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A Guide to Local Shopping and Fun!
Inside
Publisher
PALLA MEDIA Carolynne Palla
4 Cover Story: Planting Fun 6 Message from DVBA President
Photographer Sandra Steier
12 Money’s Drycleaning 18 Evergreen Hedges 20 Map of Dunbar 22 Southlands Heritage Farm 24 The Wild
Editor & Contributor
Janet Morris-Reade
27 Dunbar Directory 36 Salmonberry Days
Writer & Copy Editor
38 Calendar of Events
Sarah Gordon
Dunbar Life Magazine is a resource for residents in Dunbar and is produced in association with the Dunbar Village Business Association. Dunbar is defined as the area between 16th Avenue in the north to 41st Avenue in the south, and UBC Endowment Lands in the west to Mackenzie Street to the east. Each magazine serves to synergize the community by bringing businesses and residents together for the common goal of supporting and promoting each other.
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Cover Story: Planting Fun Evital (4) and Amitai (8) are featured on the cover planting at Southlands Heritage Farm. Amitai goes to Immaculate Conception School just a block west of Dunbar between 27th and 28th. Amitai loves composing stories for the movies he will eventually star in and direct. He comes up with a few new ones every week. Evi loves drawing and her parents are actively encouraging her to keep her drawing on paper instead of their walls, floors and furniture. They have a massive pit in their back garden that they enjoy digging in. Amitai enjoyed being able to make a big mess with all the dirt during the photo shoot, and Evital said she liked "all of it." Evi loved visiting the horses afterwards and keeps talking about "Bobby."
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A Message from the President Beth McKercher, Dunbar Village Business Association The Dunbar Village Business Association has just completed its 4th year of our first five-year mandate. Over the next 12 months we will be working with the property owners and merchants to determine if they would like to see the work of the DVBA continue for another 5 years. As you may know, our association is funded by a voluntary levy tied to the commercial property taxes. Our budget for the past 4 years has been tight compared to other business improvement areas, but I hope you’ll agree that we’ve been moving in the right direction toward creating a vibrant and beautiful shopping district for the neighbourhood. Over the past four years we’ve invested heavily in marketing and promotion, celebrating our businesses and our neighbourhood. We have hosted community events such as the “Dunbar Village Harvest Festival”, “Trick-or-Treat in Dunbar Village”, and the horse and carriage rides for “Dunbar Village for the Holidays.” As a business community, these events have provided us an opportunity to give back to our community while getting to know our customers better. We’ve also been fortunate enough to sponsor other community-lead initiatives such as Salmonberry Days, Salmonberry Days Festival, Olympic Celebrations and the Community Centre Christmas Tree Light Up. Another exciting marketing initiative has been Dunbar Life Magazine, which helps us all celebrate why it’s so great to live and work in Dunbar. In addition to advertising our businesses, the magazine features photos of residents, articles written by residents and provides you with behind-the-scenes information about our merchants. We believe that featuring Dunbar content works toward creating a sense of community and building lasting relationships. The more we get to know each other, the more Dunbar will continue on its path toward being a friendly and attractive neighbourhood for current and future residents. In past years we’ve printed a coupon book that was well received by Dunbar households. Recently, however, new technologies have enabled us to launch our Dunbargains program,
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which is proving to be a huge success with both customers and businesses alike. If you haven’t signed up yet, please go to www.dunbargains. ca to receive weekly deals sent to your email. Streetscape improvements have been high on our priority list over the past four years as well. Our first and most significant investment was to outfit all the light poles with electrical outlets, street banner hardware, and flower basket hangers costing tens of thousands of dollars. Then we invested in yearly flower baskets, street banners, and holiday lights that have made us the envy of other business improvement areas with much greater budgets than ours! Also, in partnership with the City of Vancouver, we’ve installed 15 new benches along Dunbar enabling people to linger and visit with their neighbours. On sunny days especially, you’ll see these benches being appreciated by many people, young and old. By the time this issue of the magazine hits your mailbox, I’m hoping that the road and sidewalk construction related to the sewer upgrade will be complete and that we can get moving forward on our planting initiative. As we’ve mentioned in past issues of Dunbar Life Magazine, we will be working with community volunteers and local residents to plant small gardens around the base of the trees in the commercial areas. To reflect the sensibilities of the community and to support efforts of urban farming, we will be planting herbs, berries and perennial flowers for everyone to enjoy. More information on this project is coming soon! The Dunbar Village Business Association continues to work with other business improvement areas, resident associations, and the City of Vancouver to create a vibrant community of which we can all be proud. It’s not always easy working within our means, but I’d like to acknowledge the imagination and dedication of our 12 volunteers on the board of directors. Along with the many business owners, their staff, and our part-time executive director, we hope to continue realizing our vision of creating a vibrant commercial district in your neighbourhood. If the DVBA is successful at what we do, then our customers will benefit from a pleasant, walkable quality of life. I do hope you will support us in our renewal for another 5-year mandate! Your comments are always welcome at info@dunbarvillage.ca.
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MONEY’S DRYCLEANING by Sarah Gordon
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Iqbal Mangalji, owner of Money’s Drycleaning, arrived in Canada in 1974 as a teenager when he and his family fled Uganda’s military dictatorship led by the notorious Idi Amin. Mangalji’s uncle, who was also in the dry cleaning business, sponsored the family to come to Canada and trained Mangalji and his mother to work alongside him in the industry. Mangalji has been in the dry cleaning business for thirty-two years. In 1980 he bought his first dry cleaning business in Coquitlam which he owned and operated for ten years. He spent the next two years upgrading his business skills and in 1992 he was approached by the Money family (of Money’s Mushroom fame) to purchase their established dry cleaning business on Dunbar Street. Money’s had operated at the Dunbar location for approximately fifteen years before Mangalji purchased it.
then take them to consignment stores, while others prefer storing them in acid free boxes as keepsakes. In the past twenty years Mangalji has upgraded his equipment twice. His first upgrade was done five years after purchasing the business, and again five years ago. Mangalji is as concerned about the environment as his customers are, and has invested in the latest technology and equipment to comply with environmental regulations which have tightened substantially since he entered the industry. His high tech machines meet the standards, and are user friendly for his staff.
Mangalji exudes enthusiasm for his business, and is dedicated to offering his clients top notch customer service. He enjoys working with and motivating his long term staff to ensure that they are informed of the different treatments required as seasonal clothing is brought in for cleaning. Money’s also dry cleans wedding gowns. Some customers choose to have their gowns cleaned and
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Mangalji illustrated the steps a garment undergoes from the time it is dropped off and picked up. It had not dawned on me how much personal care and attention a garment receives from spot removal (which is a science unto itself), to the dry cleaning process, the pressing, and the final stage, being placed in an environmentally friendly bag which decomposes quickly in the land fill. His three staff members include two highly experienced pressers, and an in house seamstress, Ellen, whose high profile work area in the front window brilliantly showcases her services; customers walk by and realize Money’s offers alteration and repair services. Some dry cleaners ship out alterations, and Mangalji discovered that his business increased substantially when he brought in a seamstress. Dunbar clients may remember Ellen from her previous business at Dunbar and 41st which she sold in 2001. Subsequently, she worked in the Cambie area and then returned to Dunbar to work with Mangalji. She speaks both Mandarin and Japanese, which is a definite asset to the business. Why did Mangalji choose to purchase a business in Dunbar when he lives in Richmond? He appreciates the close knit community and also finds it a very convenient commute. He has a very loyal clientele, with many professionals living in the area. On the weekdays it is often nannies who drop off the cleaning. He has noticed in the last five years that younger families have been moving into the area as people have been retiring and selling their properties. Approximately ninety percent of Money’s clients are repeat customers. Some clients have been with Mangalji since he purchased the shop. Over the years he has seen babies grow up to become adults with their own dry cleaning needs.
so many of us seek, and now takes weekends off and finds time for annual holidays. He enjoys watching sports; hockey and football are his favourites, although he does not play them. For exercise he enjoys walking down to W 41st and back. Mangalji likes to support the Dunbar community and sponsors Dunbar League baseball. He is an active volunteer at the mosque he attends in Richmond. The dedication and professionalism that Mangalji conveys for his business is so strong that I am going to pull out my wedding gown and see if he can clean it for posterity! 4389 Dunbar Street 604-224-5112
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Top Four Tall-Growing Evergreen Hedges by Jessica Salvador
When choosing the right hedge, your decision will combine aesthetics and practicality. Do you want privacy, a barrier or a windscreen? If you want to install a new five to eight foot tall hedge you can purchase hedge plants at that size but if you can wait several years for your hedge to mature, you can plant smaller plants and save some serious money. It is essential to know the exact amount of sunlight that will reach the hedge. Some plants, like cedars, need lots of direct light to be full. If they don’t get enough light they will die out. There are also excellent choices available for shaded locations. Another consideration is the amount of maintenance required. Most hedges require one to three trimmings per year. The best tall-growing evergreen hedges for Vancouver: Emerald Cedar – Thuja occidentalis ‘Smaragd’ Grows to 3 meters tall (10 feet). Solid green colour, narrow shape. No unattractive winter seed pods. Grows over one foot per year. Requires one or two trimmings per year. Plant 2 feet apart. Does best when oriented north to south. If planted in an east-west line, the north side will be shaded out and get thin over time. Needs sun for best look.
Brown’s yew – Taxus media ‘Brownii’ Grows to 2.5 meters (8 feet). Broad columnar tree with upright branches. This male variety does not produce toxic seed pods. Requires little maintenance, one trimming per year. Plant 1.5 to 2 feet apart. If you have a shady area this is a great option. Western Hemlock – Tsuga heterophylla Thick needles are a deep green colour. Tolerates a wide variety of soils. Fast growing, up to 2 feet per year. Can be kept at any height or width if trimmed regularly. Requires 1 or 2 trimmings per year. Plant 2 to 3 feet apart. A great shadetolerant hedge plant with attractive, flat needlelike foliage. English Laurel - Prunus laurocerasus Deep green colour with shiny, reflective broad leaves. Can be kept at any height or width if trimmed regularly. Fast growing, up to 2 feet per year. Plant 1.5 feet apart. Grows in average soils and does well in sun or shade. Jessica is a Certified Landscape Horticulturist. Higher Ground Gardens is family-run business she owns with her husband, a certified landscape technician.
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SOUTHLANDS HERITAGE FARM by Sarah Gordon
photos by Sandra Steier
Southlands Heritage Farm has been on my wish list of places to visit, and when an opportunity arose to meet Jennifer Maynard I jumped at it. It was a very rainy April day, and the traffic along Marine Drive was heavy. Making the turn onto Balaclava Street everything changed instantly. Immediately I felt like I was in the countryside, having left the snarled traffic behind, and now was following a horse and rider along the quiet street. I walked through the little wooden farm gates and noticed charming directional signposts and sunny daffodils everywhere. I stopped at the bulletin board to read up on farm activities when I felt something beside me. Hovering at a feeder was the most magnificent hummingbird I have ever seen. It had an iridescent pink head which looked like sparkling sequins, and seemed to be suspended in mid-flight, as if it was welcoming me to the farm. When Jennifer Maynard arrived to greet me she emitted genuine warmth, like a long lost friend. She and her husband, Rick, have a long history with the Southlands community. Rick was born across the street from the farm. Jennifer Maynard moved to Southlands as a teenager with her parents. After Jennifer and Rick married and had their first son, her parents renovated their home to allow both families to live under one roof. Rick’s parents continued to live around the corner.
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The Maynards have an interesting career history ranging from being horse show photographers at Spruce Meadows for ten years, to opening their riding school, Pony Meadows in 1982, which was originally located just down the road from the farm on a leased property. Rick Maynard is the National Coach (he specializes in equestrian jumping) for the Canadian Modern Pentathlon Team. He coached at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, and was recently in Rio de Janeiro for the 2nd World Cup qualifier. This month he will coach at the 3rd World Cup qualifier in Budapest and the season culminates with the 2012 London Olympics. Jennifer and Rick Maynard have three sons, all successful in their own right. Telf Maynard is a realtor who specializes in westside residential properties in addition to equestrian estates, farms and horse facilities throughout B.C. He grew up jumping horses and travelling around the horse show circuit. Tik Maynard is a former national pentathlete and is a respected writer. He lives in New Jersey and writes for the national weekly equestrian magazine, The Chronicle of the Horse. Jordan Maynard is currently attending university in Dunedin, New Zealand where he is studying Agriculture. He is passionate about food
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security and runs Southlands Farm’s wide range of programs. Southlands Heritage Farm is home to three businesses: Southlands Heritage Farm, Southlands Therapeutic Riding Society (STaRS) and Pony Meadows. The farm is analogous to a busy bee hive, with so many exciting ventures taking place on this 1.6 acre parcel of land. Southlands Heritage Farm was established at the current site in 2009 and is owned by the Maynard family. The family house is on a separate piece of property nearby. The concept for the farm began on their residential property, with a vision to intensively farm in a sustainable way to demonstrate that true food security is possible within the city. When the farm came up for sale they jumped at the opportunity to purchase it. There were several reasons why the Maynards bought the property: to find a permanent home for the STaRS program, to do their part to keep Southlands rural, which is so close to their hearts as long time Southlanders, and to save the daffodil orchard which was once a market garden that supplied cut flowers to local florists in the 1920’s. Purchasing the farm allowed them to have a home for workshops, children’s camps, a pumpkin patch, school field trips, birthday parties, cider pressing, Pony Meadows riding lessons and camps, and STaRS, which is a registered charity dedicated to helping people with disabilities learn to ride horses. STaRS focuses on remedial/educational riding, hippotherapy and sport riding for people with physical, cognitive and emotional disabilities. Maynard’s Pony Meadows offers a variety of horse riding lessons for riders of all ages. They also offer spring and summer camps to accommodate both beginner and more advanced campers. All campers gain hands on experience; they learn how to feed and care for “their” pony as well as the basics of horse back riding. Relocating Pony Meadows to the farm site meant building a barn, as the property’s
existing one was crumbling to the ground. The attractive new barn was completed in June 2010; Jennifer Maynard joked that the permit took longer to acquire than building the structure itself. The eighteen stall barn is also the home of a fantastic hayloft which can be used to host birthday parties and sleepovers. Parties include pony rides, grooming and petting a pony, a horseshoe hunt in the orchard, and every party guests gets to take home a real horseshoe (when was the last time your child brought a horseshoe home in their goodie bag?). The hayloft is available to rent for the opening presents and eating cake. If you are looking for something out of the ordinary for your children to do this summer there are many fun-filled options to nurture an interest in farming. • Young Farmers I: A camp for ages 6-9, which offers a fun introduction to the farm. Children do a little bit of everything and get comfortable in the farm environment. • Young Farmers II: For ages 10-12, provides an introduction to general
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pony rides are all part of market days. The staff and volunteers are an integral part of the farm’s many operations and the Maynards appreciate each and every one of them. Salmonberry Days is just around the bend and the farm will be the site of two activities. On May 1st a pruning workshop is scheduled in the orchard. On May 12th the Mud Girls will conduct a cob oven building workshop and it is also opening day of the Farm Market. farm life and more responsibility and hands on work. • Farmhands: A new food and farming course designed for youth who have already spent a summer at the farm or for those who wish for a more advanced, skills-based experience. The Farm Market runs every Sunday from May 12 until late October. The goal of the market is to support the local economy and promote local food security. Baked goods, fresh veggies, whimsical arts and crafts and
To use a vegetable metaphor, Southlands Heritage Farm is like the many layers of an onion. Although the farm may be considered small, the ingenuity and passion that the Maynards pour into their many enterprises is huge. My visit to this magical place, far from the madding crowd, certainly won’t be my last. www.southlandsfarms.com 6767 Balaclava Street 604-261-1295
The Wild by Sue Dvorak
In the backyards, alleys and parks of the Dunbar neighbourhood, a battle rages. This struggle, basic, elemental and old as time, is that of man versus animal, or equally often, woman versus animal. Never mind that Dunbar is a comfortable, populated, modern neighbourhood: its residents must face The Wild as did their forefathers of old.
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Being that Dunbar nestles right up against Pacific Spirit Park, 1,936 acres of beautifully natural forest habitat, the wild live right next door and often come to visit. And that’s when things get interesting. Skunks for instance, have provided many a Dunbar resident with exhilarating tales to
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be shared around the family fire or office workstation. Events involving the sauntering appearance of that distinctly raised whitestriped tail and the moments thereafter are recounted with slow-motion clarity, replete with the classic “Noooo!” of a dog-owner being pulled toward certain olfactory attack or details of an evening stroll suddenly gone terribly wrong. Dunbar residents know all too well that the smell wafting through the neighbourhood clearly identified as “skunk” bears no resemblance whatsoever to the nauseating, noxious chemical sensation of that same smell up close in the moment of the spray. Simply the sight of a skunk appearing in view strikes fear into the hearts of the wise: but what to do? Freeze? Run? Play dead? How is one to know? Our eldest daughter chose loud clapping and yelling as her deterrent of choice when she met up with a skunk, though no one has ever recommended this method nor does she. The truly perfect housewarming gift for any new Dunbar resident with a dog would be a chic cellophane-wrapped and raffia-tied package containing the frequently-googled ingredients for skunk smell neutralizing solution: hydrogen peroxide, dish soap and baking soda. Skunks, like all good strategists, know better than most that an outrageous defense makes a very good offense. Take heed and give them a wide berth. Now raccoons have a way of claiming your territory as their own and, despite their cute bandit-like appearance, they sport quite an attitude. Our backyard has hosted multigenerational raccoon conventions for years as they gather to perform their ablutions in our pool and generally socialize. Early on my husband thought he could alter raccoon behaviour by “scaring them away”. As he stomped around the backyard late at night in underwear and boots, hollering and swinging a broom, the raccoons, domesticated as they are, just stopped in amazement, gazing at him skeptically. A few even pulled out their cell phones and took pictures. Completely ignoring this crazed intruder, the raccoons resumed their juggling competition using the special raccoon-deterrent pods we had just purchased at the Home Show. Thankfully the garbage bins put in place by the City have stymied the raccoons’ adept skills at getting to garbage, helping eliminate that activity of choice. Of course purposefully
feeding raccoons or any other wild animals, is against the law in Vancouver for good reason, with the word “wild” being key to the law’s reasoning. A few years ago raccoons in Dunbar formed a duo of domestic destruction teaming up with an unlikely creature: the chafer beetle. Much to the dismay of lawn-lovers, raccoons, skunks and crows are ripping up lawn through swaths of neighbourhoods, eager to retrieve chafer beetle grubs found infested under the grass. Residents trying to preserve their lawns have become obsessed with squelching the presence of the chafer beetles and their grubs and/or eliminating the raccoon’s ability to get at them. This is Man vs. Beast at its most ingenious; the humans engaged in this battle are not going to quietly accept defeat at the hands of these four legged bandits and their crawling grub compatriots. And so it begins: financial planners researching the life-cycle of chafer beetles and timing the release of nematodes, microscopic worms, aimed at having the less bothersome nematodes consume the chaffer beetle grubs. Or office professionals spending days creating the ideal set up of high-tech motion sensor spray guns that assail unsuspecting spouses toting garbage more often than
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raccoons. Local businesses have sprouted up too, claiming to effect victory in the lawn wars battle. But one uncompromising home-spun method out there is the “takeno-prisoners” approach of completely covering the lawn with chicken or fencing mesh secured down by four old tires, a few big cinderblock bricks and half a dozen big spikes. The lawn may be covered with all that paraphernalia but the grass underneath is looking good. Take that, raccoon - chafer beetle team! Owls are reportedly nocturnal creatures but there are times, usually in the spring, when they are wide awake in the day and quite keen on swooping down toward innocent citizens going about their business. If a family member literally sprints in the front door, as my teenage son did, then splays across the closed door like some cartoon character, gasping and wheezing for breath, chances are that he has just tried to outrun a madly swooping barred owl. Our son was based on the head during repeated attacks by a swooping owl while taking a forest path home from the bus, which certainly made the walk less tedious than usual. Recommendations to prevent swooping owl attacks are to avoid having a ponytail bobbing as you jog along, to travel in loud groups while forest walking in the spring, and to wear a helmet everywhere outdoors during owlet season. Squirrels appear very innocuous creatures, scampering about in their perpetually cheerful manner. One might not realize though that an entire injury rehabilitation facility could be opened catering exclusively to the Squirrel Related Injuries of Dunbar residents. This vast array of knee strains, shoulder rotator cuff tears, wrist dislocations and the like are not caused by squirrels attacks but rather can be attributed to events that occur when dogs on leash spot and chase squirrels without a second’s warning. This too is one of those symbiotic relationships between animals that affect humans: squirrels look cute and scamper up trees and all dogs become Doug, the dog character in the hit animated movie “Up” whose train of thought could be instantly derailed by one thought: “squirrel!” Coyotes bring about a different, wary response in us though because of the threat
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they can pose to pets, small children and very occasionally the general population. The adaptable coyote appears often throughout Dunbar, near forest areas and sometimes unfortunately right in our neighbourhoods. Dunbar residents know to keep our garbage inaccessible, not to keep pet food outdoors and never to feed these wild animals. Keeping dogs under control and in sight near bushy areas can be easier than one might imagine: my dog, keen predator that he is, failed to notice a coyote walk right by, but then he was busy tracking a squirrel. With the goal of keeping coyotes as intimidated by humans as possible, coming across one presents us all with an opportunity to be “Big, Mean and Loud”, a combination we are rarely encouraged to be. Still, one feels somehow graced by the sight of a coyote appearing out of the bush or standing at a street corner, though we know this is not the place for him to be. We are captivated by the presence of this wild animal adapted to the environment he finds himself in, so clever and, well, wily. We wish him well but preferably deep in the forest foraging naturally. So after surviving a nasty skunk spray, or battling an extended duel versus the chafer beetle-raccoon tag team, or finding bats in your belfry, keep in mind that when all is said and done we are indeed blessed to live in an area of a major city still so close to nature, so treed and quiet and natural, that animals can call it home too. But here’s hoping The Wild don’t make their Home Sweet Home in yours. Sue Dvorak, a physiotherapist, her husband Marcel and their six children, now aged 8-18, live in the Dunbar area where, over the past 17 years, they have found their parish, preschool, elementary school, shops and services, playgrounds, friends, soccer teams and more.
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Lil Divas Fitness 3636 W 16th Ave 778-322-7174 lildivasfitness.com
Sanga Yoga Studio 3458 Dunbar St 604-733-7264 sangayoga.ca
Body Function Health & Fitness 4345 Dunbar St 604-565-6630 body-function.ca
One World Karate
Spire Wellness & Yoga
Prime Strength + Conditioning 3636 W 16th Ave 604-568-5220 beyourprime.com
The Dailey Method 3584 W 41st Ave 604-266-9191 thedaileymethod.com
(ad p. 10) 5600 Balaclava St 1-866-200-1880 oneworldkarate.com
Elements Academy of Martial Arts 4465 Dunbar St 604-568-3441 elementsacademy.com
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(ad p. 10) 2885 W 33rd Ave 604-569-0963 s-pire.ca
Hair Salons | Barbers | Spas Arnold’s Coiffures Ltd 5628 Dunbar St 604-261-7434 B.T. Shears Hair Design 3231 Dunbar St 604-222-8715 Blink Beauty Bar 3562 W 41st Ave 604-261-8144 blinkbeautybar.com Cabello Spa & Salon 3518 W 41st Ave 604-267-4247 cabellosalonspa.com Classy Hair Design 3434 Dunbar St 604-738-8221 Clippers Edge 4535 Dunbar St 604-224-0500
Great Clips 4484 Dunbar St 604-732-5123 greatclips.com
Peymana Esthetics 3368 Dunbar St 604-739-3733 peymaneh.com
Hair Place 4311 Dunbar St 604-742-0299
Rose Nails & Spa 3383 Dunbar St 604-221-2200 rosenailsandspa.com
Hair Zone 3378 Dunbar St 604-788-8233 J’aime Les Cheveux 3591 W 26th Ave 604-714-1118 Kari’s Hair & Esthetics 3593 W 26th Ave 604-736-6700
Lavender’s Beauty Spa (ad p. 11) 1-3618 W 16th Ave 604-221-1166
Dunbar Barber Shop 4264 Dunbar St 604-738-3165
Natalie’s Electrolysis 3309 Dunbar St 604-518-6625
George’s Hair Styling 4196 Dunbar St 604-738-4603
Pampered by Kadie 4238 Dunbar St 604-809-5395 pamperedbykadie.com
Samara Hairstyling 3540 W 41st Ave 604-261-3626 Skinetics Skin Care & Day Spa 4263 Dunbar St 604-266-7878 The Shop Hair & Esthetics 4446 Dunbar St 604-736-7467 theshophairandesthetics.com Top Barber Cut 5631 Dunbar St 604-696-0581 Top Cut Barbers 4238 Dunbar St 604-739-0744 Vida Beautilities Hair & Esthetic Salon 4260 Dunbar St 604-732-3523
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SERVICES Health | Medical Chaldecott Medical Assn 4186 Dunbar St 604-739-9881
Expert Hearing Solutions 110-3479 Dunbar St 604-568-9065 experthearingsolutions.ca
Dr A. Edamura 3570 W 30th Ave 604-224-1515
Head and Heart Counselling
Dr Brian Harris Inc. 3540 W 41st Ave 604-261-5015 Dr Colin Leech-Porter 7-3596 W 27th Ave 604-737-0600
Dunbar Physio
(ad p. 10) 205-3540 W 41st Ave 604-266-3303 dunbarphysio.com
(ad p. 8) 3309 Dunbar St 604-787-4008 headandheartcounselling.com
Mark Finch & Associates (ad p. 8) 202-3641 W 29th Ave 604-222-9505 markfinch.ca
Skinworks
(ad p. 5) 3578 W 41st Ave 604-733-9711 skinworks.ca
Life Chiropractic & Massage 4168 Dunbar St 604-742-0702 Southland’s Physiotherapy lifechiropracticandmassage.com 3579 W 41st Ave 604-263-8110 Life Labs 112-3540 W 41st Ave StudioHealth - ChiroWorks 604-264-9815 (ad p. 16) lifelabs.com 5733 Collingwood St Massage Therapy on Dunbar 604-269-3798 studiohealth.ca (ad p. 9)
Dunbar Spinal Decompression 4192 Dunbar St 4168 Dunbar St 604-733-3376 604-742-0702 massagetherapyondunbar.com dunbarspinaldecompression.com Alex Musial MD Inc. Envision Counselling 4298 Dunbar St 202-3641 W 29th Ave 604-731-3612 604-222-1120 envisioncounselling.ca Lesley Ormiston, Chinese Medicine & Acupuncture Evergreen Nursing Services 202-3641 W 29th Ave (ad p. 8) 604-222-9505 604-264-7959 lesleyormiston.com evergreennursing.ca
Tessa Cherniavsky Massage Clinic 203A - 3540 W 41st Ave 604-266-2757
Insurance Buntain Insurance 4295 Dunbar St 604-736-8855 buntaininsurance.com
Rand & Fowler Insurance (ad p. 39) 4860 Mackenzie St 604-266-2357 randandfowler.com
Southlands Insurance 5540 Dunbar St 604-266-5433 southlandsinsurance.com
Optical | Eyecare Dunbar Eyecare 2-3554 W 41st Ave 604-263-8874 dunbareyecare.com
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Image Optometry 4250 Dunbar St 604-293-3937 image.ca
Pacific Eye Doctors 4292 Dunbar St 604-739-2022 pacificeyedoctors.ca
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Pets Alta Vista Animal Hospital 4543 Dunbar St 604-221-5858 altavistaanimalhospital.ca
Barktholomews Pet Edibles 4883 Mackenzie St 604-568-3600 barktholomews.ca
April’s Aquarium 5620 Dunbar St 604-261-5310 aprilsaquarium.com
Bosley’s Pet Food 3502 W 41st Ave 604-266-2667 bosleys.com
Artistic Styling Salon for Pets 4188 Dunbar St 604-739-6822
Dunbar Veterinary Hospital 5567 Dunbar St 604-266-5385
K & K Pet Foods 4595 Dunbar St 604-224-2513
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Pets Beautiful 5620 Dunbar St 604-261-5310 petsbeautiful.com Wan Wan Paradise Daycare Services for Pets 5581 Dunbar St 778-323-6439 bedogonline.com
Specialty Debra Thompson Colour Consulting (ad p. 7) 778-558-4504 vancouvercolour.ca
Design by Fire (ad p. 14) 604.831-9206 designbyfire.ca
Digital Photo Station 4485 Dunbar St 604-222-3513
Driving Miss Daisy (ad p. 14) 604-723-7247 drivingmissdaisy.net
Dunbar Disposal 604-765-3867 dunbardisposal.com
Dunbar Painting
(ad p. 7) 604-788-3382 dunbarpainting.com
Higher Ground Gardens (ad p. 18) 778-323-1502 highergroundgardens.com Innova Kitchens & Baths 5739 Collingwood St 604-676-1603 innovakitchens.com
Molly Maid, Meg Roberts (ad p. 15)
604-734-7260 www.mollymaid.ca Odenza Homes Ltd 4345 Dunbar St 604-221-7002 odenzahomes.com
Pilgrim Painting
(ad p. 14) 604-722-7087 pilgrimpainting.com
RE/MAX Select Realty
Regent Heating
(ad p. 16) 4256 Dunbar St 604-731-8369 regentheating.com Sage Construction 3349 Dunbar St 604-569-2692 sageconstruction.ca
Sandra Steier Photography
(ad p. 4) 604-277-7437 sandrasteier.com Start Fresh Organizing 604-715-4618 startfreshorganizing.ca
Warline Painting (ad p. 15) 604-542-5064 warlinepainting.ca
Karel Palla & Darryl Sjerven
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SHOP - RETAIL Children MacGillycuddy’s 4881 Mackenzie St 604-263-5313
Peekaboo Baby Boutique 4229 Dunbar St 604-228-0804
Splash Toy Shop 4243 Dunbar St 604-228-8697
Clothing | Accessories Chloe Angus Design 4273 Dunbar St 604-224-2456 chloeangus.com
Dragon & Phoenix Consignment
(ad p. 8) 3510 West 41st Ave 604-261-1317 dragonandphoenix.ca
Olindas 4305 Dunbar St 604-228-0022 Spill It Sister 5589 Dunbar St 604-568-0070 spillitsister.ca Still Fabulous Thrift Store 110-3479 Dunbar St 604-566-9136 www.bcchildrens.ca
The HOB Thrift Shop 4255 Dunbar St 604-733-1412 vancouverhospice.org
Twist Fashions Inc. (ad p. 9) 2952 West 4th Ave 604-732-0199 twistfashions.com
Floral | Nurseries Christina’s Flower Shop 5615 Dunbar St 604-263-3011 christinaflowers.com
KJM Country Gardens 7226 Blenheim St 604-266-1397 kjmcountrygardens.com
Gardenia Florist 5636 Dunbar St 604-269-9234 gardeniaflorists.com
Quince Fine Florals 4870 Mackenzie St 604-263-0202 quincefineflorals.com
Southlands Nursery 6550 Balaclava St 604-261-6411 southlandsnursery.com
Pharmacy Pharmasave 4198 Dunbar St 604-732-3010 pharmasave.com
Shoppers Drug Mart 4326 Dunbar St 604-732-8555 shoppersdrugmart.ca
Southland Pharmacy 3554 West 41st Ave 604- 266-2882
Specialty All Nations Stamp & Coin 5630 Dunbar St 604-684-4613 allnationsstampandcoin.com
Blight’s Home Hardware (ad p. 5) 3322 Dunbar St 604-738-3312 blightshomehardware.com
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Carson Books 4275 Dunbar St 604-222-8787
Dunbar Greetings 3456 Dunbar St 604-731-3322
Cheap Skates 3644 West 16th Ave 604-222-1125
Dunbar Lumber 3637 W 16th Ave 604-224-0434 dunbarlumber.com
Dunbar Cycles 4219 Dunbar St 604-224-2116 dunbarcycles.com
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Kerrisdale Equipment Ltd
Dunbar Vacuum Ltd 3468 Dunbar St 604-733-8713 dunbarvacuum.com
(ad p. 3) 4522 Dunbar St 604-224-3255 kerrisdaleequipment.com
Enmark Jewellers Ltd 4315 Dunbar St 604-224-3513
Lawrence Books 3591 W 41st Ave 604-261-3812
Germaine’s Antiques 4268 Dunbar St 604-306-8364
Nightwatch Video 4424 Dunbar St 604-731-5416
Golden Rug Co. 3211 Dunbar St 604-224-3222
Omega Gallery 4290 Dunbar St 604-732-6778 omegagallery.ca
Hob Too Thrift Shop 3470 Dunbar St vancouverhospice.org
Restoration House 3444 Dunbar St 604-644-8735 Stationery 2000 3552 W 41st Ave 604-261-2001
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The Carrington Shoppe 3434 W 55th Ave 604-266-5725 thecarringtonshoppe.com Toorak Tile & Design 3496 Dunbar St 604-739-5966 tooraktile.com Upscale Garage Sale 3422 Dunbar St 604-733-0787 upscalegaragesale.ca
Sports & Activities Dunbar Lawn Bowling Club (ad p. 10) 3850 W 31 St 604 228 8428 dunbarlawnbowling.com Dunbar Little League dunbarbaseball.ca
Vancouver United FC (Dunbar Soccer Association) vanufc.com
Shamrock Equestrian Centre 3320 W 55th Ave 604-649-4586
Maynards Pony Meadows 6767 Balaclava St 604-261-1295 ponymeadows.com
Southlands Riding Club 7025 Macdonald St 604-263-4817 southlandsridingclub.com
Community Resources Artists in Our Midst artistsinourmidst.com City of Vancouver 453 West 12th Ave Phone 3-1-1 vancouver.ca Dunbar Community Centre 4747 Dunbar St 604-222-6060 dunbarcentre.ca Dunbar Community Patrol 604-222-9824 dunbar-vancouver.org
Dunbar Public Library 4515 Dunbar St 604-665-3968 vpl.vancouver.bc.ca Dunbar Residents’ Association 604-222-9824 dunbar-vancouver.org
Dunbar Village Business Association (ad p. 6, 17 & 19) 604-692-2885 dunbarvillage.ca
Southlands Heritage Farm (article p. 22-23) 6767 Balaclava St 604-261-1295 southlandsfarms.com
Vancouver Hospice Society 3470 Dunbar St 604-737-7305 vancouverhospice.org
Movie Theatre Dunbar Theatre 4555 Dunbar St 604-222-2991
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Salmonberry Days Event Calendar May 1 May 3 May 4 May 5 May 5 May 6 May 6 May 6 May 6 May 7 May 8 May 8 May 9 May 10 May 11 May 12 May 12 May 13 May 14 May 15 May 16 May 17 May 18 May 19 May 20 May 22 May 23 May 24 May 25 May 25 May 26 May 26 May 26 May 27 May 27 May 28 May 29 May 29 May 30
Tree Walk with Bill Stephen. Almond Park tennis court. 7pm. Foraging Meal. St.Philip’s Church Kitchen, 6pm. Walk the Heron Trail with Terry Taylor. Meet at he Park Office (trailer) on 16th Ave. 6pm. Documentary: “Queen of the Sun”. The Ridge Theatre, Arbutus St at 16th Ave. 10am. Pruning Workshop at Southlands Heritage Farm. Instructor: Garry Adams. Meet at Maynard’s Orchard at Balaclava St and 53rd Ave. 11am. Garden Tour - Dunbar in Bloom. Get your map (at the library and various stores) and visit the flagged gardens 10am-12noon and 2-4:30pm. Bird walk with Christine Adkins. Camosun St and 19th Ave. 7:30am. Jane’s Walk along Khahtsulek Creek with Terry Slack. Meet on Crown St and King Edward at entrance to woods. 10am. Intertidal Biology. Meet at Volunteer Park on Point Grey Rd 11am. Geology Walk with David Cook at Kitsilano Beach. Meet at Volunteer Park. 12pm. Art Workshop for everyone, especially children and youth 3-16 yrs. Immaculate Conception Parish at 3:30-5:30pm. Composting Workshop with Sharon Slack. Dunbar Community Ctr, Room 112. 7pm. Tree Walk with John Worral at Queen E. Park. Meet at conservatory entrance 6:30pm. Film “On the Line” by Ben West. St Philip’s Church, Fireside room. 7pm. Nature Walk with Terry Taylor. Meet at 16th Ave and Sasamat St. 10am. Farmers Market at Southland’s Heritage Farm, 6767 Balaclava St. 12-4pm. Bus tour with Angus and Terry. Meet at Dunbar Community Centre’s front steps. 12pm. Family Fitness Walk 9am. Meet at the corner of 16th Ave and Camosun St. 9am. Tree Walk with John Worral. Meet at corner of 4th Ave and Collingwood St. 6:30pm. Seed and Seedling Exchange. Will Valley from Inner City Farms speaking on Urban Farming at Dunbar Community Ctr, Room 112. 7pm. Healing and Edible Herbs by Rose Point. Meet at lower Crown St parking lot at 10am. The Economics of Happiness in St. George’s Auditorium Senior School, 29th Ave and Camosun St. 7:30pm. John Worrall’s Tree Walk. Meet at entrance to Salish trail, south side of 16th Ave. 10am. Healing and Edible Herbs by Rose Point . Meet at lower Crown St parking lot at 1pm. River front walk with Terry. Meet at bottom of Balaclava St. 6:30pm. Swap meet: swap anything: preserves, dried fruit, baked goods. Dunbar Community Ctr, Room 112 at 7pm. Bird Walk on the river with Al Gras. Meet at bottom of Blenheim St at 9am. Community Potluck followed by a talk about DEEP. St Philip’s Church, 6pm. Lord Byng Symphony Orchestra 7:30pm. Stargazing with Craig McCaw at Dunbar Memorial Park 9:30pm. Stargazing - backup night. Same time. Garden Tour - Dunbar in Bloom. Get your map (at the library and various stores) and visit the flagged gardens 10am-12noon and 2-4:30pm. Blenheim Garage Sale between 16th Ave and Marine Dr. 10am-2pm. Bird Walk with Christine Adkins. Meet at Camosun St and 19th Ave at 7:30am. Spanish Banks Trail with David Cook. Meet at Salmon Bearing Creek. 12pm. Musqueam Gallery of Chiefs. Meet at 6735 Salish Dr. 1-2pm. Beaver Walk in Pacific Spirit Park. Corner of College Highroad and Tasmania Cres. 4pm. House History Tour with John Atkins, Meet in parking lot of Scotia Bank. 7pm. Camosun Bog Walk Meet at the entrance to the bog at Camosun St & 19th Ave. 7pm. www.dunbar-vancouver.org
CENTRE OF IT ALL
Salmonberry Days
Dunbar Community Fair Centre Community Sunday, May 27 at 11:00 am-3:00 pm At West Memorial Park, Dunbar Community Centre grounds
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Inflatable Rides Umbrella Painting Crafts Family Fun Entertainment
• Community Displays • 5th Family Awesome Race • Concession Stand • Dunbar Village Business Association Activities
and much more!
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Salmonberry Days Community Fair
by Angie Walkinshaw WEEKLY THEMES, OUTTRIPS, SPORTS, CRAFTS, GAMES AND FUN! Many of us can sing along with Kermit the tuned, composting, reducing your household Frog's trademark song, “It’s not easy being consumption, attracting mason bees, and green”. At this year's Salmonberry Days learning more about the environment Community Fair the Dunbar Village Business and how to protect it. In addition, guest Association, the Dunbar Community Centre, organizations and speakers will be on site to the City of Vancouver, along with many offer their knowledge. The food concession dedicated volunteers, are going to take it to will be using recyclable plates and cups, and the next level, and make it easy for all of us a bin will be provided to recycle your food items. to "become green". The Salmonberry Days Community Fair takes Children's rides, stage entertainments, a live place at West Memorial Park on Sunday, band, face painting, henna, a drum circle, May 27th from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. There an awesome race, arts and crafts and much will an assortment of information booths and more guarantees a day of family fun. By th of the day you may just walk away activities to help you go green; from learningMarch the 12 end Spring Registration begins Monday, at www.dunbarcentre.org 4 how to ride your bike safely, to keeping it crooning "It is easy being green!"
Stories, Games & Salmonberries at the Dunbar Library Join the Dunbar Branch Library (4515 Dunbar Street) in May, for events, activities and contests for the whole family celebrating our great neighbourhood, local culture and our environment. Dunbar kids - try your skill at the toughest “search and find” game in town! Dunbar is once again hosting our “find the Salmonberry” contest, May 1-31. Listen to some great stories! For young children and babies, our Storytimes throughout the month of May will highlight nature and the great outdoors. Everyone is welcome to drop in and take home some new reads on Dunbar and beyond. For more information on all May events at Dunbar Branch, please call: 604-665-3968.
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April 15 - June 15, 2012 April 15 Vancouver Sun Run. www.vancouversun.com April 15 David Godin musical/dramatic analysis of “Aida” 3pm at Knox United Church, 5600 Balaclava St. www.knoxunitedvancouver.org April 17 Movie Night at St Philip’s Church presented by Dunbar Transition Village. April 20 Knox Thrift Sale, 5600 Balaclava St. Friday 5-8:30pm April 21 Knox Thrift Sale, 5600 Balaclava St. Saturday 10am-1pm April 21 Rummage Sale at St Philip’s Church, 9am–1pm. 3737 W 27th Ave. April 21 Thrift Sale at Dunbar Heights United Church, 9:30am–1pm, Collingwood St and 24th Ave. www.dunbarheightsuc.ca Apr 24
Dunbar Garden Club Meeting, 7:30pm, upstairs in the Dunbar Community Centre, at 4747 Dunbar St. www.bcgardenclubs.com
April 26 2012 Jeans Day™ - BC Children’s Hospital - support the important work being done at BC Children’s Hospital. www.bcchf.net/jeansday April 27 Daffodil Campaign. www.cancer.ca April 27 Vancouver Chamber Choir - Song Street, 8pm at Ryerson United Church. www.vancouverchamberchoir.com April 28 Dunbar Garden Club Annual Perennial Plant Sale, 3806 W 37th Ave. 10am-2pm. April 30 Personal income tax for 2011 deadlne May 1-31 Salmonberry Days - see event calendar on p. 36. www.dunbar-vancouver.org May 5
St George’s School Annual Fair, 10am-4pm. www.stgeorges.bc.ca/fair
May 5
Dunbar Lawn Bowling Open House at 1pm. (ad p. 10)
May 5-6 Stong’s Annual Plant Sale, 4560 Dunbar St. www.stongs.com May 6
BMO Vancouver Marathon. www.bmovanmarathon.ca
May 9
Earthquake Preparedness Workshop, 7–8pm at Dunbar Community Centre. Pre-registration required. Contact 604-222-6060
May 12 A Growing Affair & Spring Plant Sale –Biodiversity & Food, 10am–4pm at 6804 SW Marine Drive. Vegetables & plants for sale, gardening demonstrations, children’s area. www.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/events 604-822-4529 May 13 Mother’s Day May 15 Movie Night at St Philip’s Church presented by Dunbar Transition Village. May 18 School District 39 closure May 21 Victoria Day stat holiday, no school May 21 Advertising deadline for Dunbar Life Magazine (June 15 issue) May 22 Dunbar Garden Club Meeting, 7:30pm, upstairs in the Dunbar Community Centre, at 4747 Dunbar St. www.bcgardenclubs.com May 22 Rick Hansen 25th Anniversary Relay. www.rickhansenrelay.com May 26 Neighbourhood Family Fun Day, 11am-1pm at Marineview Chapel, 4000 W 41st Ave. www.marineview.org May 26 Button Making Workshop at 2pm. Dunbar library. Kids ages 8-14. May 27 Salmonberry Days Community Fair, 11am-3pm, Dunbar Community Centre grounds. www.dunbarcentre.ca
Upcoming... June 17 Father’s Day June 20 First Day of Summer Go online for details and updates: www.dunbarlife.com/calendar
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