that tides, ocean de-

bris and severe weather incidents can inflict.

Residents added photographic and anecdotal evidence of recent ‘severe weather incidents’ along the foreshore.

Following the presentation, small working groups discussed the issues set out in surveys distributed to each person in attendance.

The groups reviewed opportunities and issues and presented short lists of critical solutions and priorities.

This information will be tabulated and posted on the District’s website.

Over 60 Coast residents attended the District of Sechelt’s workshop to discuss the future of Trail Bay’s foreshore. Individual focus groups completed individual surveys and prepared short lists of critical items for consideration by District of Sechelt staff and the consulting panel of experts.

Information contained in the workshop presentation and a copy of the survey (to be completed and submitted to the municipal hall before April 10) may be accessed at the District of Sechelt website, www.sechelt.ca PHOTO HEATHER JEAL

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Editorial Damage deposits and the powers that be

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f you’re a renter, it’s a good idea to visit the website of the BC Residential Tenancy Branch and learn more about your rights and obligations. Sometimes, landlords interpret the Tenancy Act in their favor, which may lead to some serious disputes.

These days, most landlords (or property managers who represent them) will ask a tenant to sign a long-term lease that may include all kinds of prohibitions and responsibilities for the tenant to remember. What many tenants don’t realize is that they have rights, too, and it’s important to be aware of them.

As the number of rental properties increase, you’d think rent prices would go down – supply and demand, right?

Or that more landlords would offer better incentives so they could attract long-term tenants who will help them maintain their property investment. This doesn’t always seem to be the case. Some even limit a tenant’s right to enjoyment of the property. What they don’t seem to understand is that once you move in, it becomes your home.

But ‘your’ home may come with countless restrictions. No pets. No visitors for longer than two weeks. No parties.

No loud music or TV after 10 pm. Park here – don’t park there. No overnight visitor parking. The list just grows and grows. Crosscheck this with the list of things landlords are required to provide tenants (through the Tenancy Act): the premises must be in a clean, safe condition; window coverings must be provided, also in clean condition … that list goes on, but how many times has a tenant moved into a property to find it infested with fleas, mice or rats and have to accommodate exterminators who visit your ‘home’ every week or two to empty or reset traps?

While the landlord expects the tenant to live to the letter of the law, do all landlords respect and conscientiously follow the Tenancy Act? Even if a landlord writes a clause into your lease that says they can automatically keep your damage deposit if you break your lease early, it’s not necessarily true. Unless the landlord has an approved order from the Tenancy Branch to hold your damage deposit for “expenses involved in rerenting the property” - and this must be approved prior to the 15-day period during which they must return your damage deposit, they can’t simply keep it. If they refuse to return your damage deposit without an order from the Tenancy Branch and keep it past the 15-day limit, the tenant can apply for double the damage deposit back.

The Tenancy Branch will try to arbitrate a settlement between the landlord and the tenant before making an award, but if you know your rights, you could save yourself a lot of money and frustration. Go to: www.rto.gov. bc.ca/ to learn more about your rights as a tenant in BC.

Letters to the Editor

Does Harper care about seniors?

Prime Minister Harper’s budget shows that he cares little about old aged people.

His plan to increase the eligibility age for OAS from 65 to 67 will increase the number of poverty stricken old aged people who built our wealthy Canada.

The maximum OAS payment is $540.12 a month for seniors with less than $69,562 in annual income.

The average GIS supplement is $492.26 while the maximum is $732.36 paid to seniors making less than $16,368 a year.

Millions of seniors, expecting to collect their OAS and GIS at age 65 will have to wait until they are 67.

How will they pay for rising food prices, caused by speculators on the oil futures markets, and pay their rent?

Sad to write, poor old aged people will have to go on

Letters to the Editor meager welfare and beg for groceries at overwhelmed food banks to survive. Is this democracy? Is this Canadian justice?

Post-secondary students, mired in debts of $20,000 to $100,000 and struggling to pay off their student loans, also need employment. The chances of obtaining professional jobs will be reduced.

Is that sensible?

What is to be done? We voters can tell John Weston, MP, West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky, that he lobby Harper to cancel his uncaring plan to harm vulnerable old age people, and that we voters expect him to vote NO to Harper’s regressive plan.

Arnet Tuffs, Sechelt

Our choice: change or extinction Last Wednesday I saw the awesome film, ‘Peace Out’, re energy production and consumption. It showed that, by our everyday unthinking habits, we are contributing to flooding of precious farmland, draining of lakes and rivers and devastation of wilderness habitat. On Thursday I learned that the US diagnosis rate for autism spectrum disorders is now at least one in 88 children (Canada’s is said to have increased 600% in the last 20 years). And on Friday I learned that baby girls forming in the womb already have all the eggs they’ll

ever have. Unlike the cells and tissues of adults, these eggs lack any kind of protection. By using a wireless laptop, a pregnant woman can irradiate her growing baby girl’s eggs, causing DNA damage that will be passed on to the next generation.

Every time we choose to linger in the shower, eat pineapple from Hawaii instead of pears from the Sunshine Coast, inject or consume toxins, dial our cellphone or consult our i-Pod, we incrementally speed the demise of our environment, our resources and the whole human race.

Susan Fletcher, Sechelt

My telephone conversation with ‘Annie’ This morning I received a call from ‘Annie’ from an unlisted number, who was calling about a problem with my computer. Obviously it was an attempt at the wellknown scam to extract my credit card information, so I tried to delve into where she was calling from – she told me “Halifax”. The company name? She said “Web Tech Support”, and so on, but the information she gave me, of course, was useless.

Not wanting to be hard on an innocent minion in a big machine, and after telling her that I was wise to this fraud, I asked her how she got this job and how much she got paid. She said that it was the only job she

could get, and that she was paid eight thousand. “Is that rupees?”, I asked, as her accent gave this away. “Yes” she replied. I wished her well, and good luck in finding a job that was a better one than this. She offered me her blessings.

I was indeed blessed because in little more than five minutes the phone rang again - same approach, different person. I asked if she was also paid 8000 rupees; “No sir, I’m an engineer and I get more”. I asked how she got my number, and it turns out the computer simply turns them up. Maybe I should buy a lottery ticket.

Julian Taylor, Gibsons

Watch out for Spam scams This letter was received for publication in The Local Dear RCMP Officers: Yesterday, I received this email telling me that my BMO account has been suspended unless I answered a series of questions - I did not respond.

This morning I called my bank and was told these emails are a way of identity thieves to get personal banking information.

I also received one such email from RBC - and I don’t even have an account with them.

The innocent public - especially we old folk (I’m 72) should be warned not to re-

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Thank you for your hard work to keep us safe here on the Sunshine Coast.

Jennie T.S. Choban, Gibsons

Harper’s sleight-of-hand Stephen Harper is clever.

He will get re-elected next time. He got his majority government this time so is now cutting almost all programs except the military.

Taking $110 million from the CBC is an example.

Next year he will do the same thing. Then in 2015 he will miraculously “find” some money and give us back a little bit of what he has taken. We will be so thankful, that we will reelect him.

They say people get the government they deserve.

Billy Griffith, Egmont

OCP being bent or altered?

The Local received the following letter for publication, forwarded by this director of the East Porpoise Bay Ratepayers Association: To: Mayor and Council, District of Sechelt As a resident of the residential area affected by the proposed Stockwell Sand and Gravel permanent cement batch plant, I am strongly opposed to this proposal. This is a residential neighbourhood and the (Letters continued on page 5)

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The Sunshine Coast Model Railroad Club attracted almost 125 visitors to their Open House in Gibsons, April 1. Fathers and sons predominated, enjoying the club’s intricate layouts constructed in a variety of popular scales. Moira Kelly, 6, attended with her mother Sue. The Kellys proved that a love of trains is not just a guy thing. Roberts Creek resident Andrea Epper won the raffle. The club’s next Open House is scheduled for June.

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Letters to the Editor (continued from page 4) approval by Council to rezone it to heavy industry and allow the operation of a permanent cement batch plant, is totally unacceptable. If council approves this application, I will make it my personal goal to investigate and inform the residents of the District of Sechelt exactly how this decision was reached, in direct violation of all the rules relating to the Official Community Plan (OCP).

I believe that all residents in the District of Sechelt should be informed as to how their elected council reaches the decisions that they make. After all, their residential neighbourhood could be the next to be impacted. There is a dangerous precedent being set, if council approves the proposed permanent cement batch plant. One would then have to consider the OCP as simply a guideline only, with rules that may be bent, altered or removed altogether, at the discretion of Council.

There are many ways in this age of information to keep the public informed of what is important to them and how it will affect them.

That is how Council got elected. It’s a double-edged sword. I hope, Mr. Mayor and Council, you will make the right decision based on what is fair for the residents of a residential neighbourhood, who will be directly affected by heavy industry moving next door.

Ronald D. March c.c. Angela Letman, Planning Development Officer

Weston and James Moore re cuts to CBC funding I am writing yet again to remind you that despite what your government promised: A cut is a cut is a cut!

I so easily recall what your government said, “We believe in the national public broadcaster,” Heritage Minister James Moore said in a post-election victory interview with the CBC in May. “We have said that we will maintain or increase support for the CBC. That is our platform and we have said that before and we will commit to that.”

Breaking a promise is breaking a promise.

What part of this does your government NOT understand?

Dianne Goldberg, Halfmoon Bay

Solution to traffic disruption Well, it happened again!

Highway 101 was shut down on Monday for two hours, and then we had only one-way traffic for quite a long time. Hospital procedures at Lions Gate were cancelled, hospital procedures at St. Mary’s were cancelled, ferry sailings were disrupted, bus schedules were interrupted.

What is the solution?

Obviously, a life is the most important thing and

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no one objects to having the highway shut down while a driver or passenger is extracted from a crashed vehicle. Anyone can understand that it takes a while to move vehicles off the road.

The RCMP have a job to do in investigating the accident and the flag persons do the very best they can. As a local bypass is probably out of the question, there is only one solution - never leave home without a good book in the car!

Sue Carson, at the Center of the Universe

cut funding from Elections Canada as they probe the deceit employed in the last election? I could go on.

C’mon MP Weston, get your butt home here and arrange to meet the people. Once done, you can decide whether to vote in favour of this budget. This is the test, John --- are you our representative or merely a backbench seal trained by the guys from Alberta?

Paul Johnston, Roberts Creek

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Child Welfare League of Canada CEO Peter Dudding (left) and RBC Royal Bank Regional President Jeff Boyd presented Christopher Tait with the RBC March 22,Award, 2012 Youth Achievement a $3,000 educational bursary. Her Excellency Sharon Johnston, spouse of Governor General of Canada David Johnston, provided the keynote address at the presentation ceremony.

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unshine Coast resident Christopher Tait, 20, received the prestigious RBC Youth Achievement Award at a reception hosted by the Child Welfare League of Canada (CWLC) in Ottawa on March 22. Tait was nominated by the MinisMarch 8, & 2012 try of Children Family Development, Vancouver Coastal Region.

The annual CWLC Achievement Awards recognize and honour individuals from across Canada who have shown exceptional dedication in specific areas of the child welfare system.

Tait is a young man who has taken a set of difficult life experiences and turned

them into powerful teaching tools and motivation for BC’s Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCDF) staff, service providers, and youth across the province. He has been an amazing contributor to change for youth in and from care and truly deserves the recognition that this award brings. Tait has endured hardships that would weigh heavily on anyone, but he continues to demonstrate an inspirational resiliency. From a confused and angry teenager he has grown into a confident, outgoing, and well-spoken young man.

With straightforward hon-

esty, Tait draws on his experiences to champion youth rights and advocate for himself and his brothers and sisters in care. Embracing a leadership role, he was instrumental in gathering other youth in his community, including his own siblings, to help plan and coordinate a hugely successful youth forum.

Through his writing and his rap music, Tait creates immediate connections with other youth. Although he has “aged out” of the foster care system, he continues to advocate for youth in care and work help them to find their own voice.

BC repeats Earth Hour success British Columbians saved 121 megawatt hours of electricity and reduced the provincial electricity load by 1.67 percent during the province’s 5th annual Earth Hour on March 31 – about the same as the 1.8 percent drop last year – and the equivalent of turning off about 9 million 12.5-watt LED light bulbs.

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Earth Hour, hosted by World Wildlife Fund and supported provincially by BC Hydro, encourages individuals to turn off unnecessary lights and electronics to conserve power and demonstrate support for climate change reduction efforts.

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Although Mother Nature played a joke with an overnight snowfall and earlymorning temperatures hovering around three degrees Celsius, runners enjoyed clear skies for the annual BMO April Fool’s Run on Sunday, April 1. David Palermo of Vancouver moved to the front of the pack and stayed there for 1:10:57 to finish first in the BMO April Fool’s Run from Gibsons to Davis Bay, Sechelt on April 1.

Graeme Wilson, also of Vancouver, just under a minute behind, took second with a time of 1:11:54 and hometown favourite Shaun Stephens-Whale of Roberts Creek came third with a time of 1:12:00. The race drew competitors from throughout BC, Alberta, Ontario and Washington, as well as a couple from Mississippi. William and Maria Stevenson raced from Denmark to attend. Full race results and photo gallery are posted at www.foolsrun.com PHOTOW HEATHER JEAL

New support line for grandparents raising grandchildren

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They may feel overwhelmed by their new parenting role.

They may feel stressed about financial, emotional or legal concerns. They may have questions about where to get help when they need it.

That’s why the Ministry of Children and Family Development is investing $100,000 a year from the ministry’s existing fiscal plan for the Parent Support Services Society of BC to launch the new Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Support Line and email support.

The new line follows through on a request made in 2011 by Grandparents Raising Grandchildren. The grandparents support group asked the ministry for a new navigation and education service to provide help and information to grandparents or other relatives raising a family member’s child.

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“Grandparents raising their grandchildren 24/7 deserve recognition and applause,” said Carol Ross, executive director, Parent Support Services Society of BC. “They deserve every possible assistance we as a caring society can provide to ease their difficult journey. Having someone within reach by phone and email to help them navi-

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The toll-free Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Support Line at 1-855474-9777 operates Monday through Friday; hours of operation may vary and messages left on voicemail will be returned as soon as possible. The Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Support Service may be emailed atGRGline@parentsupportbc.ca

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In thanking the donors, Hatchery Manager Bob Anstead encouraged those in attendance to, “return the favour in kind by doing business with those who supported us this evening.”

Appetizers provided by Chrys Sample preceded a multi-course banquet featuring salmon provided by Grieg’s Seafoods, prepared and beautifully presented by Greg’s Catering.

Enthusiastic bidders reDeluxe 1014Wayne sponded to auctioneer Skinner’s prompting during the live auction for hot-ticket items including a coveted weekend getaway to the River Rock Casino, including VIP Meet ‘n’ Greet with performer Gladys Knight.

The SCSES owns and operates the Chapman Creek Fish Hatchery,April which 5, 2012it purchased from Scanmar Seafoods in 1992 with funds raised entirely from the Sunshine Coast community. Anstead noted that the hatchery released its first salmon

20 years ago; they will release 1.5 million Chum, Pink, Coho, Chinook and Steelhead salmon smolts into the Creek in April and May this year. Volunteers, including elementary school children through the Water, Wetlands and Salmon Science program, accomplish the bulk of the work at the hatchery.

The Hatchery’s Education Centre includes an outdoor information display and welcomes visitors year-round.

To volunteer, arrange tours, or inquire about upcoming events, call 604-885-4136.

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The current market’s hot price range is below $400,000, with 47 sales.

With the current pace of sales this represents a 19 month supply of listings.

The detached listing inventory climbed but with an increase sales volume in March the market supply decreased over the previous month.

Attached Listing There are 144 current attached listings (strata unit apartments, condos and townhouses) and 19 sales in 2012 compared to 22 in 2011. With the current pace of sales this represents a 22.75 month supply of listings. Attached listings climbed over January with the market supply.

Land Listing There are 381 bare land listing and 10 sales for 2012 compared to 27 in 2011.

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Taking us on a journey through the catastrophic disappearance of bees and the mysterious world of the beehive, this engaging and ultimately uplifting film weaves an unusual and dramatic story of the heartfelt struggles of beekeepers, scientists and philosophers

from around the world who reveal both the problems and the solutions in renewing a culture in balance with nature.

The event will include a display by the Sunshine Coast Beekeepers Association and a discussion after the film. The beekeepers reported that they added four more beekeepers to the Coast after they attended the first film and learned more about raising honeybees. DVDs of the movie will be available for purchase.

Tickets ($5 for SC Film Society members, $8 for non-members) are available at the door, or reserve online at www.greenfilms.ca for Queen of the Sun and for Revenge of the Electric Car, to be shown on April 23 and 24. Reservations or early arrivals are encouraged. Doors open at 7 pm.

The Green Film Series is a special project of the Sunshine Coast Film Society presented by The Gibsons Green Team and Sustainable Coast magazine (sustainablecoast.ca).

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“With the federal government announcement that the penny will no longer be in production as of this fall, we’re calling on all supporters of Habitat to donate pennies that have collected in their drawers, change trays, and pockets, so that more low-income Canadian families can receive the hand up of a home they can afford,” said Ron Pepper, Executive Director.

Habitat for Humanity Sunshine Coast will be collecting pennies at their

ReStore, located at 5605 Highway 101, Sechelt.

“Ten million pennies will form a six foot, by six foot cube weighing 55,000 lb., and if the pennies were stacked one on top of the other they would reach 15.8 km high. Facilitating a fundraiser like this will be a ton of work – actually it’s 25 tons – but if it will mean that another low-income family will access affordable homeownership, it will be more than worth it,” said Pepper.

In Canada, Habitat has given the hand up of affordable homeownership to over 2,000 families. Habitat homes are sold to low-income families though interest free mortgages with no

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Under the $30-million Community Recreation Program, the Province is funding up to 80 per cent of eligible costs for 98 projects that will enhance recreation infrastructure provincewide.

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Please return the favour and consider them when purchasing goods and services here on the Coast.

A weekend course for all who care about and want to help animals.

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Country Cottage Wine Making Cozy Homes Fireplace Creekside Hair Salon Custom Carpet Sponsors: David Suzuki Foundation EWOS Canada Ltd Davis Bay Treasures Frank & Lynne Jorgensen Dreamland Sleep Shop and Wakefield Jewellers Dynamic Aqua Supply Ltd. Lois A Potter Law Corp Eagle Ridge Veterinary Clinic Mohammed Asgari Eye Deal Optical Pacific Coastal Airlines Fainting Couch Spa Wakefield Construction Frank Belfrey Yvonne Byzyna French Creek Resort FYI Doctors Major Donors: Gary’s Marine Service Carol Bowie Gibsons Fasteners Gibsons Building Supplies Gibsons Home Hardware J Pinkster Gibsons Marina Murphy’s Sportfishing Gibsons Tree Service Pacific Salmon Foundation Grant Hankin Predator Charters Grasshopper Pub River Rock Casino Resort Harbour Air Seaplanes Scotty Downriggers Highwater Tackle Sechelt Indian Band Holy Crap Sechelt Insurance Agency IGA Marketplace Sunco Building Materials -Madeira Park Sunshine Coast Credit Union Jims Wooden Creations William Jennings Joan Ketchen John Alverez Donors: John & Lynne Smith AAA Peninsula John Tesloveanu Agnete Newman Julie Kirkland Art Dew Contracting Karen Dyck Associated Economic Kenmac Parts Consultants Kennedy Trucking B.A. Blacktop Kufa Sports Corp.

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Friday evening, we assembled and warped the custom-made looms, finishing up around 9 pm.

We spentSRMHC the next two 1014 days weaving, and by 4:30 Sunday afternoon, most of us were sporting our gorgeous, ‘fresh-off-the-loom’ Salish shawls.

Coast Salish Master Weaver Jessica Casey is a gracious and patient teacher. Over the course of April 5, 2012 the weekend, she not only shared her knowledge and expertise of Coast Salish weaving and traditions but also her funny anecdotes, home-made food, and good company. Many of us were first-time weavers, and she worked with each of us so that by the end of the three days, we all found our Oak Tree 1014 ‘weaving groove’.

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Elizabeth, a newcomer to the Coast, is a textile artist and anthropologist; this was her first time weaving.

I, too, had no experience weaving but have always loved textiles and, I’ll admit – fashion. I was excited to make a stylish wool shawl that I could wear to work! Everyone brought great energy, enthusiasm and most importantly, a sense of humor. It felt like a real celebration when one of us completed a shawl and finally pulled it off the loom. Thanks to everyone for such supportive and encouraging energy.

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807 REPAIRS & SERVICE Small Engine Repairs. New & used parts and tools, free pick ups, house calls, lawn mowers, chainsaws, outboards, motorcycles, ATVs Chinese/Japanese. Satisfaction guaranteed, affordable rates.

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Sechelt: 3 bdrm, close to downtown. $1300/mo.

Call 1014 Key Johnny Walker Property Management at 604886-6618 for viewing or visit www.keypropertymanagement.ca b14 Gibsons: 1 bdrm cottage. $800/ mo. Call Key Property Management at 604-886-6618 for viewing or visit www.keypropertymanagement.ca b14 Gibsons: Spacious 3 bdrm, 2 bth duplex in lower Gibsons with a Apriland 5, 2012 harbour view, decks wood burning FP. $1300/mo, N/S, sm. pet nego. Avail now, call Key Property Management at 604886-6618 for viewing or visit www.keypropertymanagement.ca b14 Gibsons: $425/mo. Do you like camping? Welcome R.V’s 1995 and newer. Gibsons RV Resort. 1051 Gilmour Rd. 604-989-7275 btfn

1705 APARTMENTS & SUITES FOR RENT Gibsons: 1 bdrm, waterfront. $850/mo. Call Key Property Management at 604886-6618 for viewing or visit www.keypropertymanagement.ca b14 Gibsons: Furnished waterfront 1 bdrm suite available now to May 31. N/P, N/S. $1200/mo. Call Key Property Management at 604-886-6618 for viewing or visit www.keypropertymanagement.ca b14 Sechelt: One bdrm front apt.

Avail immed. $750/mo, N/S, N/P. Call Key Property Management at 604-886-6618 for viewing or visit www.keypropertymanagement.ca b14

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36ft Trojan Houseboat. Will trade for motorhome, travel trailer, etc.

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Retired hobbyist wants, discarded old tube radios, tubes, gramophones etc. 604-740-3989 p19

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1710 WANTED TO RENT For May 1, Sechelt Village. Two mature females/gardeners seek a 2 bdrm house. Approx. rent $900/ mo, lease ok. No pets, refs galore!

604-989-7327. p15

1800 EMPLOYMENT Hairstylist needed. Chair rental avail at Artistic Image Group. Call Cindy @ 604-886-8118. b19

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The Local is a Thursday community newspaper on the beautiful Sunshine Coast and we’re looking for another enthusiastic Advertising Sales Representative to work with our great Sales Team. While experience would be an asset, we’re looking for a Sales Rep who: • Is fun, outgoing, observant, loves people and is energetic • Owns a reliable vehicle and cell phone • Works to deadlines and is organized • Is willing to learn something new and interesting • Is able to think quickly, develop creative solutions and has a good memory • Is good at spelling, grammar and punctuation • Is conversant with computers • Works well alone and with a supportive team • Has a good attitude and willingness to follow direction Advertising Sales is an important part of our business and we are looking for someone who will not only provide outstanding service to our clients develop relationship of trust with Thisbut is will your adaproof them. The Local is growing and evolving, and we need good in the next issue of people who will grow with us and show clients that excellent service and amazing results come in small packages.

Submit your resume to: Gardar Gardarsson, Sales Manager Email: localsales@telus.net June 30, 2011 Issue Date: ____________________ P.O. Box 494, 5758 Cowrie Street, Sechelt, BC V0N 3A0 DeadlineFax: for604-885-3194 approval Phone 604-885-3134 or changes is Deadline for submissions: April 27, 2012.

Monday by 3:00 p.m.

If we do not hear from you by this time, we can assume all is correct.

LOCAL EVENTS

CALLING ALL...

•Volunteers, vendors, environmental/community organizations & donations required for Earth Day at Roberts Creek Pier. Sunday, April 22.

Contact Sheila Wilson at shemark@ dccnet.com •Performers. Are you a singer, dancer, acrobat, poet or any other performing artist? Communities adopting families in need are having a kick-off fundraiser talent-a-thon on June 3, 2012. No age restrictions, all welcome. Please contact Adrienne Ucciferri at 604-886-3863 for more info.

THURSDAY, APRIL 5 •3:00pm-6:00pm. Farm Gate Market at Roberts Creek Hall.

SATURDAY, APRIL 7 •9:00am-2:30pm. Sechelt Farmers & Artisans Market returns for the season. New Location: Downtown Sechelt.

•12:00pm-4:00pm. Silent Auction at Sunnycrest Mall, Gibsons. Cookie decorating for the kids and music by Graham Walker. This is a fundraiser for ‘Friends of Gospel Rock’.

SUNDAY, APRIL 8 Happy Easter!

•11:00am. Single & 55+? Meet the Brunch Bunch @ Leo’s Tapas & Grill, Gibsons.

THURSDAY, APRIL 12 •10:30am. Harbourside Friendships, a part of the Senior Initiative meets at the Music School, Madeira Park.

Please let us know how we

mony For more info contact Cathycan at 604serve you best.Hall, open to all, no charge. www.gibsonsseniors.com 883-9766.

Your business is important to us!

•1:30pm. St. Mary’s Hospital/Health TUESDAY, APRIL 17 Care Auxiliary, Sechelt branch meets •12:30pm-3:00pm. Free Chronic in the Craft Room at the Seniors Pain Self Management Program. Six Centre, Sechelt. sessions at the Sechelt Seniors Cen•3:00pm-6:00pm. Farm Gate Market tre, 5604 Trail Ave. April 17 - May 22. at Roberts Creek Hall.

To register call toll free 1-866-9023767 or 604-940-1273.

SATURDAY, APRIL 14 •9:00am-1:00pm. Cedar Grove ElSATURDAY, APRIL 21 ementary School in Gibsons is hold•9:00am-2:30pm. Sechelt Farmers & ing a Home Decor and Plant Sale.

Artisans Market, downtown Sechelt.

Everyone welcome.

•11:00am. SC Botanical Garden Soci•9:00am-2:30pm. Sechelt Farmers ety presents The Informed Gardener & Artisans Market returns for the

by Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott. Two talks, season. New Location: Downtown ‘How plants cope’ & ‘Myth debunkSechelt. ing’. Sparling Pavillion, Botanical •11:00am. Vimy Ridge Memorial cer- Garden, 5941 Mason Rd, Sechelt. emony at Camp Byng, 2139 Lower •8:00pm-12:00am. Sunshine DragRoad, Roberts Creek. ons Abreast SPRING Dance. Music •12:00pm-4:00pm. Story Theatre by Joe Stanton and the Band. Sechtwo-day workshop (14 & 15). All elt Seniors Centre. For tickets and/ are welcome. Call 604-886-4222 for or information call 604-740-5607. more info.

SUNDAY, APRIL 22 •7:30pm. Benefit concert to raise awareness of Mt Elphinstone’s For- •12:00pm-5:00pm. Celebrate Earth ests, showcasing hundreds of photo- Day at Roberts Creek Pier. graphs, with live music to be held at MONDAY, APRIL 23 Roberts Creek Community Hall. Con•7:00pm.

Doors open for The Green tact Ross Muirhead 604-740-5654.

Film Series at Gibsons Heritage PlayMONDAY, APRIL 16 house. Revenge of the Electric Car is •10:00am. Roberts Creek Branch of the featured film. Director by Chris St. Mary’s Hospital Auxiliary meet- Paine takes his film crew behind the ing, call Rene @ 604-885-3819 for closed doors of Nissan, GM and Tesla location info. New members are Motors to chronicle the story of the very welcome. global resurgence of electric cars.

•1:00pm. Gibsons Seniors Society Screening time 7:30pm. For more monthly birthday lunch at Har- information: www.greenfilms.ca

New LOCAL EVENTS Policy in The Local

There is no charge for listings in our LOCAL EVENTS column. We welcome all upcoming events that are free to the public, are non-profit events, or are fundraising events for a community cause. Maximum information for each listing will be limited to 15 words and must contain contact information. Due to space limitations we can no longer include for-profit listings but invite our readers to see our Classified Ad section under “Activities and Events”. Run your listing there for as little as $6.00 per week!

This policy will come into effect as of March 29, 2012.

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Horoscope April 6 – April 12 Gemini (May 21 – Jun 21) Deciphering what is your power in the world and Michael where and how to direct it O’Connor is a current core theme. It Astrologer is likely that you have been challenged to make some Gilligans 1014 Tip of the Week: sacrifices over the past while.

Last week’s federal budget Meanwhile, tending to afhere in Canada was signed fairs close to home is also and enacted while both important. Spring cleaning Mercury and Mars were and renovations are likely as retrograde. This indicates are more serious family matthat it will be fraught with ters. Mixing in quality famproblems April and will probably ily and friend time will help 5, 2012 never settle well. That it was balance the scales. officiallyKitsch ratified1014 after the Cancer (Jun 21 – Jul 22) New Moon in Aries cycle, Some measurable changwhich included Uranus es in your career or public in its scope, makes sense life and perhaps at home in terms of it activating a were activated at the last revolutionary movement. New Moon. Now these Many people are upset and are coming into full view. virtually dumbfounded at Some positive returns are the decisions of the leading likely in the mix so identify 5, 2012 rep- them. Be willing to see the players of April our ‘elected Ruby Lake Resort 1014 resentatives’ at both federal bigger picture and work and provincial levels. Royal with the flow of change decrees would be better de- that is unfolding. Moving scriptions of the social poli- forward or into new terricies being pushed through. tory is a good sign.

Referring to people who Leo (Jul 22 – Aug 23) get elected, or who assume Some adventure is keeppositions of authority by ing things interesting now. default, as ‘our leaders’ may Meeting new people and be part of the April problem. Of sparking friendships is likecourse, behind the realities ly. Doing your homework of national interests are all may include research, inthe forces of multi-national vestigations and/or taxes… interests. That the latter The time is right to take caldo work with and through culated risks. This is linked national policy but are in to those key connections fact not strictly bound by that are brewing. Look to national interests and con- the future and be willing to cerns is a likely reflection of learn new skills. the global state of affairs.

Virgo (Aug 23 – Sep 22) SDBA 1014 Aries (MarFarmer's 21 – Apr Market 20) Taking some key initiaAll being well you have tives for the sake of your everything in place in prep- health continues. The overaration to launch initiatives all quality of your lifestyle is that have been brewing for also implied. Becoming insome months. With re- creasingly self reliant in this turns for past efforts roll- regard is ideal. Do seek proing in these days and in- fessional help if required, vestment interests on your yet do not lean on family or mind, there April is excitement friends. Be willing to invest 5, 2012 in the air. A call from on in new tools, equipment high and/or visions of ad- and skills. Get organized, venture beckon. Balancing outline plans and activate dreams with realities is the healthier habits. basic challenge.

Libra (Sep 22 – Oct 22) Taurus (Apr 20 – May 21) Making improvements in A variety of ideas and your relationships is in foplans are gestating in your cus. That this includes the mind. You are in an expan- quality of connection you sive mood, but this is the have with yourself is part time to dream and scheme of the plot. You are in the Business Forum1014 moreSDBA than take full action. mood for social and culturPreparing the ground may al stimulation and perhaps be your best approach. some adventure too. With There is also the bigger pic- some returns coming in on ture to consider; to at least past investments, decipherbe aware of and perhaps to ing what is your next best direct some constructive direction is important. thoughts and maybe some Scorpio (Oct 22 – Nov 21) prayers.

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FORUM Thursday, April 12, 5:30 pm Greencourt Hall 5583 Ocean Ave, Sechelt

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in your daily rhythm and routine is important now.

Knowing how much you can and are willing to give verses managing and reserving enough energy for other priorities is on your mind. Creating a strategy that works for everyone, including you is the main goal. Within reason you can ‘have it all’, but you have to ask and negotiate terms.

Sagittarius (Nov 21 – Dec 21) A creative cycle has begun for you and it spells change.

Yet feeling confident about the prospects may not be so easy. Part of the answer now lies in reaching out to communicate and network.

‘A person is 5 people away from everyone’ is a saying worth considering. Who owes you a favour? If you seem to be short on friends it may be time to make some new ones.

Capricorn (Dec 21 – Jan 19) Things are moving and shaking on the home front, and in you, and both are creating waves on relationship fronts. These may be producing opportunities but you may have to get extra imaginative and give to the situation double time to get the results you want. You may be standing on top yet the wind is blowing cold and it is time touch base and warm-up somehow.

Aquarius (Jan 19 – Feb 19) New perceptions are stirring in your mind.

These are leading you to review your priorities with a reality check in mind.

Yet, what is realistic may not be so straightforward.

Sometimes common sense can get in the way of good sense. What that is depends on your deeper needs. There is more to true security than material considerations and a riddle you must solve.

Pisces (Feb 19 – Mar 20) An ambitious streak has been activated. This could produce a change of fortunes or at least a desire for more. Of course, discipline must usually accompany ambition. Creating more beauty and comfort in your home is featured.

Minor antagonisms meanwhile on relationships fronts may be a source of upset. Balancing this mix of energies will require flexibility and patience.

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