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BC Ferries has flatly refused a request from the Sunshine Coast Ferry Advisory Committee to reinstate an eighth sailing on the Sunday schedule between Langdale and Horseshoe Bay. “It is simply not within our power to do what you’re asking,” Ferries spokesman Mark Collins told the committee meeting Oct. 27 at Roberts Creek Hall. Collins, the corporation’s Vice President of Strategic Planning & Community Engagement, said service levels are set by the provincial government, not BC Ferries. In any case, “at present we have no plans to restore any further sailings,” he said. BC Ferries instituted its winter schedule Oct. 13, which provides just three sailings leaving Langdale before 2:30 pm as opposed to the four sailings before that time of day through most of
the warmer months of the year. Advisory Committee member Jakob Knaus argued that the Sunday sailing was among many service cuts the corporation imposed in early 2014 because average traffic on the Langdale run had dropped below 55 per cent of capacity. But traffic bounced back to more than 60 per cent of capacity in the first quarter of this year, Knaus said. Collins said the capacity argument no longer holds water. “The 55 per cent was a criteria used for that process [of evaluating services],” Collins said. “That process is closed, finished, done. There is no expectation that if you go back over [55 per cent] you get something back. The service levels have been permanently adjusted downwards.” Knaus said that not using traffic levels as a crite-
rion amounts to, “moving the goalposts during the game.” Committee member David Dick tried a different tack, suggesting that cutting the sailing was costing BC Ferries revenue. Collins said he’d be surprised if the corporation hadn’t already looked at that possibility. “Nobody has a stronger incentive to save money than us. If it’s costing us money to cut a sailing then I’m sure we’ll do something about it. But I’m pretty sure it’s not,” he said. Collins reiterated that BC Ferries sees itself as “just the contractor to provide a service, not set schedules. “We are already more than 100 sailings above the contracted minimum. I think we’re doing our part,” he said. Rik Jespersen
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The hounds appear to be listening intently to the instructions before the beginning of the 16th annual “fox hunt” in Roberts Creek on Oct. 31. There was no fox, though, and the hounds chased a scent. As usual, the Sunshine Coast Equestrian Club hosted the Fraser Valley Hunt Club. NANCY PINCOMBE PHOTO
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Sunshine Coast Tourism invites anyone interested in tourism to attend its annual general meeting Tuesday Nov. 10 at 6pm in the Seaside Centre in Sechelt. “We are excited to welcome Keith Henry as our keynote speaker to discuss opportunities in aboriginal tourism,” said Celia Robben, president of Sunshine Coast Tourism. Henry was recently named CEO of the Aboriginal Tourism Association of Canada
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School board executive team completed ementary-Secondary School and has been with the school district since 2002 as a teacher at Kinnikinnick Elementary School, a special education teacher at Chatelech Secondary School, vice-principal at Sunshine Coast Alternative School and Elphinstone Secondary School and district principal for Career Programs and SPIDER Distributed Learning. In his new role as a human resources leader, he will ensure management practices support the vision of the board of education, district policies and the district’s strategic plan. As a Secondary Programs leader, he will be responsible for the dis14A 107min
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Editorial Opinion A dementia-friendly home Home is an important place for everyone and even more so for people with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. A familiar environment can help a person connect with the past and maintain a sense of who they are. People with dementia can become lost even in familiar places so it’s important to strike a balance between safety and independence. This National Senior Safety Week, Nov. 6-12, the Canada Safety Council and the Alzheimer Society of Canada, would like to provide families and caregivers a list of home safety tips to make their home safe and dementia-friendly: • Have fire extinguishers, smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors tested regularly to make sure they’re working. • Use appliances that have an automatic shut-off feature and keep them away from sinks and other sources of water. • Use child-proof locks and doorknob covers on drawers and cupboards that contain dangerous materials such as knives, cleaning liquids and appliances. • Store dangerous equipment like grills, lawn mowers, power tools, knives and firearms in a secure place. • Lock any hazardous areas or cover the doors or locks so that they’re disguised. Place locks either high or low on doors to make them less obvious. • Remove locks in bathrooms or bedrooms to prevent the person with dementia from being locked inside. • If you’re concerned about someone using the stove, install a hidden gas valve or circuit breaker that prevents it from being turned on. Consider removing the knobs from the burners. • Remove all toxic plants or decorative fruits that the person might mistakenly try to eat. • Remove all medications or other substances from open areas such as the kitchen table and counters, including vitamins and prescription drugs. Even sugar, sugar substitutes and seasonings may pose a risk to the individual. Keep medications in a locked area. • Supervise the person when using tobacco or alcohol as these may have harmful side effects and interact with certain drugs. Always supervise the person with dementia if they’re a smoker. They may forget a burning cigarette and start a fire. • Check the temperature of water and food as the person may have difficulty telling the difference. This applies to bath water and hot food. • Install safety equipment in the bathroom. Grab bars, for example, help prevent falls. • Add non-slip stickers to slippery surfaces such as tile floors and loose rugs. Or remove rugs completely. • Use contrasting colours at the beginning of a staircase, for example, to make steps and transitions easier to see. Avoid dark rugs as they may appear to be a hole. • Install good lighting at entries, outside landings, between rooms, on stairways and in bathrooms. • Keep emergency numbers by the phone for quick access. • Remember that symbols like skull, crossbones, “toxic” and “poison” lose their meaning. Submitted
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BC Ferries’ VP of Strategic Planning and Community Engagement Mark Collins informed our Southern Sunshine Coast Ferry Advisory Committee on Oct. 27 that BC Ferries will have no further discussion with our community about fare inequities or restoration of service cuts, narrowing the field for future engagement. In 2001, following 10 months of broad-based community consultations, the Province announced that BC Ferries would incrementally adopt a fare structure based on distance traveled as the best way to resolve what was and remains a hodgepodge of fares. As a member of our FAC and Co-Chair of the BC Ferry Coalition I want to thank Mark Collins for his frank and refreshing honesty. He says if communities expect to be heard with respect to fares or service levels, don’t waste your breath talking to BC Ferries, go directly to the provincial government. He let the genie out of the bottle. I’m not sure his political masters will be as impressed with his candour. Gordon Campbell’s semiprivate BCF management model was designed as a firewall to protect government from citizen pressure. Previous BCF spokespeople employed a strategy of delay, defer and deflect to avoid dealing with the substance of fare inequities and service cuts. Collins buried that strategy forever. For years our FAC has been arguing for fare equity. Our Langdale run has the third largest traffic volume in the system after Tsawwassen/ Swartz Bay and Horseshoe Bay/Departure Bay. We represent 40 per cent of the traffic through Horseshoe Bay: Nanaimo is 43 per cent and Bowen Island is 17 per cent. Of the three major routes, ours charges the highest passenger, vehicle and commercial fares based on distance travelled:
excessive fares that are damaging our communities. Why the difference you may ask? Go ask Premier Christy Clark and Transportation Minister Todd Stone directly, because BC Ferries has stopped talking! Jef Keighley, Halfmoon Bay
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I’m a board member at the new Gibsons Public Market – one of the couple hundred volunteers who have, for the past two years, poured our time and money and creative juices into this new and progressive community asset. A friend asked me, “Do you really think the market will be built next year?” as if she didn’t believe it. We’ve already secured more than $1.55M of the required $3M it will cost to renovate and expand. Grant applications from all levels of government (between $50,000 and $400,000) and corporate donations require huge amounts of time to write and coordinate. But - and here’s where doubt could seep in if I allow it– if we don’t pull together as a coastal community to raise sufficient matching funds by Jan. 1, we will forfeit the work our staff and volunteers have given to raise private, public and corporate donations. Some of the questions I get from people curious about the renovation are: Why not use the existing building as is? Can we scale down the size? Build it in stages? Wait for a year or more until the funds are in place? Our experts have considered all these questions. They have concluded that, since the grants were given for the whole project, with its emphasis on education (especially marine education) and food security for the Coast, some promised funds would be withdrawn. In particular, the $400,000 grant from the Island Coast Economic Trust must be used to build in 2016. As one of our board members said, “We need to dig in
our pockets now, so we can dig in the ground by January 1.” I will be making a (tax-receipted) donation in memory of my father, specifically to the Nicholas Sonntag Marine Education Centre. It comforts me to think that a part of Dad is represented here in this Sunshine Coast community where my partner and I want to spend the rest of our lives. Gail Hunt, Hopkins Landing
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I was recently in Vancouver meeting with several people in relation to a group I belong to. I discovered that these were all intelligent, knowledgeable younger people. One of them mentioned enjoying past visits by sailboat to Gibsons and asked about the project to build an oversize hotel. He was surprised to hear that council had gone ahead and all expressed disbelief that our council went against the town’s own plan. One, a marketing student, echoed what a great many in our town have been saying: why not a nice boutique hotel more in keeping with the nature of the town, which is what draws tourists? It isn’t often that upon meeting a new group of people to find such ready agreement on a controversial subject (which I didn’t even bring up). Seeing our situation through their eyes, it seems even more mind-boggling. When asked about the height allowed in our OCP (35 feet) versus the height that received approval (125 feet), they all gasped and one wondered how the council was able to get away with such a drastic deviation. If an outside group of strangers sees immediately how wrong the current George is, I wonder why our council cannot see it. I urge my fellow citizens to go to the Gibsons town hall and look out on our lovely town. From that vantage point, you are standing at 72 feet above sea level. The George will be another 50 feet higher than that. Now ask yourself how this would im-
pact our town. Then consider how such a tall and massive building would open up our waterfront to similar buildings. Make no mistake, council will be pressured to undermine the OCP for other developments. An enormous wrong will be perpetrated on Gibsons if the George goes ahead. Gayle Neilson, Gibsons
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Maybe it is just me and my aesthetic, being an art professor most of my life, but I see a big black scar forming on our coast landscape. I feel that off-Coast people possibly do not understand how precious the pure beauty of nature is to our community values. The people at Telus might give you a more detailed look at nature on your screen but damage the real thing outside your house. The fiber optic lines are as big as the black PVC drain pipes hanging on poles moving across our sky line view of the ocean in Davis Bay. Along the highway they are a visual scar on our ocean-side community. Someone said to me it “Looks like Calcutta”. Is this the price we pay for technology? I think they should all be removed or all put underground. Bob Evermon, Davis Bay
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SCRD recognized for energy ef�iciency The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) has been recognized as No. 2 out of more than 40 local government partners by BC Hydro’s Power Smart Partners program. The BC Hydro Power Smart Partners program works with BC’s largest commercial, government and institutional customers to encourage energy efficiency within their organizations. Power Smart Partners sign a conservation pledge and become eligible to earn conservation credits for enabling energy efficiency and for implementing energy management projects. Organizations then accumulate credits over a two-year window, with top
earners receiving additional recognition benefits. In acknowledgement of the work completed over the past two years, the SCRD has officially been recognized by BC Hydro as a top conservation credit earner in the municipal sector (behind the city of Richmond). “This recognition from BC Hydro illustrates that we are making positive strides towards achieving our energy conservation and sustainability goals,” says Janette Loveys, SCRD Chief Administrative Officer. “As a Power Smart Partner since 2011, we have worked hard to reduce our energy use, cost, and greenhouse gas emissions, and we will continue to make
it a priority.” The SCRD recently contracted Prism Engineering’s Brian O’Donnell to continue the organization’s Energy Manager’s role. Brian is a resident of the Halfmoon Bay area and founded Prism Engineering in 1990 as an energy management consulting engineering firm specializing in working with existing facilities. “As Energy Manager, I am looking forward to helping the SCRD build on this key milestone and continue to improve facility efficiency and promote a culture of sustainability and conservation across the organization,” says O’Donnell. Submitted
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Gibsons mom’s family to reunite soon The Gibsons mother who’s been separated from her children for months due to a tangle of Citizenship and Immigration Department red tape is finally to be reunited with her family. Susan Standfield was so distraught at the string of visa foul-ups she encountered trying to get her twoyear-old daughter Meg into Canada from South Africa, she went to national media to try to get the government’s attention. It worked. Meg, her four-year-old brother, Jack, and father Rob Spooner land at YVR on Nov. 13. Standfield said the media exposure caught the eye of Trent MacGregor, a Vancouver immigration consultant. “Trent knew exactly who to speak to—a senior caseworker in the Citizenship and Immigration Department who facilitates complex or urgent applications such
as this,” Standfield told The Local. “She knew exactly what to do and offered, because of the stress on the family, to facilitate passports immediately.” Standfield and her family had been living and working in South Africa when Meg was born, so the child has a South African birth certificate. What no one understood at the time was that even though Meg was born abroad, she has Canadian citizenship—because her mother is Canadian. However, Citizenship and Immigration Canada has outsourced the visa and immigration process to a private South African company unfamiliar with Canada’s citizenship rules. Standfield had family and work commitments in B.C. and, expecting it would take little time to process her kids’ papers, she came home
in May, assuming the family would join her in just a few weeks. The visa foul-ups turned that into months. Not only did the company twice advise Standfield to apply for the wrong visas, it charged her $800 for the work, which she has since learned it had no right to do. “The flat fee, when a Canadian has a right to citizenship like my children do, is $75 and [the company] is not allowed to charge more than about a 10-per-cent markup.” Standfield also credits the guidance of Don Chapman, of Gibsons, author of the book “Lost Canadians,” who helped focus her efforts on the real issue: Meg’s right to citizenship. Chapman and MacGregor will be among those on hand at the airport next week to welcome the family to Canada. Rik Jespersen
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Notes from the Upper Mainland Nicholas Simons MLA, Powell River and Sunshine Coast
The Sunshine Coast was blue, but now the upper Coast is orange and the lower Coast is red. With the recent election of Pamela Goldsmith-Jones on the lower Coast and Rachel Blaney on the Powell River side I am sure we in the Provincial constituency of Powell River – Sunshine Coast are going to be well served. I congratulate them both, and appreciate all candidates who put their names forward, as well as every person who
took an interest and voted in the federal election. Noam Chomsky said, “Privatization does not mean you take a public institution and give it to some nice person, it means you take a public institution and give it to an unaccountable tyranny” and I’m thinking of two recent issues that confirm this statement: Recently BC Ferries executives attended a Ferry Advisory Committee meeting on the lower Coast where they berated community members for telling the Company what the community wanted them to know: that our fares are inequitable based on distance travelled, and
the Sunday morning sailing cancellation should be restored based on usage. The Vice-President of BC Ferries abandoned any pretense of caring. On the subject of fare equity with other routes he said, “we will not discuss fare equity any more”, and on restoring a Sunday morning Langdale-Horseshoe Bay sailing he said, “Service levels have been permanently adjusted downwards and will not be restored.” Vancouver Coastal Health announced that a new company would take over the housecleaning services in our health facilities. Vancouver Coastal Health and the successful bidder, Compass
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and she does not have extra income to fall back on.” Another said, “I’ve never missed a shift in 10 years, and my audits were consistently the highest but they didn’t want to hire me.” An apparent theme among those not re-hired is the workers' relationship with management in the outgoing company, and their involvement in exercis-
ing their rights. I will be conducting Community Town-Hall Meetings after the Fall Session ends, so I look forward to seeing you then. Check your social media, newspapers, and noticeboards for dates and locations. E-mail: nicholas.simons. mla@leg.bc.ca; telephone toll-free: 866-373-0792.
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Hello again Special O Fans! This month I’ll cover two verrrry popular sports, Swimming and Basketball. The fall/winter season is now underway. On Oct. 17 athletes were treated to a Bball camp at Elphinstone Secondary Gym hosted by the Douglas College Women’s Basketball team. The exercises focused on basic skills such as dribbling, passing and shooting. Later, athletes were divided into groups and had a fun scrimmage beginning with one-on-one play and later group play. I would like to sincerely thank the Douglas College Team for expanding our basic skills and having such a fantastic attitude of inclusion. Ellen Fallis, Douglas College Bball Team member, who organized the camp, graduated from Elphinstone two years ago. She has helped coach Track and Field for Special Olympics in the past and her brother Callum, a Grade 12 student at Elphinstone, currently volunteers with the Special Olympics B Ball team in Gibsons. Swimming is a fast paced sport as I’m sure any one of our swimmers can attest to. Thanks to our team of wonderful coaches, the Sunshine Coast Dolphins are at the top
of their game. Head coach Marie Telder, along with Cathy Verge, Tina and Trevor Beckman, Sherri Archer, Robert Wotton and Jeannie Hage commandeer lanes at the Sechelt Aquatic Centre every Wednesday, with even more volunteer coaches on Saturdays. On Oct. 24 athletes Michael Beckman and Genny Verge accompanied head coach Marie Telder to a three-day performance training camp at SFU along with 20 other athletes, coaches and members from Special Olympics Canada and BC Head Office. This rare opportunity provides athletes and coaches with techniques to bring back to their local swim clubs. Activities included a Physiotherapy session to learn techniques for strengthening and exercises to heal shoulder injuries as well as an interactive
session on diet and nutrition with Save on Foods, Sponsors for Special Olympics. There were also three pool sessions taught by SFU Varsity Swimmers and their Coach that included backstroke, starts, stroke improvement, freestyle, breathing, turns and diving. This season is especially important to swimming as it is qualifying year for Provincial Games. The Qualifying meet will be at UBC on Feb. 20, 2016. As always if you would like to become involved in Special Olympics on the Sunshine Coast, as an athlete, volunteer or coach, the more the merrier. You can contact our Program Coordinator Annette Bertrand at (604) 8852987. Thanks again for reading folks. Stay active!
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Legion has also stepped up, providing the services of a professional financial adviser. While the financial picture has brightened, the Legion’s primary and longstanding need is for more members. From the membership come the volunteers, without which the branch could not function. “In the last five years, our numbers have dwindled to the point where you have the same members over and over doing 90 per cent of the work. That doesn’t last,” Lith said. “At some point you start getting into volunteer fatigue.” He’s hoping existing members get the message to come forward and sit for the board for a year or two. Without a full 12-person board, the branch can’t operate under the Legion’s regulations. Lith and Branch President Kay Metcalfe also want people to remember that the Legion is there, with a competitively priced restaurant, billiards tables, dart and crib tournaments, and good company. “Come by for lunch or a drink, or have your function in our hall,” Lith suggested. Rik Jespersen
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In time for Remembrance Day comes Driftwood Players latest production, Coming Back, by local writer A.S. Penne about the long term effects of war on three generations of a family. When Ruth’s son Tony announces he is about to be deployed to Afghanistan, it brings back all her memories and fears of her father, Davey, a damaged veteran of the Second World War. A published author of books of fiction and non-fiction, Penne (a friend and colleague of mine), decided to try her hand at playwriting because, “I wanted to sharpen my dialogue skills. [It’s] like playing a movie in your head but listening, always listening, for the dialogue.” The idea for Coming Back came to Penne when she met two mothers whose sons were being deployed to Afghanistan. “Those mothers were terrified about the possibility of losing their boys,” she says. Their anxieties brought up her experiences with her war vet dad. “The memory of my father sitting in front of me in 1995 as his mind disappeared into the 1944 night when his bomber was shot down had a profound effect on me. I know live theater can produce that same breath-holding experi-
Mac Dodge as Davey in A.S Penne’s play, Coming Back which runs at the Heritage Playhouse Nov 11-15. More info and tickets at driftwoodplayers.ca PHOTO SUBMITTED showing not only the effects of a family member having been in a war, but how each family member’s perceptions and ideals have shaped their lives and affected the decisions they made.” “It’s been moving to watch the cast grow into their roles as they work with the script,” says Penne about attending rehearsals, and while she’s excited about opening night, she’s also nervous for the actors. “Can’t imagine doing their job. Mine’s hard enough!” Coming Back runs at the Heritage Playhouse Theatre in Gibsons, November 1114 at 8pm, November 15 at 2pm. Tickets $20 available at The Blackberry Shop, Laedeli Gifts, Sechelt Visitor Info Centre or online at driftwoodplayers.ca
ence so that was the kind of tension I wanted to recreate with the character of Davey.” Mac Dodge, who plays Davey, feels the play’s strong themes provide opportunities for discussion and dialogue. “The strength of the play and the script is the exploration on one hand of post-traumatic stress disorder and how it can fundamentally change a life, and on the other, how people deal with the fact of war.” For him, some of the best scenes are between Davey and Ruth. “The discoveries between father and daughter have been the most emotional and rich. Anthea has written a script that gives the actors a lot to work with.” Laura Sigler, who plays Ruth, agrees. “I love a script that has meaty depth and this really does a good job at
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Remembrance Day entertainment Popular comedy and music entertainers Bernie & Red will be returning to the Sunshine Coast on Wed. Nov. 11 as part of the special Remembrance Day program, 2pm at Gibsons Legion. It is free to Legion members. Not only is this a special Legion event, it’s also part of Bernie & Red’s special “50th Anniversary Tour”. Did you know, only two per cent of all marriages make it to 50? So to find a couple who have been married for 50 years and have worked together as professional entertainers for those 50 years, is more than a little unusual. Well, the popular and hard working duo, Bernie & Red, are celebrating 50 years in November and are delighted to have included Gibsons on their “Anniversary Tour”. They are originally from England, specifically, Liverpool, and both Bernie & Red were born and raised in this seaport in the North West of England. That was where they met as teenagers and subsequently married. After marriage they settled in Liverpool where Bernie
worked as a salesman and Red was a stay-at-home mother of two, but there was something missing. They were looking for adventure, a rural lifestyle, fresh air and open spaces. So they moved to Canada, to get “back to the land”. It wasn’t until they moved to Canada that they began to take music and entertaining seriously; prior to that it was just a few songs sung by Red to Bernie’s guitar accompaniment at family gatherings. But they soon found that the Canada of the 1970s was fertile ground for their unusual mixture of music and comedy. To start with, entertainment gigs had to fit in with Bernie’s cow milking schedule, (yes, they had managed to get “back to the land”,) but before long, Bernie quit milking cows, they began performing full time and were soon travelling worldwide, via their cruise ship performances. This 50th Anniversary tour has seen them perform throughout North America, so no sign of these folks slowing down just yet; by the end of 2015 they will have com-
pleted more than 50 concert dates this year. In January they’ll be off again for their annual Winter Tour, which includes dates in Arizona, California & Texas, all areas in which they have established themselves as
firm favourites with the winter visitor population. This will be a special “Remembrance Day” show, so in addition to the 50th Anniversary material, there will be lots of music from the war time years, and of course, lots
of comedy. For more information about the show call 604886-2411 You can follow Bernie & Red on Facebook. www.facebook.com/bernieandred or at their website www.bernieandred.com Submitted
Entertainers Bernie & Red will perform a free Remembrance Day show at the Gibsons Legion, Nov. 11 at 2pm. PHOTO SUBMITTED
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Events on the Sunshine Coast November 6-8 Funtastics on Broadway, music and dance from 20 musicals, Activity Centre, Sechelt, 7pm, $18 (3pm on Nov. 7 & 8) November 7-8 Early bird Christmas market, Seaside Centre, Sechelt, 10am-4pm (Nov. 8 10am3pm), free November 7 Fall bazaar by SC Healthcare Auxiliary (Hopkins Landing), Harmony Hall, Gibsons, 10am-2pm November 7 Craft and bake sale by Holy Family Catholic Women’s League, Trail Bay Mall, Sechelt, 10am-2pm November 7 Reading and demonstration by Michelle Nelson, author of “The Urban Homesteading Cookbook”, Gibsons Public Library, 1:30-3:30pm, free November 7 Rotary club art auction reception with tapas and champagne, Pender Harbour Legion, 5pm, $25 (doors open for free at 7pm, with auction at 8pm). November 7 Dressing Up for a Cause Gala, dinner and music, fundraiser to sponsor a Syrian family, Christian Life Assembly, 730 School Rd., Gibsons, 5:30pm, $64.20, clagibsons.com November 7 Baby Harry & King Nii, rock, funk and soul, Gibsons Legion, 8pm, members $5, guests $10 November 7 Funk rock band Ripple Illusion, Roberts Creek Legion, 9pm, members $6, guests $12 November 8 Chili dinner and entertainment, fundraiser for Huckleberry Coast Childcare Society, Persephone Beer Farm, Gibsons, 4-7pm, family $35, adult $15 November 8 Shari Ulrich in a house concert with chili supper, Geopia Gallery, 5474 Jervis Inlet Rd., Earl’s Cove, 5pm, $20 November 9 “Fractured Land”, part of the Green Film series, Heritage Playhouse, Gibsons, 7:30pm, by donation November 11-15 “Coming Back”, play about war’s impact on family by Driftwood Players, Heritage Playhouse, Gibsons, 8pm, $20 (Nov. 15 at 2pm) November 12-15 “Home for Christmas” craft show, 3173 Mossy Rock Rd., Roberts Creek: Nov.12 preview with wine, 6:3010pm, $15; Nov. 13 10am8pm; Nov.14 10am-4pm; Nov.15 10am-2pm; $3 November 13 A discussion of new information on planet formation by James Di Francesco, Arts Centre, Sechelt, 7:30pm, by donation
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key for physical and mental health. Walking or any other exercise helps. So does healthy eating. • Making time for yourself. Take some time regularly for activities that you enjoy. You'll likely have to arrange for someone else to be with your family member, so plan ahead. • Creating a sanctuary. Since the demands of caregiving sometimes make it difficult to leave your home, designate a room in the house as your quiet space. Spend a few minutes there each day, away from the demands of your life. • Accepting help. This can be as difficult as asking for help.
But it's important. Whenever family and friends offer you assistance, take them up on it. Nearly 747,000 Canadians -- including many on the Sunshine Coast -- are affected by dementia, and that number is forecast to double within the next 25 years. For more information on local support groups, Coast residents can contact Kerri Sutherland or Bronwyn James at 604-984-8348 or 604-984-8347, or email ksutherland@alzheimerbc. org. More resources are available at www.alzheimerbc.org. Submitted
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and actions. We also have Evaluation, Communications and Sustainability Action Groups. Often, providing information and education is a key strategy. The Seniors Planning Table is very grateful to the Sunshine Coast Credit Union for providing funds to help with this. For the first time ever, we have compiled a fall listing of information/ education events related to the Seniors Planning Table priorities. The Seniors Planning Table operates under the leadership of the Community Resource Centre, with the financial support of the Sunshine Coast Community Foundation and the Sunshine Coast Credit Union. For more information please contact: seniorsplanningtable@resourcecentre.ca Submitted
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Brothy Lentil Soup
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1 medium onion, diced 1 clove garlic, minced 1 medium thumb ginger, minced One carrot, diced small One parsnip, diced small 3 tsp curry powder 1 cup green lentils 4 cups veggie broth 2 cups water Braggs liquid aminos, to taste (I used 1/2-1 tbsp) Fresh cracked pepper & parsley to garnish
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• Cut up all your veg in preparation, then water-sauté your onions and garlic over medium heat til softened. Add ginger and do the same, then carrot, parsnip and curry powder. Cook until things are starting to get fragrant and caramelized • Add dry lentils and mix well. Add veggie broth and water and bring the whole thing to a boil. Let cook for 2025 minutes, or until lentils have softened. Season to taste with Braggs and garnish. That’s it!
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Apr. 17, 1932 – Oct. 29, 2015 Donald Alexander Ewing passed away suddenly on October 29th, 2015 in Sechelt, BC at the age of 83. Don is survived by his loving wife Donna, stepsons Duane (Amanda Jensen) Mielke, and Darren Mielke, and grandchildren Myles Mielke, Jada Mielke and Braeden Mielke; by Don’s children Carol Roblin, Laurie Ewing, Colleen (David) Ewing-Staley and Gary (Judy) Ewing and grandchildren Amanda (Derek)Roblin and Graham (Randa) Roblin and their father Bob Roblin; by his brother Ken Ewing, his sisters Shirley Harris and Marilyn (Ron) Stothers and many nephews and neices; and by his brother-in-law Bill (Joan) Fayter. Don is predeceased by his first wife Dorothy Ruth nee Fayter. Don was born on April 17, 1932 outside of Elora, Ontario. Don had a varied career, serving in the Royal Canadian Air Force; working as a cross-country truck driver, as vice-president of the family’s lumber inspection company, and in recreational vehicle design and manufacture; and then retiring from BC Transit as an Operations Supervisor. In 1998, Don and Dot retired to Sechelt where they quickly became involved in the community. Don’s passions were Rotary and the Community Coast Builders Association. His design and construction management background was utilized on a variety of Rotary Community projects including the Davis Bay washroom and the Rotary Friendship Park. He will be sorely missed at various community events as well as at his favourite hardware store and coffee shops. A memorial service will be held at 1:30 PM on Friday November 6th, 2015 at St. Hilda’s by the Sea Anglican Church, 5838 Barnacle St, Sechelt, BC with a reception in the hall to follow. Rev’d Clarence Li will officiate. All are welcome to attend and celebrate Don’s life. In lieu of flowers, donations in Don’s memory to the Rotary Foundation of Canada would be appreciated. https://www.rotary.org/myrotary/en/take-action/give or through any member of the Rotary Club of the Sunshine Coast.
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Libra (Sep 22–Oct 22) Making headway with your skills and talents for the sake of stimulating extra income continues. This may also amount to studies and training to improve your abilities and earning potential. A feature of this work is to break through limiting beliefs and attitudes. Weaving creativity, art and expressions of beauty into your actions now will reward you with deep inspiration as well. Scorpio (Oct 22–Nov 21) Efforts to break through certain rhythms, lifestyle patterns and habits continue as a central theme. Now it is time to shift your focus into higher gear, or lower for added torque, as the case may be. This includes who you associate with and how. The influence of certain people or groups and locations and their associated activities is important to consider in light making positive changes. Sagittarius (Nov 21–Dec 21) Balancing the urge for inner retreat, privacy and seclusion with social interactions is an important theme now. All being well you have been busy making progress in your public and professional arenas. Obtaining tools and training is implied. Now the shift is to friends and groups. Choosing wisely now means being extra selective regarding with whom you interact, what you have
to say and how. Capricorn (Dec 21–Jan 19) Sometimes it is who you know, while at others what and ultimately both are important, especially now. Expressing your sense of individuality is featured now. You may be feeling a little edgy, however, so it might be wise to emphasize diplomacy. At best, you are able to decipher exactly what you feel and express it successfully. With a dash of philosophical reflection, you could reveal some real genius. Aquarius (Jan 19–Feb 19) Getting the attention you feel you want, have earned and therefore deserve is now in focus. You are in a creative mood and you want recognition and opportunity to this end. To succeed, you may have to push your point a bit. Enjoying cultural activity, arts and entertainment is the other side of this coin. Striking the balance between performer and spectator is ideal. Pisces (Feb 19–Mar 20) You are in a philosophical mood. Yet you also feel the call of adventure. How to satisfy both is the question. Attending or giving lectures or other intellectual exchanges could suffice. Cocktails in a piano bar with friends where you can converse, for example, could hit the mark. In any case, your passions are on the rise and these could also activate your romantic side.
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professionally. Cancer (Jun 21–Jul 22) Waves of creative inspiration have been pouring in. These might be inspiring you to simply have more fun. You may realize who some of your true friends are since they are the ones inviting you out. Yet your focus is turning to home. You may feel happy to meet some goals like final preparations for winter and bringing closure to this year in preparation for the new one which is fast approaching. Leo (Jul 22–Aug 23) If you have had it your way you have been nestled in close to home of late as much as possible. Yet circumstances have also been pushing you be more diligent in your work. But the cycle is shifting and you will feel enthusiastic to be more social. The prospects of travel and adventure are now coming into focus and the emerging keyword is play. Virgo (Aug 23–Sep 22) Diving deep in thought and, as the week progresses, in deed is a current theme. Study, research and investigation are featured. Focusing on your talents and sharing them will become top priority. You should see your energy levels spike as the week progresses as well. At deeper levels, the flow of circumstances has changed and you are challenged to persevere and overcome reactive fears.
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November 2 in Virgo. Now with this series of sign exchanges where the celestial lovers are exchanging roles in difficult could cause challenges to relationship stability. In simpler terms, 2015 has likely been a time of many endings but also of many beginnings and/ or deepening on relationship fronts. But the overall process will cross over in January when any lingering indecision will be finalized, for this round. The New Moon occurs in Scorpio on November 11th at 19 Scorpio 01. How will is land in your chart and what aspects will this seed of transformation make in light of all these other planetary dynamics? If these cycles have been producing big changes in your love life, you now know more clearly how the planetary energies have been synchronizing. If you would like more insight with even more specific emphasis tailored to your life send me an email, I would be happy to assist you. Aries (Mar 21–Apr 20) A busy time complete with a heavy work load continues, but there will be some noticeable shifts this week. This work focus has likely occurred in a variety of areas of your life and both internally as well as without. Sometimes the work occurs on mental and emotional levels and can include soul searching processes. Expect this momentum to continue and to deepen yet. Taurus (Apr 20–May 21) A steady flow of deep changes continue to unfold in you. In some respects, you may feel better than ever. Yet a process of deep and protracted analysis is underway, questions upon questions. Your goal is to discern exactly what you feel and should do. Keeping your thoughts and your affairs private is featured. Now get ready to be busier workwise. Gemini (May 21–Jun 21) A busy time and on a variety of fronts continues. Cleaning, repairs and upgrades at home should be drawing to a close. Now the focus turns to boosting your health levels. This may include making key adjustments in your lifestyle and diet. Travel is featured, especially for work. At deeper levels you are and have been striving to achieve your highest ideals publically and
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8, the sign placement where ‘she’ is the most challenged, save for when in Scorpio, which is from December 4 to 29. Mars enters Libra on November 12. Mars is in one of its more challenging signs when in Libra where it will remain until January 3 before entering Scorpio. Mars is the co-ruler of Scorpio along with Pluto so it thereby takes on its own status of honor. So, this series of exchanges with Venus and Mars, which began way back in late February 2015 when they formed a conjunction in Aries, but then due to Venus turning retrograde in late July, another conjunction with Mars occurred and then a third and final conjunction took place on
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