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Sechelt mulls charges for charging up Drivers can plug in their electric vehicles for free at any of Sechelt’s five charging stations, but a proposal to start making them pay—but for only part of the cost—has some District councillors amped up.

“If you drive a car that takes gasoline, the District of Sechelt doesn’t subsidize your gas costs,” said Councillor Doug Wright. “If you want to drive an electric car, I guess that’s the fuel that runs it and you need to pick up the costs of that fuel.”

Wright was reacting to a staff recommendation at the April 27 meeting of the Public Works, Parks and Environment Committee that drivers start paying to charge up their vehicles at the District’s five charging stations—at a rate that would cover 60 per cent of the District’s costs.

“I don’t understand why the District of Sechelt would pick up any charges,” Wright said.

The District, acting on an objective to reduce dependency on fossil fuels, installed three charging stations in 2012 and added two more in 2015, including one EV Fast charger, which tops up an electric vehicle in about twothirds the time it takes one of the Level 2 charging systems.

Staff recommended that Sechelt impose a cost of 25 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) with a $1 minimum for the Level 2 chargers, and/ or 35 cents per kWh with a $2 minimum for a quicker EV charge. A typical charge consumes between five and seven kilowatt-hours of electricity.

The cost to the District for hydro and software maintenance for the chargers amounted to $2,865 in 2015.

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the rates staff recommended, the District would still spend about $1,135 to subsidize the system, the report said.

A small price to pay, said some of Wright’s colleagues.

“We say we want to support alternative sources of energy and power,” said Councillor Darnelda Siegers.

“We’re talking about $1,000 a year to support this initiative… It signals we’re in support of solar and electric cars and all the alternative things.”

Councillor Alice Lutes agreed.

“I just have to say, $1,000 a year!” Lutes said. “What are the costs to our commu-

Sunshine Coast RCMP arrested a 42-year-old Gibsons man three days after an afternoon bank robbery in Sechelt.

A man escaped with an undisclosed amount of money after robbing the Scotiabank on Toredo St. in Sechelt about 3pm on April 28.

“Despite the fact that a disguise was used during the robbery, the suspect was quickly identified by some of our officers, who had recently dealt with him on an unrelated matter,” Cst Harrison Mohr said in a statement. “We hope that the community feels safer now

that the suspect has been apprehended.”

Deleriyes Joe Cramer was arrested in Gibsons on May 1, and has now been charged with four offences: robbery, disguise with intent to commit an indictable offence, failure to stop for peace officer and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle.

RCMP said the failure to stop and the motor vehicle charges stem from an incident the day after the robbery, “when Cramer allegedly fled in a vehicle in Sechelt when an officer tried to stop him.”

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nity in continuing to pour gas [fumes] into the atmosphere?

A lot more than that.”

The staff report said that use of the chargers nearly doubled between March 2015 and March 2016, and that, in effect, the chargers have prevented about 7.2 metric tonnes of C02 being discharged into the atmosphere.

The committee—with Wright opposed—voted to recommend to Council that charges be levied only for the EV Fast chargers, with an amendment that the rate be revisited annually.

Rik Jespersen

Dozens of people turned out at Dougall Park in Gibsons April 28 to observe the annual Day of Mourning and place a rose on a memorial for those who have died due to work-related injury or disease. A total of 122 died in B.C. in 2015. Special tributes were paid this year to logger John Phare, who lost his life helping fight the forest fire in Sechelt last summer.

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charged with a weapons offence. He appeared in court May 3 and was remanded in custody to North Vancouver.

Cst Mohr said: “No money has been recovered at this time, however an active investigation is still ongoing.”

RCMP are still asking that if anyone has additional information about the robbery, or about a male purchasing or discarding a disguise including a shoulder-length wig, bandana, and dark jacket with a reddish design on the back, to contact Sunshine Coast RCMP at (604) 8852266.

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LEAP winner turning salt into ‘gold’ 28 at the shíshálh Band Hall, where Lang won the $500 top prize.

“We specialize in locally harvested, fine, culinary sea salt,” Lang told the panel of six judges. “We harvest our sea salt from different areas on the Sunshine Coast and we record the GPS coordinates right on the labels, so our customers can see exactly where their salt is coming from—and we can promote this beautiful coast.”

Lang basically just boils the sea water down to brine and then into salt. She plans to soon start producing on a larger scale, using mostly solar power.

Lang estimates an 80-percent profit margin on the product, adding that she has spoken to several local and Lower Mainland restau-

rateurs and retailers. “We should be retail-ready by July,” she said.

The six judges loved the idea.

“A really great, clear presentation,” said Rae Abbott.

Sean Melrose added, “You had me at GPS.” The night’s other business pitches—all from women— included Roberts Creek farmer Annette Clarke’s Exotic Fruit Nursery; Deborah Reeves’ Sunshine Coast Senior Services, a seniors’ personal care and concierge company; Care For a Lift, a door-to-door transportation and companion service aimed at seniors; and Be-Eco, a “sustainable fashion” blog and website developed by Amanda Ridgeley.

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Women’s team wins April Tools contest Two sisters have rowed their way to victory in a makeshift boat made of plastic sheeting, wood strips and duct tape at the 15th Annual April Tools Wooden Boat Challenge in Pender Harbour.

Kira and Trina M’Lot steered their “Gunboat Bay Challenger”—built with the help of stepfather Jan Verwey and uncle Wayne Robinson—around the marina at Madeira Park in the shortest time, easily beating the seven other starters at the April 30 event. They also took home the $700 top prize.

“We had a really strong rhythm and pattern going,” Trina said later. It was the sixth year the sisters had

competed, but their first win, after finishing third in 2014 and 2015.

The pair were one of only a few teams to use two rowers. Most opted for just one, which turned out to be a lesseffective strategy. Another two-rower boat, the “Cheap Oars,” came in second.

The competition started with eleven four-person teams. All had exactly the same materials and just three hours to build their four-tofive-foot-wide boats, and all had to be the same type: an ancient circular design called a coracle.

This was the first year the type of boat to be made wasn’t revealed until the 11

am start.

“We decided to change it up this year, so they couldn’t do too much planning in advance,” said Jackie Ordronneau, who has headed up a team of volunteers organizing the event since it started in 2001. Last year, the teams had to build paddleboards.

Given the materials, teams also had to build with considerable skill. Four of the boats never made it to the start line, snapping apart and sinking as soon as the rower climbed in after launch, but providing laughs and cheers from the hundreds who turned out to watch the event.

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A Sechelt woman who turns local sea water into salt is now hoping to turn big profits after winning the latest Community Futures LEAP competition.

Tracee Lang and her husband, Vincent Lang, started the Sunshine Coast Salt Company just last November.

Lang was then accepted into a recent Local Entrepreneur Accelerator Program (LEAP), run by Community Futures Sunshine Coast in collaboration with Simon Fraser University.

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Editorial Opinion Prepare for severe weather Emergencies can happen at any time. Whether it’s springtime flooding, a hail storm or fire, having an emergency plan in place can reduce risk and keep you and your family safe. While nobody ever wants to think about having to deal with a disaster, extreme weather events are increasing in prevalence and intensity across Canada and many other parts of the world.

“It’s likely that most Canadians will experience moderate to severe weather events in their area sometime this year,” says Paula Bandi, Senior Product Manager, Home, RBC Insurance.

“Learning what actions to take can help Canadians protect themselves, their family and their home in the event of an emergency.”

With this being Emergency Preparedness Week (May 1-7), RBC Insurance offers some additional tips to help Canadians safeguard their home and family against extreme weather: • Have an emergency preparedness kit with all supplies required to survive for 72 hours without help or electricity.

This includes: a flashlight (with spare batteries), non-perishable food and water, warm blankets, cash and photocopies of important documents.

• Prepare and rehearse an emergency evacuation plan and ensure your family knows what the plan is.

• Learn how to shut off the utilities in your home such as electricity, water and gas if required.

• Create a detailed inventory of all of your belongings inside and outside of your home and garage. In the event of a claim, you’ll have an itemized list of all of your important contents.

• If you keep items in the basement, store all important belongings like artwork, old photographs or mementos, and electronics off the floor or consider moving them to another part of the home.

• Clean and maintain your gutters by removing leaves and debris build-up to allow for proper drainage and to protect your roof and foundation.

• Install a back-flow preventer valve or a backup generator for basement sewage drains or sump pumps.

• Regularly trim tree branches that could cause damage to your property, people or power lines if they fall.

While no one wants to face weather-related disasters, by being prepared you can help mitigate the impact on you and your family.

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Letters to the Editor – Opinions Bike injuries (Re “Students of Gravity”, the Local, April 28) Your front page photo of high school mountain bikers reminded me of those "What's wrong with this picture" games. None of the bikers had any protective equipment except for helmets.

This spring, Vancouver Coastal Health, in collaboration with North Shore mountain biking associations and the Coast Gravity Park, among others, will be promoting mountain biking safety. One of the key messages will be the importance of protective equipment beyond helmets.

Common fractures (and, believe me, they are very common indeed) in mountain bikers are wrists and arms.

While wrist, elbow and knee protectors won't prevent every injury, who wants to risk losing many weeks of biking (or even a whole season) if they can avoid it?

Mountain biking carries the highest risk of serious injury per participant of any popular sport in BC. We need to do better at reducing that risk while still having fun.

John Carsley MD, Vancouver Coastal Health

Almost an apology (re “Sechelt seeks clarity on sewage needs”, the Local, April 28) Our compliments to Rik Jespersen for better explaining the Urban Systems Report on the Water Resource Centre and also to Mayor Milne for acknowledging that he, and most of his Council, had not properly done their homework regarding this “six page” report. Admittedly, I’m taking poetic license here, as what he actually said was that there had been some “misreading” of the report.

Apparently this is the closest thing to an apology for him raising fiscal alarm bells

that we, the citizens of Sechelt, are going to get. Too bad that the same type of exuberance with which he delivered the 22.9 million dollar ‘bombshell’ isn’t being used to retract it.

Further to this, we inadvertently heard from Mayor Milne that he thought our letter (“Fear mongering”, the Local, April 21) was political. We fail to see how this is the case.

What we were, and are, seeking is careful, well thought out interpretations of information and also answers to questions such as D.C.C.’s and the need for extra outflow pipes. It’s why we attend Council meetings and why we read the local newspapers. Is that too much to ask?

It is time for Mayor and various Councillors to let bygones be bygones and look for ways that Sechelt can benefit from the Water Resource Centre rather than continuing to hope that it will deliver a ‘bombshell’.

Carolyn Minchin & Geoff White, Sechelt

Social engineering So, all “SCRD water customers of the Sunshine Coast”, how does it feel to be socialengineered?

It seems the SCRD has a “Drought Management Plan” to “manage demand” for drinking water. It further seems that the SCRD has a "goal to reduce water consumption per person by 33 percent by 2020”. It will do this via water meter fees (affecting families and gardenlovers disproportionately), fines, and public shaming attempts. Sounds like social engineering by unelected bureaucrats. Or are the elected SCRD directors behind this?

It seems to me that as water is definitely a renewable resource that comes to the Sunshine Coast in great quantities every year, the only requirement is for adequate

water storage for drawdowns during dry summer months. Why not spend all the money, time and effort to address that?

Jim MacNeil, Halfmoon Bay

Power grab (re “Yes, we can”, the Local, April 28) Michael Siddall writes that many are missing the point of the NDP Leap Manifesto debate.

The great 'leap' in the manifesto is the leap of logic that attempts to tie together environmental issues with poverty, diversity, Indigenous rights, socialism, childcare, social work, arts and public interest media. What is evident is that the ideologically driven (not that there is anything wrong with that) NDP is being pulled in different directions by contending interests: The old guard, that puts people programs first; Pragmatists, such as Mulcair, who were prepared to leave utopian NDPers behind and swing to the centre in an attempt to attain power; The new guard, comprised of those who despair the failure to achieve a more pure socialism in Canada and are now trying to drive the NDP into the shroud of environmentalism, better to battle corporatism (or perhaps its those who saw the failure of extreme environmentalism and are trying to slide it in under the guise of socialism?); And the socialist royalty, such as Klein & Lewis and the other 'numerous celebrities' Siddall refers to.

If there is one thing all NDPers apparently support, it is proportional representation. Thus, perhaps the new guard, and Klein et al, should just start their own party, one that represents their particular views? Their attempts to

co-opt the socialist NDP for their own purposes would appear to be nothing more than the shameful kind of manipulative political power grab that they would be all too quick to criticize in the centre or the right.

Alan Donenfeld, Gibsons

Mind the mines

The Leap Manifesto says: "There is no longer an excuse for building new infrastructure projects that lock us into increased extraction decades into the future. The new iron law of energy development must be: if you wouldn’t want it in your backyard, then it doesn’t belong in anyone’s backyard. That applies equally to oil and gas pipelines; fracking in New Brunswick, Quebec and British Columbia; increased tanker traffic off our coasts; and to Canadianowned mining projects the world over."

Given that current global mining infrastructure (regardless of nationality of mining company) is not enough to service the growing demand for metals/minerals necessary to achieve the "green economy" world the Leap Manifesto writers, signatories and supporters fantasize about, how do we achieve the goals of the Leap Manifesto WITHOUT new mines?

That question has been posed to Avi & Naomi this past October, and again a few weeks ago. To date there has been no answer. Maybe Mr. Siddall can provide an answer for them?

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I’m glad that the day is almost here that we will have bus passenger transportation up and down the Sunshine Coast again. For many this has been more than an inconvenience, so the announcement has been widely welcomed.

The route can challenge even the most expert operators with the ever-rising ferry rates and their often-changing schedules. Everyone wishes the operators success.

Recently the Sunshine Coast has been featured in many publications, showing the beauty of our area, but also highlighting the lifestyle opportunities, the sense of community, our arts and culture, our recreational assets to match anyone’s taste, and

our breweries. The Sunshine Coast Trail is fast becoming recognized for the hiking opportunities on the longest hutto-hut trail in Canada.

I have raised the topic of “ferries” in the Legislature as we await the governmentcommissioned study on “fixed-link” options. While a “fixed link” has been discussed for years, more recently the calls have been louder, largely spurred by the worst and most expensive ferry service we have ever witnessed.

I raised the on-time performance record of the Queen of Surrey with the Minister, along with the fact we are charged more per kilometer and more per foot for “overlength” vehicles. As for special ferry deals for some routes and not others, the Minister has committed to looking into the matter.

Another issue that has come up in the Legislature involves fundraising, and the fact that our Province is the only one that allows the Premier, who

School district 46 has announced the appointment of new principals for the 20162017 school year.

Ursula Hardwick will be Principal at Davis Bay Elementary School, including the elementary SPIDER Program.

Ms. Hardwick has worked in the district since 1998 in a variety of roles.

Duncan Knight will be Principal of Langdale Elementary School. Mr. Knight has had many leadership roles over

the past 12 years at Irwin Park Elementary School in West Vancouver School District.

Chris Lekakis becomes the Principal of Pender Harbour Elementary-Secondary School. Mr. Lekakis is currently Vice-Principal of Burnaby North Secondary School.

And Drew Murphy will join Elphinstone Secondary School as Vice-Principal. Mr. Murphy has been a teacher at Chatelech Secondary School since 1990. Submitted

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

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is the Party Leader, to collect a stipend without the need to declare it. The line between fundraising and access to decision-makers seems to be fuzzy. For the public to have renewed confidence in our system, we need to ban corporate and union donations.

Summer is almost here, bringing with it the festivals, competitions, and events that give everyone a chance to get involved as a participant or spectator. From the International Choral Kathaumixw in Powell River, to the Festival of the Written Arts to the BC Bike Race, our community’s nature will be on full display.

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During her six years on the Coast, Marie was Head Coach for Aquatics, Active Start and Fundamentals and Assistant Coach for Bocce. She has been involved in fundraising and a performance improvement project. She has acted as speech coach and mentor.

In her coaching capacity, Marie has also attended Regional, Provincial, National and World Games.

Marie will be moving soon to Port Alberni with her new husband Jim Tolborg. We will miss her warm smile and her encouraging coaching style.

It’s comforting to know that other athletes will benefit from her tutelage in the future.

Chuck Bertrand’s coaching and refereeing abilities and his unique way of being able to find any athletes’ talent has garnered him admiration on the basketball court, softball diamond and floor hockey arena. When Chuck is officiating he takes care to include all athletes in the game, allowing everyone the time and the space to shine.

His fair and inclusive style encourages all our athletes to perform at their best.

Chuck is the coach for the Provincial Golf Team for Summer Games, helps develop Special Olympics golf programs and has organized regional qualifiers on the Sunshine Coast.

In addition to these two coaches, we also benefit from the unsung endeavours of countless volunteers in all aspects of SOSC. A special thank you goes to Don and Wendy Sherwood for their donation of a mobile music system to our local SO chapter. I’m sure it will be put to good use. We will be celebrating the efforts of all volunteers at an appreciation dinner on Saturday May 28 at the Gibsons Royal Canadian Legion.

Recently, in the world of softball, Coach Randy Young-

husband reported that there were two exhibition games played between the Coquitlam Tigers and Sunshine Coast Ravens. Scores are not important in this friendly competition but our Ravens were happy to be preparing for the regional qualifier in PoCo in June. They gave each Tiger a Sechelt pin and enjoyed a yummy cookout prepared by parent volunteers.

Thrilling news about Rhythmic Gymnastics came from coach Grace Gardner: Teresa Presley, Amanda Boghean and Linsey Davidson travelled to Burnaby for a regional qualifier, where they performed ALL new routines masterfully. They and their coach must be proud of what they have accomplished this season.

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Up here in Powell River we have a strong and vibrant Vegan Potluck Group. We

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It looked to me like a dish of violets. I had never seen such a colour in any dish. So I went looking for something like it and found this recipe from connoisseurusveg.com.

This has to be one of the easiest recipes to throw together, mainly because it uses vegan mayonnaise. There are a few types to choose from, but my favourite in Veganaise.

From what I learned, it seems that purple potatoes originate in South America.

Like regular potatoes they are high in potassium, which

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Marilyn Marshall’s new exhibition, Close to the Bone, opens at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery May 5. Marshall took up painting after a 35 year career as a professor of experimental psychology at Carleton University. Moving to the West Coast in 1996, she “accidentally” ended up in a life drawing class and has been drawing and painting ever since. Though she had an interest in the visual arts (she was instrumental in establishing Carleton’s art department and gallery), she had “expected to do something musical. I’m very fortunate in having found an altogether different life after retirement,” says Marshall.

The title of the exhibition comes from Henry David Thoreau’s Walden: “It is life near the bone where it is sweetest.” The approximate-

ly 30 canvasses in Marshall’s show explore and reflect on organisms, human and otherwise, as they age. “When we speak of an issue being close to the bone, we usually mean that it’s getting uncomfortably close to the truth,” says Marshall. “The show points out the beauties of aging and kinship of organisms as they die.” Rather than being depressing, Marshall’s paintings are bold, vibrantly colourful explorations of the cycle of life and death. Inspired by nature, Marshall’s paintings often depict wonderfully weird and strange specimens from her garden found by her partner, Vera.

“She’s a mad gardener,” says Marshall affectionately. “We share a love of the grotesque.”

Marshall’s tremendous abilities as a painter are even more remarkable considering how late she took up her brush and that, for the last ten years, she has been living with retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative eye disease that causes severe vision impairment. She is legally blind and losing her colour vision,

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forcing her to read her paint tubes so she knows what colour she is using. She agrees that’s a strange thing for a painter to have to do, but says that only focuses her attention on values on the grey scale. “I paint what I can see,” she says simply, taking her condition in stride. “I’ll paint until I can’t anymore and enjoy it while I can.”

A book, also titled Close to the Bone, is being released in connection with the exhibition, and is a retrospective of Marshall’s body of work

from the last five years. “My paintings are very joyful even when they’re about topics close to the bone,” says Marshall. “It’s a very autobiographical show in many ways.”

Close to the Bone, an exhibition by Marilyn Marshall, runs at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery May 5-29 with Lawrence and Kathryn Kristmanson in the Eve Smart Gallery. Opening reception Saturday, May 7, 2-4pm. More information at gpag.ca

The Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts has released its lineup for this year’s Aug. 11-14 festival in Sechelt.

The headliners include Lawrence Hill, author of the Book of Negroes and, his latest, The Illegal. Hill will participate in a discussion of how a book becomes a screenplay, and will deliver

the Bruce Hutchinson Memorial Lecture.

And there will be a discussion of breasts by four women who contributed to the publication of Boobs: Women Explore What It Means to Have Breasts.

The full lineup can be seen at http://writersfestival.ca/ festivalevents.htm Staff

On Saturday May 7, lace up your walking shoes and join your neighbours for a free Jane’s Walk tour of downtown Sechelt. Staff from both the District of Sechelt and the Sechelt Community Archives will lead this informative tour of significant sites including historic buildings, public art, and new developments.

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Jane’s Walk Sechelt has two start times: 11am and 1:30pm on May 7. Meet at the District of Sechelt Municipal Hall. There will be light refreshments and an archival photo display at end of the tour. Be prepared for some uneven terrain and a few stairs, rain or shine.

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Events on the Sunshine Coast May 6 Dave Philley provides music with dinner, Roberts Creek Legion, 6-7:30pm May 6 Dinner music with Karen Graves and Budge Schachte, Old Boot Restaurant, Sechelt, 6:30pm May 7 Sechelt Garden Club annual plant sale, Seaside Centre, 9am-noon May 7 Plant sale by Grandmothers & Grandothers, Gibsons Public Library, 10am-2pm May 7 Mother’s Day bake sale, Living Faith Lutheran church, Davis Bay, 10am3pm May 7 Ephinstone Secondary car show, Gibsons, 10am-2pm, suggested $10 donation May 7 TraC spring ride along Gibsons bike trails, start at Dougall Park, 10am-noon May 7 Jane’s Walk, exploring significant sights in Sechelt, start at municipal hall, 11am and 1:30pm May 7 Mom and kids making essential oils Mother’s Day gifts, 1495 Margaret Rd., Roberts Creek, 1-3pm, $20 incudes supplies May 7 Spring tea and bake sale, with Suncoast Phoenix Choir, Gibsons United Church, 1-3pm, $7 May 7 Workshop on Linux computer system with Robin Chauhan, Gibsons Public Library, 1:30-3:30pm, free May 7 “Royal Tea”, Calvary Baptist Church, Gibsons, 2-4pm, $15 May 7 Mother’s Day Tea, Egmont Community Club, Bathgate Rd., Egmont, 2-4pm May 7 Opening reception for exhibitions by Marilyn Marshall and Kathryn and Lawrence Kristmanson, Gibsons Public Art Gallery, 2-4pm, by donation May 7 Madeira Park Elementary golf tournament fundraiser, Pender Harbour Golf Club, 3:45-8pm, Members $50, others $75 May 7 Charlotte Wrinch, classical guitar and vocals with dinner, Chaster’s Restaurant, Gibsons, 6-9pm, by donation May 7 Dinner music by Ken McBride, Old Boot Eatery, Sechelt, 6:30pm May 7 Dinner and dance with Playback, fundraiser for Flair On The Coast cancer support group, Activity Centre, Sechelt, 7pm, $30

May 7 Heroes + Heroines, Source Dance Company from Vancouver with Coast students, Raven’s Cry Theatre, Sechelt, 7:30pm, $25, students/seniors $20 May 7 The Starcaptains with The Funkdealer, Roberts Creek Legion, 9pm, members $10, guests $20 May 8 Tour of composting system, Salish Soils, 5800 Black Bear Rd., Sechelt, 9:30-10am May 10 Dad and me dance, presented by Sechelt Rotary, Chatelech Secondary gym, 6-9pm, girls $10, men $15 May 11 Beginning of art show by secondary students, Arts Centre, Sechelt, runs to May 20 May 11 Music with dinner by Grant Olsen, Gumboot Restaurant, Roberts Creek, 6pm May 13 Music with dinner by Erik Wera, Roberts Creek Legion, 6-7:30pm May 13 Dinner music by Russell & Blackwell, Old Boot Eatery, Sechelt, 6:30pm May 13 “Slow Sundays” info session, Gumboot Cafe, Roberts Creek, 7pm May 13 Talk on baby stars by UVic grad student Steve Mairs, Arts Centre, Sechelt, 7:309:30pm, by donation May 13 Coffee house with Bits of String, Simon Paradis and Baili Clark & Angie, School of Music, Madeira Park, 7:30-9:30pm, suggested $10 donation May 14 Garage sale fundraiser for Suncoast Phoenix Community Choir, Masonic Hall, Roberts Creek, 10am-3pm May 14 Book launch by Judy Lees of new novel, “Lester’s Gift”, Arts Centre, Sechelt, 4:45pm May 14 Voice of Legends show, Sechelt Legion, 6:30pm, $20 May 14 Roller derby, local team takes on Campbell River, Sechelt Arena, 7pm, adults $10, kids and seniors $5 May 14 Part 2 of Handel’s “Messiah”, St. John’s United Church, Davis Bay, 7pm, $20, 604883-9248 May 14 Lowry Olafson in concert, with Rick Reubart, Gibsons Public Art Gallery, 8pm, advance $18, at the door $20 May 14 Bonnie Kilroe’s tribute to “country queens”, Gibsons Legion, 8pm, members $20, guests $25

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