Bowen Island Undercurrent May 27 2016

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Spring festival and medieval market come to the cove

Affordable housing solution moves forward LOUISE LOIK EDITOR

Council has taken a step closer to allowing increased density over all parts of the island designated as a residential zone. At the Committee of the Whole meeting on Tuesday council was moving as quickly as possible to tackle the problem of more affordable housing. A proposed solution to allow detached secondary buildings on properties was tabled in the form of a proposed Official Community Plan (OCP) and Land Use Bylaws Amendment.

The amendments to the current land use and OCP bylaws would allow for some densification, but would also set some restrictive regulations in place. Regulations would require that a secondary building be smaller than the main building and not exceed a total floor space of 90 square metres. A detached secondary suite would be allowed on any property a minimum of 0.4 hectares in size provided other construction criteria are met.

Some of the parameters include that there be only one detached secondary suite on a parcel.

There cannot be a detached secondary on the same lot where there is a secondary suite; a parcel containing a detached secondary suite shall not be permitted to operate a bed and breakfast as a home occupation or provide commer-

cial guest accommodation; and one off-street parking space must be provided for use by the tenant(s.)

There are guidelines for the secondary buildings that take into account the effect of another building with residents on the neighbours.

Permits for the buildings would be given out based on the proposed building plan following the guidelines. The idea is that the buildings maintain the neighbourhood character and minimize impact on adjacent neighbours. Guidelines cover layout and design to ensure unobtrusiveness for neighbours, stating that the location and orientation of decks, external stairs, doors, and balconies shall not be placed on the second storey of the side of the detached secondary suite that is closest to the adjacent neighbour’s property. Upper level windows facing adjacent neighbours’ property should be minimized.

There are also guidelines on landscaping and screening to ensure privacy. There are even guidelines for sustainability when designing for sun exposure and passive solar heating.

Councillor Sue Ellen Fast, on break between meetings, said she was pleased that council is responding to the requests of the community and addressing community needs. The Committee of the Whole will review the proposal and provide comments before it moves on to first reading.

A new proposal may be the solution for distillery LOUISE LOIK EDITOR

The supporters of Spring gather around the Greenman and the May Queen hoping to drive out the cold weather and make things green again. See more photos on page 7. LOUISE LOIK photo

The Copper Spirit Distillery owners thought they might be able to toast an agreement with council by now, but after yet another meeting they haven’t quite got the parking logistics sorted out.

Council had offered reduced parking provided a covenant on the building was accepted. The covenant would restrict hours of operation, among other things, and the business owners were unwilling to accept the offer.

As council scrambles to enable fresh development in the cove, they are also trying to man-

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Municipal Hall MEETING CALENDAR May 30, 2016 1:00 PM On-Island Composting Facility Working Group

Ö N OT I C E O F P U B L I C H E A R I N G NOTICE is hereby given that Bowen Island Municipal Council will hold a public hearing for the purpose of allowing the public to make representations on the following proposed bylaw:

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Bylaw No. 401, 2015 cited as “Bowen Island Municipality Land Use Bylaw No. 57, 2002 Amendment Bylaw No. 401, 2015”

All meetings are held in BIM Council Chambers unless otherwise noted.

Property tax payments for 2016 are due by Monday, July 4, 2016 at 4:30 PM. A 5% penalty will be added to total outstanding current 2016 taxes after the due date. An additional 5% penalty will be added to all unpaid current taxes after August 2, 2016.

Monday, May 30, 2016 7:00 PM Municipal Hall 981 Artisan Lane

May 30, 2016 7:00 PM Public Hearing

Ö 2016 P R O P E R T Y TA X E S

Bowen Island residents eligible for the Home Owner Grant can claim their grant through the BIM website at www.bimbc.ca

Subject Property: 933, 937, 941, & 945 Rivendell Drive, legally described as Lots 62, 64, 65, and 68 District Lot 489, Plan BCP 32677 Group 1, NWD.

Ö WE ARE HIRING Bowen Island Municipality is seeking a permanent full-time Roads Crewperson. The Crewperson will primarily be responsible for assisting with the maintenance of the Municipality’s road system as well as some additional labour tasks related to other Municipal infrastructure. This position will require that the crewperson interact in a courteous manner with the public and is based on 35 hours per week.

The purpose of Bylaw No. 401, 2015 is to rezone four parcels of land (933,937,941, & 945 Rivendell Drive) on Rivendell Drive from Comprehensive Development 2 (CD2) Zone (Cates Hill) Area 1 to Comprehensive Development 2 (CD2) Zone (Cates Hill) Area 1 (a). This zone exemption would allow the four lots to each be developed as two family dwelling (secondary dwelling), where one dwelling is a primary dwelling and one is a secondary (smaller dwelling). Overall maximum lot coverage and floor space will not be increased in this rezoning.

At the public hearing, all persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the proposed bylaw shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the proposed bylaw.

Copies of the proposed bylaw and any background material that may be considered by Bowen Island Municipal Council in respect of the proposed bylaws, may be inspected at Bowen Island Municipal Hall, 981 Artisan Lane, Bowen Island, BC between the hours of 8:30 AM and 4:30 PM, Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays, or on the BIM website at www.bimbc.ca Inquiries regarding the proposed bylaw may be directed to Daniel Martin, Island Community Planner at 604-947-4255 or by email at dmartin@bimbc.ca

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Christine Walker Human Resources Manager Bowen Island Municipality 981 Artisan Lane Bowen Island, BC V0N 1G2 Facsimile: 604-947-0193 E-mail: hr@bimbc.ca

Ö FIRE HALL OPEN HOUSE The Bowen Island Volunteer Fire Department would like to invite you and your family to the Annual Open House.

Saturday, June 4, 2016 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM Satellite Fire Hall 1421 Adams Rd ● ● ● ● ● ●

hot dogs, snacks and refreshments Smoke House simulation display Automobile-extrication display Fire extinguisher use and service presentation Bowen Emergency Amateur Radio Service (BEARS) exhibition Fire safety and emergency preparedness information

Fun for the whole family! Meet your BIVFD members and check out the Fire Hall, trucks and equipment.

Ö DOGS ON BEACHES Please ensure the community is able to enjoy our beaches as much as you and your dog. As per Bowen Island Municipality Dog Control bylaw, dogs are to be kept under control at all times while on public land which includes beaches.

For any questions regarding this or other bylaws, please contact Bylaw Services at 604 947-4255 or 604 328-5499.

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Nearly perfect plants for Bowen Island

WYNN NIELSEN CONTRIBUTOR

Most of us learn what plants thrive best in our Bowen gardens by experience – also called the school of hard knocks, the live and learn lesson, or just “the expensive way.” While the trial and error method will always be a time-honoured gardening method, understanding your specific site conditions and something of the characteristics, origin and needs of the plants you choose, will make the gardening experience more rewarding. And save you some money in the process.

Bowen is an island of micro-climates and these can differ greatly from the overall regional climate. The microclimates of a region are defined by the moisture, temperature and winds of the atmosphere near the ground, the vegetation, composition of the soil, and the latitude, elevation and season. We have a wide range of micro-climates on Bowen that allow us the opportunity to experiment with a broad spectrum of plants and plant communities. Our native soil(s) include sandy grit, chip rock shale, clay, hard pan and rich, hummus forest floor.

Collectively, we bring enough commercial garden soil to the island to build a peninsula to neighbouring Keats Island! Many in the community are looking at alternative ways to create soil “in situ” – with sustainable permaculture gardening methods. We need on-island composting on a larger scale to be truly authentic in the garden-waste-garden cycle. We are a very resourceful island of gardeners and we’ll get there, I’m sure.

I’ve been gardening on Bowen for 20 years, so I have a little more of that “trial and error” experience to draw from than many new gardeners or new-to-the island residents.

The plants profiled here are just a few personal favourites I use often in my designs and that I’ve found to be resilient and reliable in gardens around the island. Obviously with the caveat that they must be planted on sites suitable to their needs and characteristics. I’ve avoided naming any on B.C. invasive lists or known problem plants. I will say that some plants considered invasive in their environments of origin are often not so locally, as the conditions are not favourable to them.

Many of these thrive on well-drained slopes, in nutrient poor soils and full sun, but are not happy with our wet winters, so care must be taken to avoid winter puddling in planting pockets. It is wet winter feet rather than cold that kills many of our non-native garden plants. Other things to consider when planting is the presence of overhanging trees, thick ground mats of needles or deciduous leaves, or where

mature tree roots compete for water and nutrients. These are common problems for plants and the reason for many failures. Some, such as tender pink cistus and Spanish or French lavenders, may thrive at sea level or a protected warm wall, but not mid-island or higher elevations where winter frost and wet often do them in.

Rockery plants can thrive without watering in sun-baked rock walls once establishing deep roots. Leaves are great mulch but smaller groundcovers, heather and even small shrubs can be fatally smothered if they are allowed to accumulate.

As for deer, there are a few tricks for deterring these charming creatures from browsing and, in the case of males, damaging the trunks by rubbing in the fall. These include the “caging” of trees and shrubs, which is effective but definitely not esthetically pleasing, buying taller six foot plus trees and trimming branches/foliage above convenient nose level (deer are typically lazy browsers unless it’s apples or other tasty fruit), and protecting trunks from girdling by male deer using a narrow collar or sheath of wire close to the trunk (don’t forget to adjust for growth).

Other psychological aversion therapies include using deer spray (Bobbex) especially for newer gardens/planting (novelty tasting), planting desirable plants behind or within masses of less desirable ones, e.g. shrub in a bed of lavender or Artemisia (aversion technique), planting an appropriately shaped tree/shrub arching over a bluff or slope, in a stone wall, next to the dog house or otherwise difficult to reach location (accessibility challenge) to name a few, and, of course, our old standby – a fence. Deer will often nibble plants while young, then ignore them once mature. Plants frisky from the nursery full of water and fertilizer may be delectable – not so much after a year or so growing in our tough, dry mineral soils.

Don’t give up too soon, it often takes a couple of years to know for sure. Of course, there is little that will deter a hungry or thirsty deer (deer may browse plants as much for the moisture as for food). Keeping a bucket of water elsewhere on the property might help distract them.

So, this is a short selection of plants including a sampling of ones I’ve grown successfully in my own or clients’ gardens – including some less common ones for gardeners bored with the “Top 10” deer/drought choices who want to try something novel.

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tus, douglas and mugo pine, mahonia, sisirinchium, lingonberry, coastal strawberry, crabapple, deer, maidenhair and sword fern.

Some readers will invariably have a different experience with their deer eating, quite possibly, the very plants I’ve listed here as deer proof/resistant. There is no saying with deer – they have a mind, taste and palate of their own. They seem to have a regional “culinary culture” that differs from place to place. For example, deer eat the tips of native ferns on the south side of Bowen and not on the west side, why? Who knows! Let’s hope they don’t share vegetarian recipes.

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Tough decisions ahead The Bowfest Committee wants you to decide on the theme for Bowfest this summer. The choices are food, sports or wild west. If the early leader, food, is chosen, kids will barely be able to contain themselves. Community gardeners, dressed as spears of asparagus, could walk the parade route, tossing out salad samples. For the sports fans, the kids can come straight off the soccer and baseball fields and be part of the sports parade. No costumes needed. What could be easier? As for wild west, with all the Albertans on the island, it would be easy to find folks who know how to walk the route with a swagger and an oversized hat.

It’s a tough decision this year folks, but the excitement is tangible.

On a serious note, I’m so happy to say that the housing story evoked a response from some homeowners who have come forward with offers to rent their extra suites and guest houses to families looking for accommodation.

As the school year is winding down, I am gathering high school grad pictures for the June 17 edition. Please send a grad photo with a few words of inspiration by June 10. Email ads@ bowenislandundercurrent.com.

I hope you enjoy this week’s paper with its mix of politics and fun.

Louise

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Occasionally this one would pop his head up, look around and flip sides. photo LOUISE LOIK

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Luke and Rob started their growing affair in 2002 on an east-facing balcony in Yaletown where the sight of white strawberry and clematis against a backdrop of Mount Baker and Burrard Inlet brought them much joy. Still wondering why, in 2004, they brought their growing affair to Bluewater on Bowen Island where a half acre half blank canvas allowed them to create and experiment – one shovel at a time and, sometimes two, not sure if it was because of impatience or excitement.

Coming from very different climates, the Canadian Prairie and Southeast China, the two set their minds on finding plants from all corners of the earth that would thrive in the Pacific Northwest. Their first plant was the Chinese dove tree, which will take up to 15 years to bloom. This was followed by plants like the Katsura Japanese maple, the Spanish

fir, the giant Himalayan lily, the South American monkey puzzle and the Eurasian molly -the-witch, just to name a few.

To add life to their garden, the two hand-dug a 5,000-gallon pond that became the centrepiece. The growing affair then expanded from land to water as the pond gradually became home to dozens of koi, goldfish and rosey minnows and now sustains a sizeable population of the native redlegged frog, dragonflies and damselflies, as well as some unwelcome visitors such as the great blue heron, the king fisher, and recently, a river otter.

The garden features fragrance from flowering shrubs including wintersweet and witch hazel in the winter, the elegance of six magnolia varieties and over a dozen tree and herbaceous peony species in the spring, the towering and heavenly scented giant

Himalayan lily in the summer, and the vibrant colours of both Japanese and native maples in the fall. They have also enjoyed experimenting with year-round displays of structure, texture, form, and colour through various plant combinations.

After seven years, the giant Himalayan lily did bloom as anticipated, and patiently, the two continue to await the first blossom of the Chinese dove tree. Nonetheless, the growing affair happily continues ... still not sure why.

Everyone is welcome to Luke Wang and Rob Dufty’s Open Garden at 950 Windjammer Rd., on Sunday, May 29 from 1 to 3 p.m. There is a small entrance fee for non-members of the Garden Club that includes admission to all Open Gardens and other club activities, and can be purchased onsite.

Luke Wang and Rob Dufty

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Waterworks, roadwork, streetlights, speed bumps wanted I am writing to make comment on the ongoing issue of the “unsustainable” water system here on Bowen Island.

Perhaps the photos of water spewing from the hoses at the Legion car wash fundraiser just above the “News from Municipal Hall,” struck me as a bit ironic. Not that there is anything negative about the fundraiser, mind you. It was just seeing the water and just below the message. Actually, the situation is more serious than that, and it seems the elephant in the room here on the island. Many homes have extremely poor water quality, some are even worse, some no water at all!

The systems don’t seem very functional and there is not much mention of doing anything to alleviate the stress that will be placed on them with the increasing population. Yes! Like it or not Bowen Island is growing!

What does our leadership have in mind to keep a desirable, healthy and (wait for it) sustainable lifestyle available here?

There are many concerns

to be sure. But let’s just take the one right before us here.

Water! It was mentioned to the municipality verbally and in writing last summer that we ought to look into a water catchment incentive program. In fact all the details of such a program that is very successful on Vancouver Island was passed on to the municipality as well.

Nothing happened. When there was inquiry as to when it might be “discussed” the notion was that it should wait until next year (2016). Why not sooner? So that it could be in place when we could actually “catch” some water and have it available for the dry season? (insert sound of crickets here) That was the answer.

This is a beautiful place and should be cared for and treated with respect. So then should the leadership set an example of prioritizing proper maintenance of vital aspects of the health and safety of its residents. Don’t they work for us? Isn’t it our tax dollars that pay for their salaries and benefits? Do we really need so many munic-

ipal employees if the best we can get from them is yet another study? Is it sustainable to continue with studies that consume so much of the limited time and money available, yet do not approach the most basic of needs of Bowen’s inhabitants? Good water is necessary for everyone’s health. A master plan for transportation is fine. But maybe we should start with making the roads we have a little more safe by repairing and maintaining them where needed and providing some lighting on them?

Maybe we could put in some speed bumps on those routes where people notoriously speed. Reporting dangerous driving repeatedly has resulted in no action. We should not wait until someone hits something other than a power pole.

These are the sorts of things that will improve the quality of life here. Taking care of what you have is sustainability the old fashioned way.

Seems like a good place to start.

Wayne Tatlow

Big thank you from parents advisory council

It takes a lot to put on any event. The Annual Clothing Sale is no exception. The BI Community School Parent Advisory Council is very grateful to all the amazing volunteers who came out to make this year’s event a success.

First, thanks to the Bowen Children’s Centre for approaching us in the first place and allowing us to take it over this year.

Then came the organizing and early sorting team – Kara Chanarin, Alex Sinclair, Ily Allen, and Carrie Thiel. Volunteer co-ordinator Caroline Parker helped line up Lisa Marie Bhattacharya, Sam Knowles, Sasha Buchanan, Molly Chan-Heyes, Hilary Cassady and Natasha Laroche for further clothing sorting. Set up wouldn’t have been possible without support trucks and the man power of Jason Morton, Patrick Currah and Fairon Moore, along with additional set up help from Sara Skuce, Alex Sinclair, Lisa Marie Bhattacharya, Ann Walters, Sam Knowles, Sam Adkins, Diana Zwanenburg, Christoph Haase, Milena Toulias, Joseph Cooke, Sheila McBurney and Sherrie Pink.

On the day we had early morning set up help from Hilary Cassady along with Maya and Sienna Cassady. Sasha Buchanan and Kara Chanarin were on main cash, Ivan Thompson with Bethen Bedwell, Rose Brossard and Rowan Thompson on men’s/ teen’s cash. Clean up crew included trucks and man power from Theresa Taylor, Donna Kreutzer and Scott Slater, with additional help from Sherrie Pink, Alex Sinclair, Carrie Thiel, Kristin and Geoff Jarvis, and a very special thank you to Steve Bayley for loading his freight truck and taking the leftover

goods to a charity in the city.

This year we thought it might be fun to add a few more offerings. Facepainting was popular, thanks to Emily Van Lidth De Jeude. Organizing and running a barbecue and ice cream cone stand was Shawn Cole and Duy Son. The added bonus donation of cupcakes came from Burle Konopa and Jess Skett of The Sweet Stand. And then, there was the entertainment. This was an opportunity for budding young musicians to take the mic and share their talent. Big thank you to Matt Maxwell for the loan and set up of the PA system, along with Cindy Fairbanks providing the piano and microphone from BICS. We heard from members of the BICS choir, Makena Coker, Zeyah Smolar, Tiger Smolar, Cassidy Smolar, Tyler Matsen and the North Shore Celtic Ensemble. Special thanks to Cindy Fairbanks for organizing the BICS choir, Rina Freed and Brienne Powers for organizing the North Shore Celtic Ensemble.

What a treat to have such a line up of talented young people to entertain the shoppers and passersby.

We hope everyone enjoyed themselves and got a good bargain on some new (to you) items of clothing. Thanks for also contributing to the Bowen Island Food Bank. So many people benefit from this fundraiser! I am so glad the BICS Parent Advisory Committee was able to continue the tradition this year. I had one Bowen newcomer tell me they had heard of the Annual Clothing Sale before they even moved here! Now that’s an event worth keeping going! See you next year!

Carrie Thiel BICS PAC co-chairwoman

The days of childhood and summer: With the first long weekend of summer, there’s nothing like a combination of riding bikes and eating ice cream. Emma manages to do both at the same time on the boardwalk. photo LOUISE LOIK

First Credit Union continues its evolution On April 30, the terms of reference for the Bowen Island Advisory Committee for the Bowen Island branch of First Credit Union expired.

During our strategic planning in the fall of 2015, the members of this committee agreed to allow for the expiration and replace Bowen’s stand-alone board.

This latest step is just a reflection of the evolving branch on Bowen that opened its doors in June of 2007.

At that time, the ambassadorship of these community members was invaluable and necessary to bring the mes-

sage of banking on Bowen, banking in your own backyard, and how a co-operative financial institution benefits the community of Bowen Island to its residents.

Now, some nine years later, we are a branch of 1,800 members, nine staff, and $43 million in assets.

The need for volunteers to bring the message to the community has diminished to the point where it was decided that we would go it alone with our representative board headquartered in Powell River.

So, on behalf of First Credit Union, and from

me and my staff personally, I would like to extend my heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to all members that stood on our Bowen board of directors and later our advisory committee.

I cannot name them all in this space, but those that stood when the decision was made were among our longest serving and most giving of their time and expertise.

Thank you Murray Atherton, Alison Morse, Cro Lucas, Peter Matthews and Peter Rankin and to all those that came before you.

Kevin Manning Branch manager

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Bowen house fire snuffed out quickly Morning blaze may have been sparked by button cell batteries

LOUISE LOIK EDITOR

The aftermath of a fire that lasted only a few minutes. KELLY VOYER photo

Kelly Voyer did what so many people do with batteries. She opened a blister pack of batteries, the button cell type that you find in watches, hearing aids, and greeting cards. The pack burst open, sending the batteries flying.

She grabbed what she needed and tossed the rest into a plastic bag in a basket and went upstairs. Fifteen minutes later, she heard what she says sounded like fireworks.

By the time she got downstairs, her house was on fire.

“This was a serious fire,” said Voyer on Tuesday morning, a couple hours after the fire. “There was a column of fire eight feet tall by three feet wide.”

She called her husband who raced back from the ferry line to Eaglecliff Road.

Within a few short minutes he had used up the entire contents of a fire extinguisher on the flames. The firefighters arrived within minutes of the explosions, but damage was done.

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black you couldn’t see into the house through the windows,” says the homeowner.

Voyer was shocked when the fire was out “to find the batteries that had been in the basket had exploded out and were now 15 feet away, on the floor.”

Voyer says that the interior of her home is covered in soot, and there is an acrid smell clinging to everything.

“The worst part is that I lost a painting in the fire that my daughter, who is an artist, painted.”

Voyer adds that she lost so little, but it makes her think of Fort McMurray.

“I can’t imagine what it’s like for the people there, the people who lost everything.”

The Voyers and the Bowen Island Fire Department were able to act quickly to stop this fire because there was someone at home at the time of the explosions – otherwise they might not have been so lucky.

Though the cause of the fire had yet to be confirmed at press time, Voyer is positive that the batteries caused the fire.

“I want people to know about how dangerous it is to store batteries together, or recycle them in a pile.”

Voyer points out that there are numerous regulation regarding transport of button batteries.

One company that recycles batteries states: “Special consideration should be taken to ensure all primary lithium “button” cell batteries have their positive terminals taped prior to recycling. We recommend taping both the positive and negative terminals by simply placing a sin-

gle piece of tape around the top and bottom of the button cell covering both terminal ends.

Aside from the various button cell sizes, there are the more common AAA, AA, C, D and 9-volt varieties. All of these batteries should have their positive terminals taped before recycling.

Transport Canada states that lithium batteries are dangerous goods, much like gasoline, propane, and sulphuric acid.

“While most lithium batteries are safe, some have overheated and caught fire.

Once ignited, they can cause any nearby batteries to overheat and catch fire. These fires are difficult to put out and produce toxic and irritating fumes.”

Lithium batteries are in computers, watches, musical birthday cards, and in the case in the Voyer home, in a string of twinkle lights.

Not all batteries are as volatile as button batteries, but batteries have been known to explode and cause fires even when installed in computers and cameras and not piled on top of each other in a drawer or basket.

“I just want people to know about storing batteries so it doesn’t happen to anyone else,” says Voyer.

One safety suggestion for storing batteries includes storing the more concerning types of batteries in containers that aren’t metal, which conducts heat and electricity.

Another would be to get a fire extinguisher and smoke alarm and make certain they are both in good working order.

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The fire left a layer of soot throughout the house.

The Bowen Island Fire Department was there in a flash to put out the fire, signing off on their work.

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Seasons face off in an epic battle at annual festival LOUISE LOIK EDITOR

With sunny spring weather, there was little chance that the ritual battle between the seasons would be an even match. With warm weather bathing the crowds, the annual Green Man Festival drew hundreds to watch the faceoff between the Frost Queen and the Green Man. The May Queen stood by as the Green Man, with his sprouts gathered around, recited a poetic challenge to the Frost Queen of Winter to go away and let spring begin.

Hear me, O cruel Frost Queen, ruler of winters dark and mean.

I’m here with my Buds a-growing, to assert my power in this Isle of Bowen.

Hear my words addressed to thee, for this is my will; so must it be.

Hear me now, this charge I lay: release the summer this very day!

The Green Man went head-to-head in a victorious battle against the Frost Queen, who was banished until the fall. LOUISE LOIK photos

The seasons battle it out in the form of the Green Man, Graham Ritchie, and the Ice Queen, Tina Nielsen.

A fairy crossing that’s on time for the parade.

The May Queen, Maggie Menzies, awaits the outcome of the pagan ritual battle between winter and spring.

Shah holds his baby sister Frankie as he waits for the Green Man parade to make its way toward the battlefield where winter and spring will face off. Shah is cheering for winter.

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Music as a career and lifelong passion LOUISE LOIK EDITOR

Elaine Taylor has listened to the same notes played in the same order, year after year, student after student, and yet her passion for teaching piano has never wavered.

In between repeats of “My Dog Spike,” Taylor also gets to help musicians through complicated performances, achieving a musicality that ranks some of her students among the musically gifted. Hundreds of pianists, some with undiscovered potential, some in full musical flight, and some with a begrudging compliance, have sat beside Elaine Taylor over the last 18 years of teaching piano on Bowen.

“Whether they are five or 25, I love feeling the excitement of the student, and all the good energy from parents and the community,” she says.

Taylor is one of the island’s more familiar faces and names.

She’s either taught you, your kid or a bunch of people you know, putting in endless hours to accommodate as much demand as possible. Long weekends, evenings, early mornings, Taylor makes herself available for her 80 or so students that range in age from young children to seniors.

“Teaching brings me a constant source of delight. I love to hear the stories and watch the intellectual development,” she says.

Taylor started teaching piano after getting her piano teaching diploma in Grade 12. “Never did I think I’d be teaching piano for the rest of my life,” says Taylor.

She also used her finely trained ear to study linguistics.

She worked her way through both a masters and a doctoral program before beginning work as a high school teacher.

“I found that university was easier than music. Music has to be presented at a high level just to be listenable. It demands some form of excellence.”

She adds that she loved teaching high school and being part of a larger institution, she preferred the one-to-one relationships she developed as a piano teacher. At 27 she was working full time as a teacher, with 30 piano students that she taught after working all day.

She eventually decided to teach music exclusively with students in Vancouver. When she moved to the island she continued to commute to see her town students, and then took on island customers, driving to each student for at-home lessons

Elaine Taylor, in the photo below and above with student Rhys Manning, has a studio in Artisan Square. She has been teaching piano on the island for 18 years. LOUISE LOIK photos until she eventually opened her studio. She credits Barbara Murray, a fellow piano teacher, for being a mentor as she got oriented on the island.

Taylor quickly figured out that island kids face a challenge of great time constraints because of commuting and their broad range of interests. To get anywhere with their lessons Taylor suggests that students need to practice one-and-a-half to two hours a day.

“It’s tough for them to make that commitment,” says Taylor.

But she says there’s no way around the need to practice.

“Talent without practice amounts to nothing. Piano is extraordinarily complex with left and right brain activity.” She adds that kids typically don’t practice as much as necessary without parental support. “It’s hard for a kid to self-direct.”

The musical mentor says that her grandparents were key to her own engagement with music. “ My grandmother

taught me to read music at three years old, and my grandfather inspired a love of music.

I sang with them, had a song and dance repertoire I did with them. My life was an opera. My life was sound. Maybe to make up for my vision,” she says.

She explains that she has problems with her eyes and that music was her entry into the world. “I loved to immerse my self in sound. It made me feel connected to everyone,” she says.

Taylor says that even though she loved performing for her grandparents, she never had the urge to pursue a career as a performer. “I had no drive to perform as a career. It was for me, my private pleasure.”

She felt very attached to her paternal grandparents who were from the east coast and was curious about other relatives she’d never met. When her dad became sick a few years ago, she decided to go east and connect with family so

that she could bring the stories back to father. She went to her grandfather’s birthplace. She flew to Montreal then rented a car and headed east, exploring the Cabot Trail, went on to PEI, Halifax and then flew to Newfoundland. She found the grave of her forebears that went back a few generations. The trip was “full and exhaustive,” she says.

It was quite magical as she met lots of musical relatives. “There was a real resonance,” she says.

She felt a sense of comfort in being able to connect with relatives for her own interest and on behalf of her dad.

He was delighted to hear family stories and updates on relatives he left behind a long time ago. Taylor did a return trip last year taking a second rare break from her time teaching music, though Taylor never leaves it completely behind.

Out east, she was in the thick of local musicians and musical gatherings. Music will always be a part of her life.

Taylor says that she finds music fascinating on a number of levels.

“To tune in and isolate sound is a valuable skill. And listening to music creates changes in breathing, and stress hormones,” says Taylor.

“The power of music is incredible.” She refers to “deep listening” as a wonderful way to “experience the world in an auditory mode.” Taylor says playing piano is also a way for kids to develop authentic patience for listening in a visually stimulating world.

Taylor concludes: “It’s great having older kids who wouldn’t quit piano for anything. My goal is to get them to build up to a usable base so they can entertain themselves at the piano. After almost two decades of teaching piano on the island Taylor still says that “it’s gratifying to see the kids rush in, knowing it will serve them, even if they are only exposed to it for a couple years.”

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Seaside Market goes medieval for a day

The Seaside Market adopted a medieval theme as part of the Green Man Festival, complete with costumes, music and crafts. photos LOUISE LOIK

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White Swan Orchard helps root the community spirit

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A small team of gardeners have been working with other volunteers since January to get a community orchard ready for planting. Last weekend the work came to fruition. With alders cleared from the agricultural land at the southeast end of Grafton Lake, the public orchard, newly named White Swan Orchard, is now fully planted with 100 apple, cherry and pear trees.

Orchardists John and Josephine Riley selected and sourced the trees, harboured many of the plants at their own orchard on Westside Road over the winter.

The Rileys have one of the most diverse orchards in the country and one of the largest apple tree collections in North America. It was John and Josephine who suggested the name for the orchard, recalling the swans that used to live on

the lake during the early days of island settlement.

As families of gardeners arrived on Saturday to plant a tree, watering the roots bucket by bucket, there was a sense of shared ownership and bonding. The trees will serve as living reminder of community spirit at Grafton Lake.

Hundreds of books snapped up by avid readers at book sale LOUISE LOIK

Ian Thomson (above left), John Mitts (centre), and Jessica Mitts and a friend from Alberta (above right) were all on hand to help plant the community orchard.

Orchardist John Riley works at the orchard with developer John Reid in the photo top right. photos LOUISE LOIK

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Parking issue stalls talks; land lease part of new plan from PAGE 1 age the challenges of more people, more businesses, more water, and more cars. In this case, the parking has been the stumbling block. Unable to supply more than one parking stall on their property, the Kabanstovs tried to get by with two stalls and a shuttle and then tried to lease parking from another land owner in the cove prior to the previous council meeting.

At that point council decided to offer a parking variance with a restrictive covenant. The Kabantsovs were not interested. This morning, they had another idea.

Though 10 parking spots are required for the business, the owners wanted the parking demands reduced to two spots. Council held firm and after today’s meeting, it looks like owners Miguel and Candice Kabanstovs have a solution. They will lease land from another business owner for parking, and are offering to replace the 35-person lounge with two to three rental units or with additional storage space for the distillery that would reduce the number of people within the establishment who might want parking. For either option, the owners want a reduction in parking requirements from 10 to six.

Right now, Miguel says he can’t even begin to think about business plans.

“I just need to get building,” he says.

He is dispirited by the slow progress, no pun intended. The challenge to develop a site on an island with limited resources, which includes parking, adds a heavy layer of business challenge for the Copper Spirit Distillery Ltd., and any other development in the cove but it would appear that an agreement is within sight.

Coming from the Ukraine, Miguel says he has plans to produce vodka, along with gin and whisky. He jokes that he comes by his interest in liquor naturally, as his father came from Russia and his mother came from Mexico, countries famous for vodka and tequila. The businessman, whose partner is his wife Candice, says “it’s a personal interest. I learned about distilling as a hobby.”

He says that in addition to his core products he may add some fruit liqueurs made from local produce, but right now “it’s hard to think that far ahead.”

The provincial law allowing production of alcohol in small-batch distilleries, enacted four years ago, has lead to a fast-growing industry.

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James Goldfarb RMT BC#05279 Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon Call 604-288-2860 text 250-726-8080 www.bodyvitality.ca

Dr. Dana Barton

Naturopathic Physician

CALL FOR APPOINTMENT OPEN TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS

604-730-1174

Dr. Gloria Chao

Mary Coleman

Family Dentist

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Alternate Fridays 10am - 4:30pm

604-947-2442

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Artisan Square 604-947-0734

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596 B. Artisan Square Natural Family Medicine MSW, RSW

778-233-4425 Docs on the Bay and Bowen Island Compassion minded counselling to grow wellbeing in the midst of serious illness, loss and grief.

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SANDY LOGAN Registered Physiotherapist

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Life Labs Tue @ Dr. Schloegl Thur @ Dr. Zandy

Just Call 811

6:45am - 8:45am

for non-emergency advice and help.

For routine lab tests.

Specialized tests & children may be referred to the mainland.