Bowen Island Undercurrent, August 03, 2012

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Library takes on operation of med shed SUSANNE MARTIN EDITOR

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Last Saturday, Jenelle Jamison was surrounded by a group of young supporters at a rally to save Soylent Green, the little trailer that sells organic smoothies, vegan treats and shaved ice in Snug Cove. Marcus Hondro photo

Soylent Green stays open for business SUSANNE MARTIN EDITOR

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he signs read: Bylaws kill dreams, Save the Soylent Green and Muni fix this now. Last Saturday, July 28, a group of Bowen Islanders came out to show their support for Jenelle Jamison who operates the Soylent Green trailer that sells organic fruit smoothies, green smoothies, hot drinks, vegan treats and shaved ice in Snug Cove. In response to a notice from the Municipal Bylaw Officer that informed Jamison that she had to close Soylent Green due to a restriction imposed by the land use bylaw, she organized a rally and gathered 267 signatures on a petition and 40 letters in support of her business.

Councillor Tim Rhodes was among the people who showed up on Saturday. He said, “I think this was an unintended consequence of a bylaw. When they worked on the bylaw, I don’t think anyone envisioned something

like Soylent Green.� Rhodes mentioned that food carts are a major tourist attraction in Vancouver and sees closing Soylent Green as a step backwards. “It’s a charming little place and it has a huge amount of community support.

So I think the bylaw rightfully needs to be reviewed with respect to commercial use,� he said.

The efforts of Jamison and her supporters bore fruit when council held a special meeting on July 31 and decided not to enforce the land use bylaw with respect to the commercial use of trailers. In a press release, the municipality states that “council requests the Advisory Planning Commission and Economic Development Advisory Committee to make recommendations to council on the use of trailers and commercial food service vehicles for commercial purposes.� In addition to looking at commercial food service, council also discussed the restrictions in the land use bylaw relating to commercial guest accommodations. continued PAGE 2

n addition to books and movies, Bowen Islanders are now able to borrow walkers, crutches and other assorted medical equipment from the library. It is running the ‘med shed’ formerly known as the community lending cupboard that was previously administrated

by Adrienne Lawson and Massoud Najare.

When Lawson and Najare put out a call to the community to find someone to take over this service, Tina Nielsen, chief librarian of the Bowen Island Municipal Library, thought that it would be a good fit for the library. “We lend things, we track them, we keep records and we do it for free,� she said. “As wonderful as it is for someone to run a service like this out of their home, it can be a bit awkward because people need to go to someone’s private space and interrupt the day. They’d have to make an appointment and find a time that was convenient to both pick up and drop off material,� Nielsen said. “I thought it made sense for the library to take it on because it is a public building and everyone already knows what the hours are.�

Nielsen spoke to the library board as well as staff and, when her proposal found support, contacted Lawson. “The main issue was the space and how much time it was going to take,� Nielsen said. “I spoke to Adrienne and said if we can make room in one of the sheds and the equipment will fit there, we’ll try to make it work.�

After Lawson looked at the shed and confirmed that the space was sufficient, Nielsen asked community members for help getting it ready. “The roof needed to be replaced and the shed needed some plywood in the walls and a ramp in the front,� she said.

Nielsen contacted Gary Charrette, who had re-roofed the second library shed. “I asked him what it would cost to put a new roof on and he said he would do the work for free if we could help him pay for the material,� Nielsen said. “It turned out that the lending cupboard had some funds because some people had donated money over the years.� continued PAGE 2

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Community members help to get med shed ready

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After the council meeting, councillor Alison Morse explained that the section of the land use bylaw referring to trailers was in the original land use bylaw and had been carried over. “It was in there because we didn’t want people living in trailer parks,” she said.

Rhodes said that council asked the land use bylaw to be reviewed specifically with respect to commercial use in trailers or food service vehicles.

“Personally, I would like to see the whole land use bylaw be reviewed because I think that there are a lot of issues like this buried that we need to address proactively rather than reactively.” Rhodes added that this is a big project but it is something the Advisory Planning Commission could take on.

“It is demanding of staff time and planning time even in the committee setting but it needs to be done and it’s certainly appropriate to do that after you revise your OCP (Official Community Plan),” he said.

Jamison said she was grateful for the crowd that showed up on Saturday. “I really didn’t know what to expect at the rally, and I am amazed by the community support. I loved the energy and it felt like being part of a huge family,” she said.

“I am thankful to everyone

who came down. Looking at the photos of that day brings a smile to my face. There are children as young as one and a half years old who care that I am here on the island, serving their favourite green smoothies.

How cute is that?”

Even though Jamison gets a mixture of customers, she says that it is the younger crowd that “loves shaved ice and will come rain or shine.”

Jamison also sees the community support as an indication that Bowen Islanders make an effort to eat healthily.

“There is a growing awareness towards healthy living.

And it is my wish to continue serving a healthy alternative on the island. Once you embark on a healthy organic diet, it’s really hard to turn back,” she said. “I am working hard to provide the highest quality, and the most tasty organic products while keeping the price reasonable.”

Jamison added that the support hasn’t let up. “My first day back in the trailer after the ‘OK’ [from the municipality] was just as incredible as the rally. So many of the supporters stopped by to give me high-fives and congrat’s. I am forever grateful to all of them.

I wouldn’t be here, if it weren’t for them sticking up for me.”

Nielsen explained that lending the equipment has always been a free service but occasionally someone felt compelled to make a donation. “There was some money in a bank account and Adrienne and Massoud agreed that it would be appropriate to use some of it to fix the shed.”

The roofing material was bought and Charrette donated his work. When Nielsen approached Ian Thomson to install plywood in the shed to put up hooks and shelving, she had a similar experience.

Thomson donated his time and only asked for compensation for the material.

Now the medical equipment has found a new home in the shed. Lawson and Najare had taken over the lending cupboard when they bought the house from Dolores Wallace who had started the service with Moira Greaven in the 1980s. But now, after five and a half years of operating it, the couple is moving back to Ontario for health reasons.

To Nielsen, taking over the lending cupboard made sense for the library. “We try to make the community a better place to live whether it’s through life-long learning or medical equipment, we’ll do whatever it is that serves the community in that way. Our plan is to eventually have everything in the computer so it is barcoded and labeled and you could look up in our database what is available.”

One concern Nielsen had was the fact that the additional task would impinging on the already understaffed service but she hopes to train extra volunteers. Nielsen said that she has looked at examples where libraries have branched out to lend other materials than books. “There are other libraries around the world that lend things like equipment.

There is an example where a library has a technology workshop where they don’t lend the equipment but teach how to use it,” she said. “Libraries are looking at ways to serve communities with more things than just books on the shelves.”

Nielsen said that in the month the library has

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The first shed behind the Bowen Island Library now holds medical equipment that is available for lending. Susanne Martin photo operated the ‘med shed,’ there have already been eight transactions.

Another community member who has expressed an interest in helping out is physiotherapist Sandy Logan, according to Nielsen. “She has participated in the past and now she has come by once to take a quick look at what is there and how it is going to be stored,” Nielsen said. “She is going to come to do a full inventory with her toolbox and cleaning products and our summer student will help.” Nielsen expects Logan to give her direction as to which products need to be fixed and which can’t be lent out any longer. “Once that is done, we’ll be able to do an inventory and track the equipment,” she said, adding that Logan will assess not only what is there but what is missing and whether the collection is adequate.

If Bowen Island residents want to make a contribution of additional equipment or by donating funding to fix what is there, they are asked to get in touch with the Bowen Island Municipal Library.

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Living on a boat by choice SUSANNE MARTIN EDITOR

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t’s a tight-knit community of boaters in Deep Bay and they say that they help one another as well as other community members. That includes keeping the beach clean and making sure the boats are OK in a storm. It also means speaking out on the issue of fecal coliform levels in Deep Bay, which, in their opinion, is not related to the live-aboards.

Greg Smith and Maureen Dulong have the Infinity II moored in the bay. They don’t currently live on the boat but are planning to be on the water in the near future. Huck Henneberry lives on the Old Lady Lou. Smith has been living on boats in Nanaimo, Nanoose Bay, Victoria and Squamish before moving to Bowen Island 10 years ago. “Five of those years, I’ve been living out on the bay, the other five years I was tied up at Bowen Island Marina.” Smith made the move to Deep Bay because the moorage went up to $6,000 per year at the marina. He could rent a house for that amount, he says, but living on a boat is his preferred choice. “We like living on a boat. We like the freedom and we love the water,” he said.

Smith works as a marine mechanic. He says his boat is in disrepair at the moment but that is due to the fact that his income is dwindling as the number of projects he’s hired to do has gone down. “It’s tough to get work here,” he says. “You have to set up a shore-based system. I’m more of a dock-side mechanic and don’t have my own shop and such.” He says that there are many boats in the marina but that there might not be a lot of money spent on upkeep.

“It’s really changed in the last couple of years,” he said. “I’ve got customers who’ve put up a boat for sale for $32,000 and had to drop the price to $15,000. And many are talking about wanting to get out of marinas. They just don’t want to pay that kind of money any more.” The steep prices are hurting a lot of boaters, according to Smith. “A 26-foot boat costs $4,000 a year for moorage and close to $3,000 a year for insurance, and then you add the price of fuel. I can see how people want to go out into the bay to save money,” he said but added that the number of people who live on boats in Deep Bay has stabilized - currently there are three.

Smith also stressed that all the boaters he knows in Deep Bay have holding tanks. He believes that the fecal coliform levels have nothing to do with the live-aboards. “The people come off the boat in the morning and go back in the evening. They don’t stay there all day,” Smith said. “I can’t see that being even a slight problem.” He added that there are houses on the bay that might be contributing to the high level of fecal coliform. “When I lived on Vancouver Island, I had a kit (for water testing),” Smith says. “I learned that anywhere you see bright green algae at a bank near a house, that’s a sign of a high level of fecal coliform. That’s my professional opinion.”

Henneberry’s boat also has a holding tank and he goes to Gibsons to get it pumped. “If my tank is full, I take a special trip,” he says but he doesn’t know what other people living aboard do.

“I know what I do but I can’t vouch for anybody else.” Henneberry pulls up his anchor quite a bit to tour around but Smith says his boat is more or less stationary. “We do have a motor but right now, in the shape that it’s in, I don’t want to take that boat out.

But I have another little boat to tour,” Smith said. “Some people have their boats [in Deep Bay] and they’re not that mobile.”

Dulong and Smith’s boat is mostly a live-aboard, says Smith, adding that it’s a full-fledged charter boat that he chartered for 12 years. Smith previously lived year-round on the boat and says, “That’s when you know you’re a boater, when you can spend a winter on it.”

Henneberrry says that it’s only in the winter that you know who’s living on board: “In the summer, lots of people spend time

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in their boats.” And Smith added it’s the winter that presents a challenge for live-aboards because of the storms.

Henneberry came to Bowen 10 years ago. At first he lived on a sailboat, but three years ago, he switched to the powerboat he is on now. Altogether, he’s lived on a boat year-round for the last 14 years.

Henneberry works as a carpenter in the film industry.

When he doesn’t have any film work, he does carpentry on the island. He also helps out in the community. Every year, he assists at the Friends of the Library’s book sale and this year he was involved in the Steamship Days. He is also working with Bowen Heritage to look after the Davies Orchard cabins.

Henneberry, Dulong and Smith know the boats (and boaters) in Deep Bay well and recount that the owner of one of the vessels had arrived from Vancouver saying that he would fix it up. The boat had subsequently tipped in a storm, ended up on the beach and had been towed back out. Now it has floated to the other beach. “That is an abandoned boat, yes,” Smith says. “And that is a problem in that area where you get storms once in the while.”

He added that he’s sustained major damage from boats that have drifted loose. “I’ve been on the boat since 1980 and it’s only these last few years that I’ve seen hurricane force winds. All the years I’ve been on the boat, I’ve never seen so many and they’re happening more often.”

“The winds that I’ve clocked on my boat are 55 mph winds coming in,” Henneberry said. “You’re further in,” Dulong told him and Smith added, “We’re sustaining 80 knot gusts where we are.”

One of the vessels that has been there for many years is commonly called the ‘pirate ship’ and Henneberry says it looks decrepit but it’s not abandoned as the owner comes to look after it. “This boat has been here maybe 20 years but [the owner] keeps it afloat and he took it on the beach to clean the bottom,” he said.

“What we should be doing is to know whose boat is out there at all times so we have a phone number and get hold of them. Or the municipality can get hold of

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Deep Bay boaters speak out about their community. Huck Henneberry lives year-round on the Old Lady Lou, Maureen Dulong and Greg Smith are in the process of fixing up the Infinity II (photo above) where they want to live in the future and Bill Pocklington has looked out for liveaboards for many years. Susanne Martin photos

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us. If there is a problem, we are always willing to help,” Smith said. “Then it can be handled fast before something happens.”

“Another boat is just a garden,” Henneberry says. “[The owner] put a lot of work into this. He’s bringing gallons of water and soil out to it. There’s been a nest on his boat and the geese raised babies on his boat. That was quite awesome.” Henneberry says that it must be one of the few gardens on Bowen Island where the deer can’t do any damage.

It is in the best interest of the community of boaters to have the bay in good conditions, according to Smith.

“We don’t like to see derelict boats out there either,” he says referring to the two submerged vessels. “I believe that the municipality should know who owns them and have a phone number. We try and police it a little bit ourselves.” He says that the boaters help one another when there is a storm or an emergency. “We’ve also saved kayakers in the winter time when they tipped over, two of them probably wouldn’t have made it if we hadn’t been there.”

Dulong says that the boaters regularly pick up refuse on the beach and Henneberry adds, “I get choked if people don’t put their garbage into the garbage can.”

And if something goes wrong with another boat, they are there to step in. Smith said, “If we can grab a boat before it goes to the beach, it’s not going to cause us any injury.” And Henneberry added, “If something goes wrong, we’re always getting hold of someone. Boaters always help boaters, that’s the nature of that tight-knit kind of a community.”

In answer to the question whether they would leave their boats if affordable housing was made available locally, they all replied with a resounding: No. “Staying on the boat is affordable for me,” Henneberry said. “It’s affordable because it’s already paid for and I’ve put a lot of work in it.” He added, “No, I wouldn’t want to live in a house, no way. As long as I’m not too old to do it, I’ll go on like this.”

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Carrots or turnips?

A Slow Lane idea that should have been censored

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Bridge donated by golf club’s charter members To the Editor:

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he Fraser Van Aelst Bridge is located at the ninth hole on the Bowen Island Golf Course. Funds for the bridge were donated by charter members, Harold Fraser and Dick Van Aelst.

Sadly, Dick recently succumbed to cancer. Harold is in Lions Gate recovering from an illness. Golf Club members are hopeful Harold will return home soon to witness the bridge’s completion.

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PPP tour a huge success To the Editor:

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he generous and gracious hosts, People Plants and Places (PPP) committee, volunteers and supporters of the tour contributed to making the success possible. The comments I have received indicate that the 2012 tour had a

variety of interesting sites situated in areas easily accessed. On behalf of the Bowen Island Museum & Archives membership and board of directors, I sincerely thank you.

Our next PPP Tour will be in 2014.

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don’t know where ideas come from, they just come. That’s the nature of ideas and, I expect like most of us, I either censor mine or pick up the ball and run with them.

Doubtless, I sometimes ignore good ideas and other times run with an idea it might have been wiser to censor, but c’est la vie.

Let’s hope I’ve made the right choice here.

The above is a way of mitigating the following: I had the idea to do a column about carrots. One day, it just seemed it would be of value to write about carrots, maybe figure how many are bought on island each month, stuff like that. The only imperative was that the column somehow be edifying.

I could have had an idea about ferry marshalling, the community centre or waving from cars, but I get carrots. No idea why not turnips instead. I could have switched to turnips of course, because that’s what you do with ideas, you take, add, refine, etc. etc., and in doing so, see your idea through to completion.

But carrots it is...maybe.

There was hesitation about running with it because I was in the Ruddy and Ryan Matthews pointed out that the carrot idea might require research. I’d have to get information about carrot sales and ask folks about carrots, call people. Do work. Suddenly it seemed best to censure the idea.

But guess what?

I was bereft of other ideas.

I had carrots and nothing else.

No more ideas came. I considered expanding on a previous effort. Add to the ‘favourites’ column more favourite Bowen people and kids and beasts, like Efron Essevia, Nancy Lee and Amber Brown, Reese Manning, Karen Shea, Venice Epp, Sarah Cummings, Ralph Fleming’s wife, Sweet Pea Walker and Justin Walker (no relation).

Or I could clean up past mistakes, like spell Terri Pijnenburg’s name right, or include the ‘u’ in Emperor Caius Henriques’ first name.

Maybe note that islander Wendy Holm is a professional agrologist, which Wendy most certainly is, rather than an agriculturist, which I mistakenly called her in a story last September.

I could even stir up an old hornets’ nest and correct a 2011 story

Don’t they look great, those Bowengrown carrots? They’ll be available at the farmers market on August 18 on the library lawn. Submitted photo

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I wrote that said the neighbourhood plan was 650 plus units of housing on Cape Roger Curtis in exchange for 53 per cent of the cape (loads of it waterfront) becoming parkland. It was actually only 395 units, the other 270 or so were seniors and affordable housing units to be built at the discretion of the community.

But here’s the deal: I instinctually knew that to go backwards would be folly. Life is about moving forward and backpedalling gets you nowhere.

Carrots it is then, though with most of the space now given over to getting this far we must hurry to be in some way informative.

So let’s turn to Elle Glave, knower-of-things about vegetables, and get names of farmers who grow carrots on Bowen.

Real information: Marg McConnell and Drew Burgess of Bowen Brook Farm, Kim Howden, Leah Serna and Karen Shea (that’s twice!) at the Ruddy Garden, Reidun van Kervel, Clemencia Braraten at Primrose Farm, Cathy Buchanan and the long-standing Collinsia Farm of sisters Jean Jamieson and Marion Moore.

They have other Bowen-grown products and you can see it all at this year’s BowFEAST (August 13-19) at the farmer’s market on August 18 on the library lawn from 9 to noon.

It’s put on by BowFEAST and the Bowen Agriculture Alliance and info is at www.bowenagalliance.ca.

There will be carrots there. Lots. And they’ll be great.

End of that idea and, well, that’s all, folks.

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Now’s the time to quit smoking SIMIN MIRPOUZADEH C AT E S P H A R M A C Y

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Not only is the Bowen Island Community School getting a facelift this summer, but the expansion of the grass field is also under way. Once the work (financed by the Bowen Island Football Club) is completed, the BICS grass field will accommodate league games for U13 and older, saving football enthusiasts countless trips off-island for practices as well as games. Janis Treleaven photo B O W E N I S L A N D M U N I C I PA L I T Y

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he Bowen Nature Club has had an even busier year than usual, with events ranging from talks about hummingbird flight, to invasive species walks, to the nature dive which took place in June.

In July, the club went on their annual camping trip to Skmana Lake. Skmana Lake is a small, secluded lake just north of Chase in the Shuswap. The weather was good aside from the odd thunderstorm but a few showers didn’t dampen the campers’ spirits.

Skmana is a warm water lake and the club had a wonderful time kayaking and swimming as well as enjoying wilderness hikes in the area.

Club members also had awesome nature encounters, including a toad that still had its tail, ducks on the dock, a water snake, and loons calling them when they were out in the canoe. They saw bear poop but luckily no bears.

The next event on August 11 is the club boat tour, this year exploring the Thornborough Channel and coast between McNab Creek and Camp Potlatch with Brian Biddlecombe and Cormorant Marine.

Along the Howe Sound west coast, north of Anvil Island and beyond the Sunshine Coast development and ferry routes, the trip should afford good opportunities to see pristine coastline and the wildlife that inhabits it. It will also allow us to get a closer look at the McNab Creek delta, site of the proposed Burnco gravel project. Howe Sound recovery from earlier industrial use has recently been making the news with reports of large areas of herring spawn and sightings of dolphins, orcas and humpback whales.

Fingers crossed that we might be lucky on our trip in August.

The trip runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and costs $35. Bring your binoculars, camera, lunch and a drink.

To book a place contact Melissa Harrison at bowennatureclub@gmail.com.

Matthew and Beatrice are among the Bowen Nature Club’s younger members and they enjoyed the club’s annual camping trip to Skmana Lake. Submitted photo

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alling all canines! the old dogs learning new It’s that time of tricks. Those with opposyear again. On able thumbs should make Sunday, August 12, the sure to email us a photo place to be for pooches of their pooch along with and people alike will be their reasons why that the USSC lawn for the particular canine deserves 21st annual Dog Days of to be crowned dog of the Summer. Make sure to year. Remember that the come in costume because winner gets the prime we kick spot in the the day Bowfest off with a parade. costume Registration parade begins at and prize 11 a.m. and for bestthe events dressed start at dog. The noon. Only fun lasts $5 per dog all day (humans with more get in free) contests and all pro(I hope ceeds go you’ve all to the BC been pracGuide Dogs tising your and Autism peanut Dogs. butterDo your Dogs of all creeds will strut eating and their stuff at the Dog Days. part by con11-legged Janis Treleaven photo tributing race skills) to a great and of cause and course prizes to the best! have a ton of fun at the Have your pet’s portrait same time. Please feel free painted and enjoy perto contact us for more formances by Ducks and information, and make Dogs and agility experts. sure to practice.

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mos and Baxter are very well-behaved when they drop in to have their photo taken. There’s no yapping or nipping or playing shy. This is part of the benefit of adopting older dogs, according to Susanna Braund who has welcomed the two 11-year-old dachshunds into her family. “They bring us great joy,” she says, adding that they are downright mellow.

Amos and Baxter are two litter mates who have never been separated from one another. “Their names are somewhat of a joke,” Braund says. “Amos is the name of a sausage maker in the USA and Baxter is a company that makes sausages in the UK.” Braund did not set out to adopt a pair of dachshunds.

She had been in Seattle to look at two pugs who needed a home when she received an email from Dogwood Rescue urgently looking for someone to foster dachshunds. “Dogwood Rescue is a rescue organization that has been helping foster and re-home dogs for 30 years.

Although it specializes in sporting dogs, it’s not deaf to other needy dogs,” Braund says.

“Amos and Baxter were rescued from Klamath Falls, Oregon,” Braund recalls. “And they were brought here in a car with a total of seven dachshunds.”

Amos and Baxter had been given up by a family with a new baby and were living in a shelter for three months with five survivors of a large household of dachshunds.

When the shelter was at capacity and the possibility of euthanasia loomed, Dogwood Rescue stepped in. Amos and Baxter spent the trip from Oregon curled up together on the front seat.

Braund responded to the email, fostered the two dogs for three days and then decided that she wanted them to be part of the family permanently. “We didn’t know anything about them and were surprised to see that they have such enormous personalities for such tiny dogs,” she says.

But the happy ending may not be lasting as Baxter shows signs of an illness. “We think he’s got lung cancer,”

Amos and Baxter on a visit to the cove.

Susanne Martin photo

Braund said. “Alistair [Westcott, the local veterinarian] took blood out of his lungs and Baxter is breathing a lot easier, but the chest x-ray showed very limited lung function.”

This is not the first time, Braund took in an elderly dog with health problems. “We already did this in 2010-11 with Reno, a lovely Schipperke/Australian Cattle Dog cross who was at least 13 years old when he came to us from Langley Animal Protection Society. He was almost entirely deaf and his vision imperfect, but he had a lovely last ten months on Bowen,” she said. “He enriched our lives enormously.”

Braund is enamored with the way Amos takes care of Baxter and says her other dogs, Toby and SuzieQ, accepted the dachshunds as well. “We’re thrilled Dogwood Rescue exists,” she says. “Those two are bringing us great joy.”

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• Into the West Theatre Festival: 7:30 p.m. Tir-na-nOg, Three Short Plays.

• Post Partum Support Group: Meets two evenings/ mo. (604) 947-2717.

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• Weight Watchers: Collins Hall. 6:15-7:15 p.m. Call 2880.

• Dock Dance: at the municipal dock.

Fundraiser for Bowen Island volunteer firefighters.

• Into the West Theatre Festival: 7:30 p.m. Tir-na-nOg, Three Short Plays.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 5 • Into the West Theatre Festival: 7:30 p.m. Tir-na-nOg, Three Short Plays.

•Estate Sale: Noon to 2:30 p.m. Collins Hall.

Fundraiser for Little Red Church.

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UPCOMING • Dog Days of Summer: Sunday, August 12. 11 a.m. registration, events at noon, USSC lawn. All proceeds to BC Guide Dogs.

• Movie under the stars: Monday, August 13. 9 p.m. Crippen Park, free event.

•BowFEAST: local eating challenge August 13 to 18.

For info, see www. bowenagalliance.ca.

•BowFEAST farmers market: August 18, 9 a.m. to noon at the library lawn.

• Bowen summer market is back!

Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. until Labour Day. For info call 604-9470640 or email bowen. market@gmail.com.

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Six to 12 youths will have the opportunity to participate in a Mozilla ‘Hack Jam’ to learn how to build a multi-media, interactive website with photos and videos. Peter will help provide support for the technical side of the video creation using popcorn maker http://maker.mozillapopcorn.org as a way to build interactive learning videos. The theme of the project is Bowen Island gardens, and is food-related. It celebrates the farmers markets, BowFEAST and local farms and gardens.

The workshop is free but requires youth to commit to participation in the project, which includes spending some time this summer taking digital photos and video at the August 18 BowFEAST celebration in front of the library from 9 a.m. to noon, one of the upcoming farmers markets or at a local farm or garden.

This is a great opportunity for youth who would like to try some new computer programs, like to take photos/video and are interested in new forms of journalism and media. This activity will also qualify as a community activity which can be used on job applications and scholarship applications in the future.

The Bowen ‘Hack Jam’ aims to: • Team up different skill-sets to explore an interesting challenge.

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At the June farmers market, this garden enthusiast wanted a blueberry bush for a birthday present. With many youths taking up gardening and growing their own food, we’ve created a digital workshop that will help them share their gardening stories. Sarah Haxby photo • Collaboratively build a viable prototype to demonstrate an idea.

• Create video using popcorn maker, and looking at other new programs.

• Learn about the Open Badges project which provides symbolic, online recognition of your work.

The project scope involves two to three workshops of three-hour-length each, one or two hours of independent media collection (photos, clippings, video, etc.), plus one or two one-hourpresentations.

Particapants are encouraged to bring a digital camera if they have one, as well as pencil, paper, a snack, and enthusiasm.

For more info, see https://webmaker.org/ en-US/events/guides/hack-jam/ Registration is required. If you think this sounds like fun, and you are a youth over 10 years old, please contact shaxby@sd45.bc.ca or call 604 947-0389 to reserve your spot.

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Bowfest organizers are looking for community members to lend a hand

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Natasha Wehn, Katalina Bernard and Dan Cowper in Thymus Vulgaris, one of Three Short Plays wrapping up this summer’s Into the West Festival. Submitted photo

Three plays only on for three nights

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he Into the West Theatre Festival concludes this weekend with the presentation by the Tir-na-nOg Repertory Company of Three Short Plays on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evenings. The trio of one-act plays will kick off each evening at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available at Phoenix on Bowen, and at the door of the Tir-na-nOg Theatre.

The presentation will begin with Thymus Vulgaris, by Lanford Wilson, a one-act comedy about a young woman who, bruised from her Hollywood relationship with a grapefruit tycoon, returns to her mother’s trailer on the San Andreas fault. The daughter (Natasha Wehn) and mother (Katalina Bernards) are caught between the grapefruit tycoon’s glitz, and their native habitat, a tiny trailer perched on the edge of the desert, overgrown with thyme.

After an intermission, Daniel Cowper and Jack Headley will perform John Patrick Shanley’s A Lonely Impulse of Delight, a parable of a young man in love with a mermaid. Seeking assurance that he isn’t crazy, he brings his friend to Central Park Lake in the middle of the night to meet the woman, or dream, he’s fallen in love with.

Written in the salty, melancholy register that has made Shanley’s reputation as one of the greatest living playwrights, A Lonely Impulse of Delight evokes the unsatisfiable longing we’ve all known, for something we can’t possibly have.

The final short play of the evening will be Approaching Lavendar,

by Julie Beckett Brutcher. In this warm-hearted comedy, two adult daughters brood outside an office where their father is annulling his marriage to their mother, in order to marry a woman named Lavendar (like the smell, one sister explains to the other).

All families are complicated, but some are more complicated than others. The long-suffering sisters, played by Samantha and Kailey Spear, are less than thrilled to have their family made even more complicated by the arrival of a vivacious, take-no-prisoners new step-sister played by Beverly Rapley on Friday and Saturday, and by Scarlett Thiele on Sunday.

Sharp-tongued, sad, and thoughtful, Approaching Lavendar tells a tough story with a gentle touch.

Thymus Vulgaris, A Lonely Impulse of Delight, and Approaching Lavendar are each charming in their own way. Be sure not to miss the show!

Proceeds from these performances will support the Tir-na-nOg Theatre School, a registered charity that has been teaching theatre to the kids of Bowen for 25 years.

Keeping a theatre school afloat requires on-going community support, so please consider making a donation to help bring the wonder of drama to another generation of Bowen children.

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another great dance on the dock this Saturday, August 4. If you are planning to join in, make sure you get a ticket from a local firefighter as they are selling fast. The island’s firefighters invite the community to come and ‘rock the dock’.

And remember, we’ll make arrangements to get everyone home safely.

We recognize many folks are busy and already donate their time to many community organizations.

With this in mind, our website indicates the activities we are hosting and potential areas of volunteer interest.

Please see our website at www.bowfest. org to take a look and contact either Ellen at ellencdawson@gmail.com or Yvonne at ymuzak@telus.net (603-726-5277) to let us know what you would like to do and for how long.

We will happily set you up and work within your area of interest.

As well, many traditional participants both vendors and parade entries, are not yet signed up for this year’s ‘Mammoth Fun’ event.

Because we are restricted by both space in the park, and time between ferries, we are somewhat limited in the numbers we can accept.

It’s first come, first served, so hurry and sign up to assure your entry and participation.

Thank you to everyone whose generosity helps to bring Bowen’s 37th Bowfest to life.

We couldn’t do it without you and feel privileged as your new board members to work with all the wonderful people, businesses and community organizations on Bowen to making this year’s festival that has the theme: Mammoth Fun. Yvonne McSkimming (president) and Peter Courtney (vice president), 2012 Bowfest board of directors

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ith one month to go, plans for Bowfest 2012 are firming up. Tickets are printed, sponsors on board, permits issued and community members are giving their time and energies to final details. To date, we’ve booked rides, activities and musicians and are in the final stages of mapping out the fields to comfortably fit everyone who is involved.

Sponsors have donated well over $4,000 in services and funds, but it’s not too late for supporters to come forward.

Contributors receive strong recognition in the form of advertising and entry tickets. As we are trying to keep costs for folks down and simplify the overall experience, there will be no inside tickets required for the rides this year.

Sponsorship assures that we will not need to deplete the contingency funds, or raise prices in the near future. Last year several thousand dollars of revenue was generated for community organizations. Advance ticket purchases are also being offered at a discount at Phoenix Photo (thanks Angela).

We are still in need of many volunteers to assist before, during and after the big day: Saturday, August 25.

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EXCEL Homes is an established Calgary new home builder building in Calgary and the surrounding community. As one of Calgary’s leading builders, we provide our customers with high quality, innovative, and sustainable home solutions. Excel is looking for Framing Contractors for single family homes as well as all construction positions within the company. Make the move and build your career with Excel Homes! Contact careers@excelhomes.ca for more information or visit our website: www.excelhomes.ca.

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We have openings for 10-3rd year apprentices or journey person welders. We offer best wage in industry.

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An Alberta Construction Company is hiring Dozer and Excavator Operators.

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t is a story about loss and about the wish that there is someone who will make it all better. Filmmakers Sam and Kailey Spear have tackled that subject in their film By my Side. They have grown up on Bowen Island and credit their community with providing inspiration and help. They’ll screen the film on Thursday, August 9, at 7:30 p.m. at Tir-na-nOg and have answered a few questions about the movie and their experience of studying film at Simon Fraser University (SFU) for Undercurrent readers.

Q. What inspired you to produce a film about a girl’s journey through loss?

A. Loss is something that we all experience. It is often accompanied by feelings of helplessness and confusion.

Allowing these feelings to come through the character of a child gives us the opportunity to connect with that innocent part inside of us that wishes that someone will be able to make everything better.

Q. What influence did your growing up on Bowen and being connected to the community have on the story as well as the decision to film on the island?

A. Growing up on Bowen has given us a love of the west coast and in particular of the island. We knew that we wanted our audience to get a chance to see some of the place we love. Knowing that we were going to shoot on the island also gave us the ability to shape our scenes around locations and images we know well. We have also found that there is an amazing concentration of talent on our little island. We wanted to use this film as an opportunity to bring some of the island’s talent together. We were extremely lucky to have Bowen Islanders participate as principal cast, background performers, casting, assistant directing, music, set design, set photography, catering, production assistants and poster design (to name a few).

Q. Can you share your thoughts about the experience of working with friends and neighbours on Bowen?

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MISSION. BEAUTIFUL 2 Bdr. & 1.5 Bth. Heritage home fully modernized to a high executive standard for rent. Two minutes from West Coast express, downtown shopping and dining. Energy efficient, minimal utilities. Grt. storage. Wsh/dyr., dshwr. Covered patio, fully fenced yard, wind. cov., parking, sm. pet ok, no smk. $1400/mth. email: wgswan2@hotmail.com Avail. Sept.

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1974 VW BEETLE COVERTIBLE,4 spd.

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The screening of By my Side is scheduled for Thursday, August 9, at 7:30 p.m. at Tir-na-nOg. Tickets are available at Phoenix. They are $5 and free for the cast (including background) and crew. Because there are only around 70 seats, people are encouraged to pick up their tickets as soon as possible, even if they are free.

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Sam and Kailey Spear have grown up on Bowen Island and will show their film By my Side at the Tir-na-nOg Theatre on August 9. Admission is free for all the islanders starring in the film. Submitted photo

HOMES WANTED

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A. Not only does Bowen have so many wonderful locations to shoot at (the United Church, the Flower Shop, Hood Point, etc.) but the people here are very supportive.

The community’s support was especially clear when we were shooting the memorial scene. We had about fifty people come out to volunteer as extras that day. They all were extremely patient as we ran about setting up shots and moving lights.

Q. How was your experience of going through the SFU film program?

A. The SFU film program is wonderful. We gained a lot of experience through many hours on set and in editing suites. The program is special as it cultivates the development of auteurs as well as technically adept filmmakers.

We were also very lucky to be part of an extremely talented class; we all helped each other through the fouryear-program. The length of the program was important as it allowed us to try everything included in filmmaking, but then allowed us to start specializing during our final years. Coming from an acting background, it is no surprise that what we want to do most is work with actors.

We want to continue acting but we also love directing.

We have many ideas for features we want to develop in the future, so our task now is to pick one idea and start really moving ahead with it. In addition to acting and directing, we love casting. We ended up casting most of the grad films last year. We will also be casting a couple of the grad films in the coming year.

Q. What is next for you as filmmakers?

A. Well, that is the big question. We have many concepts for feature-length films that we want to make, but many of those require very large budgets. Right now, we are trying to choose a concept that we can develop and produce at a relatively low cost in order to start to make a name for ourselves as feature film directors. We would also love to direct other people’s scripts. In terms of choosing scripts to take on, we are looking for films that we deem important to make. A lot of time and money goes into making films, and we want to always make sure that the films we are working on are worth putting into the world.

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FOR RENT New, clean Cates Hill oceanview 1br or 2br suite.

Non Smokers please. $800/mo. Available Aug. 1.

Call PJ @ 778 996 2898

1994 Cadillac Sedan Deville 188,000k. Aircared til Aug. 2013.

New tires. Good cond. $3450. 604607-5281.

2009- Super Lite- 26 FT Grey Wolf Trailer - 1 slide out, sleeps 6, a/c, 3 piece bath, full kitchen. 15 ft awning. $16,000: (604)532-0726

DOC’S PATIO & PUB is looking for staff.

We have re-opened with the old gang but we need servers, bussers, cooks, prep cooks, dishwashers, cleaners etc.

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Please call 604-947-0707 #2 or email us your resume at: marina@ussc.ca

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Oar Lost While a dinghy was tethered to a buoy in the Bluewater area, just below Captain’s way, one of the oars with an oar lock went missing. It may have washed up on a beach nearby. Please call Matthew 2960. Thanks.

PRIME RETAIL/OFFICE SPACES in Snug Cove: 340 sq. ft. office spaces with shared common entrance, bathroom; 613 sq. ft office/retail space; 1,080 sq. ft. office/retail space.

For more info please call: 604-947-0099 ext. 104 Or email ka@bowenislandproperties.bc.ca

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Certified Upholsterer since ‘83 Island and West Van ref.’s.

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. FOR RENT - 2-bdr. apt.

Village Square available Sept. 1. References required.

Sorry, no pets 604-947-2944

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FREE love seat, 2 sofas and working dryer. 947-9329 House For Rent: Beautiful 3 bedroom, office, 2.5 bathroom house, with fireplace, and laundry, in desirable Miller’s Landing. Wrap around deck with large yard and views. Close to the cove and on the bus route. $1900.00; available immed.

Call 604-947-2805

SNOOKER TABLE for sale.

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Wood burning space heater.

Separate entrance. References required. Cat OK. NS, $850/month. 947-9228

Stolen! Easy Load boat trailer from Tunstall Bay Boat Launch on Fri, July 28 or Sat, July 29.

Please call RCMP at 0516 if you saw anything.

The Gallery @ Artisan Square “Intentions” featuring the creative genius of Saffron Gurney and Nicola Murray 18 July to 12 August Open Wednesday thru Sunday 10am-5pm

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New Presentation Centre now open at 1147 Homer Street, downtown Vancouver.

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