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Sunshine Coast, British Columbia • www.thelocalweekly.ca • Thursday, July 4, 2019 Selling Art For $6 Million Page 11

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Homeless population in Sechelt growing

Sechelt Mayor Darnelda Siegers is concerned with the growing number of homeless persons congregating in the municipality’s downtown area. At the June 27 SCRD board meeting, she said the estimated number of homeless in Sechelt is between 150 and 200 persons.

BC Housing reported that in 2017, a total of 57 people were experiencing homelessness in the Sechelt and Gibsons areas.

Siegers reported that the District of Sechelt coordinated two meetings within the past week to discuss ways to keep the community – including those searching for a place to live – safe. She

attended, along with staff from the district, the RCMP, Vancouver Coastal Health, Raincity Housing and others.

Raincity managed Sechelt’s cold weather shelter and is operating the new 40-unit supportive housing development on Hightide Avenue. This facility provides accommodation and support services to those at risk of homelessness.

No details on the discussions at the meetings were available. Bill Briscall, manager of fund development and communications for Raincity, said “we’re all working towards a solution.”

Local Facebook groups have displayed recent re-

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ports of less-than-neighbourly actions being attributed to the homeless.

These have included posts about loitering, suspected thefts and unpleasant discoveries of human waste in garden areas.

Issues related to homelessness are also impacting the business community. Trail Bay Properties (TBP) recently increased security around its mall and other downtown properties. This firm also owns the former Gilligan’s Pub site and undeveloped property along Teredo Street opposite their mall. These locations can be attractive to the homeless, with areas where people can find refuge

from inclement weather. At the undeveloped property, a human-caused fire occurred in May. The current upswing in the area’s homeless population worries Paul Meyer, spokesperson for TBP. “People who arrive on the Coast unable to meet their housing needs and without a support network put additional

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strain on our community’s first responders and those working in the social services,” said Meyer.

A housing development similar to the Hightide facility has been proposed for the former RCMP detachment site on School Road in Gibsons. A site rezoning is required for that project,

The days of free access to wifi and electric vehicle (EV) fast charging facilities in downtown Sechelt are likely numbered.

At its June 26 meeting, the committee of the whole recommended the Sechelt council end the district-supported free wifi program in the commercial core. Despite this recommendation, staff committed to try to maintain the service through the summer without paying for repairs or ongoing licensing.

The committee voted to reuse the hardware from the system to improve public wifi at district facilities. Mission Point House, Seaside Centre and Rockwood Lodge currently have limited public internet access. Installing district-owned wifi equipment at these rental facilities could improve these services and in turn the marketability of these sites for events.

Pending council endorsement, the changeover would be done this fall. Staff recommended that free downtown wifi remain unchanged until then, unless it suffers significant service declines.

The system, in place along the Cowrie Street corridor since 2013, has suffered from connectivity issues. If reliable service cannot be maintained, the district’s manager of information technology, Beverly Ehlbeck, recommended shutting it down rather than investing in troubleshooting and repair.

At the meeting, Ehlbeck noted that discussions were held with the Sechelt Downtown Business Association (SDBA) about taking over the service. She explained that the SDBA recognizes the con-

venience that free downtown wifi delivers to community residents and visitors but is not interested in operating the system.

Mayor Darnelda Siegers said that she recently requested area TELUS representatives explore whether free wifi in Sechelt’s downtown could be delivered using that company’s infrastructure.

A decision on the future of the downtown free wifi was anticipated at council’s July 3 meeting. The introduction of fees for use of the district’s EV fast charging station was also slated to come forward,

but this discussion was deferred by the committee.

Staff asked for the deferral as they are discussing transfer of the station to BC Hydro.

There is currently no fee to use the EV fast charging station, which is located near the district’s offices, in the Trail Bay Mall parking lot. The use of the station increased more than 400 per cent from 2015 to 2018. The system was used 1,762 times last year.

Sechelt paid about $1,000 in station fixed costs in 2018 plus about $3 for electricity and system overhead for each charging session.

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The use of the electric vehicle fast charger, in the Trail Bay Mall parking lot near the District of Sechelt offices, is free and has increased dramatically since 2015. It costs Sechelt about $3 every time it is used, and the district may soon start charging (no pun intended) for its use. CONNIE JORDISON PHOTO

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Summer lantern festival for Gibsons Homemade lanterns will light up the night in lower Gibsons on Saturday, July 27.

Town council agreed at its special meeting held June 25 to provide just over $9,000 in funds and municipal resources for a free public mini lantern festival in Winegarden Park.

The event activities will include a family picnic, live music, free dance lessons – and lantern-making, where participants fashion their own translucent cover for battery-operated “tea lights�. In approving the funding, Councillor David Croal suggested that lantern-making stations be set up at other town locations earlier on event day.

This could allow those who cannot attend the festival site to participate by making a lantern and displaying it outside their residence.

Councillor Aleria Ladwig requested the organizers find a

way to collect and recycle the lantern batteries from the event. Festival organizer Verna Chan agreed to look into including these suggestions.

The lantern event is scheduled for the date that normally would have been reserved for the Sea Cavalcade celebrations. Funding will come from the $16,000 allocation in the town’s 2019 budget for Sea Cavalcade, which has been cancelled for this year.

Mayor Bill Beamish noted that $5,000 from that budget has been committed to assist with a “volunteer thank you event� for those involved with Sea Cavalcade programs over past years.

Gibsons director of parks and community services, Wendy Gilbertson, recommended that the festival carry its own event liability insurance. Council agreed and authorized use of up to the remaining available

funds in the town’s 2019 Sea Cavalcade budget, just under $2,000, for these costs.

With the town’s current Sea Cavalcade budget fully committed, council declined to fund a proposal by Coast Streaming for an audio-visual event to celebrate summer in Gibsons. This group’s request for $14,250 to host a three-hour late evening event – that would have seen buildings, watercraft and surfaces painted with light – was reviewed at the meeting.

Mayor Beamish said he hoped that Coast Streaming will be able to find private funding for their event or that they will approach the town for support in future budget years.

Chan said that she would like to see the lantern festival continued and expanded in future years as well.

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Organizer Verna Chan pitched Gibsons council June 18 on a lantern festival in Gibsons Landing, and on June 25 council approved the spending. The lantern festival will be held July 27.

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Agrologists with binoculars Provincial agrologists will be touring the Sunshine Coast this summer to collect information on crops, irrigation, livestock, and land-use for farming areas in the region. The crew will navigate public roads and observe land from within the vehicle, often with binoculars.

Watch for a gray Dodge Durango with BC government logos in farming areas between July 8 and 12.

Agriculture is an important sector in the Sunshine Coast, and to help ensure its viability, the ministry of agriculture, Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD), and the Partnership for Water Sustainability in BC have partnered to update the province’s Agricultural Land Use Inventory (ALUI) & Water Demand Model (WDM).

The Agricultural Land Use Inventory will: • Define the amount of ac-

tively farmed land in the region; • Provide a benchmark for monitoring land use change; • Assist land use planning, including official community plans and crown land use planning.

The Agricultural Water Demand Model will: • Enable examination of water management alternatives that consider future land use changes;

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• Define potential impacts of climate change and identify appropriate adaptation strategies; • Inform future water storage modelling projects.

The ministry of agriculture invites Sunshine Coast agricultural producers and agricultural land owners to a workshop to share local land use knowledge on July 9, from 4-7 p.m. at Roberts Creek Hall. Submitted

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The news on newspapers You’ve heard of urban legends, right? Like the lady who had a spider bite that turned into a nest of eggs that hatched under her skin, or the tale of the kid that died from drinking cola after swallowing Pop Rocks.

How about this one: “Nobody reads newspapers anymore.”

Like many urban legends, everybody’s heard it, and some people assume it must be true because they’ve heard it often enough.

Well, like Pop Rocks kid and spider-egg woman, it just isn’t so.

The debunker in this case is 2019 Newspapers 24/7 study, conducted by News Media Canada, the national organization representing more than 1,100 daily and community news media outlets across the country.

This study, the seventh annual one, was conducted in February 2019 across all provinces, in English and French and consists of 800 online interviews.

Since the first study back in 2012, there have been shifts in reading by platform but one thing has not changed: Canadians continue to access newspaper content across all the various platforms.

In 2012, 85 per cent of Canadians reported that they read newspapers on any platform, over the course of a week and in 2019 that number has climbed to 88 per cent.

The study found that readers from all demographics use multiple platforms – print, desktop/laptop computer, phone and tablet – to access newspaper content. Most print reading happens early in the day, while digital reading is more consistent from morning to night.

Which brings us to the other urban legend: millenials don’t read news. The research specifically looked at the newspaper reading habits of younger Canadians, and found that 88 per cent of millennials (those born between 1982 and 1999) read newspapers weekly – the same percentage as the overall population.

The difference with this generation is how they access newspaper content (primarily through their mobile phones), and when they read (they peak early in the morning and are more consistent throughout the day, while Boomers peak in both the morning and again after dinner when reading news content).

And again, just because millennials read mostly on their phones doesn’t mean they’re not reading print as well. The study found more than half of all millennial newspaper readers also read news in print.

Business decision makers are news junkies, with the highest percentage of readership throughout the day across all platforms, again peaking in the morning and after dinner.

As Bob Cox, the chair of News Media Canada, says: “Newspapers continue to be the go-to source for credible, trusted and independent news, in both print and digital formats.”

And unlike an urban legend, that’s something you can rely on.

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Letters to the Editor – Opinions Beware the bears The warm and dry spring seems to be stressing our wildlife. We’re hearing many more stories this year about bears in neighbourhoods during broad daylight, opening doors to homes and vehicles, getting into garbage cans and searching for human sources of food where they may not have ventured before.

Bears will commonly forage at night along corridors between forested areas and beaches searching for their natural food sources. Please talk to your neighbours and friends and remind them that we live in bear territory – think about how your property or business might be attracting a bear and do what you can to eliminate attractants. Put away greasy BBQs, pet food, bird feeders, compost only vegetative matter with plenty of dry leaves/paper, and secure garbage and freezers.

If we each do our part to keep bears away from our homes, it goes a long way to ensuring a safe community for us and wildlife.

Baeleay Callister and Marina Stjepovic, Halfmoon Bay

Join the team Let’s not think about the adjustments we make in our lives because of water shortages and global warming as marching to orders but as being good team players. Team Humanity can play an everyone-for-themselves chaotic game of tripping and elbows, or a coordinated game with the goal of survival.

Joan Payne, Sechelt

Highway plea

With ever increasing numbers of residents and visitors on the Coast we urgently need infrastructure upgrades.

Undoubtedly, our water supply is of primary importance and we acknowledge that our regional district staff and directors are dealing with this. However, our inadequate road system is also of great concern. The Sunshine Coast Highway Society appreciates that the Town of Gibsons and the District of Sechelt have formally expressed their concerns to the provincial government’s minister of transportation.

We also acknowledge the support of the SCRD Chair Lori Pratt.

Our communities need a proper highway designed for the future – to handle growth, be designed to accommodate new modes of transportation and something that will enhance the sustainability of our environment. Efforts to repair or “upgrade” with what is rather optimistically referred to by some as “Highway 101” is like putting a band aid on a serious wound.

Are we prepared to wait 10 or 20 years and then leave it to our children and grandchildren to deal with these issues? They deserve a safe, convenient, reliable future on the Coast.

There is no question this issue has strong support across the southern Sunshine Coast. For example, in a recent Coast Reporter’s Question of the Week, 81 per cent voted in support of the need for a highway. And 6,400 signatures were collected on a petition that we presented to the BC Legislature in March.

We can’t continue to bury our heads in the sand and pretend that this vital infrastructure requirement is not needed. Now is the time to get moving: the Sunshine Coast needs a highway.

Robin Merriott, On behalf of The Sunshine Coast Highway Society

Despair for humanity

Why believe you?

(Re “Here’s what’s up”, letters, the Local, June 20) Although I don’t think that I’m nearly as smart as A. Donenfeld thinks he is, I am compelled to respond to some of his fatuous comments about the validity or relevance of climate change.

His is not the first opinion I’ve been obliged to endure regarding “planetary evolution” and the belief by some fossils that ice ages come and then they go. And then he denigrates the concerns of those of us that are devastated by the ongoing extinction of multiple species caused by their degrading habitat, by comparing it to “Henny Penny” and the notion that we think the sky is falling.

He and his ilk make me despair for humanity; frankly I won’t cry much for homo sapiens but I am mourning the decline of our beautiful planet by very verifiable changes that are accelerating at an alarming rate. It was reported by CBC that there are “40 confirmed species at risk in BC.” So no, Alan, I don’t think that an environmental agenda is a delusion; I believe it’s the only solution that we have.

Though it’s tempting to dismiss Mr. Donenfeld’s ideology as old-fashioned sophistry, it’s apparent that many members and leaders of society are genuinely wed to the ideology of business as usual and the belief that “foregoing fossil fuels will reduce daily life to something unrecognizably bleak”.

Anyone who even casually follows the news of alternative energy supplies is aware that there is a continuous advance of this technology.

I’m not willing to be silent over this issue anymore.

Cathy Kucher, Gibsons

(Addressed to the federal government and copied to the Local) Federal government approval of the Trans-Mountain Pipe Line the day after declaring a climate emergency in Canada?

Please be advised that in the October federal election we will be voting for the New Democratic Party in our riding of West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country.

The federal Liberal government lied to the people of Canada about action they would take regarding climate change and global warming, as both have and are increasing at double the rest of the world under your watch. This equals total failure.

Then you announced the approval of the Trans-Mountain pipeline carrying highly explosive and highly polluting bitumen. In the last election, the PM promised in BC there had to be community buy-in for him to approve the Trans-Mountain expansion.

Another Liberal Party lie in a list of many election promises that were totally forgotten or never happened. Why would any voter believe you and your government ever again?

Charles H. Burns, Sechelt

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The Sunshine Coast Search and Rescue, Squamish Search and Rescue and the RCMP Underwater Recovery Team (URT) searched Waugh Lake at Egmont for several days looking for 26-year-old Thomas Hines, without success. Suspension of the search was announced June 26. Hines failed to return from a canoe trip June 17 and was reported missing the next day.

URT members used sonar to assist them while searching the lake. The RCMP says it has been in regular contact with Hines’ family in Nova Scotia. RCMP PHOTO

Gibsons man found, dies On June 26, a 70-year-old local Gibsons man had been reported missing.

Sunshine Coast RCMP had been investigating, when, on June 27 at approximately 11:10am, police were notified that the man had been located down an em-

bankment at the rear of the property where he resided.

BC Ambulance Service and Gibsons Fire Department attended and extricated him from his location.

The man was rushed in critical condition to Sechelt Hospital where he was

pronounced deceased at 1:20pm. The family of the deceased have been notified.

Sunshine Coast RCMP thank the many people who provided information and had assisted in trying to locate the missing person.

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On June 27, at 9:12am Sunshine Coast RCMP were dispatched to a report of a rollover collision on Highway 101 in Roberts Creek involving a pickup truck with two male occupants.

The fire department and ambulance responded to assist the injured driver and passenger. Both occupants were transported to Sechelt

Hospital, where the 67-yearold driver was pronounced deceased, and the 62-yearold passenger was airlifted to Vancouver General Hospital with serious injuries.

Sunshine Coast RCMP held the scene for the Integrated Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Service (ICARS) to attend and assist in the investigation. The BC Coroners

Service is also conducting an investigation into the fatal collision.

Sunshine Coast RCMP thank the many members of the public who stopped to provide assistance to the occupants of the vehicle and provide valuable information to the emergency service personnel on scene.

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An Update on BC Ferries’ Langdale Terminal Redevelopment Plan Please continue to send me your questions about the Langdale terminal redevelopment project at michael.pearson@bcferries.com.

Hello Sunshine Coast Residents, We continue to move forward with the Langdale Terminal Development project. This month’s update focuses on construction phasing and an upcoming shoreline cleanup in the region.

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We are still targeting construction on the first phase to begin in the Fall. As we have mentioned previously, this project requires approval from the British Columbia Ferries Commissioner. We are moving the approvals process along as efficiently as we can and will update you when its complete.

What’s happening now at the terminal A current area of focus is on the early phases of construction. We recognize the construction process will cause some disruption at the terminal, so we are working hard to minimize that impact.

In the first phase of construction, we will be preparing the area for the new terminal building, which will be on the seaward side of the existing parking area. In this phase of work, we will need to relocate the bus pick-up and drop-off area, as well as the baggage drop-off/ pick-up area to allow the work area to be separated from pedestrian and vehicle

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traffic. This ensures the most efficient operation and safety of our customers and staff, as all work will take place behind construction fencing.

During this time customers travelling as foot passengers, including via BC Transit, will need to be aware of where the new pick-up/drop-off areas are located.

Customers disembarking the ship in a vehicle will also have a reduced merge lane when arriving at the terminal. Please ensure you drive slowly and safely when disembarking the ship and give yourself extra time when arriving at the terminal.

Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup Every year, hundreds of BC Ferries’ employees from across the province participate in the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup to help keep our beaches clean. This year, BC Ferries is running our company cleanup from July 6 - 14. The team at Langdale terminal will be cleaning the beach nearby on Monday, July 8. Last year, collectively across the company, employees removed over 1,500 kilograms of garbage from B.C. beaches!

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Sprinklers or soaker hoses are not permitted.

Watering trees, shrubs or flowers with hand held hoses with Watering trees, shrubs or flowers with hand held hoses with spray trigger nozzles, hand held containers or micro/drip-irrigation spray trigger nozzles, hand held containers or micro/drip-irrigation is permitted from 7 am - 8 am any day of the week. is permitted from 7 am - 8 am any day of the week.

Watering food producing plants and trees with hand held hosed Watering food producing plants and trees with hand held hosed with spray trigger nozzled, hand held containerd or with spray trigger nozzled, hand held containerd or micro/drip-irrigation is permitted anytime. micro/drip-irrigation is permitted anytime.

STAGE 4 SEVERE STAGE 4 SEVERE Ground water sources in Langdale, Soames Point and Granthams Ground water sources in Langdale, Soames Point and Granthams Landing will follow Stage 2 water conservation regulations.

Landing will follow Stage 2 water conservation regulations.

Customers on SCRD water from Pender Harbour to Earl’s Customers on SCRD water from Pender Harbour to Earl’s Cove/Egmont will remain at Stage 1 until further notice.

Cove/Egmont will remain at Stage 1 until further notice.

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

Congratulations to all 2019 graduates and to everyone who supported them along their journey. I hope each of them continues to enjoy learning throughout their lives. I enjoyed the graduation ceremony at Elphinstone Secondary this year where I heard stories of teachers, administrators and staff who did so much to make students’ lives better.

As the Chair of the Children and Youth Committee as well as being a member of the Finance and Government Services Committee I spent most of June on the road, traveling with MLAs from the Opposition and consulting with community members.

The Children and Youth Committee is examining services for children and youth with neuro-diverse special needs,

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and in particular their pathways to, and between these services. The Finance Committee is required to travel for two weeks around the Province to seek input on government priorities. Combined, we heard over 300 submissions from the public.

Both reports will be issued in the fall.

On Indigenous Day an important event took place in the Sechelt Longhouse. Hosted by the Syiyaya Reconciliation Movement, which includes shíshálh, Indigenous and non-Indigenous community members, a packed Longhouse witnessed the honouring of community members and the unveiling of four pieces of weaving they had created, which were gifted to local governments. Renowned local carver Anthony (Tony) Paul also described a “reconciliation” pole which he is carving on the empty lot between the Raven’s Cry and Big Mac’s. Residents and visitors to the Sunshine Coast are encouraged to stop to “chip in” and carve a piece out of the pole.

Powell River’s PRISMA music academy was a success again this year, beginning as usual with a concert on Willingdon Beach, in the centre of the Sunshine Coast’s largest municipality. Conducted by the Musical Arthur Arnold, the orchestra featured student musicians from sixteen different countries who have

come for two weeks of intensive symphony training.

The Sunshine Coast Pride Parade was an overwhelming success, with over 300 participants –and even more joined the party in Mission Point Park. In an age where Pride parades have become corporate billboards or political statements, the Sunday in the Park with Pride Society has managed to keep it about celebrating and accepting everyone. Slim and I were glad to be able to participate.

The Sechelt Seniors Activity Centre recently honoured their volunteers who keep the vibrant centre going so strong. The Parliamentary Secretary for Seniors, Anne Kang, MLA, had visited earlier and was impressed by the range of programming, the quality of the facility and the spirit of the participants. The food is always good at the Seniors Centre.

I am happy to announce that Kim Tournat, who has been on an extended leave of absence, has returned as my Constituency Assistant.

Huge thanks to Michelle Morton who has fulfilled the demanding role so well.

My offices will remain open throughout the Summer; on the Lower Coast in the temporary location in Teredo Square in Sechelt, and on the Upper Coast in Gibsons Crossing II in Powell River.

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Many dog owners feel that dogs experience a variety of emotions and that dogs can easily recognize emotions in people. Researchers have been studying emotions in dogs and the results, which indicate dogs do experience a wide range of emotions and can read emotions in humans, won’t surprise many dog owners.

Dogs have shown symptoms like people suffering from clinical depression, anxiety and neurosis. Some service dogs who retired from the US military when they could no longer carry out missions have been found to suffer from a condition now referred to as “Canine Post Traumatic Stress Disorder�

(CPTSD). After having suffered at least one traumatic event, these dogs may exhibit distress and behavioral problems like ones their human military counterparts show.

A 2014 study on jealousy in dogs found that when owners gave attention and affection to another person or animal, dogs engaged in attention seeking behavior like pushing between the owner and the rival and/or vocalizing.

Researchers from the University of Mexico studied how dogs pay close attention to human faces to guide their

behavior (for example, by recognizing their owner and his/her emotional state using visual cues). They trained dogs to stay still and awake inside an MRI scanner and showed the dogs pictures of human faces with different expressions along with pictures of inanimate objects.

They found that when the dogs looked at the facial expressions, the same areas of the brain were triggered in dogs as in humans in terms of reading and understanding facial cues.

Newer research on animal social cognition that reveals that dogs have sophisticat-

ed social-cognitive abilities and have been shown to use social cues better than chimpanzees, who, until now, have been generally thought to be the animals most like humans in their social abilities.

The growing body of supporting scientific evidence that shows that dogs do experience a wide range of complex emotions, and the identification of these emotions and attitudes in dogs may be helpful in preventing problem behaviors or in treating things like separation anxiety and in predicting the likelihood of its development in an individual dog

SC Special Olympics

Summer is here. And Special Olympics on the Coast is wrapping up.

Track & field closed out a spectacular season with a meet in Burnaby in Swangard Stadium. Athletes Amber Maher and Bruce Stuart raced, threw shotput and jumped with great gusto, coming in with a couple of firsts and seconds.

The softball tournament, cancelled due to rain back in May, was played on June 22 with a double header with the Coquitlam Tigers in Hackett Park. There were some great hits, yummy food and even trophies. Coach Randy Younghusband rose to the occasion making sure that everything went smoothly and all had a great time.

Bocce had a smooth finish with two relaxed games.

Coach Jeannie and supporter Sandi joined in the fun. Coach Judy reported that athlete Amber Fenton was on fire that afternoon. Post-game snacks from Judy and Jeannie sent all the athletes off for summer with big smiles.

Soccer had a great finish as well. June 17 saw both Sechelt and Gibsons having

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a fun matchup to close the season. A lot of great goals were scored, and an athlete vs coach game saw the athletes coming out on top. (The coaches did some push-ups if I recall.)

Later, at the AGM, we reflected on the successes of this past 2018/19 seasons.

Chelsea Rogers and Darren Inouye from head office offered congratulations for all our hard work. Several volunteers were honoured for their service: Sam Mladic and Darren Lane for their five dedicated years; Tania Finnigan, Randy Younghusband and Robert Wotton for 10 wonderful years; and Pat Stuart, Allyson Pearson and Jeannie Barwise for 15 magnificent years. The evening wound up with the election of a new executive to lead us into the future.

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Genny Verge will have taken part in the Canada Day parade in Sechelt, driven by former coach Marilyn Adams in her Miata convertible. Fellow athletes, coaches and supporters were also there to accompany Genny and spread the word about Special O. By then, she also will have made an appearance on CTV. I hope you were able to catch sight of her at one of these events.

On July 20, the Global Day of Inclusion, Tim Hortons will be hosting a donut fundraising campaign. They will be selling a special-edition donut designed by a Special Olympics athlete with all proceeds supporting Special O. To celebrate this occasion SOSC athletes will be on hand at both Tim Hortons locations to greet the public. Keep an eye out for further details.

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The first contains two words: “Act Now”.

Pleased with the reported results of the dialogues, the board is considering delaying its planned Water Summit until 2020. This was recommended in a report from Impact Resolutions, the contractor that organized the dialogues.

The board had originally called for the summit to be held this fall. In receiving the water dialogue contractor’s report at the June 27 corporate and administrative services committee meeting, board members supported waiting until costing for an additional reservoir, decisions on completion of universal water metering and a new water governance model are further developed.

Impact Resolutions sees a “grand opportunity for a

summit to be aligned with the launch of the governance model”. In its report, it recommended the SCRD allocate sufficient planning and lead time to the summit planning process.

That recommendation reflected the fact that there was just over two weeks of public notice about the water dialogue events. Residents voiced concerns that this was too short of a time period for some community members, including those who reside on the Coast part-time, to plan to attend.

Impact’s recommendation to postpone the summit cited that a delay would be prudent, as current SCRD staff efforts should be focused on the drought management plan and projects related to water infrastructure. It also recommended that the SCRD host two or three public events this fall. These would be to update and seek more input from residents on

drought management, water conservation and planning for future system infrastructure.

Over 350 members of the public attended portions of the three water dialogue sessions. The report outlines other key messages from the public. These include calls for the SCRD to diversify its water supply, expand water conservation, protect existing watersheds and explore more sources of groundwater.

The report, entitled “A New, Integrated Approach: SCRD Water Public Participation Events” is available on scrd.ca. SCRD staff committed to make the audio recording of the June 5 event available on its YouTube channel.

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ELF holding classes in timber cutblock Elphinstone Logging Focus (ELF) is pleased to announce a new initiative called “Living Forest Institute” (LFI) to connect the people of the Sunshine Coast to their forest home. We see Mt. Elphinstone as a treasure trove of flora and fauna, but also a living inspiration for art and community and one we seek to protect for future generations. The forest in immediate need of protecting is the “Clack Creek Gallery Forest”.

This forest was referred early on as “gallery”, as the visual qualities here are spectacular and to acknowledge the creative input from the community when, three years ago, many residents expressed their relationship to this forest through art hung on the trees.

The LFI will offer art and nature education, often in combination. All workshops,

walks, concerts and art lessons being held in the Clack Creek Gallery Forest are by donation and accessible to all. (The forest is the critical centre of the proposed Elphinstone Park expansion area, and has been sold to a logging company.)

These all-ages activities can include forest treks, outdoor sketching, live music, guided meditation, plant and bird identification, environmental art, forest bathing, storytelling, vision quests, yoga, nature photography, children’s filmmaking and more, depending on the available talent in each community. Our goal is that, through these activities, participants will develop stronger connections with key local forests and understand their importance in their communities’ and the world’s well-being.

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The LFI web site, www. livingforestinstitute.ca/, has a full summer calendar of offerings and bios of each workshop facilitator, or featured artist. Events are being held each Sunday in July and August from 1-4pm. Booking will be done online with a suggested donation of $10 to be collected onsite. Fall course scheduling is underway, and LFI invites facilitators and artists to pitch events.

“ELF is delighted that the Living Forest Institute will extend our ongoing work by inviting people to get to know this natural forest before it’s potentially lost to clearcut logging,” says Ross Muirhead, ELF’s forest protection campaigner and founder. “I’m very excited to see LFI’s events taking place in this beautiful Clack Creek Forest and the creative energy that will be inspired by it. We remain hopeful that through these kinds of positive initiatives this forest will be permanently protected as part of an expanded Mt. Elphinstone Provincial Park.”

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Events on the Sunshine Coast July 4 First of summer drop-ins to learn bridge, Gibsons Public Library, 1-2:30pm July 4 First of the summer drop-ins for French conversation, Gibsons Public Library, 4-5:30pm July 5 Play Magic or Dungeons and Dragons, for kids 10-16, Gibsons Public Library, 1-3:30pm July 5 Music in the Landing presents Chris Kelly & Nicole Gibson, gazebo on the wharf, Gibsons, 7-8pm, free July 5 DJ Mama, Lighthouse Pub, Sechelt, 9pm July 6 Historical 90-minute walking tour of Gibsons Landing with Dale Peterson, meet at George Gibson statue 10am, by donation July 6 Daniel Kingsbury memorial 3-on-3 basketball tournament, presented by the Jellyfish Project, Roberts Creek Community School, 10am-5pm, $35 for players, spectators free, 604740-7061 July 6 Men’s group, Gibsons Public Library, 10am-noon July 6 Flea market, Gibsons curling rink, 10am-2pm July 6 Music in the Landing presents Robin Atchison Duo, Pioneer Square, Gibsons, 11am-1pm, free July 6 SC Streamkeepers invasive plant removal (ivy on trees), Roberts Creek, meet at foot of Metcalfe Rd., 11am-1pm July 6 Sechelt Summer Music presents Backporch Reunion (noon) and G Willy & The Luv (1pm), library lawn stage, noon-2pm, free July 6 Stephen Volger, Tapworks Brewing, Gibsons, 2pm July 6 SC Roller Girls info and dance party, learn about league and try skates, Gibsons Community Centre, 1-4pm July 6 Music in the Landing presents Brad Wells, above Winegarden Park, Gibsons, 2-3:30pm, free July 6 The Oscar Lopez Trio, Rockwood Pavillion, Sechelt, 7-10pm, $35 July 6 Music in the Landing presents Martini Madness, Winegarden Park, Gibsons, 7-8:45pm, free July 6 Coco Love Alcorn, Secret Beach Garden Stage, 995 Grandview Rd., Gibsons, 7-10pm, $25 donation, 604362-1280 July 6 Daniel Kingsbury tournament afterparty with Dan Kingsbury & Out of Bluegrass, Mikey Ban and Buzy Bee, Roberts Creek Legion, 8pm, members $8, guests $10 July 6 Jan Seides, from Austin, Texas, Gumboot Cafe, Roberts Creek, 8:30-11pm, $10-20 at the door

July 6 Monty Montego and the Rocksteady Crew, Lighthouse Pub, Sechelt, 9pm July 7 Music in the Landing presents Hordes of Ords, Sunday market, Gibsons, 11am-1pm, free July 7 Annual low tide beach exploration, Sargeant Bay, Halfmoon Bay, 11am-3pm, www.sargbay.ca July 7 Slow Sundays in the Creek presents the Loose Ends Trio (noon), Whiskey Business ukulele duo (1pm) and Martini Madness (2pm), plus vendors and games, behind the Roberts Creek library, noon-3:30pm July 7 Living Forest Institute presents all-ages drawing workshop with Marleen Vermeulen, Clack Creek Forest, follow signs 5.3k up B&K logging road, Roberts Creek, 1pm, $10 donation, livingforestinstitute.ca July 7 Dr. Brian Goldman discusses his book “The Power of Kindness” with Vicki Gabereau, presented by the Writers Festival and Sechelt Hospital Foundation, Rockwood Pavilion, Sechelt, 2pm, $20, share-there.com July 7 Stephen Volger, 101 Brewhouse, Gibsons, 2pm July 7 Chefs in the Woods culinary event, Ruby Lake Resort, 5-9pm, $80, 604-883-2269 July 7 Choral Evensong, Christ the Redeemer Anglican Church, Madeira Park, 5-6pm July 7 Jim Foster, Lighthouse Pub, Sechelt, 5pm July 9 Ministry of agriculture workshop for farmers on local land use knowledge, Roberts Creek Hall, 4-7pm July 10 Pharmacist Jenn May presents on food as an element of selfcare, Howe Sound Pharmacy, Gibsons, 1-2pm, admission by donation of non-perishable item for the food bank.

July 12 Opening reception for exhibition by Caroline Weaver, The Kube, Gibsons, 6-9pm July 12 Conversation and a slideshow about Inside Passage School of Fine Cabinetmaking, Grove Front Gallery, 5455 Inlet Ave., Sechelt, 6-8pm, by donation July 12 Music in the Landing presents Celso Machado, gazebo on the wharf, Gibsons, 7-8pm, free July 12 Jeevious Family, Roberts Creek Legion, 8pm, members $5, guests $10 July 18 Repair cafe, Sunnycrest Mall, Gibsons, 11am-4pm July 13 Yoga beer & brunch, Persephone Brewery, Gibsons, 9:45am, $30, reserve at 778-462-3007

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Hula master brings her unconditional love to the Coast Esteemed Hawaiian emissary and hula master, Kumu Puna Kalama Dawson, will be on the Sunshine Coast for a week-long Hawaiian cultural event July 9 to 16.

Puna is a Kumu Hula (a master teacher) of traditional Hawaiian dance, a recording artist and composer who has won many awards. All are invited to share in Puna’s charismatic presence at Aloha Mai, and evening of Hawaiian hula, chant, song, talk story and sharing of aloha at the atrium in Gibsons Public Market on Sunday July 14, from 7-9pm.

Descended from Hawaiian queens and ancient hula lineage, Puna is “a keeper of knowledge” who has embraced her responsibility to perpetuate the Hawaiian culture and message of aloha not only locally but globally.

As well as being a community leader on her own island of Kauai where she has started

a Hawaiian language school and housing project, she is also a global visionary and peace activist who “lives aloha” (unconditional inclusive love), sewing a lei of relationships through countries around the world. Invited by the U.S. government to lead healing ceremony at Ground Zero, she was recently fund-raising for victims of the nuclear accident in Fukushima.

We are honoured that this master is coming to the Sunshine Coast to continue her 20-year mentorship of Dhyana Bartkow and our local hula school Keia Papa Kaua.

Kumu Puna will be teaching daily Hawaiian hula classes from Tuesday, July 9 to Wednesday, July 16. Anyone who has a basic knowledge of hula steps and hip movements and would like to deepen their knowledge, is invited to register for some or all of these traditional Ha-

Hula master Kumu Puna Kalama Dawson will present an evening of hula dance and song at the Gibsons Public Market July 14. She will also be leading classes at a local hula school.

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It was a fine day for a Canada Day parade in downtown Sechelt July 1, and it drew the usual big crowd. And while folks waited for the floats and marchers, entertainment was provided by the SunCoast Concert Band. CONNIE JORDISON PHOTO

Travel sketching workshops in August

A pencil and watercolour sketch of Pushkar, India, painted by Hiroshi Shimazaki in 2004. Shimazaki will teach an advanced one-day workshop on travel sketching on three Saturdays in August. PHOTO SUBMITTED

Renowned Sunshine Coast watercolour artist Hiroshi Shimazaki will offer advanced workshops on travel sketching on three Saturdays in August at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery, under the heading “fuss-free indelible memories”.

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sketching workshops left off, creating pencil and wash sketches that reflect the artist’s response to the scene.

Attendance at an earlier workshop is desirable but not mandatory, especially for those who have landscape watercolour sketching experience. Enthusiasm of course is mandatory.

Shimazaki describes himself as both a geographer and an “aspiring landscape painter”. He writes: “Geography and landscape painting share a common concern – the study of the relationship between people and environment.”

It has been said that each of his paintings is not just of a place but a complete visual statement of the atmospheric, water, land and human significance of that living place.

He also has a well-earned reputation as a teacher, and takes groups of students on his travels around the world.

The advanced workshops will be offered on Aug. 3, Aug. 10 or Aug. 24, 9am-4pm with a lunch break. The fee is $100 ($90 for GPAG members).

Register at the gallery.

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Bill Reid artworks up for sale Sunshine Coast gold and diamond merchant, Johnny Walker, is selling the Johnny Walker Collection of art works.

This extraordinary collection features hundreds of iconic Bill Reid creations which have been in storage for decades and represent the origin of some of Reid’s most famous works. Never before exhibited, this historically important collection includes Reid’s personal sketchbook and numerous other sketches; stunning gold and silver objects; original molds, casts and masters; original hand and typed written letters; artwork and negatives; unfinished works; and even photos Reid took of his other works and the negatives, and much more.

This extremely rare Johnny Walker Collection includes numerous other stored important works of art by some of the greatest talents of the Bill Reid era and others.

The collection totals approximately 600 items and is offered for sale with an asking price of $4.9 million USD ($6.44 million CDN).

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Coast gold and diamond merchant Johnny Walker says he is selling hundreds of Bill Reid’s works under the name “Johnny Walker Collection.” He says they have been “in storage” for years and originated with his elderly “partner” who used to work with Reid. (In recent years, Gibsons resident Grace Mooney has tried to find a Canadian museum willing to buy her Reid collection, dating from her work with Reid in the 1970s.)

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Halfmoon Bay Elementary saves energy Halfmoon Bay Elementary teacher Kassandra Stinchcombe was grinning as classes ended in June. Summer vacation is here, but better yet her Grade 5/6 class won this year’s “Energy Cup” – dropping school energy use by over nine per cent in one week in April through behaviour changes. “Students better understand climate change impacts and ways they can make positive impacts,” said Stinchcombe.

“From basic science, they now also experienced local solutions to climate change happening here on the Coast.”

The Energy Matters program provides Grade 4 to 10 teachers with curriculum linked lesson resources focussed on the science and solutions of energy use. And the Energy Cup is a schoolto-school competition that encourages students to find opportunities to save energy at school and at home. The heat is turned down a couple of degrees for one week in April and all classes help save energy in every way.

This year, rather than use the money saved to provide personal prizes to the winning students, SD46 is purchasing a carbon offset (for

$1,000) somewhere else in the world. “Apart from the recognition of winning, Halfmoon Bay Elementary students are excited to have their school’s name attached to a carbon offset purchased to offset 30 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions”, Stinchcombe said.

Said Rob Collison, manager of facilities and transportation for SD46: “Of course, schools require energy for heating and cooling rooms; heating water and for lights and appliances, but we also need to refresh how we use our buildings – turning off lights yes, and closing doors after recess are two ways. But there’s lots more schools can do. Davis Bay students this year explored the cause of energy spikes via the schools’ BC Hydro accounts. Sometimes its little things that make a difference like leaving projectors on when not needed and empty fridges plugged”.

It was four years ago, that Collison had the brainchild to initiate the Energy Matters program which hosts the Energy Cup. Collison works hard to find energy solutions daily. “With better windows, better in-

sulation and more efficient air-handling and heating systems, and better light controls we save energy,” he said. “To reduce greenhouse gas emissions, we have to electrify more schools – i.e. replace natural gas heating with electricity. That drives cost up because gas is cheaper, but using electricity saves tonnes of emissions. So, we installed solar in multiple schools with available grants, to help further offset the high cost of electricity and reduce our emissions. Davis Bay Elementary now saves 50 per cent on electricity use even in November and March compared to before. The three winter months we rely on the grid – the other seven months we put more back into the grid than we use.

Langdale Elementary is now a top energy performer after adding solar, new windows and HVAC upgrades.

“In the past decade SD46 buildings have gone from 1,000 tonnes of CO2e to 580 tonnes per year,” said Collison. “Our costs in that time dropped 20 per cent ($100,000 annually) and we dropped energy usage by a third.”

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Teacher Kassandra Stinchcombe, at centre holding the certificate, is surrounded by her Grade 5/6 students who won this year’s “Energy Cup” by reducing energy use at Halfmoon Bay Elementary. They are trying hard to look thoughtful, having been instructed to pose as if they are considering their next energy-saving tactic. PHOTO SUBMITTED

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Paving crews are slated to be back at work on Pender Harbour’s Francis Peninsula Road in July. They will be finishing road repairs related to the SCRD’s south Pender watermain replacement project.

At its June 27 meeting, the SCRD Board approved an additional $188,680 to complete this work. This increases total costs for this project to over $2 million. In April, 2017 the board authorized the construction based on a budget of $1.65 million.

The work began in October,2018. More blasting and ground disturbance than anticipated was needed to install the watermain. This caused damage to the road. In March of this year, the board authorized an additional $200,000 to the project. Just over half of those funds were taken from the budget of a similar SCRD project in north Pender Harbour, along Garden Bay and Claydon Roads, resulting in work in that area being reduced.

The SCRD received a Clean Water and Wastewater Fund Grant of just under $1.37 million for the south Pender project. The expanded budget for this work will also use money from reserves in place for the south Pender water system. Of the extra, $395,000 will come from the system’s capital reserves and $189,000 from operating reserves.

Paving of 700 metres of half lane, and 1.5 kilometres of full lane surfaces on Francis Peninsula Road is planned for. Contractor BA Blacktop completed approximately 1.1 kilometers of single lane paving before the project ran into financial difficulties a second time.

Cold and snowy weather conditions during the winter of 2018/19 delayed construction. When the first budget increase was provided, SCRD staff indicated the project would be completed in June.

They now estimate the work will be done in July.

The second budget increase was recommended to the board by its infrastructure services committee on June 20. At that meeting, Area A Director Leonard Lee said, “there was about a 14-percent cost overrun, which is not extravagant for a project of this size.” Connie Jordison

BA Blacktop’s pavement milling machine sits idle on Francis Peninsula Road awaiting shuffling of funds in the project budget the SCRD adopted only two months ago. The paving is intended to proceed this month. CONNIE JORDISON PHOTO

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42. Exact Sagittarius (Nov 22–Dec 21) 44. Novel The Solar Eclipse will 45. Part of a flower have the effect of plunging 47. Rational 48. Highly poisonous herb 73. Regenerate 21. Family you back into the deep wa48. This place 50. Harry the magician 74. Hinge joint 25. Den ters. This episode of your 49. Drinking vessel 52. Ancient Roman sun 27. Large woody plant DOWN destiny is to support you to 51. Term of a contract god 29. Parts of the Roman 1. Travesty clear the old to make way 53. Mythical beast 53. Not as wet calendar 2. Fruit of the oak for the new…power. It is an 56. Male feline 54. Cowboy exhibition 30. Type of anesthetic 3. Cove important completion of 60. Poke 55. Courage 32. Police officer 4. Set free a process that has already 61. Narrate 57. Body of rules 33. Wonder or admiration 5. Flexible container 64. South American ungulate been underway for many 58. Entertain 34. Acquire 6. Song for solo voice 65. Assistant months, or is that years?

59. One of the senses 36.

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Inside 68. Burden of responsibility may have some real work 62. Jungle king 39. For each 9. Short sleep 69. Appear to do.

63. Reservoir 40. Female sheep 10. Invective 70. Call forth 67. Condensation Capricorn (Dec 22–Jan 19) 42. Stopper 11. Livid 71. Price Life is all about relation43. Chair 12. Catapult 72. System of weights or Solution on page 14 ships and you are about to 13. Camping equipment 46. School for special training Courtesy of: puzzlechoice.com ancient city get yet another reminder of their importance in your CALLY OW LO life. Positively, you will feel Trail Bay Centre • 5755 Cowrie Street, Sechelt empowered by the interYEARS of service • Meat & Deli 604-885-9812 • Produce & Floral 604-885-9841 actions. Yet, there remains ND E O P E R AT • Bakery 604-885-9823 • Office 604-885-2025 some deep end work to do and this will be made espeD

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Aries (Mar 21 – Apr 19) A dramatic and playful mood prevails. The focus remains on the home front as questions about where home and heart can happily meet represent center stage. As Mercury turns retrograde and re-enters Cancer later this month, the emotional barometer will escalate. In the forefront, your sights will be set to have some fun in the sun.

Taurus (Apr 20 – May 20) Your energy levels are running high and you are in an animated mod. Yet, you also want to get to the bottom of things. Further, Mercury retrograde will deepen and sharpen your focus.

This could be applied well to projects. Yet, be careful not to be too casual with your words and deeds regarding others as the sharp edges will cut.

Gemini (May 21 – Jun 21) The focus now is upon security. It probably includes new perspectives and approaches regarding your diet and nutrition intake.

Financial questions and concerns are also featured.

Sometimes you are more cavalier in your spending, but not this time. Now you are keen to stretch your money as much as you can.

Where you will invest is linked to why cupid aims arrows, in love.

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