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Bill and Lyn Charlton were busy on the weekend filling their truck with Bicycles for Humanity, to be shipped to Lesotho, in Africa. Photo Coho Veld Hundreds of bikes that were gathering dust in sheds around the Coast are nearly on their way to a place where they will be much used and appreciated. Weathertight lug 1035 People in the South African country of Lesotho will be more mobile and equipped for life thanks to Bill and Lyn Charlton for organizing the Sunshine Coast Bikes For Humanity drive, and all the folks who pitched in. “We try to distribute them first to nurses, teachers and families,” Bill Charlton said, “Lesotho is a landlocked country north of Durban South Africa.” The drive has been going on for weeks now, Aug. 30, 2012 and last weekend generous Sunshine Coast people brought their unused bicycles to bikedrives at Tim Hortons in Gibsons, and McDonalds in Sechelt. “It’s been turning out really well, and people on the Coast have been really helpful,” recreational sailor, Charlton emphasized. The bikes were moved by trucks loaned to the campaign for free by Prime Rentals, along with
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Sechelt golf course plans unveiled the improvements would be a boon to the region, creating a destination resort within the existing grounds including hotel suites, which will be for sale. New golf course architect, Wayne Carleton explained some of the present upgrades happening to bunkers, ponds and greens, and showed some photos of features they plan to include noting flowering shrubs and native plantings and a wedding photography area. “There will be a three to five year window before the golf course will be where we want it,” Carleton added, noting they’ll try to keep disruption of play to a minimum while the improvements are underway. Hotel architect Carl Gustavson showed concept
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Thieves hit the areas of Secret Cove and Madeira Park hard on the long weekend stealing six boat motors. Sunshine Coast RCMP were called after boat owners were shocked to find their boat motors had been stolen from boats at Buccaneer and Madeira Park marinas overnight. So far a total of six outboard motors have been reported stolen, as well as two fuel tanks. It is believed more thefts may have occurred and not yet been discovered.
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Finding the Sunshine Coast
Susan Attiana – The LOCAL WEEKLY My husband and I had been searching for a couple of years for a weekend residence. We travelled over the border into Washington where many friends bought their weekend escapes but found we were not interested in long border line ups. We travelled to the interior and visited many locales but decided that we did not want a long drive on a Friday night or a long drive return on Sunday. One year the PNE prize home was to be moved to Pender Harbour on the Sunshine Coast. I asked my husband where the Sunshine Coast was. Many people are unaware, even mainland locals, of where the Sunshine Coast is. I thought it had something to do with me being an Easterner but my husband grew up on the Island and even he was not sure of the location. But we found our way, visited for a weekend, and within a couple of weeks we decided to buy our weekend getaway. And here we are 6 years later, the last 2 of which we are full time residents. I have been in the newspaper business since 1984 in Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver. When the opportunity came forward to operate the Local Weekly it was an easy decision. There is no better way, in my mind, to get to know your community than being a part of the business community, part of the written word, and part of the opinion a small community newspaper provides. Where the media from time to time says that newspapers will be a thing of the past, small community newspapers, in my opinion, will be around for a long time. Most people I know need to feel that connection. And all businesses benefit greatly from the exposure advertising dollars provide, especially when our product is delivered right to your doorstep. I have met many wonderful people, business owners and other movers and shakers in our communities along the Coast. The well-thought-out growth plans, while extremely controversial to some, show, that this generation of leaders are trying to do their best to bring forward opportunities that will enhance our lifestyle and not just for ourselves, but for future generations. Our search brought us here and for that we are extremely grateful.
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Letters to the Editor – Opinions Time for shared taxi service I read the letter from Mr. J. Knaus complaining about the ferry service, and I can understand his frustration in not being able to visit with his wife in North Vancouver. But I’m wondering, why is an 87 year old, who is obviously under some stress (due to his ailing wife) and having eyesight challenges (not wanting to drive at night) getting in the car to drive to the ferry and then on the upper levels highway to North Van, hoping to return the same day? That’s a big trip for anyone, let alone a senior. Why isn’t there a shared taxi service option to/from each large ferry terminal? This would be of use to all commuters and casual travellers (though perhaps not the weekenders). It would certainly make things easier for Mr. Knaus. Why is it such a long footrace from the ferry to the bus and taxi in Horseshoe Bay? Its almost as if ‘they’ want to discourage people from travelling other than by personal vehicle. Or are ‘they’ merely catering to a society that prefers prefers the privacy of their own car. Either way, the ferry systems could certainly be better integrated with land travel options to provide a more convenient service requiring less private vehicles on the ferry.
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Coal Committee wants federal assessment As you may know our local Salish Sea Coal Committee has been working to understand the implications of the Fraser Surrey Docks Direct Coal Transfer proposal since November 2013. Port Metro Vancouver granted the permit Aug 21, 2014. Unfortunately for the Sunshine Coast and indeed all coastal communities surrounding the Salish Sea there has been
no consideration of environmental and health implications of any portion of the transfer route beyond the mouth of the Fraser River where the Port Metro Jurisdiction ends. Indeed there is not a single body with jurisdiction, oversight or responsibility for this project. We are again calling for an Environmental Assessment from the Federal Government. People who are interested in this issue and in supporting the Salish Sea Coal Committee can email me at chapturn.lynn@eastlink.ca, Lynn Chapman
Negotiate in good faith or fail Alright, enough already! It’s time to grow up, stop using our youth as a political football and maybe while we’re at it, make education a real priority. After all. our future depends on it. Years as a divorce mediator taught me a few things about negotiating an agreement between hostile parties. All successful mediations have one thing in common; The INTENTION of both parties to reach common ground. With divorcing people that intention is almost always centred around the welfare of the children. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve explained to people, that although they may cease to be man and wife, parenthood is permanent. Trying to mediate this impasse between government and teachers is a plain non-starter. Far from being a source of common ground, our children are a political football and have become collateral damage in a dispute where both parties are determined to “win” at any cost. This is not fertile ground for mediation. This requires binding arbitration wherein an impartial third party has the power to force both par-
ties to accept a reasonable compromise. In this case we seem to be in need of the wisdom of Solomon, and without it we stand to alienate a whole generation of future leaders who must already have serious doubts about our intelligence, our maturity, our trustworthiness and our wisdom. Surely we can do better and if not, it’s time to step down and make room for someone who can.
Terry Karkabe
Teachers need citizen support This struggle is not theirs alone. It goes to the heart of Canadian democracy. Without strong, effective educational programs and classrooms, the foundations of informed and intelligent decisions crumble, along with the well-being of our country and everyone in it. Educators provide the strength and quality of our most important resource-our future generations of Canadians. Teachers are sacrificing time, paychecks, enduring family turmoil and government pressure and Date still they stand firm for what they know our educational system needs in order for young people to experience the joy of learning and to then share that knowledge and wisdom for the future of a healthy country and a planet where it is a joy to be. I am putting out a call to YOU as citizens of this country and residents of this province to please support our teachers visibly. Democratic governments are mandated to SERVE the PEOPLE! They are our employees -- we pay their salaries!! It's time for us to demand the educational system our kids need and deserve, and make it clear to our B.C. government that we support education. Call them, email them, inundate their websites with your wishes.
(Students, you can do this too--make this letter go viral so you can get back to school) Have teachers, has education, made a difference in your life?? Now it's our turn to help make a difference.
Respectfully Nina Haedrich
Gallery not what it seems I read your yesterday's editorial with great interest! I had gone to another newspaper to see if they would do a little story about being a neighbour of Goldmoss Gallery and they said that they would not take sides. It seemed like you had already taken sides so I did not come to your paper, but after reading your editorial, now I am sure. The Roberts have told everyone that they built the 'gallery' as a home, and there it is in print that they built it as a gallery. I think it is in the minutes of the SCRD meeting that they built it as a home. Lee's words. They have been running the gallery for 4 years illegally and no we have not complained to the SCRD, but we complained to the Roberts. Oh, that does not count as a complaint as you can read in your article. He makes that very clear. You have to complain to the proper authority. We did not know that it was illegal. Would you have guessed that someone would have to start one of these next door to you and then not ask for forgiveness, but ask for more! What does that mean, 'they decided to pursue rezoning to get any issues sorted sooner than later? They were reported! They could not continue as they were! There are some borderline untruths there. They did not get to decide. A neighbour complained and then the SCRD had to follow it up. In closing it was the Roberts responsibility to put the
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Chief Louie speaks on September 12 The date for the Pro-voc-a-talks event with Osoyoos Chief Clarence Louie speaking is September 12. It was erroneously published as September 21 in an article last week. The Associate Editor apologizes for any inconvenience this error may have caused to the public, the speaker, or the event hosts, Coast Community Builders Association. For tickets to this 8pm event call 604-989-2721 Sincerely, Apryl Veld
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Affordable housing is on the radar for the District of Sechelt. Sunshine Coast Housing Committee gave a report to the District in June regarding possible affordable housing developments. Sunshine Coast Housing Committee hired Catalyst Community Development to help develop concepts on three properties on the Sunshine Coast where landowners may have an interest in assisting develop affordable housing projects. The partners were Sunshine Coast Community Services Society, School District 46 and Baris Charitable Foundation. Some of the landowners include Gibsons United Church and Sunshine Coast Community Services Society, both of which
approached the housing committee for partnership to redevelop their property. The Affordable Housing Committee coordinator is also working with Sunshine Coast Homeless Advisory committee, “to
engage consultants for a feasibility study”. Claytons Family Lands committed .5 to 1 acre of a 160 acre parcel to be considered for this project, the report noted. Apryl Veld
Ted Chamberlin, a distinguished author, storyteller, and lecturer, will read at the Arts Centre in Sechelt on Saturday, 27 September 8 pm, at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre, Trail and Medusa. Chamberlin has given the Pratt Lecture at the University of Toronto and the Garnet Sedgewick Lecture at UBC but is almost never heard publicly here on the Sunshine Coast, where he now lives with his wife, the Jamaican poet Lorna Goodison. In addition to a brilliant career as a professor of comparative literature, he has been an international consultant on aboriginal land claims in Canada, the U.S., Australia, and Africa. He served on the
Berger Commission and later as Senior Research Associate with the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. These remarkably divergent fields converge in his If This Is Your Land, Where Are Your Stories? (2003), which was nominated for the Charles Taylor Prize. He argues that stories, especially the stories that “tell us who we are and where we belong,” can offer common ground between contending cultures. Chamberlin’s interdisciplinary interests and intellectual breadth are also evident in his later books, Horse: How the Horse Has Changed Civilization, and Island: How Islands Transform the World, which explores the cultural
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announcement for the meeting about the rezoning at the Roberts Creek hall on Monday the 8, in both papers, but failed to do so. They can run a gallery and be a very successful business in Vancouver, but he can not get an announcement in the paper. It makes one wonder.
Not everything is as it seems and do not believe everything you hear. We did at first. I have lived on this property for 22 years and have enjoyed the quiet. Now I have amplified music and a festival next door for the two most beautiful long weekends of the the year.. That would
be all day Friday and Saturday and Sunday and I can not leave and go home. I am home. They interfer with our quiet life. It is not just a gallery. A gallery we can stand and have never minded, and that is why it existed so long. It is the festivals and the loss of our rights! Jane Griffiths
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Sunshine Coast Community Services Society is 40 years old, and is having an open house to celebrate with the community on Thursday, September 18 at 5638 Inlet Ave. Sechelt. The events begin at 3 pm with a general meeting, then at 4:30 there is a garden party, followed by a barbecue with live music. To attend the event please RSVP to 604-885-5881 Ext. 224 or email jsankew@sccss.ca
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One of the things I’ve learned over the past year at Capilano University is that this is a community that loves learning and is hungry for new educational opportunities. From our always popular ElderU to the Mountain Bike Operations program to the amazing adults who race from work to our campus in the evenings to further their careers, you are all about bettering yourselves and the lives of those around you. Listening to our community, I’ve heard that you want more certificate-based courses, so you can get trained and get to work. This fall, we have seven new certificates:
from FoodSafe and Serving it Right! to Traffic Control and Occupational First Aid Level 3, so sign up and get qualified! You can check us out on the web at www.capilanou. ca/cs-sunshinecoast, grab a brochure from the Sechelt campus, or find us on Facebook. I’ve also been listening to you say you want more courses designed for small and medium sized businesses. This fall, you can talk to a lawyer in our Legal Aspects of Business course, get Tax Tips for Business Owners, or finally get a handle on how to put social media to work for your business.
To register for a Continuing Studies course, call 604885-9310, visit the Sunshine Coast campus in person, or register online at www.capilanou.ca/cs-sunshinecoast. If you would like to see a new course offered, or want to talk about custom training for your business, send me an email! Education is the best investment around … it’s a sure thing with a great rate of compound interest! Happy learning, Heather Ingram, Continuing Studies & Executive Education Program Manager
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Lehigh hosts open house fun for all ages If you want to get up on the mountain for the day, local gravel quarry operator Lehigh Materials is having a party and you’re invited. Saturday September 13, from 11am to 4pm enjoy the lunch and confections all thanks to Lehigh at 5784 Sechelt Inlet Rd. The annual event is about celebrating the great resource this mine provides and the reclamation work that’s going on as well. They like to welcome guests for a grand tour around the mine and have some fun viewing mobile equipment on display, plus neat workshops like bee keeping and some featuring Community Gardens and Salish Soils.
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The Forza Quartet classical ensemble that includes local violinist Simon Gidora, was recently awarded First Prize in the Chamber Music Category at Canada’s National Music Festival. Photo submitted.
Irwin Performance Hall in Kelowna, B.C. together, will all be the first place winners of the eight disciplines. They were honoured to represent British Columbia in the Chamber Music Category. The other BC winner was pianist Paul Williamson. The National Music Festival is an annual competition that brings together Canada’s finest young musicians. This year the competition featured 53 young performers, aged 14 to 28, in eight disciplines: piano, strings, voice, woodwinds, brass, guitar, chamber groups and music theatre. The Festival is part of the Canadian Federation of Music Festivals whose primary objective is the development and encouragement of Canadian talent in the performance and knowledge of classical music.
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The Positive Story John Weston MP, West Vancouver, Sunshine Coast , Sea to Sky Country
The Environment IS the Economy Thanks to everyone who worked with me over a busy summer to “shrink the distance to Ottawa”. Ministers and other MPs came to our riding to work with constituents and me on pressing national issues that affect us here, where we live. We also saw developments in responsible resource development, a theme that increasingly affects us all. Key Ministers that worked with us over the summer were Jason Kenney, Minister of Employment and Social Development; Transport Minister Lisa Raitt; Fisheries Minister Gail Shea; and Colin Carrie, Parliamentary Secretary to the Environment Minister. The common themes of relevance and responsiveness characterized their work. In his attempt to ensure the Temporary Foreign Worker Program best suits the needs of British Columbians, Minister Kenney met with leaders in the entertainment sector, business owners, tourism promoters, and Chambers of Commerce. These leaders in job creation are involved in ongoing discussion with me, trying to ensure Canadians get hired first and employers
find the staff they need. A former Harbour Master herself, Minister Raitt listened to our constituents’ concerns and related, among other things, her work on creating world-class standards in marine safety. I was especially grateful to constituents who have helped me approach Minister Shea and Parliamentary Secretary Carrie with proposals to create a Fisheries Centre of Excellence, as supported by my fisheries advisory group, and to support a long-term plan for Howe Sound, as initiated by the Future of Howe Sound Society. Throughout the summer, conversations at backyard barbecues and coffee gatherings often related to responsible resource development. “The Environment IS the Economy,” is the message I am increasingly taking to Cabinet and other leaders. Most constituents tend to favour resource development that is “responsible” in promoting positive social, environmental, Aboriginal, and economic development. In reviewing such things, we need to ensure the integrity of independent, sciencebased processes, with plenty of opportunity for effective public engagement. A high level of public engagement - that’s what I witnessed all summer long in the area where we live, “The Most Beautiful Place on Earth.”
Check out what is growing in your community One Straw Society is holding an Edible Garden Tour and One Straw Potluck on Sunday, September 14 at a variety of locations on the Sunshine Coast. 10 am to 1 pm Gibsons to Roberts Creek, 1 to 4 pm Wilsons Creek to Halfmoon Bay and 4 to 6pm the Community Potluck will take place at Mission Point House. The Edible Garden Tour is a self-guided tour of organic farms and gardens across the Sunshine Coast. Check out what is growing in your
community, get inspired with great ideas for your own garden or farm and learn ways to support the local food movement. There will be fun activities along the way including some guided tours and the Roberts Creek Heart Market, which features local growers, musicians and crafts. After the tour, join community fun ant the One Straw Potluck at Mission Point House in Mission Point Park from 4 to 6pm.
The annual B.C. Thanksgiving Food Drive is happening on Saturday, Sept 20. Volunteers on the Sunshine Coast will be dropping off grocery bags with a flyer at people’s homes during the week of Sept 13. They are asking people to put unopened, non-perishable food items into the grocery bag with the flyer attached. Items need to be placed on front door steps before 9am on Sept 20. For homes with a long driveway, please place donations at the driveway entrance. Food will be donated to all local Food Banks on the Sunshine Coast including St. Bartholomew’s Food
Bank, Salvation Army Food Bank, Sunshine Coast Food Bank and Pender Harbour Food Bank. Last year, the BC Thanksgiving Food Drive raised 10,000 lbs of food for the Sunshine Coast. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact: Sechelt and Halfmoon Bay: Maureen Matkin 604.885.8894 Gibsons and Roberts Creek: Fabienne Bonnici 604.886.1226 Pender Harbour area: Sam Beaton 778.487.2102 or 604.556.9909 You can learn more at: http://bctfooddrive.org/
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BUDGET 2014 CONSULTATION
SELECT STANDING COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES Chair: Dan Ashton, MLA (Penticton) Deputy Chair: Mike Farnworth, MLA (Port Coquitlam)
Would you like to share your views on priorities for the next provincial budget?
W E WA N T TO H E A R F R O M YO U ! The all-party Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services is inviting submissions on the Budget 2014 Consultation Paper, prepared by the Minister of Finance. British Columbians can participate by attending a public hearing, answering an on-line survey, making a written submission, or sending the Committee a video or audio file. The consultation process concludes Wednesday, October 16, 2013. For more information, please visit our website at: www.leg.bc.ca/cmt/finance or contact: Parliamentary Committees Office, Room 224, Sept 11, 2014 Parliament Buildings, Victoria, BC V8V 1X4; tel: 250.356.2933, or toll-free in BC: 1.877.428.8337; fax: 250.356.8172; e-mail: FinanceCommittee@leg.bc.ca Susan Sourial, Committee Clerk
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 46 (SUNSHINE COAST) 2014 GENERAL SCHOOL ELECTION NOTICE OF NOMINATION
Public Notice is given to the electors of School District No. 46 (Sunshine Coast) that nominations for the offices of: One (1) School Trustee for Rural Area 1 (SCRD Area A: Pender Harbour/Egmont and SCRD Area B: Halfmoon Bay) and Three (3) School Trustees for Rural Area 2 (Sechelt Indian Government District, SCRD Area D: Roberts Creek, SCRD Area E: Elphinstone, SCRD Area F: West Howe Sound) will be received by the Chief Election Officer or a designated person, as follows: School District No. 46 Board Office PO Box 220, 494 South Fletcher Road Gibsons, BC between the hours of 9:00 am on September 30th, 2014 and 4:00 pm on October 10th, 2014, excluding statutory holidays and weekends. Nomination documents are available during regular office hours at the following locations, until the close of the nomination period: School District No. 46 Board Office – 494 South Fletcher Road, Gibsons Sunshine Coast Regional District Office – 1975 Field Road, Sechelt Sechelt Indian Government District Office – 5555 Highway 101, Sechelt NOTE: Nominations for the following Trustee Electoral Areas will be handled by the Town of Gibsons and the District of Sechelt respectively: One (1) School Trustee for Gibsons Trustee Electoral Area* Two (2) School Trustees for the Sechelt Trustee Electoral Area* *Nomination documents are available at the respective municipal offices and completed nomination documents must be returned to the same location. QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE
A person is qualified to be nominated, elected, and to hold office as a School Trustee if they meet the following criteria: • Canadian citizen; • 18 years of age or older on general voting day [November 15, 2014]; • resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day nomination papers are filed; and • not disqualified under the School Act or any other enactment from being nominated for, being elected to or holding office as a trustee, or be otherwise disqualified by law. For further information, please contact: Nicholas Weswick, Chief Election Officer [604-886-8811] Erica Reimer, Deputy Chief Election Officer [604-886-8811] Nicholas Weswick Chief Election Officer
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Talk of The Town Wayne Rowe Mayor, Town of Gibsons
As the saying goes, “everything old is new again” – and we are hoping that the 2014 version of a 1914 milestone for our town will prove equally effective at strengthening community ties. This year marks the 100th birthday of the Gibsons Public Library. In 1914, the Howe Sound Farmers’ Institute launched a local
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Word on the Street… library service, receiving their first shipment of books from the Provincial Lending Service in a hinged wooden box. The box was located on Cannery Road, (now Henry Road), in the home of the first Librarian in the area, W.H. Paul, and over the years changed location a number of times, often moving among the houses of members of the Farmers’ Institute and Women’s Institute. Not until 1952 was an Associated Library formed, and over the
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next two decades community volunteerism and philanthropy allowed for the building and expansion of the library on various sites, until 1995 when sod was turned for the current library building, now home to more than 40,000 physical materials, nearly 65,000 digital materials, and 94,000 visits annually, with a circulation that has grown by 50 per cent since 1999. And to think – it all began with a simple wooden box full of books. This year, a new iteration of that first ‘pop-up library’ has been built, and will soon be installed at Shaw Road and O’Shea in a gesture of partnership between the Town and the Gibsons Public Library. The Library will place some ‘seed books’ in the
finely crafted cottage-style box, and the idea is for those who live nearby to take a book that appeals to them, and leave a book or two in its place for someone else to enjoy. Our hope is that avid readers living in various neighbourhoods will build and install their own libraries, working with the Library and the Town, creating a community gathering space, and building opportunities for engagement and belonging, while fostering a love of reading. If you would like to be part of spreading this neighbourly 2x2 movement across our town, please contact Town Hall @ 604-886-2274 to learn how you can become involved. And happy reading!
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Crowds of oyster fans flocked to Oyster Fest at Gibsons Landing where they feasted and enjoyed the rocking tunes along with a fashion show. The annual event that took place on Saturday was sponsored by Smitty’s Oyster House, and Rotary Club of Gibsons. Photo Stephanie Taylor
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Lobster Fest to bring celebration and promise People on the Sunshine Coast can have an elegant and fun evening at Lobster Fest, while helping women and girls recover at Linwood House in Roberts Creek. The Lobster Fest on September 20 will feature dining and music with George Grafton and the Nostalgettes, traditional fiddlers and Hammy McClymont as MC with Ed Hill performing the live auction. The fundraising helps to run Linwood House programs, which take in exploited women. Women and girls who are fleeing abusive situations and trying to get their lives together are given a chance to heal, said Gwen McVickers of Linwood House Ministries. “We advocate for women being exploited, and walk with them on their journey of healing.” The guests are given room and board in a tranquil and scenic setting, along with a supportive and therapeutic environment that includes art activities to bring women closer to themselves. “Some of them have had very traumatic lives,” McVickers noted. The fundraising event is a very special way for the Sunshine Coast to keep these good programs run-
ning, and makes for a great night out with friends. “It’s our second year and the first was a huge success,” McVickers said. Along with the extra special dining and entertainment component, there will also be silent and live auction for items including trips to exotic locations and special packages. One of the items to be auctioned is a painting by Sunshine Coast painter, Marleen Vermuelen. The celebrated landscape painter inspired Linwood managers with her art presentation at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery, and was invited to speak to the women at the house, Vermeulen explained. “Last year I went to visit the house and in all my life’s interactions I have never met such beautiful, kind and inviting people,” the artist shared, “I can see how powerful that can be for those women.” The painter said her talk was about how she looked forward to becoming an artist and was told it may not be possible and she should look at designing instead. But she followed her dream and making art has become something she can do with commercial success.
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“Living in the possibility and asking where can I go doesn’t come by itself … you have to have faith that it can come true,” she said. Vermeulen notes that talking with the women also inspired her. “I was hoping I made a difference in their lives, and I came away feeling they had made a difference in mine,” the artist said. Info: www.linwoodhouse.ca 604-351-2972 604-740-3757
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Sublime Music in the Harbour The Pender Harbour Chamber Music Festival celebrated its 10th anniversary with sold-out concerts and standing ovations galore. In a program of six musically challenging concerts, Artistic Director Alexander Tselyakov, provided both musicians and audiences with a truly exceptional experience. The Festival opened with an exquisite Marcelo concerto dedicated, with great affection, to the memory of Ryan Campbell, a long-time supporter of chamber music in Pender Harbour. Throughout the weekend, the Lafayette String Quartet set the bar
Alexander Tselyakov and the composer, who was in attendance, graciously accepted the roaring approval of the audience. Again this year, the Friday afternoon concert - Chamber Music Doesn’t Bite – played to standing room only. It is offered free of charge as a gift to the community from the musicians and is intended to encourage those who might be a bit nervous of chamber music to stick a toe into the water of this glorious musical pool. With a project of this complexity, the list of “thank you’s” is very long, but at the
very high with their beautiful sound and finely honed presentation as did Gary Levinson, violin; Eugenia Zukerman, flute; Suren Bagratuni, cello; Baya Kakouberi, piano; and Julia Nolan, saxophone – an instrument making its debut at the Festival. A highlight of the weekend was the World Premier of Kelly-Marie Murphy’s In a World of Motion and Distance which was commissioned by the Festival Committee to celebrate its special anniversary. It was played with passion and consummate artistry by the Lafayette String Quartet and pianist
Sunshine Coast Arts Council art and music awards Don’t miss the opportunity to nominate a worthy applicant or to apply yourself for this year’s Art and Music Awards presented by the Sunshine Coast Arts Council. There are three separate awards in question. The Gillian Lowndes Award honors the life and talent of Gillian Lowndes, a promising young Coast dancer. Nominees for this award must demonstrate longstanding achievement, innovation and recent growth in
1990 to 1994. The award is intended for Coast music students who are undertaking advanced studies. Application forms along with further information on the awards can be obtained at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre, 5714 Medusa Street or from our website at www.scartscouncil.com. Deadline for nominations is September 28, 2014. The Sunshine Coast Arts Council welcomes your submissions.
their field of artistic endeavor. The Anne and Philip Klein Visual Arts Award honors the lives of its namesakes who embarked on their artistic pursuits upon retirement. Nominees should be over 65 years of age with a preference given to those who have developed an artistic passion later in life. The Louise Baril Memorial Music Award honors an active member of the Coast music scene who was the program director of Countryside Concerts from
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Friday Dinner & Live Music with The Organics (67:30pm). Roberts Creek Legion, No cover, tips welcome. Dinner from 6-9pm September 13
Gut Bucket Thunder Review - Saturday 9pm, Roberts Creek Legion -Blues, rock funk & boogie, courtesy of Simon Paradis, Sully Antonyk, Patrick Haavisto & iconic Vancouver guitarist Russell Marsland. $6 members $12 guests of members. September 13
Family Fun Day Saturday, 711 Park Road, Gibsons, from 1-4 pm. FREE fun for the whole family. Info: 604-885-5791 September 13
The Capizzi Madonna reading. Join local author Luisella Garlick as she reads from her novel The Capizzi Madonna. 604-885-3260 at Sechelt Public Library: 5797 Cowrie St. September 13
Wonderful Olive Oil, with Rossana Miro – Saturday, 3pm to 5pm: In this workshop you will learn a little of the history of the olive and the oil it can produce. 1158 Boyle Road in Gibsons September 13
Lehigh Open House – Saturday 11am to 4pm 5784 Sechelt Inlet Rd. Tours, prizes and activities for adults and kids, demos, lunch, draws and community fun. September 13
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Song of the Body – An invitation to put your whole self in motion. 5 Rhythms with Bettina Rothe at Granthams Hall, 846 Church Rd. Gibsons, 11am to 5pm – Info, register: Julie Plotkin, 604-886-4321 plotkin.julie@gmail.com September 13
Airport Development Business Barbecue – Saturday 3 pm Field Rd. Wilson Creek, Learn about the benefits of an expanded airport for the Sunshine Coast. Guest speakers, Barry LaPointe, Tim Cole.
The Nutcracker Ballet September 14 performed by The Coasting Edible Garden Tour and One Straw Potluck – Sunday Along Theatre Society has September 14, 10am: Gibsons to Roberts Creek. 1 pm: made it possible for multiWilson Creek to Halfmoon Bay. 4 pm: Community Potluck generational family groupat Mission Point House. Check out what’s growing, meet ings and their out of town growers, markets, crafts. Info: foodnetwork@onestraw.ca visitors to enjoy the enSeptember 15 chantment of this perennial Sept 4, 2014 Story contest deadline Gibsons Public Library Short holiday favourite in their sponsors Tell us your story! Theme: What does the library very own coastal community. mean to you? Or What will the library of the future look To minimize direct like? Info: http://gibsons.bc.libraries.coop/explore/shortmonetary requests from story-contest/ our community we will be September 17 embarking on an ambitious Birth Stories from the North with Denise Olson, and delicious fundraising Wednesday 6 to 7:30 pm. Gibsons Public Library, Info: 604campaign this fall. 886-2130 or refdeskgdpl@gmail.com From Sept. 13 to Sept. 21 September 17 Tim Horton’s Smile Cookie fundraiser will be contributFlamenco Dance Workshop Level 1 (Beginners) ing 100% of the proceeds to Flamenco Wednesday 5 pm to 6:30pm, Level 2 (some our Nutcracker Ballet 2014! experience) 6:30 pm to 8 pm gerardoais@hotmail.com or call 778-899-4965 Smile Cookies are an extra large, melt in your mouth, September 18 chocolate chip style cookie Tween After-Hours Book Club Third Thursday of the for only $1. But who could month Starts Thursday 6:30 - 7:30 pm Gibsons Public eat just one! Nutcracker Library (Yup, that’s after the library closes!) Everyone aged members are selling Smile 11 to 14 years welcome Cookies in support of this September 18 season’s production. 40th Anniversary of Sunshine Coast Community Info: (604) 740-9951 www.coastingalongtheatre.org
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Taurus (Apr 20 – May 21) A creative work cycle begins. Your focus may be both upon outer projects and possibly on inner work as well. The latter includes sincere efforts to improve, to evolve. Genuine growth in consciousness means you feel more human, more in touch with your own and the feelings of others. Gaining the mutual support of other key players is your prayer. Gemini (May 21 – Jun 21) Cleaning-up and getting all your affairs is keeping you busy. Aside from the virtues of organization, your true objective is to feel creatively inspired. Now you are ready to follow through on your goal. This will include increased social activity, adding to an already stretched schedule. At least you will not be bored amidst all the drama and excitement. Cancer (Jun 21 – Jul 22) A busy time woven with a variety of activities and errands may well also include travel. With by choice or circumstance, you are focused upon the future. Your direction may not be so certain. You may feel somewhere between wanted and unwanted change. Yet there is a big bend in your river and you must navigate it. Get ready to paddle harder. Leo (Jul 22 – Aug 23) Establishing new foundations is keeping your busy. This includes expansion in both your awareness and linked to actual outer territory. New relationship connections are implied. Since first impressions mean so much, make effort to make them good ones. Fortunately, you are entering a playful and adventurous cycle. Make the most of it.
Virgo (Aug 23 – Sep 22) A pioneering cycle continues. This implies new initiatives. These must be negotiated carefully. Casual attitudes and approaches will not produce the results you desire. At deeper levels you are challenged to access deep reserves of faith. This extends to the cultivation of your talents and skills. Focus to make definite improvements to increase your confidence. Libra (Sep 22 – Oct 22) Your recharging cycle is almost over, but not quite yet. This includes contempla-
tion, reflection, revision and review as well as good old fashioned rest. You are in an opportune position to make some key internal changes to produce positive outer change. Adjustments in your perspective, attitude and approach will be their own reward.
Scorpio (Oct 22 – Nov 21) Your individuality is shining brightly now. The question is: is the light blinding or soothing for others? Your ambitions have been running high lately and at best you have integrated some now skills and realizations. At worst you have to contend with incoming casualty reports. Sometimes we need to have a good long talk with ourselves. This may be one of those times.
Sagittarius (Nov 21 – Dec 21) Getting the attention you want and feel you have earned and deserve continues. The twist is that you are meant to ask and look for opportunities to make bigger and better contributions. Making it a pleasure, even a privilege to serve is a key to success. However, you are also entitled to receive and be rewarded for your efforts. Weave these two principles.
Capricorn (Dec 21 – Jan 19) Sometimes it is important to pay extra close attention to the details of the bigger picture, like now. However you did it and whatever your objective, expand your perspective and aim to think in long-term perspectives. This includes identifying key players and personalities. Who has the skill and talents you can employ to fulfill your goals and plans.
Aquarius (Jan 19 – Feb 19) Amidst an overall expansive cycle, the time has come to concentrate your focus. The emphasis is upon improvement and upgrade. It could be your own approach or skills or actual equipment. Yet, you are also destined to connect more fully and consciously to your higher mind. This is accessed through your heart center and ultimately implies unity. Practically speaking, focus to do what you love and love what you do. Pisces (Feb 19 – Mar 20) Increasing the scope and quality of your work and your relationships is a woven theme now. Simply improving social relations is featured and ideal as well. How can you increase trust and intimacy? Aim to improve and add skills. Giving and receiving training of some sort is likely and ideal. Increasing your confidence levels is linked to building trust within and without.
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I was asked recently if the increasingly unusual and fierce weather patterns are linked to Astrology. The basic answer is yes. Astrology is about the relationship that exists between the Sun and all the planets in our Solar System and specifically to our own Moon. While there are many moons, ours is especially important, because it very significantly and personally is what connects us to the Sun and planets. This is where our own collective sentience and that of all the creatures that we share the planet with produce that subjective point of reference without which all other discussions would have no meaning. Feigning some notion of objectivity beyond this intimate relationship presents its own absurdity so the paradox must be accepted. However, it is largely the influence of the Sun that is the main factor linked to the weather. The other question includes deciphering what is influencing the Sun. While many theories abound, two come to the fore: 1) Something other than the Sun itself is influencing it, Many assert it is another planet while others assert that there is actually a brown dwarf sister Sun to our own which has a 3600 year cycle and is not fast approaching its return. 2) The Sun’s consciousness and our own, as in the collective of humanity and all life on earth are more intimately linked than might be assumed and, as it changes, so do we. Some would say it is supported by the ideas presented by quantum physics. The first of these theories come under the domain of physics while the second can be categorized as metaphysics. Basically, from the standpoint of holistic thinking, which weaves the perspectives of metaphysics and quantum physics, everything in existence shares a close, intrinsic relationship. This occurs both physically, as in physics, yet also in consciousness itself, as in metaphysics. So, the weather anomalies are a combination of solar activity and human consciousness, what may be deemed a symbiotic relationship. This presents an example of synchronicity on a large scale. As mystical as it sounds, this perspective is based on quantum physics and represents the emerging paradigm where science and mysticism meet. This is also the basis of how and why Astrology works. Division and separation are ultimately illusions.
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