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Sunshine Coast, British Columbia • www.thelocalweekly.ca • Thursday, April 21, 2016 Sur�ing the Turf Page 12

Building Height Criticized

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Sechelt Finances Worry Councillor Page 5

Earth Day Festival Pages 8 & 9

The Singing Museum Manager Page 13

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Global TV brought its supper-hour news show to the Sunshine Coast April 14, using the Persephone Brewing Company on Stewart Rd, as a backdrop. Weatherman Mark Madryga later joined anchor Chris Gailus, above, who presented stories on the potential for a fixed link to the Coast and on the mountain-biking popularity of Coast Gravity Park. RIK JESPERSEN PHOTO

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The Local - Thursday, April 21, 2016

Seniors’ residence proposal criticized at the public hearing on April 12 on rezoning and amending the official Community Plan for the Clayton Lands development, which would be known as Wesbrooke by the Sea. Four of the speakers were critical of the proposal, two were positive and one stated no preference.

There was no dispute that the project’s 116 units—with a mix of assisted and supportive care—will help meet the needs of the Sunshine Coast’s aging demographic.

But there are concerns about the building’s 16.8-metre height and the amount of vehicle traffic the residences

The annual Day of Mourning on April 28 will commemorate 122 BC workers who died last year as a result of their jobs, including local logger John Phare.

Phare, aged 60, was killed by a falling tree July 5, 2015 while helping to fight the Old Sechelt Mine wildfire.

A public ceremony will be held Thursday, April 28 at 11am in Dougall Park, 516 Gower Point Rd., in Gibsons.

There will be presentations by Ron Norgaard, of the Sunshine Coast Labour Council, and Mark Benoit, an occupational safety worker with WorkSafeBC. In 2015, there were a total

122 work-related deaths in BC; 72 were caused by occupational disease primarily resulting from exposure to asbestos decades ago, and 50 resulted from traumatic injuries.

The Canadian Labour Congress created and held the first National Day of Mourning ceremony on April 28, 1984, making Canada the first country to formally commemorate workers killed in the workplace.

Today, Day of Mourning ceremonies take place around the world and and will be marked by more than 25 ceremonies in B.C. Staff

still sitting behind the wheel of the vehicle that caused all the damage, complete with clumps of grass under the front bumper. He had an odour of liquor on his breath, failed two roadside screening tests and received a 90-day Immediate Roadside Prohibition ••• On April 12, a thief stole a

small black suitcase that had been placed in the baggage rack at the Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal for the Langdale bound ferry. The black suitcase had wheels and contained clothing, cosmetics and miscellaneous manicurist supplies. The file is still under investigation.

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John Phare

Afternoon drive Around 3:30pm on April 14, emergency services attended a marina in the Garden Bay area after receiving a report of a single-vehicle collision. Police arrived to find that a stop sign had been driven over, a mail box had been damaged, and damage had also been caused to a building at the marina. A 57-year-old male from Garden Bay was

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Remax real estate agent Patrick Hobbs, involved in the sales of single-family homes in the neighbouring Silverstone Heights subdivision—all built with a 10.5-metre height restriction—was blunt in his opposition. “[You’re] putting a large structure towering over the residential properties in the surrounding area,” Hobbs said. “These people bought these as retirement homes and they will now have a four-storey structure towering over them.”

Hobbs also said that trucks delivering supplies to the busy building will be noisy, and that the loading dock

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Not everyone in the West Sechelt neighbourhood is happy with plans to build a four-storey seniors’ residential building in the area, but Sechelt Council will have to decide if the opposition is widespread enough to demand changes to the project.

Only seven people spoke

had been placed for the convenience of the developer, “without consideration of neighbouring residential properties.”

Kristine Kowalyk, who lives on nearby Compass Lane, said increased vehicle traffic on winding, narrow and poorly lit access roads would be problematic, as would the prospect of having a four- storey building virtually next door. “[There are] concerns about the privacy of the residents that are in those lots that are 30 or 40 feet below,” Kowalyk said.

Among those expressing support for the development was Corrine Newman, who lives on Cowrie Street,

“directly in front of this [proposed] structure, two roads down.”

“I will sit on my front porch and look at it. And you know, it’s not going to bother me, not at all,” Newman said.

“Something would have to be up there eventually, houses or whatever. We need this kind of project.”

As of April 18, there were just eight written submissions to the hearing, with four against the project, most with concerns about the height. Three were in favour and one was neutral.

Second reading on the proposed zoning and OCP changes for the development could come before Council within the next month. Rik Jespersen

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The Self Employed Women's Network (SEWN) held it's first annual general meeting April 14, at the Sechelt Legion, and elected a new board of directors. From the left, Elaine Connors, Mardell Buryniuk, Kim Banks, Cheryl McNicol, Donna McMahon, Paula Howley, Dawn Bezaire, Kaylyn McLachlan and Joanna Pieros. SEWN also welcomes anyone who wants to connect with other women on the Coast. For more information, inquire at www.sunshinesewn.com.

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The Local - Thursday, April 21, 2016

Editorial Opinion A week for good deeds With our eyes glued to the screens of our phones we often miss out on the opportunity to connect with others. The potential for good deeds is all around us – just waiting to be discovered. Local Scouts are challenging the community to look up from their screens, discover someone in need and perform a Good Turn during the 7th annual Scouts Canada Good Turn Week from April 22 - May 1.

Initiated in 2009 by Scouts Canada, Good Turn Week isn’t just for Scouts; it’s a national movement. Let’s bring it to our community. Simply perform a Good Turn and encourage the recipient to pay it forward to help spark a cycle of goodwill across our community.

Simple and easy to perform, Good Turns can change someone’s day. From effortless tasks that take seconds, to small projects, Good Turn opportunities are there for the taking.

They can help make our community friendlier and stronger, not to mention creating healthier, empowered youth and adults at the same time.

So to discover your bright side during Good Turn Week, here are some ideas that might get you started down the Good Turn Week road: • Tech Wizards: Help organize files or clean up the memory on an older relative’s smartphone or computer.

• Outdoorsy Types: Organize a group to pick up litter in a public park or woodlands.

• Friendly Neighbours: Volunteer to do yard work or run an errand, or bake treats and hand them out on your street.

• Animal Lovers: Walk someone’s dog, or donate old pet toys, beds and accessories to the Humane Society.

• Foodies: Make a special meal for your family, or help serve dinner at a homeless shelter.

• Workplace Karma: Surprise colleagues with a tasty, homemade snack or lunch.

• Reuse and Recycle: Give to a food bank, or donate clothing and blankets to a homeless shelter. For bookworms, donate some of your home library to a school or medical facility.

• Surprises: Buy a hot drink for someone who makes a difference in your life, such as a bus driver, police officer or teacher.

Scouts will carry the load this Good Turn Week. Literally. They’ll be portaging non-perishable donations in canoes across major cities. At the local level, they’ll be involved in various projects from handing out umbrellas on a rainy day or meals to the homeless, to building bat boxes, butterfly gardens and accessories for Habitat for Humanity homes.

Find out more or share your Good Turn by submitting it via Scouts.ca/goodturnweek.

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Letters to the Editor – Opinions Fear mongering Having attended the April 6 Council meeting, we came away very disappointed in the manipulation of information by Mayor Milne regarding the capacity of and future upgrades required to the Water Resource Centre.

We felt this was fear mongering at it’s worst with misrepresentation of information based on ridiculous projections of Sechelt growth. It was with ‘glee’ that the Mayor relished in the “bombshell” of the need to spend $22 million within the next five years on our system. (see YouTube) The Urban Systems report clearly states that this expenditure would be as a result of an additional 5,900 household hookups (14,000 people) to the system by 2035. Mayor Milne has already made clear that he will not endorse the new SSC development being included in these hookups even though staff recommended it and SSC are prepared to pay the cost.

This leaves 5,900 hookups which could include existing homes in Davis Bay, Selma

Dirty, helping hand

On Saturday, April 16, a few hardy members of the Gibsons Rotary Club, got down and dirty at the Visitor Information Park (VIP), located at the top of the hill, just off the Langdale ferry terminal. It was all in fun, sweat, and a few

AT NEWS STANDS THROUGHOUT THE SUNSHINE COAST AND ON BC FERRIES, LANGDALE TO HORSESHOE BAY ROUTE.

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Park, West Sechelt etc… but that would require significant funding to build the infrastructure before they could hookup. Is this in the fiveyear budget? The remainder of hookups would be new construction, which in turn would be paying DCC’s (Development Cost Charges) to the District to offset the cost.

Speaking of DCC’s, what has happened to the new DCC bylaw update, which was on Council's Agenda for May/ June 2015? The District is losing a significant amount of revenue from developers if this hasn’t been completed.

A further projection by Urban Systems of $3.3 million to upgrade the outfall into the ocean from WRC would seem unnecessary if we utilized the outstanding reclaimed water now available to us for landscape purposes, as was the intention.

Enough with the fear mongering, taxpayers deserve unbiased, honest governance.

Geoff White & Carolyn Minchin, Sechelt choice words, as Rotary members gave the Gibsons Chamber of Commerce a helping (and somewhat dirty) hand, getting the VIP ready for the upcoming tourist season. No doubt there were a few aching muscles that night.

Joan Barrington, Gibsons Rotary Club

For refugees I would like to express my thanks to everyone who attended the April 15 screening of the documentary “Salam Neighbor” in Sechelt. Donations at the door totaled $737, with $150 more paid online. I plan to give this money to the Syrian Refugee Sponsorship Committee and several other groups on the Lower Sunshine Coast working to bring

Syrian refugee families to our community.

Many thanks to Clarence Li for providing St. Hilda’s as a venue and to all the people who volunteered their time to help with promotion, event set-up, etc. It was an honour to bring such a moving and inspiring film to this community.

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Lend us your ears A troupe of young actors (aged 10 to 17) from Driftwood Theatre School are breathing new life into Shakespeare's greatest works in the upcoming "All the World's a Stage". Fifteen talented young thespians take the audience on a rollicking romp through the life, times and works of William Shakespeare with iconic scenes from Hamlet, Macbeth and Julius Caesar, interwoven with a rousing sword fight, some classic cross-dressing, and a dash of murder and mayhem.

"Who knew Shakespeare could be this hip?" notes Director Ingrid Bilton. " All the World's a Stage puts a fresh spin on some of the Bard's most iconic comedies and dramas without sacrificing his magnificent poetry. It's been a huge learning curve for our 15 young actors, but their passion for Shakespeare has propelled them to amazing heights."

"All the World's a Stage" has two public performances Saturday April 30 at 2pm and

7pm. Tickets $15 (Adult) and $8 (Youth) are available online at share-there.com, the Sechelt Info Centre, Blackberry Shop, Laedeli, giggle 'n bloom, and at the door.

DTS will take "All the World's a Stage" on the road in May, performing for free at schools across the Sunshine Coast. The tour is made possible with the financial support of the Sunshine Coast Community Foundation and the Sunshine Coast Regional District who are helping to bring the magic of live theatre to local youth.

JoAnne Bennison Driftwood Theatre School

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Sechelt faces ‘large-scale threats:’ Muller Some Sechelt municipal councillors are sounding the alarm over the District’s financial situation as they prepare to give final approval to the 2016 budget. “[There are potentially] $40 million dollars in capital requirements over the next five years that we need to consider,” Councillor Noel Muller noted at the April 13 meeting of Council. “Additionally we have an operating budget that is $3.8 million over our annual revenue.”

The operating budget forecasts about $14.3 million in revenues, but about $18.2 million in expenditures. The capital budget’s expenditures total $2.9 million in 2016.

“Currently, all capital spending is coming from reserves, grants or borrowing,” Muller added. “We have a debt saturation, which means that without a referendum, Sechelt cannot borrow any more money to debt service over $500,000 a year, which is not very much—not enough, at least, to consider what’s in front of us.”

Muller called the potential expenditures, “large-scale threats to our financial position that will take years to fix.”

Councillor Jim Wright also found little to celebrate.

“It’s what I would call a status quo budget, which means we are really doing very little different,” Wright said. “The current financial situation

that this District finds itself in, we need to work a whole lot smarter and a whole lot more efficient.”

Wright called the budget “a disappointment, at best.”

Mayor Bruce Milne said he shared to some degree the councillors’ concerns, and criticized the practice of putting a portion of property tax revenues into general reserves rather than allocating it toward named expenses.

“My position is, if you don’t know in April where you want to spend the money, you shouldn’t be spending that money,” Milne said. “The only way to control your impulses as a council that spends based on community

demand is to put that money away into specific reserves.”

Chief Administrative Officer Tim Palmer told Council that the District’s new Director of Finance, Douglas Stewart, was to start work on April 18, and that Palmer expected Stewart would be having, “a thorough discussion” on 2017 expenditures, “well in advance of 2017.”

Milne then warned that there would be, “extensive fiscal realignment in the next two years, and our work will be to prepare the community for that.”

The budget passed second and third readings 5-1, with Wright opposing on both votes. Rik Jespersen

Coast Cable has stepped up to be the Presenting Sponsor at the 7th Annual Home & Garden Expo on Saturday, June 18 at the Gibsons and Area Community Centre. At the April 15 presentation of a $6,500 cheque to the Coast Community Builders Association are, from the left: Shirley Van Esch, CCBA Treasurer; Russ Jones of Coast Builders RONA; Krystina Colicchio of Coast Cable; and Dennis Olson, of Olson Electric Ltd. RIK JESPERSEN PHOTO

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While an increased tax base is a good thing, growth Mayor, increases demands on local District of Sechelt services and infrastructure.

There are more vehicles on Sechelt’s 2016 budget our roads, more park users theme of “creating value for and additional patrons at the library. Growth also expands our community” may evoke infrastructure and creates expectations of new projects a need for new capacity. In and services. While your past years, infrastructure Council is proud to be movrenewal and capacity exing forward with initiatives of pansions have not been adimportance to our residents, equately funded in Sechelt. the major focus of this year’s Council will begin the probudget is the future health of cess of addressing this situDistrict programs and infra- ation with an update of our structure. The value we want Development Cost Charges to create is a foundation that (DCCs) in 2016. DCCs are ensures what Sechelt has to- charges levied to offset costs day can be sustained. Look- related to local government ing after what we currently infrastructure (road, drainhave is essential, if we want age, sanitary sewers and to move forward as a com- parks) that are incurred as a munity. result of new development.

As we begin 2016, BC’s DCCs ensure that, in addieconomic outlook is improv- tion to building such things ing. In Sechelt, both market as roads required in their imforces (higher assessed val- mediate areas, new projects ues for existing properties) contribute appropriately to and non-market production update the key existing com(increased value created munity infrastructure that through the development of will face increased demand Leading Level Sponsors properties) have expanded as a result of growth. Sechour property taxation base by elt has not updated our DCCs

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Although Earth Day is being celebrated on the Sunshine Coast April 24, the official Earth Day is April 22. And April 22 marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970.

The height of counterculture in the United States, 1970 brought the death of Jimi Hendrix, the last Beatles album, and Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water.” War raged in Vietnam and students nationwide overwhelmingly opposed it.

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Earth Day 1970 achieved a rare political alignment, enlisting support from Republicans and Democrats, rich and poor, city slickers and farmers, tycoons and labour leaders. By the end of that year, the first Earth Day had led to the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the passage of the Clean Air, Clean Water, and Endangered Species Acts.

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As the earth around us wakes up from its Winter dormancy, we Sunshine Coasters are reminded of how fortunate we are to live in such a spectacular natural setting. Gardeners of every skill level can find a bounty of resources at the library to inspire and assist with their plans. Our gardening collection is extensive, and includes every topic from pruning trees to composting to permaculture. On Saturday, May 7 we will have Master Gardener Maureen Bodie at the library from 11am-2:00pm to answer any questions you may have about the green world: a plant sale will take place at the same time in our foyer.

On another green note, in honour of Earth Day, the library will be presenting a free screening of Director Avi Lewis’ This Changes Everything based on the international non-fiction bestseller book by Naomi Klein on Wednesday, April 27 from 6-8pm. The film builds on Klein’s most controversial and exciting idea: that we can seize the existential crisis of climate change to transform our failed economic system into something radically better. Seating is limited for this screening, and will be on a first come/ first served basis.

The vibrancy of Spring will also be celebrated with some exciting upcoming author events. April is National Poetry Month, and poets Marion Quednau and Heidi Marian will be offering their poetry inspired by this year’s theme The Road: “Perhaps this morning, you walked to work. Maybe you drove. Maybe you took a bus to school, maybe you stayed home, on the road to recovery. You travelled today, certainly from point A to point B through a map of your choosing…”. The event is on Thur., April 21 at 6:30pm. Author Maggie de Vries will be offering a reading from her non-fiction book for adults “Missing Sarah: A Memoir of Loss” on Thurs., April 28 from 6:30-7:30pm.

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schools and suffered the same abuses as those that lived in residence. A gala was held at the Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) recreational centre in North Vancouver to fundraise for the 100 First Nations bands who joined the class action to resolve this outstanding issue. Chief Feschuk, a director on the SCRD board from SIB, was one of the two leaders, the other from the Kamloops Band, who put this case forward and travelled Canada to get the support of all the other Community and Partnership Coordinator. Heather is responsible for connecting with community partners and individuals, ensuring the Library is meeting the needs of our community. If you have questions about any Library programs or services call the Library at 604.886.2130 or visit our website: gibsons. bc.libraries.coop

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Like constituents in the Granthams Landing area, who are fundraising for a renovation to their community hall, the people of Halfmoon Bay are taking on the task of building a new hall at Coopers Green. Their first gala is on April 23 at the Rockwater Resort; this will lead to further fundraising events in

order to complete the hall by the end of 2017. Congratulations go to the organizers in both communities who have demonstrated impressive public spirit to take on these initiatives.

The SCRD staff and board members initiated the first of many public engagement processes at Eric Cardinal Hall, with meetings held over two days to gain input on Persephone brewing. A good turnout of people not only from Area F but from other areas of the Coast gave

their views on this social enterprise concept. All comments from the meetings will be summarized and put in a staff report to the board for a bylaw decision. Over the next month there will be more communication to the public on the new public engagement, advocacy, and advisory programs coming from SCRD staff and board.

Please check the local papers and SCRD website for information on the emergency drought management plan and the installation of water

meters. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact SCRD staff for up-to-date, accurate information.

The CAO and Chair of SCRD hope to have a meeting by the end of April with the Minister of Forests to talk about gaining more control in the watershed. Resolving this issue might take a year or more, as there are no quick fixes.

Please contact me at 604741-2427 or e-mail me at garry.nohr@scrd.ca if you wish to discuss SCRD programs or plans.

Millennium Park at Madeira Park’s Government Wharf will be the site of the 15th annual April Tools Wooden Boat Challenge on April 30. The contestants’ boat-building task, not revealed until one hour before the beginning of construction, will be unique but doable, requiring a little

skill and a lot of imagination.

One hour of planning will be followed by three hours of furious building, but not with any sissy power tools—hand tools and battery screw guns only.

The adult builders will then get a breather while the teenagers race for the trophy,

followed by the considerably wetter Fun Race. Meanwhile there will be a whole bunch of free activities to entertain the little kids, topped by the everpopular mini-boat building.

The adults will follow the teenagers onto the water.

To register a team of up to four, contact Jackie at (604)

883-0539 or go to www.apriltools.ca. The fee is $160 per team and includes all building materials and a T-shirt for each member of the team.

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Turf-sur�ing boards could change golf Sechelt’s golf club has become the first in southwestern B.C. to offer players what could be the biggest gamechanger since the 1950’s introduction of the motorized cart—the golfboard.

It’s basically an oversized, battery-operated skate-

board with large, inflated, turf-friendly tires and a front mount to hold a golf bag.

Blue Ocean Golf Club General Manager Barrie McWha was introduced to the device at a recent golf trade show and said he saw the potential immediately. He quickly ordered

four of them, which are now at the club, ready for rental.

“They say it’s ‘surfing the earth’ or ‘surfing the turf,’ and that’s just what it feels like,” said McWha. The boards also have the potential of speeding up the game, where a full round can

take four hours to play, even with a golf cart.

“If we can get them out in the first foursome of the day, they’ll play 18 holes in two and a-half hours,” McWha added. “So that addresses the whole time issue with golf.”

The only other places to offer golfboards in B.C. right now are Nk’Mip Golf Club in Oliver and Predator Ridge near Vernon, McWha said.

Although it looks like something that only a 20- or

30-year-old would dare to try, that’s not the case, according to Mark Nielsen, GolfBoard’s Director of Sales in Canada.

“The average age of golfboard users is 41, and more than one third are over 50,” Neilsen said.

Like a skateboard, there’s no steering mechanism. The board’s front wheels change direction as the rider gently leans one way or the other.

Golfers who want to rent a board must watch an eight-

minute how-to video, be quickly tested by staff and then they’re good to go, no safety equipment needed.

And users only have to do the training once.

Blue Ocean staff member Tom Sinclair said riding one took him just minutes to get the hang of.

“I don’t skate, I don’t snowboard and I don’t skateboard.

Still, for me it was pretty easy,” said the 50-something Sinclair. Rik Jespersen

A fabulous adventure for all on May 1: interact, hold, feed and learn about more than 20 varieties of farm animals.

Meet the National Champion Andalusian Horse who talks and scratches your back, a goat who walks on her hind legs, feed a Tea Cup Pig who sits and makes faces, receive a kiss from Dodger the Llama.

It’s a fundraiser for Gibsons Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre, with entry by donation.

Meet Clint and Irene who operate the Centre. There will be free pony rides, homemade bakery goods/Good to Go Juice, and local singer/songwriter Bonar will performs throughout the afternoon.

It happens at Party Ponies & Farm Ventures, 713 Sullivan Rd, Roberts Creek, Sunday, May 1, noon to 3pm.

Sincere thanks to all those in our community who donated and many re-donated in

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This program starts on the ice at 5:15 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. and finishes with off ice hockey specific training outdoors from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Hockey School for Tykes is for 5 and 6 year olds and runs on-ice 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., and off-ice 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. This program is limited to 20 participants.

The Duffers Adult Learn to Play hockey camp runs from August 22 to 25, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.

Hockey School for Novice to Peewee is for 7 to 12 year olds and takes place between 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. It consists of two ice sessions—an off ice session and a lunch break. This program is divided into two groups based on age and/or ability.

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Matthew Lovegrove plays the Artesia Coffee House on Friday, April 29 at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre.

Lovegrove, who some readers may know as the Manager of the Sunshine Coast Museum and Archives, is a musician at heart. He’s been making music and playing guitar since his teen years when his dad turned him onto folk music with his expansive collection of classic records that included Gordon Lightfoot and Neil Young.

When Lovegrove found himself living in Kananaskis, he was inspired to create an album of songs that would capture the Rockies through music. “It was away to explore the landscape and the culture of the Rocky Mountains in song,” says Lovegrove. He put together a band called Woodland Telegraph and released Sings Revival Hymns, which was Canadian Album of the Year on the CBC Galaxie Folk/ Roots chart. The idea then came to Lovegrove to create a Canadian Landscape Triology in song. So when a little while later, Lovegrove found himself living in Lethbridge, he created From the Fields, an album about the prairies. “That really intrigued me,” says Lovegrove, about the process of writing landscape into music. “After the first album it was: how do I explore different places

in Canada through the songs that I write?”

The album that completes the trilogy, Screendeath Summersong, explores an entirely different sort of landscape as Lovegrove explores our growing love affair with technology. Spending a lot of time on computers himself, he noticed how, more and more, people are connecting with a variety of screens and not directly with each other. “But we’re connected through Facebook and the internet,” contends Lovegrove. “It’s almost on a third realm,” he says. “It’s psychedelic and affects how we perceive the landscape. It’s like a mental landscape.”

The challenge of exploring landscape in song is perhaps easier for a folk artist, especially one such as Lovegrove, who writes all his lyrics. “The lyrics are a huge piece so a lot of the songs are very geographical with references to the land and the land forms,” explains Lovegrove. “The political aspects of folk music also resonate with me. Folk music is relevant when it’s

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April 21 An evening of poetry with Marion Quednau and Heidi Greco, Gibsons Public Library, 6:30-7:30pm, free April 21 Creative in the Creek, with Jill Shatford, Ian Hunt, Paul Cowlie & Jess StephensWhite, Gumboot Cafe, Roberts Creek, 7:30-9:30pm, by donation April 21-22 Green film Series presents “Landfill Harmonic”, Thursday: Arts Centre, Sechelt, Friday: Heritage Playhouse, Gibsons, 7:30pm, by donation April 22 Volunteers needed for invasive weed removal, Mission Point Park, Davis Bay, gloves, glasses and refreshments supplied, 10am-2pm April 22 New York Club Night, Sarah Wray Hall, Garden Bay, 5-9pm, $5 cover plus dinner and drinks, reservations only 778-487-3010 April 22 Red Skelton show, Sechelt Legion, 8pm, $15 April 23 Annual garage sale, Sechelt Seniors Activity Centre, 10am-2pm April 23 Workshops on green waste as a resource and composting, Langdale school gym, 1-5:30pm, free April 23 Charlotte Wrinch plays with dinner, Chaster’s Restaurant, Gibsons, 6-9pm April 23 Rotary annual art and wine festival, Sunnycrest Mall, Gibsons, 6:30-9:30pm, $40, 604-740-6030 April 23 The Suncoast Concert Band presents its annual spring concert, Sechelt Indian Band Hall, 7pm, adults $15, 12 and under $5 April 23 The Timebenders, a musical romp though the ages, Gibsons Community Centre, 7pm, $30 April 23 Literary reading with Kathy Page, Arts Centre, Sechelt, 8-10pm, by donation April 23 Taurean Tunez, all ages show with djs, Roberts Creek Hall, 8pm, $20 April 23 Red Stone Alley, classic rock and blues, Gibsons Legion, members $5, guests $10 April 24 Arts and crafts sale, 7610 Eureka Ave., Halfmoon Bay, 11am-2pm April 24 Earth Day celebrations with music, food and information, free bike tune-up if you ride, Roberts Creek pier, noon5pm April 24 Blue Line Trio, Lighthouse Pub, Sechelt, 5-8pm

April 25 Workshop on how dementia affects communication, Sechelt Hospital, 9:30-11am, 604-984-8348 April 25 Workshop on transition to residential care, Sechelt Hospital, 6:30-8:30pm, 604984-8348 April 25 SC Film Society presents “Coming Home”, set around China’s Cultural Revolution, Heritage Playhouse, Gibsons, 7:30pm, members $5, others $9 April 25 Sechelt Garden Club presents Dianne Sanford on sea grass conservation, Seaside Centre, Sechelt, 7:30-9:30pm April 26 Workshop for those caring for persons with dementia, Pender Harbour Health Centre, 9am-3:30pm, 604984-8348 April 26 Sunshine Coast Community Forest annual general meeting, Seaside Centre, Sechelt, 7:30pm April 27 The Remnants perform with dinner, Gumboot Restaurant, Roberts Creek, 6pm April 27 Writers open mic, five minutes each, the Arts Building, Lower Gibsons, 7-9pm, free April 28 SC Labour Council presents Worker’s Day of Mourning, Dougall Park, Gibsons, 11am April 28 Six entrepreneurs launch their enterprises with an evening of food, prizes and pitches, Sechelt Indian Band Hall, 6:30-9pm, $15 April 28 SC TechHub community meetup, Seaside Centre, Sechelt, 6-9pm, www. sctechhub.ca April 29 Help with invasive plant removal and restoration, Mission Point Park, Davis Bay, refreshments provided, 9am-2pm April 29 An evening of poetry with George Connell, Emelle’s Bistro, Madeira Park, 7pm April 29 Artesia coffee house with Sara Fitzpatrick and Barry Taylor, Pat Frost and Teryl Mullock, Matthew Lovegrove, Martini Madness, plus poets Martha Royea and Jane Covernton, Arts Centre, Sechelt, 8pm, $10 April 30 Gibsons garden club annual plant and bake sale, Gibsons community centre parking lot, 10am-1pm, free April 30 Driftwood Theatre School students present “All the World’s a Stage”, Heritage Playhouse, Gibsons, 2pm and 7pm, adults $15, youth $8

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Home sweet home is on your mind. Yet it may not Scorpio (Oct 22–Nov 21) The most recent phase of all be pillows and candles. your reinvention process Change is in the air and is now complete. The next perhaps on the ground too, step is to take it out there and you have work to do. and see how it flies. In some Adjusting your perspectives respects, your process is and priorities is featured. larger than you, is intended How to best create a nurturto benefit others somehow. ing and empowering atmoIt might be a good idea to sphere is the question. This take things slowly, though. is likely to be both an insideToo much too fast could and-out-job. prove overwhelming. Pace Pisces (Feb 19–Mar 20) yourself.

Many new thoughts and Sagittarius (Nov 21–Dec 21) ideas are flowing through An expansive roll contin- your mind these days and ues. There is some caution the entire flow has sudwoven in and perhaps says denly received some fresh blocks and delays as well. juice. Plans within plans are This could prove frustrat- beginning to take form. Yet, ing after all your patient to succeed you may have to yet persistent efforts. Trust think differently, out of your the flow; these delays were familiar box. This Full Moon will help set in motion way before Advertise inyou to do that and you arrived on the planet if you are successful, it will Earth scene. Use this time to produce a fresh flow, perdeepen your research stud- haps one spiked with dollar phone: 604-885-3134 • email:signs. sales@thelocalweekly.ca ies.

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Leo (Jul 22–Aug 23) Taurus (Apr 20–May 21) The time has come to inThe Sun in your sign is an crease your popularity and indication that the lights are social presence.

The urge to green and you are good to go. Yet, you may be happy do so has been building for to remain slightly below the the past several weeks and radar, keeping your ambi- now it is time to take more tions private. This is par- deliberate action. Your motially due to the fact that tivation is guided by practiyou are undergoing so many cal and financial ambitions. changes both within and This momentum will conwithout and so you remain tinue over the coming sevcautious. Your power poten- eral weeks especially and tial is steadily rising, how- will, in fact, build. ever, and your confidence Virgo (Aug 23–Sep 22) levels are close in tow.

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