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Fentanyl
Public information night on Bowen
The long-table dinner
A magical evening of food and community on Bowen Island
Peter King lets go of Bowen’s bus service
Peter King (behind) and Bowen Island Transit drivers (from left) Murray Nosek, Robin Butler, Pam Mitts, Richard Goth and Hal DeGrace on the 15th anniversary of the service. Meribeth Deen, photo
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Olivia Harding with the updated and original versions of her Rockridge Survival Guide. Meribeth Deen, photo
Guide book helps Bowen kids navigate first year at Rockridge MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
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raduating grade sevens from Bowen Island face the leap into the world of high school alongside a commute across Howe Sound and suddenly being thrown in to a much wider social circle. Olivia Harding says she found this transition particularly challenging, given her first year at Rockridge High School started late, due to a teacher’s strike. After a year of experience though, she had a few tips to pass on to her younger cousin, Ryan. Now, those tips, compiled in a booklet she called “The Rockridge Survival Guide,” have been edited and re-compiled for the benefit of all the Bowen student’s heading to Rockridge for the first time. The booklet contains dos (read at least one book from the library, do things because you like them not just because your friends are doing them) and don’ts (sit in the middle of the hallway during lunch, other students will find it annoying to step over you) as well as tips on how to open your locker, find your classes, organize your work, find the right buses, and how to navigate the first day of school. There’s also an exclusive survival list, just for Bowen kids.
Highlights include the advice to not miss the bus (because you’ll miss the ferry too – and most of your teachers will have never taken the ferry so they won’t understand when you roll into class at 10am); bring stuff even if you’re not sure you’ll need it (because your parents won’t be able to run stuff to you that you forgot at home) and always have $20 in your pocket so that if you find yourself stuck, you can take a cab from Caulfield to Horseshoe Bay. In an interview, Harding told The Undercurrent that her number one piece of advice for kids entering high school is to be optimistic. “It’s not the end of the world, its just high school,” she says. “Everyone goes through it.” Harding adds that kids from the city are used to meeting kids from other schools and having friends come in and out of their lives, whereas Bowen kids have known their whole class since kindergarten. “Rockridge is a pretty welcoming space so it’s not too intimidating,” she says. “Bowen kids do tend to stick together. Relationships change in high school, I’ve seen a lot of friendships bend and twist but they don’t break. For the kids who grew up on Bowen, old friendships are like a backbone.”
The contract for running the TransLink buses on Bowen Island expires at the end of December. In keeping with standard practices, TransLink has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for potential service providers. This year, however, the man who created the Bowen Island bus service is not bidding on the contract. “It’s very hard to let go of this, it’s like losing a child,” says Peter King. “But there was an incident where a representative from First Transit boarded one of my buses and spoke to the driver. When he got off, he had a coffee with someone from TransLink. It is very inappropriate and just leaves me feeling like I know which way the wind is blowing.” King says things have not been going his way in terms of the relationship with TransLink since 2012. “In the fall of 2012, they brought in Coast Mountain Bus Company’s procedures. Now, that just doesn’t make sense. You can’t run a company made up of seven people the same way you run a company of more than 3000,” says King. “We make $80 profit at the end
of every day, do we really need a third party coming in to count the fares?” King first started the bus service on Bowen Island in May, 1999 after what he describes as 10 years of groveling to the Vancouver Regional Transit Commission and BC Transit. “I credit Don Bellamy, a former councilor in Vancouver, for helping to shift things in the right direction at a critical moment,” says King. “And also, former islander Richard Littlemore was instrumental in getting things rolling.” Since its beginning, Bowen’s bus service has run in three-year chunks, followed by two one-year extensions. King says he was hoping to get the next one year extension starting in 2017 and in that time, to bring Pam and Steve Mitts up to speed on running the service so they could bid on the contract the following year. “My greatest fear is that the bus service goes to an off-island company that is looking at it strictly in financial terms,” he says. “It’s a service not a business. This thing will never make money, it’s not designed to.” King says he plans to continue offering his charter service as well as the express bus to downtown Vancouver.
Alternative energy on the curriculum
Solar panels installed on school roof
MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
A technician from Terra Tek Energy solutions installed an array of solar panels on the roof of Bowen Island Community School (BICS) just in time for the new school year. The 30 panel, 7.95 kW array will produce roughly enough energy to power the average home on Bowen Island, and an estimated 2 – 3 percent of the school’s energy requirements. The panels will give
students the opportunity to learn about renewable energy first hand. “The data about how much energy the panels are producing, and how much energy we are consuming will be collected and displayed in real time on a kiosk in the BICS library,” says Principle Scott Slater. “This fits into our science and environmental curriculum in so many ways, but also into one of the pillars of the BC curriculum which is contributing to the community and caring for the envi-
ronment.” The BICS installation is part of a program called Solar Now that aims to put solar panels on prominent public buildings in Vancouver in order to raise awareness. Funds from the Knick Knack Nook, the Bowen Island Community Foundation and the North Growth Foundation covered the cost of the project. The school will be hosting a community launch for the panels on the afternoon of September 16.
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The Orchard to host public meeting on Fentanyl MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
“This drug is pervasive,” says Reverend Shelagh MacKinnon of Fentanyl. “At the Orchard, we are seeing clients die in relapses. It’s affecting people across the spectrum. A sixteen year old recently died in Starbucks of a Fentanyl overdose. How much worse can it get? We need to be talking about it.” British Columbia declared a public health emergency on the drug in April, after more than 200 overdose deaths in three months. Bowen Islanders are concerned and have been approaching MacKinnon to talk about it. This is the impetus behind an upcoming public meeting hosted by the Orchard Recovery Centre (where MacKinnon is a spiritual advisor) at Collins Hall on Fentanyl. Lorinda Strang, the executive director and co-founder of The Orchard, says that this meeting will cover topics such as how to talk to your kids, and where to go for help. “This meeting is happening just following Recovery Day BC, which is taking place in New Westminster on Saturday,” says Strang. “The focus of Recovery Day is offering people hope, and we want to give the same message: people can and do recover. We want to make sure that people know where they can find the appropriate resources.” Strang said that roughly five years ago The
Orchard started finding Fentanyl regularly in people’s systems during the drug testing required upon entry into the facility. “We had to test for it because it Fentanyl reacts with one of the other drugs we use to help people get off heroine. People would not mention Fentanyl when we’d ask them about their top three substances of concern and they’d be completely shocked to hear they had taken it,” says Strang. “But it is being mixed with everything: heroin, cocaine, cannabis... People are a little more aware of that now.” She says that The Orchard has also seen people who have been prescribed Fentanyl for a broken bone, and become addicted very quickly. “Before long they are manipulating doctors in order to get more of it,” Strang says. “People need to take responsibility for that, and not blame the doctor. Things are changing now with more awareness and doctors offering more warnings before prescribing the drug.” She adds that when talking to their kids, parents must be real and honest about the fact that when they are partying and using drugs recreationally, they are playing Russian roulette. Monday evening’s 6:30 pm meeting at Collins Hall will feature Lorinda Strang along with Dr. Launette Reib from the Orchard and RCMP Cpl. Paulo Arreaga.
New Christie Grace album a celebration of healing MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
Christie Grace.
Bowen Island singer and jewelry designer Christie Grace will celebrate the release of her third album, Golden Thread, on September 17th with a special concert at the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s Pyatt Hall Grace says it was just as she was ready to start recording the album that “all hell broke loose.” There was a root canal that went wrong, an infection that poisoned her system, and uncertainty about whether she would ever be able to sing again. “I persevered with the sup-
port of family, friends and my medical team,” she says. “This album release is really a celebration of being out the other side.” The album itself, made up of 13 jazz-pop songs, and Grace says it was always intended to be about healing. “Its lifespan is a total of six years. When I actually started recording three years ago it was a slow and painful process. I retreated, I cocooned. It’s a lifetime healing story,” she says. . “It’s about revisiting life’s greatest and darkest moments to achieve an inner peace as we move through this beautiful and surprising world.”
Expect detours from Horseshoe Bay, September 10 MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
The RBC GranFondo Whistler cycling event will disrupt traffic for people travelling through Horseshoe Bay on the morning of Saturday, September 10. The east bound lanes of the Upper Levels Highway will be closed
to traffic from Horseshoe Bay to Taylor Way from 6:00 am to 9:30 am. Trucks disembarking from these sailings that are more than 20m in length and 40,000 Kg GVW or more heading eastbound will be held on Highway 1 at Exit 0 until 9:30 am. Drivers of these commercial vehicles may consider taking an alternate sailing.
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NOTICE OF 2016 TAX SALE Pursuant to section 403 of the Local Government Act, the following properties will be offered for sale by public auction to be held at 10:00 am in the Council Chambers, Bowen Island Municipal Hall, 981 Artisan Lane, Bowen Island, BC on Monday, September 26, 2016. The following properties will be included in the Sale unless delinquent taxes, plus interest, are sooner paid.
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Lot: 42, Block: 6, Plan:11393, District Lot: 490
009-079-882
35036
Lot: 18, Block: B E F, Plan:13685, District Lot: 492
008-038-619
35210
Lot: 105, Block: B E F, Plan:13685, District Lot: 492
008-040-273
Lot: 48, Block: , 4187340 Plan: BCP43265, 028-132-513 District Lot: 1548
Civic Address
Upset Price
1133 LENORA $11,495.65 RD 1540 TUNSTALL BLVD
$7,398.68
1577 WHITE $8,130.71 SAILS DR
1835 CAPE DR
$12,368.69
Lot: 6 AM, Block: , 1152 MILLER 4934000 Plan: 6767, 010-822-631 RD District Lot: 1628
$8,856.67
Lot: B, Block: , 1178 MILLER 4945020 Plan:13818, 008-017-549 RD District Lot: 1628
$6,319.93
NOTICE TO PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS Any person upon being declared the successful bidder must immediately pay by cash or certified cheque a minimum of not less than the upset price. Failure to pay this amount will result in the property promptly being offered for sale again. Any balance must be paid by cash or certified cheque by 4:00 pm the same day. Failure to pay the balance will result in the property being offered for sale again at 10:00 am the following day. Bowen Island Municipality makes no representation express or implied as to the condition or quality of the properties being offered for sale. Prospective purchasers are urged to inspect the properties and make all necessary inquiries to municipal and other government departments, and in the case of strata lots to the strata corporation, to determine the existence of any bylaws, restrictions, charges or other conditions which may affect the value or suitability of the property. Purchasers are further advised that properties sold at tax sale are subject to a redemption period of one year whereby the registered property owner or registered charge holder may redeem their property sold at tax sale by paying the upset price plus applicable interest. The purchase of a tax sale property is subject to tax under the Property Transfer Tax Act on the fair market value of the property.
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Dear council: Please do nothing Dear Editor, If I read this correctly, mayor and council are attacking the housing problem, or at least the portion created by the abuse of B&B rules, by enforcing the noise bylaw!? Was it not being enforced before, and what percentage of B&B offenders were inappropriately noisy? I’m not seeing anything here that gives me confidence that council’s highest priority is community health. I see instead timid actions perhaps based on fear of making a mistake, that are worse than doing nothing. Please do nothing so that you can stop making yourself look worse than by doing mindless somethings. Richard Best
Celebration a huge success thanks to support Dear Editor, We wanted a celebration that would be remembered, to create some magic, for something delicious and beautiful and fun for the community. All our wishes came true. Bowen Heritage started 25 years ago as a result of the demolition of two cottages. The same issue is facing us again. We have not succeeded in saving all the cottages and putting them to good use, but not for lack of trying. The challenge remains but how to create awareness and get some support? A party – focus and get people talking. We couldn’t afford a booze cruise on a boat, or a dance hall with a swing band. Then Murray Atherton posted a photograph and it had traction. We had a gorgeous location with space for tables. Metro very generously agreed to rent tents, tables and chairs. Matt Matheson and Will Hayes said they wanted to work together to create the food. Summers are outrageously busy for food events but we found a date – except Will’s firstborn was scheduled for early August. He had to drop out. Christophe Langlois, Park Hefflefinger and Brad OvenallCarter stepped up. Julie Cree agreed to stage manage and thank god for that! With fed-
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eral grants, Bowen Heritage was able to hire two students. This event could never have happened without their help. Just to mention the start of their long list of responsibilities, Marion Arnott’s parents’ church loaned the china, cutlery and linens and Lindsey Curtis found the photo we used on our advertising. No one predicted the event to sell out in four days. Bam! Between Julie, Marion, Lindsey and myself, we planned every inch and moment of the event from arriving at the site with lanterns and lights in a proscenium arch, to photo collages of our activities over 25 years lined up to usher everyone into our museum where some incredibly generous raffle gifts were on display, to the “kitchen”
where the chefs and sous-chefs finalized their magic (having chopped and prepped for at least two days). While the amuse-bouche was made ready, Lisa Battacharya’s blackberry kefir water was mixed with some bubbly for the new Bowen Kefir Royale cocktail. Sujinder Junega used his amazing contacts and palate to find some great wines from Evolve Cellars in Summerland, and Pernille Nielsen organized the bar for the opening act. The veggies were grilling while the appetizers were delivered on six-foot cedar planks – Christophe’s idea for a wow delivery! The chefs created a menu that was locally sourced: the fig vinegar was from Aubin van Berckel, the honey was from
Ian Kennard, the salads, cherries, beans, eggplants, corn, onions, garlic, lavender, nasturtiums, everything, was grown on Bowen (except the beef and coconut). The Rossi Gang musicians also have a Bowen connection with IPS. Everyone has been incredibly generous – huge discounts and loans. Basia pulled our fat out of the fire a couple of times, notably wine glasses at the last minute that I had forgotten to confirm! Natasha, Tracey, Noemie, Fanny and Amandine were your smiling acrobatic servers. Tim Hausch (what a champ!) came in with his cherry picker and bent over backwards, literally, with me down below saying, “Over that way a touch, no there, well maybe there.” Rob Duft
and Mark Groen did the lights and lanterns. Catherine Epp, Sarah Haxby, Lindsey Curtis and Adele Therias welcomed everyone and helped sell raffle tickets. Rod Harding and Erik James were the Metro crew who helped set up and clean up. Elena Waldman and Maria Steernberg washed a mountain of dishes and Lary Waldman did laundry. Marina, our mascot, helped sell memberships. And then there was you: our guests. Your generosity, happiness, compliments and photographs have been outstanding. There is much to be thankful for. I hope I haven’t forgotten anyone. Best of all, most was done with smiles and happiness. I was the only grouchy, fussy, fretting, tired and sore Grinch – but in the end, you all made me smile. Not sure I would do it again, but very happy we pulled it off. More photos (including a drone flyover!) will be on our website (bowenheritage.org) although without help it might take me forever! Bottom line: please join our organization. Numbers matter as we can hire students, pay for events, organize more support for our work with Metro to save the cottages, install more art and meet more of you. Huge thanks! Judi Gedye
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Support, planning bring Garden Gateway to life BOWEN ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION CONTRIBUTOR
By now, most of you have seen the new additions to the Cove in the form of the USSC building and the adjoining Garden Gateway. The Garden Gateway sprung up seemingly overnight in July, but the groundwork for this community amenity was laid in the fall of 2014 when the Bowen Island Community Foundation chose the Garden Gateway Initiative to receive a $15,000 Community Impact Grant. This project was selected because it was so closely aligned with the foundation’s priorities of civic pride, community gathering places and environment. Holly Graff submitted the proposal for the Garden Gateway project, which was inspired by the widening of the walkway between the ferry waiting area and the cenotaph, and also by the Bowen Island Community Foundation’s “Vital Conversations” workshop. During the workshop, the idea of civic pride came up in the context of beautifying the Cove. Graff thought this would be a perfect idea to submit as a grant proposal. The overall vision was for this area to be a more welcoming space that would encourage vibrant in-
teraction among residents and visitors alike. The project needed a charity sponsor in the appeal for funding to the Bowen Island Community Foundation, and Bowen Heritage came on board with their support. With no expense to Bowen taxpayers, the project aimed to beautify the entrance to the Cove and create a community gathering place. Graff then set to work with architect James Tuer and garden designer Wynn Nielsen to craft a plan. She also started
a conversation with municipal CAO Kathy Lalonde about how to implement a project on municipal land. After appearing before council a number of times and working through municipal pathways, Graff solicited additional donations from Bowen Island Properties and the International Buddhist Society, along with in-kind contributions from Bowenshire Stonework & Landscaping. The USSC incorporated into their new adjacent building, at no charge, features that will
help irrigate the garden during the first few years of growth and during any dry summer months to come. This project earned Graff a 2015 Community Service Award from the BC Society of Landscape Architects in recognition of her work seeing this public amenity to fruition. The last section of planting will occur at the end of September, but already the impact on the Cove has been immense. The vision is that this will be an introduction to a larger network of natural
and tended environments on Bowen. As it now stands, in any direction you go from the Cenotaph, there is a plethora of the island’s natural beauty on display.
We believe that once completed, the Snug Cove Garden Gateway will better reflect residents pride in Bowen’s natural beauty and history, which is something we can all support.
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We also thank Glenn Cormier, Frank Patt and the Cup Cutter staff for their excellent service and contribution, plus the Pro Shop staff for their supportive roll. Mayor Murray Skeels’ welcome letter captures the team effort in stating “Our Bowen Island Golf Club members have been working feverishly to prepare for the event. Iʼm sure you will agree that not only is the course in great shape, but the gardens are also looking spectacular. Our community is very proud of this facility and is eager to share it with such a talented group of young athletes”.
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BIHORA work party rebuilding the ring at the Meadows Start 9:00 till exhausted Call Vivian 604 947 0942 to register as a volunteer
Farmers Market at BICS 10 am - 12 pm Bowen Island Yacht Club - Devil’s Tankard Series Also Sept 25, Oct 2 & 23 Registration at: www.biyc.bc.ca
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Seniors Keeping Young (SKY) Bowen Court, 9 am - Exercises with Ali Followed by Michael and Diana Kaile on their Asian Odyssey and Yoga with Diana Kaile Fentanyl Information Meeting Collins Hall, 7:30 pm Village Song Circle 7 - 9 pm at the Little Red Church Everyone welcome, no singing experience required
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FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 16
Inauguration of BICS solar panels 2:15 pm. everyone welcome
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 17
Golden Thread album release Pyatt Hall in Vancouver, 8 pm Tickets available at the door and online at Christie Grace’s website
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Solo Flamenco show at Tir Na Nog Theatre Featuring Bowen Island’s Monica Laurin Tickets available at Pheonix
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Service and Sunday School: 10:30 a.m. Collins Hall Bookings: Helen Wallwork Minister of Music: Lynn Williams
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10:00 a.m. Worship • Sunday School: Tots to Teens Phil James Adkins B. Krohn Pastor: Dr.
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Using Compass to get to the Mainland Ferry transfer time
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110 min.
BOWEN ISLAND
An additional
90
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MAINLAND
How much time do I have to make the transfer? Customers will have 110 minutes to make the transfer to the mainland, and 110 minutes to make the transfer to Bowen Island. After either destination customers have an additional 90 minutes to make transfers within that region without paying an additional fare.
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HEALTH & WELLNESS Dr. Susanne Schloegl M.D.
Open Mon.Wed. Thurs. Fri. Now accepting Bowen patients. Artisan Square
604-947-9986 BODY VITALITY MASSAGE THERAPY
COURTNEY MORRIS R.Ac, DCH
James Goldfarb RMT BC#05279
Acupuncture & Homeopathy
Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon
Adults, Kids, Babies
Call 604-288-2860 text 250-726-8080 www.bodyvitality.ca
Psychologist Dr. Carolyn Nesbitt PhD, R.Psych #1484
604-376-9801 www.CarolynNesbitt.com
Direct billing for some insurance providers Book online at www.courtneymorrisacupunture.com or call/text 604-338-5001
Dr. Utah Zandy 604-947-9830 CALL FOR APPOINTMENT OPEN TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS
PILATES w Fawn Gill
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Dr. Dana Barton
Naturopathic Physician 596 B. Artisan Square
604-730-1174 Natural Family Medicine
BOWEN ISLAND MASSAGE THERAPY 604-947-9755 EXT #1 @ #597 Wellness Centre & #595 next door!! TEXT: 604-653-9755 By Appt. 7 days a week MARY MCDONAGH RMT HARMONY SHIRE RMT ROBYN IZARD RMT ALICIA HOPPENRATH RMT
Celebrating 27 years Community Healthcare
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Dr. Gloria Chao
Mary Coleman
604-281-3691
Call us at
Artisan Square 604-947-0734
778-233-4425
FREE
Alternate Fridays 10am - 4:30pm
On Bowen Island @ Caring Circle West Vancouver
Horseshoe Bay 604-921-8522
Hearing Testing
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MSW, RSW
Docs on the Bay and Bowen Island Compassion minded counselling to grow wellbeing in the midst of serious illness, loss and grief.
At entrance to Artisan Square Suite #597
CATHERINE SHAW Dr. Traditional Chinese Medicine/Acupuncturist
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MARY MCDONAGH RMT, DCH
Registered Massage Therapist
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SANDY LOGAN Registered Physiotherapist
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