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Crowded room launches weaving project A packed house of about 100 people were present at the Sechelt Public Library on Wednesday, Aug. 8 to support the syiyaya Reconciliation Movement launch of the first big project called, “Weaving Reconciliation: the Fabric of our Lives”.

The weaving project is “designed to raise awareness and cultivate dialogue about reconciliation in our community

and provide an opportunity for members of the public to participate in the weaving of friendship blankets,” according to a statement by organizers. When completed, these blankets will “hang in prominent places in our community as a symbol of the journey we are weaving together towards reconciliation.”

Gary Feschuk, originator of the plan spoke passionately,

saying syiyaya is “a movement not a project.” Reconciliation, he said, “is very important work, it stems from the (federal) Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), it’s honouring the people who did not survive. It stems from the residential school, there’s one right here in the middle of our community.”

Feschuk added: “Reconciliation stems from the grassroots, it’s about people building relationships and friendships, that’s what reconciliation means to me… it may take a million steps to get there and we may only be at step 20, but you have to start somewhere and it’s going to take everyone on the Sunshine Coast to move this forward.”

John Denham, one of the

Shy Watters will lead the weaving of the first reconciliation blanket, which the public is invited to join.

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organizers, said that while he was, “born and raised in Canada, I had no idea what went on in residential schools.”

Denham said the TRC findings underscored the need for public education about residential schools saying, “People working in the health and justice systems, police, RCMP, doctors, social workers, lawyers and business people all need to be educated about the history of residential schools… syiyaya is in the spirit of why wait for the government to do it, when we can do it ourselves.”

Weaving has huge cultural significance among Coast Salish peoples. Jessica Silvey, one of the master weavers involved in the movement has been weaving for 27 years and said, “when you see one of our weavings there is a piece of us in there. When our weavers weave, we are guided by our ancestors, it is very spiritual, and we are inviting Coast people to come together and to share in that.

We need to move towards an unbroken friendship, not just one-sided reconciliation.”

“This is an opportunity for our two communities to meet,” said Denham, “acknowledge that there was pain and suffering, and find ways to move forward from here.”

People are asked to come out and show their support for reconciliation by joining the weavers and “putting a weave into the blankets”.

Shyanne (Shy) Watters, a member of shíshálh Nation,

will lead the first reconciliation weaving project. Watters designed the first blanket with the centre being “a cedar canoe with a yellow sun shining above it, with rays emanating out like paddles. The paddles represent, the past, which isn’t to be repeated; the present, where we are coming together now; and the future, where we need to paddle together for future generations so history isn’t repeated.”

People are invited to join Shy in weaving the blanket at the Sechelt library from 10am – 2pm on Saturday, Aug. 18. A detailed schedule with additional public weaving events will be available on the syiyaya Reconciliation Movement Facebook page.

Gibsons and District Chamber of Commerce board of directors recently elected Ted McNicol to helm the organization. Together with his crew – Vice President Fran Miller, Secretary Joe Oteruelo, Treasurer Milynda Taylor, Directors Deb Mowbray and Casie Spears – McNicol welcomes the opportunity to represent the growing business community. He notes that “the new Board reflects a revitalized approach to addressing business needs, focusing on best practices and better service for those who live on or visit our spectacular Sunshine Coast.”

McNicol noted that the newly-reconstituted board executive “is really ener-

gized” to meet the needs of Chamber members. “We are working with other Coast Chambers to further enhance the business environment, providing information, networking opportunities and professional development attuned to the needs of all levels of business in the area.

This is extremely important, given the number of homebased entrepreneurs whose link to other businesses can be enhanced through Chamber activities.”

The Gibsons Chamber – along with the chambers in Sechelt and Pender Harbour – is re-emphasizing the need to build a welcoming, service-oriented culture.

The Chambers’ coordinated “Business Excellence

Sometime between August 3 and 7, a suspect damaged Canada Post community mail boxes located in the 5100 block of Radcliffe Road, Sechelt, 5200 block of Selma Park Road, Sechelt, and the 2400 block of Lower Road, Roberts Creek, by attempting to pry it open. No actual entry was gained to any of these mail boxes. Anyone with any information about these incidents is asked to contact RCMP, reference file 2018-5479.

••• On August 8, Canada Post reported more break ins to community mailboxes, this time those located on the corner of Pine Street and Grandview Road, Gibsons, and in the 1100 block of Neilsen Road, Roberts Creek.

It is unknown if any mail was lost or stolen. Anyone with any information about these break and enters is asked to contact RCMP, reference file 2018-5513.

The room at the Sechelt library was full Aug. 8 for the launch of the first syiyaya Reconciliation Movement’s blanket-weaving project. CARI MILLER PHOTO The syiyaya movement is significantly short of their fundraising goals for the planned four-blanket weaving projects, one cedar totem pole that will be carved and some planned public education programs. Donations or the purchase of t-shirts, backpacks or paddle pendants can be arranged by emailing scsyiyaya@gmail.com, by phone or text to 604-740-6400 or through a donation via the District of Sechelt (tax receipts are available for anything over $25). The public can also donate directly through a gofundme page: https://www. gofundme.com/syiyaya-reconciliation-movement.

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••• Overnight on August 9, a suspect attempted to break into Canada Post community mail boxes located in the 600 block of Gibsons Way, Gibsons. It doesn’t appear any entry to the actual mailboxes was gained, but the suspect damaged the lock in the attempt. Anyone with any information about this mischief is asked to contact RCMP, reference file 20185575. Submitted by RCMP

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Please Please Note: Note: At At Langdale, Langdale, ticket ticket sales sales endend fivefive minutes minutes before before thethe scheduled scheduled sailing sailing time time forfor vehicles vehicles andand walk-on walk-on passengers. passengers.

At At Horseshoe Horseshoe BayBay only, only, ticket ticket sales sales forfor vehicles vehicles andand walk-on walk-on passengers passengers endend tenten minutes minutes before before thethe scheduled scheduled sailing sailing time. time.

SCRD declares Stage 3 water use restrictions Our drinking water supply is at risk due to prolonged dry weather. Effective Aug. 13 and until further notice, the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) has declared Stage 3 outdoor water use restrictions for SCRD water users south of Pender Harbour.

Water use restrictions help ensure that demand does not exceed the capacity of our water supply and distribution system. Restrictions also ensure there is enough water for fire protection and to maintain flows in creeks for fish and fish habitat.

Stage 3 water use restrictions include a ban on sprinkling and other outdoor water uses.

Do not: • hand water or use micro-irrigation or drip irrigation systems to water lawns; • use a sprinkler to water a lawn, including newly seeded or sodded lawns, trees, shrubs, flowers or vegetables, at any time; • use water to wash sidewalks, driveways, parking lots, exterior windows, decks, fences or building surfaces unless required to comply with health and safety; • use water to wash a vehicle, boat or equipment except to wash salt water from equipment (e.g. outboard motor); • use water to fill a swim-

ming pool, spa, garden pond, or decorative fountain.

Please do: • use a handheld hose equipped with a spray-trigger nozzle, a hand-held container, micro-irrigation or drip-irrigation systems to water trees, shrubs, flowers or vegetables; • conserve water with every opportunity inside and outside your home.

• use micro-irrigation or drip-irrigation systems that consume less than 20 gallons per hour and operate at 25 psi or less.

Water conservation education and enforcement have increased. Avoid fines and

Shoulder season promotion sought Sechelt Councillor Darren Inkster asks whether the Sunshine Coast is doing enough to attract visitors in the non-summer months.

At the Sechelt finance, culture and economic development committee meeting Aug. 8, Inkster wondered whether Sunshine Coast Tourism (SCT) is using government coffers strategically to encourage visitors during the off-peak months. “In July and August, ferries are full,” he said. “No one else can come until they add the new ferries that are planned.”

Inkster said: “It would be nice to have a conversation with SCT about the shoulder season” and if funding is being strategically targeted to

the non-summer months.

The District of Sechelt was left scrambling to free up the requested $12,800 contribution from the 2018 budget late in the year after an oversight resulted in the SCT failing to submit a formal funding request back in the spring when budgets were being finalized.

Sechelt is one of six local governments across the Sunshine Coast that contribute a total of $81,000 towards the annual budget of SCT. Due to not receiving the written funding request, Sechelt was the last district to make the annual contribution this year.

Councillor Darnelda Siegers wondered if the district’s

contribution needed to remain the same now that the provincial municipal and regional district tax (MRDT) had become available to SCT in 2017 for tourism marketing on the Coast. SCT noted in its funding request letter that MRDT guidelines stated that, “funds from the tax are intended to augment current funding and cannot be used to replace existing sources of tourism funding in a community.”

Councillors agreed to pay the $12,800 at this late date from reserve funding and to follow up to determine whether this amount is fixed for future funding requests that come in from SCT. Cari Miller

Langdale/Vancouver Langdale/Vancouver andand Powell Powell River/Sechelt River/Sechelt Peninsula Peninsula areare notnot guaranteed guaranteed to to connect. connect.

Please Please plan plan

In the Town of Gibsons, Langdale, Soames Point and protect your drinking water your your travels travels accordingly. accordingly. supply by following the out- only Zone 3 will declare Stage Granthams Landing will foldoor water use restrictions. 3 outdoor water use restric- low Stage 2 outdoor water Crossing Crossing Time: Time: 4040 Minutes Minutes For more information about tions. For more details on the use restrictions.

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For schedules, fare info 5:50 5:50 pmpmMon-Fri, Mon-Fri, except except OctOct 9 9to change without 5:30 5:30 pmpm or to reserve: 1-888-223-3779 bcferries.com 7:00 7:00 pmpmMon-Fri, 6:35 6:35 pmpm Mon-Fri, except except OctOct 99 8:40 8:40 pmpm - Vancouver 7:35 7:35 pmpm Crossing Time: 40 minutes Langdale 10:35 10:35 pm pm 9:40 9:40 pmpm Distance: 10.5 nautical miles (Gibsons) - (Horseshoe Bay)

Please Note: At Langdale, ticketing will end five minutes before the scheduled sailing time for vehicles Schedule in Effect: August 1, 2018 topassengers September 3, 2018 October October 10, 10, 2017 2017 - January - January 1,sales 1, 2018 2018 and walk-on passengers.

At Horseshoe Bay only, ticket for vehicles and walk-on will end ten minutes before the scheduled sailing time.

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3:15 Sep 9, 16, 23 3:50 pm 2:05 pm Daily except Sat 3:15 pmpm Daily except Sat Langdale Langdale to Earls Earls Cove Cove terminal terminal is 84 is 84 kmkm (52mi), (52mi), approximately 9090 minutes minutes driving driving time. time.

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5:30 pmpm Daily except Sat & Sept 2 7:50 pm 4:20 pm Daily except Sat & Sept 2 6:50 8:30 Peninsula pmPeninsula 8:45 Oct 5:45 10 are 6:55 pmpm Daily pm Daily Langdale/Vancouver Langdale/Vancouver andand Powell Powell River/Sechelt River/Sechelt are notnot guaranteed guaranteed to to connect, connect, please please plan plan 9:35 pm Daily Oct 10 9:45 pm 6:35 pm Sun except & Sept 2 9:10 pm your your travels travels accordingly. accordingly.

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2:05 pm Daily 3:15 pm Daily December 22, 2016 - January 2, 2017 9:25 9:25amam 10:25 10:25amam 4:20 pm Daily 5:30 pm Daily LEAVE LANGDALE LEAVE HORSESHOE BAY 11:45 11:45 amam 12:55 12:55pm pm 6:35 pm 7:456:20 pmam Daily Daily 7:20 am Except Dec 25 & Jan 1 Except Dec 25 & Jan 1pm 2:05 2:05 pm 3:15 3:15 pm pm 9:558:25 pmam Daily 8:50 pm Daily 9:25 am

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Crossing Time: 50 minutes Distance: 9.5 nautical miles

7:50 pm 8:45 pm pm Langdale to Earls Cove terminal is 84 km (52mi), plan on9:45 approximately 90 minutes driving time.

October October 10, 10, 2017 2017 January January 1, 1, 2018 2018 Powell River to Saltery Bay is 34 km (22mi), plan on approximately 40 minutes driving time.

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Editorial Opinion

Fake grass in “grassroots” AstroTurf looks and feels like grass — in an all-too-perfect way. But it’s not grass.

Now the well-known artificial turf’s brand name has taken on a new meaning, referring to purported “grassroots” efforts that are actually funded and supported by industry and political entities.

Some people, organizations and campaigns around everything from forestry to fossil fuels look and feel “grassroots,” but many are anything but. In discussions around climate change and fossil fuels, for example, we see groups like Canada Action (and its spin-offs, Oil Sands Action and Pipeline Action), Ethical Oil, Resource Works, the International Climate Science Coalition, Friends of Science and the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, among others.

Astroturf campaigns are designed not just to deny evidence and discredit opponents but also to imply broad public support for products or practices.

These campaigns aren’t new, but they’re becoming increasingly widespread and effective as social media and the internet play a greater role in shaping public opinion.

The tactic gained notoriety in the U.S. after the Environmental Protection Agency released a 1992 report about the health impacts of tobacco smoke on non-smokers. In response, the world’s biggest tobacco company, Philip Morris, launched a campaign “to prevent states and cities, as well as businesses, from passive-smoking bans.”

In his book “Heat”, U.K writer George Monbiot quotes a memo from tobacco company Brown and Williamson: “Doubt is our product since it is the best means of competing with the ‘body of fact’ that exists in the mind of the general public. It is also the means of establishing a controversy.”

In 1998, a group called the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine sponsored the Oregon Petition, which urged the U.S. government to reject climate change measures. It used the same font and format as the legitimate Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, prompting that organization to issue a statement distancing itself from the bogus group.

As the internet and social media become greater forces in society, astroturf groups and campaigns are growing, especially around global warming.

Although it would be difficult or impossible to end astroturfing, people can learn how to spot phoney “grassroots” organizations and campaigns. SourceWatch and DeSmogBlog provide thoroughly researched information on a range of groups and individuals involved in these campaigns.

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Letters to the Editor – Opinions Drowning in dust Since my return from a California trip, I have been dealing hour-by-hour with the dust and noise from the Lehigh gravel mine near my Sechelt residence. I have been on the phone most mornings begging for the water truck to ease the skyhigh clouds of mine dust. I have been doing this for well over 10 years.

My car, after several weeks of waiting in its outdoor parking spot for my return, was so covered in sand dust that I had to scrub all windows in order to safely drive.

The sand dust accumulations are sticky, stubborn, and not transparent. Every morning, I face new accumulations. And, current hot weather conditions demand open windows and doors for survival, which invites mine dust into my kitchen and my food, onto everything in every room including toothbrush, computer, etc.

The town of Sechelt which condones this, the BC government which allows this, and the country of Canada which tolerates such abuses, should be brought to task. My life is literally at stake and so are the lives of many people all over Canada forced to live with intolerable, unhealthy circumstances perpetrated by mining profits of big corporations.

A class action suit against all the mine perpetrators of such conditions and the government entities that allow and support them by all the peoples who are damaged… is that what this must come to?

Nina Haedrich, Sechelt

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(Re “Electors sink water meter borrowing, directors frustrated”, the Local, Aug. 2) Shock at having the water meters turned down is, to say the least, shocking in itself.

As taxpayers, we know it may not cost us now but it will cost us in the end. Just like income tax was just a temporary measure to fund the war and now it takes 30 per cent of our income. The SCRD may not charge us now but they will.

Just get on with supplying enough water for the growing region.

Mike Slater, Earls Cove

Find a reservoir

Since at least 2001, the SCRD has been sitting on a plan to increase the water supply to the Sunshine Coast. For years, there has been no substantial changes to the strategic plan for increasing the supply. It is well known that the plan was to utilize and expand an existing quarry near the Chapman Creek water treatment plant.

Instead of moving forward years ago, the SCRD failed to negotiate an agreement to use the quarry. In 2006, the land in question was leased to Construction Aggregates Ltd. of Sechelt until 2050.

With the loss of the existing quarry and the significance of climate change, the SCRD is now trying to place band aids on the supply problem. Drawing down Chapman Lake further with a pumping station is environmentally foolish and will not do anything for long term supply. Raising the level of Chapman Lake (inside a park) by damming is also environmentally foolish.

As stated in the SCRD plan: “Overall, the decision analysis rated the manufactured lake situated in the mine quarry as the preferred option, followed by raising Chapman Lake dam. The criteria that most influenced the decision result were reliability of service and permitting. The manufactured lake also scored highly in the environmental criteria;

it was the only option that would be located outside of the park boundary.”

The SCRD needs to find a new, suitable location for an engineered lake that is outside park boundaries and able to be connected to Chapman Lake. Failing this, they need to negotiate with appropriate players to relocate the Construction Aggregates quarry so the existing quarry can be used. Failing that, they need to find another supply like Clowhom Lake and cost it out.

They need to do all of this with speed. Once they have the preferred site and costs they need to bring it to taxpayers in the form of a yes/ no referendum on the cost of borrowing long term for this project.

I think people are tired of inactive governance. The cost of borrowing funds will never be lower. We have already lost eight years of low interest rates. Pick a longterm site, cost it out and bring it to the people. Get it done now.

Blake Cyr, Sechelt

Reduce, discuss

In May of this year, the BC government set new targets for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and they need your help to make it happen.

Compared to 2007 emissions levels, the aim is for a 40-per-cent reduction by 2030, 60-per-cent by 2040 and 80-per-cent by 2050.

Last month, they released a series of discussion papers on how we can slow climate change and your input is requested by Aug. 24.

Following the historic Paris Climate Conference in December of 2015, the 2° Institute, based here on the Sunshine Coast, evolved from the Clean Air Society to help people look inwards at their own contribution to global warming. Our mission is to develop and

support strategies that empower people to make the behavioural and lifestyle changes needed to keep our planet from warming by 2 degrees Celsius.

The average North American’s carbon footprint is roughly five times the global average and consists of greenhouse gas emissions from the following categories: transportation, home energy, food, and goods/services.

Travel makes up the largest percentage.

For the average North American, energy consumption at home is the second highest source of emissions in their carbon footprint.

The province is considering an energy efficiency labelling requirement, allowing prospective buyers and tenants to: • Compare the energy performance of buildings and homes • Understand the full costs of renting in cases where utilities are not included • Consider the value of investing in energy-efficiency improvements.

Please, join the discussions, before Aug. 24, at: https://engage.gov.bc.ca/ cleangrowthfuture/ Nara Brenchley, SC Clean Air Society and 2° Institute

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Drug overdoses on the Coast The epidemic of overdose deaths is not just a big city problem and is hitting the Sunshine Coast hard. Public Health Officer Geoff McKee said the Sunshine Coast, including Powell River, has “the third highest rate (number of people dying compared to the number living here) of overdose deaths among local health areas in the Vancouver Coastal Health region.”

McKee said that while there isn’t publicly available data about the southern Coast, “since fentanyl started coming into the illegal drug supply around 2015, there are very few communities in BC that have not been impacted by the overdose crisis.” Overdose deaths in the province have now sur-

passed other major causes of unnatural death, including car accidents, suicide and homicide, according to a new BC Coroner’s report on illicit overdose deaths.

When asked about the response to the crisis on the Coast, McKee acknowledged different challenges than in the city: “The response in a rural area might look quite different; for example who is using illicit substances? And where? And responding can present different challenges, including how to best reach people and provide tailored services.” McKee added that the Coast has a “mobile harm reduction system that has become quite effective and a community action team that has recently formed to en-

Doug Southerland, of Roberts Creek, shows off his Model T Ford in Hackett Park Aug. 10 in Sechelt prior to the Coaster’s Car Club Sleepy Hollow Rod Run. The car is a 1927 model, but Southerland bought it Vancouver a couple of weeks ago. CARI MILLER PHOTO

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Sunshine Coast ElderCollege invites the community aged 55-plus to attend a free preview of its fall 2018 courses on Thursday, Aug. 23, 10-11:30am at Capilano University’s Sechelt Campus.

ElderCollege works in partnership with the Sunshine Coast Regional District for registration and program advertising and in association with Capilano University. Most courses are held at the Sechelt Campus of CapU. We are happy to announce that the fees are still only $36.75 (GST included).

Courses include: “Shakespeare: Villains, Fools and Fairy Tales” with Viveca Ohm; “Hot Topics” with Terry Webb and Daryl Stennet; “Artists in the Studio” with Theresa Lee, Tim Kline, Marlene Vermeulen, Motoko Baum and Derek Georgeson; “Imagining Animals: On Badgers, Raccoons and Writing Animal Histories” with Daniel Justice; “An Introduction to your iPad” with David Marsh and Marcia Timbres; “Create and Share Stunning Photos with Your iPhone” with Jack Pope; “Riding the Rollercoaster: Transformation of the BC Economy” with Brett McGillivray; “Reveal-

ing the Invisible: the Art and Science of the Microscope” with Michael Bradley; “Adventures in Travel” with various presenters; “Foraging for Mushrooms” with John Field; “Music To My Ears” with Ken Johnson, Randeesh Goff and Sam Hope; “Don’t Fall for Fraud” with RCMP Sgt. Michael Hacker; “The History of Food: Growing, Cooking, Eating” with Christine Pawley and Rosemary Bates; “Citizen Science and the Marine Ecosystem” with Lee-Ann Ennis.

Students can register by phone (604 885 6801), on the SCRD website (www. scrd.ca/recreation) or in person at the Sechelt Aquatic Centre or the Gibsons and Area Community Centre or at the Pender Harbour Aquatic and Fitness Centre.

For more Information or to contact ElderCollege: www. sunshinecoasteldercollege.ca ElderCollege is a community of people aged 55-plus with a zest for learning and exploring life as we continue to broaden our horizons.

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gage multiple stakeholders on the Coast to find innovative ways to respond to the crisis and tailor it to fit the needs of the Coast.”

When asked about what the Coast community needed to know, McKee said that for residents who use, “don’t use alone, start with a small amount, and mixing the drug with anything else including alcohol, can be dangerous.”

McKee also advised people to “connect with the mobile harm reduction unit on the Coast.” McKee added that there has been a significant increase in the number of naloxone kits available and that people should consider getting trained in how to use them, especially if they or someone they know uses.

Naloxone kits can be obtained at the following sites on the Sunshine Coast: Gibsons Public Health, Sechelt Indian Band, Pender Health Clinic, and Raincity Housing (Sechelt shelter). Naloxone training sessions can be arranged for anyone interested by contacting the mobile harm reduction program coordinator at pager number 1-888-603-0167.

When asked about young people, McKee said, “Provincially youth are a lower risk group, but we must never forget about our youth and we will continue to work towards prevention; it’s a discussion that we will continue to have.”

Cari Miller

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STAGE 2 MODERATE Even addresses Thursday and Sunday from 7:00-9:00am Odd addresses Wednesday and Saturday from 7:00-9:00am STAGE 3 ACUTE Ban on all outdoor sprinkling and lawn watering STAGE 4 SEVERE Ban on all outdoor water use Stage 3 Outdoor Water Use Restrictions are in effect for Sunshine Coast Regional District water users.

In the Town of Gibsons, only Zone 3 will declare Stage 3 outdoor water use restrictions. For more details on the Town of Gibsons watering restrictions, visit www.gibsons.ca/services/water/water-restrictions.

Ground water sources in Langdale, Soames Point and Granthams Landing will follow Stage 2 Outdoor Water Use Restrictions. Customers on SCRD water from Pender Harbour to Earl’s Cove/Egmont will remain at Stage 1 until further notice.

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The District of Sechelt is asking local residents for ideas on how we can make the Sunshine Coast Community Forest better. What we hear from our diverse community will be provided in a report to Council to aid in decision making.

We invite you to learn more about the community forest and take one (or more) of the opportunties to share your thoughts on how aspects of the SCCF is operated.

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The Sunshine Coast Men’s Fastpitch League have agreed to work with District of Sechelt staff to mitigate safety issues at Hackett Park. Temporary improvements were made to allow for the playoffs to take place at Hackett Park on Aug. 11 and 12.

Neighbours were notified in advance and signage was posted to alert drivers and passersby of the tournament.

In addition to the signage, temporary improvements for the playoffs included a home run fence, a portable toilet and additional wildlife resistant garbage bins, in addition to the signage.

The league accepted that

modern safety requirements and permanent upgrades to the baseball diamonds are needed if fastpitch is to continue playing at Hackett Park.

Larger backstops and permanent netting are required to reduce the number of foul balls leaving the field. The league is considering the potential costs and funding options for the required safety improvements.

Mayor Bruce Milne noted that, “people have been able to walk over and watch summer baseball games at Hackett Park for many years.

Helping this tradition continue by supporting these upgrades will be a benefit to the

community.”

The District of Sechelt is concerned about safety and behavioural issues arising from the Sunshine Coast Men’s Fastpitch League playing at Hackett Park over the past two years. Concerns were shared by district staff with the league and the Municipal Insurance Association of BC (MIABC).

MIABC’s assessment was that there was a safety risk that needed to be addressed.

In January, 2018 the District made a decision to relocate the fastball league from Hackett Park to Kinnikinnick, which was recently upgraded with baseball lighting. The league advised that field configurations at Kinnikinnick work for slow pitch but not fastball. The league presented as a delegation to Council in July, 2018 asking that they be allowed to play at Hackett Park again. Since then, the league and the District have been addressing the issues to find potential solutions.

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rich and rewarding week-end for lovers of culture in a local setting.

It is volunteers – with the Sunshine Coast Arts Council, on the Board of the Farmer’s Market, helping out at the Festival of the Written Arts and with the Coaster’s Car Club – that make these things happen. We also have many social service agencies who rely on volunteers to assist them in providing support for some of our more vulnerable citizens. It is volunteers who build and create our community. Volunteering is a way to ‘do good’ but it also provides individuals with an influential role in the community for the benefit of the entire community. It is how we build a strong, vibrant community. As stated in the 2011 United Nations State of the World’s Volunteerism Report, “...volunteerism benefits both society at large and the individual volunteer by strengthening trust, solidarity and reciprocity among citizens. . .”

Together we can build the Sechelt community we imagine.

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This column arrives between two of the busiest weekends of the year for Sechelt and the Sunshine Coast. As I write this, show cars from around the province and Washington state are arriving for the 23rd Sleepy Hollow Rod Run and Show 'n' Shine. With good weather expected, I can confidently predict there will be thousands of people on Cowrie Street enjoying the Saturday show. We can thank the volunteers in the Coaster’s Car Club for making this ‘festival of the rolling arts’ the largest participatory event in Sechelt – yes, the crowds will be larger than Canada Day. Councillor Mike Shanks heads the organizing committee for 2018 as he did last year. One of the toughest decisions I will make this weekend is which car to choose for the Mayor’s Choice Trophy.

By the time you are reading this message, the 36th annual Festival of the Written

Arts will be well underway.

The FWA is the longest running summer gathering of Canadian writers and readers. It has become an iconic event in Canadian literary circles and a key element of Sechelt’s identity. Produced

by Jane Davidson under the direction of a volunteer board and with the help of a mass of volunteers it appears relaxed, reflective and casual, but runs like clockwork for four days. I was lucky enough to score a weekend pass, so municipal duties will be put aside while I enjoy this literary feast.

One small mayoral ‘duty’ I will not put aside is to officially open the 36th Annual Hackett Park Arts and Craft Fair on Saturday at 10am.

This year I will be joined by our Member of Parliament, Pam Goldsmith-Jones. Every year she makes time in her schedule to visit Sechelt and enjoy our ‘power week-end of arts and culture’. With the Festival of the Written Arts, Hackett Park Arts and Craft, the Power of Paint at the Seaside Centre and the regular Farmer’s Market it will be

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On August 8, a resident reported a large black pig standing on Highway 101 near the south entrance of Redrooffs Road, Halfmoon Bay. The pig was reportedly watching the traffic, not causing any kind of disturbance. Due to call volume, police were unable to attend, but no other complaints about the pig were received. It is assumed the not-so-little piggy made it all the way home.

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Back in Time Matthew Lovegrove

Curator/Manager Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives

Where would we be without all of our amazing and passionate volunteers at the Museum? While International Volunteer Day is a long way away (December 5), we couldn’t wait to give a big thank you to all of the wonderful volunteers who help us achieve so much more than we could ever accomplish alone.

Smiling volunteers such as Elaine Jackson and Teresa Eckford make the Museum a friendly and vibrant place to visit as they work on cataloguing and collections. People like Victor Bonaguro, Jon Hird, and Lyndon Bradford

step up whenever we put out the call, spending hours to design and build new exhibits, cabinets, and shelving. The only question asked: When does it need to be done? Thanks to our resident handliner expert Larry Westlake, whose passion for coastal maritime culture shines at all of the events where he volunteers. To our new volunteers Jenny Mundell, Jon Berry, Christina Bacigalupo, and Kathy Farrell: thank you for bringing your excitement and ideas to the museum.

Working with you makes our jobs so much more enjoyable, and with your talents we continue to strive to become the best museum that we can be.

Last year, staff had a great opportunity to work with another talented pool of community volunteers to develop our feature exhibit “Fixed”. Elphinstone Second-

ary School students Mary Thomson and Sarah Macey conducted interviews with fellow students on the fixed link issue, while Elphinstone TV Club and the dynamic duo of Brittany Broderson and Steve Sleep (Coast TV) created a visually stunning exhibit video. The cherry on top of the exhibit was an augmented reality interactive developed by the Matthew Talbot Kelly. Together, we were able to accomplish a much greater exhibit than we could have on our own.

Last but not least, thank you to our volunteer Board of Directors who spend countless hours working behind the scenes to make the Museum & Archives the place to discover the story of the Sunshine Coast. As you can see, we are buoyed by a wealth of talented volunteers on the Sunshine Coast. Thank you.

The site of the planned George Hotel on Gibsons harbour Aug. 12, following the destruction of an old house on the property. It is not known when construction will start; owner Klaus Fuerniss says the current work is just to clean up the lot. JOHN ROPER PHOTO

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Books & Beyond Andrea Routley

Community Outreach Coordinator, Gibsons and District Public Library

A writers’ festival, music festivals, “rolling arts” festival, night markets, farmers’ markets, mandala painting, parades…There’s no shortage of activities on the Sunshine Coast at this time of year – and our friends and relatives know it. Some of you play host almost all season, and may even be feeling a little worn out at this point.

The good news is you still have lots of beach days to take in some sun and munch sandy potato chips.

Somewhere between all

this activity, many of you wrote “postcard stories” – 500 words or less of fiction or non-fiction – and submitted to our Postcard Story Contest. From Aug. 22-29, these stories will be on display at the library. We invite everyone to come to our air-conditioned oasis and read some of these fantastic pieces – and vote for your favourite. Then, join us for the big finale at MUSE: Open Mic @ the Library, on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 6-7:30pm, when we announce the winning stories, including the People’s Choice.

When one door closes, the library opens another door: since the Sunshine Coast is full of great ideas, we’re kicking off the fall with another

The dog made me do it On August 8, police attended a single vehicle incident on Highway 101 at Middlepoint Road, Halfmoon Bay, after a northbound vehicle drove into the right-hand ditch, collided into a driveway and rolled onto its side.

Emergency Health Services arrived first and took the lone occupant and driver to Sechelt Hospital. Police spoke with the unimpaired driver who advised she’d been making a left-hand turn and

looked over while trying to stop her dog from sliding off the passenger seat.

A witness who stopped to assist advised that the vehicle went straight into the ditch and no other vehicles were involved. The driver was warned about distractions while driving and it was suggested in future, she secure her dog in the back with a pet seat belt. The vehicle was towed and the matter has been referred to ICBC. Submitted by RCMP

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An ecological assessment using best available science for two forests located on the lower Sunshine Coast suggests both areas are good candidates for protection.

The author, Allen Banner, worked as a forest ecologist for the BC Forest Service research division for 30 years.

He is now a consulting ecologist, recently completing studies in the Great Bear Rainforest and field investigations for the Forest Practices Board.

Elphinstone Logging Focus (ELF) contracted Banner to provide plant community assessments for the “Clack Creek Gallery Forest” situated in the proposed Mt. Elphinstone Provincial Park expansion area, and for the “Reed Road Forest Reserve” in Gibsons. Banner used a methodology prescribed by the BC Conservation Data Centre (CDC) for assessing red and blue-listed (rare and threatened) ecosystems and overlaid the areas with a sensitive ecosystems inventory (SEI) of the Sunshine Coast, completed by Ministry of Environment in 2005. Two days of field work were completed, divided between the two sites which have been BC Timber Sales (BCTS) planned cutblocks for several years.

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interesting features to warrant BCTS bringing in an independent forest ecologist to provide an ecological assessment. They didn’t, so we did,” said Ross Muirhead, of ELF. “Banner’s report essentially states that the Clack Creek Gallery Forest while not technically old-growth (250 years plus), contains significant older attributes as a mature forest, such as a multi-storied canopy, dead standing snags, and a varied understory of plants. Such mature forest containing red and blue-listed ecosystems have excellent potential for eventually providing the full ecological functions of old-growth forests.”

“The Reed Road Forest Reserve was identified as having a well-established un-

derstory of sword fern, tall salmonberry, huckleberries, and red elderberry under a canopy of tall Douglas-firs (one measured at 70m tall) with emerging red cedar and hemlock,” says Hans Penner, also of ELF. “The ecological analysis that Banner used, scored each block as fair to good for ecological integrity.

He went on to say that this ranking for the two blocks must be viewed in the context of the highly disturbed Chapman landscape unit. Such stands should be considered as candidates for conservation within a much-needed focused strategy for rare and threatened ecosystems on the Elphinstone slopes.”

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Then is still sitting so updateCoast on our Habitat situation. She some calls to complete Sunshine formade Humanity Village and move on to ourBella,who next projects. looking at buying a house, but with housethe prices quietly, asks "They say yes? We get a new home try to help and gave me some numbers to call as going higher and higher, we knew would could not We we simply do this work without the support of our generous communities, our dedicated mama?"

Then I got to say to her "Yes!!

They said yes well. Luckily, after a couple weeks, we were able to never be able to afford to buyemployees a home on theand volunteers that put together all the pieces that make a successful non-profit. baby girl!"

Bella shouts out "YEAH!!!

We get new find another rental.

It was a bit out of our price coast. Jeff and I sat down one night and really home!! Vice Yaaa Hooo!!" made this news range didn't have a choice.

A special thank you to but ourwecurrent Board of Directors, including Chair Her Matreaction Sadler, Director talked about what we should do.

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Then I called Jeff, and told Laurie Vance Margie Garrard, Director Thomas Smith, Director Susan Attiana and Founder Ed Hawkins. that we would apply to habitat. At that point we A couple months after that, Cori Lynn had called him. I had to wait till school was out to tell Kobe weren't even sure we would qualify but we knew to say that the board had changed a bit and we and that day, school felt like it was going on forever!! it wouldn't hurt to just apply. would have present our story to the new board.

The day felt to go so slowly. When he got home, I We were a bit nervous to meet them but once We met Cori Lynn at the very beginning. I was so got to tell him the best news ever. The news he had again, the people that are on the board are nervous and my anxiety about just applying was been dreaming, envisioning and waiting to hear! I absolutely wonderful. This time around we had to out of control (silly, I know!). But within the first don't think it felt real at this point, but it was and is! go into a bit more detail about a few things. Some few minutes of talking to Cori Lynn, my nerves We are so happy, blessed, excited and grateful to of the stuff was a bit harder to talk about with a had settled a bit. She was so caring and took the have this wonderful hand up in life!! I don't know if group of people you just met, but again, there was time to explain what habitat was and what it there is any way to put in words how truly grateful no judgement felt at all. Just compassion and love involved. At that moment, Jeff and I knew it was a we are for the habitat of humanity and all the and acceptance. good decision to go in and apply.

As a community we are all working hard to build our 7th and final duplex on the site. We wonderful ing land, team please consider providing HFHSC with members there!!

As Jeff andbuilding I walked out wereagoing home, obtain affordable housing and we reduce family have been twoand homes year for families lots where we can build that affordable housing Not much time had passed after dropped off you so much habitat for helping us finally be different. I don't knowand howwith or why, the application, we gotare a call fromoften Cori Lynn homelessness.

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That day, we rentevening increases unfortunate evictions relating teers at Restore, and our Recycling operation, we community will consider working with us so that applied and everyone needs and deserves a home had current to go onto the city for some specialists Airen, Jeff, Kobe and Bella to our rental crisis.

Families are being can continue to do our part. Do you or someone we may continue to provide homes forFamily needy to call their own. Our kids were aware of what appointments buthomes we wereforstill able to make a Habitat for Humanity Sunshine Coast forced out of their economic reasons you know have any available land where Habitat families and do our part to help end the cycle of was going on and what habitat is. After that ferry home in time to meet with them.

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Events on the Sunshine Coast August 16 Hot dog BBQ, fundraiser for SPCA, Sechelt Insurance, Dolphin St. & Wharf Ave., 11am August 16 Long-table dinner, four-courses wild-foraged seafood-inspired menu, Persephone Brewery, 6:309:30pm, $95 August 16 Fiddleworks gala concert, Roberts Creek Hall, 7pm, suggested donation $5/person, $15/family August 16-19 36th annual SC Festival of the Written Arts, Rockwood Gardens, Sechelt, www.writersfestival.ca August 17 Fill-a-bag for $10 sale, Community Services Thrift Store, 731 North Rd., Gibsons, 9am4pm August 17 Music in the Landing presents Janet Panic, gazebo on the government wharf, 7-8pm, free August 17 Michael Red and Dream Many Times, Roberts Creek Hall, 8pm, $29 August 17 Lynne Urquhart Band, Gibsons Public Art Gallery, 8pm, suggested donation $10 August 17-19 Power of Paint, exhibition and sale by 11 artists, Seaside Centre, Sechelt, Fri. opening reception 5-9pm, Sat. and Sun. 10am-6pm August 17-19 14th annual Pender Harbour Chamber Music Festival, School of Music, Madeira Park, www.penderharbourmusic.ca August 18 Historical walking tour of lower Gibsons with Dale Peterson, leaves Pioneer Park 10am, by donation August 18 Public invited to help weave a reconciliation blanket with master weaver Shy Watters, Sechelt Library, 10am-2pm August 18 Sechelt Summer Music Series presents Michael Friedman (noon) and Kaeli & the Tyger (1pm), library lawn, free August 18 Opening reception for exhibition by Allyson Clay, Sorel Cohen, Anne Ramsden and Anna Marie Restock, Gibsons Public Art Gallery, 2-4pm August 18 Opening reception for exhibition of work based on a botanical theme, Fibreworks Gallery, 12877 SC Hwy, Madeira Park, 2-4pm August 18 PH Legion Golf tournament with modified Texas Scramble, Pender Harbour Golf Course, 2pm, $50 August 18 Tough Kegger race, teams of four carry beer keg 7k, fundraiser for SC Association for Community Living, Persephone Brewery, Gibsons, 2-10pm, $260 per team, 778462-3007 August 18 Beachcomber Ukulele Group (BUGS), Gibsons Public Market, 2:30-4:30pm

August 18 Cuban dinner and dance with band from Santiago De Cuba, High Beam Dreams, 350 Glassford Rd., Gibsons, dinner 5:30pm, dance 8:30pm, dinner $12 advance, $15 at the door, dance $20 advance, $25 at the door, share-there.com August 18 Cold Water Road, Persephone brewery, Gibsons, 6-8pm August 18 Jim Foster, Blackeddy Pub, Egmont, 6:30pm August 18 Fin De Fiesta Flamenco, Heritage Playhouse, Gibsons, 8pm, $22 advance, $25 at the door August 18 Murfitt & Main, Roberts Creek Legion, 9pm, members $8, guests $15 August 18-19 Hackett Park Arts & Crafts Fair, Sechelt, Sat. 10am-5pm, Sun. 10am-4pm, $3, seniors and students $2, under 12 free with an adult August 18-19 Rangitangs art show, display of 26 paintings by Len Whalen, Sarah Wray Heritage Centre, Garden Bay, 10-am3pm August 19 Historical walking tour of lower Gibsons with Dale Peterson, leaves Pioneer Park 10am, by donation August 19 Slow Sundays in the Creek presents Loose Endings ukulele enthusiasts (noon), singer Kaishan (1:15) and Lumiere/Ord Family Keyboard (2pm) behind the library, Roberts Creek, noon-4pm August 19 Charlotte Wrinch, Persephone Brewery, Gibsons, 2-4pm August 23 ElderCollege fall preview, Capilano University, Sechelt, 10-11:30am, free August 23 Sechelt Chamber of Commerce luncheon with local NDP MLA Nicholas Simons and Green MLAs Sonia Furstenau (Cowichan Valley) and Adam Olsen (Saanich North and the Islands), SC Golf & Country Club, Roberts Creek, 12:30-2pm, members $30, non-members $35, rsvp

by Aug. 17 to exec2secheltchamber.bc.ca August 23 Green Party town hall with Green MLAs Sonia Furstenau (Cowichan Valley) and Adam Olsen (Saanich North and the Islands), Heritage Playhouse, Gibsons, 7pm August 24 Music in the Landing presents Celso Machado, Gazebo on Gibsons wharf, 7-8pm, free August 24 David Beckingham house concert, 8006 Wildwood Rd., Halfmoon Bay, 8pm, $20 advance, $25 at the door August 24-26 Rogue Arts Festival, Clarke Farm on Tyson Rd., Wilson Creek, $20-$90, roguefest.ca August 24-26 Quilts on a line show and sale, 1647 Field Rd., Wilson Creek, 10am-5pm

Art Review Anna Nobile Freelance Creative Writer, Arts & Culture

The Power of Paint returns for its seventh year at the Seaside Centre from August 17-19. The extremely popular visual art exhibition features 11 local artists working in a variety of styles. Elizabeth Evans is one of those artists with a painting career that spans over 50 years. She attended the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in the early 1960s where one of her teachers was Group of Seven founding member, Arthur Lismer.

“I didn’t even know who he was, that’s how naïve I was,” recalls Evans. She hadn’t even heard of the Group of Seven.

Evans’ father had a business located on Sherbrooke Street, near where Lismer lived. After school, they would walk together as he went home and she met up with her father. “I just treated him like a grandfather,” she says.

“He was such a character.”

A 36” X 48” acrylic on canvas called “interplay” by Elizabeth Evans, one of 11 artists showing at the Power of Paint show, Aug. 17-19, at the Seaside Centre in Sechelt. PHOTO SUBMITTED It wasn’t until Evans began teaching art in high school that she realized Lismer’s importance in Canadian art history. Evans also learned from well-known, Order of Canada artists Gordon Smith and Guido Molinari. “I accumulated little tidbits from

each one of them,” says Evans of her many teachers. “I think that’s what developed me as an artist.”

From her roots in Montreal, Evans lived in Ottawa and Vancouver before moving to the Sunshine Coast eight years ago. She has won nu-

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merous awards for her work and her paintings are held in private and public collections around the world, including one that was presented to the Prince of Monaco on a visit to Montreal. Her style has changed over the years as she continues to evolve.

“I’ve gone through a lot of different things,” she says. “To me it’s like a journey and I’m still searching and I hope I never find the end of the tunnel.” Landscapes have always been her main subject, however. In 2008, she developed a style known as brickilism which saw her using small “bricks” of bright, vibrant colours to depict the richness of Canadian landscapes. But rheumatoid arthritis in her hands prevented her from continuing that technique, so she moved to a more flowing style. These days she has returned to the basics of working in black and white. “It’s difficult,” says Evans. “You’re learning how to make things ‘feel right’ just using those two colours. They have so much power and it really excites me.” Evans is preparing a retrospective show for the One Flower One Leaf Gallery that opens September 28, giving viewers a unique opportunity to see her work as it has evolved through the five decades of her career. In the meantime, Evans looks forward to the opening of Power of Paint. “I very much enjoy it,” she says. “It’s lovely to see all those people.”

The Power of Paint runs at the Seaside Centre from August 17-19. Opening reception Friday, August 17, 5-9pm with live music by Wanda Nowicki and Budge Schachte.

Open Saturday 10am to 6pm and Sunday 10am to 5pm. Exhibiting artists: Morely Baker, Josefa Fritz Barham, Todd Clark, Elizabeth Evans, Greta Guzek, Carol La Fave, Kim La Fave, Cindy Riach, Nadina Tandy, Marleen Vermuelen and guest artist Ginny Vail.

Painting demos throughout the weekend. Visit facebook. com/elevenequalartists for complete details.

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Have paints, will travel: “plein air” art on display

One of Paula O’Brien’s paintings created “plein air”, at the scene. The Arts Centre exhibition features work done by O’Brien and Bruce Edwards on their travels. PHOTO SUBMITTED

Paula O’Brien and Bruce Edwards join forces in “Paintings from my Travels” bringing you their plein air paintings from journeys around the world at the Arts Centre in Sechelt Aug. 22–Sept. 16.

Their exhibition shares the Doris Crowston Gallery with Alison J. Taylor’s “The Physics of Being” with oil paintings loosely based on diagrams from physics text books.

“Plein air” or the act of painting outdoors dates back to the 19th century. As evidenced by the work of O’Brien and Edwards, it’s a style of art that can incorporate everything from sketching, to oil and watercolours and can even be done with mobile devices. O’Brien likens plein air to going fishing: “Sometimes you come home

with something wonderful and tasty and sometimes the experience is more rewarding than the finished outcome.”

Edwards has been a muralist, instructor and graphic designer for more than 20 years. Since 2001 he has travelled the world painting and teaching. His travels have taken him to Togo, West Africa; the Oglag Sioux Reservation, South Dakota; Homer, Alaska; and Tuscon, Arizona to name a few. Referring to his paintings, Bruce comments that he tries “not to take it for granted that pigment and brush will produce a recognizable image or interesting shape, and if it does, even after so many years, I am amazed.”

O’Brien’s and Edwards’ exhibit will include a selection of their travel sketchbooks,

a variety of painting and sketching materials, along with some random cultural objects collected on their travels.

The opening reception for this joint exhibition will be on Sunday, Aug. 26 from 2-4pm, and then on Sunday, Sept. 2

at 1:30pm all three artists will be on hand for a special opportunity to meet the artists. Alison J. Taylor will discuss her work while O’Brien and Edwards will give a joint demonstration of the plein air experience.

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A visual take on the written word The Gibsons Public Art Gallery’s new exhibition runs Aug. 16–Sept. 9 with works

by Allyson Clay, Sorel Cohen, Anne Ramsden, and Anna Marie Repstock. The exhibit is called “Ampersand” and is timed to complement the writers’ festival in Sechelt.

This exhibition explores the visual appearance of text in art. We bring these particular works together as a conversation and as a set of possibilities. In doing so we hope to demonstrate how these works express very different relationships to litera-

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ture and writing on the part of each artist. Each artist uses text in ways that consciously expand, contradict, or fool with words as they normally appear on a page whether in a book or a magazine, be it

poetry, story or recipe.

“Ampersand” was planned to coincide with this year’s Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts. Through the varied media and approaches we present here, our in-

A work by Anna Marie Repstock explores the visual appearance of text. Four artists are featured in the Gibsons Public Art Gallery show, called “Ampersand”. PHOTO SUBMITTED

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A fundraising event presented by the Sunshine Coast Arts Council

Lack of affordable housing is impacting communities across the Lower Mainland and poses a significant problem here in Sechelt. Its not surprising that the issue has become a hot topic as we approach the upcoming Municipal Election.

As it turns out, municipal government can do little on its own to ensure that a stable workforce can afford to stay and work here, and that our retired workforce can afford to retire here. Affordable housing is a complex issue with the roots of the problem extending far beyond the control of local governments.

Given this reality, what can we realistically expect our municipal government to do to alleviate the shortage of affordable housing locally?

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tention is to activate in our audience a continued imagining of ways to use words in art. Ampersand represents the connection between our collective but diverse works, while also implying continuation: ‘and so on’.”

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Non-stop music at Rogue Arts Festival

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Focusing on a broader definition of the word ‘art’, fostering social inclusion, promoting collaboration and interactivity, and just having one heck of a good time, Rogue Fest has a little bit of something for everyone.

The festival features: nonstop music, including 80 musicians as part of the main stage series, and our unique “collective sets” featuring musicians playing together for the first time; the Rogue Art Gallery showcasing Sunshine Coast visual artists; one-ofa-kind Human Foosball; the Workshop Series; night visuals by CoastStreaming; the

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Coming to the Sarah Wray Heritage Center August 18 & 19 - 10am to 3pm

Rangitangs

The give you an inside look at coastal loggers float-camp life from the 1920’s to 1960’s.

A display of the Rangitang Collection 26 large oil paintings produced by Len Whalen, artist and humorist, from his experiences working in pre-war logging float camps on the BC coast.

After WW2, Len’s cartoons and ad illustrations appeared in the HiBaller Magazine, the Vancouver Sun and virtually every Vancouver Island weekly newspaper from 1949 until his passing in 1989. Many suppliers to the forest industry used Whalen cartoons to promote their products to the Rangitangs for over 30 years.

Len (lower center) at his father’s float camp.

Len’s cartoons and stories appeared in The Hiballer from 1949 - 1989.

Cowrie St. in Sechelt was crowded – as always – for the Coaster’s Car Club show 'n' shine Aug. 11. The event features hundreds of vintage and customized cars. CHRISTINA JOHNSTONE PHOTO

26 orginal large oil paintings providing a humorous look at early float camp life.

‘Make sure you walk in my footsteps’.

Len Whalen, pictured above, went to work in his father’s Nootka Sound logging camp in 1929. It was here Len developed as understanding of those who became the subjects of his art and stories.

‘Looks like we’ll be eating leftovers.’

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This late-model pickup at the show 'n' shine has been customized so a handicapped operator in a wheel chair can drive it. A driver’s-side lift locks the wheelchair into place and then places the chair and the driver behind the steering wheels. The foot-pedals have been modified with hand controls. CHRISTINA JOHNSTONE PHOTO

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BC is requesting: • 200 self-sufficient personnel to perform the mop-up and patrol of contained fires, under the supervision of the BC Wildfire Service. The BC Wildfire Service will provide the required personal protective equipment, firefighting equipment and incremental training as required for these tasks.

• Heavy-lift aircraft to reposition wildfire crews and equipment to new fire starts that threaten communities.

These aircraft will assist with the resupply of existing operations (fire camps, air bases, etc.), which will permit BC Wildfire Service aircraft to be directed to the firefighting effort from resupply tasks.

• Aircraft for emergency transport of injured personnel and to help evacuate people in remote areas, should evacuation routes be compromised.

To report a wildfire or open burning violation, call *5555 on a cellphone, or 1 800 6635555, toll-free. Submitted

With weeks of fire season remaining, and forecasts for continued hot, dry conditions that carry the risk of further lightning strikes, the provincial government has requested assistance from the federal government for its firefighting efforts.

“This is an urgent situation, and the safety of British Columbians is our highest priority,” said Mike Farnworth, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General. .”

As of the morning of Aug. 13, there were 27 evacuation orders affecting approximately 3,100 people (1,537 properties), in addition to 43 evacuation alerts impacting approximately 17,900 people (8,909 properties).

More than 3,400 dedicated wildfire personnel are responding to some 600 wildfires currently burning in all areas of the province. This includes BC Wildfire Service crews, contractors, municipal firefighters, industry personnel and out-of-province crews from throughout Canada, as well as Mexico, Austra-

The 600-odd wildfires burning across the province – along with fires in California – have blanketed the skies on the Sunshine Coast with smoke. These are two pictures taken from a balcony on Trail Ave. in Sechelt, looking east. The top picture was taken earlier in the summer, while the bottom photo was taken Aug. 13. CHRISTINA JOHNSTONE PHOTOS

The BC SPCA is on high alert, bracing for the need to assist animals impacted by the province’s raging wildfires.

Aug. 10 an evacuation order was issued for areas that included the BC SPCA’s Quesnel Branch. We’ve also taken the precautionary measure of evacuating animals from our Williams Lake Branch. Staff and volunteers worked quickly to evacuate a total of 60 animals to shelters throughout the Lower Mainland.

It was thanks to our generous donors that the BC SPCA was able to set up and run a BC SPCA emergency shelter in Prince George for animals who were forced to flee, and in need of temporary housing until their owners could come home. Our Special Constables also spent nearly 2,000 hours assisting animals behind evacuation lines.

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Residential care provides 24-hour professional care and supervision in a protective, supportive environment for people with complex care needs, who can no longer be cared for in their own homes or in an assisted-living residence.

Through Budget 2018, government is investing $548 million over three years to improve care for seniors, including investments in primary care, home and community care, residential care and assisted living. This funding comes in addition to the $250 million in federal funding for home and community care, which will assist many seniors, along with the $189 million from the Ministry of Health’s base budget that has been allocated for seniors’ care. Submitted

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equipment and enhance the safety and quality of life of seniors. Applications for a second round of funding will open at the end of August.

The 88 successful funding applicants will receive more than 1,000 new items: beds and mattresses, shower chairs and tubs, mobility equipment – such as floor and ceiling lifts, lighting and visual aids, sensory rooms, music therapy and ergonomic furniture – such as specialized chairs and tables. Preventative and urgent response systems were funded to promote both resident and employee safety.

“We look forward to continue working with our partners as they continue with this important work of improving services for those in residential-care homes,” said Anne Kang, Parliamentary Secretary for Seniors.

“BCCPA is extremely pleased to see these dollars invested into strengthening the delivery of seniors care,” said Daniel Fontaine, BCCPA chief executive officer. “With our partners in the ministry of health, we have established a simple and fair system to make sure all publicly funded long-term care providers can purchase new equipment that will improve safety and quality of life for BC seniors.”

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People living and working in residential-care homes throughout BC will benefit from $2.6 million in provincial funding, which has been allocated to purchase new equipment that will help improve safety and quality of life of residents.

“Dignity, comfort and security are what people and their loved ones expect and deserve when they are in residential care,” said Adrian Dix, minister of health. “Government is investing in these long-term care homes by adding new and replacement items, like beds and mattresses and ceiling lifts and sensory rooms, so people can feel comfortable in their surroundings and enjoy their home-like setting.”

The Seniors Safety and Quality Improvement Program, managed by the BC Care Providers Association (BCCPA), allows long-term care home operators to apply for funding for new equipment intended to improve safety and quality of life for residents.

An advisory group, which includes representatives from the provincial government, BCCPA, Denominational Health Association and SafeCare BC, oversees funding allocation. Those approved may receive up to $500 per publicly funded bed to purchase

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prior relationship status in your personal and/or professional life. This process was a feature of your destiny and began about 3 years ago. Resistance to this flow may be understood as ego-control.

Your job now is to let go and let god, which can be translated as faithful cooperation.

Aquarius (Jan 20–Feb 19) Significant changes on relationship fronts are indicated now. These may manifest as orientations and not strictly as events. Meanwhile, cultural activities and travel should prove extra satisfying now. Mars retrograde now in Capricorn indicates needed inner work, perhaps to break through subconscious resistance, doubt and lack of faith. Since your workload is doubled, allow yourself to rest more.

Pisces (Feb 20 – Mar 20) A process of bringing your gifts to the fore in creative and realistic ways continues and is getting a big extra boost now. The focus now includes getting organized more than anything. But it too can constitute a creative process. Yet, the bigger and stronger creative focus has yet to fully arrive and will take a few months. So, how can you prepare the ground?

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also implied. In all respects, the challenge is to open your heart and mind to new perspectives and possibilities that have actual application in your life.

Libra (Sep 23 – Oct 22) Upward, onward, forward… however you choose to say it, this is the call now.

Ideally, you are focused on a weave of all of the above.

The time is right to be progressive. Doing so may require a deliberate determination to break free of your comfort zone. There is an old riddle that asks: “if the comfort remains, is it still a comfort?” The answer is meant to be: No. Change is the law and balance knows it.

Scorpio (Oct 23 – Nov 21) A process of ascending to new heights continues.

These may well imply new levels of power and leadership. This cycle has been active for well over a year now and there are only a few months left. Last week’s Solar Eclipse is destined to be a boost of support for you.

This is your cue to make the most of it. Let your imagination be your guide.

Sagittarius (Nov 22–Dec 21) Mercury turns direct this week and this can prove to produce a great sigh of release for you. It may feel as though you have suddenly found your way again after feeling a bit lost. Enjoy it while you can, though, because the Sun entering Virgo by the end of the week will put you to work. Enjoy this window of respite with more action and less thought.

Capricorn (Dec 22–Jan 19) The Saturn in Capricorn cycle began in November 2017.

The lead-up to that time was a steady dissolving process of

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Tip of the Week: By now, the influences of last week’s Solar Eclipse in Leo will be evident, if it is destined to activate new turns, developments, and lessons… This is not always strictly the case. It depends on the finer details of your destiny. Also, such turns begin but are not identified as the destiny themes that they reveal. That is what astrology is about: measuring the timing and themes of destiny. How we respond to this is the free will aspect of destiny. The other big news now includes Mars retrograde in Capricorn now (Aug. 12 – Sept. 10), Mercury turning direct on Aug. 18 and the Sun enters Virgo on Aug. 23.

Aries (Mar 21 – Apr 19) A playful mood prevails. If you are taking anything seriously, or anyone, it is yourself, or your kids. Creative offspring is an operative word here. In other words, you are excited about your creations and how you can best engage them next. Sharing your love with significant others is highlighted. Altogether, this could manifest as a serious love interest.

Taurus (Apr 20 – May 20) Identifying with the ‘artist within’ aptly describes current influences. One way or another, we all have creative interests and if these are not evident, deciphering what they are is a gift to self. Diversity is great too so avoid thoughts like the jack is not the master… Enjoy the full

spectrum. The first give to activate inspiration is an attitude of gratitude.

Gemini (May 21 – Jun 21) Sun and Mercury in Leo and Venus in Libra altogether imply an extra creative impulse for you. This cycle has been active for many months, actually, but is at a peak point now. While you will always be a creative person, this cycle is scheduled to end soon so at least bathe in the feeling. Sometimes inspiration is triggered by melancholy or even sadness.

Trust the flow.

Cancer (Jun 22 – Jul 22) Investment remains a keyword for you these days. The other keyword is balance. In other words, the best investment is into what contributes to you feeling more balanced.

To answer this question well, you may have to step back from your life and then look back upon it reflectively.

Where is there too much and where too little…?

Leo (Jul 23 – Aug 23) The spotlight is on you. Yet it also means that you are meant to take new leads and not simply enjoy the attention. In the bigger picture, you are in a learning cycle and this can include getting trained or entering an apprenticeship…

Sometimes the first step is to ‘clear the way’. This could include a process of unlearning.

The easiest way to unlearn is to replace the old with something new.

Virgo (Aug 24 – Sep 22) This creative cycle has particularly strong practical applications for you. Focusing to organize, develop or build new modes of expression or new products and services is especially ideal.

Taking new approaches is

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