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The Sunshine Coast was the first stop for Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie to showcase her hopeful new report, “Seniors’ Housing in B.C.—Affordable, Appropriate, Available.” Mackenzie talked to about 200 people May 23 at the Sechelt Seniors Activity Centre at a gathering sponsored by the Community Resource Centre and its Seniors Planning Table. The report makes several recommendations to broaden availability and improve conditions for seniors who need

assisted-living or residential care. But the report’s most farreaching and innovative recommendation could affect the 80 per cent of B.C. seniors who are living in homes they own, and three-quarters of whom are mortgage-free. The “overwhelming majority” of that group—including those on the Sunshine Coast— will never have to transition to assisted living or residential care, Mackenzie said. But, while they are house-rich, their annual income tends to

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be low: half of B.C seniors live on $24,000 gross income or less, and many struggle to pay their bills. Mackenzie’s answer is what she calls a Homeowner Expense Deferral Account, a kind of inexpensive reverse-mortgage program. The program would make money available from the provincial government—at a suggested 1.5 percent simple interest rate—for low-income people 65 and over. The account would be settled with the government when the home is sold. Mackenzie’s report estimates that in areas like the Coast, participants in a deferral account program would use up less than one quarter of their home equity after 10 years, and still have just over half their equity intact after 20 years. “There is a role for government to play in supporting seniors to access this equity that is locked up in their house,” Mackenzie told the gathering. Bank reverse mortgages are not the answer, she said because, “you’re going to be shocked how much of your equity is going to be used to pay the compounded interest charges.” Mackenzie believes it makes financial sense for the province to adopt the expense deferral idea. “If I have to sell my house and I go into residential care or assisted living, the government is going to be subsidizing me,” she said, which is much more expensive than simply provid-

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Free range living

What is it really like living on the Sunshine Coast? Why might someone want to move here? What opportunities are available? Funded by local business with content contributions from the community and built by a local creative team, this is the coast is a non-commercial digital campaign telling the story of life on the lower Sunshine Coast, to a younger off-Coast demographic looking for a lifestyle change. “A group of us came together in November last year including long timers, newcomers, business leaders and entrepreneurs, to talk about what we could do to support a positive profile of the Sunshine Coast”, said Richard Hoath, project lead and technical director. “We started by asking recent Coast newcomers about their decision to relocate here and what they would tell people who are thinking about making the move. It became clear that it is about people, community, and lifestyle. So we designed a campaign based around these themes. We have tried to keep focused on telling the story of the Coast in a way that is honest and resonates with our target demographic.” A variety of options were discussed from print advertising to billboards. But the decision was made to go with a purely digital campaign so that the campaign could move forward quickly, in a cost effective and agile way where we can learn from actually seeing how the campaign resonates with the target demographic – in an iterative approach. “Wouldn’t it be cool if somebody was thinking about moving here, or hadn’t even really considered the Coast, and they could talk to someone just like them who had moved here in the past 3 to 5 years?” commented Laurie McConnell, digital strategist for the project. “We also thought that the project would be best led by the ‘geeks’ for how it came out, instead of the typical way, which is usually funder-driven.” The result was thisisthecoast.ca, a digital campaign targeted to 30-45’ish year olds, with an honest take on life here on the Coast. A mobile-responsive web site and interactive social media content gives potential new residents a chance to not only read and listen to stories from real people who live and work here in the community, but invites them to reach out and talk to a real life Coaster. “’Talk to a Coastie’ is an important part of this campaign,” Hoath said. “The approach was to simply tell a story about life on the Coast in the most authentic way possible, and that includes connecting potential newcomers with people who actually live and work here.” In addition to the real-life stories and personal connection, the site is interactive through maps, a self-assessment infographic, and find-my-community quiz. One of the campaign’s messaging is around 'free range living'; as a way of describing the difference between living in the city vs. living on the Sunshine Coast. Sunshine Coasters can share what this means for them by sharing pictures of daily life on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook with the hashtags #freerangelivingSC and #thisisthecoast. This collective story will be shared on www.thisisthecoast.ca/free-range-living/ Submitted

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Art Olson’s perception of the recent Gibsons Council meeting regarding the George (‘Get on with it’, the Local, May 21) includes contradictions I can explain. He accuses three councillors of being disorganized in concert. I’ll concede disorganization, which is because we weren’t in concert. The meeting ended after 10 p.m., but took 2.5 hours before the bylaw came before council. Mr. Olson accuses councillors of attempting to derail the bylaw… yet after eventually passing a unanimous amendment, first reading also passed unanimously. It may have been late, but it was a successful if sloppy demonstration of reaching consensus—admittedly, a far different dynamic from the previous council. It took about 25 minutes: a bit long, but I’ve seen worse. Mr. Olson seems frustrated by due diligence, not derailing. In his list of “homework,” he missed the Levelton geotechnical and Waterline hydrogeological peer reviews, which were ordered (unanimously) by the last council in January 2014. Over this period, the peer reviewers and developer’s team have been communicating, and yet as of this month Levelton still could not recommend moving forward. Although second reading is conditional upon this conflict being addressed, such a situation warrants questions, not rubber-stamping. Furthermore, the recommendation for first reading was an extensive motion with multiple conditions—legitimately raising discussion, questions and consideration of amendments, which is what elected councils do. The overriding contradiction in Mr. Olson’s letter was that councillors aren’t doing their homework—when that is exactly what he saw in action. I regret that as a new council we clearly were not comfortable working together. I had an idea of where colleagues would be coming from, but ended up being surprised by

suggestions, tones and/or actions from everyone. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but I’m hopeful we can work together to improve the process for the next time we’re faced with a heated issue. Silas White Councillor, Town of Gibsons

‘Democratic process’

Not all of us shaking our heads in frustration after leaving the May 12 council meeting were doing so for the reasons Art Olson assumes we were. Some of us were appalled by Mayor Rowe's lecturing of dissenting councilors. What Mr. Olson sees as “leadership” some of us see as bullying. What Mr. Olson calls “micro-managing” is, in fact, the democratic process in action. What is not made clear, either in Mr. Olson's letter or in press coverage of the meeting, is that the engineer who gave the positive report at the meeting is from the proponent's engineering firm. There was no engineer from Levelton, the firm which did the peer report for the Town, present at the meeting to answer questions about their report. This peer report has raised serious concerns about the project's possible impact on the aquifer. (The Levelton report can be read on the Town's website). I understand that Councillor Valeriote is, himself, an engineer. It is this report from Levelton that has raised concerns for him and the other dissenting councillors. Mr. Olson accuses these councilors of not understanding their “proper role on council”. I believe their proper role is to represent the interests of their constituents, not those of the developer. Anne Miles, Gibsons

Three wise men?

The community’s great George debate has now gone past the merely disappointing, beyond the downright McCarthyesque, and finally arrived at the land of the transparently

and refreshingly honest. The latest comes from Mr. A. Olsen (previously identified by the Coast Reporter as a large campaign contributor to Messrs. Rowe, Lumley, Varliote, White and Ms. Sanjenko), in his letter to the Local. Mr. Olsen does an excellent job of articulating the absolute sense of frustration and betrayal experienced by "150 residents" in the community that the "three first-term councillors" did not simply behave like the three blind mice or three stooges, as they were clearly expected to, now that they are in office. Instead, according to Mr. Olsen, these three councillors had the surprising and galling audacity to show up to the May 12 Gibsons Council meeting as something best described as a mix of the three amigos and the three tenors. As they say, the first rule of politics is to get elected. Candidates will say just about anything (or granted, sometimes nothing of consequence) in order to reach that goal. Once elected, its quite a different matter. This is a good reminder to all of us that "you pays your money and you takes your chances." Given that our three tenors are just now starting to find their voices, perhaps the fat lady has not yet sung down in Gibsons harbour after all? Who knows, our "three firstterm councillors" may yet prove to be the three musketeers, or even the three wise men! At the very least, it should be an interesting third (and hopefully final) act to this drawn out drama. Alan Donenfeld, Gibsons

‘Something stinks’

Something stinks in Sechelt and it's not the treatment plant! The ethics (or lack thereof) at play in Sechelt’s recent election left a rather bad taste in my mouth. The recent " auditors report " hasn't improved anything. I'm sick to death of innuendo and allegations of wrongdoing, con-

flicts of interest, staff turnover, treatment plant misdeeds etc. Could we please dispense with the anti-John Henderson vendetta and remember we live in Canada where there is supposed to be a presumption of innocence. Facts please...Can we define conflict of interest and show how said definition applies to the former council’s decision-making as regards the treatment plant (which is where I understand the allegation is based)? Can we please also publish how many staff members were let go for cause, how many took job offers elsewhere, how many retired? Then we can talk intelligently about costs involved and the justification (or not) of those expenses. It's my understanding that a number of current council members had their campaigns financed by a single individual who appears to have a personal grudge against Mr. Henderson and it seems that there may be a payback required. Shall we waste some more taxpayer funds on a shameful witch hunt or could we put our time, money and energy into rewriting campaign finance laws to prevent such abuse? The burden of proof, it seems, is always on the accused. Terry Karkabe, Sechelt

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Education Matters Betty Baxter

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On the SD46 Website at www.sd46.bc.ca the community can now find the draft Strategic Plan for the School District for 2015 – 2019. This draft is the result of many hours of consultation with Parent Advisory Committees, teachers, principals and vice principals, support staff, students and the community over the past several months. Now is the time to review the draft and let us know what you think. Our Mission is to enable and inspire our students to realize their full potentials as knowledgeable, caring, confident and contributing citizens in the global community. The plan includes a focus on excellence with goals di-

vided into three strategic priorities: 1. Our Students Excel! We believe we have the capacity to enable each of our students to excel. This includes a dozen goals to focus our work in offering students the best possible opportunities for a positive future. 2. Our People Inspire! We believe that we have the dedicated personnel to inspire each student to be a fully engaged and successful learner. This section includes nine goals focused on the strength of our work together and provision of safe and healthy school environments. 3. We Embrace Our Community! We believe that we live in a healthy, involved and creative community that supports our students and their families. This includes six goals regarding our communication, collaboration and partnerships with local gov-

ernments and community organizations. Please visit the website to read the full plan. Thank you from School District 46 for all the effort by partner groups to provide information. Let us know your thoughts on the draft plan. The final plan will go to the Board of Education for approval on June 9, 2015 and the senior staff will write an operations plan over the summer months. Print copies of the new strategic plan will be available to community members in September through schools and the district office.

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groups of shelter dogs (shelter dog participants were chosen for being sociable with people), owned dogs and hand-reared wolves tested whether social interaction with people (consisting of praise and a neck scratch with the exception of one wolf who did not like being touched so he got praise alone) or food rewards (“Natural Balance” commercial treats for the dogs and summer sausage for the wolves) were more effective rewards for the exercise the dogs and wolves did. The exercise the canids were given was a nose –touch (touching their nose to the experimenter’s hand). That exercise was chosen by the experimenters because it doesn’t require much effort from the dog or wolf and because both dogs and hand reared wolves tend to offer a nose touch easily. Studies have indicated that dogs find social inter-

Elphinstone Logging Focus (ELF) invites you to a public meeting to learn why we have a once in a lifetime opportunity to protect this unique ecosystem. Wednesday, June 10th at 7:30pm Roberts Creek Community Hall

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Stargazing In the month of June we will have a full moon on the 2nd and a new moon on the 16th. The Summer Solstice occurs at 9:38 PM on the 21st. Mercury can be seen in the morning sky from the 9th to the 30th. Venus can be seen in the evening sky and reaches greatest elongation on the 6th. Venus will be within 2.5 degrees of the Beehive Cluster (M44) on the 10th and closes to within 1 degree on the 13th. Venus and Jupiter close on each other throughout the month, reaching a spectacular separation of only 0.3 degrees on the 30th. Jupiter is low in the western evening sky, moving from Cancer into Leo and setting near midnight. Jupiter will be within 7 degrees of Venus on the evening of the 19th with Jupiter nearby and the next day the Moon is 6 degrees below and to the left of Jupiter, with Venus nearby. Saturn is visible most of the night in Libra. Uranus is seen in the eastern morning sky in Pisces and sets late in the evening. Ted Stroman of the Vancouver Centre of the RASC will be speaking about Lunar Geography and Features Sunshine Coast Arts Centre at 7:30 PM on June 12. Admission is by donation. On Saturday, June 27, the Sunshine Coast Centre of the RASC will open its observatory at Sechelt Airport. Check out the Sunshine Coast Centre website for more information on the observatory opening and astronomy: www.coastastronomy.ca

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May 28 Launch of Junco Jan’s on-line book, “Mental Case 101:Trussed Issues”, top floor of Gibsons Cinema, 913 Gibsons Way, 6-10pm May 29 A spring concert with A Cappella Strait and Choralations Children’s Choir, Lutheran Church, Davis Bay, 7pm, adults $15, seniors and children, $12, under 12 free May 29 Spring Fling choral concert with the Pender Harbour Choir, Bontanical Gardens, West Sechelt, 7:30-10pm, $15 May 29 Artesia coffee house with Kale and Molly on banjo and accordion, singer/songwriter David King, and Heavy Mellow, Arts Centre, Sechelt, 8pm, $10 May 30 Outdoor travel and adventure show, Mission Point Park, Davis Bay, noon-4pm, free May 30 Roving artists show and sale, Eric Cardinal Hall, Shirley Macy Park, Gibsons, 1-5pm, free May 30 Opening reception for exhibition with artist Jeff Barringer and two dozen woodworkers, Gibsons Public Art Gallery, 2-4pm May 30 A spring concert with A Cappella Strait and Choralations Children’s Choir, Highland Centre, near Lower Rd. & Hwy 101, 7pm, adults $15, seniors and children, $12, under 12 free May 30 Dance with Jim Taylor, Seniors Centre, Sechelt, 7pm, members $10, non-members $15 May 30 Music Makers Big Night Out, with choirs and singers, Sechelt Legion, 7:30pm, $20 May 30 Nearly Neil, Gibsons Legion, 8pm, members $20, guests $25 May 30 Reading by award-winning poet and playwrite David O’Meara, Arts Centre, Sechelt, 8pm, by donation May 30 Blues duo Dalannah Gail Bowen and Owen Owen Owen, Roberts Creek Legion, 9pm, members $10, guests $20 May 31 Mini plant sale, Botanical Gardens, West Sechelt, 2-4pm May 31 Mini Maker Faire, with exhibits, workshops and demonstrations, Dougall Park, Lower Gibsons, noon-4pm, free May 31 Concert with the Coast Symphony Orchestra, Ravens Cry Theatre, 2pm, $15, children 12 and under $5 May 31 Spring Fling choral concert, Madeira Park School of Music, 2-4pm, $15 June 3 Grant-writing workshop with Marg Penney, Pender Harbour Community School, 1-4pm, $25 June 3 Launch of Raincoast Chronicles 23, the 40th anniversary edition, by Harbour Publishing, School of Music, Madeira Park, 4pm June 3 Opening reception for art show with Ursula Medley and Pete Gynd, Arts Centre, Sechelt, 7-9pm

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May 31 at Dougall Park in Gibsons will be the site of the Sunshine Coast’s 1st Annual Mini Maker Faire. Coast Makers, a group of about 60 local makers, applied for and received official status from the San Francisco Bay Area Maker Faire Organization. “You can have a sporting event,” says David Chisolm, lead organizer. “But when you have the Olympics, people take notice.” Getting that official status has put the Sunshine Coast on the worldwide maker map, a testament to the quality of makers living here on the Coast. So what, or who, is a maker? “We’re a really diverse group,” explains Chisolm. “All ages and genders, tech types and programmers, but its arts and crafts too.” Being a maker is “about fun and exploration and mashing things up and seeing what you can do.” Chisolm cites the example of someone who developed a soccer ball with a battery in it that charges while it’s kicked. “That’s huge in villages in Africa that have no electricity. The kids play soccer all day and that night they can use the ball (as a light source) to read.” There will be approximately 20 exhibitors at the faire, and one of them, Get Makered, run by Diane Mueller,

features a mobile 3D scanner and printer. It’s mobile because Mueller, with the help of friends and family and local sponsors, repurposed an old trailer and outfitted it with the equipment to do body scans of people while they stand on a motorized turntable. Mueller says seeing herself in 3D completely changed her self-image. “It was the first time I saw ‘me’ as others see me, rather than just the glimpses we see of ourselves in mirrors or photographs.” She immediately wanted to scan everyone she knew, to share that transformative experience. “I like connecting people to technology, explaining things and breaking down processes into digestible nonscary chunks so that everyone can walk away understanding how it works and can make it work for themselves after I drive away.” Mueller promises those attending the faire will have a safe space to explore new technology as well as getting a chance to help with the scanning or being scanned themselves. There will be lots of other things to see and do at the faire: homemade robots, medieval crafts like armour making, bottle launching stations, make your own draw bots and electric motors, just to name a few of the planned activities. “It really is all about fun and exploration,” says Chisolm. “Imagine a place where high tech is your past.” Visit sunshinecoastminimakerfaire.com for more info.

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Sechelt sinkholes still a quandary ences Ltd., in concert with Thurber Engineering Ltd., District CAO Bill Beamish told Council at its May 20 meeting. “We’re at about $150,000 at this point in time,” Beamish said in answer to a question from Councillor Doug Wright about how much had been spent so far trying to figure out what’s going on underground in the neighbourhood. The $40,000 just committed would be in addition to that total, Beamish said. “We’re working very closely with the neighbours that are directly impacted and affected,” said Mayor Bruce Milne. “We’re meeting with them almost weekly.” Two other sinkholes developed in the area in the spring

of 2012 and the District took steps to fix the anomalies then. It’s not known if the

The District of Sechelt has unveiled its 2015-2018 Strategic Plan, which outlines, “the shared perspectives of Sechelt’s elected representatives on the direction for our community’s future and the objectives for our four-year term,” Council said in a statement. The plan identifies six overall goals. In order, they are: effective governance; economic development; community development; social well-being;

building Sechelt’s identity; and engaging the community. The plan also identifies dozens of specific objectives for 2015, which Mayor Bruce Milne said would be reviewed later this year in order to set “action items” for 2016 and 2017. This year’s objectives are set out in two-month sections. In May and June alone, for instance, Council has set 10 objectives, including: deciding the future direction of the airport; developing a business case for reuse of reclaimed water from the Water Resource Centre for industrial purposes; and initiating regular joint meetings with the

shíshálh Nation. To read the full plan online go to www.district.sechelt.bc.ca and follow the links. The mission of the overall Strategic Plan, said Milne quoting the vision statement, was to “foster a creative, thriving community, sustaining a diverse and prosperous economy and a healthy natural environment. “If we can do that, we’ll all be happy,” the mayor said. The role of Council, he added, will be “to provide leadership within an engaged community,” which was a major theme in Milne’s successful mayoral campaign in the fall of 2014. Rik Jespersen

Town Hall Meeting Developing community engagement between citizens and the District of Sechelt will be the subject of Town Hall Meetings on Monday June 15 at 2 pm and 7:30 pm at the Seaside Centre. “These sessions will focus on what community engagement is, talk about why engagement between municipalities and citizens is important, and then ask those members of the public to discuss with us how they want to engage with their local government,” said District Communications Manager Connie Jordison in a presentation at the May 20 Council meeting.

The last Artesia Coffee House of the season will be held Friday, May 29 at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt. It has been another eclectic series of live music and the final show will be a great way to get ready for a summer of more music and the festival season. Opening the night will be a young vocal duo with

Molly Kennedy on accordion and Kale Tivy, banjo. Second up will be singer/songwriter/ playwright David King with originals, a new story song and spoken word. After the break 'Heavy Mellow' will entertain with Susann Richter, vocals/ keys, Ray Fulber, bass, Steven Jack, vocals/harmonica and Mat Watson, guitar/vocals.

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When Telus decided to offer its range of fibre optic high speed connectivity services to Coastal residents, most were thankful the company was finally making some long-overdue investments here in its communications infrastructure. However, Telus had internally decided not to offer its fibre optic services (Internet and Optik TV) in the areas of Middlepoint, Kleindale and Egmont. Many complained about its cherry-picking of areas of high housing concentration on the Coast. Now, a Middlepoint community petition to Telus, signed

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The area of service now contemplated for the Telus Fibre Optic Network upgrade is from the 10800 block of Highway 101 to the 12200 block along both sides of the Sunshine Coast Highway, plus ALL of Iska Road, Donley Drive, Middlepoint, Bryan and Barbara Roads. To respond to the Telus offer online, residents need to go to www.surveymonkey. com/s/fibre and follow the easy prompts. If you do not have Internet access, you can also call Telus at 1-844-2847852, 8am to 8pm. For more information, or to get on a mailing list contact johnandkoko@telus.net. Submitted

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be a success. Scorpio (Oct 22 – Nov 21) You remain at an important point of decision. It is basically between taking the path of least resistance and accepting a higher path. The latter will likely prove more challenging especially in the short term; yet will yield greater returns over time. Either way, arts and cultural activities with an alternative twist are featured. Think deeply, speak less and go big. Sagittarius (Nov 21 – Dec 21) Your social life should be getting busier. Preferring more harmony than usual, you may be less inclined to speak your truth so casually. In fact, you may be inclined to sugar coat your communications. This phase will not last but may see you through a few gates that could remain closed otherwise. All in keeping with the game aim to win hearts to gain favors. Capricorn (Dec 21 – Jan 19) You are in an extra practical cycle. You are determined to get a lot done. Your faculties of critical analysis are on full volume. Yet, you are not

inclined to be abrasive in any way to achieve your goals now. You prefer to exercise grace and diplomacy. In fact, this has emerged as your new strategy for life. Whether it will last is uncertain, but for now it feels right. Aquarius (Jan 19 – Feb 19) You are in the mood for some fun and frolic. You may have to give a bit more than usual, but you are willing. With your public life expanding, opportunities to do just that are increasingly available. These are the result of returns for past efforts. The intensity will rise and you will feel more sober again in a few weeks so get in some extra playtime now. Pisces (Feb 19 – Mar 20) A good deal of sifting and sorting close to home is keeping you busy. This could prove very productive supporting you to get extra organized. Yet, you are also open to splicing some fun into the mix. Sharing quality time with someone you love is featured. Yet, focus to give more than usual for best results. Focus to manage your time well to have it all.

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communicate your visions and ideals may prove helpful. Yet, you must also be willing to take a leap of faith, or two. While there may be a lot of surface activity, the deeper realities of your current situation will take longer to change. Yet the process is already underway. Virgo (Aug 23 – Sep 22) Gaining the attention and recognition you want and feel you deserve continues. Highlighting past performances, achievements and successes will help. Overcoming fears is implied and includes directing your imagination to work for you, not against. Acknowledge and nurture important friendships for added inspiration. Libra (Sep 22 – Oct 22) Travel and adventure are in the forecast for you now. If it does not occur in fact, you may at least be inspired by movies and books that emphasize it. Gathering various tools, techniques and strategies is featured. Like a secret agent, you may be required to assume a different identity for a while. If you can manage not getting lost in it, your mission will

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Taurus (Apr 20 – May 21) You have entered new territory. The situation calls for a multi-task approach. The challenge is to overcome narrow thinking. Your ambition levels are high. Yet to succeed you must dig deeper than usual. As well, the changes that are required are as much within you as linked to outer realities. Fortunately your confidence levels continue to rise. Gemini (May 21 – Jun 21) You are experiencing a growing urge to explore your options. Your focus is sharp and your resolve is firm. The main challenge is to decide which direction to take. A variety of options are available. Yet, more information, education, or training may be required to pursue the best ones. Financial considerations are emphasized. Cancer (Jun 21 – Jul 22) Tending to matters behind the scenes continues. In some respects, this will require extra effort and perhaps more courage. As well, you may feel more challenged than usual to concentrate. Yet, the urge to express yourself, especially your feelings is extra strong. Taking risks to increase your overall exposure and to develop your talents feels important. Leo (Jul 22 – Aug 23) Dreams of what might be vie with realities of what is. This classic tale may last for several weeks as well. Reaching out to

Communications, education, disseminating information, neighbors, siblings and short distance travel are all themes and characteristics linked to Gemini. In the deeper respects of the sign, Gemini is symbolically linked to perceptions. Woven within our perceptions is intrinsic levels of subjectivity. In fact, pure objectivity is actually not possible. It has even been proven that our very perceptions change what we are observing. It has also been clearly proven that all people are biased in some way and that all perceptions, even when involved in closely controlled scientific experiments, is selective even if only in small degrees. It may even be said that in an absolute sense objective reality is a subjective illusion we share. The perceptual/experiential reality of planets in retrograde reveals that our perceptions are not limited to our conscious mind. Our subconscious mind which comprises the bulk of our consciousness, as in the submerged portion of an iceberg, contributes to our perceptions as well; in fact

the influences are very strong. When interpreting a Natal Chart which hosts retrograde planets, we learn that they produce a pervasive tendency in our personality. Currently, Mercury is retrograde. This natural phenomenon occurs three times per year and for about 3 weeks each time. How any planetary activity ‘influences’ people, is relative. While we all share the same planet, we each experience life from a significantly subjective perspective. While the interpretation of any factor is not pat and the chart must ever be interpreted as a whole to gain the most accurate insights, the fact remains. Our unique perceptions define us as the individuals that we each are. Is it any wonder people cannot completely understand one another? Coming to a fuller appreciation of your own unique individual character, destiny and timing is what Astrology is all about. Aries (Mar 21 – Apr 20) A steady stream of thoughts, ideas, communications and information exchanges are keeping you busy. A reconsideration of various perceptions and interpretations is featured. Beyond mere curiosity, circumstances close to home are prompting your focus. You yearn for greater harmony and to create a supportive environment. Change your own mind and leave the rest as it is.

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