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Sunshine Coast, British Columbia • www.thelocalweekly.ca • Thursday, June 1, 2017 Remembering Mountaineer Dick Culbert Page 5

Seniors Care Facility Stalled

The Cycling Family

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Transit Back On Track Page 3

The Coast's First Cidery Page 5

Sunshine Coast Pride 2017 Pages 6-7

Pickleball Primer Page 9

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The Sunshine Coast’s “cycling family” was out in force this week for Bike to Work and School Week. Here, Milo Emmerson, age 11, and his brother Morris, 8, are headed to Gibsons Elementary, with mother Erin Whalen following behind. Any Coast elementary student who rides at least one day to school and describes their love of cycling in words or art work, has a chance to win a new bike. Maintenance crews were able to sweep the crack sealing sand off Highway 101 in time for a sunny start to the cycling week. A wrap up party will be held on June 2, 5:30-9pm, at the Gumboot Cafe in Roberts Creek. DONNA MCMAHON PHOTO London Drugs

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Schedule change: telling BC Ferries what you think Sunshine Coast and Bowen Island residents are eager to tell BC Ferries what they think about proposed changes to schedules for the Langdale and Bowen Island routes. An online survey launched on May 24 gathered almost 1,800 responses in the first three days, according to consultants from Context

Research, the firm that BC Ferries has hired to conduct public engagement.

The public engagement program includes focusgroup workshops, an online survey, and “intercept surveys” at Langdale and Horseshoe Bay terminals and community events.

Three schedule options are

being presented, with comments about the pros and cons of each solicited. All the schedules add five to 10 minutes to the turnaround time for each sailing, with the goal of increasing on-time performance on the Langdale route to 90 per cent from its current dismal level of 70-75 per cent.

"Although it seems like

schedule changes should be easy, they’re actually quite challenging," said Mark Collins, BC Ferries’ President & CEO, in a BC Ferries press release.

"There are a variety of factors that we need to consider including our current space and logistical constraints. We also need to take into account the fact the Horseshoe BayLangdale, Horseshoe BaySnug Cove and Horseshoe Bay-Departure Bay routes all share the Horseshoe Bay terminal. Trade-offs are a reality of the changes we need to make. We want the community’s help in deciding which trade-offs we should say yes to."

Several commuters attending an evening workshop in Gibsons on May 24 expressed concern over the proposed afternoon sailing times from Horseshoe Bay. The three schedule options presented have sailings at 4 and 6:10 pm, or 3:45 and 6 pm, or 4:10 and 6:25 pm, all of which bracket the ideal return time for commuters of 5 to 5:30 pm. (Two of the schedules keep the first Langdale departure at 6:20am, and one would change it to 5:55am.)

The survey, at bcferries. com/about/ontime-sc, will remain live for the rest of June. By-invitation focus groups have been held in Gibsons, Sechelt, and Powell River, and a Saturday session is scheduled on June 10 to accommodate commuters who aren't available during the week.

An outreach team from Context Research will be talking to travellers at Langdale on June 8, 9, and 22, and July 3 and 5. Teams will also be at Gibsons Public Market on June 3 and 16, the Sechelt Farmers Market on June 10, and the Gibsons Landing Jazz Festival on June 17.

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BuyArtFeedKids founder Dana Caple, left, receives a $320 cheque from local artist Christy Sverre, representing part of the proceeds from the sale of the artist’s work on buyartfeedkids.com. Forty per cent of art sales on the website go to the SC Community Services Society’s “Bellies and Babies” program, which supports nutrition of pregnant and postnatal mothers and their children. PHOTO SUBMITTED

Seniors care facility stalled The District of Sechelt has decided not to move ahead with a rezoning process for the controversial Silverstone Care Centre proposal in West Sechelt.

At the Planning and Community Development committee meeting of May 24, councilors voted to revise the Official Community Plan (OCP) before starting a process to rezone the property for a 128-bed long term care facility operated by Trellis Seniors Services.

Staff presented a detailed report on the proposal, explaining why the OCP should be amended first.

"It has become clear to the Planning and Development Services Department that the OCP lacks policies dealing with long-term residential care facilities such as this," stated the report, noting that without changes to the OCP, the Trellis proposal would be difficult to support.

Presenting to the committee on May 24, Interim Community Planner, Aaron Thompson, said Sechelt's OCP is focused primarily on residential developments, and lacks policies for developments that "bridge the gap between residential and institutional." He further noted that although the Trellis proposal meets many of Sechelt's OCP goals, its location—a kilometre from downtown in a currently unserviced area— is problematic. Moreover, changing the zoning for that property (currently residential) would significantly alter the future of the entire neighbourhood.

The Planning Committee discussed the possibility of proceeding with the Silverstone rezoning in parallel with OCP amendments, but the only support for that option came from Councillor Darnelda Siegers.

"We want all of council to

debate this and the only way to do that is to move this forward," said Siegers. "This community's been waiting a long time to be able to engage with us on this type of proposal, and particularly this proposal."

However, other committee members wanted to deal with the OCP first. Their recommendation will be forwarded to the next full Council meeting on June 7.

This decision by the Planning Committee is a setback for Trellis's controversial proposal to build a privately operated for-profit long term care facility to replace publicly operated Totem Lodge and Shorncliffe. Local residents, angered by a lack of public consultation before Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) signed an agreement with Trellis, have turned out in large numbers to express their opposition. The May 24 committee meeting was no exception; a crowd overflowed the meeting room.

According to the agreement signed by VCH in April 2016, Trellis anticipated receiving a development permit by February 2017 and starting construction this month.

VCH may cancel the agreement without penalty if Trellis has not received a building permit within 270 days (nine months) of application. The development application was submitted on November 14, 2016, and the 270-day period would expire August 10 or 11. It is unlikely that rezoning could be completed and a building permit issued by that time.

Ian McLatchie of the citizen's group Protect Public Health Care, said: We'll certainly be using that (270-day) deadline to up the pressure on VCH to suspend the contract and begin a meaningful process of community engagement." Donna McMahon

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Transit back on track Transit expansion plans are back on track after Sunshine Coast Regional District directors voted on May 25 to approve the operating agreements with BC Transit that are required to implement service expansion.

Area B Director Garry Nohr, who voted against approving the agreements on May 18, stated that he had wanted a Sechelt Indian Government District (SIGD) representative to be at the table before the board made such a significant decision.

SIGD representative Keith Julius supported the transit expansion.

"With everything that's happening to Mother Earth, the only thing we can do now is to slow things down. This is a part of slowing things down. When it comes to this transit issue, I fully agree with trying to get as many cars off the road as we possibly can.

I fully support people riding their bikes and we need to make the roads as safe as we possibly can."

Town of Gibsons Councillor Jeremy Valeriote reported that he had taken the bus to the meeting and was happy to see that it was almost full.

"I suspect that we're on the verge of a traffic issue on the coast and I don't know that the Ministry of Highways is going to come and build us a new highway any time soon, so I think we need to start looking at solutions," said Valeriote.

He felt that the additional taxation was justified. "For $25 per household you can have a functional transit service that people can use to get to and from work and tie in with ferries.”

Although Nohr supported the transit service expansion, he urged the board to lobby the provincial government for better transportation funding for rural areas. "It isn't affordable at this point because of the rules of BC Transit," said Nohr. "We've got to do some advocating to try and balance that cost."

Directors voted five to two in favour of the transit agreements, with Area F director Ian Winn and District of Sechelt councillor Doug Wright opposed.

The committee also di-

rected staff to report back on funding options for transit, including a comparison with funding models used elsewhere in the province.

Nohr once again raised his concerns about the apportionment of transit costs between the SCRD areas, and Area F director Ian Winn also reiterated that residents of Keats and Gambier Island may be taxed for a service do not receive.

In a later email, Nohr expanded on the apportionment issue. "Three of the areas with the highest assessment costs are paying for a good portion of the busing with very little service. Compared to others it doesn't seem equal or fair. I feel it should be looked at."

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Editorial Opinion The grisly grizzly business Grizzly bears venturing from dens in search of food face landscapes dominated by mines, roads, pipelines, clearcuts and ever-expanding towns and cities. As in years past, they’ll also face the possibility of painful death at the hands of trophy hunters.

BC’s spring bear hunt opened in April. Hunters fan out across the province’s mountains, grasslands, forests and coastline, armed with high-powered rifles and the desire to bag a grizzly bear, just to put its head on a wall or its pelt on the floor as a “trophy”.

According to BC government statistics, they will kill about 300 of these majestic animals by the end of the spring and fall hunts. If this year follows previous patterns, about 30 per cent of the slaughter will be females — the reproductive engines of grizzly populations.

Many grizzlies will likely be killed within BC’s renowned provincial parks and protected areas, where trophy hunting is legal. Government records obtained by the David Suzuki Foundation in 2008 show trophy hunters have shot dozens of grizzly bears in places we would expect wildlife to be protected. We don't know the exact number of bears killed in BC's parks since 2008 because, in contravention of a BC's privacy commissioner’s ruling, the government refuses to disclose recent spatial data showing where bears have been killed.

Trophy hunting is prohibited in most U.S. national parks and all Canadian national parks, but not in BC’s provincial parks.

Wild animals don’t heed political boundaries. Wide-ranging species like grizzly bears move in and out of neighbouring jurisdictions. If a grizzly bear in Montana wanders a few kilometres north in search of a mate, it goes from being protected by the U.S. Endangered Species Act to being a possible trophy hunter target in BC. In parts of Canada, mainly in sparsely populated areas of northern BC and the territories, grizzly bear numbers are stable. But in the Interior and southern BC and Alberta, grizzlies have been relegated to a ragged patchwork of small, isolated and highly threatened habitats — a vestige of the forests and grasslands they once dominated. The BC government has ended grizzly hunting among highly threatened sub-populations in the Interior and southern parts of the province and, in response to pressure from local First Nations, has promised to do the same in the Great Bear Rainforest. But the slaughter of BC’s great bears continues everywhere else.

It’s time to stop this grisly business.

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

Trash talk I received my bill for utilities, mainly water and trash, last month.

My first response: why should I be paying the same rate as anybody else when our household of two usually puts the trash bin out every three weeks? We would never put the bin out each week. It would be rare for our household to put out the bin every two weeks and occasionally it’s not needed for four weeks.

A solution: I suggest tags for bins that have a per-bin (volume) cost at the curb.

We do take some effort and cost, composting, detailed recycling, returnables (hopefully refillables) and care in buying to reduce waste. It can be done.

A modern wood-burning heater also takes care of some paper products unfit for recycle during cold weather.

I feel that SCRD is not asking for reduction. It’s too easy to throw out. Other levels of government are not asking for rational packaging to reduce. If people don’t care they must be asked to care. The tools are available. I don’t mean the very efficient removal of binned waste, automatically removed weekly. In fact I mean local government deliberately asking why should this be waste?

On a recent run to the Sechelt landfill with the seemingly inevitable broken, degraded or non-reusables, I was shocked at the number of eagles, ravens, seagulls

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etc. roosted all around the dump and refuse spread on the surrounding landscape and in the trees. Outrageous. I asked how many eagles, and was told 150 and a peak of 600 seasonally. Intolerable. None of my refuse is suitable to feed wildlife.

I pick up trash all too often in the woods and sideroads, often overwhelmed by trash in our region. I have performed unsolicited beach clean-ups. The people with me were glad to do it and felt accomplishment.

Time to inspire that feeling.

All told it’s a culture in decline. Loss of pride in place, loss of sense of continuity and definitely ill prepared for health and wellbeing of self and environment.

Urgent request to SCRD: do more for the pride of community, do more for costing fairness and do what can be done before too late. The seasonal and visitor population of the Sunshine Coast is upon us.

It’s not a surprise or unexpected. There will be many more people, many without local knowledge. It’s time to step up to the waste challenge and lead.

John R. Dafoe, Halfmoon Bay

Ferry advice (Addressed to BC Ferries and copied to the Local) As mentioned on earlier occasions, the hourly sailings (during the repairs to berth 1 at Langdale) have been a great success, practically ensuring good on-time performance and almost eliminating overloads.

With the Salish class vessels now in operation, and hopefully the good expected performance, one solution might be to extend the automobile equivalent deck space (AEQ) capacity to minimum 200 AEQs for two new similar types of ships, i.e. LNG and diesel oil pro-

pulsion and reduced crew levels.

This will bring the operating cost near the current costs. It will also bring the desired big service improvements. The sooner the better.

Jakob Knaus, Sechelt

Chip steal? (re “The ‘chipseal’ chronicles continued”, the Local, May 25) Chipseal is a “cheap steal”. The “cheap steal” is the crafty diversion of a substantial amount of public, provincial and federal infrastructure money into Gibsons council’s pet project, the Gibsons Public Market, which in reality is a “frat house” for the wealthy.

As a result, council resorted to a retrograde technique called chipseal in order, as the Gibsons mayor states, to stretch the road maintenance budget.

One wonders how much infrastructure money has actually been funnelled (in total) into that one structure, and away from such necessities as road maintenance?

Keith Receveur, Gibsons

Say not to knotweed

In the UK, the spread of Japanese knotweed has become a multi-billion pound problem. Property owners cannot sell or get insurance for infested lots.

Knotweed is not that big a problem here on the Sunshine Coast but it is a "growing" one. In fact, where there used to be a few stalks along the 101, there are now forests over-hanging the highway and bike lanes.

I spotted a new stand of it by the sidewalk on Medusa and it wasn't there a year ago. It could become a very expensive problem for us if we ignore it.

The Halfmoon Bay Citizens' Association is hold-

ing a "Say No to Knotweed" workshop open to the whole community to raise the alarm about knotweed.

On June 22 from 5 to 7 pm, Jennifer Grenz, knotweed guru for BC, will bring us up-to-date information on knotweed and the bestpractices eradication methods. Folks will learn how to identify what Donna McMahon last year called a "vegetable terrorist" and environmentalists will hear the latest science-based information on the use of glyphosates to treat knotweed. The International Agency for Research on Cancer, a subdivision of the World Health Organization, finds that glyphosates are non-carcinogenic in mammals. Treatment methods will be demonstrated.

The June 22 event takes place in the Sechelt Indian Band Hall (behind McDonald's) and doors open at 4:30pm Mary Beth Knechtel, president, Halfmoon Bay Citizens' Association

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Mountaineer was a Coast trail-builder Mountaineers and outdoors lovers on the Sunshine Coast and across BC were saddened to hear of the passing of legendary mountaineer Dick (Richard) Culbert, age 77, on May 20 at his home near Langdale.

Born in 1940 in Winnipeg, Culbert grew up in Vancouver and as a teenager began climbing in the North Shore mountains. In 1959 he made a month-long solo trip through the Howson Range in northern BC, and in the 1960s and early 1970s he made hundreds of first ascents of peaks, including the first winter ascent of Mt. Waddington. Locally, he pioneered many new, difficult routes on mountains in the Squamish and Vancouver area.

Culbert wrote two highly regarded climbing works: A Climbers Guide to the Coastal Ranges of British Columbia (1965) and Alpine Guide to South Western British Columbia (1974).

After obtaining a PhD in geophysical engineering, Culbert worked in many remote parts of the world, particularly in South America.

In 1998, he moved to the Sunshine Coast with his wife, Maggie, and became involved in building and maintaining trails locally, collecting wild mushrooms, and cataloguing online the thousands of photos of flora and fauna that he had encountered in his work and travels In partnership with another trail builder, Culbert was responsible for creating the Mount Elphinstone Summit Trail, which is in the process of becoming a permanently recognized and protected trail under the Forest and Range Practices Act. He also

did considerable work on other trails, including the Mount Killam Trail on Gambier Island.

Friend and fellow trail builder Matt Lovegrove said: "I think Richard really liked the challenge of pushing into the unknown." When Culbert heard about a new trail being developed from Squamish to the Sunshine Coast, he became intrigued. The trail had originally been intended to come through Salmon and Sechelt Inlets, but Culbert had been working on a route up Polytope Pass from Rainy River (near Port Mellon), and realized that it could be a feasible alternative.

He became an advocate for the Rainy River route and began flagging it in 2014,

In time for the busy summer travel season the Coast Car Co-op is excited to announce that travelers arriving at Langdale will have access to a Coast Car Co-op vehicle. As of June 2 the Toyota Corolla will be conveniently located at the Langdale Ferry Terminal from Friday to Sunday.

The Coast Car Co-op Board of Directors has been working toward the goal of having a vehicle parked at the terminal for the last several months. This pilot project will run from June to September. During this time period the Toyota Corolla will be shared with our Downtown Sechelt location. It is still the goal of the Coast Car Coop to establish two vehicles permanently and full-time at the Langdale Ferry Terminal.

The feasibility of this will be examined in the fall of 2017 at the conclusion of the pilot project.

Usage data indicates that there is already high usage on the weekends from Coast Car Co-op and Modo members who travel to the Sunshine

Coast. With a vehicle located at Langdale Ferry Terminal we hope to make usage more convenient and routine. The

and then building in 2015 and 2016. Even after he had to pull back due to declining health, he hosted trail planning meetings at his home, bringing together various trail users such as hikers, bikers and ATVers. "He was the heart of the trail for the Sunshine Coast end," said Lovegrove.

The trail to Squamish is not yet finished, but Dick's son Vance created a minor legend of his own by running the entire 70 km route from Squamish to Rainy River in 13 hours in August 2016, despite the fact that sections still required bushwhacking.

The Friends of Mount Elphinstone Summit Trail will erect signs in his honour this summer. Donna McMahon

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Last year saw the Coast’s first Little Pride Parade, starting at the Davis Bay pier and ending at Mission Point Park for an afternoon picnic of games, food, songs and fun. Laurie Lesk, director of the Sunday in the Park with Pride Society and a parade organizer, hopes this year’s parade builds on last year’s successful debut. “Two hundred people showed up,” she reports of the first parade’s attendance. “There were at least 15 young people that day, which was well beyond my expectation.” Lesk specifically notes the number of youth that attended because engaging the Coast’s queer youth has become her focus.

“Despite all the shifts we see in the world, not that much has changed since I was a teenager,” says Lesk, noting that while gains in human rights have taken place in Canada and the US, “It’s still illegal to be queer in 75 countries and punishable by death in some of those.”

Outside of the larger legal, social and political issues faced by LGBTQ2 people, coming out to family and friends, not knowing how such a revelation might be met, still produces anxiety, and sometimes fear. “As much as we have the internet, and all the media portraying queer characters, it’s still a swamp out there,” says

Lesk. Having a supportive community helps, but how to find it? “When I started looking for them [youth], I didn’t know where to find them or what they looked like,” says Lesk. Which meant that if Lesk couldn’t find them, how were youth in need of support ever to find her or other members of the Coast’s queer community?

Lesk founded the not-forprofit society Sunday in the Park with Pride, named after the event, as a way of being seen and producing events that would build bridges and create connections. “My thing is visibility,” says Lesk.

“Older queer people need to be out so when the youth are ready, or they need help, they know who we are, as a support, as a community.”

Lesk now runs, with the help of volunteers, three drop-in groups that meet monthly: an all ages LGBTQ2 group; a Trans Mentorship and Support group; and a LGBTQ2 youth group. Participants of each group direct the activities which can include games, guest speakers, and even karaoke. Twenty people attended the all ages drop in on May 18, including five parents of queer youth who want to establish a family allies group and are planning to take part in the parade. Anyone wishing to join them should come to

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Mission Point Park at 11am on June 18 for a meet and greet or to Davis Bay pier for the start of the parade.

All these activities require funding so Lesk also created Pride Guide. “It’s a magazine about who we are on the Coast,” explains Lesk. “It’s a travel guide for LGBTQ2 visitors to the Coast and a survival guide for queer youth on the Coast.”

This year’s Little Pride Parade and Sunday in the Park takes place June 18 beginning at noon, so Lesk is currently focussed on repeating—and building on—last year’s success. And after that? “The work that I do is about the needs of queer youth on the Sunshine Coast,” says Lesk. “They’re the ones who will show what’s needed. As long as we’re visible and receptive, we will be given what we need to know.”

For more information, including drop in dates and locations, visit prideguide.ca.

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Pride 2017 Events Sunshine Coast Saturday, June 3 Pride Potluck Kick-Off Fundraiser A time and place to be “Mary,” “Butch” or your Extra-Terrestrial Self. All said, “Just Be You” and help raise awareness and funds to help our community. Please bring spare change, a five, a ten, a twenty, or a cheque book. All donations matter. For the potluck, bring an item to share and something for yourself to drink. Starts at 6pm.

BBQ available. Pratt Farm, 538 Pratt Road, Gibsons.

Contact Chris for more info at 778.838.7921 June 7-July 2 Connecting the Lines is an art show featuring LGBTQ artists Trisha Joel (fabric/inks), Cindy Riach (oils), troch (photography) and Kim Oka (mixed media).

Free. Sunshine Coast Arts Centre, 5714 Medusa Street, Sechelt. More info at Facebook. com/connectingthelines2017 Opening Reception: June 7, 7-9pm.

Saturday, June 10, 3pm Friends of Dinah: An LGBTQ2 All-Ages Golf Scramble & DinnerPut on your best Pride golf garb and tee up for a breezy nine holes in panoramic splendour. Followed by the Burger Buffet (meat/vegetarian) and a fabulous social evening at the Blue Ocean Grill.

Youth discount available.

Blue Ocean Golf Club, 6155 Ripple Way, Sechelt. blueoceangolf.ca/lgbtqjune10/ For more, call Sue Inglis at 604.886.1950 A fundraiser for Sunday in the Park with Pride Society.

Thursday, June 15, 6:30-7:30pm You Don’t Have to be Queer

to Read Queer Lit Read a five-minute excerpt from your favourite queer book at this open mic. Need ideas?

LGBTQ2-authored books are on display at both Sechelt and Gibsons libraries throughout June. All ages. Free. Open mic at Gibsons Public Library.

Friday, June 16, 6:30pm 5714 Medusa Street, Sechelt Come celebrate 40 proud years of BC Book Publishing by Caitlin Press & Dagger Editions Saturday, June 17, 7:30pm Read Out Loud An evening of queer literature, with readings from some of Canada’s most dynamic authors, Daniel Heath Justice and Michelle Sylliboy.

Suggested donation $5+. All ages. Sunshine Coast Arts Centre, 5714 Medusa Street, Sechelt.

Sunday, June 18, 12-4pm Sunday in the Park with Pride and The Little Pride Parade An afternoon picnic with food, games, rainbow crafts, singalong, pet parade, prizes for Best-Dressed Pet and Best-Behaved Owner, and the “We Are Here for You(th)” allies tent.

Discover and connect with our incredible community. Free. All ages. Meet at Davis Bay Pier at noon for the Little Pride Parade!

Mission Point Park, Davis Bay.

visibility and encouraging communication and connections across our varied communities.

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Admission by donation. Visit OutontheCoast.ca for info.

Heritage Playhouse, Gibsons.

Saturday, June 24, 8pm – 1am Sunshine Coast Pride Dance Dance, DJs, drinks and the Kissing Booth! It’s good oldfashioned fun, folks! Tickets $20 or sliding scale at the door.

Advance tickets available at Gibsons Laedeli Gifts and Cards Gift Shop, MELOmania (Roberts Creek), Strait Coffee (Wilson Creek), 420 Hemp Shop (Sechelt) and Laverne’s Grill (Garden Bay). Ages 19+. Roberts Creek Community Hall, 1309 Roberts Creek Road.

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Artist Talks at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre, 5714 Medusa Street, Sechelt Sunday, June 11, 1pm Mark Making with Kim Oka Saturday, June 17, 1pm Pinholes and Beyond with troch

Thursday, June 22, 7-9pm Pride reception for Connecting the Lines. Meet the artists.

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Sunshine Coast Arts Centre, 5714 Medusa Street, Sechelt.

Throughout June Q-Lit/DVDs on Display LGBTQ2-authored books are on display at both Sechelt and Gibsons libraries. LGBTQ2-relevant DVDs on display at Sid’s Vids (look for the little rainbow stickers.)

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Events on the Sunshine Coast June 2 Bike to Work & School Week wrap up party, Gumboot Cafe, Roberts Creek, 5-9pm June 2 Charlotte Wrinch provides dinner music, Roberts Creek Legion, 6-7:30pm, tips for the musician June 2 Reception for exhibit by Paula Gonzalez, The Kube Studios, Gibsons, 6-9pm June 2 Coast Messiah Choir and Coast Chamber Strings present three baroque masterworks, St. John’s United Church, Davis Bay, 7-10pm, $25 June 2 The Voice Unchained, spontaneous vocal compositions, Gumboot Cafe, Roberts Creek, 7:30pm, suggested $10 donation June 2-3 Annual exhibition by St. John’s Artists and sale of gently used arts items, St. John’s Church hall, Davis Bay, Fri. 10am-7pm, Sat. 10am-5pm June 2-3 Exhibition by artist Catherine Woods, WOW gallery, Sunnycrest Mall, Gibsons, 11am4pm June 2-4 Pender Harbour Blues Festival, various venues, www. phblues.ca June 3 Huckleberry Daycare fundraiser yard sale, Arts Building, Gibsons, 9am-1pm June 3 Halfmoon Bay Community garage sale, Halfmoon Bay Elementary, 9am-2pm June 3 Treasure sale, fundraiser for Shorncliffe activities, Lions Court Hall, 5583 Ocean Ave., Sechelt, 9am June 3 Egmont Day, 100th birthday celebration with fishing derby, parade, free zodiac tours, Egmont Field, 9am-5pm June 3 Book sale, Davis Bay Community Hall, 10am-2pm June 3 Opening reception for new exhibit by Cath Hughes and Mavis Assad, Gibsons Public Art Gallery, 2-4pm June 3 Powell River bluesman Ron Campbell, Persephone Brewery, Gibsons, 2pm June 3 Roller derby, Red Tide Warning vs Doomsday Bunnies, Sechelt Arena, 6pm, $10, seniors/children $5 June 3 Dance with Playback, Gibsons Legion, 8pm, members $6, guests $12 June 3 Wood-n-Soo DJ night, Roberts Creek Legion, 9pm, members $10, guests $15 June 3-4 Waldorf Ballet presents “A Bird’s Tale”, Chatelech Secondary, Sechelt, Sat. 6pm, Sun. 2pm, $15, seniors/children under 13 $10 June 4 Artist talk by Cath Hughes, Gibsons Public Art Gallery, 2pm

June 4 Coast Messiah Choir and Coast Chamber Strings present three baroque masterworks, St. John’s United Church, Davis Bay, 2-4pm, $25 June 6 Advance care planning workshop part 2, Sechelt Library, 1:30-3pm, register at 6048895-3260 June 7 Opening reception for Connecting The Lines, LGBTQ2 art show, with Cindy Riach, Trisha Joel, Kim Oka and troch, Arts Centre, Sechelt, 7-9pm June 8 Comedian Ron James, fundraiser for SC Sockeye Water Polo, Rockwood Pavilion, Sechelt, 7:30pm, $55 June 8 Comedy night with Sunee Dhaliwal, Grasshopper Pub, Pender Harbour, 8pm, $40 June 9 Coffee house with Back Porch Reunion Cajun band, Allan Neinhuis on guitar and vocals, vocal duo Colin and Gracelynne Maily, and singer guitarist Cam Peters, School of Music, Madeira Park, 7:30pm, suggested $10 donation June 9 Daring Greatly Band, Garden Bay Pub, 8pm, no cover June 10 Puddle Jumper Classic trail run, Cliff Gilker Park, Roberts Creek, 7am-5pm, 25k $50, 50k $80, ultrasignup.com June 10 8th annual Home and Garden Show, Gibsons Community Centre, 10am-4pm June 10 Art exhibit to celebrate reopening of Artworks Gallery and Framing at new location, 5697 Cowrie St., Sechelt, 10am-3pm June 10 Knit in public day, Unwind Knit and Fibre, Molly’s Seaside Market, Gibsons, 10:30am2pm June 10 Singer Vera Chan and guitarist Budge Schachte, Gibsons Public Library, 11am-noon June 10 World Oceans day celebration with free family fun, Friendship Park, foot of Wharf Ave., Sechelt, noon-3pm June 10 Squamish artist Alice Guss (Tsawaysia) shares traditional stories and drumming for National Aboriginal Day, Gibsons Public Library, 1-2:30pm, free June 10 Cam Peters, guitar and vocals, WOW Gallery, Sunnycrest Mall, Gibsons, 1-2:30pm, free June 10 Friends of Dinah LGBTQ2 all ages golf scramble and dinner, fundraiser for Sunday in Park with Pride Society, Blue Ocean Golf Club, Sechelt, 3pm, $10, $30, $60 June 10 Taste of Two Worlds wine tasting, presented by Pender Harbour Rotary, Madeira Park Community Hall, 7pm, $75

Art Review Anna Nobile Freelance Creative Writer, Arts & Culture

Connecting The Lines, the second annual LGBTQ2 art show, opens June 7 at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre.

Once more, I had the pleasure of curating this show and working with four talented local artists: Cindy Riach (oils), troch (photography), Trisha Joel (fabric/ pen and ink) and Kim Oka (mixed media). All four are established artists with diverse approaches to their subjects and mediums, combining their love for creating with a passion for expression. troch, based in Madeira Park, uses only plastic, vintage or handmade cameras

to produce her ethereal images. “My weapon of choice is the Holga 120,” she says of the square format camera.

“There are sweet spots on the [plastic] lenses that are extremely sharp and then you get this lovely vignetting as you go out into the corners. They are generally darker but they’re also softer focus which is a lot like human vision.” Where most photographers have moved to digital, troch has stayed with film, producing her own silver gelatin, cyanotypes and VanDyke brown prints.

“I was always a science geek so it appeals to me to play in my own little lab,” says troch.

“I have a connection with film and the images I’m getting on silver. I never felt that with digital.”

Cindy Riach, a Gibsons resident, has been busy painting

ABSTRACT PAINTING WORKSHOP

One-day workshop in Gibsons.

Sunday, June 25, 10am to 3pm.

Bring a lunch. Beginners Welcome.

You will create an abstract painting using acrylics and mixed media on canvas.

Price including all materials: $165.

Maximum 4 people in class, so register early. For info about the instructor go to melaniefogell.com and for further information about the class, call Melanie Fogell PhD at 604-886-9699 or email melaniefogell@telus.net.

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This portrait is one of the works in the Connecting the Lines exhibit, and it involves two of the four artists in the show. It was painted by Cindy Riach, and it shows Kim Oka, whose mixed media work will also be on display. CINDY RIACH PHOTO portraits of local members of the Coast’s queer community and will have approximately 40 of them on display. She found her subjects mostly through word of mouth. “I’ve met people I wouldn’t normally have met,” says Riach, with one quarter of her subjects being people she didn’t know before they sat for her. Rather than going for a photographic likeness, Riach works quickly, “More gestural, looser,” she explains.

“I want to get an expression that is key to that person.”

Subjects sit for only 90 minutes. “When I do it faster there’s more life to the person,” she says. Her process seems to be working. “One person [who sat for her] said, ‘It’s awful. It looks just like me,’” reports Riach.

With her portraits Riach hopes to show the diversity that exists within the LGBTQ2 community. “I wanted

to normalize my community,” she says. “It’s a good thing for people to see, to reach out to others, connect with other people on the Coast.” troch agrees. “I believe it is important for us to be out and be seen and be proud of what we’re doing,” she says.

“I would really hope that [the audience] take away from the show that we’re all of us, queer, straight, whatever, that we’re all one big community.”

Connecting The Lines runs June 7-July 2 at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre, 5714 Medusa St, Sechelt.

Opening reception June 7, 7-9pm. Artist talks: June 11 at 1pm, Mark Making with Kim Oka; and June 17 at 1pm, Pinholes and Beyond with troch. Pride Week reception June 22, 7-9pm. All events are free and everyone is welcome. More information at facebook.com/connectingthelines2017

The District of Sechelt is pleased to celebrate World Oceans Day by hosting the inaugural Sechelt Oceans Day, in partnership with the Sunshine Coast Conservation Association.

Everyone is invited to the downtown Sechelt waterfront – Friendship Park at the foot of Wharf Ave. – for an afternoon of free family friendly fun on Saturday June 10, noon-4 pm, featuring ocean-themed activities and

games, like ‘Match the Fin to the Whale’, Ocean Trivia, and ‘How Ocean Wise Are You?’.

Pick up your Oceans Day passport, and get stamps at each activity for a chance to win prizes.

At 1 pm, learn all about forage fish and how to be a Friend of Forage Fish volunteer, at the citizen science sampling demonstration. At 2 pm, become a shoreline steward, and take part in the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup.

From 2 – 4, join the visionary eco-artists of the deer crossing the art farm to upcycle and transform marine debris into beautiful eco-art with the Make Art Not Waste community art project.

The 2017 theme of World Oceans Day is ‘Our Oceans, Our Future’, and the conservation focus is to encourage solutions to plastic pollution and prevent marine litter for a healthier ocean and better future. With over 33 kilometres of ocean shoreline, and 51 beach accesses in our community of Sechelt, we have a lot of celebrate, and a lot to steward – let’s learn about, and take good care of our stunning shorelines and marine environment.

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Oceans Day for families

Attend a free information session to learn about this dangerous invasive species. Jennifer Grenz, the foremost expert on knotweed for BC’s west coast, will address your concerns and questions about control and eradication of this vegetable terrorist. Of interest to property owners, tenants, gardeners, machine operators, land managers, realtors and environmentalists.

When:

June 22 5:00pm to 7:00pm Doors open at 4:30, coffee and tea will be served.

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Sechelt Indian Band Hall – behind McDonald’s.

Sponsored by the Halfmoon Citizens’ Association with a grant from the SCRD.

June 7 - July 2, 2017 Sunshine Coast Arts Centre 5714 Medusa St, Sechelt

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Egmont Day is on Saturday, June 3 this year and is sure to be a great event. Egmont is enjoying its 100th anniversary this year so come and help celebrate. Egmont Day is an event for the whole family and all the events are free.

The day starts at 9am with a kids fishing derby for children aged 12 and under, great prizes to be won so get the kids out fishing. After the fishing derby there will be a parade around Egmont and

you won’t want to miss the fun and colourful floats. After the parade, spend the day enjoying a hot lunch and watching the kids participate in the field faces, free pony rides and the petting zoo. For a real treat, you could take a free ride on a zodiac tour of the local coast.

And everyone will want to taste the products of the Coastwide chowder cook-off. The cook-off chefs will be a group of home cooks as well as local professional chefs from across the Coast. Winners get bragging rights as well as a certificate proclaiming “Coast-wide Chowder Champ.”

You won’t want to miss this great event, fun for the whole family and set in the beautiful village of Egmont.

Sport Mike Oswald SC Special Olympics

With one month left to go until the Provincial Games, the buzz is HUGE for 22 athletes, coaches and countless

family and friends travelling to the competitions in Kamloops.

Gus Vaughn has been golfing for eight years, truly seeing it as his passion. He will be competing in nine-hole and is getting lots of extra fitness training on and off the green with weights, treadmill and golfing with his dad.

Pickleball tournament

The 4th annual “Arena Bowl Pickleball Challenge” is set to go on the nine courts at the Gibsons Community Centre on June 3 and 4. Sponsored by the Sunshine Coast Pickleball Association, this event is now one of the largest pickleball tournaments in the province, attracting many local and off coast participants. This year more than a 100 doubles teams will compete in several categories, from novice to advanced. Spectators are encour-

aged to come and watch the tournament, free of charge.

Pickleball is one of the fastest growing sports in North America and the Coast is at the forefront of the tsunami. From April to September, the game can be played at both the Gibsons and Sechelt arenas. New players are always welcome.

Information on the game and playing times at the arenas can be found at http://www.sunshinecoastpickleball.org/.

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Pender Harbour Secondary student Jayden Simpson displays the remote operated vehicle (ROV) his class built during Science Odyssey week. The Ruby Lake Lagoon and Nature Reserve Society has received a $91,400 federal grant to support the Science Odyssey week, and other science education activities, over the next three years. There are plans for Pender Harbour students to build three ROVs that will be equipped GoPro cameras and tools for sampling the ocean floor. PHOTO SUBMITTED

His accompanying coach, Darren Lane, has been coaching for four years. He enjoys the sport, the challenges and most of all being out in the fresh air.

Both Gus and Darren are looking forward to every aspect of the experience, the weather, the competition and meeting new people.

Sunshine Coast Ravens athletes Amanda Boghean and Chris Walker are preparing to join up with a Vancouver softball team that was short two players.

Amanda enjoys being a pitcher and the overall competition. She is a longtime athlete who is excited to attend the opening ceremonies and the dance.

Chris Walker, a first-time provincial athlete who started with bowling, likes being shortstop. He is enjoying his return to softball and looking forward to wearing a different uniform and being at the opening ceremonies.

Both are training with athlete coach, Mike Brooks on dynamics and techniques of throwing and running different plays. Mike credits head softball coach Randy Younghusband with helping him manage this new task.

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a softball tourney in Port Coquitlam June 3-4 and locally at Hackett Park on June 24.

The Orcas swim team, Paul Davis, Genny Verge, Lindsay Pearson, Christel Jensen, Stephanie Rogers and Micheal Oswald have been dutifully attending practices with Coach Cathy Verge who will accompany the team. She has been supported by Coach Catherine Duncombe as they both put the team through rigorous drills twice a week while the athletes pursue additional cross training independently.

Along with all the extra training, June will be jam packed with many more events. The RCMP will once again hit the Chatelech soccer field on June 12 to play with both Gibsons and Sechelt teams. Then on June 26 the two soccer teams will meet again in Shirley Macey Park.

Immediately following, the AGM will be at Eric Cardinal Hall where service pins will be awarded to a number of coaches and volunteers.

The provincial teams for Bocce and Track will also get a final workout on June 17 at tournaments in Vancouver and Burnaby.

One month to go. Can you feel it? That’s the anticipation building. Stay tuned.

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November 10, 1930 – May 25, 2017 Born Notre-Dame-de-Grace NDG Montreal. Resident of Victoria, North Van, Beach Grove & Parksville BC. Helen finished her life journey with grace & dignity in Gibsons BC after long illness.

A devoted wife, dedicated mother and kind, gentle soul – Helen will be dearly missed by all who knew her.

Predeceased by: Father William James Yorgan & Mother Ethel Yorgan (nee Hamilton), brother George Yorgan, Bernard Yorgan and Margaret Mace (nee Yorgan) Survived by: Husband George Allen Poynter. Sisters Mary Yorgan, Libby Hamilton (nee Yorgan) & Cecelia Pitt (nee Yorgan) Children – Christopher Poynter and Janet (Jan) Poynter. Grandchildren – Aileen Bryant, Liam Bryant, Audrey Poynter & Valerie Poynter. Great-grandchildren – Finn Wolfgang Bryant, Clara, Tatiana & Lyvia Perron.

With loving extended family & friends in Canada, Australia, England & Europe.

SERVICE: Thursday June 1, 2017 • 2:00 pm St. Mary’s Catholic Church 956 Gibson’s Way (Hwy 101 & Park Rd) Church hall reception to follow - all welcome In lieu of flowers...Donations to: www.parkinson.bc.ca

DUFF, John

January 10, 1939 – May 27, 2017 John Duff of Sechelt, BC, passed away on May 27th, 2017 after a short illness. He was born on Jan 10th, 1939 in Dundee, Scotland. He held a PhD in mechanical engineering from the University of Birmingham, UK. John emigrated with his family to Canada in 1967, and worked in the mining and oil and gas industries for many years before launching a forensic engineering consultancy.

In that capacity, he developed accident reconstruction courses for the RCMP and other police units in North America.

John moved to Sechelt in 2003 where he enjoyed his retirement, hiking with his beloved dog Gypsy, running, participating in local theatre, playing the piano, and reading poetry.

He will be greatly missed by his loving partner Nattanya and his family, including his former spouse Elizabeth, sons Andrew ( Claire) and Richard (Tiffany), and daughter Kate, grandchildren William, Oliver, Meg, Finn, Natalie, and Emily, and sisters Pauline and Mina.

A Celebration of Life will be held on Friday June 2 at 1:00pm at 5725 Teredo Street in Sechelt.

Goodbyes are not forever, Goodbyes are not the end, They simply mean I’ll miss you…

Until we meet again.

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The pest control product Interox® Paramove® 50, active ingredient Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) , will be used in the marine environment only in accordance with the directions as per the product label and PMRA. Application of Paramove® will take place in either a well boat or a tarp designed specifically for this purpose.

Treatment locations are leased from the Province of BC, licence of occupation LF number 2402591, 2402492, 2408042, 2408043, 2402424 and 2402095, the proposed treatment area totals 3.15 ha.

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Maps of the treatment area and copies of the permit application can be viewed at Grieg Seafood BC Ltd. at the address above or visit www.griegseafoodcanada. com/SalmonInletJervisInletPeroxideApplication A person wishing to contribute information about the treatment site for the evaluation of this permit application must send copies of the information to both the applicant at the address above and the administrator under the Integrated Pest Management Act at Ministry of Environment 10470 152 St, Surrey, BC V3R 0Y3 within 30 days of the publication of this notice.

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Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) A playful, adventurous and sporting mood prevails.

You may at times even be intimidated by your own thoughts, plans, and actions. If the synchronistic flow and your own intuitions are in alignment with this momentum, then your next challenge is to analyze less and trust more. I believe, I accept, I trust and I act accordingly is an apt mantra.

Pisces (Feb. 19-Mar. 20) You are on a powerful roll and it is reaching to your very core. Movement, travel, home, and family are all featured in this cycle. You have been and will continue to dig deeply well into July.

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Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Your ability to focus on the details is strong now. To this end, you feel energized to do whatever it takes. In some respects, you find yourself stirring the pot and shaking others into new realizations. At worst, you are overly fixed regarding your own perceptions and interpretations and are thereby causing yourself and others grief. Try to see things from $other angles. /LB

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cially strong now. So, make efforts to activate a creative focus. Be willing to take on Michael big projects. Once you begin O’Connor the momentum will build.

Astrologer Virgo (Aug. 23-Sep. 22) Taking new leads and strides in your public and/ Aries (Mar. 21-Apr. 19) or professional life continYou probably feel strong ues. It begins with seeing and clear as this week be- the bigger picture, projectgins. Yet, get ready because ing your visions to encomyou are about to take a pass long-term plans and plunge into the deep end. making key investments Your moods will swing and accordingly. There is also a you will become more emo- strong hint of innovation intional and less predictable, dicated. So, be willing to be even to yourself. Getting to experimental and inventive. the bottom of things and Libra (Sep. 23-Oct. 22) clearing the old to make way Many thoughts and quesfor the new will take hold. tions are running through Garage sale! your mind. You want real Taurus (Apr. 20-May 20) answers and a deeper level A cycle of multitasking of understanding. This is continues. In certain re- prompting an investigaspects, it has just begun. tion and research process.

This is a busy and produc- In some respects, the signs SATURDAY - ONE DAY ONLY! tive time. You are deterare clearly revealing that SIRLOIN STEAK �������������������� mined to get a lot done. Di- significant change is unfoldrecting much of your focus ing in your own life and in to home and family is likely the world in general. This and this theme will continue investigative process will pretty much all summer. continue and deepen yet.

Does having more r & r close Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) to home count as a vacation?

A soul-searching journey Yup! is underway. Yet you are Gemini (May 21-June 20) also open to information, A playful, creative and insight, and advice from adventurous mood contin- others. Circumstances are ues to lead you on. With the challenging you to listen drama meter reading high, more deeply than you might however, you could feel up usually. This requires exand down, especially if you tra effort on your part. You resist the call to explore new are after hints, clues, tips places and people. Whatever and leads that will shift the you can do to feel inspired is balance in your favor for inideal now. This creative urge creased personal power. will continue for months but Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) the sooner you engage the Dynamic activity on rebetter.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) The call to slow down, rest and recharge continues. However, an intercept pattern is coming in that will activate your drive and determination. Balancing these two opposing energy patterns will prove important. Make extra efforts to manage your energy levels and direct more attention to your health.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) You have entered a particularly powerful cycle. It has a lot to do with creative self-expression. A strong emphasis is upon your sense of individuality. This will continue but is espe-

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