MERIBETH DEENE D I T O R

As of Monday, the Liberal MLA representing Bowen Island, Jordan Sturdy, had been in posses-sion of a local petition against BC Ferries for 35 days. Eager to see the petition presented at the BC Legislature, its creator, Andrew Pietrow, urged Bowen’s Council to draft a resolution urging Sturdy to raise the petition as a Caucus item. Council dis-missed the request, and on Tuesday, MLA Sturdy tabled the petition in the Legislature. Despite this development, Pietrow says he still wants Council to

pass his proposed resolution.“I have mixed feelings about the fact that the

petition was tabled in the Legislature today,” says Pietrow. “I spoke to Jordan Sturdy on Monday eve-ning, and he said he would show the petition to [Transportation] Minister [Todd] Stone, and make sure that it was discussed in the Premier’s office. I then suggested that the opposition critic on ferries, NDP MLA Claire Trevena could table the petition... He wants me to just trust him, trust that he’ll be as effective as possible, but I just can’t put my faith in his process.”

Islands Trust applies as a commenter on pipeline expansion

MERIBETH DEENE D I T O R

The Islands Trust is among one of the more than 2,000 applicants hoping have their opinions heard at a set of National Energy Board hear-ings into the expansion of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipe-line. The Trust had made a formal request to the NEB that they extend the deadline for application, but the request was denied.

“I know we are not the only ones who have made such a request,” says Sheila Malcolmson, Council Chair of the Islands Trust. “We would have liked to have had more time to make the application so that we could have more public debate surrounding the issue prior to mak-ing our submission.”

The NEB’s deadline for submit-ting an application on this matter was February 12th. Malcolmson says the Islands Trust was not informed of this until January 14th, which left, as stated in the letter requesting an extension, “an insuf-ficient amount of notice for an elected body with accountability to taxpayers to make such a significant decision.”

The Islands Trust requested that the deadline be extended until March 7th, so that the Council could dis-cuss the issue at its meeting taking place between March 4th and 6th.

Malcolmson says that the request

was denied promptly, and the Islands Trust did manage to get their appli-cation in prior to the deadline.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) also requested a deadline extension (the risk of an oil spill caused by increased tanker traffic in along coastal waters is of significant concern to the state of Washington) and was also rejected. However, the EPA did not manage to get its submission in prior to the deadline.

In applying to participate in the hearings, the Islands Trust chose the role of a commenter on the Kinder Morgan project.

“As an intervenor, we will have the opportunity to make a very thor-ough written submission outlining our concerns about marine safety and the increase in tanker traffic that the pipeline will bring to our waters,” says Malcolmson. “As our members are not situated along the actual route of the pipeline, and the hearings are actually focused on the pipeline itself and not tanker traffic, we decided to use this particular method for stating our case. We have a very limited budget and we want to use a variety of approaches to change policies on oil spills and tankers. We didn’t want to put all our eggs in one basket, with these hearings alone.”

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MERIBETH DEEN

E D I T O R

The BC Ambulance Service Station 225 was

unusually busy in the lead up to New Year’s eve

this year. Paramedic Brendan Donohue says that

during his shift between midnight on December 29th

and midnight on December 30th, he responded to four

calls, which, he says, is unusual during the typically

slow winter season. Donohue drove to those calls in the

station’s new ambulance, which is equipped with a com-

puter-aided dispatch (CAD) system. This device relays

all the information collected through the telephone dis-

patcher, such as the address, the type of emergency, and

the age of the patient directly to the paramedics in the

driver and passenger seats of the ambulance.

“When we get paged for an emergency, we call the

dispatcher to confirm that we’ve received the message,”

says Donohue. “When we get into the ambulance, we

get the information collected by the dispatcher as it

comes in.”What the new system does not offer is updated soft-

ware for the GPS system that ensures the ambulance

drivers take the most direct route emergency locations.

For Caring Circle coordinator Colleen O’Neil, this is

a major concern.

From pulp and

paper to liquid

natural gas

MERIBETH DEEN

E D I T O R

A former pulp mill near Squamish

on the North West shores of Howe

Sound may get a chance at a sec-

ond life as a Liquefied Natural Gas

(LNG) processing and export facility,

now that the National Energy Board

has approved the company’s applica-

tion to export LNG. The Canadian

Environmental Assessment Agency

is now asking for public comment

on whether a federal environmen-

tal assessment is required, and

whether the request by the Province

of British Columbia to conduct the

environmental assessment, should be

approved.If the project goes forward,

approximately 3-4 tankers – each

roughly one and a half times the

size of a BC Ferries Coastal Class

Ferry (such as the ferries that

travel between Horseshoe bay and

Nanaimo) - will pass by Bowen

Island every month. Propelled by

natural gas and using diesel as a

back-up fuel, the double-hulled

tankers will carry 2.1 million tonnes

of liquefied natural gas to China

every year.Marion Ngo, the manager of com-

munications with Woodfibre Natural

Gas Ltd., says the project is still in

the early phases of planning, so ele-

ments regarding technology, engi-

neering and impacts of the projects

are yet to be determined. Many of

those details will be revealed through

the environmental assessment pro-

cess, whether it is conducted by the

Federal government, Provincial gov-

ernment or both.

However, Ngo says Woodfibre

is expecting BC Hydro to provide

the power needed to compress the

natural gas into liquid form (the gas

needs to be cooled to approximately

-160 degrees Celcius).

Peter Frinton, Bowen’s represen-

tative to the Sea to Sky Clean Air

Society, says while the Society is con-

cerned about the re-industrialization

of Howe Sound in general, the use

of hydro as a source of power largely

alleviates concerns about localized

air pollution.“We really need to know the spe-

cifics,” says Frinton, “but I think if

they were burning natural gas to

power their plant they would likely

face a lot more opposition. From

my personal perspective, I am a lot

more concerned about the big pic-

ture when it comes to air quality, and

questions about say, greenhouse gas

emissions created through the natu-

ral gas industry as a whole.”

Merran Smith, the Bowen-based

director of Clean Energy with

Tides Canada, says that the thing to

remember about LNG is that it is a

fossil fuel.

Woodfibre Pulp and Paper shut down in 2006.

A pending proposal could turn it into an LNG

export facility, sending 3 to 4 tankers past

Bowen every month

It’s a wrapA year in review for a few Bowen

community organizations

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With upcoming concerts

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Another look at great stuff people got

at the Nook in 2013

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Baby it’s cold inside (the water)! Swimmers brave the chilly waters of Howe Sound for the annual

Polar Bear dip. Kami Kanetsuka, photo

Bowen’s new ambulance comes with

new computer, but lacks GPS updates

continued, PAGE 2

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DED is now Detectable and Treatable

“Dry Eye Disease (DED) is one of the most under-diagnosed ocular diseases, and yet it is the

most common reason why patients go see their Eye Doctor” Dr. Bowden says. Dry eye occurs

when eyes do not produce the correct quantity or quality of tears. Many people mistake the

dry eye symptoms for allergies, climatic conditions or just “eyestrain”. Your eyes need a constant

layer of tears—called the “tear fi lm”— to maintain and protect the ocular surface. In Dry Eye,

underlying changes to the health of the tear glands can result in a change in the quantity and

quality of the tears you make. This results in a tear fi lm that can no longer provide enough

nourishment or protection to the surface of your eye. This can lead to damage of your eye’s

surface, which, in turn, can lead to the symptoms of Dry Eye such as; stinging, burning, scratchy

sensation, sensitivity to light, tearing, tired eyes, and diffi culty wearing contact lenses. DED

causes blurred vision, often worsening at the end of the day or after focusing for a prolonged

i d on a nearby task like a computer screen. Optomeyes Eye Doctors now have a diagnostic

d rly detection of Dry Eye Disease. “We can quantitatively monitor

rocess This helps us custom prescribe

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e age of the patient directly to the paramedics in the

iver and passenger seats of the ambulance.

“When we get paged for an emergency, we call the

ispatcher to confirm that we’ve received the message,”

ays Donohue. “When we get into the ambulance, we

get the information collected by the dispatcher as it

comes in.”What the new system does not offer is updated soft-

ware for the GPS system that ensures the ambulance

drivers take the most direct route emergency locations.

For Caring Circle coordinator Colleen O’Neil, this is

a major concern.

From pulp and

paper to liquid

natural gas

MERIBETH DEEN

E D I T O R

A former pulp mill near Squamish

on the North West shores of Howe

Sound may get a chance at a sec-

ond life as a Liquefied Natural Gas

(LNG) processing and export facility,

now that the National Energy Board

has approved the company’s applica-

tion to export LNG. The Canadian

Environmental Assessment Agency

is now asking for public comment

on whether a federal environmen-

tal assessment is required, and

whether the request by the Province

of British Columbia to conduct the

environmental assessment, should be

approved.If the project goes forward,

approximately 3-4 tankers – each

roughly one and a half times the

size of a BC Ferries Coastal Class

Ferry (such as the ferries that

travel between Horseshoe bay and

Nanaimo) - will pass by Bowen

Island every month. Propelled by

natural gas and using diesel as a

back-up fuel, the double-hulled

tankers will carry 2.1 million tonnes

of liquefied natural gas to China

every year.Marion Ngo, the manager of com-

munications with Woodfibre Natural

Gas Ltd., says the project is still in

the early phases of planning, so ele-

ments regarding technology, engi-

neering and impacts of the projects

are yet to be determined. Many of

those details will be revealed through

the environmental assessment pro-

cess, whether it is conducted by the

Federal government, Provincial gov-

ernment or both.

However, Ngo says Woodfibre

is expecting BC Hydro to provide

the power needed to compress the

natural gas into liquid form (the gas

needs to be cooled to approximately

-160 degrees Celcius).

Peter Frinton, Bowen’s represen-

tative to the Sea to Sky Clean Air

Society, says while the Society is con-

cerned about the re-industrialization

of Howe Sound in general, the use

of hydro as a source of power largely

alleviates concerns about localized

air pollution.“We really need to know the spe-

cifics,” says Frinton, “but I think if

they were burning natural gas to

power their plant they would likely

face a lot more opposition. From

my personal perspective, I am a lot

more concerned about the big pic-

ture when it comes to air quality, and

questions about say, greenhouse gas

emissions created through the natu-

ral gas industry as a whole.”

Merran Smith, the Bowen-based

director of Clean Energy with

Tides Canada, says that the thing to

remember about LNG is that it is a

fossil fuel.

Woodfibre Pulp and Paper shut down in 2006.

A pending proposal could turn it into an LNG

export facility, sending 3 to 4 tankers past

Bowen every month

Ring in the New Year

With upcoming concerts

Look what we found!

Another look at great stuff people got

at the Nook in 2013

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continued, PAGE 2

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DED is now Detectable and Treatable

“Dry Eye Disease (DED) is one of the most under-diagnosed ocular diseases, and yet it is the

most common reason why patients go see their Eye Doctor” Dr. Bowden says. Dry eye occurs

when eyes do not produce the correct quantity or quality of tears. Many people mistake the

dry eye symptoms for allergies, climatic conditions or just “eyestrain”. Your eyes need a constant

layer of tears—called the “tear fi lm”— to maintain and protect the ocular surface. In Dry Eye,

underlying changes to the health of the tear glands can result in a change in the quantity and

quality of the tears you make. This results in a tear fi lm that can no longer provide enough

nourishment or protection to the surface of your eye. This can lead to damage of your eye’s

surface, which, in turn, can lead to the symptoms of Dry Eye such as; stinging, burning, scratchy

sensation, sensitivity to light, tearing, tired eyes, and difficulty wearing contact lenses. DED

fifi

causes blurred vision, often worsening at the end of the day or after focusing for a prolonged

i d on a nearby task like a computer screen. Optomeyes Eye Doctors now have a diagnostic

d rly detection of Dry Eye Disease. “We can quantitatively monitor

rocess This helps us custom prescribe

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Clyde Ave

Marine Drive

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MERIBETH DEENE D I T O R

On the last day of school before Christmas, Karen

Hughes said goodbye to her ‘homies.’ Her homies are the kids she gets to school and back

every day, and when she told them she was leaving

some broke down and cried. “Then I cried too, and cried the whole way driving

back from the school,” says Hughes.She says she loves the kids and she loves the job, but

her circumstances have changed. When she started the

job three years ago, a part-time gig with a summer holi-

days was perfect. Now, the steadier employment and

higher pay that goes with driving Bowen’s transit bus is

what she needs.She’ll keep driving the school bus two afternoons and

one full day a week until a replacement is found, but

she’s leaving big shoes to fill.“You need to be a good driver, of course, but also you

need to know that when you get that bus full of k d

a whole other story.”Hughes said she learned quickly that, for her at least,

threats were not the answer.“I remember one rainy afternoon early-on when the

homies were particularly wild. I pulled the bus over to

the side of the road, turned around and looked at them

and said, ‘Who wants to walk!’ They all shut-up, and

calmed down. Then this one little kindergarten getting

off the bus at his stop and asked me when he was going

to get to walk. I had to explain to him that actually he’s

not allowed to walk… when you make a threat, you’ve

got to be willing to follow through on it.”Hughes says knowing the kids according to their ages

and stages helps, but knowing them all as individuals is

even better.“I know if they’ve got siblings and if so who they are.

Sometimes I even know if they’ve got cousins around.”

Planning for the future of the Sound

MERIBETH DEENE D I T O RHowe Sound is a place where watersheds and boundaries converge.

Bowen is one of five governing municipalities on Howe Sound. Also gov-

erning this region are the Islands Trusts, three regional districts, three for-

estry districts, First Nations, as well as provincial and federal governments.

Elected officials from the communities whose watersheds feed into the

Sound have been meeting for a decade to discuss issues of common inter-

est, they come together under the banner of the Howe Sound Community

Forum. At their last meeting, the eleven signees (which include munici-

palities, regional governments and the Squamish Nation) agreed to work

together to urge the federal and provincial governments to help build a

coordinated strategy for the Sound. At their next meeting, on January

14th, they are hoping to hear what higher levels of government are willing

to give to the process.Bowen municipal councillor Wolfgang Duntz will be attending this

meeting as a representative of Bowen but also as a trustee from the Islands

Trust.“Part of the reason I ran as a trustee with the Islands Trust is because I

wanted to change the fact that the organization was so inward looking, so

focused on the issues just affecting the specific Gulf Islands,” says Duntz.

“And I can tell you that that has changed drastically in the past year as now

the region is seeing an avalanche of threats.”The “threats” Duntz points to include shellfish farming, whose impact

he says people in the Southern Gulf Islands were relatively naive about five

years ago.“After a number of these projects have gone through, people see what it

does to the landscape and they don’t like it,” he says. “And they see all the

debris and damage that gets left behind when they close down.”

Duntz says new proposals for similar projects (including the farming of

geoducks, which is entirely new to the region), plus industrial plans that

will mean tankers shipping, coal, oil and liquid natural gas will be going

through the area have raised the alarm.“Before we make judgements on these things, we need more informa-

tion,” says Duntz.The islands in Howe Sound face a whole other set of projects proposals

that could drastically change the region’s landscape:- a large hotel-marina complex in Gibson’s landing- a gravel mine in McNab Creek- the Woodfibre LNG proposal- a massive waterfront re-development in the city of Squamish

- the Sea-to-Sky Gondola- a proposed ski resort at Garibaldi-a massive housing development in South Brittania

-the addition of 25 percent of Gambier’s lands to active logging (on top

of the 15 percent that are already being actively logged)

-a run of river power project that will impact three creeks that run into

McNab Creek.“We need to make decisions about the region as a whole, moving for-

ward,” says Duntz. “We need to decide what we want to be industrial areas,

recreational areas, residential areas, and you don’t just let those things hap-

pen by accident.”Geologist and former mayor Bob Turner says that historically Bo

has had the privilege of being somewhat removed f

Sound.“In th 19

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Ferry petitioncontinued PAGE 1Pietrow says that other than the

cut of the final sailing on Saturdays, which would affect him occasionally, the proposed ferry cuts do not actu-ally make a major impact on his life.

“I know other people who will be directly affected, parents of the kids my kids go to school with,” says Pietrow. “Mostly, though, I am real-ly angry at the way they have gone about this consultation. The way they’ve gone about this is just disin-genuous.”

Pietrow says that at the BC Ferries Consultation meeting on Bowen in November, he asked MLA Sturdy what a private citizen could do to take action against the cuts and he suggested a petition.

By the time Pietrow sent the peti-tion to MLA Sturdy’s office a little more than a month ago, he had collected close to 1,300 signatures by adults of voting age on Bowen Island.

“When I started this process, I was surprised to learn that there were a lot of people on Bowen who hadn’t even heard about the ferry cuts,” says Pietrow.

Pietrow says he has made the same request of the councils of North Vancouver, West Vancouver

and the District of West Vancouver as he made to the Bowen Council.

“The cuts come down on April 28th,” Pietrow says. “Sturdy con-firmed that a meeting between Minister Stone and Mayor Adelaar could happen in about three weeks time. He’s also said the BC Ferries Commissioner, Gord Macatee, is on board with the idea of home-porting the Queen of Capilano on Bowen, but there are no dates set, and no guarantees. With just eight weeks to go I think we have to do whatever we can, and it is my hope that the Councils of North Vancouver and West Vancouver step up and show how these cuts will impact their communities.”

Jordan Sturdy says the reason it took him 36 days to table the peti-tion in the Legislature is simple logistics.

“The Legislature sat for two weeks before this week,” he says. “The first week was taken up by the Speech from the Throne, and the second week was taken up by the budget. I’d already raised this issue with my Caucus and Minister Stone. There are definitely ideas that need to be considered, but I think the best way to explore those is to actually work with people instead of stirring up controversy.”

continued PAGE 1 The Islands Trust could have

applied to be an intervenor, as the City of Vancouver has. Malcolmson says that at the NEB hearings for the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline, intervenors essentially got the chance to hold something comparable to the trial to state their case, hiring lawyers to cross-examine expert witnesses. All of this was open to public viewing.

“But we have no idea what the pro-cess is going to look like this time around,” says Malcolmson. “The rules for these hearings changed as part of the 2012 federal budget, and we have

no idea what the new process is going to look like. That’s another reason we wanted the extension.”

Malcolmson says that the National Energy Board will review the Islands Trust application to be a commenter on the Trans Mountain expansion, along with all the other applications, and let them know in September of next year if they qualify to submit their comments. The NEB is expected to make its comments to the federal government, based on information it gathers in the hearings, in the spring of 2015.

Islands Trust

JANE SEYDN O R T H S H O R E N E W S

About 1,700 teachers on the North Shore will cast ballots in a strike vote next week.

But so far, both teachers and the government are telling parents there's no reason to panic about the threat of an imminent strike.

On Tuesday, the B.C. Teachers Federation announced they will conduct a strike vote between March 4 and 6. President Jim Iker said the strike vote is intended to send a message to government that teachers are unhappy with the government's position at bargaining talks and with the province's wage offer that includes a 0.5 per cent increase in the first three years.

"We can't keep on getting zero after zero," said Daniel Storms, president of the North Vancouver Teachers Association, who represents about 1,200 teachers.

Rob Millard, president of the West Vancouver Teachers Association, who represents about 550 teachers, said he anticipates teachers will vote overwhelmingly in favour of a strike.

But the union said that doesn't mean teachers will be walking off the job. Even if the strike vote is approved, teachers won't walk out, stop partici-pating in extracurricular activities or doing report cards, said Iker.

The union will have 90 days from the vote to take some kind of job action before having to hold another vote. So far, the union hasn't said what that might be.

Peter Cameron, the government's chief nego-tiator in the talks, told reporters Tuesday he was disappointed the union had decided to debate the contract talks in the media.

Cameron described the government's wage offer as "an opening position," adding, "One of the factors in the negotiations should be fiscal reality."

Teachers prepare for strike vote

North Vancouver teachers on the picket line during a previous labour dispute with the province. Teachers will vote on whether to strike in early March. North Shore News, photo

BIACS U B M I S S I O N

The Bowen Island Arts Council (BIAC) is thrilled to announce that Macdonald Realty will be publishing a custom 2015 calendar featuring the work of resident artists. The 70-year-old real estate firm prints 10,000 calendars each year, working with arts organizations to help coordinate the proj-ect. Local Macdonald Realty realtor Barry Thomas pitched the idea to the company last year, and subsequently connected the firm to BIAC. Rosey Hudson, Creative and Brand Marketing Manager for Macdonald Realty formally offered the oppor-tunity to the arts organization this month. In response, Gallery Curator Janet Esseiva said: “The Visual Arts Committee of BIAC, on behalf of local artists, thanks Macdonald Realty for this great opportunity. We know that the 2015 calendar will be very special, featuring what will no doubt be stunning work by Bowen artists.” BIAC will receive 200 copies of the calendar for fundraising sales.

Artists whose work is selected will be asked to agree to one-time use of their work, retaining all

rights. Their bios and contact info will be included in the calendar and they will receive 10 compli-mentary calendars.

BIAC members are encouraged to submit their work for consideration by emailing a digital photo to calendar@macrealty.com (max 6MB per email). All mediums will be accepted and artists can sub-mit more than one piece. Preference will be given to horizontal pieces that showcase the beauty of British Columbia (urban, rural and island life, ocean and mountain scenes, and of course home portraits and other subjects which would be a natural fit for a real estate company’s calendar). Experience shows that still life, portraits and flow-ers are generally not chosen by the selection com-mittee. The submission deadline is March 31, 2014. Submissions must include the artist’s name, the title of piece, the dimensions of piece, and the medium.

For more information, please contact Rosey Hudson at Macdonald Realty [calendar@macrealty.com].

Images by local artist to be featured on calendar

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EXPRESSION OF INTEREST – RECREATION & COMMUNITY SERVICES

MASTER PLANWorking closely with the Recreation & Community Services Commission, the project will evaluate, develop & deliver a Recreation & Community Services Master Plan for Bowen Island. The Master Plan is expected to guide the Municipality with the delivery of services that best meet the recreation needs of our community. The completed report will serve as the Municipality’s main tool in establishing recreation policy, services, programs, partnerships and marketing over a 10 year period.

The Municipality is accepting Expressions of Interest (EOI) from interested parties to undertake this project. For more information regarding the EOI, please visit the BIM website at www.bimbc.ca

Please submit your EOI via e-mail, fax or mail by Friday, March 7, 2014 at 4:00 p.m. to:

Christine Walker, Manager of Recreation & Community ServicesBowen Island Municipality981 Artisan LaneBowen Island, BC V0N 1G2

FAX: 604-947-0193EMAIL: cwalker@bimbc.ca WEBSITE: www.bimbc.ca

DEVELOPMENT OF A PEST MANAGEMENT PLAN # 701-002-14/19Metro Vancouver has prepared a draft Pest Management Plan (PMP) for the purpose of controlling the larval stage of nuisance mosquito species that significantly impact quality of life in limited parts of the region. Proposed treatment areas are: Metro Vancouver owned and/or managed lands and facilities; non-private lands within the City of Coquitlam, the District of Maple Ridge, the City of Pitt Meadows, the City of Surrey, and non-private and some private lands in the Township of Langley. Application of larvicide will occur annually between April and September in artificial waterbodies, standing water and areas prone to flooding. The PMP would be in effect for a five year period. Products that may be used include: Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bti) – VectoBac – PCP# 18158 Bacillus sphaericus (Bsph) – VectoLex – PCP# 28008These products are registered for use in Canada, are target specific, non-residual and non-toxic.Chemical control of adult mosquitoes is expressly excluded.Manner of application will be by hand, backpack blower, truck-mounted sprayer or all terrain vehicle- mounted blower and helicopter. Applicant contact information: Rhea Leroux, Park Operations Technician, Planning, Policy and Environment Department, Metro Vancouver 4330 Kingsway, Burnaby, BC V5H 4G8 Tel: 604-432-6294 Email: rhea.leroux@metrovancouver.orgA copy of the draft PMP can be obtained from the Metro Vancouver website:www.metrovancouver.org - search: Mosquito Control Program

A person wishing to contribute information about a proposed treatment site, relevant to the development of the Pest Management Plan, may send copies of the information to the applicant at the address above within 30 days of the publication of this notice.

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Since the early 2000s, Pacific white-sided dolphins have been the “big story” in Howe Sound, but in 2013 humpbacks whales stole the show. Tessa Danelesko, a marine biologist with the B.C. Cetacean Sightings Network, told a group gathered for the Bowen Island Nature Club AGM that the population of these 15-metre-long mam-mals who spend time in the North Pacific is estimated to be close to 6,000, with approximately 200 to 400 of those whales spending time in the Salish Sea. Danelesko also taught the group about the visible dif-ferences between cetacean species, so that when they catch a glimpse, they know what they’re looking at.

If you’re looking right into their mouths, you will see that one difference between porpoises and dolphins is the shape of their teeth, but most of us will have a bet-ter chance of identifying what we’re seeing by noting the difference in head shape: porpoises have much more rounded heads than dolphins with their long, pointy noses. Dall’s porpoises can be distinguished from harbour porpoises (which are more solidly coloured and typically light to dark grey) by the striking black-and-white contrasts

on their bodies. Danelesko told her audi-ence that scientists have recently discovered that a surprising number of local porpois-es are a hybrid between these two species, even though they may strongly resemble one or the other.

On the topic of “the stars of Howe Sound,” Danelesko explained teeth found in First Nations middens (domestic trash heaps) show that Pacific white-sided dol-phins made their home in this region thousands of years ago, and then, they mysteriously disappeared. In 1984, when researchers listening for killer whales heard calls that were more chatty and at a high-er pitch. These “killer whales on helium” proved to be Pacific white-sided dolphins, and this was the first sighting of them in the area. Scientists still do not know exactly why they’ve returned, but think it may have something to do with the recovering stocks of small fish in the area.

Danelesko explained that scientists divide killer whales into three groups: res-idents, Bigg’s (transients) and offshore. These are all the same species, although there is no evidence of mating between the groups in hundreds of thousands of years.

The killer whales we see in Howe Sound are mostly Bigg’s (transients), named in

honor of Dr. Michael Bigg, a pioneering killer whale researcher. They travel in fairly fluid, changing groups, unlike residents, who stick with their mothers for life. While the residents, who don’t often come to Howe Sound but are more often seen near Point Grey or farther out in the Georgia Strait, eat almost entirely salmon, Bigg’s (transients) eat other marine mammals. If someone spots a killer whale, they can identify the females and juveniles by their more curved dorsal fins. In adult males, the dorsal fins stand straight up, and following puberty they can stand as tall as 6 feet.

Danelesko said very little is known about offshore killer whales, as they live so far out in the Pacific. However, she did say that these whales sometimes travel in groups of 100 or more, and have been known to eat not only fish, but also sharks and possibly seabirds.

Humpbacks, along with minke and grey whales, are baleen whales.

Danelesko offered the group a look at several artifacts particular to baleen whales: baleen, whale lice and barnacles. Baleen is the filter inside the mouths of these animals, made of the same substance as human hair, keratin. The whale opens its mouth underwater, and the baleen strains

the food (such as krill or herring) from the water. Danelesko brought in actu-al baleen for her audience to touch and explore, as well as a barnacle off of a grey whale. Greys, she says, host a large number of parasites including barnacles, possibly because they are slow moving. These occur on humpbacks as well but in less visible quantities. What is more remarkable about humpbacks, says Danelesko, is the amazing recovery they’ve made. When commercial whaling was banned in the North Pacific in 1966, their numbers had been reduced to 1,400. Now, that population is estimated to be close to 6,000.

Danelesko urged people to contact the B.C. Cetacean Sightings Network if they see any kind of whale, porpoise, dolphin or sea turtle. Information collected through the network is used to understand the sta-tus of cetacean species (threatened, at risk, not at risk, etc.) and also to understand what areas act as critical habitats.

To report sightings of whales, dolphins, porpoises or sea turtles: Use the online sightings form at www.wildwhales.org.

Phone toll-free: 1-866-I-SAW-ONE (472-9663)Email: sightings@vanaqua.org

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Biologist from the Vancouver Aquarium’s B.C. Cetacean Sightings Network educates Islanders on local marine mammals

The “stars” of Howe Sound, Pacific white-sided dolphins.Vancouver Aquarium, photo

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MERIBETH DEENE D I T O R

This issue of the Undercurrent has unintention-ally morphed into the “ocean edition.” I’m sur-prised it doesn’t happen more often, given we’re surrounded by the stuff, but I would not be sur-prised to hear rumours that a number of you are grumbling over my obsession with the salty water that surrounds us.

The truth is, having grown up in Ontario, I’m somewhat preferential to lakes. They’re refresh-ing, and while yes you have to worry about getting mowed by reckless, partying motorboat drivers, you don’t need to worry about giant oil tankers, or giant tankers filled with garbage, or coal tankers, etc. At least not in the lakes that I swim in.

In any case, the ocean. It’s just a tiny part that separates us from work and shopping malls, and we love it but it is every-present. The ocean we love, but the ferries... oh, the ferries.

I learned so much about them this week. Thanks to Andrew Pietrow, I learned that in 1968, BC Ferries had daily runs to and from Snug Cove that

stretched between 9:15 in the morning and 9:45 at night, and Bowen’s population was just 300 at the time. It’s an interesting fact, one that mostly makes me feel nostalgic for a time when education and real estate were cheap, and subsidies were plentiful.

Thanks to Jordan Sturdy, I learned that between 2004 and 2013, fuel cost for the coastal ferries rose from $50 million to $121 million, while operat-ing costs for the ferries dropped from 7 percent of their total budget to 4 percent of this total bud-get. These numbers don’t make me any less eager to see bonuses, salaries cut for executives at BC Ferries, but it does make me want to take a closer look a whole bunch of numbers, and to under-stand them better.

The point of all this is that I am re-learning objectivity. I have my opinions, and get so heated in them at times words fail me, but in this job I end up learning something new just about every second. As I do, my perspectives shift and I see things from new angles.

That said, the more I learn about the ocean and what’s in it, the more fascinated I become. I just might be growing my sea legs..

Editorial biasWhen first elected in 2008, it didn’t take me

long to understand the importance of fisher-ies in our riding. With several well-versed local volunteers, we formed the “Sea-to-Sky Fisheries Roundtable” to bolster my service to constituents on fisheries.  I wrote the Prime Minister in 2009, asked questions in the House of Commons, and, along with others, requested action on dwindling salmon stocks. His response was the courageous Cohen judicial inquiry.

In 2011, our Government took the initiative to postpone decisions on most new salmon aqua-culture licenses until the Cohen Commission had reported its findings. What the Government is doing now is  consistent with Justice Cohen’s recommendations: to resume the review of appli-cations for new aquaculture sites and amend-ments to existing sites in BC. The restrictions on the Discovery Islands area will remain in effect for the foreseeable future, consistent with the Cohen Recommendations and in recognition of its important location along the Pacific sockeye migration route.

Aquaculture is the fastest growing food pro-duction sector worldwide, now supplying over 50% of the global demand for fish and seafood. In Canada, aquaculture is worth over $2 bil-lion annually and employs more than 14,000 Canadians. It’s clear that aquaculture is a real eco-nomic driver – especially for our riding.

After the low returns of 2009, more than 30 million sockeye returned to the Fraser River in 2010 – the most in almost a century. In 2013, the sockeye runs were above average and 26 million pink salmon returned, more than double what was expected. Other rivers saw similar encourag-ing results.

The challenge is developing aquaculture that is economically sound, as well as environmentally responsible. As your MP, and a member of the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans, I will continue to work for the protection and sus-tainability of Canada’s Wild Salmon.

John Weston, M.P.West Vancouver – Sunshine Coast – Sea to Sky

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On behalf of the members of the High Bar Gang, I would like to express our gratitude to the community for helping us have a successful concert on Bowen Island on Sunday night. Presenting a show in Cates Hill Chapel requires a tremendous amount of effort, and would not have been possible without the expert assistance from Jacqueline Massey and the Bowen Island Arts Council.

We are so lucky to have such a strong and vibrant arts council on the island! Big thanks also to BIAC member Kevin Manning, both for offering to sell tickets at the First Credit Union, and for taking on

the onerous task of retrieving, setting up, disman-tling and returning the stage. Thanks to Barbara Wiltshire for providing the Forum, affording us a place to talk about such events.

A Gambier Island resident came based on the tes-timonials she read on the Forum. (Note, there is now a “Bowen Island Events” Facebook page which has the potential of being a huge help in getting the word out about events as well.) And of course, much grat-itude to Cates Hill Chapel for making that beautiful space available to the public.

Lastly, it cannot go unsaid that the the Bowen

Island Undercurrent has long played a key role in the arts here, providing space for articles about events. This support is invaluable and is so appreci-ated by those presenting music and art on the island. It takes the support of many in the community to make an evening like Sunday happen, and it is sin-cerely appreciated by “The Gang.” For Barney and me, as Bowen Islanders, it is particularly heartwarm-ing.

Thanks so much!

Shari Ulrich & the High Bar Gang.

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Sometimes it just feels right in this space to go out and simply be in the world, to chronicle what-ever may occur and whomsoever it may occur with. But what if nothing much is happening on Bowen, you ask? Well, I just put that down. Such an approach is a past staple of the Lane and one I return to this week.

First though I’ll note that something that has also been done here is to put names into italics. There is no real reason for this but it makes me feel official somehow. It has been done but twice, mind you, once all the names were those of island dogs, the other time a mixture of humans, cats and dogs. My trusty file of old columns tells me that the last time I put all the names in italics was way back on July 14, 2006.

It’s a challenge to get lots of names, a challenge that requires a Jim Dandy effort.

And so it is that on Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014, I return to the using of italics for names while out on an island venture. Now I shall use them whether I encounter or just think of someone. For example, I am walking down Venture rd. as I write but while no one is about just now, I think of what cheerful companions my neighbours are, people such as (here we go!) Michael Hogan, Michael Bingham, The Emperor Caius Henrique, Penny White, Sarah Jo Bucklesnort and the amus-ing Florence and Nalia Moore.

Down the hill I go, passing the home of Juno Welsh and on to pass by Sandy Beach (stretching it a bit with that one). I happily encounter the noted artist, and noted father, Hans-Christian Behm (grandfather to the loquaciously entertain-ing Marlie Behm, a.k.a. The Marlie Chronicles) and we speak of my left knee. It was hurt badly during a baseball game at Snug Cove Field when I collided with that big lug, Oscar Hoekstra. Hans-Christian and I agree that regardless, Oscar is a fine fellow.

My friend, and our postmaster, Adele Turner, she and I also meet up and we speak of having leapt up at 4 a.m. to watch that awesome gold

medal hockey game Sunday. We each note that there was a slight blip of a power outage during the game. What a catastrophe no power would’ve been – Jesus Murphy!

Working outside at the Marina is Jerry Lowden. If you ever need a work space organized no ques-tion: Jerry’s your man. Here’s Skipper Lieske, doing his best not to jump on people and not to go inside the Marina Gift Store (Skipper’s tail tends to knock merchandise off the shelves).

There are privileges to working at the Marina and I get to park my car in the parking lot for free. It’s here now but before retrieving it I say hello to Alex Torok and Dale Gagne and ask them what’s been going on (a regular Nosey Parker, I am). Afterwards, I drive up to the Parks and Rec. gym at the school.

Long-time islander Ira Applebaum and I often come in to the gym here at roughly the same time. Yesterday, Ira played me some Mississippi John Hurt (“It’s the sliding delta, running right by my door; I’m going up the country, baby don’t you wanna go”) but he’s not here today. However, the dynamic duo who run the joint, Shelley Shannon and Shauna Jennings are in the office, work-ing hard. I’ve been given a boundary about not talking when they’re working so I bite my tongue.

But, Jiminy Cricket, it doesn’t last long!I lift, bike and run while school-children play

hockey outside (Ryan Hanen and Geoff McKay among them). When The Boy went to BICS he played goal out there and workouts were pep-pered with the sound of his voice yelling “No goal, no goal, no goal!” Once I stuck my head out the door and said “Boy, aren’t any of them in?” He seemed unfazed by my presence and quickly replied “No, Dad, none of them are.”

He’s a regular Roberto Luongo, our boy.I see others, at the Ruddy there’s Louise Wright

and Karis Maris Adams, at the General Store there’s Louis Racine and at the till Brian Park, but that’s mostly it. This was simply the chronicling of a venture out of doors and a meshing-with- fellow-islanders; being a regular Pollyanna, I trusted it would be of worth.

Sincerely, from your friend, Marcus Hondro.

Being in the world, in italics, with Marcus Hondro

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20 years ago in The Undercurrent• RCMP were investigating three break-ins, one occurring on

Melmore Rd. and the other two on Eaglecliff. The two on Eaglecliff were summer houses and were ransacked with minor items stolen. The home on Melmore had $400 in loonies and other coins stolen.

• Feb. 28, 1994, was Community Interaction Day at BICS. The topic for this day was what to do in the event of an earthquake. Discussions surrounding the buddy system and head-counts of children were to take place.

15 years ago in the The Undercurrent• A humongous garage sale held at the new Teen Centre was a huge

success raising approximately $4,000, which was to go towards the completion of the Teen Centre.

• A woman walking home off the 6:30 ferry was followed by a cou-gar, leaving her terrified and anxious about her usual rural walks on Bowen.

• A family of three walked away with scrapes and bruises after their station wagon tumbled sideways down a steep embankment and flipped onto its roof. Seatbelts were being lauded as having saved their lives.

10 years ago in The Undercurrent• Ferry marshalling options was the hot topic with regards to Snug

Clove planning. The latest in a series of traffic management and marshalling plans had been presented at council and was high-lighted in The Undercurrent. The author of the plan admitted that it “doesn’t solve all the problems” but it would go a long way toward determining balance to pedestrian and vehicle traffic.

• The recruitment of new staff for the municipality was being met with fierce opposition from the public and a small number of councillors. While it was understood that current staff had a workload that required further help, it had been suggested that another solution to the staffing problem be sought out. Despite this, recruitment ads were being placed.

5 years ago in The Undercurrent• A townhall meeting was held with the Bowen Island

Municipality. Approximately 40 residents attended and issues such as the the community centre, snow removal, sewage treat-ment and Cape Roger Curtis development were discussed. The hot topic for the meeting was how the outdated OCP hindered the proposed CRC development plan and that the OCP needed to be reviewed. One of the biggest issues to come out of this was timing. The OCP steering committee set a deadline of May 2010 for revisions, but the CRC neighbourhood plan was to be decided by council on June 1, 2009.

• The mayor’s report spoke to the first 100 days in office of the current council. It outlined three priorities: hire a full time CAO, launch a review of the OCP and move forward on a capital plan for critical island infrastructure. The report outlined the steps that council was taking to achieve these priorities.

• A letter to the editor corrected an item from the previous week’s paper, which suggested that a Bowen resident recommended that if faced with going off the road or hitting a deer, the driver should hit the deer. The misquoted resident suggested that he wasn’t trying to say that drivers should look for deer to run over, but the if the choice was you or the deer, choose yourself, not the deer.

• The Undercurrent reported that building on Bowen was slowing to a near halt. Building permits issued for the month of January 2008 were 4 while permits issued for January 2009 totalled 1.

This week in Undercurrent History

A massive life change will either unearth who you are – or bury you. It’s the big ticket items that become glaringly apparent. All the other extrane-ous life details drop away like dirt off your boots. What’s left are the things that make you tick.

Fitness makes me tick. It’s my doorway to men-tal wellness. Whatever the mental shift desired, to cheer up, calm down, get creative, dispel anger, find peace, working my body gets me there 99% of the time. Other people paint, travel, shop, sail. I lace up my sneakers and head out the door, or roll out my yoga mat. When my breathing pattern changes it’s like a key to changing my mind and that changes my world.

My wellness challenges of the last year void-ed any possibility of fitness, at least the level I was used to. Chemotherapy and running really don’t go together. The cruel irony is that I needed that portal to mental wellness more than ever. A conversation with Gillian Kovanic early in my treatment reminded me of the “So, Hum” mantra,

the meditative breathing practice of pranayama I learned at yoga teacher training. It was the hardestpart of the training; I’m not good at sitting still! However, my learning curve was steep over the last year. When things went sideways, I focused on the simplest, most powerful, most accessible tool we have, mindful breathing. Inhale “So”. Exhale “Hum.” The regular meditators are nod-ding their heads. The rest of you may think I’m off my rocker. What I know is that it works and I don’t need to run 10km to get there. Have I given up running? Hell no. Am I a more grateful run-ner? Absolutely.

Mary Letson

I changed my mind

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DENIS LYNNC R E A T U R E O F T H E W E E K

What would you do with nine “brains”? Well, if you had an 8-metre arm span, like a real Giant Pacific Octopus, Enteroctopus doflei-ni, and weighed 180 kg, you would need one “brain” or ganglion to control each arm and one brain in your head to keep it altogether. Indeed all octopuses, not octopi, of which there are 300 species, have nine “brains”. The average Giant Pacific Octopus weighs just 15 kg, is 90% mus-cle, and has three hearts: two to pump blood to its gills and one to pump blood to the body. These hyperactive aristocrats need multiple hearts; hemocyanin is their blue blood pigment, which is more efficient in carrying oxygen at low temperatures.

Octopuses are cephalopod mollusks – cephalo-pod means “head” (=cephalos) and “foot” (=pod), referring to the modification through evolution of the head and foot of their shelled-ancestors. Their closest relatives are squids, which have an internal shell called the pen; more distant rel-atives are the clams and snails. Octopuses are shell-less, and so the only obvious mollusk fea-ture is their toothed tongue or radula, similar to the tongue of snails. Indeed, without a shell, the octopus is so flexible that a 15-kg one can squeeze through a 5-cm hole.

Snails use their tongue to scrape food off

surfaces, but the octopus uses its arms to catch crabs, clams, squid, fish, small sharks, and even other octopuses. It then uses a parrot-like beak to break or crack shells and a venomous saliva to help kill its prey. The venom of Australia’s blue-ringed octopus is deadly to humans but our local octopus is not known to be harmful. The radula is then used to clean the meat out of the shells, which are then piled in middens outside the den.

Octopuses, which may be the most intelli-gent invertebrate, are reputed to recognize their human keepers, and they can learn to run mazes and pull corks out of bottles to get a shrimp. This level of intelligence makes them the only inver-tebrate for which scientists must have approval from an animal care committee before they do their research.

The Giant Pacific Octopus lives from three to five years. They only mate once, and the over 50,000-100,000 eggs are cared for by the female who dies soon after the young hatch. While we don’t know much about the health of octopus populations, it is believed that this high fecundity makes them resilient to fishing pressure.

Denis Lynn is a Professor Emeritus in Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, and an Adjunct Professor in Zoology, University of British Columbia. He taught various courses in biology during his 32-year career and still researches his favourite wee beasties, the ciliated protozoa.

A nerdy mollusk with more brains than hearts“I encountered this giant pacific octopus at Collingwood Point (south of Tunstall Bay). This one was small, maybe 24 inches if stretched arm to arm, but I had my macro lens so I could only get close-ups. They are generally nocturnal, so it was nice to see one during the day. The larg-est I’ve seen locally would be about 15 feet from tip to tip.”Adam Taylor, photo

Howe Sound on the evening of Friday, February 21st.Tristan Deggan, photo

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2014 Mini GalaExhibition & Auction

Saturday, March 8, 2014Doors open at 7 p.m. Auction begins at 8 p.m.

Admission $15

Tickets available at Phoenix or the Gallery @ Artisan Square

Featuring more than 55 mini-masterpieces by local artists Entertainment by Marc Gawthrop Live Auction conducted by Graham Ritchie

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Mark your calendars! Bowfest is backBOWFEST BOARDS U B M I S S I O N

This year’s Bowfest will take place on Saturday, August 23rd, the traditional Saturday prior to Labour Day week-end. Our AGM is being held at Doc Morgan’s this Sunday, March 2nd from 3 to 5pm. The bottom floor is available so feel free to bring your chil-dren along. We will be review-ing last year’s successful event and kick-off plans to make Bowfest 2014 better than ever. Please come to the meeting and share your comments and suggestions on our com-mu-nity festival.

As many of you know last year’s event came very close to being cancelled but true Bowen spirit came shining through, allow-ing us to celebrate one of the most success-ful Bowfests in years. Behind the scenes we may have been rushing around at the last min-ute, connecting power to the stage and setting up the field but just as we finished the sun broke through the clouds, the parade started down the hill and the day just got better from there. The communi-ty felt a sense of ownership in this year’s event and really stepped up in sup-port, in so many ways Bowfest truly was Island Paradise. Thank you, Bowen.

The thankyou list is too long to include everyone but we are grateful for generous personal and corporate donations, great weather, lowered admission pric-es and the overall com-munity support which combined to create such a suc-cessful and profit-able event.

As always, volunteer participation by individ-uals and local non-profit groups was the back-bone of this event. Over the years many non-profits have volun-teered for this event to help raise funds to sup-port their programs. This year we were pleased that the Bowen Legion returned to run the beer garden, the Bowen Island Choir stepped up to staff the entry gates and CAWES handled the Zero Waste Stations which were provided by Metro Parks as a pilot project. We also accepted food donations at the gate and shared a portion of the profit with the local food bank. In total Bowfest 2013 con-tributed nearly $7,000

back into the community through these worthy local organizations.

An additional $5,495 of profit was carried forward and was added to the rainy day fund to cover the costs in the event of a weather relat-ed cancellation.

A sense of com-munity is one of the many things that-makes Bowen special, why we choose to make this island our home, why so many people worked so hard to ensure Bowfest wasn’t cancelled. As our end of summer festival it provides an opportu-nity to celebrate what we love about Bowen. People may attend for a variety of reasons; to catch up with friends and neighbours, to watch or participate in the parade, listen to local music while wan-dering the field, visit the stalls and vendors, play games, or socialize in the beer gar-den. In the end we are all there for the same reason, to cele-

brate Bowen.This year’s parade

saw 30+ entries includ-ing the ever-popular Irish Regiment Pipe Band.

Special thanks go out to the parade mar-shals and our wonderful judges who had the dif-ficult task of choosing between so many great entries. This year’s win-ners were:

Pet Shop--- Best Commercial

S.K.Y.--- Best Community

Paul Hooson-Best Individual

Belterra--- Best Overall

USSC--- Best ThemeBoy Scouts--- Best

Group

Continuing with the theme of commu-nity participation; all six food vendors were local as was the Legion crew running the beer garden;13 communi-ty groups had tables sharing information about their groups and projects, including the Agricultural Alliance who ran the popular

Country Fair Tent and perennial favourite Slug Race; and the Museum & Archives ran a fun, if challenging local trivia contest.

Rides and games were provided by Par-T-Perfect, a locally owned company, and young and old alike enjoyed the return of the Flow Riders and their thrilling mountain biking display.

The musical line-up consisted of 13 local artists, many of whom generously donated their time in support of the event. Judging by the crowd of people dancing on the field at sunset and through two encores it appears that a good time was had by all…

Being our first time organizing this event it was a steep learn-ing curve. While we learned a lot and have a feeling of what can be fine-tuned we want to hear from the commu-nity; what did you like, what would you change, would you like to help organize or help with set up or tear down?

For Bowfest to remain

relevant and reflect our community we need to hear from you so please attend the AGM, speak with any of the board members or email your com-ments and sugges-tions to bowfestonbow-en@gmail.com.

Don’t worry that by

offering suggestions or comments means you are automatically vol-unteering for a role. It appears that all board members from last year are interest-ed in helping organize this year’s event. That being said, we can always use

more help as the more input and participa-tion Bowfest receives, the more reflective of the communi-ty it is.

Again, many thanks to all the volunteers and partici-pants who helped make Bowfest 2013 so much fun.

Gilligan’s Island themed float from Belterra - Winner of best overall float in the Bowfest parade of 2013.

Pam Culver, photo

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What happens in the yurt stays in the yurt

TINA OVERBURY

S U B M I S S I O N

I consider myself new to Bowen Island even though this August my family will be celebrating five years as post-townies. It was a gut decision to move our brood of five here, having only visited Artisan Square and driven around the island once. The truth is though, as with most of us here, the decision to move to Bowen made us and not the other way around. Now it wasn’t by some magical spell, accidental stumble upon, or happenstance, that we arrived, the decision to follow our heart lead the way and then con-tinued, bringing me to Angelyn Toth’s Xenia Centre and delivering my new career as the founder/creator of Live Your Best Story, a boutique PR Firm and workshop series that connects the dots between personal development and branding.

I’ve made tons of decisions in my 43 years and this one wasn’t any more special than the other ones. There’s a pat-tern I follow when making big decisions: first I’m unshake-ably restless, then I become unquenchably curious, on to

incessant blathering, next I’m writing, writing and still writ-ing, until finally the aha moment strikes and the decision makes me. Over and over again, this is my pattern. On to small decisions: they always start at the kitchen sink, I’ll be washing dishes and an insight will happen. Later in the day lightning will strike while I’m in the shower, followed by the instructions to implement as I’m hiking up the back of Mount Gardner with my dog, Muttley. This is how I hear my best story.

As most self-employed artists, I’ve worn many hats: Actor/Writer/Director, that would be career #1, Publicist/Marketer/Media Relations, as career #2, General Manager/Facilitator/Leader as #3, Filmmaker/Screenwriter #4, Entrepreneur/Network Marketer/Lipstick Lady as #5 and the ever-present maker of muffins, washer of dishes and folder of laundry Mom. Why does any of that matter? None of it does, yet all of it does. Each piece individual-ly is just a different marble in my pocket, but roll them all together and it becomes a body of work that has been leading me to this place. Art, message, purpose, personal growth, leadership, branding… it’s all the same conversa-tion to me. In my head, in my heart, listening to my ego,

or to my calling… it’s all connected by one thing: story, and the real, authentic, punchy, POW story is the differentiator that can cut through the noise of all the blah blah blah ticker tape media out there, and the chattering board members that advise us from the table in our head. This

is how I’ve given my best story.Authenticity is the new spin that grabs listeners by the

collar and shakes them to hear and calls them to action. We answer texts instead of the phone because the message is short with little noise to listen through. Our attention span isn’t shrinking, our tolerance of distraction is. When story is compelling, when life is delicious, when the message is worth hearing, we suddenly have all the time in the world. Personal growth and PR are connected. Tuning in to our-selves and mastering our own message is directly linked to giving our powerful story away. This is how we live our best story.

The workshop of LYBS happens because I see greatness in people and I fall easily into the story that lives inside them. Sounds lofty, but trauma has given me the gift of sight. Not to get too personal, but I’ve had a lot of death, upheaval, damage… you know, all the stuff great poetry is made from and through my own relentless unraveling of story (thou-sands of dollars and decades of therapy, books and work-shops later), I’ve developed some pretty cool spidey senses and chops for deep listening. My Live Your Best Story career began when I decided to embrace mine by moving here. Through long showers, dishes and gut decisions, I keep jumping into the fire to fail, flail and to fly.

The world needs more of us in it, and three times per year at Xenia, at the end of Smith Road, stories get a chance to live. I can’t tell you much about that though, because during the workshop, what happens in the yurt, stays in the yurt.

Tina Overbury (far left) and participants of the first-ever Live Your Best Story workshop at Xenia.Kevin McAlary, photo

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BOWEN ISLAND ARTS COUNCILS U B M I S S I O N

When a passionate Mexican tenor joins with two Canadian sopranos, one a coloratura, the other a lyrical dramatist, the result is bound to be an afternoon of rich and exciting song. And that is what the Bowen Island Arts Council clas-sical concert at Cates Hill Chapel on March 2nd promises. The passionate Mexican is Sergio Flores Mendez. He has put together a program of arias and duets that will take the audience on an exploration of love in song. Stephanie Miles, the coloratura, will bring her crystalline voice, and Kelly Nobles her rich tones and lyricism. When the combination has the benefit of Roger Parton, director of Opera Pro Cantati, teacher of lieder

and opera, at the piano, it becomes a show not to be missed.

A selection of music promising, as Flores puts it, a journey through “the many different forms, shapes, and tones in which love can be expressed” will have something for every one: music on love “young and comical between Frederik and Mabel, intense and volatile between Otello and Desdemona, and serene and entrancing between Mallika and Lakme”. The composers themselves are as varied as the love they express in their music and create in their audience. Come. See and hear for yourselves on Sunday March 2nd 3.30 pm at Cates Hill Chapel, Bowen Island. Tickets at the door and from Bowen Island Arts Council web site www.biac.ca or from the Gallery at Artisan Square Friday through Sunday, noon to 4.00 pm.

Operatic musical mixture live on Bowen

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Sergio Flores Mendez will appear alongside Stephanie Miles, Kelly Nobles and Roger Parton at Cates Hill Chapel on Sunday, March 2nd.

Bowen Island Arts Council, photo

RICHARD BESTS U B M I S S I O N

The draw toward awakening con-sciousness is as natural an urge and need as that for water, food, sleep and others you might list. We are not always awake to this urge and may at times create great suffering for ourselves through resistance, generally of an unconscious nature. Once we have a glimmer of this nat-ural urge to awakening, we are at least, if not more comfortable with awakening, far less resistant to it, as our self-concept is now a partner in the process.

The trajectory of increased consciousness is not necessarily without conflict, however, and for some it may be accompanied by a hyper-sensitivity, a depression, an immobilizing physical condition for which no medical remedy can be found, or some other stuck state that prevents “normal” function.

Denise Richard, who has chosen Bowen as her new home, has created a very clear mapping of the process

and the impasses that are typical to this journey. Through her book Love and Impasse, she takes a look at seven of the most challenging tran-sitions in spiritual development. Her writing is clear, concise, and even lyrical at times. Moving between objective observation and narratives of real-life examples, a great depth of understanding is revealed. Denise’s writing style is easy to read, howev-er, the content, being so deeply experiential rather than strictly theoretical, may require a second or third reading as it did for myself.

Having witnessed Denise’s capac-ity to facilitate someone experienc-ing such an impasse, I can highly recommend her as a wise counsel and her book as a brilliant over-view of the territory. Often just having a bigger picture can comfort us in uncomfortable terrain. Love and Impasse does just that, and the Bowen community is fortunate to have added to itself Denise’s com-passion and skills.

Book review of Love and Impasse by Denise Richard

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Join Jude in launching her latest book of poetry

Sunday, March 2, from 2:45 – 4:45 PM. Guitar stylings by Teun Schut

The Gallery at Artisan Square Refreshments will be served

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FRIDAY FEBRUARY 28

Youth Centre 6pm - 9pm Kat snacks - Drop in with great food

ages 12 +

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SATURDAY MARCH 1

Youth Centre 6pm - 9pm Movie night - pizza and popcorn

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SUNDAY MARCH 2

Launch: A Quiet Coming of Light, by Judith Neale The Gallery @ Artisan Square 2:45pm

Classical Concert Series presents: Sergio Flores Mendez Cates Hill Chapel. Doors open 3pm. Tickets $45 at the door

Bowfest AGM Doc Morgan’s, 3-5pm

MONDAY MARCH 3

S.K.Y. (Seniors Keeping Young) 9:00am Seniors Yoga w. Lois McLaren 9:45am Exercises w. Ali Hartwick 10:30am Singing w. Robin Wall followed bye-freshments. Everyone is welcome.

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AA Meeting Collins Hall 7:15

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JUDITH NEALES P E C I A L T O T H E U N D E R C U R R E N T

There was a time in my life when joy was unknown to me. My last book, Only the Fallen Can See, reflected the experience of depression which I lived in for so long. Five years ago, things started to change. I started to experi-ence joy, on occasion. Now, I feel joy constantly and can guarantee that every day will be a sunny day. My new book of poems, A Quiet Coming of Light, refelects this new reality. I have found the golden thread of life and that is what weaves this book together.

The poem’s in this book have been shortlisted for a number of prizes, and the poem A Quiet Coming of Light, came third in a field of two-thousand in the peer-judged International Poetic Republic Poetry Prize (U.K).

I want to share the emotion, the love, the light and the passion I have felt, and expressed through these poems. Please join me at the Gallery at Artisan Square for my book launch this Sunday, at 2:30pm. I will be reading, and also singing.

Finding the golden thread

Howe Sound from a private beach on Miller’s Landing.Tristan Deggan, photo

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MERIBETH DEENE D I T O R

Emily van Lidth de Jeude chose a forest location for (F)unschool last week on the assumption that the weather would be rainy, but Friday turned out to be glorious and sunny. The big kids partici-pating in (F)unschool leap frogged in and across and back and forth and down the steep ravine of Eddy Creek, which flows behind the Stone Circle in Bluewater. Before they did, though, Emily reminded the group about the rules of (F)unschool: always stay within sight and ear shot of parents and don’t hurt anything, including yourself or plants. The third, unspoken rule of (F)unschool, which one discov-ers very quickly after breaking it, is to always wear gumboots.

(F)unschool is an activity run by

the Bowen Nature Club for families as well as adults up for an afternoon adventure. It takes place after regular school lets out most Thursdays.

The intention of the activity is, of course, fun, but also, to experience our local nature with some funda-mental unschooling principles: learn by exploring and allow inspiration to lead.

(F)unschool’s organizer, Emily van Lidth de Jeude, adds, “Life is nature and nature is everywhere. In explor-ing and being familiar with our own wilderness, we open our minds to learning in every domain.”

If you are interested in participat-ing, join the Nature Club! A year-long membership costs $18 for an individual, or $22 for a family.

The many other Nature Club out-ings planned for this year are pub-lished on the Nature Club’s website: http://bowennatureclub.blogspot.com

Nature is the teacher at (F)unschool

Clockwise from left: Maya; Michelle and Claire; Ethan, Taliesin, Tyler and Rhiannon; Eleah.

Meribeth Deen, photos