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Summer Day Delight

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Recycling Cost Up 45 Per Cent Page 2

Sechelt Legion To Be Sold Page 3

Drag Racing At Sechelt Airstrip Pages 6 & 7

Coast Writers At The Festival Page 9

It Was Too Good Page 11

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Recycling cost up 45 per cent

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LEARN AND TRAIN TO PLAY HOCKEY The Sunshine Coast Regional District is hosting a variety of summer hockey programs for residents and visitors of the Sunshine Coast that run from August 22 to 26 and from August 29 to September 2: 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.

Daryl Austman and off-ice tranining with local company Valhalla Strength & Conditioning.

The Bantam-Midget Conditioning Camp is an evening program that is designed for players interested in Rep level or a junior hockey career. 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 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.

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

Come and check out the redesigned station based hockey camp with instruction added by Can Power coach

Detailed schedules can be found at www.scrd.ca/Recreation.

One Goal is a five-day program that takes place from August 29 to September 2 from 10:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. for beginners ages 3 to 6.

The District of Sechelt and Direct Disposal Corp. are pleased to announce the resumption of curbside recycling (Blue Bin) collection and processing of printed paper and packaging. Service has been resumed following the successful negotiation of an amended contract agreed to by the parties on July 22, 2016.

Monthly contract payments by the District to Direct Disposal for the processing of recyclable materials have increased 45 per cent to $14,500 per month, up from $10,000 a month. This amount was arrived at by the parties after extensive negotiations and allows Direct Disposal to better cover its costs for the processing of the recyclables.

Under the contract, the recyclables and garbage collec-

tion services being provided to residential properties are unchanged. Blue Bins will be collected curbside from single family residential properties which are occupied or have occupancy permits in all areas of the District on a bi-weekly basis, based on a zone system. Collection days remain unchanged and details on 2016 collection dates are available on Sechelt.ca and DirectDisposal.ca.

The contract also includes reporting requirements for Direct Disposal which will assist the District in meeting its Provincial reporting obligations and to better assess the effectiveness of the curbside recycling program. The deal will run until February 28, 2019, the original term of the contract.

At this time, the District is not intending to levy ad-

ditional charges to property owners for recycling services in 2016, as the District has funds available to offset the increased costs for the remainder of the year.

Recycling and garbage collection fee levels for 2017 will be considered by the District in conjunction with the development of the 2017 budget. Public discussions on the District’s 2017 operational budget will commence in October, 2016.

“Our community’s curbside Blue Bin program is one of the most highly valued residential services provided by the District,” said Mayor Bruce Milne. “Our community has embraced recycling and we want to support our residents in ensuring materials are reclaimed appropriately from the Blue Bin program.” Submitted

The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) Board has received approval from electors, through an Alternative Approval Process (AAP), to authorize borrowing of up to $5 million over a 30year term for the design and construction of the Chapman Lake Water Supply Expansion Project.

The AAP results were officially reported to the SCRD Board at the July 28 Regular Board Meeting.

An AAP allows a Board to proceed with an action unless at least 10 per cent (calcu-

lated at 1,888 electors) of the electors state their opposition within a prescribed period.

The AAP held in relation to the project returned 969 responses.

“The SCRD Board recognizes the critical importance of ensuring adequate water supply in our region,” says Garry Nohr, SCRD Board Chair. “We are very pleased with the support evidenced through the results of the AAP for the Chapman Lake supply expansion project, and we are looking forward to getting the project started as soon as

possible”.

After the record breaking 2015 drought and implementation of Stage 4 water restrictions, the SCRD Board approved a plan to increase the available draw-down from Chapman Lake from the current 3.0 metres to 8.0 metres.

The additional 5.0 metres is to be accessed during periods of drought and until long-term source development options are constructed. The selected long-term option for the expansion of the water supply is to construct an engineered lake. Submitted

Chapman project proceeds

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                                                                       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The Local - Thursday, August 4, 2016

Sechelt Legion to be sold The membership of the Sechelt Legion has voted to sell its Wharf Avenue property and seek a smaller location, following years of financial deficits and with little hope of any other solution.

The membership also voted at its July 31 meeting to seek a short-term $50,000 loan from the Canadian Legion’s BC/Yukon Command to pay anticipated and current bills, including some $14,000 in overdue property tax.

“Members voted overwhelmingly on both these motions,” Paul Lith, chair of the Branch #140 financial committee, told the Local in an interview after the

meeting.

The branch executive will have to apply to the BC/ Yukon Command for permission to sell the property, but Lith noted that three members of the Command attended the meeting and indications were that the application to sell likely would be approved “within a week or two.” The Command understands that “time is not on our side,” Lith said.

Lith said there had been rumblings that the Branch was closing down entirely, but that is not the case. “The meeting was about going forward, not going down,” he said.

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the market, a search will also be on for a more economical location.

“Setting up shop somewhere else in a downsized version would make it more affordable for us,” said Lith.

“Where we are today, it doesn’t.”

Like many other Legion branches across the country, the Sechelt Legion has slid into financial trouble as its core demographic of veterans has slowly shrunk, and as competition from other local pubs and restaurants has increased.

The Branch’s 0.83-acre property was appraised in November 2013 at $835,000.

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The membership of the Sechelt Legion has voted to sell its land and building, and look for less expensive premises. RIK JESPERSEN PHOTO

Hot tub budget scaled down

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The SCRD is anxious to replace the hot tub at the Gibsons Aquatic Facility, but only if it can be done for the $300,000 originally budgeted for the job, the regional district’s Board of Directors says.

At a July 28 meeting of the Corporate and Administrative Services Committee, the Board heard the results of an online public survey on the hot tub issue, and debated the merits of a $416,000 estimate for the unit’s replacement.

“I would like to find out if we can go forward and have a re-look at the costing of this,” said Board Chair Garry Nohr.

“The people want it and a lot of people need it, and therefore I think we’ve got to do something about it.”

The survey found that about 60 per cent of the more than 500 respondents supported spending the $416,000, and more than 50 per cent supported paying for it out of the $500,000 annual maintenance budget for PG

the SCRD’s five recreational facilities. In a contradictory response, however, most (55 per cent) also said they did not favour any delay in the maintenance of the other facilities.

The survey, like most online polls, cannot be considered statistically accurate and is viewed as a general guideline only.

The $416,000 estimate was provided by Shape Architecture for a design of a much-larger nine-person hot tub that would be set in a rebuilt area of the facility. But as SCRD Treasurer Tina Perrault reminded the Board, it’s only an estimate, not a tender bid or a response to a Request for Proposals (RFP).

“We have never actually gone to market to specifically scope the project…to determine what the actual cost would be,” Perrault said.

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Gibsons SCRD Director Silas White suggested scaling down the project to a spastyle hot tub, like the one currently in the facility, which pool users had “enjoyed for more than 20 years.”

“The [spa-style] would be much more economical,” White said, but acknowledged that updated Vancouver Coastal Health regulations might prevent installation of that kind of unit now.

The Board later moved to investigate health standards concerning a spa-style replacement and also to have staff issue an RFP on the Shape Architecture design with an eye to keeping it within the $300,000 budget, and to report back to the committee with the outcome in September. Rik Jespersen

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Editorial Opinion Nature and your brain For the most part, our brains didn’t evolve in cities. But in a few decades, almost 70 per cent of the world’s people will live in urban environments. Despite the prosperity we associate with cities, urbanization presents a major health challenge.

Cities, with their accelerated pace of life, can be stressful. The results are seen in the brains and behaviour of those raised in cities or currently living in one.

On the upside, city dwellers are on average wealthier and receive better health care, nutrition and sanitation than rural residents. On the downside, they experience an increased risk of chronic disease, a more demanding and stressful social environment and greater levels of inequity. In fact, city dwellers have a 21 per cent greater risk for anxiety disorders and a 39 per cent increased likelihood of mood disorders.

A study published in “Nature” links city living with sensitivity to social stress. MRI scans show greater exposure to urban environments can increase activity in the amygdala, a brain structure involved in emotions such as fear and the release of stress-related hormones. According to the study, the amygdala “has been strongly implicated in anxiety disorders, depression, and other behaviours that are increased in cities, such as violence.”

The researchers also found people who lived in cities for their first 15 years experienced increased activity in an area of the brain that helps regulate the amygdala. So if you grew up in the city, you’re more likely than those who moved there later in life to have permanently raised sensitivity to stress.

Author and professor David Gessner says we’re turning into “fast twitch” animals. It’s like we have an alarm clock going off in our brains every 30 seconds, sapping our ability to concentrate for longer periods of time. The demands of urban life include a constant need to filter information, dodge distractions and make decisions. We give our brains little time to recover.

How do we slow things down? Nature seems to be the answer. Cognitive psychologist David Strayer’s hypothesis is that “being in nature allows the prefrontal cortex, the brain’s command centre, to dial down and rest, like an overused muscle.”

Research shows even brief interactions with nature can soothe our brains. Stanford’s Gregory Bratman designed an experiment in which participants took a 50-minute walk in either a natural or an urban environment. People who took the nature walk experienced decreased anxiety, brooding and negative emotion and increased memory performance.

Spending time in nature regularly is not a panacea for mental health but it’s an essential component of health and psychological resilience. Nature helps us withstand and recover from life’s challenges. Even city dwellers can find nearby nature — a garden, local park or trail — to give their overworked brains a break.

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Without any consultation whatsoever with the local Community, Vancouver Coastal Health have announced the closure of the two long term care facilities and the privatization of care through Trellis Senior Services, a private for-profit entity.

Past experience shows clearly that in order to make a profit, care for seniors suffers and the working conditions, wages and benefits of the care workers cannot be maintained.

The Sunshine Coast Council of Senior Citizens Organization (SC COSCO) has requested that the decision be immediately put on hold and that there be an in-depth study of other options, in particular: 1. The option to renovate and expand the existing facilities.

2. Provide a cost-benefit analysis of all options on the table. This cost benefit analysis should include: (a) A financial analysis of the options being considered (b) An analysis of the quality of care of the clients under each option (c) An outline of benefits to the Community (d) A study of the effect on employees of each of the options 3. Carry out extensive consultation with all major stakeholders.

As the COSCO-BC motto says: "Work and plan with seniors, not for them."

Ray Haynes, Vice Chair, SC Council of Senior Citizens Organization

Ferry use up

June ferry traffic continues its welcome upward trend.

For our Rt. 3 (Horseshoe Bay- Langdale) passengers increased by 3.3 per cent compared with last June, and for vehicles the increase was an impressive 6.04 per cent.

The only disquieting factor is that the private travel vehicles were down 4.2 per cent. (High ferry fares?)

However there is a substantial increase in commercial traffic of more than 11 per cent. (A sign that commercial activity on our Southern Sunshine Coast is picking up?)

For “all routes” the June 2016 increase was an impressive passenger increase of 3.93 per cent and a vehicle increase of 5.76 per cent.

These increases are most welcome, because they were achieved despite wonky weather in June.

(June 2015 was fine.)

No doubt the low Canadian dollar compared with the U.S. dollar is mainly responsible for the favourable traffic figures, attracting U.S. and overseas visitors and keeping Canadians closer to home.

I am still looking forward to the fixed link assessment.

A surprising remark by BC Ferris is that they would not mind if we gain road assess to the Lower Mainland, because it would solve their congestion problems at Horseshoe Bay Terminal.

Jakob Knaus, Wilson Creek

A climate plan

Signing the Paris Climate Accord last April committed Canada to keeping world temperature rise under 2°C (under 1.5°C if possible). Success will require major changes in our energy infrastructure. True, much of Canada’s electricity comes from hydro, but we are world-champion

carbon-energy guzzlers when it comes to heating our homes or running our transport and industry.

Converting these to electricity will overwhelm current hydro.

I suggest a “TEE” program: taxation, education and example.

Taxation: Clearly, Ottawa must support the installation of wind and solar energy by individuals and communities across the land, probably by implementing a fair but comprehensive carbon tax, and supporting long-term, “feed-in tariffs” such as those so successful in Germany and Denmark.

Education: Besides needing an authoritative (and convincing) antidote to the maelstrom of self-serving disinformation questioning the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the public also lacks the unbiased source of technical expertise needed to unmask the slick “greenwashing” projects seeking to profit from the chaos. Why not fund the Canadian National Academy of Sciences to empanel a board of unbiased experts, something like Underwriters Laboratories, the group that puts “ULapproved” on safe electric appliances?

Submission would be voluntary but approval would be a potent positive signal to would-be investors. A comprehensive website and funds for monthly town-meetings would give citizens access to the best analysis of what can work and what can’t.

Example: Ottawa emits a lot of carbon heating its buildings and powering its cars. If Freiberg, Germany can require that buildings make more energy than they use, why not Ottawa?

Any government vehicle expected to travel less than 100miles/day should be

powered by electricity. Why not start with Canada Mail?

James Pawley, Sechelt

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Hey kids, it's not too late to enter the Astronomy Club's Poster Contest. You could win your own telescope.

All you have to do is create a poster promoting Astronomy on the Sunshine Coast using construction paper, poster paper, paint, felts etc . Minimum size is 8.5 X 11 inches.

Kids nine and under, and kids aged 10 to 18 can enter. Make sure your name, age and contact number are on the back of the poster.

Drop your poster off at the Sunshine Coast Art Centre, Gibsons Public Library, Gibsons Public Art Gallery or Sechelt Public Library before 4pm Wednesday, August 10. You can see details at www.coastastronomy.ca Bette Chadwick Royal Astronomical Society -Sunshine Coast Centre

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Elves Club on verge of shutting down The woman who has been the driving force behind the Elves Club for the past four years says she can no longer do the job, and that could spell an end of the charitable society that delivers hundreds of food and toy hampers all over the Sunshine Coast every Christmas.

“I’ve had a real tough time the past few months making this decision, but I’m done,” Lynn Nestman told the Local.

“It’s not because I don’t love the community, but I just can’t commit the time this year. It financially strapped me last year. I can’t do that again.”

Nestman, the Elves Club president, worked most of every week through each autumn doing fundraising and securing, collecting and storing food and toys. But as a result, she lost so much time last year at her Gibsons beauty salon, Hair We Are, and her dog-training business, that she had to miss two mortgage payments.

“I can’t do that again,” she

said. “I have no life between September 1st and December 25th.”

The Sunshine Coast Elves Club, founded in 1969, put together a record 663 hampers last year, filled with toys and food, which were distributed to needy families from Port Mellon to Egmont. Nestman said volunteers show up in droves in December, filling and delivering the hampers.

But all the work that it takes getting everything together for December has burned her out.

Nestman has had help for the past few years from her brother, Chris, and one of her sisters, Laura Christmas.

But neither of them can do it this year, and Nestman says there’s no possible way she could do it alone, even if she could afford to.

“What we need is the executive (team) running up to December, making that happen, and that’s what I don’t have.”

The provincial government has turned down a re-

quest to double the $25,000 annual grant it provides. So, in addition to all the toy and food collecting, there’s a lot of money that has to be raised.

Groceries cost the club $87,000 in 2015.

“We’re beyond doing little fundraisers and silent auctions. We need corporate funding. We need real money.”

Nestman said she has spoken to the local Lions club and the Kinsmen about taking over, “but I can’t get anybody to step up for us.”

Nestman has posted a notice on the club’s Facebook page (Elves Club Sunshine Coast BC) announcing the society’s Annual General Meeting, Saturday Aug. 20 at 10am in the Frank West Hall on Chaster Rd. in Gibsons.

Ads are also being placed in local newspapers.

“If people don’t show up, we’re done,” said Nestman.

“I’ve done what I can. I’ve tried.”

Rik Jespersen

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Sport Mike Oswald SC Special Olympics

Hi! Special Olympics athletes and team members, Amber Maher, Michael Beckman and Genny Verge, recently travelled to Abbotsford to compete in the 2016 BC Summer Games. Together they brought home a total of 14 medals, consisting of firsts and seconds in swimming and track and field events. Serious hardware.

Amber Maher came in 1st in shotput, and meanwhile in swimming Michael Beckman brought home first place in 100 metre & 50 metre backstroke, and Genny Verge placed 2nd in multiple events.

The Region 5 Qualifier for golf was held on July 10 in Sechelt. Teams that attended hailed from Vancouver, North Shore and Delta.

2013 Provincials attendee Lindsay Pearson won 1st place in women’s division one and Gus Vaughan won 1st place in men’s divisions two. Gus also won 1st for the longest drive. Derick Pye, Dustin Archer, Brandon Lacey, Bryan Ware and Paul

Davis also brought home ribbons.

Thanks to the Blue Ocean Club who are always very generous to Special O athletes, donating everything from golf balls to time on the greens.

Another Special Olympic summer initiative is ‘Fit Families and Friends’, which encourages athletes’ friends, family or caregivers to run around the 400 metre Elphinstone Secondary Track every Thursday from 4-5 pm.

It gives others a peek into what it’s like for us athletes to run the course and/or walk or jog it.

All kilometres marked are recorded on the Sunshine Coast Fit Families and Friends Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/ groups/sobcsunshinecoastfff/ After the first two weeks, the distance marked was from Sechelt to Horseshoe Bay. It is a great social event, and if you would like more information please contact Laura Smit @ laurasmit@hotmail.com or call her at 604993-0026 The Mixal Lake 10k Marathon is happening August 7 and two Special O athletes are excited to take part.

Bruce Stuart and Mike Os-

wald thank Tania Flynn for the training and support, and huge thanks goes out to my own folks for extra help and encouragement.

Finally, registration for the 2016/2017 SOSC season

takes place September 15 at 5- 6:30pm at the SCACL building on Dolphin Street.

Well, th,th,th,th that’s all folks. LET ME WIN. IF I CANNOT WIN, LET ME BRAVE IN THE ATTEMPT.

Amber Maher (correct spelling) won first place in Special Olympics shotput at the BC Summer Games in Abbotsford.

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Notes from the Upper Mainland Nicholas Simons MLA, Powell River and Sunshine Coast

After denying –and even trying to mock the Official Opposition’s concerns about the crisis in housing affordability and availability– the current government must have read the headlines and realized

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Since the weather has warmed up I have been playing around with making vegan ice cream and I am pretty much addicted to it. To make ice-cream (or technically frozen dessert) you have two choices: you can make it in your Vitamix blender if you are lucky enough to have one, or you can make it in your food processer.

The secret behind the icecream is bananas, those old brown spotted overripe ones that you picked up at the gro-

they were the only ones with their heads in the sand. They recalled the legislature to reverse their position –but as Opposition Leader John Horgan said, the summer is a good time for flip-flops. A new 15 per cent tax on foreign buyers (not capital) in Vancouver, the end of selfregulation for the real estate industry, and an optional vacancy tax for Vancouver only, were this government’s solutions –very small steps

cery store, peeled and threw in a bag in the freezer. You did do that didn’t you? You would think an ice-cream made from bananas would taste like, well, bananas, wouldn’t you? Well it does and it doesn’t. If you keep the ice-cream frozen and eat it while it is really cold you will get the taste of the other fruit you have added, in this recipe peaches. If you let it melt a little you will be reminded that this truly delicious creamy ice-cream is really just frozen bananas and fruit.

I have made this ice cream with blueberries, raspberries and strawberries. If you can get hold of some vegan chocolate chips you might throw a few into the strawberry one

towards the right direction but with potential downside to the Sunshine Coast.

The housing crisis on the Sunshine Coast was on full display with the story of a constituent named Doris who was living in her car. Once my office was made aware of the situation, Kim contacted the Minister’s office who sent BC Housing out to try to find a resolution. People have been living in our campgrounds, in cars, and in the forests off the

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By the way, you can make this same ice cream with a champion juicer if you have a blank plate in it. It is even more wonderful because it looks like swirly ice cream, but the blended stuff if pretty darn great too.

This recipe comes from a site called blender happy, and the gal who runs it sure seems to know her smoothies and ice creams.

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Medicine gardens Join One Straw for the Field to Feast Celebration honouring local foods, medicines and farmers on the Sunshine Coast Sunday Aug. 7.

We will meet at Halfmoon Herbals, 8048 Redroofs Rd., Halfmoon Bay, 3-7pm. We will tour the food and medicine gardens, learn about herbal medicine and its many benefits, enjoy farm fresh appetizers and treats and listen to some inspiring live music from a group of local musicians and artists.

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Musician Steve Jack entertained the strollers and browsers at the Gibsons Sunday Market on July 31. The market, which features half a dozen vendors and is located on Gower Point Rd. across from Winegarden Park, runs 10am-3pm Sundays all summer long. RIK JESPERSEN PHOTO

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ances that they will be given an interview with the new provider. The same thing was promised the last time Vancouver Coastal Health flipped contracts, and 17 workers on the Sunshine Coast lost their jobs.

To contact me please call Kim in Davis Bay at 604 741 0792 or email me at nicholas.simons.mla@leg.bc.ca.

I hope everyone is finding time to enjoy this beautiful summer

beaten track in larger numbers than ever before and our homelessness outreach coordinator is dealing with an overflowing caseload. Investing in affordable housing and regulating short-term rentals may be part of the solution –a date for a meeting to discuss these issues and possible solutions will be announced.

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Art Review Anna Nobile Freelance Creative Writer, Arts & Culture

The Festival of the Written Arts runs August 11 to 14 at the Rockwood Centre in Sechelt and features a stellar line up of Canadian authors.

Theresa Kishkan, who lives near Sakinaw Lake, will be at this year’s Festival reading from her chosen fiction form, the novella. Shorter than a novel, longer than a short story, the novella is the awkward child of the fiction family that publishers just don’t know what to do with. Is it a problem with economics?

Marketing? “I don’t know,” admits Kishkan. “But sometimes when you don’t call something what they might properly be called, they disappear from our radar.” She cites the example of famed British writer Ian McEwan.

“He was happy to call On Chesil Beach a novella,” says Kishkan. “But the publisher submitted it to the Man Booker Prize as a short novel because there wasn’t a place for it otherwise.” Novellas have more in common with novels, following a novel’s narrative arc, with a distinct plot, though with fewer characters. “A short story can be a more fragmentary experience,” explains Kishkan. “It can be a moment or an examination of a character. A novella has to have what a novel has.” But it also has to have, as one of Kishkan’s reviewers

put it, “ample brevity.”

Kishkan started her writing career as a poet, with three published collections.

She stopped writing when she began raising her three children, and when she picked up her pen again, found the “poetic voice wasn’t really available to me anymore. I don’t know why.” Instead of panicking, she just let herself explore and discovered that she was writing “an extended form of fiction.” Kishkan is now an acclaimed prose writer having published three novels, three non-fiction books, and with the publication of Winter Wren in June, three novellas. “I really like language to be used economically and densely,” says Kiskan. “I’ve always believed language has the potential to carry more than we think it can carry.”

Her passion for novellas is strong enough to have led her to partner with friend and colleague Anik See in the founding of Fish Gotta Swim, an imprint dedicated to publishing novellas. “We hope to publish a couple a year and see what happens from there,” says Kishkan. Winter Wren is the new imprint’s first title. “We used it as way of figuring out the ropes,” she explains. So far, all signs are positive, including good reviews. In the meantime, Kishkan looks forward to her appearance at the Festival. “It’s such a lovely event.”

Two other local authors, Rebecca Hendry and Janine Alyson Young will be at the Festival as contributors to the anthology Boobs: Women

Explore What It Means To Have Breasts published by local publisher Caitlin Press.

Theresa Kishkan reads at the Festival of the Written Arts Friday, August 12 at 2:30pm. Hendry and Young

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World of wood on display “Works in Wood” is the upcoming exhibit presented by the Sunshine Coast Arts Council Aug. 10 to Sept. 11.

The show which features thirty-three woodworkers from the Sunshine Coast includes students and seasoned professionals.

It will aptly be held in the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre’s post and beam Doris Crowston gallery. Wood on wood.

The exhibit encompasses sculpture, carvings, tables, chairs, cabinets, architectural work, boxes, turnings, guitars, spoons and more.

The exhibition is curated by “The Chair Maker”, Tim Clement.

The last group wood working show produced by the Sunshine Coast Arts Council was in 1995. It seems only fitting, that in this, the 50th Anniversary year of the Sunshine Coast Arts Council, that another group show celebrating works in wood is held.

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Events on the Sunshine Coast August 5 Music in the Landing presents Cam Peters, Gibsons Farmers Market, Dougall Park, 1-3pm August 5 Opening of Art in the Garden, solo show by Nancy Hache, 4784 Tamarack Place, Davis Bay, 6-8:30pm (Sat.11am-5pm, Sun.11am-4pm) August 5 Dinner music by Bonar, Roberts Creek Legion, 6pm, tips for the musician August 5 Sleepy Hollow Run, by Coasters Car Club, leaves Hackett Park, Sechelt, at 6:15pm for 30k drive along Hwy.101 to Halfmoon Bay Fire Hall August 5 Music in the Landing presents Lowry Olafson and Rick Reubart, gazebo on Gibsons wharf, 7-8pm August 5 Hot August Night show with Nearly Neil and Australia’s version of Stevie Nicks, Lighthouse Pub, Sechelt, 9pm, $10 August 6 Coasters Car Club Show ‘n Shine, Cowrie St., Sechelt, 11am-4pm (trophies presented at 3pm) August 6 Music in the Landing presents Back Porch Reunion, visitor’s centre, 11am-1pm August 6 Opening reception for exhibition by Ruth Rodgers and Nell Burns, The Landing Gallery, Gibsons, 1-2:30pm August 6 Opening reception for new work at Motoko Fine Art Studio & Gallery, 4590 Sinclair Bay Rd., Garden Bay, 2-6pm August 6 Music in the Landing presents Two Bears North, Winegarden Park, 7-8:15pm August 6 Multi-tribute artist Steve Hillis, Gibsons Legion, 8pm, members $20, guests $25 August 6 Book launch for Doug Ingold’s fourth novel “Rosyland”, Arts Centre, Sechelt, 7:30-9:30pm August 6 Myla & Julia, Lighthouse Pub, Sechelt, 9pm, no cover August 7 Drag racing, airport, Sechelt, 9am, $10, under 12 free with an adult August 7 Four Lakes run, Katherine Lake Park, Garden Bay, 9am, $15 for 10k, $5 for 3k, sunshinecoastathletics. org/4lakes/ August 7 Pender Harbour rod run, along Francis Penn, Lagoon and Madeira, starting at 10:15 am; show ‘n shine at the Legion in Madeira Park, noon-4pm

August 7 Music in the Landing presents Michael Occhipinti & Elizabeth Shepherd, Winegarden Park, 1-2:30pm August 7 Slow Sundays in the Creek presents Blue Line Trio, Roberts Creek, 2-3:30pm August 7 Field to Feast, tour medicine gardens and eat appetizers and treats, Halfmoon Herbals, 8048 Redroofs Rd., Halfmoon Bay, 3-7pm, by donation, bring your own dishes etc.

August 7 Michael Occhipinti & Elizabeth Shepherd, Gumboot Cafe, 8pm, approx. $10 August 10 Dinner music by Grant Olsen, Gumboot Restaurant, Roberts Creek, 6pm August 10 Opening reception for “Works in Wood”, an exhibition of 33 woodworkers, Arts Centre, Sechelt, 7-9pm August 11 Opening night of the SC Festival of the Written Arts with Charles Demers, Zarqa Nawaz and Bill Richardson, Rockwood Centre, Sechelt, 8pm (festival continues Aug. 12, 13 and 14) August 12 Charlotte Wrinch, Friday Farmers’ Market, Dougall Park, Gibsons, noon-2pm August 12 Dinner music by Sasha Kay, Roberts Creek Legion, 6pm, tips for musician August 12 Coffee house with Blue Line Trio and Robin Atchison & Nelson Giles Duo, School of Music, Madeira Park, 7:309:30pm, $10 suggested donation August 13 Hackett Park arts and crafts fair, Sechelt, 10am-5pm (Sunday 10am-4pm) $3, seniors $2, under 12 free with an adult August 13 Historical walking tour of Gibsons with Dale Peterson, start by visitor’s centre, Lower Gibsons, 10am, by donation August 13 Sechelt summer music presents Crook and Anagram Jazz Quartet, library lawn, noon-2pm August 13 Dinner music by Charlotte Wrinch, Chaster’s Restaurant, Gibsons, 6pm, by donation August 13 Playback, Sechelt Legion, 8pm, $10 August 14 Historical walking tour of Gibsons with Dale Peterson, start by visitor’s centre, Lower Gibsons, 10am, by donation August 14 Slow Sundays in the Creek presents Double Treble, Roberts Creek, 2-3:30pm

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Astrologer

Tip of the Week: The New Moon in Leo which occurred on August 2nd is charged with fire. The symbolic interpretation of the Fire Element includes words like inspiration, passion, enthusiasm, zeal, animation, drama, fury, and so on. The Sun and Moon at 10 Leo incorporates the themes of Sagittarius which symbolically translates to include words like expansive, large and even enormous, vision, fervor, multicultural, religion, philosophy and ethics.

Mars and Saturn are in Sagittarius and at the time of the New Moon were almost 10 degrees apart which is called a ‘wide angle conjunction’. Yet, due to the fact that Saturn is retrograde and will be until August 13, both planets are currently approaching exact conjunction, which will occur on August 22, two days after the Sun enters Virgo.

So, we can expect a build-up of their assertive and expansive energy pattern over the coming weeks Jupiter in Virgo all the while, along with Mercury and the Lunar North Node will serve to soften the otherwise explosive and even violent expression of Mars conjunct Saturn in fiery and exuberant Sagittarius fueled by the Sun in Leo. Get ready for a new wave of excitement and drama.

Aries (Mar 21–Apr 20) An exciting cycle that started a couple of weeks

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a good deal of passion and verve. Yet discipline and initiative are required and the time is right. Advances in your career and/or public life and social status generally are likely, but you must do your part.

Capricorn (Dec 21–Jan 19) You have entered a soul searching period in your life. Sometimes the focus is subtle and functions more as a background disturbance than the ideals of a conscious process. So, this is a call to learn. There are many resources available to provide the light of guidance to illumine your journey.

Aquarius (Jan 19–Feb 19) An expansive time in your relationship life continues. Rewards for past efforts accompany this phase.

A process of letting go is also implied, or it could be understood as surrender to the flow. Gaining new knowledge and skills is featured and include research and study, but a good book might suffice.

Pisces (Feb 19–Mar 20) Weaving entertainment and play into your work is now in focus. This is generally an expansive time and the time is right to reach out and make new connections.

Getting exposure is important and includes sharing knowledge. Good conversations may be all you require but you do want to be seen and your message heard.

Thieves leave On July 27, BC Ferries staff reported a theft of a Helly Hansen jacket from their onboard gift store. Police are reviewing video surveillance footage.

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On July 27, a male suspect stole a cell phone belonging to a staff member of a business in the 800 block of Gibsons Way, after distracting the staffer with a request for help with an item. A customer who came into the

business was told of the theft and the customer went outside to approach the suspect.

The suspect, who initially offered to sell the customer the stolen phone, returned the phone which was then given back to the owner.

However, after the suspect left the scene, the owner discovered that the SIM and memory cards had been removed. Police are reviewing surveillance video footage and the file is still under investigation.

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of a grand trine in fire, by sign anyway, which will give you a boost of enthusiasm and confidence. The time is right to move forward without looking back. Yet it remains important that you be patient with the results of your initiatives.

Virgo (Aug 23–Sep 22) A creative cycle continues yet the emphasis may be more directed to the studio than the stage. There could be some of both, however, where circumstances push you out to perform. If so, you may require more down time to recuperate, so take it. Positively, new intellectual interests are a source of inspiration.

Libra (Sep 22–Oct 22) Opportunities to meet new people, make new friends, engage is shared creative expressions and join groups are active now.

Although you have to concentrate harder these days, or at least assimilate new perspectives, your energy levels are running high.

Worry is the nemesis that you must contend with.

Change is the law; trust the flow.

Scorpio (Oct 22–Nov 21) Both the desire and the opportunity to be seen and heard are active now. As eager as you are to engage, your energy levels may not be as high as you would like, or other hindrances are at play. Still, by a patient resolve to advance and a willingness to pay your dues, you could make progress and get the attention you want.

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Taurus (Apr 20–May 21) Many changes have and continue to be occurring in your life, both within and without and you are feeling excited about them. All the energies to support a creative lead are present now.

This includes expressions of beauty, especially centered around your home with an emphasis on purity, flow and refinement.

Gemini (May 21–Jun 21) The sparks of inspiration occurring in you now may better be described as fireworks. With your confidences steadily rising and your mind sharp like a new box of colored pencils, the urge to express yourself is at a peak. Inventiveness is also featured so allow for individuality and ingenuity to shine.

Cancer (Jun 21–Jul 22) If ever there was a time to look into making creative investments, it is now. This can include new knowledge in the way of schooling.

Training and apprenticeship is highlighted. With your drive and determination on the rise, you may even feel the call to change jobs or go into business for yourself, or at least pitch for a promotion.

Leo (Jul 22–Aug 23) The recent New Moon in your sign indicates the urge to take pioneering leads. In fact, it activated the energies

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