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Applefest preview
What lies ahead in this annual love-in for local apples
Slo-pitch
Sandy Bay beach
Season wrap-up
Bylaw enforcement moves forward
Infrastructure grant awarded to research on-island compost facility MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
From left: Elizabeth Beach with baby Amelia, Nurse Andrea Firth, Leila Mensouri with son Maxim Leonard. Nurse Andrea Firth works with Vancouver Coastal Health and is making regular visits to Bowen Island to offer medical support and advise. Her next visit to Bowen Island will be on October 14th, to Family Place. Meribeth Deen, photo
Governments announce extra funding for clean water projects across the province MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
Towards then end of last week’s Union of BC Municipalities conference in Victoria, ministers from the Federal and Provincial governments announced that an additional $450 million will be put towards community water and wastewater systems across British Columbia. Bowen Island Municipal Council Alison Morse says that it is unclear whether plans to build a water treatment plant on Bowen could benefit from this. “There are 35 projects they’ve already approved for this funding,” says Morse. “We have already submitted an application for funding under the Build Canada program, but at a meeting last Thursday we were told that there will be a small window of opportunity to apply for this new funding. Also
the project under consideration needs to be completed by March of 2018. If we qualified for this money, we don’t know that we could get it done in time.” The Build Canada funding that Bowen has currently applied for would require the municipality to cover one-third of the project costs, with the provincial and federal governments covering the other two thirds. The new funding would require the municipality to cover 17 percent of the costs, with the province covering 33 percent and the federal government covering 50 percent. Vancouver Coastal Health has stated the current system of treatment for Cove Bay water is inadequate, and has set a number of standards that must be met before any expansion of the system is allowed. The projected cost of building a water treatment plant on Bowen Island is close to $6 million.
On the fifth and final day of last week’s Union of BC Municipalities conference in Victoria, the Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development, Peter Fassbender announced that Bowen Island has been awarded a $10,000 grant to be put towards further research on the creation of a local facility to process Bowen’s green waste. Last spring, the Solid Waste Resource Advisory Committee presented a report on the possibility for such a facility to council. Local engineer Pete Taggart was chair of this committee, and has worked on this issue since roughly 2011. “I was part of a committee known as SWARMAC [Solid Waste & Resource Management Advisory Committee] that was charged with making improvements to the way we deal with solid waste on Bowen. The green bin program, started in 2013, came out of that,” says Taggart. “We now divert 70 percent of what we throw away from the landfill, and that is something I think Bowen should be quite proud of. Now though we’ve got a good feel for composting with lots of good data from Bowen waste, figuring out a way to process that on-island is the next logical step.” The Solid Waste Resource Advisory Committee has explored four different composting technologies that might be feasible on Bowen Island, and proposed a number of possible locations including the recycling depot land and lot 1, beside the gas station. In their report, they say that Bowen Island produced 430 tonnes of organic waste in 2015, and with population growth, they see that number growing to 700 tonnes. An on-island composting facility, they say, could reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by 4 percent. They also predict that there will be a positive impact on local employment, which would include an increase in market gardening. “These numbers, and other aspects of our research need to be verified by someone who is an expert in this field,” says Taggart. “We also need to do public outreach and consultation on the issue. That is what we are calling phase two of this project, and we have come up with a cost of $20,000 to do it.” When these findings were presented to council in June, it was decided that if the committee were successful in obtaining the $10,000 infrastructure grant, the municipality would consider covering the remaining $10,000 for research and outreach. Taggart says that he has stepped down from the Solid Waste Resource Advisory Committee to make room for someone who might be more oriented towards the public consultation side of this work.
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October 11, 2016 2:00 PM Mayor’s Standing Committee on Community Lands
Seeking Public Comment Development Variance Permit DVP-05-2015 (1111 Senator Rd) PROJECT DESCRIPTION: A Development Variance Permit application has been submitted for 1111 Senator Rd (shown on map) to vary a setback requirement for the replacement of an existing residential building.
We are hiring Bowen Island Municipality seeks a qualified permanent part-time Emergency Program Coordinator (EPC). This is a 15 hour/week position. The EPC is responsible for overseeing and coordinating the community’s emergency management program. They will develop, maintain and implement emergency plans; the overall emergency program; emergency volunteer programs; and develop and manage programs that engage community partners and stakeholders in emergency planning, preparedness and response. Required training, education and experience includes: •
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If issued, the permit would vary Section 3.16 of the Land Use Bylaw, No. 57, 2002 to reduce a required setback from the sea from 21.9 m to 20.5 m. MORE INFORMATION AT MUNICIPAL HALL:
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Municipality moves forward on enforcement of beach bylaw
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Cruisers take softball championship title
MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
There’s a new boat rack at the entrance to Sandy Bay Beach and with it, comes warnings to boat owners to store their vessels within the racks, and label them with the owner’s name and phone number. If not, those boats will be removed at the owner’s expense. This is one component of enforcement related to the “Use of Public Beaches and Water Areas Bylaw” passed in July. The bylaw bans the parking of a Small Vessel (motorized boat not more than 12 ft in length) on the beach for more than 4 hours at a time or a human-powered vessel (such as a rowboat or canoe) anywhere other than the boat rack area. Parks General Operations Manager Bruce Lyne says that currently, there are six such boats that have been removed by from the beach to a municipal works yard. “They’ve been sitting there for roughly a year, and no one has claimed them,” says Lyne. “None of the boats are seaworthy, I’ve just made an order for them to be hauled off to the dump.” He adds that while there are currently a number of boats strewn on the beach, there will be a leniency period of several weeks they are removed. Senior Bylaw Services Officer, Bonny Brokenshire, says that this, as well as other measures such as moving the outhouse back from the high-tide mark and the placement of new garbage and recycling bins is all being done with the intent of the revitalizing Mannion Bay. “You can’t separate the beach environment from the aquatic environment,” says Brokenshire. “The goal here is to improve the socio-ecological integrity of the whole Bay.” She says there is a municipal lease on Sandy Bay beach from the Province, making it is the responsibility of the municipality to keep the area safe and sanitary.
Participants in the Bowen Island Co-Ed Softball league are grateful to their sponsors. The Cruisers (above) were sponsored by J&E Backhoe and the Bowen Island Pub. The Sluggers were sponsored by Doc Morgan’s and Sims Mechanical, the J’s were sponsored by the Bowen Island Dog Ranch and Dennis Dallas, the Lumberjack’s were sponsored by Gary Anderson and the Logger’s Show.
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Four teams weathered the pouring rain on Saturday in order to wrap up the first season of Bowen Island’s co-ed softball league. In the final game, the last-place team heading into the tournament, The Cruisers, won over the Sluggers, who dominated the league throughout the season. With urging from Michelle Mazzota, George Zawadzki and Casey Grundy sorted out how to make the league a reality. Open to players of all abilities, the league held a draw at the beginning of the season to make up fair, equally matched teams. Jim Gibson, who coaches both the softball and fast-pitch Cruisers team, says the improvement in the level of play from the beginning to the end of the season was remarkable.
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Bruce Lyne stands in front of the new boat racks at Sandy Bay beach. Meribeth Deen, photo
October is gun amnesty month PAULO ARREAGA SUBMISSION
British Columbians can turn over unwanted and unauthorized firearms, ammunition and weapons to police agencies across the province during the Gun Amnesty from October 1-31, 2016. The Gun Amnesty will help remove firearms from the community, eliminating the risk of them falling into the hands of criminals or being part of a tragic and unfortunate circumstance. Call Bowen Island RCMP to pick up unwanted firearms, weapons, and ammunition. Do not drop off items at the police station. A police officer will come to your home to pick up the firearms and any ammunition.
Sunday, October 9th, 2-4:30 pm Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at the Garden: 2:30 pm Community Gathering at Doc Morgans (lower level): 3:00 pm Please join us for a celebration of community and the launch of the Annual Giving Campaign for your Community Foundation, “For Bowen, For Ever”
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“There were a number of players who had never played baseball before and by the end of the season, they were doing really well,” says Gibson. “It would have been really challenging to pick a most-improved player. Everyone had a great attitude.” The Cruisers played the wettest game of the tournament against the Jays at 2pm. “I’ve never seen anyone play in so much rain,” says Gibson. “The ball would just hit a puddle, and stop.” Following the final, all the teams congregated at Doc’s for a year-end party. League organizer George Zawadzki says that the level of community support in the way of sponsorship was impressive given it was the league’s first season. He adds that there is already a growing list of players for next year and that hopefully, the 2017 season will start earlier.
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Pre-Applefest gripe Someone called my office last week with a series of fairly random complaints. I basically dismissed the complaints and the person replied, “So what’s bugging you?” I replied, in a nutshell, “Christie Clark’s speech to the UBCM last week.” Clark said one of the downsides of a booming economy is that it can increase the cost of living. And yes, the premier acknowledged that the Pacific Northwest LNG project, approved by the federal government last week, will certainly increase our province’s carbon emissions. But that’s OK because she promises that every penny collected through the carbon tax will be put towards lowering taxes. Is it just me or does none of this make any sense? Isn’t an improving economy supposed to improve the lives of people who exist within it? We are, as Premier Clark stated, one of the wealthiest provinces in Canada. Yet, according to bcpovertyreduction.com, 9.9 per cent of our population (451,000 people) live in poverty. Is that because taxes are high? I can’t answer that, but on a list of 21 recommended measures to reduce poverty in British Columbia written up by First Call (a child and youth advocacy organization), the only mention of taxes comes at the very end and asks for tax reform aimed at making the tax system fairer and
reducing income inequality. Somehow I don’t think that’s what our premier was getting at when she talked about reducing taxes. Which, as far as I can see, leaves B.C. with a serious poverty problem, and lower taxes for some people so they can buy more, nullifying the potential benefits of a carbon tax. If we didn’t already pave the way for that with a giant gas powered LNG export plant. Sigh. I need to extend this gripe to a call I took from Environics Canada, polling on behalf of the Government of Canada. I wanted to be of help in providing valuable information until I realized that they were not looking for valuable information. They were looking for answers, on a scale of one to 10, on whether the economy and gas prices and such things were “good” or “bad.” “I’m sorry,” I told the very patient woman on the other end of the line after several attempts to answer. “Numbers just can’t accurately represent my thoughts on these issues.” I resent the five minutes of my life wasted on that phone call, and I resent that answers to such ridiculous questions might be used to inform policy decisions. But hey, this weekend is Thanksgiving so I guess I should be more grateful. I’ll bring my smiley-face to Applefest. See you there. Meribeth Deen
Come check out Martyn Joseph’s second Bowen show SHARI ULRICH CONTRIBUTOR
The amazing Martyn Joseph returns to Bowen Island at Tir-na-nOg Theatre on Friday, Oct. 14 at 7:30 p.m. as part of my Trust Me series. In fact, it was Joseph’s concert in July of 2015 that inspired and launched the series. It gives me such pleasure to bring these remarkable artists to Bowen Island, both because I know how much they will be appreciated, and because I know they will love the experience. It’s worth noting that Joseph’s 40-city fall tour takes him everywhere from Kentucky and Ohio, to Whales and Britain and
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Bowen is one of only four dates in Canada. It’s a testament to how much he enjoys the theatre and the appreciative audience on our island. For those of you who are as of yet unfamiliar with Joseph, though comparisons seem inappropriate for such an original artist, he has been called “The Welsh Springsteen.” But there are also shades of John Mayer, Bruce Cockburn and Dave Matthews. He has long been a favourite of the Vancouver Folk Music Festival as well as festivals all over the world and for good reason. When I first heard him in Courtenay several years ago,
though it was a small venue that night, he put on a show as if it was in a 3,000-seat theatre. His stellar guitar playing with its unique percussive style, his powerful voice,
he founded Letyourself.net. He is a musician who understands and makes full use of the power of music. Tickets are $25 at Phoenix or online at Brown Paper Tickets.
and his compelling songwriting all make for an exciting live music experience. I also appreciate his dedication to supporting social change via the organization
The mighty alder is undervalued here on Bowen Island Dear Editor: Alder trees are so common, and also so commonly undervalued, with many people seeming to think of them as comparable to weeds. However, with a little digging I have found that alder trees are in fact extremely valuable on an ecological level. From the Peterson Field Guide, Western Trees, published in 1992: Alders are among the few nonlegumes that
develop root swellings harbouring nitrogen into fertilizer compounds, which provide nutrients for their hosts and neighbouring plants. As it happens, the common alder also has a number of medicinal uses, including controlling bleeding from wounds and treating diarrhea. Sincerely, Edna Thomson
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Van Berckel garden to come alive with music NOVA PON CONTRIBUTER
Island visitors and residents alike have a rare chance to experience some fresh music in a special venue this coming Saturday, Oct. 8. Bowen Island Chamber Music Association is presenting Sax in the Garden with Vancouver’s Saxophilia saxophone quartet performing a mix of energetic and reflective contemporary concert music in an intimate outdoor amphitheatre. The garden of Aubin and David van Berckel will provide a special setting for hearing and contemplating the music, and mingling and wandering between pieces, with its fascinating array of vineyards, orchards, hugels, veggie beds, orangeries, an apple tunnel and an enormous willow sculpture.
The event was organized by myself, of BICMA, along with Christiaan Venter. We have become familiar to many islanders as composers, musicians and teachers of piano, flute, clarinet and musicianship. The event came about as organically as a Bowen garden. The van Berckels found out about BICMA’s activities and concert organizing at Bowfest, and mentioned their love of concert music, and their outdoor amphitheatre that would be perfect for special concerts. Imagining the rich, robust sound of saxophones filling the crisp fall air, I got in touch with Saxophilia’s Colin MacDonald, who had previously performed a piece of mine, and was connected with mutual friends and past performances on Bowen. The saxophone might be most familiar as a jazz
From left: David Branter on tenor saxophone, Julia Nolan on soprano saxophone, Colin MacDonald on baritone saxophone and Kris Covlin on alto saxophone. photo Colin MacDonald instrument, but is a versatile wonder. Ranging from soprano to baritone sizes in a
On the calendar FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7 Bowen Grows Community Potluck in the BICS gym starting at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 at the door. Bring a dish.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14 Martyn Joseph at Tir-na-nog, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $25 at Phoenix or online at brownpapertickets.com.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8 Sax in the Garden, 909 Cates Hill Rd. Garden opens at 2:30 p.m. and music starts at 3:30 p.m. Tickets: at Cates pharmacy, $20 or $10 for students; at the gate, $20 or $15 for students.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16 Knitting Circle, 1-2:30 p.m. at 1681 Woods Rd. Suggested donation: $5.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9 Garden Gateway Project Ribbon Cutting at 2 p.m. at the entrance to Snug Cove. Apple Fest at Davies Orchard, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11 Community lunch at the Legion, 11:30 a.m. -1 p.m. Cost: $5. Adult event. Soup with bread, followed by hot drinks.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22 Montessori Kid & Kaboodle Sale, 10 a.m.- 1 p.m. All donations welcome until Friday, Oct. 21 at the Montessori School.
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audience is encouraged to prepare for the weather and an undoubtedly memorable Thanksgiving weekend experience. The garden opens at 2:30 p.m. and the music will start at 3:30 p.m. Tickets run $20 or $10 for students and can be purchased at saxinthegarden.brownpapertickets.com. Alternatively, they are $30 or $15 at the door. Visit bowenislandchambermusic.wordpress.com for updates.
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centennial celebrations, as well as a movement from my first quartet for saxophones composed in 2009. Saxophilia will also be playing Venter’s quartet Old Photographs, a collection of nostalgic character pieces composed after the passing of his grandmother, a piece well-suited to a time of autumnal reflection. Sax in the Garden is family-friendly and celebrates the season rain or shine. There are sheltered areas and the
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saxophone quartet, offers the chamber music possibilities of a string quartet. However, the saxophone is much younger than most orchestral instruments, and thus enjoys the most freshness in the music written for it. In fact, at the upcoming concert, all the pieces are by living composers. On the program is my piece entitled Waves azure, a sun in splendour, an open book, which was commissioned by the University of British Columbia for its
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Some of the best ideas at Positively Fit come from our clients. Like when Bowen Islander DG Blair approached me 12 years ago to help her and her friends cross-train for a half marathon, Positively Fit created Gals Group Training: personalized interval training designed for a small group. We now offer four classes a week to women ages 35 to 75+. The training is about gals getting fit, staying fit in a superbly positive atmosphere. Then recently when we introduced Rachel Canning’s Winter Fit program, Mary McDonagh and her daughter Helena signed up, and now the current registration has yet another mother-daughter team signed up. Something, some-
RACHEL CANNING where, somehow is trying to tell me something. I’m listening. We have now tailored the program exclusively for mothers and daughters 12 years and older. How perfect is that? I can’t think of a more positive way to strengthen muscles, build bones (did you know that 40 per cent of bone mass
is built in the early teen years?) increase energy levels, and improve self-esteem all while nurturing the mother-daughter bond. Is there a more enduring way to foster health in our children and in ourselves? I think not. We hear over and over the importance of a parent’s role in modelling healthy habits. So surely taking that healthy habit and doing it together must double the good-for-ya points. When I asked current registrant Jenni Griffiths her inspiration to join this program with her daughter, she replied that she wanted to spend time together in a healthy, encouraging environment and that she remembers her fitness-leader mom role-modelling in the same way. How wonderful is that? Rachel Canning is thrilled
to lead her eight-week circuit-based program incorporating plyometrics, agility, core strengthening, and dynamic stability exercises. She has a special place in her heart for encouraging adolescent girls to be fit, engaged and happy. As a teen active in sport herself she remembers feeling all the physical benefits, and she also found her social circles expanded in a positive way as she wasn’t “stuck” or limited to high school socializing. As a bonus she “got to miss school to travel to new places, so that was really exciting.” Mother Daughter Winter Fit classes run Thursday evenings 7:30-8:30 p.m., Oct.13 –Dec. 8 (no session Nov. 10). Cost is $168/person (including GST). To register contact Mary Letson at 604-947-9601, or email send an email to positivelyfit@telus.net.
Recovering from head injuries workshop series COLLEEN O’NEIL CONTRIBUTOR
Following up on our spring information session on concussion, Bowen Island Caring Circle is offering a fourpart series of educational workshops to provide strategies for people who have suffered a head injury. The goal of these sessions will be to provide tools for the symptoms and ongoing side effects that are most common in head injury, such as memory and attention problems, as well as physical symptoms such as dizziness and fatigue. Many typical post-concussion symptoms can be minimized through deliberate lifestyle changes that allow time for the brain to heal and a gradual return to normal functioning. The Caring Circle has gathered a team of local practitioners who will lead these four monthly sessions. The workshops are intended for people who have had a head injury, as well as family members who would like to help a loved one through rehabilitation. Topics covered will be as follows with details about the first presenter outlined below. Occupational Therapist Tamara
Soloway: Setting a Manageable Pace to minimize the symptoms of concussion and post-concussion syndrome. Soloway says “This workshop will provide a practical introduction to maximizing the recovery process and living with a head injury through the use of a self-management approach that integrates head injury education, self-assessment, and the application of lifestyle modifications and compensatory strategies to everyday activities.” Physiotherapist Sandy Logan: Dizziness and Headaches: Visual cortex exercises to develop new neural pathways after concussion. Psychologist Caroline Nesbitt: Managing the Frustrations of Memory, Attention and Communication Problems After Concussion. Registered nutritionist Ellie Mackay and Positively Fit gym owner/trainer, Mary Letson: Nutrition and Exercise After Concussion. Sessions will be held at the Caring Circle on Saturday mornings 9:30-11 a.m. The first session will be on Oct. 22, and the dates of subsequent sessions TBA. Register through the Caring Circle at 604-947-9100, or email Colleen O’Neil at info@caringcircle.ca.
To celebrate Cates Pharmacy’s 25th year on Bowen Island, the pharmacy held a customer draw for a pair of Birkenstocks. Above is the winner, Robert Pratt with pharmacy co-owner Shahzad Mirsaeidi. photo supplied by Cates Pharmacy
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Annual apple orchard fest planned for Sunday
After you wake and give thanks for another day, your favourite java and, with luck, some smiles, get dressed warmly and come to the Cove by 11 a.m.. That’s the start of the 22nd annual Applefest in Davies Orchard brought to you by Bowen Heritage. It is fun, free, family oriented, and educational. Also, it is supporting a charity working to save the cottages in the Orchard for future community use. The rest of our message is more complicated than this space will allow, so join us and ask there. The Bowen Agricultural Alliance (BAA) has organized a farmers market and we hope to have craft
marketers there too. Meet a regional park interpreter, enjoy Bowen musicians and the cupcake walk, or sit down for tea with a slice of apple pie. There will be John and Josephine Riley’s fantastic apple display, plus apple tasting and sales and apple pies for sale. Last but not least, enter our pie baking contest to win $100. A small army of students from BICS helped pick apples with the permission of local orchardists with heritage trees, and volunteers have peeled and sliced enough fruit for 50 pies. The bake-a-thon at the Ruddy Kitchen is happening Saturday, Oct. 8 if you have any talent or interest in baking. Come join in, it’s fun!
Immediately after Applefest, at 2 p.m., is the ribbon cutting celebration of the Garden Gateway Project. Bowen Heritage has been happy and proud to be the charity sponsor of that project. The Bowen Island Community Foundation provided a generous donation through us as a registered charity to Holly Graff and her proposal for a garden entrance to Bowen. Holly got the idea during a visioning workshop also sponsored by the Bowen Foundation. Holly (with Wynn Nielsen and James Tuer) have orchestrated the gorgeous results with the municipality and a long list of additional funders and volunteers. Immediately after the ribbon cutting, at 3 p.m., the Bowen Island Community Foundation is sponsoring a reception at Doc Morgan’s to celebrate the success of the Garden Gateway Project and launch their annual giving campaign. Three great community events all in one day and all in Snug Cove. Please join us and celebrate and give thanks for enjoying such a great community. – supplied by Bowen Heritage
Kids enjoy candied apples during the 2014 Applefest in the photo above left. Visitors to the festival check out the wide variety of Bowen-grown apples in the photo above right. photos Emmett Sparling
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