Bowen Island Undercurrent, September 06, 2013

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Not going back to school?

Wonderland concert

Endangered frogs on collision course with Bowen Island cars

Family shares experience of learning at home

Stunning Bowen property provides backdrop for classical music

The start of a cat colony Pair of unsterilized cats can quickly multiply SUSANNE MARTIN EDITOR

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t doesn’t take long for a pair of cats to produce a litter if they are “intact,” says Iris Carr, founding member of the Coast Animal Welfare and Education Society (CAWES). And a litter can quickly turn into a colony if the cats don’t get neutered or spayed and Carr fears that this is what is going to happen on Bowen Island.

“People often tell us when there are new kittens and we contact the owners to offer help,” Carr said, explaining that CAWES makes an effort to assist with the vet bill for getting the cats sterilized, in order to keep the local cat population under control. For strays, CAWES captures the cats and kittens for sterilization and, if possible, adoption. But recently, CAWES volunteers encountered resistance from a Bowen family who did not want the cats “fixed.”

Carr is worried that the one pair (and its first litter of kittens) will affect Bowen’s cat population drastically. “Statistics vary about how quickly intact felines can multiply, depending on who’s providing them and what ratios are taken into account. Using a fairly conservative ratio: feral cats have an average of 1.4 litters per year, with an average 3.5 live births in each litter. That equals 4.9 kittens per year, per female feral cat.

Therefore, a pair of breeding cats and their offspring can produce 420,000 kittens over a sevenyear period,” a press release from CAWES says.

Carr has witnessed these kind of scenarios before. When she moved to Bowen Island 15 years ago, she met Rosalie Parish, who was trying to get a difficult situation under control. continued, PAGE 2

One of the best things about getting back to school is linking up with pals to get a bit of playtime before and after lessons. More photos on page 12. Debra Stringfellow photo

Moga (yoga for men) is back by popular demand DEBRA STRINGFELLOW CONTRIBUTOR

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oga instructor Wade Morissette, after much demand, has designed a yoga class specifically for men.

The exercises are chosen to encourage strength and flexibility while providing a

comfortable atmosphere for newcomers.

Yoga for men, aptly named Moga, ran for the first time in the spring and quickly became popular, attracting men who were interested in learning new ways to improve their overall fitness.

“Men are generally tighter and need something that is different from the yoga

taught for women. The postures I chose are designed to loosen the muscles and expand the breath,” explains Morissette.

He added that he will lead participants through all levels of yoga, from the very stiff to the very agile. continued, PAGE 3

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Asian themed menu a tribute to chef’s roots SUBMITTED MIKSA

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rom September 6, fans of Asian cuisine will have a local venue where they can indulge as Miksa offers a new menu with an oriental focus.

After a five-year stint in Manhattan, working as personal chef to the Revlon family and actress Ellen Barkin, Mike Nagy returned to his beloved B.C. and began a successful career at some of the top restaurants in both Whistler and Vancouver.

Then, seven years ago, he was asked to help a friend establish The Galley at Artisan Square. It was there Mike met his wife Jazzmin. After the Galley closed, the two decided that it was time to open their own restaurant and so Miksa started to serve Mike’s brand of upscale comfort food to friends and fans on Bowen.

Four years in and Miksa is truly a family business. Not only have Mike and Jazzmin been graced with two energetic boys, Mike

has been joined in the kitchen by Paul, his younger brother, who is also no slouch in the culinary arts. They couldn’t have made it this far without Paul’s ongoing support, and he is now a co-owner of the business.

But Mike has wanted to mix things up and pay tribute to his roots and his first and best cooking teacher, his mom Mary Nagy.

Mary was born in Vancouver to Chinese immigrants and grew up learning to cook in her family’s traditional style. That’s why, after a brief closure starting September 3, Miksa will reopen with a new menu. The new focus will be Asian-themed dishes inspired

by Mike’s mom and created to utilize locally grown organic ingredients.

Join Miksa for the opening of the new menu on Friday, September 6.

Please note that Miksa will now be open seven days a week for dinner that start at 4 p.m. Mike and Jazzmin are grateful for the amazing staff who really are like one big family and who have kept Miksa going for the last four years.

Paul and Mike Nagy have fun in Miksa’s kitchen, designing a new menu in honour of their mother. Maureen Sawasy photo

Feral cat colonies have been a problem on Bowen in the past continued, PAGE 1

Which cat wouldn’t want to go outside? Many Bowen pets have the option to enjoy their surroundings but Iris Carr of CAWES says that outdoor cats should be sterilized to prevent the start of cat colonies.

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August weather DOMINIQUE KLUYSKENS SPECIAL TO THE UNDERCURRENT

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or the month of August, the rainfall recorded was 116.6 mm. The minimum tempera-

ture was 13.3 C and the maximum temperature was 26.1 C. At the end of September, we will publish a graph outlining the total rainfall recorded for the summer months as well as the records for the last 13 years.

B O W E N I S L A N D M U N I C I PA L I T Y

NEW MEMBERS REQUESTED FOR THE BOWEN ISLAND RECREATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION The Council of Bowen Island Municipality is extending its request for applications from members of the public who are interested in recreation and community services and are interested in serving on the Bowen Island Recreation and Community Services Commission.

The purpose of the Commission is to provide advice and recommendations to Council and/or staff with regards to recreation and community services provided to Bowen Island residents. In addition, the Commission will be instrumental in the planning, development and implementation of the Community Recreation Master Plan. A complete list of duties can be found on the Bowen Island Municipal website at www.bimbc.ca under Bylaw No. 346, 2013 .

Those interested in sitting on the Commission are requested to submit a brief biography or resume outlining their qualifications and a statement identifying why they are interested in serving on the Bowen Island Recreation and Community Services Commission and print and fill out a Committee Application Form (found on the Bowen Island Municipal website at: http://www.bimbc.ca/files/embedded2010/ CommitteeApplicForm.pdf). Members of the public with background experience relevant to the mandate of the Commission, are especially encouraged to apply.

Please respond in writing via email, fax or regular mail by Friday, September 13, 2013 4:00 p.m. to: Bowen Island Municipality 981 Artisan Lane Bowen Island, B.C. V0N 1G2 e-mail: bim@bimbc.ca FAX: 604-947-0193

“There was a feral cat colony of about 15 cats in Millers Landing and Rosalie was struggling to get the cats neutered and spayed,” Carr said. “That was why we founded CAWES together in 2000.”

The Millers Landing colony was not the only one on the island. There were also groups of cats on Seniors Road and on Taylor Road that numbered 15 and 25 respectively. Through CAWES’ efforts, the felines were spayed. The organization also set up feeding stations and helped to find homes for the strays.

“Two years later, there was another colony at the end of Mount Gardner Road,” Carr recalls. “There were at least 12 cats.” Through years of monitoring, building public awareness and working with the community, Carr feels that the cat population on Bowen has stabilized. And some of the feeding stations have been closed. But one breeding pair of cats can easily upset that balance.

Carr said that CAWES was alerted to the new litter in a mid-island location by concerned residents.

“The pets in question are not allowed inside the house but stay in the barn. The owners say they are being fed, but we’re predicting that soon it will become too costly to feed them,” she said, adding that some of the cats will probably look elsewhere for

sustenance. That, in turn, could lead to the start of another colony. The need to establish territories can lead to fighting – with each other and with resident pets – and lots of territorial spraying.

CAWES still has feeding stations and helps pets that are awaiting adoptions but feral cat colonies are not something Carr wants to see again. She is asking community members to help persuade neighbours to have outdoor pets neutered or spayed. She is also hoping to work together with the Bowen Island Municipality to create a bylaw that requires cat owners to either keep their intact pets over the age of six months indoors or have them sterilized. She believes that in a small island community it would be possible to enforce such a bylaw.

“That would give us the means to go to people and tell them that it’s the law that they have their cats spayed. We shouldn’t have to beg people to let us help them,” she says. The litter mid-island is only one of the issues CAWES has learned about recently.

“We had three litters of three each in addition to that,” Carr said, adding that CAWES was able to help sterilize the females in those cases. Cat colonies are not an isolated problem and Carr says many communities face similar situations. But Bowen Island has come a long way with the help of CAWES, whose advocates do not want to see the bad situation of 13 years ago repeated.

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Endangered frogs on Bowen have no road sense MICHELLE NELSON SPECIAL TO THE UNDERCURRENT

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f you’ve driven across the island on a rainy fall night you may be all too familiar with the last minute realization that what you thought was a leaf blowing across your lane is actually a frog, or more likely in most cases, was a frog. During the fall, frogs, newts and salamanders migrate from their shared wetland breeding sites to hibernation areas in the forest or streamside, using established paths year after year and even generation to generation.

When roads bisect these paths, they are extremely dangerous because the amphibians have a strong instinct to continue on their set paths, and haven’t developed the ability to sense the danger roads pose to them. Adult amphibians normally have high survival rates, so roads causing a lot of adult deaths have a big negative impact on their populations.

Scientists are very concerned about road mortality in amphibians, says Amanda Kissel, a researcher with the Oregon Spotted Frog Recovery Team. She explains that amphibian conservation is an important issue for everyone since amphibians act as indicator species because of their sensitive skin and their use of both water and land as habitat.

What that means is that amphibians can indicate to us humans when there is something going wrong in

the water bodies and landscapes they live on, which gives us a chance to do something before people start being affected. Without the frogs and salamanders, we may not detect problems fast enough. According to Dr. Wendy Palen, fresh-water ecologist at Simon Fraser University, amphibian population declines are a hallmark of environmental change around the world.

Here on Bowen Island, we are lucky enough to share our forests and wetlands with the Red-legged Frog, which is receiving a lot of attention as a “Species at Risk�. Its habitat is being lost due to human land use, states the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC). Our population on Bowen is fortunate to have intact wetlands and forests that have been spared from intensive urban development, agriculture and forestry. However, road mortality is still the leading problem for these frogs, says Palen, and the roads on Bowen still pose a threat. Red-legged Frogs can travel seven kilometers when migrating, and this can mean crossing several roads on 12km long Bowen Island. If you happen to be on foot on our roads in the fall, you’ll notice dozens of flattened amphibians, lots of them with the telltale red-streaked hind legs of the threatened Red-legged Frog.

So what can we do? Well first of all, we can avoid driving during

Red-legged Frogs often end up in the path of an oncoming automobile as they migrate this time of the year. Andrew Wright photo times and through areas of high risk to these frogs. Warm, wet fall evenings are when the frogs are most likely on the move, says Dr. Barb Beasley, coastal ecologist and director of the Association of Wetland Stewards for Barkley and Clayoquot Sounds. She points out that they will mostly be crossing roads close to wetlands. On Bowen, one example would be on Grafton Road where it passes Grafton Lake near the fire station. Some municipalities, such as Chilliwack and Squamish, have even investigated closing portions of road completely during high amphibian risk times. Another easy action would be to increase awareness of the threat roads pose to endangered amphibians by speaking to your

friends and neighbours, and pointing out high-risk locations you know about. In some communities, people have become so concerned about their resident amphibians that volunteers build protective fences and carry buckets of at-risk amphibians to safety by hand. For example, Britain’s Toads on Roads program includes 880 migratory crossings with cautionary signage that are monitored nightly by local citizens. On Vancouver Island, a program called the SPLAT amphibian tunnel project has created underground tunnels for amphibians to use at high-risk locations.

The project was spearheaded by Dr. Beasley, and serves as a pilot project for amphibian tunnels in other locations. Beasley and

her team set up fences to direct amphibians towards the tunnels, then use traps and motion-sensor cameras to record data on usage and monitor their effectiveness.

Red-legged and Pacific Tree frogs, as well as Rough-skinned Newts and Northwestern Salamanders all use the tunnels, says Beasley, and all of these species are present on Bowen. Not all communities have the funding for this type of project, but Beasley suggests exploring the use of existing road culverts with temporary fencing to direct frogs and salamanders to cross safely.

For more information or to get involved in conservation efforts, get in touch with the Bowen Nature Club (bowenatureclub@gmail. com).

Stilling the mind and strengthening the body continued, PAGE 1

Yoga for Men (Moga) will be back this fall by popular demand.

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Re: Ferry access an issue hank heavens for the Experience Card which, according to Adam Holbrook, is used for a whopping 86 per cent of travel to the island.

I thank him for his excellent work as chair of the BIM Transportation Advisory Committee and for the comments on our life line to the mainland.

It is rather apparent to anyone who is in a business on the island that relies on both locals and on non-locals (aka tourists) that higher fares are both economic and psychological factors which discourage ferry use.

I certainly know that the golf course suffers from the combination of high fares and the lack of a land taxi or scheduled bus service to Cowan Point/Seymour Landing/the golf course.

As to Adam’s suggestion that “alternatives for getting on and off the island are needed”, I could not agree more.

I have long been of the belief that a foot passenger only dock is required at Seymour Bay which is a geographically and operationally logical location for such a public amenity.

A Seymour Bay to Coal Harbour/False Creek run makes so much sense, then we could justify regular bus service to this area as many on the island could bypass the ferry for a scheduled water taxi to and from the island.

It is an alternative definitely worth thinking about.

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here are so many things to be grateful for on Bowen Island and I’m going to start my list. I say start, as with each moment, the list grows.

My first thought is for the joy of awakening each morning in peace and reverence as I touch base with the nature surrounding me – in summer, hummingbirds, waves on the beach, seals slapping, deer grazing (not on my flowers though), eagles flying – in winter, wind in the trees, raindrops, scoters in lines on the water, magnificent sunrises.

My next thought is of my wonderful family that is present for me as I am present for them. I love to watch my grandchildren grow here with the support of such a warm and safe community – beach parties at Tunstall Bay, gymnastic shows, piano recitals, soccer games, school performances. I am proud that my sons and their spouses take strong roles in the community. Each one has found a niche and makes a positive difference.

I think next of my golf buddies. This list expands each year as we meet and get to know each other as we improve our golf together. I’m amazed by the incredibly talented and dedicated people our island attracts.

I am so grateful for their contributions that make our home a better place.

I am so grateful for the opportunities we

have on this island to get in touch with our better selves – the Little Red Church, Cates Chapel, Rivendell, the Orchard Recovery Centre. We are a place of respite and peace.

A walk in the park or on the golf course, a swim in the ocean, a kayak trip, or just sitting on the deck absorbing the sunshine and breathing the fresh air renews us moment by moment.

Then there is always something happening: Dock Dance, Steamship Days, Dog Days, Bowfest, Run for Rwanda, plays, movies in the park, art shows, concerts, soccer competitions, golf tournaments. We come together as a community to celebrate, and together we raise lots of money for charity. Isn’t that a way to show our gratitude?

I am grateful for those who volunteer and organize these events. I’m also grateful for the firemen, the police, the municipal employees and the park workers and admire and commend our council members past and present for their efforts on our part.

I am grateful that we are a democracy and can voice our informed opinions freely and ethically. I know we work together on this island to create our special haven.

Finally, as I retire, I say goodbye to the full moon over the water and recount the blessings of the day. Thank you, Bowen Island!

Alice Jennings

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ore about the dog debate: We want to be fair to dogs and to people. Consider criminals - we put them under control and see that they do no damage. But they are considered innocent until proven guilty. Not dogs.

Well, how about this: we don’t want people careening around in their cars. We insist on them first proving themselves by passing a test; getting a licence. And if they still misbe-

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have, we can take their licence away. Why not do this for dogs? If they have taken doggie classes or are suitably judged non-aggressive, then they get a civilized dog certificate and can walk about unleashed.

If they don’t behave well- then it’s back to the leash and back to classes.

Seems reasonable to me. What do you think? Too hard to do?

Well maybe for ordinary mortals but I think not for Bowen Islanders.

Marianne Fuller

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egarding Rosemary Knight’s recent letter about misinformation. First, the topic that I raised was the hijacking of the Bowen Island Improvement Association. I was a board member and I was there when it happened.

Let me repeat: the Bowen Island Improvement Association had been in business for some time before the hijackers took over. After the hijackers walked into the Annual General Meeting, an entirely new board was created.

But the new board failed to report annually as required and thus a couple of years later, some of the original board members were able to get the name back.

The hijackers were extremely upset and a flurry of letters to the Undercurrent ensued.

Later, the Bowen Island Eco Alliance was formed as a separate organization. Those are the facts.

I do not know who Emma Woodcock is, nor do others whom I have asked. Dick Underhill did not file papers on behalf of the BIIA. Although I can’t say I know Rosemary personally, I have known her husband Bob Turner for many years. At my request he spoke to our local water district when I was chair and also, at my request, spoke at the Annual General Meeting of the Improvement Association a few years back.

When he was mayor, he and the council graciously allowed me to present a detailed report on a survey of Bowen Island ferry users.

In addition, on behalf on the Improvement Association, I prepared and presented what was then the only study of Bowen Island population numbers and characteristics extending back from before Bowen was incorporated up to the last decade. Those and other studies were done at no cost to the municipality.

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Bowen Island event in solidarity with the Cuban 5 SAMANTHA SARRA SPECIAL TO THE UNDERCURRENT

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remember very clearly one evening as a child when my mother took my sister and me to a crowded church in Toronto to hear then imprisoned Nelson Mandela’s wife speak. It was standing room only in the church as Winnie Mandela spoke to the supportive audience about her husband’s unjust detention and the struggles of apartheid.

It was my introduction to churches as a venue for social justice. It was also my introduction to how the unjust imprisonment of someone an ocean away could have ripples of solidarity on the other side of the world.

Attending those sorts of events were the seeds planted in me as a child that laid the foundation for me to believe in the value of working collectively for change.

That path would eventually lead me to Cuba where I took part in the Che Guevara volunteer work brigade. One of the stops on the brigade was to meet with some of the family members of the Cuban 5, who have been imprisoned in the United States on charges of conspiracy to commit espionage. The Cuban 5 are five Cuban intelligence

officers that the Cuban government sent to Miami to infiltrate US-backed right-wing terrorist organizations to prevent terrorist activities against their homeland. They face cruel sentences of 15 years to two life sentences plus 15 years despite a lack of evidence in a case which has garnered the condemnation of the U.N., Nobel laureates and thousands of peace and justice loving people worldwide.

When I heard the family members of the Cuban 5 speak six years ago, I was moved by the hardship of separation and the even greater battle for justice. But now the heartache and injustice has only grown as this September will mark 15 years that the Cuban 5 have been imprisoned in U.S. jails. In the eyes of the people of Cuba and anyone who believes in justice, the Cuban 5 are heroes and should be freed immediately.

What I saw as a child was that when voices are raised together, change can happen. Beautiful was the day that Nelson Mandela was released from prison. I want to be able to give my daughter the same gift of witnessing freedom for those unjustly behind bars and I want her to know that her voice was one of many raised that made a difference. In a great victory for jus-

Samantha Sarra and her daughter at a rally for the Cuban 5. tice, René González, one of the Cuban 5, has returned to Cuba.

Now is the time to free the four who remain behind bars.

It is in that spirit that I am hosting an event on Sunday, September 15, at Cates Hill Chapel to raise awareness about the case of the Cuban 5 and their unjust 15-year imprisonment in U.S. jails. The event is free and

will start at 4 p.m. We will be screening the film The Cuban Wives about the struggles of the families for freedom. There will also be free crafts for kids and Cuban art and artifacts on display. Virgin mojitos and Cuban fare will also be available and all money raised will go to support the work of the Free the Cuban Five Committee-Vancouver.

Two young herons confirmed near Snug Cove Dear Editor:

This event is part of an international week of action for the freedom of the Cuban 5 and one of the six different events happening in British Colombia organized by the Free the Cuban 5 Committee Vancouver working with Cuba solidarity activists, groups and Cuban 5 supporters in Nanaimo, Kamloops, greater Vancouver and Bowen Island.

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A young heron was standing on the gravel at the causeway on the Friday before Bowfest, taking a good look at all the people looking at him. Will Husby photo

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ood news from the nesting grounds with at least two young herons confirmed last week at the lagoon near Snug Cove.

The youngsters are the same size as the attending adults, but darker with fewer white markings on their heads. Take your binoculars to the causeway and scan the logs along the shoreline for best sightings.

Normally, young herons are easy to see in August at the lagoon and beaches and shorelines around Snug Point. After a two-year gap, it is great to see them back in the Snug Cove area.

The past few years have been challenging for nesting herons. Besides hungry eagles they have also had to cope with disruption by human activity. Taking the Crippen/library nests as an example, disturbances have included a tractor working in the park near the active nests in 2011, and a new path forming from the sidewalk to the nests in 2012.

This year, herons were seen mating at these nests on April 14, as reported in a letter to the Undercurrent.

The following week, noisy road repair work was done opposite the nests despite the municipality’s heron protection policy. The herons flushed from the nests during the cutting and compaction of the pavement, whereupon an eagle spent time in the nests presumably eating the eggs.

While the Crippen/library nests have produced young herons many times, including every year from 2006 to 2010, disturbances like these have led to a gap of at least two years.

We don’t know whether the youngsters seen at the lagoon last week came from this nest site or from elsewhere.

This is the 16th year for this beautiful blue-listed species choosing to nest on our island. Bowen Heron Watch is a joint project of the Bowen Island Conservancy and the Bowen Nature Club.

Thanks to all who have reported sightings so far.

Sue Ellen Fast

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fter a long hot summer, we are ready to begin again: our first meeting this fall for Seniors Keeping Young (SKY) is scheduled for Monday, September 9, from 9 a.m. to noon.

On Mondays, from 9 a.m. to noon, we meet at the Bowen Court Hall for a variety of stretching exercises and some dance movements as ways to improve our balance.

This is usually followed by singing a few songs, then a variety of refreshments for members, guests and the public.

We invite you to join us for all or part of the program.

On the first Monday of each month, we keep things very informal to meet and greet new and old members and friends, to listen or talk to each other.

On subsequent Mondays, we offer interesting presentations and speakers on a wide variety of topics.

Not feeling ready to be labeled a senior? Then think of us as the ‘55-plus-Club’.

Come and join us. A membership costs $10 per year.

Donations of $2 for refreshments are also welcome.

For further information, please contact Renate Williams, SKY’s president at 604-947-0235 or past president Joan Anastasiou at 604-947-9982.

We look forward to seeing you at Bowen Court.

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hey get together on Monday nights to sing.

There are no plans to perform and the songs are easy to learn, making them suitable for all ages. The Island Village SongCircle is starting up a new session on September 16.

It is led by Brian Hoover and Shasta Martinuk, who call themselves Village RhythmKeepers, and are offering two free sessions for islanders who want to come and try it out. But be warned - harmonizing with the Bowen group may be addictive.

Ron Serna has been singing with the SongCircle for three sessions and says it is one of the highlights of the week for him. “I love the singing and the community. I always feel refreshed, renewed and reinvigorated after an evening of SongCircle,� he said. Ellen Hayakawa reports a similar impression. “I joined the Village SongCircle when it was first offered on Bowen Island three years ago. My experience was one of welcoming, of openness and curiosity,� she said.

Both Serna and Hayakawa say that they enjoy singing harmonies and exploring music from different cultures.

“My favourite part is allowing myself to have musical conversations with other people. These are different conversations every time as the group dynamics are not held down by any formal structure - it’s people singing,�

Hayakawa said. “Singing from the roots of different cultures touches each of us differently. I guess how deep it moves me is dependent on my personal roots.

I like a lot of the African and South African chants, and particularly the medieval Gregorian style chants. My favourite is Dona Nobis Pacem, which translates to: give us peace.�

Building community is an important aspect to the Island Village SongCircle and the group is part of a network of Ubuntu choirs (ubuntuchoirs.net).

Ubuntu is a Zulu word meaning: “I am because we are�. Serna sees the Island Village SongCircle as a powerful manifestation of both the individual and the power of the group in community. “Singing individually is for the soul. Singing in harmonies together is a unifying soul force for peace in ourselves, in community and on this planet. It uplifts and transforms our individual souls and our collective soul body to greater love and peace through harmony,� he

No evening with the Island Village SongCircle is the same as the group dynamics are not restrained by any formal structure. Ron Serna photo says. “It’s different every week and it’s always uplifting.� Hayakawa describes the SongCircle as an “invitation to participate in singing.� “There is no audition, everyone is welcome. You just need to show up.

I think a belief that we all are part of a song and we sing that song everyday with our voice, our thoughts and actions reaches deep into the core of SongCircle. And that harmonizing with others is a pillar for community,� she said.

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one. “Shasta and Brian, our wonderful facilitators who lead the group, are extremely encouraging in helping Bowen Islanders to feel that wherever they are with their singing voices that offering is more than enough to be a part of the group,� Serna says. “The songs are simple enough that everyone - child, adult or elder - feels welcome and comfortable singing them. Each individual has evolved in skills and sound in the time that I’ve participated. And that’s very satisfying to me as an individual, and to us as a circle.�

The Island Village SongCircle meets Mondays from 7 to 9 p.m. at Bowen Court for 14 weeks, starting September 16.

Newcomers are encouraged to participate at no cost for the first two weeks. For those who decide to sign up, the fee is on a sliding scale from $75 to $150 for the 14-week session.

Bursaries are available for people who need financial assistance and a portion of the proceeds will be donated to Bowen Court. Call Shasta or Brian at 604-947-2283 for more information or email shasta@rhythmkeepers.ca.

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Even though you might think that this glorious summer will never end, fall is just around the corner, and it’s time to start planning your spring garden. Help is at hand. The Bowen Island Garden Club’s daffodil queen, Sheila Webster, is once again offering great deals for your spring bulb collection.

This year, she has four varieties of the taller daffodil: King Alfred;

Missouri (yellow with an orange cup); Barret Browning (white with an orange cup) and Tahiti (double yellow-petalled) These retail at $28 for 100 bulbs for the first three and $45 per 100 for the more exotic Tahiti.

The smaller and first flowering tete a tete daffodil, sells for $22 per 100.

Snowdrops (single galanthus variety) are offered at $40 per 100.

All prices quoted above include tax.

To place an order, email Sheila Webster at sheilawebster@shaw.ca.

Orders will be available for pickup after October 19, but must be placed before September 30.

The Garden Club’s spring bulb planting program has been in operation now for seven years.

It is offered as a service to the community with no profit accruing to the club.

Over this seven year period, islanders have planted over 150,000 bulbs both on their own properties and alongside the highways and byways of our island.

Don’t miss out on that great deal and get your orders in pronto!

Colourful and tasty local produce and other goodies will again be offered at the next BowFEAST community farmers market that is coming up on Saturday, September 21, from 9 a.m. to noon, at BICS. There are two more farmers markets after September 21 this season: October 13 at Applefest in Davies Orchard and October 19 at BICS. Please mark your calendars.

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etty Dhont has been collecting art for a long time and it fills most of the walls in her home on Bowen Island.

At one point, she wondered what would happen if she had to move into a smaller space and the idea for the Out of the Attic art show and sale was born. This is the second time, Dhont organizes the event together with Ann Ramsay and Greta Smith. All three are members of the visual arts committee of the Bowen Island Arts Council, the organization that will receive proceeds from the sale that starts on September 13 at the Gallery at Artisan Square.

“I always buy art and was wondering what we should do with our pieces when we have to downsize,” Dhont explained. “And I thought, why not have an exhibit and sale from pieces that people would like to go to a new home?”

Two years ago, the first Out of the Attic show featured around 50 pieces, this year it has grown to over 80 pieces and Dhont says that the selection is amazing. “We’ve got a collection of about 10 Inuit sculptures from the ‘70s. We have beautiful pieces by Ian Fry, Bill Reid and Sam Black,” Dhont said.

These are just a few of the big

names that will be up for grabs.

Among the others mentioned on a poster designed by Karen Watson are Elizabeth Leach, Nick Bantock and Gordon Smith.

“We’ve only accepted original pieces like paintings, etchings, lithos and sculptures - that kind of thing,” Dhont said.

Ann Ramsay added that some of the pieces were donated, some consigned. “On consigned pieces, we get 30 per cent for sales under $1,000 and 20 per cent for $1,000 and up,” Dhont said.

“We have a large cross section of work that will make a fascinating show and sale,” Ramsay explained. “The pieces are both contemporary and historical and range from small, for example 5 by 6”, to large, like 3’6” by 5’. And the prices range from $100 to $3,200.”

Dhont added that the majority of the work will be offered below gallery prices. As an example, Ramsay mentions a “beautiful yellow cedar totem that is 57” tall that will be offered for $1,200.

Other special items include a Japanese woodblock by Sadao Watanabe, a jade statue, a piece of Venetian glass and an aluminum etched table by Bernard Rohne.

Dhont said that the organizing committee approached lot of people personally in addition to send-

ing out an invitation to submit through the arts council. While most of the pieces found their way directly from private ownership to the Out of the Attic exhibit, a few come from the Knick Knack Nook, Bowen Island’s re-use it store.

“We work with the Knick Knack Nook and received about 11 pieces of art,” Dhont said. “The proceeds go back to Knick Knack Nook.”

She explained that when a piece of original art arrives at the store, the volunteers responsible for sorting the merchandise will save it to be appraised by Bill Leithead.

“One of the pieces that came in was an early work by Daniel Izzard,” Dhont said. “I went to see his wife to authenticate it. It’s one of his early works - a very lovely piece.”

It will be offered for $1,200 and Dhont adds that even after the 20 per cent commission, the Knick Knack Nook is likely to get a better price than it could by selling it at the store. “It’s a win-win situation,” she said.

“What’s wonderful about this exhibit is that we have strong wellknown artists but also great lesser known artists,” Dhont said, “We have high quality pieces that are very well priced.” And although the idea for the show was born

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o you like to drape yourself in a sheet and pretend it’s a toga or do you prefer fine tailoring? Do you wrap wool around sticks and make mobiles or use the sticks and wool to make lace? Whatever your skill level as a artist or crafter may be, there will be something for you at the textile sale organized as a fundraiser for the Bowen Island Fibre Arts Guild.

This spring, the guild donated

the quilt ‘Scenes of Bowen’ to the Bowen Island Arts Council to support the organization’s fundraising efforts and celebrate its silver anniversary. While this endeavour nearly emptied the guild’s account, it raised a nice $2,000 plus for the arts council.

To get the coffers back in shape and enable the continuation of community projects, member of the Fibre Art Guild have decided to dig into their stashes and share their treasures, well, offer them for sale at bargain prices, to put something back into the treasury

and encourage islanders to create wonderful things with fabric and yarn.

We invite you to join us at the Leftbank Bistro on Saturday, September 14, from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. for a sale of fabric, yarn and beautifully handcrafted articles. A tea service with scones and sweets will be offered for $10.

Everyone is welcome – crafters and non-crafters – to come play with threads while enjoying a cup of tea or just to chat about lessons, tutoring, unfinished projects or anything related to textiles.

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The Out of the Attic show includes many treasures from well known as well as lesser known artists at great prices. Submitted photo with a view to downsize, the art on offer this year may tempt Dhont to purchase more.

“There are amazing pieces,” she says, adding that she has to wait just like everyone else until the Gallery at Artisan Square opens on Friday, September 13, at noon to put her name on a few of her choices.

“It’s first come, first serve,” she adds.

The show runs from September 13 to October 14 and an opening reception will be held on September 13 from 7 to 9:30 p.m.

Gallery hours are Friday to Monday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

“The money will support BIAC and the Gallery at Artisan Square for our terrific programs, classes and special events,” Dhont said.

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after, they began performing together in the university’s Symphony Orchestra, the Opera Orchestra and Symphonic Wind Ensemble.

Stanton C. Jack is one of the new generation of Canadian classical guitarists. He combines technical excellence with musical sensitivity, expressed through the uniquely rich and varied tonal language of the guitar. As a soloist, Stanton has performed a wide range of repertoire from the Baroque suites of J.S. Bach and S.L. Weiss, to the folkloric inspired music of Spain, South America and Africa. He is known for his dynamic performance of the famous Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez with the UBC Sinfonietta and numerous successful concerts throughout Vancouver and the Lower Mainland.

The setting for this unique concert is Wonderland, a place that is named for the Wonder sisters, Christobel and Marie, who used to own the 100-acre waterfront property at Eves Road on the bottom of Adams Road. The sisters bought the property from George Adams in 1943 for $3,250. George had bought it five years earlier when the explosives factory at the bottom of Adams road closed.

The Beatys have lived at Wonderland since they bought it in 1996. At first, they lived in the red cottage, built by the sisters in 1944. In 2010, they built the current house on the property. The house, which is perched on the rocks overlooking the sea, was designed by Bowen Island architect Allan Peters. It is built of cedar and Bowen Island granite taken from the property and looks as if it grew out of the surrounding rock.

As the Beatty home is quite a long way down a narrow lane, attendees are asked to leave their cars on Eves Road and take the shuttle that is being provided by BIAC. It will start at 2:30 pm. After the reception is over, the shuttle will return people to their cars. Anyone with mobility problems is asked to they inform BIAC so assistance can be provided.

People wanting to attend this exclusive concert and reception at Wonderland should call BIAC at 604.947.2454 and pay by credit card or visit the Gallery at Artisan Square, where they can purchase tickets with credit/debit, cash or cheque. BIAC also accepts PayPal through its website (http://www.biac.ca/wonderlandconcert.php). Tickets cost $75 per person and seating is limited.

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risha and Ross Beaty and their daughter, Heather, have offered the Bowen Island Arts Council a marvelous opportunity - the opportunity of having a fundraising classical concert in their beautiful home called Wonderland on Sunday, September 15, at 3:30 p.m. The concert will be performed by Heather Beaty, a professional flutist, and two of her friends, Stanton Jack, guitarist, and Elisa Thorn, harpist. After the concert, there will be a champagne and canapé reception for the audience.

Heather and Elisa have formed the Luminara Duo and have been performing recitals for the Health Arts Society ArtsWay concerts in care centres throughout the lower mainland.

They are currently working on their first album.

Heather’s music education began at age five. She quickly developed a love for the musical and performing arts.

Her mother Trisha remembers, “There was no doubt that Heather and her sister Shannon were musical. By the time they were four or five, they were singing in harmony.” She also remembers that when Heather was around nine, she performed musicals on a driftwood stage with Shannon and a friend.

Heather played in the Children’s Bach Choir and the Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra (VYSO). By 17, Heather’s was performing the Mozart’ Flute and Harp Concerto as a soloist with the VSO. Currently, she is active in the Vancouver music scene, balancing her time between teaching flute at the Vancouver Academy of Music and playing with the VSO and the Vancouver Island Symphony Orchestra. Heather enjoys playing with others and says, “It is gratifying to play in a group as the flute is a melodic instrument and needs a harmonic underlay to support it.”

One of the things dear to Heather’s heart is performing for people who might not have access to classical music. To this end, she developed a project for her University of British Columbia (UBC) master’s degree to take classical music to unconventional spaces.

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t’s not “back to school” for the van Lidth de Jeude family this week. Instead, Emily van Lidth de Jeude is preparing for a not going back to school picnic as September rolls around. Her children, Taliesin and Rhiannon, have been home learners for the last few years.

“Bowen’s homeschoolers have organized a not going back to school picnic every year on the beach,” Emily explains, adding that there are a few families on the island that learn at home full time. There is, however, a “huge difference between home learning and unschooling,” says Emily.

She calls her family’s approach to education “unschooling” and explains the reasons for this choice. “We saw it as a need to accommodate how Taliesin wanted to learn,” she said.

At first, Taliesin joined a home learner’s program but Emily soon realized that staying at home was a better option. “We pulled him out when he was six,” she said. “When we got into unschooling, it worked so well that we didn’t want to go back.”

When Rhiannon was old enough to start Kindergarten, she had to decide to either go to the Bowen Island Community School (BICS) with her friends from preschool or learn at home. “She said, ‘I want to go to BICS but you are not allowed to do anything fun while I’m there,’” Emily said. When her mother and brother wouldn’t promise to sit on the couch all day, Rhiannon decided to stay at home as well.

At the beginning, there was fear of how her children would succeed without formal schooling, said Emily. There was the question of whether they would have less choices or not be admitted into universities later on.

Another worry was whether they would have any friends. “Some people assume that when children are pulled out of school, it is because they have problems,” Emily says and Taliesin jokes that his problem is called “unschooling syndrome.”

“The more I learn to not push [Taliesin and Rhiannon], the better they learn how to live and how to be,” Emily says. “As I get further along that path, they get more from life.”

The joyful way with which her children embrace learning has reinforced the belief that this was the best decision.

Of course, there were challenges. “It’s difficult when all your friends go to school and there isn’t much opportunity to play with them until 3 p.m.,” Taliesin says but adds that there are increasingly more unschoolers on

Taliesin, Emily and Rhiannon are excited to continue on their path of unschooling as it allows them to devote more time to subjects they are interested in. Susanne Martin photo Bowen Island, creating the possibility for group learning and play.

Taliesin and Rhiannon say that they like to study different things but Emily mentions that they influence one another in their choices. “I was interested in space and astronomy,” says Taliesin. And even though Rhiannon said that the subject at first used to make her “brain boil,” she recently picked out a program on how the earth began.

Both agree that Khan Academy, an online learning hub, is a great source for unschoolers because subjects are explained step by step.

“It’s funny how many people say that they are constantly begging their kids to read and I have to beg my kids to stop reading,” Emily says, adding that she was surprised to learn that Talisien stayed up late to devour a book on robotics, including dense chapters on writing code.

“Everyone thinks because I’m an art teacher, I teach them art,” Emily says. “But I don’t, I usually just leave material out.”

One of Emily’s approaches to learning centres around nature walks she calls Wild Art. The walks have become so popular that she added a course for adults and one for smaller children called Fun School.

The attendance for Fun School varies but usually there are 10 or 12, says Emily.

The maximum number of children ages eight to 13 for Wild Art is eight. If adults come along, there can be more.

Emily says that she looks at the B.C. curriculum three times a year to report her children’s progress. “I’m always amazed that without any planning, Taliesin and Rhiannon arrive at the same levels the government expects them to be,” she said. And even though there are a few random facts that the family hasn’t

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Island Village SongCircle Led by Shasta and Brian (www.rhythmkeepers.ca) Starting Monday September 16th, 7 – 9 pm at Bowen Court We will meet every Monday evening for 14 weeks for the purpose of sharing easy-to-learn and fun-to-sing music from many different cultures and traditions. All adults, and children 8 and older, are invited to join. No musical or vocal experience required, in fact new (and/or scared-to-sing) singers are especially welcome.

Come as our guest for the first two weeks to check it out.

Contact Shasta or Brian at 604-947-2283 for more info and registration, or visit our website –www.rhythmkeepers.ca

covered, both children learn at their grade level or above, especially in the subjects they love.

“Taliesin is in grade 5 and he’s doing grade 11 science. He is interested in physics and that means that he has to catch up with math,” Emily says. She recalls that she was scared that he wasn’t learning to read when he was in Kindergarten. “I thought, what if he wasn’t going to be able to read a recipe, have a bank account or a job?” she said. “I bought him a rhyming book called Jake Bakes a Cake. I asked him to sit down and every day, we read one page. And every day, he had a tantrum.” Emily decided to not force the issue and a few months later, Taliesin surprised her by reading road signs on a drive back from Victoria. “By the end of the week, he was going to book corner,” she laughs. “He just needed me to back off.”

“People tell me that I must be amazing and they couldn’t do that because they are not teachers,” Emily says. “But this is something that anyone can do. I find it frustrating that people limit themselves in that way.”

Emily understands that homelearning is not a fit for every family. “Lots of parents lead a lifestyle that makes it difficult to have the children at home,” she says.

Even for Emily, who is an artist, it can be challenging to find a balance. “I want to be able to do the lovely things my kids get to do. But I still have to make a living,” she says, adding that she is preparing for a new show.

“What’s amazing about unschooling is that it gives you the opportunity to put more passion and time into the things you are interested in,” Emily says.

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GROW MARIJUANA COMMERCIALLY. Canadian Commercial Production Licensing Convention October 26th & 27th. Toronto Airport, Marriott Hotel. www.greenlineacademy.com.

Tickets 1-855-860-8611 or 250-870-1882.

TransX offers a new rate structure of .44 cents base with mileage from 11 to 13 thousand per month.

As well as medical benefits.

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GET FREE VENDING MACHINES - 100% Lease Financing - All Cash Income - 100% Tax Deductible Become Financially Independent All Canadian Company. Full Details CALL NOW 1-866-668-6629 Website WWW.TCVEND.COM.

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DRIVERS/COURIER/ TRUCKING

EXP CLASS 1 TEAM DRIVERS Earn up to $6500/mo. Send resumes mj@synergytruckingltd.com Fax:604-598-3497

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CONTRACTORS

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329 PAINTING & DECORATING www.paintspecial.com

$11.00/hr. up to $20.00/hr.

604.339.1989 Lower Mainland 604.996.8128 Fraser Valley

Paid Weekly!

Running this ad for 8yrs

Must be an outgoing team player!

PAINT SPECIAL

Call Today, Start Tomorrow!

3 rooms for $299, 2 coats any colour

Mindy: 604-777-2195 FIELD CLERK NEEDED for out of town work site (21/7 schedule).

Mature, flexible and positive communicator, understanding of importance of safety culture. Reporting to on-site foreman & Edmonton HO. Transportation to & from work site provided. Potential to grow with company; Jobs@CommandEquipment.com. Fax 780-488-3002.

(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale Premium quality paint.

NO PAYMENT until Job is completed. Ask us about our Laminate Flooring & Maid Services. .info@lydellgroup.ca fax 780-542-6739

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Mega Cranes Ltd. an industry leader, is seeking an energetic, tower technician the applicant must have full understanding of electronics and 3 phase power.

This full time position requires knowledge of tower crane erection and dismantles .

Please email all resumes to Barbara@megacrane.com FLAGGERS NEEDED. No Certification? Get Certified, 604-575-3944

PERSONAL SERVICES

FLAG PERSONS & LANE TECH PERSONNEL NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

WE WILL TRAIN! COMPETITIVE RATES Must Have Valid TCP Certificate, Reliable Insured Vehicle And Provide A Clean Drivers Abstract!

Please E-mail Resume: grasdald@telus.net

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CRIMINAL RECORD? Don’t let it block employment, travel, education, professional, certification, adoption property rental opportunities. For peace of mind & a free consultation call 1-800-347-2540.

STEEL BUILDINGS/METAL BUILDINGS 60% OFF! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed!

Call 1-800-457-2206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

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FINANCIAL SERVICES

DROWNING IN DEBT? Cut debts more than 50% & DEBT FREE in half the time! AVOID BANKRUPTCY! Free Consultation. www.mydebtsolution.com or Toll Free 1-877-556-3500 BBB Rated A+

LEGAL SERVICES

ELECTRICAL

YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

PAVING/SEAL COATING

ASPHALT PAVING • Brick Driveways • Retaining Walls • Foundation Repairs • Sealcoating 604-618-2304

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PLUMBING

BRO MARV PLUMBING 24/7 Plumbing, heating, plugged drains BBB. (604)582-1598, bromarv.com

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PETS

MOVING & STORAGE

1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING. Across the street - across the world Real Professionals, Reas. Rates.

Best in every way! 604-721-4555.

HELP WANTED

Rapid Advancement & Benefits.

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION

**ATTENTION: JOB SEEKERS!** MAKE MONEY! Mailing Postcards! www.PostcardsToWealth.com NOW ACCEPTING! ZNZ Referral Agents! $20-$60/Hour! www.FreeJobPosition.com HOME WORKERS! Make Money Using Your PC! www.SuperCashDaily.com Earn Big Paychecks Paid Every Friday! www.LegitCashJobs.com

604.587.5865 www.recycleitcanada.ca

Are You Tired of McJobs?

Looking for a Career?

CANCEL YOUR TIMESHARE. NO Risk Program STOP Mortgage & Maintenance Payments Today.

100% Money Back Guarantee.

FREE Consultation. Call Us NOW. We Can Help! 1-888-356-5248

ALL CASH Drink/Snack Vending Business Route. Complete Training. Small Investment Required. 1888-979-VEND (8363). www.healthydrinkvending.co

Delivery & Pick-Up Included Residential & Commercial Service • Green Waste • Construction Debris • Renovations • House Clean Outs

An Alberta Oilfield Company is hiring dozer and excavator operators, Lodging and meals provided. Drug testing required. Call (780)7235051Edson,Alta

TIMESHARE

108 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

BENEFIT PACKAGE! Please contact Mike e-mail: mike@megacranes.com or fax 604.599.5250

Please call 1-877-914-0001

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6 - 50 Yard Bins

Starting from $199.00

Mega Cranes Ltd. an industry leader is seeking an energetic, aggressive self starter for a full time position. Required immediately. Must have inspectors ticket and Red seal. Will have hydraulic experience and must be able to read electrical and hydraulic schematics.

TransX needs class 1 company drivers to run BC/AB TRANSX HAS NEW RATES OF .44 CENTS A MILE FOR BC/AB

COMING EVENTS

DISPOSAL BINS

By Recycle-it

Heavy Duty Diesel Mechanic

BC Cancer Foundation Legacies accepted. 604.877.6040 or visit: bccancerfoundation.com

RUBBISH REMOVAL

PRESSURE WASHING

Always! Power Washing, Window & Gutter cleaning, all your exterior cleaning needs. 604-230-0627

353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS Eastcan Roofing & Siding

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CAIRN TERRIER. Male, In training.

Ready to go. Shots, dewormed. $800. 604-807-5204.

CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866 CATS OF ALL DESCRIPTION in need of caring homes! All cats are spayed, neutered, vaccinated and dewormed. Visit us at fraservalleyhumanesociety.com or call 1 (604)820-2977

CUTE English Bulldog Puppies $600. Healthy Male & female. 9 weeks, Health, shot papers.

2818990861 Email: pauwhee@gmail.com

GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPPIES. Show & working lines. Vet checked, 1st shot, dewormed, micro chip, C.K.C. $1200-$1500. 604-710-9333

LASSIE DOODLE PUPPIES (Collie x Poodle)Born Father’s Day (June 16). Mom is a PB small (45 lbs.)

Rough Collie and Dad is a PB small (50 lbs) Standard Poodle. Puppies are black with varying amounts of white on paws and chest and some are blue merle. Both males and females available. We have bred this litter special to create the perfect family companion (intelligent, gentle, easy to train, always willing to please, happy indoors and outdoors, good with children and animals, low to no shed). We are a 4H (agility, obedience, showmanship) family and our dogs are a part of our home and life and we wish the same for our puppies. Please consider the time and commitment needed to raise a dog and you will have our support and guidance for life. Pups will have first shots and deworming. Black males are $850, females and blue merles are $950.

604-820-4827

604.562.0957 or 604.961.0324

NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com

GL ROOFING. Cedar/Asphalt, Flat roofs, WCB Clean Gutters - $80.

1-855-240-5362. info@glroofing.ca

ROTTWEILER 4.5 year old intact male, very large, $1500.

Call 604-309-8545.

•New Roofs •Re-Roofs •Repairs Liability Insurance/BBB/10% off with ad

WWW.BOWENISLANDUNDERCURRENT.COM

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On the calendar FRIDAY, SEPT. 6

• Seniors Keeping Young: 9 a.m. line dancing, 9.45 exercises, 10.30 singing, refreshments and general discussion. Bowen Court.

• Youth Centre: 6 to 10:30 p.m.

Free food, free music - drop in.

• Screening Mammography mobile service: Dr. Zandy’s office, appointments at www.smpbc.ca or 1.800.663.9203.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 7

TUESDAY, SEPT. 10 • AA Meeting: 7:15 p.m. Collins Hall. 604-434-3933.

WED., SEPT. 11

• Tir-na-nOg Jumble sale: 10:30 a.m. Tir-na-nOg auditorium.

Clothing, books, odds and ends, concession. Proceeds to the Tirna-nOg Theatre School Society.

604-947-9507.

• Screening Mammography mobile service: Dr. Zandy’s office, appointments at www.smpbc.ca or 1.800.663.9203.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 8

• Weight Watchers: Collins Hall.

6:15-7:15 p.m. Call 947-2880. Free registration.

• B.I. Community Choir: registration and first practice 7 p.m.

Cates Hill Chapel.

• Deadline for registration for fall co-ed soccer: B.I. Football Club, for info, see bowenfc.com.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 12

• Tir-na-nOg presents The Hobbit: 2 p.m. Tirna-nOg Theatre. Tickets at Phoenix on Bowen. www. tirnanogtheatreschool.org.

• Duplicate-style bridge: 7 p.m. sharp. Bowen Court lounge. Call Irene at 2955.

UPCOMING MONDAY, SEPT. 9

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MISC. FOR SALE

AT LAST! An iron filter that works.

IronEater! Fully patented Canada/U.S.A. Removes iron, hardness, smell, manganese. Since 1957.

Visit our 29 innovative inventions; www.bigirondrilling.com.

Phone 1-800-BIG-IRON. HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?

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MISC. FOR SALE

Restless Leg Syndrome & Leg Cramps? Fast Relief In One Hour.

Sleep At Night. Proven For Over 32 Years. www.allcalm.com Mon-Fri 8-4 EST 1-800-765-8660.

REAL ESTATE 624

FARMS

WHATCOM COUNTY Berry Farm North of Lynden, family owned 80+ yrs. 19.2 acres. 8 acres newer Meeker Raspberries in production, 9 acres open for replanting. Halverstick Road. Most fertile & proven soil in County w/ample water rights.

3 bdrm house, garage, large shop & barn. $775,000, negotiable. Call for details or tour (360)305-2060.

Email: ondeckt@hotmail.com

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HOMES WANTED

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RMTBC 05279

BODY VITALITY MASSAGE THERAPY call call or text

Available every Sat. Sun. & Mon.

• Out of the Attic show and sale: Reception September 13, 7 to 9 p.m., Gallery at Artisan Square, show runs September 13 to October 14.

SUITES, LOWER

1-250-558-7888 www.orlandoprojects.com ~ FINANCING AVAILABLE ~

Dr. Traditional Chinese Medicine/Acupuncturist u

MARY MCDONAGH (Available Mondays through Fridays)

SANDY LOGAN

596 B. Artisan Square

Artisan Square • 604-947-0734 Alternate Fridays 10am-4:30pm

Registered Physiotherapist

604-730-1174

Horseshoe Bay • 604-921-8522

ROBYN IZARD RMT

Natural Family Medicine

www.bowenislanddental.com

Registered Massage Therapist

BA, BSW, MSW, RCC

In-home Therapy and Counselling sessions “I meet you where you are.”

BLOOD TESTS, URINE TESTS OR ECGS

604.290.6407

REIKI Registered Practitioner

Cheryl Ackerman 604-947-2057

Gw Deromer@shaw.ca www.clearhorizon.ca

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(Available Thursdays through Sundays)

Dr. Susanne Schloegl M.D.

Open Mon. Wed. Thurs. Fri.

Call for an appointment CLOSED JULY 25-30

EVERY THURSDAY DR. ZANDY'S OFFICE

Diana Romer MEd, RCC COUNSELLING THERAPIST Bowen and West Van offices

Registered Massage Therapist

6:45 - 9:00 A.M.

778-837-7040 or lisa.shatzky@gmail.com

Artisan Square

604-947-9986

To advertise on the Health Page call 604-947-2442

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We l ove le lett ttee rs…Especially yours.

102 Cates Hill Corner, P.O. Box 130 Bowen, Island, B.C. V0N 1G0

TRANSPORTATION

TRANSPORTATION 810

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AUTO FINANCING

AUTO FINANCING

639 REAL ESTATE SERVICES • DIFFICULTY SELLING? •

Difficulty Making Payments?

No Equity? Penalty? Expired Listing?

We Buy Homes! No Fees! No Risk! www.GVCPS.ca / 604-786-4663

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RENTALS 706

APARTMENT/CONDO

For Sale: quality furniture - dining set, TV cabinet, buffet, end tables, 3 dr. metal file cabinet.

Garage Sale: lots of stuff 1601 Adams Rd. Sealeigh Park Sat. Sept. 7 starting at 10am

AUTO CREDIT - Guaranteed Auto Loan. Apply at: uapplyudrive.CA or Call toll free 1.877.680.1231

2 Bedroom $925.00 New Westminster 428 Agnes St. Clean and Quite, near Skytrain & Shopping Secured Parking & Extra Storage Incl. Heat & Hot Water N/S N/P Call Dan 604-306-9111

HUGE YARD SALE

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SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Minimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673 The Scrapper

Also; Spectacular 3 Acre Parcel at $390,000

CATHERINE SHAW

Family Dentist

.langleyautoloans.com 1.877.810.8649

FROM $140,000

604-947-9755

$550 Fltwd 1BDR/1 BTH. N/S, N/P Incl util. and internet. No ldry or cbl.

Avail. Oct 1st. Call 604-916-7682

WE BUY HOUSES! Older House • Damaged House Moving • Estate Sale • Just Want Out • Behind on Payments Quick Cash! • Flexible Terms!

CALL US FIRST! 604-657-9422

PRIME LAKEVIEW LOTS

BOWEN ISLAND WELLNESS CENTRE

Dr. Gloria Chao

Lisa Shatzky

• Island Village SongCircle: September 16, 7 to 9 p.m., Bowen Court, call Shasta or Brian at 604-947-2283 or email shasta@ rhythmkeepers.ca.

Dr. Utah Zandy 604-947-9830 CALL FOR APPOINTMENT OPEN MONDAY, WEDNESDAY & FRIDAY

Dr. Dana Barton

Naturopathic Physician

• ECCA Eagle Cliff Community Association Annual General Meeting: September 28, 1:30 p.m., Collins Hall.

• Classical concert at Wonderland: September 15, 3:30 p.m., Call BIAC at 604-947-2454 or see www.biac.ca.

604.288.2860 250.726.8080

ON COWAN RD. (Just past Willy's Way)

• Run for Terry: September 15, 11:30 a.m. registration Collins Hall.

REAL ESTATE

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

JAMES GOLDFARB R.M.T

• MADD fundraiser: September 20, Bowen Island Pub, tickets ($20) available at the pub.

• Free the Cuban 5: Film and guest presenter, September 15, 4 p.m. Cates Hill Chapel. More at freethe5vancouver.ca.

• NA Meeting: Open meeting, 7:30 p.m. Cates Hill Chapel.

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

• B. I. Fibre Arts Guild’s Harvest Tea and Sale: September 14, 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tea tickets available at 0333 or at the door.

HEALTH & WELLNESS

TRANSPORTATION 810

AUTO FINANCING

DreamTeam Auto Financing “0” Down, Bankruptcy OK Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals

1-800-961-7022

www.iDreamAuto.com DL# 7557

Sat. Sept. 7 - 10am to 3pm 2nd one this summer MANY NEW ITEMS!!!!

Furniture, glass shelving, framed artwork, electrical, plumbing and building supplies. Clothing and collectibles. Great Prices! Everything must go! No Early Birds.

Park on road please.

1372 Mount Gardner Road

LANCE’S RECYCLING I’ll pick up your recycling and deliver to BIRD for $25/load.

Kindling $20/box at Building Centre.

CALL 947-2430

The Gallery @ Artisan Square Presents Abstract Matters Aug 7 - Sept 8 Gallery Hours Fri to Mon 10am-5pm

WWW.BOWENISLANDUNDERCURRENT.COM

There were lots of smiles on the faces of children and parents alike on the Bowen Island Community School’s playground on the first day of school. Islanders see the start of the fall term as a time to reconnect with friends and make plans for the coming school year.

Debra Stringfellow photos

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