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SCRD ‘insulted’ by Sechelt over water Receipt of a letter from the District of Sechelt opened up a heated discussion at the SCRD's infrastructure services committee meeting on Jan. 18.

The letter, voted on by Sechelt Councillors on Dec. 6, requests "all reasonable and expeditious measures be taken to secure an expanded water supply on behalf of the District of Sechelt taxpayers and citizens."

Area F Director Ian Winn led the discussion, noting that "I thought that's what we were doing... so I'm confused."

Area D Director Mark Lebbell made even more pointed remarks. "At best, we're getting mixed messages from the District of Sechelt and at worst we're getting a conscious undermining of a project that's been pointed at for 20 years repeatedly by staff and consultants and opposed by a small handful of citizens who have managed to get the ear of different elected of�icials over the years," said Lebbell.

Referring to Sechelt making "right turns out of nowhere" after having supported the regional water strategy at the SCRD board, Lebbell stated that he was "seeking clari�ication from Sechelt directors at this table."

Sechelt Councillor Alice Lutes, standing in for Mayor Bruce Milne, responded.

"We are not as a district telling the regional district how to manage the water supply, we're saying we need a reasonable and secure water supply," said Lutes, explaining that the SCRD's actions to date are viewed by most community members as "drought management," not increased supply.

"We have right now on the books over a thousand units to be built in the District of Sechelt. There's more coming every day," said Lutes.

"We're not saying don't do the drawdown to deal with the drought, we're saying we need some long term supply management."

Area A Director and former SCRD Chair Garry Nohr said that he felt "thoroughly insulted" that Sechelt was not recognizing the long-time efforts of SCRD staff and directors.

"Having joined the regional district with the idea of doing something about water, and I'm now going into my 13th year, you can understand some of my frustration that it hasn't been completed yet," said Nohr. "I think we need you to support us as we go along with what we're doing here to make it work."

Lebbell took issue with comments about drought management, noting: "We've reached the point in history... that there will always be water restrictions of some sort

on the Sunshine Coast. And if anybody thinks that that's not the case, then I think they're deluding themselves."

"Anybody moving to the Coast or anybody living on the Coast needs to come to grips with that reality, particularly in the face of climate change."

Area F Director Lorne Lewis was again the sole voice in opposition to the Chapman Creek expansion project. "I've referred to it as an environmental misadventure from the beginning. That is not a position that I have taken on the instruction of environmentalists. I take that position as an environmentalist," said Lewis.

Lebbell made a motion to compose a letter of response to the District Sechelt, arguing that there should be a clear public record. The committee voted in support of his motion. Donna McMahon

Divestiture of public docks was on the agenda at the SCRD's infrastructure services committee Jan. 18 meeting, despite an agreement by SCRD directors in 2011 that they would not revisit divestiture for 10 years.

The SCRD held extensive public consultations in 2011, which ended in the retention of all the public docks.

The SCRD owns and manages nine ports which were turned over by the federal government in 2000. Seven are in Area F (Hopkins Landing, plus six docks on Keats and Gambier Islands), and two are in Area B, (Halfmoon Bay, and Vaucroft on Thormanby Island).

The issue has arisen again because staff were asked to produce a management plan for ports and estimate the cost of maintenance and repairs over the next 20 years.

A delegation from the North Thormanby Island Community Association appeared at the Jan. 18 meeting to urge the SCRD to repair the wharf at Vaucroft, which they described as being in "poor condition."

In a written submission to the committee, they stated that "the residents/owners on the Island are very concerned about the future of the wharf," which is the only dock on the island and essential for transportation and emergency services.

The letter states: "Thormanby Island has been a 'cash cow' for the SCRD. The owners pay signi�icant taxes without the bene�it of water, sewers, �ire protection, etcet-

era. The only tangible bene�its are the wharf and the once per year garbage barge."

The SCRD staff report calculated the "substantial accumulated deferred maintenance" required by all nine ports at approximately $1.2 million, while the ports capital reserve sits at $190,000.

Staff have reviewed four ports in detail, and are working on the other �ive, so estimates are preliminary. The total annual cost of maintaining the ports was estimated at $370,000 per year.

The report concludes that, notwithstanding the 2011 agreement about divestiture, new �inancial information "could prompt communities to consider divestment in a new light."

Area F Director, Ian Winn, commented: "I guess my worst case expectation of the future �inancial burden of this function to the SCRD taxpayers is being realized."

While acknowledging that ports are critical to the islands, he left the door open to

divestiture.

"In 2000 the federal government and the SCRD struck a deal with allowed the SCRD to get nine ports for free plus $1.2 million. Eighteen years later, and considering the divestment in a new light, we would be hard pressed to �ind anybody who would want to take on these assets and the enormous escalating costs to maintain them for even 10 cents on the dollar," said Winn.

"It may be more prudent to consider, just like the feds did 18 years ago, to pay someone to take them off our hands.

In retrospect that deal of 2000 probably was one of the worst deals we ever got into at the SCRD." No decisions were made at the Jan. 18 meeting. Port expenditures will be discussed by the board as part of the 2018 budget process. At present 50 per cent of ports costs are paid by Area F, 21 per cent

by Area B, 17 per cent by Area D and 12 per cebt by Area E. Donna McMahon

Roberts Creek director Mark Lebbell criticized Sechelt’s position on the regional water strategy. DONNA MCMAHON PHOTO

SCRD docks: 'worst deal ever'

Robert Waldron of the North Thormanby Community Association appeared at the SCRD’s infrastructure committee to argue for repairs to the Vaucroft wharf, which is in “poor condition”. DONNA MCMAHON PHOTO

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It was a packed house Jan. 22 at a former church in Gibsons for a public information meeting about a homeless shelter. The building, at 599 Gower Point Rd. is owned by Christ the King Church, which proposes to operate a 15-bed homeless shelter until March 31. It would be funded by BC Housing and would only be open at night. Some neighbours expressed concerns while others spoke in favour. Volunteers willing to help should email schomelesscommittee@gmail.com. DONNA MCMAHON PHOTO

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The meeting – held in the proposed location of the homeless shelter – is addressed by Rev. Clarence Li from St. Hilda’s Anglican Church in Sechelt, which, until recently, hosted a homeless shelter on its property. Listening, on his left is Gibsons Councillor Silas White. On his right is Nick Gaskin of RainCity Housing and Gibsons Mayor Wayne Rowe. DONNA MCMAHON PHOTO

“John Phare Lake” application On Jan. 17, Sechelt council voted to move forward with an application to rename Wormy Lake as John Phare Lake, pending con�irmation that Phare's family members all support the name change.

The submission will be made to the geographical names of�ice of the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development (FLNRORD). Sechelt will have to request a special exemption from provincial policies, since geographical features are not normally named to commemorate either victims of, or the location of, "mishaps, accidents or tragedies."

John Phare, a logger, was killed by a falling tree July 5, 2015 while assisting �ire crews to �ight the Old Sechelt

Mine wild�ire. Phare, aged 60, was born and raised on the Sunshine Coast and his celebration of life ceremony drew 800 people to the arena at the Gibsons Community Centre.

Phare posthumously received a medal of Good Citizenship in October 2015. In 2016, the District of Sechelt purchased an art installation

by Gordon Halloran, entitled "Regeneration", and dedicated it to Phare. It stands in front of the Sechelt Visitor Centre.

"There's very strong support from the family members and children that I've spoken to, to move forward in this direction and on the other hand I haven't heard from anybody who that has said this is not a good idea," said Councillor Darren Inkster at the Jan. 17

council meeting.

"I haven't heard anything but...’why haven't you done it already’," said Councillor Noel Muller. "I think now is the time to just go ahead and do it. John Phare was a fantastic community member, we all know that, and the way that this came about is an absolute tragedy but we'll remember this and the community will remember this in all the years ahead."

Wormy Lake is accessed from the end of Mason Road in West Sechelt, and is located in the Sunshine Coast Regional District Area B. The SCRD voted in December to support the name application. The present name, Wormy Lake, is an informal name which is not of�icially recognized by the province. Donna McMahon

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Help your kids read Family Literacy Day comes once a year, on Jan. 27, but children begin developing language skills from the moment they are born. And the main source for those early learning experiences is their parents. Research has found that hearing a variety of words consistently helps prepare young children for reading later in life and builds their vocabulary. What’s more, children’s levels of literacy often re�lect those of their parents. This means that keeping your own literacy skills sharp by continued ongoing learning in adulthood is an important part of getting your child off to the right start so they too can be lifelong learners.

Here are some activities that bene�it both your child’s development and provide valuable bonding moments and learning opportunities for caregivers: • Have a sing-along: Research has found that singing together helps a child to increase their language development, math ability and overall school grades.

• Play pretend: Participating in children’s symbolic play (where an object is used as a stand-in for another object, such as a wooden block representing a car) is associated with cognitive and language development.

• Make reading a regular part of your day: While talking to your child is a great way to get started, reading to them is even better, because it exposes them to new words. Keeping up with your own reading skills also models good reading behaviour for children. Kids who see their parents reading, tend to become avid readers themselves.

Teens and tweens may not want to participate in story time, but there are lots of ways to engage them in fun literacy activities. The key is to pick projects or games that work with their interest: • Slumber party book club: Choose a book to read as a family, and then watch the movie together in your PJs. Talk about what you liked from the book and the movie (and don't forget, lots of popcorn).

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• Text you later: Encourage older kids to read and write through texting. Send them a link to an article you think they’ll like and ask them what they thought.

• The letter train: Say a word and have your friend say a new word that begins with the last letter of the word you just said (play, yellow, waf�les, snow).

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More supervision needed (Re “Unsafe highway”, letters, the Local, Jan.18) I wish to echo the words of Robert Wotton. The accident he mentioned occurred right outside our front door, and prevented us from leaving our laneway as the tow trucks were hooking up both vehicles to be towed to the scrap yard.

Anyone who has ever made the turn onto Tyson Road (heading east towards Gibsons), is well aware of just how quickly traf�ic moves up that long hill and is really only visible about six or seven car lengths away.

I feel the big issue is with the lack of supervision on the part of the road works, not having anyone along the line to see how traf�ic is building up, or how slowly it is moving. There was another accident the next day in almost exactly the same location (between Tyson and Blower Roads), involving three vehicles.

The lack of oversight in just how negatively the tree trimming impacted traf�ic was visible the day afterwards, as trees were being trimmed about a half kilometre after Davis Bay, and the traf�ic heading into Sechelt was backed up over a kilometre. Had a project manager (or additional �lag person), gone back to view just how far back cars were backed up, they could have pulled those trucks off the cutting project for 10 minutes or so to clear the road in both directions, making it

safer on our only road into and out of Sechelt.

Giving drivers clearer indication of work ahead is likely to result in a safer road for all, and all it might take is someone stationed near the end of the line (of stopped cars) to be in constant touch with those in charge where the trees were being trimmed, making better decisions on how to handle the traf�ic �low.

Mr. Wotton was correct, his vehicle was utterly destroyed by the truck that hit him, mangling the entire rear end of his vehicle, which means that speed was obviously an issue, as the limit is 80 kph in this area.

Chris Pallett, Wilson Creek

A bloated bureaucracy (Re “Misguided seniors plan”, letters, the Local, Jan. 18) Mr. Stennett’s letter on seniors residential care seems rife with simplistic reasoning. The notion that “introducing the pro�it motive…is guaranteed to result in more incidents of neglect and increased suffering” is �lawed, dogmatic speculation. Most government-subsidized seniors residential care in BC is provided by the private sector on contract with public health care authorities and the system works well. What determines quality of care isn’t who owns the facility, it’s staf�ing levels. And staffing levels are established by the health care author-

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ity for both public facilities and private facilities that operate on contract. What’s different is the overall cost.

While the cost of labour and other direct operating expenses are similar in public and private facilities, those run by public authorities carry a much higher and more expensive overhead.

A private company doesn’t carry the weight of a bloated and inef�icient bureaucracy that forms a central characteristic of our health care system and the authorities that run it.

Mr. Stennett’s aversion to making a pro�it from health care is very selective. In fact, 70 percent of health care in this county is provided by for-pro�it businesses. Every time you go see your doctor, �ill a prescription, get vision care or visit a lab for tests, for example, those services are provided by a private, for-pro�it business. And it’s the private, for-pro�it part of our health care system that works the best. The most serious �laws in our system are the interminable wait lists for care – Canada’s wait times are the worst in the developed world. And one of the major drivers of those wait lists is the lack of operating room time made available to surgeons by our publicly run hospitals.

The problem isn’t the pro�it motive; it’s misplaced ideology and badly run public facilities.

Keith Maxwell, Sechelt

Value beyond number (Re “Residents �ight logging plan”, the Local, Jan. 18) Thank you for your reporting on the Jan. 10 community meeting regarding the provincial government’s plan to sell the timber on DL 1313, the 118-acre “Gibsons Watershed Reserve” alongside Reed Road in West Gib-

sons. Besides its irreplaceable value as the last large piece of mature forest so easily accessible and close to Gibsons, you accurately noted the concerns expressed by many regarding the very wet nature of this side of Mount Elphinstone.

As you correctly noted, my observation based on 40 years of living on this hillside, is that removing the forest cover from such a large area can cause serious water and �looding damage to properties below. But my suggesting that damage would be a million dollars was only because the appraised value of the land was said to be that much, and I meant that DL 1313 has no value greater than the damage that logging would cause. Given its three-quarter mile width across the hillside above a large part of our community, its importance to the physical durability, as well as to the rich character of this area cannot be accurately quanti�ied by any number. It must be conserved.

Rick Andrews, Gibsons

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Granthams Hall in limbo

The second Women’s March Jan. 20 drew close to 100 people in Roberts Creek, where there were speeches, singing and a march to the pier. It was one year ago when women in many countries marched to protest the election of U.S. President Donald Trump on the day after his inauguration. DONNA MCMAHON PHOTO

Cats beat the bylaw "Dif�iculty capturing offending cats" was cited as one of the reasons not to enact a cat control and licensing bylaw in the District of Sechelt, similar to the existing dog control bylaw.

Bylaw Enforcement Of�icer Greg Horning spoke at the Jan. 17 meeting of council about enforcement challenges encountered by other municipalities that tried to control cats. He described those attempts as having high cost and low rates of success, and noted that some cat bylaws have been repealed.

Problems cited with cats include defecating on, spraying or digging up neighbours' gardens, �ighting or howling at night, killing wildlife birds and small animals, and creating feral populations.

However, Horning noted that Sechelt has received only four complaints about cats since 2014.

The possibility of enacting a cat bylaw has come before council numerous times, starting in 1998, and the district has received a number of letters requesting cat regulations. Both the Sunshine Coast SPCA and the BC SPCA support mandatory cat licensing.

Mayor Bruce Milne said he shared the concern of many in the community about the millions of wild birds destroyed annually by domestic animals. "I feel fairly strongly that we should do something and I don't think we'll stop the stream of letters that come in until we actually address that."

Horning responded: "I'm completely in favour of managing and protecting our wildlife and songbirds, but a bylaw doesn't seem to accomplish those goals."

Sechelt council voted not to pursue cat regulations, but

several councillors wondered about other options. Councillor Noel Muller stated: "I have thought many times that we could be involved in the education around responsible pet ownership."

Councillor Alice Lutes agreed. "I think if we look at education that we might have more luck than with bylaws or enforcement of bylaws."

A report from the Nature Canada Stewardship Centre for BC, included in the Sechelt staff report, states that North America has "a cat overpopulation crisis" and recommends that municipalities take measures to reduce the impact of free-roaming and feral cats on birds and other small wildlife.

The report cites estimates the Canadian population of domestic cats at 8.5 to 10.2 million, plus another 1.4 to 4.2 million feral cats.

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Sechelt Library seeks more money The Sechelt Library has presented its request for an increase of $262,00 in 2018 operational funds to the District of Sechelt’s �inance, culture and economic development committee.

Compared with other libraries on the Sunshine Coast, the Sechelt Library

is underfunded. In 2017, the Gibsons & District Public Library received $50 per capita, the Powell River Public Library received $70 per capita, and the Sechelt Library received $33 per capita which increases to $34 in 2018. The average local government funding for British

Pedestrian ticketed On Jan. 19, police attended a single vehicle incident on Highway 101 and Xenichan Avenue, Sechelt, after a westbound driver swerved to avoid a pedestrian with a shopping cart who walked unexpectedly out into the road in front of her, and collided with a power pole. The lone driver and occupant was

taken to Sechelt Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries and her heavily damaged vehicle had to be towed. The pedestrian, who admitted he entered the highway with the intent to cross, was issued a Violation Ticket for "Must Not Enter Roadway until Safe."

The matter has been referred to ICBC. Submitted by RCMP

Columbia public libraries of similar size is $50 per capita Use of the Sechelt Library continues to grow with a 19-per-cent increase in onsite visits over �ive years, over 2,000 attendees to adult programs in 2017 and a substantial increase in interlibrary loans. Submitted

Correction A page one caption Jan. 18 misspelled Mark Trevis’ name. The Local apologizes for the error.

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The future of Granthams Hall remains uncertain after Area F Director Ian Winn moved to defer a vote on borrowing funds to pay for the hall's renovation at the Jan. 18 meeting of the SCRD’s infrastructure services committee.

Originally built in 1931, the hall was turned over to the SCRD in 2009 as part of the dissolution of the Granthams Landing Improvement District, which operated the hall, an artesian well and a water system serving 83 households.

The hall has been closed since March 2015, awaiting repairs which SCRD staff estimate will cost $405,000.

Three SCRD applications for grants have been turned down, so staff recommended that the remaining $100,000 needed to pay for the project be raised through short term borrowing.

Winn said that the SCRD has a "duty of care" to maintain the building, and while other halls operated by the SCRD have had regular maintenance, "Granthams Hall has been neglected in prior years to the point where it had to be closed."

Area D Director Mark Lebbell spoke against the loan, saying he views the hall as "a neighbourhood level project" and that local residents could use other nearby halls.

"When you sit in this seat you have to take a broader Coastal perspective," said Lebbell.

Area A Director Frank Mauro noted that funds to maintain other halls, such as the Egmont Community Hall and Sarah Wray Hall, have been raised by members of the community. "I look at this and I don't see a lot of the

community involvement," said Mauro.

Although members of the public are not usually recognized during committee meetings, chair Garry Nohr accepted a request to speak from Granthams resident Jack Jory, a contractor, who stated that he had offered to rebuild the hall himself two years ago.

"I had $3 million liability payable to the regional district in place and Workers Compensation all in place to cover all of those costs and the labour was going to be for nothing," said Jory, adding that he'd also had offers in hand for $30,000 in building materials. "And it was categorically rejected," said Jory.

Responding on behalf of staff, Chief Administrative Of�icer Janette Loveys said: "It's a very complicated situation in today's world." Loveys referred to a burden of due diligence required to ensure that volunteers adhered to

regulations, and challenges with project management.

A visibly frustrated Director Winn expressed reluctance to shift direction. "We have spent the gas tax money already on preparing the tender documents and are ready to go out and do the project," he said.

Winn asked Jory whether his offer was still open, and Jory responded that he would have to think it over, since he had cancelled his insurance and WCB coverage. Jory added that he didn't understand the SCRD's concerns about project management. "If you provided me with the plans and speci�ications for the job I would be the project manager.... I've done this before."

Winn �inally moved deferral of the borrowing motion to a future meeting. "Perhaps the other option at this point would be to let the community have another look at it."

Donna McMahon

Granthams Hall is in need of renovations, but there is debate as to whether they should be paid for by the SCRD or local residents. DONNA MCMAHON FILE PHOTO

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Although the Vancouver market recovered quickly, ours took more than �ive years to balance out. We experienced years of declining prices and sluggish sales. It seemed like you couldn’t give property away.

In late 2014 the market levelled off, then started an upward trend. A robust market in 2015 saw increased sales, prices rose signi�icantly and "multiple offers” entered our vocabulary.

Then came 2016 – the strongest year the Sunshine Coast real estate market has ever experienced.

There was a lot of positive press about the Sunshine Coast – promoting tourism, recreational opportunities with the emergence of the Coast Gravity Park and biking trails, the George Hotel, Persephone, Gibsons Public Market, and especially

the potential for a �ixed link from the mainland to the Coast.

Total number of sales in 2016 was 1,562, the largest we’ve ever seen. All the old inventory – the property we couldn’t give away before – coupled with a lot of new inventory from people who had patiently been waiting for a good market, sold. The high end of the market saw a lot of movement. Multiple offers became commonplace.

And prices in every price range went up month after month. The median price of properties moved into the $500,000+ range, from the $300,000 range a few years prior.

It was another good year for real estate sales in 2017, but a return to a more balanced market. There were 26 per cent fewer sales than 2016 due to reduced inventory, but prices continued to rise and demand remained high. The majority of our buyers came from the Lower Mainland and beyond, and included retirees, families and investors, with many cashing out of their higher-priced investments in the Lower Mainland and taking advantage of our comparatively

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Events on the Sunshine Coast January 25 Beer and burger fundraiser for Coast Car Co-op with entertainment and silent auction, 101 Brewhouse, Gibsons, 6-10pm, $25 January 25 Restorative Justice dialogue circle and AGM, Sechelt Band Hall, 7pm January 26 Dinner music with Greg Willy, Roberts Creek Legion, 6pm, tips for musician January 26 The Funkdealer and Vinz Clortho djs, Roberts Creek Legion, 9pm, members $5, guests $10 January 26 Artesia coffee house with fatherdaughter duo Colin and Gracelyn Mailey with Sacha Fassaeret, singer/songwriter David Jones, poet Linda King and “Double Treble” with Heidi and Bud Kurtz, Arts Centre, Sechelt, 8pm, $10 January 26 Jim Foster, Lighthouse pub, Sechelt, 8-11pm January 27 How to be a better listener with Joanna Rzepa, Gibsons Public Library, 10am-12:30pm January 27 Pruning tips and tricks with arborist Cheryl Topping, Botanical Garden, West Sechelt, 1pm, by donation January 27 Family literacy day drumming and song circle for all ages, Seaside Centre, Sechelt, 1:303:30pm, must register at sharethere.com, 604-885-9310 January 27 Steve Hinton blues band plays the courtyard, Sunnycrest Mall, Gibsons, 2-4pm, bring nonperishable food item for the food bank and warm socks January 27 SC Film Society presents “Harold & Lillian”, a documentary celebration of the power of love and creativity, Raven’s Cry Theatre, Sechelt, 2:30pm, members $5, others $9 January 27 Charlotte Wrinch plays, Gibsons Public Market, 2:30-4:30pm January 27 Gibsons Yacht Club annual membership chili fest, Harmony Hall, Gibsons, 6pm, newcomers welcome, rsvp to darlenee�inch@ gmail.com January 27 Patricia Hetherington launches her book “Under the Covers”, St. Bart’s Church, Gibsons, 7pm, $20 includes signed book January 27 Dance with Jim Taylor, Sechelt Seniors Centre, 7pm, members $10, guests $15 January 27 Beer farm speaker series: talk on getting kids involved with agriculture, Persephone Brewing, Gibsons, 7-9pm, free, kids welcome January 27 Rakish Angles, Gumboot Cafe, Roberts Creek, 7:30-10:30pm, $15 January 27 Jazz quartet Kestra, Gibsons Public Market, 7:30pm, $20 January 27 Grant Olsen, Gibsons Legion, 8pm, members $5, guests $10 January 27 Latin funk with DJ Hubbz with Paola/El Pulpo, Roberts Creek Legion, 9pm, members $10, guests $20

January 27-28 Chamber music with Terence Tam, Yariv Aloni, Pamela Highbaugh Aloni and Lorraine Min, School of Music, Madeira Park, 2pm, $25 January 28 “Many Hands”, documentary exploring pre-history of Canada with footage from the 2017 Pulling Together canoe journey, Raven’s Cry Theatre, Sechelt, 1pm, by donation January 28 Off the Page play reading, “The Doug MacDougals”, Gibsons Public Market, 1pm, pay what you can January 28 Hands-on pruning workshop in private garden with arborist Cheryl Topping, location with registration at 604-740-3969, 1pm, Botanical Garden members $15, non-members $20 SOLD OUT January 28 Forum on “defending public seniors care” moderated by Hal Wake, Band Hall, Sechelt, 2-3:30pm January 28 Lonesome Ace Stringband, Heritage Playhouse, Gibsons, 7:30pm, $20 January 28 Double bill house concert with Deanna Knight with Simon Kendall 8pm and Chris Ronald, 9pm, $20, Gibsons location with rsvp to info@deannaknight.ca January 29 Paddy Wales addresses the Sechelt Garden Club on developments at the SC Bontanical Garden, Seaside Centre, Sechelt, 7pm, $5 for non-members January 30 Tuesday Talks presents RCMP Cpl. Ben Stewart on frauds, scams and staying safe, Sechelt Library, 1:30-3pm January 30 Dialogue hosted by Town of Gibsons (Is Gibsons broke?), Gibsons Public Art Gallery, 7-9pm January 31 Presentation and slideshow on Vietnam Friendship Village with Carol Stewart, Gibsons Public Library, 6-7:30pm February 2 Dinner music with Steven Jacks, Roberts Creek Legion, 6pm, tips for the musician February 3 3rd annual Loppet, mass-start cross-country and snowshoe races, Dakota Ridge, 9am, prices and info at tetoutdoor.ca February 3 Refugee �ilm “Human Flow” by activist and director Ai Weiwei, presented by Syrian refugee sponsorship program, Seniors Centre, Sechelt, 1:30pm, $10 February 3 Joe Stanton, Gibsons Public Market, 2:30pm February 3, Georgia Fats, Gibsons Legion, 7pm, members $8, guests $15 February 3 Ruff & Tumble reggae band, with djs The Funkdealer and Bridge, Roberts Creek Hall, 9pm-late, $20, after midnight $15 February 4 “Many Hands”, documentary exploring pre-history of Canada with footage from the 2017 Pulling Together canoe journey, Raven’s Cry Theatre, Sechelt, 1pm, by donation

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Art Review Anna Nobile Freelance Creative Writer, Arts & Culture

A new year sees a new band with some familiar players make its Coast debut Jan. 27 at the Gibsons Public Market. Kestra features Steve Giltrow on guitars, Ken Grunenberg on saxophones, Regan Haydu on drums and Tammy Clowers on bass.

Music lovers will no doubt recognize Steve Giltrow as one of the Coast's jazz mainstays. He plays with several groups and is a keen organizer of jazz concerts, regularly bringing guest musicians from Vancouver to the Coast.

The Kestra concert is the second of four in the Gibsons Market Jazz Series. "It was a natural extension of what I already do," says Giltrow.

"What I was really looking at with the Market is getting another venue for jazz music on the Coast going."

Giltrow de�ines Kestra's music as "wide-ranging. Anything from bebop to swing, blues, bossa novas, funk and ballads." While the styles will be familiar to many, the

The new jazz quartet Kestra, debuts Jan. 27 at the Gibsons Public Market. From the left, Steve Giltrow, Tammy Clowers, Ken Grunenberg and Regan Haydu. STEVE GILTROW PHOTO band plays all original tunes.

In fact, being able to play original tunes is why Giltrow and Grunenberg founded the band. "Ken and I write a lot of our own music," says Giltrow.

"The only way to �ind out if you like a tune you've written, other than playing it in your head, is to try it out [on an audience]." Giltrow has been playing guitar since he

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was seven years old, moving from classical, rock, blues and pop before settling on jazz in his early twenties. "It’s the richness of the harmonies and the great melodies that can be in jazz," says Giltrow of why he has stayed with this style. "The word jazz, it turns some people off because it can be anything from the beautiful symphonic kind of jazz that Duke Ellington did to noise, for lack of a better word. I like jazz that has a melody." Giltrow commuted to Vancouver once a week to take private lessons from jazz guitar legend Bill Coon.

"It was really intense," says Giltrow. "It would sometimes take me weeks to �igure out what he'd taught me, but it was a great way to learn." Giltrow now has 20 students of

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his own to which he imparts his own considerable knowledge of playing and writing music.

Giltrow looks forward to Kestra's debut, featuring new music written speci�ically for the concert. "New group, new tunes," says Giltrow.

"These guys are really enthusiastic, they come up with ideas and they're a real pleasure to work with," he says of his new bandmates. "I hope people come out and listen to something they haven't heard before."

Kestra plays the Gibsons Public Market Saturday, Jan. 27 at 7:30pm. Tickets $20 available at One Flower One Leaf Gallery, The Medicine Shoppe, Strait Music or online at gibsonspublicmarket.com .

Tuesdays, 7:30-9:30pm, and for the same Grade 10 and older boys there is soccer on Wednesdays 7-9:00pm with the cost for both soccer and hockey being $3. Finally, for boys aged 12 and over there is basketball on Fridays from 7-9pm and the cost is $3. For more information please call the Pender Harbour Community School at 604-883-2826.

The popular Indian cooking classes with Sushma are back in this new year. On Feb. 5 learn to make pakora, butter chicken and basmati rice.

On Feb. 26 enjoy making curry chicken, curry chickpeas, rice and roti and on March 12 learn tiki, curry cauli�lower and potatoes & lentils. The cost per person for each class is $55 or sign up for all three classes and pay $150. Classes take place 6:30-8:30pm at the Pender Harbour Secondary School in their foods room.

Registration is required, please call the Pender Harbour Communtiy School.

A representative from WorkBC’s Open Door Group will be at the Pender Harbour Community School on Wednesdays Feb. 14 and Feb. 28, 10am-2pm. People looking for work can make appointments by calling 604885-3351.

Education Matters Dave Mewhort

Trustee, School District #46 School Board

School District No. 46 takes “Outdoor Education” very seriously. Our Strategic Plan has, as one of its goals, “Our students will experience, respect and enhance the natural world by actively participating in sustainable practices and outdoor edu-

Stargazing Starting Feb. 2, zodiacal light, sunlight scattered or re�lected by interplanetary dust, will be visible in western evening sky for the next two weeks. On Feb. 7 the last-quarter moon with be 6° northwest of Jupiter at dawn. On Feb. 9 the waning crescent moon will be 4°

cation.”

We’ve seen a remarkable growth in activities related to outdoor education. Seventeen of our teachers recently completed the two-year Nature-Based Experiential Learning Graduate Diploma program with Simon Fraser University, in which they re�ined their understanding of learning in the natural world.

These teachers will continue to enhance outdoor education for years to come.

Environmental education

northeast of Mars, and Mars will be roughly 5° north of the reddish star Antares (whose name means “rival of Mars”) at dawn. On Feb. 11 the waning crescent moon will be 2° above Saturn at dawn. In late February Venus emerges low in the west at dusk and gleams at magnitude –3.9, reigning as the evening “star” for much of the rest of 2018. Mars will be low in the southeast at dawn

can result in longer attention spans, more creativity, higher levels of self-con�idence, greater academic success, improvements in cognitive development, self-discipline, imaginative and creative expression, language skill and social interactions. Here, on the beautiful Sunshine Coast, our students experience the wonders of nature as a normal part of their learning.

Some key environmental education initiatives have included the installation of

in February. Jupiter is in Libra in the morning sky, and Saturn in Sagittarius at dawn. The Straight Wall (Rupes Recta), a linear fault on the moon in the southeastern part of the Mare Nubium (Sea of Clouds), will be visible in the evening of Feb. 23. The name is Latin for “straight cliff,” and it is the most well-known escarpment on the moon and a popular target for amateur astrono-

many vegetable gardens at our schools, enabling students to learn about gardening and nutrition. Schools also actively promote recycling, litter-less lunches and strategies to help reduce our environmental impact.

Teachers from our “NEST” program at Davis Bay Elementary have been sharing their experiences at their “nature-based” school with others both from our district and far beyond.

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On Feb. 9 at 7:30pm, the Sunshine Coast Centre presents two speakers at the Arts Centre, 5714 Medusa St., Sechelt. The �irst is Sean Dougherty, director of the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory, who in two months will be taking over as the director of the Atacama Large Millimeter Array in Chile. Sean’s topic will be Canada’s telescopes.

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learning and the impact it has on the health and wellness of our students cannot be over-stated. Current research points to eco-therapy (the value of being outdoors) as particularly important in balancing the amount of screen time today’s students experience. Technology is here to stay, and outdoor education helps round out our students’ learning.

While we are very proud of our progress to date, we are planning to enhance op-

The second is Jeremy Heyl from UBC, whose topic is precision astronomy, how measuring which stars are where can tell how stars collide, how stars die, how dead stars glow and what our future holds.

Admission is free: donations gratefully accepted at the door.

The Sunshine Coast Centre of the RASC is now offering the Explore the Universe Ob-

portunities for our students.

We are developing materials and supports for “Garbology” in all interested schools. We are also �inalizing an Atlas of Learning for the Sunshine Coast, an online resource for teachers to explore the outdoors.

Barry Krangle, a member of our District Environmental Education Committee summarized outdoor education nicely by commenting, “We’re making learning fun!”

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admin@thelocalweekly.ca ANNOUNCEMENTS Serving Sunshine Coast residents since 2010 • Downsizing • Decluttering

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‘YOUR DOWNSIZING EXPERTS ON THE COAST’ NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT? TOPS (Take off Pounds Sensibly). Gibsons Frank West Hall Thursday’s 6:30 pm 604886-2683 and Sechelt, The Arts Centre Wednesday's 6:00 pm. 604-740-0452.

ONE STRAW SOCIETY SPECIAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING Board Elections & Preparing New Societies Act. Tuesday, Feb. 6th, 6:00 pm, Gumboot Café, Roberts Creek.

DOWNSIZING? Have furniture to donate? Consider SC Habitat for Humanity RESTORE in Sechelt. We pick up for you and provide a tax receipt when furniture is sold.

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ECHO’S DISCONTINUED CHINA, SILVER & ANTIQUES Need China Dinnerware and Silver Flatware e.g.

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REDECOR CONSIGNMENT 25% OFF Turkish towels – cotton or bamboo. Great for towels of course! Also for tablecloths, coverlets, beach blankets, wraps, throws or scarves, a great selection of quiet colours. We have vintage furniture, dressers, chairs & more and an excellent new selection from our LOCAL furniture maker Mike Fairweather: side tables, display ladders, coat stands & more. In addition to his vintage reproductions, he also makes more modern styles that are exclusive to our store. Lots of new stuff has arrived but we are always looking for more! Please call if you have anything interesting to consign. Welcome to the new homeless shelter & residents. Well done Sechelt!

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VENDORS NEEDED – For Sechelt Elders Spring Craft Fair, March 24th, Sechelt Nation Band Hall (behind McDonalds) 10 am – 4 pm. $40 per table. Call Jeannette 604885-5144

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FOR HIRE - NOBODY IS GONNA BEAT MY PROFESSIONAL WORK & PRICE. Semi-retired tile setter, hardwood & stone installer. Will do your home project. 40 years of experience. For info Call 604813-6745. Ask for Gene.

needs a facilitator for the Minds in Motion program held on Fridays at the Sechelt Aquatic Centre.

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FOR SALE FOR SALE - Fully renovated Park Model R.V @ the Langdale R.V. Park. 1 bedroom,1 bath plus addition, pictures and more info on request. Asking $89,000. Call 604-740-2559.

B&B HOUSEKEEPER REQUIRED Permanent part-time person with a keen eye for detail required for a busy B&B in Sechelt. The ideal candidate is mature, well organized, has a positive attitude and is in good physical condition. Must have a reliable vehicle and be available to work weekends.

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FOR SALE – SHOPRIDER SCOOTER in excellent condition. Has joystick steering mechanism. Brand new battery. In Sechelt village. Price reduced $1100. Phone 604-885-9544.

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PR HOME CARE SERVICES IS EXPANDING TO THE SUNSHINE COAST! We are looking for dedicated, reliable caregivers to provide Home Support to an established client base.

Applicants must have BC Care Aide registry and reliable transportation.

Offering full-time, part-time and casual positions.

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Rate of pay is $23.00 / hour.

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Sunshine Coast Association for Community Living The Sunshine Coast Association for Community Living is looking for energetic people to work in residential settings, supporting adults with developmental disabilities. We offer competitive wages and benefits package. Preference will be given to those with Community Support Worker Diploma or Health Care Aide Diploma or similar certificate/diploma. MUST have a valid BC drivers licence.

PLEASE SUBMIT RESUME TO HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGER: Laurie White • Email: lwhit@scacl.ca or in person at: Suite #105 - 5711 Mermaid St., Sechelt, BC V0N 3A0

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The purpose of this study is to guide the expansion of the Health Centre onto a newly acquired adjacent property, by identifying opportunities for new and expanded services and amenities.

The Health Centre would like to present findings of research to date, discuss possible recommendations, and is eagerly soliciting community feedback as it moves ahead.

An open house will be held

RICHMOND, Pam

February 4 from 2pm to 5pm P. H. Community Hall

Pam Richmond of Ladysmith, BC passed away Wednesday January 17 2018 at the age of 66. She is survived by her son Adam (Erin), daughter Shannon (Karl), grandchildren Kate and Ryan, brother John (Maureen), niece Ali and nephew Blair (Josie).

A short presentation will take place every hour at 2pm, 3pm and 4pm.

October 20, 1951 - January 17, 2018

Pam loved spending time with her grandchildren, playing on the beach, having tea parties and baking. She had a love of animals and nature. Pam enjoyed many hours outdoors with her dogs Eli and Honey.

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Pam had recently relocated from Halfmoon Bay, BC and had previously resided in Victoria, Kamloops and Vancouver.

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Pam spent her career in early childhood education. She dedicated many years as an educator, facilitator and volunteer.

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She was passionate about early learning and Indigenous culture and community.

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Pam held an active role in all her communities and will be deeply missed by everyone who knew her.

A celebration of life will be held at 2pm on February 3rd at Aggie Hall, 1110 1st Ave, Ladysmith, BC.

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Astrologer

Aries (Mar 21 – Apr 20) Pushing your interests and passions to the next level will become evident this week. Financial dealings and interests continue to play an important role. In fact, you may be pushing even harder; going for bigger stakes yet. Meanwhile, gatherings with friends new and old is a source of excitement and may clarify who you feel you are and are not.

Taurus (Apr 20 – May 21) Your ambitions are rising and deepening too. It as though all the sails are open and the torque on the keel is that much stronger as if pulling the boat a bit deeper. Your focus is strongly on business. Yet, there is also much to learn and it may prove wise to listen and observe more than express your own

Garbage dumped in bush Late on Jan. 18, a witness reported seeing a male in a dark coloured truck illegally dumping garbage into the bushes at the intersection of Bridgeman Road and Parker Road, Gibsons. Unfor-

Pet Smarts Jane Bowers Professional Trainer

Scent detection refers to a group of activities which utilize the tremendous sense of smell a dog has.

We are all familiar with the abilities of working dogs.

Police and customs dogs are trained to locate narcotics, currency and weapons while other dogs work at border crossings to �ind prohibited

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These are inspiring you to take action. Aspects of your usual philosophy are getting a jolt, probably for the better but you are challenged to tune-in and cooperate.

A learning curve is implied and could manifest as a prolonged curse of study or on the job training.

Virgo (Aug 24 – Sep 22) Changes in your lifestyle are underway. You are awakening to the need for adjustments, perhaps a string of them. Quick �ixes and schemes to shortcut the process will probably not work. This is a call to play the long game and focus to work more patiently. Make lists, set goals in categories of short, medium, and long and lay claim to your power!

Libra (Sep 23 – Oct 22) You are in a creative and perhaps inventive mood.

Outer changes, especially on relationship fronts, are both a source of inspiration and instigation. Financial interests are featured and are spurring you into action.

Your energy levels are probably running high and you

tunately, no vehicle licence plate or further information was obtained. Police located approximately eighteen bags of insulation as well as a number of other garbage bags along North Road that

likely fell out of the truck on its way to the intersection.

Anyone with any information about this incident is asked to contact RCMP, reference �ile 2018-379.

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items like certain agricultural products. Other dogs have jobs like the U.S. dog who identi�ies the presence of thyroid cancer through odour in urine and the Vancouver dog who detects the presence of the bacteria "C. dif�icile" in a hospital.

Scent detection is not just for working dogs. Family dogs can do this too and there is an activity and organization for every interest.

Tracking and trailing and scent discrimination are activities that pet dogs can do.

For those who like to test their training, there are trials and competitions. The work can also be useful. For example, dogs can learn to �ind items for their owners and recover missing pets.

In tracking, the dog follows a scent a human has laid out for them. The dog follows the track where the handler thinks the scent is.

The trailing dog is given the scent they need to locate and follows that scent wherever it is strongest. The handler learns to read the body language of their dog so they can interpret the behavior

to assess whether the dog is still following the scent, or has switched to another scent or has lost scent. Dogs will “alert” when they have found the scent. Trailing dogs also discriminate between odours. For example, dogs who are trained to search for missing dogs are trained around “decoy” dogs so that the search dog learns to focus on the missing dog and ignore other dogs who may be in the area.

Other scent discrimination exercises can involve identifying an individual human scent while others use essential oils and other odour sources. In these activities the dog is trained to �ind the odour source on certain items or in containers, vehicles and indoor and outdoor search areas depending on the individual scent discrimination activity.

Doing scent work is tiring for dogs and builds con�idence in a dog. Dogs who seemingly cannot calm down even after a lot of exercise tend to calm down when doing scent detection.

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Smoke-free ferries BC Ferries is pleased to advise customers that as of Jan. 22, all BC Ferries vessels and terminals became smoke-free environments.

BC Ferries introduced a smoke-free environment to support the health and wellness of its customers and employees. The new policy applies to the smoking of tobacco and any other substance, including the use of e-cigarettes. All vessels and terminal properties are now smoke and vape-free environments, including the interior of all vehicles on BC Ferries property.

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DOWN 1. Heavy open wagon 2. Succulent plant 3. Good fortune 4. Teach 5. Mesh 6. Knock over 7. A strong line 8. Keep watch over 9. Make a mistake 10. Color of ripe cherries 11. Precipitation 12. Small island 13. Ale 21. Secret agent 22. Resembling or similar to 24. Simian

26. Small snake 27. Bid 28. Sculpt 29. Go stealthily 31. Pirouette 32. Crave for something belonging to someone else 33. Uncultivated land with scrubby vegetation 35. Append 36. Two-wheeled horse- drawn carriage 37. Historic period 41. Time at which something must be completed 43. Parasitic insects 44. Epoch

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The Sun in Aquarius is a sign of taking new leads.

These include new forms of knowledge. You are determined to push through resistance of any kind, internal or external. Although you probably have reason to feel optimistic, your journey may well represent an uphill climb. This will likely prove true throughout 2018, so pace yourself and persevere faithfully.

Pisces (Feb 20 – Mar 20) A busy time behind the scenes is likely now. This includes inner work as well as external projects. You are excited to forge ahead professionally and/or publically and a process of learning new skills is implied. Returns for past efforts are �lowing in and this will continue for many months. Hopefully, you have been diligent and wise.

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want respectable returns. At deeper levels, you are challenged to face your fears to access hidden reserves of power.

Scorpio (Oct 23 – Nov 21) Things are shaking close to home. These are affecting your usual lifestyle rhythms.

The pursuit of knowledge that began last month progresses to the next phase.

Research and perhaps an investigation of key knowledge and answers feel important.

You want certain knowledge and answers so you can plan ahead and engage the power of intention to work for you.

Sagittarius (Nov 22 – Dec 21) A �low of new perspectives has begun to enter into your awareness. Fueled by desires to both access your hidden reserves of con�idence and faith and to express your convictions, you are taking new leads. Concentrating your focus and perhaps your prayers too, to create a miracle is your aim. In some respects, it may feel like you are paying debts or dues.

Capricorn (Dec 22 – Jan 19) A promising �low of resources, perhaps unexpected, are coming in now. Circumstances may be pushing you to know your direction and to be more disciplined than you have had to be for some time. Pushing through any lingering fears is featured. Making the most of friends and allies, both human and angelic, is your silent prayer.

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Gemini (May 21 – Jun 21) Circumstances are pushing you deeper to lay claim to access your reserves of con�idence and faith. Assertive and perhaps pushy people on relationship fronts are pushing you to stand in your truth. You have something special you want to share and you want to do it your way. You will be diplomatic in your approach as long as your choices are fully respected.

Cancer (Jun 22 – Jul 22) You are undergoing a cycle of change. Your career is a likely area of focus. Your direction and resolve may not be as clear as they used to be.

This could throw you in on yourself to decipher who you feel you truly are and what you need. This process is likely to continue for several weeks. Meanwhile, returns on investment are evident.

Leo (Jul 23 – Aug 23) New sparks of excitement on relationship fronts are gaining your full attention.

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