EyesOnBC Magazine January 2017

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In this issue you'll read about local author Dawn Hunter Clark, whose first book, Paranormal Canadian Tales: A Supernatural Journey was just released in December 2016. The book is done and published, but not so Dawn's own journey as she continues to discover the hidden world of the paranormal. I invite you to read "Revealing the Substance of Shadows" p.5, to learn about Dawn's book.

Interesting discoveries of a different sort are being made right here on Vancouver Island. Read Lisa Verbicky's "Unearthing Kleanza", to learn about a group of BC archaeologists who are becoming part of the "Bowser Story", p.16.

Then Joanne Sales takes us on yet another journey of self-discovery in "Revolution and Evolution: Making the Most of 2017", p.10.

And for me? Well, it's shaping up to be a good news/ bad news kind of journey this year. Many of you already know that I've been diagnosed with cancer for a second time, the first being in 2012. I'm a bit shaken by the discovery and the reality of what 2017 may hold for me, but I truly envision a positive outcome and with the great support team I have, I can't lose.

EyesOnBC Magazine will continue on as usual, I have no thoughts of packing it up. When, and if, the time comes that I need help, I have able hands waiting in the wings to pitch in. To keep everyone informed, I've started a blog to share the ups, downs, and the inevitable sideways swerves of my journey. You'll find my blog at www.eyesonbc.com/blog.

Wishing you the very best of 2017! ~ Linda

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REVEALING THE SUBSTANCE OF SHADOWS INSIDE AUTHOR DAWN HUNTER CLARK'S NEW BOOK ...

"PARANORMAL CANADIAN TALES: A SUPERNATURAL JOURNEY"

by Linda Tenney

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awn Hunter Clark is sensitive to things beyond the veil of our existence. Whether it's a shadow of the past locked in a loop of repetition, a malevolent spectre creating grief for the living, or a young innocent trapped between the here and there; Dawn sees and feels things that I don't.

From a very early age, Dawn has encountered the paranormal; things just off the scale of general perception.

It hasn't been an easy journey, often fraught with danger and most assuredly the criticism and disbelief of skeptics.

But when you know something that others don't, and you know it to be the truth, you lay your apprehension about telling the story aside, and simply tell it like it is.

"Paranormal Canadian Tales: A Supernatural Journey" takes you inside Dawn's life. It takes you inside her

moments of discovery and inside her moments of fear. It leaves you with a better understanding of things you can't see and nudges you to believe the unbelievable.

You'll read stories of benign and evil haunting, ghostly apparitions, UFO sightings, and poltergeist activity. You may recognize places and buildings in British Columbia where Dawn discovered the walls harbour remnants of evil. Each story is summarized with an explanation of the paranormal and essential tips for keeping evil at bay.

"My belief in the paranormal has been a truth to me as far back as I can remember. This book has been in the making for just as long," says Dawn.

Some stories just need to be told, and while the telling may start as a trickle, the narrative ultimately rushes forward, twisting and turning until the gathering

of single stories becomes a compelling anthology like Dawn's first book.

"I've been writing since I was 13 but I really didn't know how to write a book," says Dawn. "I taught myself how. I wrote and re-wrote and re-wrote, and polished my book until it was a shiny gem."

Dawn finished her book in October 2014, and after approaching a long list of publishers finally received an email in May 2015 from Schiffer Publishing in the U.S. Dawn was thrilled to learn they would publish her book; her dream had become reality and the book was released in December 2016.

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Seedy Saturday got its start with the idea of saving and sharing the seeds you collect from your own successful plants and trading them for other seeds from other gardeners. In Oceanside that idea took hold in 2002 with the help of local gardeners, Keith and Joy Smith, Kim Hammond, Sally Shivers, and Linda Rehlinger. Now about to celebrate its 15th year in our area, Seedy has gone from about 900 visitors and one hall at the Civic Centre to almost 3000 visitors and gardening inspiration in every hall of the Centre in 2016.

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of plants, seeds and gardening items, a Farmers’ Market, Milner Gardens’ “Shoots with Roots” children’s program, Master gardeners to answer your questions, the Seedy Café to nourish you search, plus Door Prizes and a Raffle.

Two knowledgeable speakers will provide you with further information to enhance your garden planning and production. From 10:30 till noon, the ever-popular Linda Gilkeson will address the ‘flourish’ segment of this year’s Seedy with “Flourishing Food Gardens All Year Round” – a particularly attractive subject for those doing or planning to try winter gardening in our west coast climate.

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Predictions for 2017 Aries (March 21-April 19) Here you are waiting at Platform Nine-And-Three-Quarters. This is an exciting year for you because you are approaching a time of culmination in your life. In the 90s, you defined your identity; by 2004, you defined your home base; and by 2010, you defined your raison d’être. Now you are aiming for a career peak in 2018. Are you ready? Not yet. The year 2017 is a dress rehearsal. It’s time to get your ducks in a row. Fortunately, you have the support of partners and good friends. In fact, partnerships are so blessed; this is the best year to marry since 2005.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) The year 1999 was a watershed year for Taurus. You know it; I know it. And 2000 was easy and sweet because life was yielding. By contrast, between 2003-05, nothing was certain with your job or your home – all up for grabs. Fast-forward to 2015 and we find you in the kind of home you want to be.

(Especially free from the tension and disappointment with partners you had for several years prior.) Now you are free to determine your future. You are fortunate because you will have a multitude of opportunities in 2017 to improve your job or get a better job. It’s all up to you. Dream big!

Gemini (May 21-June 20) You were proud of your accomplishments in the mid-90s. And you were also proud in 2010. Once again, life was sweet in 2013, with Jupiter in your sign bringing you ease, peace of mind, comfort and contentment. (Would that life were always that easy.) In fact, life will be easy in 2017 because the theme of your year ahead will be play -- be it the theatre, the arts, stimulating sports or wining and dining with fascinating conversationalists. Not only will you love the swirl of a promising social calendar, you will enjoy a splendid vacation. (More than one!) Naturally, this bounteous pleasure is accompanied by opportunities for fun-filled relationships and new romance.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) You hold on to what you value.

You don’t let go easily. That’s why life was challenging at the beginning of the millennium with so many things slipping through your fingers – possessions, friendships, jobs and homes. (An unsettling time for a Cancer who likes to secure their nest.) And once again between 200810, you faced upsetting changes. Is there no justice? Yes there is. And this justice is yours in 2017 when you have

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the best opportunities since 2005 to improve your home or the value of your home. The year ahead is when you must build, buy, sell or rent something that delights you because you can do it. Believe it.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Although it’s true that you had to winnow through your possessions and streamline your life between 2002-05, this was for a purpose. You know that now. This is because 2005 was the beginning of a new journey for you. Now you enter 2017, which offers two great celestial strengths: Both Saturn and Jupiter will support you this year by helping your life run more smoothly as well as helping you to accomplish as much as possible. Now is the time to lay the framework for your future success. What will amaze you is that life is so easy.

You will achieve what you want with little effort. Count your blessings!

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) The beginning of the millennium was a time of graduation, job success or something that you achieved that was dear to your heart. Good times are to be appreciated. At this time in your life, what you most need to do is to establish a reliable home and refuge for yourself. Someplace safe, cozy and replenishing. Can you do this? Almost certainly. The reason you will achieve this objective is because in 2017 you can increase your earnings and become richer. This is most timely! You will also lay the groundwork for a success that will bring you acknowledgement about six years from now.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) A wise teacher once said that the most important meditation we can do daily is appreciation. This will be an easy meditation for you in 2017 because you will have so much to be grateful for.

The largest planet Jupiter, symbol of bounty, wealth and joy will be in your sign. The last time this occurred was in 2005. Now, once again, you will benefit from this journey of Jupiter in Libra, which will attract people and wealth to you. But more than that, you will be happier.

Relationships with others will be easier. Your selfconfidence will grow and your spirituality will deepen.

Many reasons for gratitude!

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Around 1999, partnerships and major relationships were an event in your life because they either began to fulfil your world or they began to dissolve. By 2005, you were strong, powerful and confident; and those relationships became clarified one way or the other. Even though you gave up so much before you set off on your new path around 2012; you made a name for yourself in 2014-15. People were impressed with what you had achieved. Recently, finances have been a challenge; but you are strong, determined and iron-willed. In October this year, bounteous Jupiter will enter your sign to stay for a year.

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Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You like to set goals for the future. Very wise. Around 2001, you worked to achieve something that blossomed by 2008. Once again in 2015, you began an even bigger journey in a fresh, new direction. This important journey will change your world. Fortunately, in 2017, you will have the support of others because this year will be one of the most popular, friendly, fun-filled years you have experienced in over a decade. People will help you, which means you must be open to their friendship. Likewise embrace groups and associations, which will also benefit you. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) The year 2017 holds contradictions for your sign. There is no question that you have plans to downsize. You might move, change jobs, change residences or give up friends and partners. This is happening. But it is not loss. It’s a time of transition. And while this occurs, by apparent contrast, your reputation with your peers will enjoy its greatest breakthrough in years. You will be admired!

Promotions and praise will be yours. Many of you will travel more for work and some will seek new fields of employment. You will bask in the approval of others, and know that you have earned it. Job well done!

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) As life unfolds, some years are memorable; some are challenging; and some contain those rare moments of adventure and learning. Since 2005, you have worked hard for the success you experienced recently in 2013-14. However, the year 2017 will be a mind-bending year when you will seek to expand your world in ways you never dreamed possible. You will have opportunities to travel, study and learn. This is a wonderful year for those who want to write or publish. Your views on life and your basic beliefs will change, perhaps from travel to foreign countries or relationships with people from other cultures. Ah, yes!

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) You defined who you are in the nineties; and by 2008, you had the courage to pursue where you are today. You know what you are doing. You know what you want; and you know what you don’t want. Although you have responsibilities, you also have the respect and praise you deserve from others. The year 2017 will be productive, abundant and rich. Your reputation will shine. Your professional life will hold a cornucopia of opportunities. In addition, you will have the practical and financial support of others. For some, this will be an inheritance, for others, a windfall or an indirect benefit through a partner. You are blessed in 2017. ~

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REVOLUTION AND EVOLUTION: MAKING THE MOST OF 2017

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n this new year, we will all change.

It’s inevitable. The future is porous - still in the realm of possibilities.

As each day passes, to use the language of quantum physics, we will collapse the infinite possibilities into finite form - into hard things with crusty surfaces that we can see and touch. Unforeseen events and experiences will turn into memories. And then, after 365 days, we’ll look back at 2017, and ask, "What did I create, do or make possible? What just happened?"

Like me, you probably want an upgrade, improvement, healing or change in some aspect of your life this year. Even if we did not make New Year’s Resolutions yet, we still have most of January to "begin" the year. I’d like to share some of the thoughts I’ve been working with.

It’s easier to make those hard changes for someone else.

Our commitment to ourselves can be weak, but our commitment to those we love can be quite powerful. My husband couldn’t quit smoking for years and years. But when our daughter was three, he realized he had to stay in good health for her benefit. Out of love for her, he quit.

Many people are dealing with multigenerational cycles of alcoholism, sexual abuse, violence, or drug addiction. Fortunately, there are those who step forward and say, "The buck stops here. I’m not going to pass this on." Every step they make in the direction of healing, change and forgiveness makes it easier for other people who are trying to break free from the same cycle. Healing can happen. It 1 0

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to lean in a different direction, its going to take extra effort, time, dedication or creativity.

actually helps the person going through these changes to know that their hard work is going to help others. Helping to prevent others’ suffering gives meaning to their challenge.

I wouldn’t recommend the following.

I knew a loving, old Quaker man who had lived 80 years in service to radical social change. After his wife died, and he was weakening with Parkinson’s disease, he decided to fast until he died.

He didn’t choose to do it for himself; he did it in solidarity with the poor on the planet who are starving. He actually went through with his plan.

Don’t try that. But I do stand in awe at the depth of his love and commitment.

We benefit from weaving ourselves more deeply into the human family. It gives us strength we didn’t know we had.

It helps when we see the Big Picture.

I was born in Washington D.C., a major bulls-eye in the storm. Friends and family who moved to the west coast and Canada shouted to us across thousands of miles - "It’s better over here. You’ll be happier! " When I did move, I was happier. I didn’t realize location could make such a difference.

On December 13, from the deck of the Horseshoe Bay ferry, we could see a heavy yellow haze over Vancouver, smog from days of static air. Cities sadly do have visible smog, but they also have their unique "atmosphere."

Even when the wind picks up again, the atmosphere remains. Because of that, we are more inclined to think, feel and do certain things depending on where we are. Cities are like that. Planets are like that. Places have their leanings. They "lean" in certain ways and if you want

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In the Hindu cosmology, there are epic sized time spans over thousands of year, with specific characteristics. We currently are in the Kali Yuga - kind of like a cosmic Dark Ages. An age of vice, ignorance, violence, extreme materialism. It’s a hard time to get good things going. But we are also told that whenever we strive to "get good going" we grow and receive rewards beyond anything we could achieve in a less strife filled era. This is the time to build muscles, pay off cosmic-debts, clarify intentions and make giant strides towards that which you love above all else. Unfortunately, it can also be heart breaking and hard as hell, and we can’t move to a new planet.

We don’t have to accept such concepts as the Kali Yuga to benefit from that view. It’s comforting to know that ages and eras do change, as it is quite obvious that we humans are not currently at the top of our game. It helps to see the big canvas.

So a key for me this new year is to expand the field. Even a single life-sized canvas is too short. Once some Buddhist friends told me, "We think in terms of multi-life career planning." Of course, we chuckled, but who knows. Certainly on the continuum of time, what happens today impacts tomorrow, and we’re not sure where tomorrow ends, if it does.

Reincarnation was accepted in Christianity until the 5th century when it was "outlawed". A student asked the Zen master. "What happens when we die?" The Zen master answered, "I don’t know." "But I thought you were a Master!" "Yes, I am, but not a dead one."

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Gandhi said, "Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."

The point is, make BIG long-term resolutions and commitments. We have time.

One year, 1994, my New Year’s resolution was, "I accept a Tsunami Wave of Grace." And I really got it. I met amazing new people, and became deeply embedded into the extended family of a Hindu holy woman, learned to chant Sanskrit, do fire ceremonies, make curry and dal, feed hundreds, sit still for hours. I could never have planned that year or the years that followed, the rocket high and the roller coaster that followed.

What if I had never asked for that open-ended goal of a Tsunami Wave of Grace? I don’t know. I think the asking shows an opening, a willingness that is essential for change. So I want to ask for it again - but on a bigger canvas. Let’s ask for a Tsunami Wave of Grace for all living beings on earth. That’s a big request. It’s important to remember that while most things are within our ability to influence, not everything is within our ability to control.

When a tooth hurts or a bone is broken, that’s a hard tissue crisis, and I don’t expect myself to repair it. A stomach ache? It’s more likely to be a soft tissue crisis, and susceptible to subtle treatment. Many of our personal problems are soft tissue - and we can work on those ourselves. We don’t need a professional to figure us out and operate on us. This is the realm of New Year’s resolution.

But on the other hand, our society definitely has some serious hard tissue crises. Their effects on us is dramatic, and we tend to take it all personally.

We need to recognize our collective hard tissue problems, and realize that you and I can’t fix them alone. Massive student debt, too few high quality jobs, WiFi everywhere, climate change, etc.

We need to fix these things, but not by ourselves. Nor can we carry all the blame when we suffer the consequences

of these dark shadows in our society. It’s not always our fault!

St. Francis’ prayer will never grow old: God grant me the serenity... To accept the things I cannot change… Courage to change the things I can… And wisdom to know the difference.

Detachment is a principle in Eastern religions that is easily misunderstood.

It does not mean indifference. It means lifting off in your hot air balloon to get the bigger picture; not getting swept out to sea by each wave that hits the shore.

Seeing the network of events, emotions, possibilities and beings from a higher view point can actually help us follow through on our much smaller New Year’s goals. What are those New Year’s Resolution’s for? Why bother? If we can answer the "why" question, we’re halfway there.

Imagine you are taking a pilgrimage into the highlands of (wherever). (Your choice.) Remind yourself: I’ll need things for my journey. Health and strength - so I better eat well and do these particular exercises. I’ll need maps and guidance, so I’ll seek out and learn what I need to know. I’ll need trust for and loyalty from travel companions, so let’s make it a journey of community, compassion, belonging. And I’ll need to stay calm and resolute when the going gets rough, so I’ll need to let go of some of the old emotional baggage, breathe deeply, and accept strength from within (hence, meditate, do yoga, walk daily.)

Each of these may have been something that we wanted to do anyway, but now they have meaning, context, a reason for being.

There are going to be rough waters in 2017, with some shipwrecks that could break our hearts. Remember gentle Fred Rogers, with his calm TV show for kids - titled Mr. Rogers? I was surprised to find help from him recently. He said, "When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers.

You will always find people who are helping.’" Being one of the helpers when we can is a good goal all by itself.

Someone showed me a very funny looking 3-minute yoga practice, where you cross your arms, grab your earlobes, breathe and do squats. It is called Super Brain Yoga - look it up! I showed it to my granddaughters, telling them that I plan to do it every day in 2017.

"Grandma, are you teasing us? Is this a joke?"

There was never a better time for a sense of humor. If a new practice also makes us laugh, all the better! And we can no longer be afraid of "weird." Usually weird is just the unfamiliar, and as we are in unfamiliar waters, weird might be just what we need.

Our cosmology is our belief of how the universe is stitched together. It is not a religious term, as everyone has their own cosmology. Our beliefs strongly influence how high we can go.

Newtonian physics tells us: I’ll believe it when I see it. Quantum physics suggests: I’ll see it when I believe it.

My grandfather lived with us when I was in elementary school. I was a very diligent child. My grandfather frequently hobbled by with his cane on his way to the bathroom. He’d look in my miniature bedroom, nod his head, and say, "You’ll get there. You keep it up, you’ll get there." I was not then and am not now sure where "there" is. It’s a moving target. But without hesitation, I stand by my belief that we will all get there. It may take a few more tries for us to get it right, and we may not look like we do now, but we will arrive at wherever there is. Setting New Year’s goals means we want to upgrade our life in 2017 and are hoping to get "there" sooner. "There" is simply a good place to be in.

When we don’t know what to do, do we at least know the right direction?

Go that way. We’ll figure it out as we go along.

Hang in there. A blessed, peaceful happy new year to you and yours, and a Tsunami Wave of Grace for all. ~

Joanne Sales is a freelance writer, blueberry farmer, and offers workshops in EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), and the fine art of brewing Kombucha. Comments and questions about her articles and/or upcoming workshops can be directed to joanne@glasswing.com.

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In parallel to the WDP-CFP, WD is also seeking applications for the Economic Development Initiative (EDI) to enhance the vitality of Francophone communities.

BILL VEENHOF

More information on the WDP-CFP application process, including objectives and priorities, and a list of upcoming information sessions in your province, see the web site at: http://www.wd-deo. gc.ca/eng/301.asp

Regional Director, Area H billveenhof.com - ph: 778-424-2810 ■ bill.veenhof@shaw.ca

2016 was an interesting year.

Occasionally it was a little too interesting. Arlene and I hope that 2017 will be a safe and fulfilling year for all of you.

When I look back, it was a year that, globally, was periodically marred by deep negativism. From my perspective, much of it was unnecessary and uncalled for. I think what I want most for the coming year is a renewed sense of global optimism. We all have a great deal to be optimistic about.

Underscoring this was an article by “Our World in Data” (Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford). This article takes a long-term look at the global human condition and concludes that we have made huge improvements in poverty reduction, literacy, freedom, health and education. The article goes on to suggest that it is easy to focus on short-term negative events but if we look at our accomplishments in the last 200 years, the human race has a great deal to be proud of. If you are curious, see the article at https://ourworldindata. org/a-history-of-global-livingconditions-in-5-charts/ I realized how fast time flies when I typed “January 2017” into the title. It seems like yesterday that I was reelected and here we are into my third year of this term. Ordinarily, this would be a local government election year but shortly before the last election, the province increased the term for local governments to 4 years from 3. I can see some benefits to this but I am personally convinced that it is too long. Three-year terms would be better.

NEIGHBOURHOOD EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM There will be a NEPP (Neighbourhood Emergency Preparedness Program) 1 2

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awareness night on January 31st from 7pm to 9pm.

This public meeting is for all residents from Deep Bay to Arrowsmith but if you know people who might be interested please bring them along. Jani Drew, from the RDN, will be putting on a power point presentation to talk about neighbourhood & personal emergency preparedness.

Judy Dickson will also be a guest speaker to talk about what she has done to bring her neighbourhood together.

We will also have information booklets for you to take home. Refreshments will be provided courtesy of the RDN.

WESTERN ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION CANADA Our Member of Parliament, Gord Johns asked that I share the following. For the right organizations, this represents a good opportunity. Area H has benefitted from these funds in the past: On Wednesday, January 25, 2017, Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD) will be launching the next Western Diversification Program (WDP) Call for Proposals (CFP). Applications will be accepted until Thursday, February 23, 2017.

The WDP-CFP is targeted at not-forprofit organizations that are eligible for funding under the WDP, including First Nations, Tribal Councils, Métis and Inuit organizations.

MAJOR ACTIVITIES AT THE RDN FOR 2017 2017 will be the RDN’s 50th anniversary.

We will do something to celebrate this but have not yet landed on what this will be. This said, the RDN has an ambitious schedule set for this year: • We are well into our budget deliberations. At present, I expect that Area H will see a reduction in taxes in 2017. This is a result of our returning the money to you that we taxed to support railway enhancements for the ICF and a reduced tax requisition for the pool and arena, which is now partially based on how many people from the area actually use the facilities.

Because these two tax reductions end in 2017, we can expect to see an increase over 2017 in 2018.

• We will embark on a Service Level Review. This will look at what services the RDN provides its residents and determine if there are more efficient and effective ways at providing these services. The specific scope of this project is yet to be defined by the Board and you will hear more from me on this as details are available.

• By September 2017, we will have bus service in Area H, 5 days per week!

This is up from once a week and our tax decrease includes this extra service.

• Our Area H OCP review continues and I expect that the Board will vote on the final OCP in late spring 2017.

WD is seeking applications under the 2017 WDP-CFP that directly support one (or more) of the following WD investment priorities:

• Whilst it does not affect Area H, the $45 million expansion of the Nanaimo Pollution Control plant will be an important focus of staff and the Board.

• Clean technology; and/or

• The RDN is a provincial leader in developing asset an asset management plan and this will continue in 2017. ~

• Indigenous economic growth.

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Unearthing Kleanza BC ARCHAEOLOGISTS BECOME PART OF THE BOWSER STORY

by Lisa Verbicky

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f globe-trotting in an Australian bush hat, armed with a tiny paintbrush and in search of the holy grail or the tail of a t-rex is what comes to mind when you think of an archaeologist, you’d probably be surprised to find that there are currently three of these such adventurers holed-up in front of their computers in infamous Bowser.

We get the Indiana Jones reference a lot, and the whole dinosaur thing,” says Jenny Lewis-Botica, MA, Registered Professional Consulting Archaeologist (RPCA), Registered Professional Archaeologist (RPA), and Principal at Kleanza, an archaeological consulting firm she opened alongside colleagues Rob Field, BA, RPCA, and Kim Berg, BA, above the Bean Counter at Magnolia Court this past June.

“At least half the people I meet get excited about what I do. I think it’s because people have a curiosity about what’s shaped us, where we live. People

have this desire to place themselves into something bigger.”

resumes things like zooarchaeology, osteoarchaeology, and shell scraping in Tonga.

While the dusty, world-travelling stereotype does hold up to some degree, Lewis-Botica assures us that all the excitement of archaeology is truly left to those passionate and persistent enough to withstand hundreds of days in the field often coming up sans said ‘grail’. And, the dinosaurs, she reminds us are in the capable hands of the Paleontologists.

Lewis-Botica herself is currently working on her PhD at Simon Fraser University, focusing on White Mountain Apache archaeology in Arizona. Herself, Field, Project Manager for Vancouver Island, and Berg, Project Coordinator, have survived the 360+ days of arduous field work required to become Field Directors. Both Field and LewisBotica have put in additional time and reporting to become Permit Holders allowing them to work on provincial lands. Field also holds the honour of being the only Certified Professional Marine Archaeologist in the province.

Bowser is an archaeologically-rich area, she says, with its coastal canoe runs, middens and First Nations history.

“You can see that people have been attracted to this area for a long time.”

“We have the most amazing group of people working for us and we have an incredibly high staff retention,” says Lewis-Botica.

In 2009, Lewis-Botica began as a subcontractor in Terrace with Kleanza, a Tsimshian word meaning “gold”. In 2012 she bought into the company and has since been working with her ‘dream team’, an amazing group of academics, scientists, technicians, recent graduates, and PhD students who have on their

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on projects in BC and the Northwest Territories. Their services include anything from Archaeological Overview Assessments (AOAs) and Traditional Use Studies (TUS) to Archaeological Field Reconnaissance, Site Monitoring, Mitigation, and Modelling, and Community Education. They work with government agencies, municipalities, businesses and First Nations to assess the potential cultural and heritage impacts of various development projects from water/sewer upgrades, ferry terminals, and mining proposals to residential, forestry, transportation, LNG and wind projects.

“Archaeology paces development, says Lewis-Botica. “Today, it’s illegal to impact an archaeological site and developers are obliged to have it assessed.”

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In 2014, Lewis-Botica and her husband, Tony, who was based out of Victoria’s River Forecast Centre and conducting work at Parksville’s Coastal Fire Centre, stumbled across it while out on a drive.

A large part of that conversation, says Lewis-Botica, is community education and capacity building.

“We were looking to settle in a place that would allow us to live where we work and work where we live. Bowser is staggeringly beautiful. It has such a community feel and we can walk to the school, the coffee shop, to work, to get groceries. We’re pinching ourselves.”

As part of their stewardship of heritage information, she and Field also offer courses on such things as the Heritage Conservation Act, use of equipment, identification and survey methods, Culturally Modified Tree (CMT) Inventory, and mapping to First Nations and resource professionals as part of the Provincial RISC (Resources Information Standards Committee) Program.

Today, Kleanza has offices in Terrace, Vancouver, Prince Rupert, Haida Gwaii, and now Bowser which came about in part by happy accident.

Archaeology , she says, is just another resource, another tool, another way of telling a story.

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They’ve wasted no time in settling in either. In two years they’ve been volunteer firefighters, familiar faces at OCP meetings, Tony joined the Legion, and they’ve added a son to their family.

They’ve also invited more staff to their Bowser office, soon to make it one of the busiest of the five.

“We’re in it for the long haul here in Bowser,” she says. ~

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his poem relates to a winter morning when frost was sparkling in the sunrise. As is usual at such times, the night before had been clear, with bright stars. In the morning light, they had disappeared.

I imagined that the night's cold, intense as fire is hot, had shattered them, and that the sparkling frost was the fallen debris. It struck me that, likewise, memories sometimes shine, fade and, unexpectedly, reappear, dawning on us bright and clear in the mind's eye.

A sky-wide fire of cold must have burned above this land last night and dusted it with ash.

The sun begins to flash its spears of silver-gold and fields and fences, hoary in the pre-dawn light, turn fiery white.

About this Poem ...

This poem is iambic (with a da-DA rhythm) and has lines of different lengths ranging from two to six beats (heterometric).

It is fully rhymed (abc cbaa deffdeedg dgd) but, like the line-lengths, the stanza lengths and rhyme pattern are variable.

Each stanza contains one complete thought in one sentence.

Each of the first three has a general tapering off of linelength as the natural event it describes comes to a close.

The final stanza is a reflection on how these images mirror memory.

Above, the firmament has lost its host of stars. Engulfed in freezing flame, they must have shattered, yet, inside, contained their sparkle as, invisibly, they rained and settled in the conflagration’s dust, then waited and, when morning sunlight came, glittered thus as if to claim the right to shine again, combust, and disappear.

Our memories, old astral worlds, seem lost and crumbled, yet they spark to souvenir themselves as new day lights the flaring frost.

John Beaton lives in Qualicum Beach. His poetry has been widely published. He served for four years as moderator of one of the Internet’s most reputable poetry workshops and is a Spoken Word performer, a member of the band Celtic Chaos, and a co-organizer of local events, including a community showcase for musicians and Spoken Word performers, the Qualicum Acoustic Café (QUAC). You can find samples of John’s work by searching online for “John Beaton poetry”. To receive a monthly newsletter about local community events organized by John and his family and friends, email him at jabeaton@gmail.com. ~ J A N U A R Y

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LIONS RECREATION HALL (LRH) 280 Lions Way, Qualicum Bay.

Lighthouse Country & beyond LIGHTHOUSE SPINNERS – Bring your Spinning Wheels and fibre and meet the Lighthouse Spinners at the LCC, Tuesdays at 10:30am. FMI Call 778-424-1001.

LIGHTHOUSE COMMUNITY CENTRE (LCC) 240 Lions Way, Qualicum Bay. SECOND SUNDAY MARKET at the Lighthouse Community Centre in Qualicum Bay – Sunday January 8th - 8am-noon, Pancake Breakfast - $6 or $8. Enjoy live music, breakfast, shopping for a treasure, or even a few chickens for your coop!

Members of the Qualicum Beach Lions Club will be serving up breakfast this month.

CARPET BOWLING – 12:45 to 3pm at the LCC. FMI Call Layne (250) 757-8217.

AA LIGHTKEEPERS - Fridays at 7pm at the LCC. FMI contact (250) 757-2300.

BRIDGE – Nordin Room 1-4pm Fridays at the LCC. FMI Sheila Steele 250-757-8307.

BOW HORNE BAY COMMUNITY CLUB Join us in the Nordin Room at the Lighthouse Community Centre the 4th Thursday of each month at 7pm. Welcome new members to keep our yearly events ongoing. Call Lynette at 250-240-3463 or email us at bowhornebayclub@gmail.com SOUPY CAFÉ - COMMUNITY LUNCH - By Donation. Wednesday Dec 7th. Noon To 1pm only. Lunch, games, entertainment.

Lighthouse Community Centre - 240 Lions Way, Qualicum Bay. All welcome.

At the Lighthouse Community Centre LIGHTHOUSE BADMINTON, PICKLEBALL, AND TABLE TENNIS on Mondays at 7pm, starting Monday Sept 19th. PICKLEBALL and TABLE TENNIS on Thursdays at 7pm, starting Thursday Sept. 22nd. Times may change. $4 drop-in fee. Beginners welcome. Equipment provided. Players 15+ years. Info-ph. 250757-8307 steelehunt@shaw.ca LIGHTHOUSE SENIORS – Branch 152 – meet at 11:30am in the Seniors Room at the Lighthouse Community Centre on the first Monday of every month. For more information, please call Joan at 250-7579536.

TAOIST™ TAI CHI - Mondays 9:30-noon at the Lighthouse Community Centre in Qualicum Bay. Wednesdays to May 2017, 10:45-12:15, at the OAP Hall in Fanny Bay. Contact: Richard 250-752-1231.

Let's FLOOR CURL! Join our floor curling club for winter fun and friendship! We play September to May on Mondays and Fridays, 1-3pm at the Lions Rec Hall in lovely Qualicum Bay. No equipment is needed, curling rocks are supplied, and floor curling is affordable, easy to play and great for all ages and capabilities. Our Club is "55+ Seniors Games" eligible. FMI call Fred or Lorraine at 250-752-0216.

LIGHTHOUSE COUNTRY SCRAPBOOKERS Meet 3rd Saturday monthly at the Lions' Rec Hall, 9:30am-4:30pm. $10. Door prizes. FMI Jorgie 250-757-8358 or Shirley 250-7578384.

QUALICUM BAY LIONS CLUB – Meet at 7pm, every second and fourth Tuesday in the Lions Den at the Lions’ Rec Hall.

FOR MORE ACTIVITIES AT THE LCC, VISIT WWW.COMMUNITYHALL.CA

PARKSVILLE / QUALICUM BEACH AND AREA QUALICUM BEACH FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY will hold its regular meeting on Wednesday, January 18, 7pm at the Qualicum Legion. Guest speaker will be Marva Blackmore, with ‘Facts Do Not a Story Make: Crafting a Story that will be Read’. Guests welcome.

HAPPY WANDERERS’ TRAVEL CLUB meets at the Shelley Road Hall (Parksville) on Wednesday, January 25/17. Travel desk opens at 1:30; regular meeting begins at 2:00. New members welcome. Please bring your own coffee mug or tea cup.

Left to right. Dave Pentland (Qualicum Foods), Trina Jiggins (Food Bank), Mike Gilker (Qualicum Bay Lions Club) and Darcy Ginter (Qualicum Foods) On December 9th, 2016, the Qualicum Bay Lions Club donated $2,500 worth of food to our region's Salvation Army Food Bank. The Qualicum Bay Lions Club makes an annual donation to the food bank during the Christmas season each year. The delivery was made free of charge by Qualicum Foods.

The PARKSVILLE & DISTRICT COMMUNITY CHOIR invites new singers from the Oceanside area to join us for the spring season. Rehearsals are on Tuesdays, beginning January 3rd , 7:15 pm at Knox United Church. 345 Pym St. Parksville. FMI call 250 752 8130.

The QUALICUM BEACH GARDEN CLUB meets on January 10th, 2017 at 7:00 PM at Qualicum Beach Civic Centre. Speaker is: Debra Contreras. Topic is: Soilfood Web Gardening. New members and guests are welcome. ~

Many thanks to all of our supporters for helping us help our community!

The Qualicum Bay Lions wishes you an abundance of joy, peace and health in 2017.

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by Sue Murguly

lives in her own world of daytime television.

As the story progresses and the women are faced with more obstacles chinks begin appearing in their armour, bringing them closer together."

“Marion Bridge is one of my most favourite Canadian plays,” states director Wendy Punter. “Its humour, depth, and simplicity have me alternately laughing and crying, even now. We at ECHO Players have the great privilege of bringing this story of three Cape Breton women and their mother to the stage. There is a lot of laughter and some tears in the rehearsals with our incredible actors and more to come when the audience joins us at the Village Theatre.”

ECHO Players is a theatre company of story-tellers. Through acting, directing, designing, stage management, in the floodlights or behind the scenes, we tell our stories in many ways. Story-telling through drama is an art that has been practiced since time began. We continue that story-telling tradition here in Qualicum Beach.

In the words of Ottawa theatre critic, Maja Stefanovska, ECHO Players' next production, Marion Bridge by Daniel MacIvor, "...is about three East Coast women trying to tell their own story, and to get that story straight. Of course, the difficulty in getting any story straight is the myriad of personal details and emotions we keep locked up inside. The more we lock ourselves up, the easier it is to misunderstand and pass over each other’s perspectives, even if we’ve technically lived the same experiences.

The three sisters in Marion Bridge are brought together in Cape Breton. The tension between them is palpable. Each of them, Agnes, Theresa, and Louise, carries her pain in a different way. Agnes (Heather Haseltine) shields herself in alcohol and irony while struggling to make it as an actress in Toronto. Theresa (Vicki Barta) is a nun who lives a cloistered life and blankets herself in responsibility. Louise (Cheryl Dendoff), the “strange one” of the family,

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by Daniel MacIvor, tells a story that hits close to the heart and stays with you long after the lights go out.

This touching drama infused with humour and sure to be a crowd pleaser, is ECHO Players’ entry into Theatre B.C’s. North Island Zone Festival.

Marion Bridge – by Daniel MacIvor | February 16 - March 5, 2017| Village Theatre| 7:30 p.m. – Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. | Tickets available at the Village Theatre box office 110 West 2nd Avenue, Qualicum Beach, or by phone 250.752.3522 or by E-mail info@echoplayers.ca | $20 adult – $17 seniors – $11 students (with valid card). For more information visit www.echoplayers.ca

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