Bowen Island Undercurrent March 10 2017

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The Clay Hunters

Adventures in Wild Art

On and off the rock

A recap of commuting options

LNG update

Concerned Citizens of Bowen asks supporters to shift gears

Home at last: Bowen-sponsored family lands in Canada

The Ali family safe and united, at the Vancouver International Airport on March 2.

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LISBETH HAIGH CONTRIBUTOR

Bowen’s greatest attribute is it’s community. It is fundamental to our sense of well being. It’s our collective priority. With that knowledge we have the capacity to comprehend intrinsically what the loss of one’s community would mean to one’s sense of safety, identity and connectedness to the world.

Fifteen months ago, we, as an island put this collective ethos into practice by raising the means to sponsor a refugee family of seven from Syria. On March 2 the Ali family touched down in Vancouver. Chukri, Malika and their three young children aged five, three and one, in addition to Chukri’s younger brothers were greeted by their brother Shemdin and his family.

Shemdin came to Canada as a government sponsored refu-

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gee four years ago. He has not been able to rest or settle in his new country knowing the danger that his brothers were living in. Four brothers and their families are now safe, together, and at peace.

While this reunion was in the works, Bowen Islanders helped to address the practicalities of resettlement. Beautiful, thoughtful household donations have been gifted. Alan Mills of Bowen Freight stepped up and has offered its transportation and moving services for free. Housing has been secured for the two younger brothers in Burnaby, within walking distance of Shemdin’s house. Peter of Bowen Freight made sure the brother’s apartment was ready for their arrival.

Housing for Churki’s family has not yet been found.

Currently they are staying with Shemdin. There is a standing offer by the McCullum’s on Bowen to host the family until a place is found in Burnaby. As these are early days in the fam-

ily’s settlement in Canada, it is uncertain if they will come to Bowen while the search for permanent housing continues.

The 30/30 Project is Bowen Island’s organizational clearing house for the Ali family’s resettlement. We know that while our capacity as a community is great, our infrastructure is not.

It is with this in mind the 30/30 Project partnered with St. Andrews Wesley Church in Vancouver to coordinate the sponsorship process. For those inclined, please listen for the call for volunteers, household donations, and as always financial contributions (held at the credit union with a free tax receipt!).

Information can always be found on the 30/30 Project Facebook page. Bowen Island’s spirit of generosity has enabled a family to move beyond the label of refugee to citizen. You have become part of their story in how they became Canadians.

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Update on Community Centre

Parking in Snug Cove

Bowen Island Municipality is moving forward with the strategic priority of a Community Centre for Bowen Island.

More changes are coming to parking in Snug Cove in 2017. With construction underway on the Cove Commons building, the parking lot on the North side of the Library has been removed and the parking lot on the West side is now a combination of 12 hour parking, Library parking, disabled parking and reserved parking spaces. In the spring, the 12 hour parking in the West lot will be reduced to two hour parking.

The proposed civic building, a 14,300 square foot facility providing community, recreational and performing arts spaces plus municipal offices is to be built on Area 3 of Lot 2 of municipal land (east of Bowen Island Community School).

A financial strategy to raise funds, drawing on reserves, tapping into infrastructure funding from the federal and provincial governments and exploring other options is under development. Council is working within a framework for decision making to ensure due diligence at each step of the project. The process also includes opportunities for public engagement.

On February 10, Council awarded the architectural contract to Principle Architecture, a partnership with local resident Drew Rose of Still Point Architecture. The first stage of work, expected to be delivered by the end of April, 2017, includes the development of a schematic design that will be used to validate costs, currently estimated at around $10 M for the entire project.

BIM is looking forward to developing a facility that will act as a gathering place for people of all ages and interests in our community, fostering and inspiring connections, caring, economy and creativity.

Construction on a commuter parking lot on Miller Road will begin this spring. Meanwhile, there are a few alternatives to parking in the Cove:

Members of the Community Centre Select Steering Committee (L-R): Councillor Melanie Mason and children, Shauna Jennings, Councillor Gary Ander and grandson, Councillor Alison Morse, Kristen Watson, Jacqueline Massey, Kathy Lalonde.

For more information about parking and alternatives in Snug Cove, please go to www.bimbc.ca/parking

Tunstall Bay water users were the first to see a new billing system, switching from an annual flat rate to a hybrid metered rate.

Building on the success of last year’s Innovation Grants program, Bowen Island Municipality is once again offering grants of up to $500 to residents, community groups and businesses for small scale projects that will keep Bowen beautiful. The grants are intended to foster civic pride, environmental responsibility and beautification through community involvement.

We will be holding information meetings in March for all other water district users. Please subscribe to your water system’s mailing list to receive notification of the meeting dates.

Applications will be evaluated on the basis of their contribution to community tidiness, environmental action, heritage conservation, landscaping, floral displays, and public art.

Last year, Council asked us to review our water rate bylaws in the interest of developing consistent charges and to promote a culture of conservation for all Municipal water users.

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-A spark of colour: you’re a painter and want to paint a door or two -A floral display: you’d like to help improve your curb appeal -A public art work for the whole community to enjoy For details about how to apply and more, please go to our website at www.bimbc.ca/innovation-grants

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FRIDAY MARCH 10 2017 • 3 For the record, it snowed again. And again. But Bowen kids still seemed to be enjoying it this week.

(From left) Natalia, Rose, Lua, Martha, Delilah, Nora, and Teya show off their snow-bot family, created on the soccer field at BICS. Meribeth Deen, photo

New Bowen brochure coming soon MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR

Last November after the offer was made, Tourism Bowen Island made the decision to purchase the Bowen’s tourist brochure produced byTim Rhodes and Darcy Buzzell.

Tourism Bowen chair Murray Atherton says that the group initially did not think they would make big changes to the brochure this year, but Linda Dennis alongside the creator of Bowen’s new brand, Chris Staples of ReThink, remade the brochure entirely. Now, Atherton is saying the brochure is going to be the talking stick of the island, and represents a more complete roll-out of the Bowen Brand.

The brochure is titled, Secrets of Bowen Island, which Staples says is the cornerstone of the story being told by the brand.

“We want people to come here, but we also want to protect this secret place,” says Staples.

“So we have the deer on the second page saying, sshhh… don’t tell anyone, so there is still that edge, but you also get the perspectives of the other animals as well.”

There’s the eagle, for example, telling readers “Malls are for Mainlanders,” and the seal, reminding people to bring their beach towels.

The new brochure also has several updated and in-detail maps, as well as a directory of accommodations.

Atherton says that members of Tourism Bowen gave out a total of 800 copies of the new brochure at last weekend’s Outdoor Adventure Show in Vancouver, and they were very well received. He adds that the brochures will be on the Island by the weekend, and one copy will be mailed to every house on Bowen.

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Bruce Russell, Kylie Redhead, Brent O’Malley, Baz Cardinal, and Murray Atherton at last weekend’s Outdoor Adventure Show at the Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre. photo submitted

Bowen Island Conservancy Terminal Creek Salmon Hatchery presentation and tour Bowen Island Fish & Wildlife Club (BIFWC) have kindly arranged for us to visit the Terminal Creek Salmon Hatchery as part of our 2017 Speaker Series. Early March is the perfect time to tour the Hatchery. There will be Chum fry in the water troughs, and might still be Coho eggs/alevins in the incubation trays.

We’ll meet in the Bill Rush Memorial Classroom, and spend about an hour learning about BIFWC, the salmon enhancement work volunteers carry out, and the fantastic Chum spawner returns seen over the last few weeks. Then there’ll be a tour of the hatchery and Terminal Creek’s nearby salmon habitat area.

• When: Saturday, 11th March at 2:00 pm • Where: Terminal Creek Salmon Hatchery, Crippen Park (near the Recycling Depot and gas station on Mt. Gardner Road) More information about this presentation is available at bowenislandconservancy.org.

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Shifting the balance A number of last week’s comments on International Women’s Day called on women to come together, to work together, to make things better. This is a sentiment I wholeheartedly agree with, but feel the need to hash out the details on what that looks like.

First of all, I am not sold on the idea that we women have to support one another without question. If a woman is busting through the glass ceiling I definitely want to support her, but not if she’s stepping on other women and worsening inequality on her way up Secondly, I think it is critical that men are as devoted to pushing for sexual equality as much as women are. It is just another well-executed bit of trickery, in my opinion, that the push for equality (whether on a sexual, racial or class basis) is so often framed as a threat to the group that holds power. It is obvious to me that heterosexual men have a lot to gain from an economy that values women equally: knowing your wife will be paid fairly for her work should take the load off in terms the economic pressures that all too often land on shoulders of male partners. The relief of this pressure would also allow men a greater opportunity to deepen their relationships with their communities,

Ron is still in Mexico so we’ve decided to rerun some of those golden oldies. 2010 Olympics. No ferry was early enough to catch a bus to Whistler and you couldn’t take a car. The main spinoff benefit was being able to see Garbaldi from Hood Point. elders and offspring. And in the new, egalitarian economy we are working towards, men and women alike would be rewarded and revered for their efforts in care-giving, the most important job of all.

Oh… and wouldn’t the world be a better place if we could do away, once and for all, with

the notion that the size of a man’s wallet bore some relationship to his manhood?

International Women’s Day has also been named, “A Day Without a Woman.” The idea is that if all women strike, not only would we get to relax for once, but we’d also get to teach the world a lesson about how

important the work we do is.

This plan might work if every woman on Bowen were truly committed to the plan, but if not, those of us who did strike would just end up relying on other women to cover for us anyhow, and there’s not much unity in that.

Thank you to all those

women who wrote in last week with thoughts on International Women’s Day. To all the men out there have yet to flip the page – I want to hear from you too – after all you’re a critical part of the conversation. editor@bowenislandundercurrent.com

Shifting gears: Boycotting a broken system Dear Editor, We had already submitted our letter for this issue of The Undercurrent when we realized we needed a new approach.

In previous letters to this paper we have expressed our concerns with the environmental review process. The Trudeau government called the process to be broken.

We reasoned, if that’s the case, anything coming out of such a process must be broken too. The approval of the Woodfibre LNG project was an obvious example of a project slipping through when it shouldn’t. It was also offensive that we were

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simply to accept such a dubious outcome and all of its consequences for recovering Atl’Kitsem/Howe Sound and ourselves.

So while writing another letter to ask you to again write and submit your comments, regarding changes to the proposed plant’s cooling system, we wondered: why bother?

In 2015 well over 90 per cent of the public comments were against the project, yet our voices were ignored. We tried again in 2016, and again we were ignored. We were willing to try again, and we were well on our way, but then…

This past weekend, revelations questionable political donations hit the press. This wasn’t the first such news, but this time it was about donations made by private persons for which they were reimbursed by a company or corporation – one of the very few ways to break B.C.’s lax political donation laws.

Among the people named in this scandal were two Woodfibre LNG employees: vice president Byng Giraud and communications manager Marian Ngo. Both have made significant donations to the BC Liberal party and are now under investigation by Elections BC.

Of course Woodfibre LNG should be under investigation too. After all, the company’s owner decided to reimburse Mr. Giraud and Ms. Ngo. Their reimbursed donations are not the only donations Woodfibre LNG has made to the BC Liberal Party.

Throughout the environmental review of its LNG project in Howe Sound, Woodfibre LNG has donated well over $136,000 to the BC Liberals. It was even allowed to “buy a table” at fundraiser for local MLA Jordan Sturdy.

The most recent donation by Woodfibre LNG was made on Feb., 8, one day before the current public comment pe-

riod for its project was about to start.

With all this industry money flowing to the BC Liberal party, the party in power in B.C., how can we trust environmental reviews and approvals not to be biased towards the donors? We can’t.

So instead of asking you to submit your comments, we are asking you join us in a boycott of the comment period and sign a letter to the Environmental Assessment Office for which you will find a link on our website: ccbowen.ca/ea-boycott.

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Educated owners make happier, healthier pets SUSANNA BRAUND CONTRIBUTOR

CAWES held its first Ask an Animal Expert on Sunday February 19. It was a free Q&A session with two animal experts from off-island: Richard Calland, a Vancouver veterinarian who believes that “medicine should be avoided as much as possible,” and Lana Simon from the North Vancouver charity Pacific Animal Foundation who has worked for 25 years to help feral and homeless animals. It was a fabulous opportunity to talk with these experts about animal behaviour, nutrition, and traditional and alternative medications.

More than 15 members of the public attended and asked questions on topics as diverse as fleas and hot spots, thyroid medications for cats, the best age for spaying companion animals, seizures, osteoarthritis in older dogs, cats eliminating outside the box, and aggression and obsessions in dogs. Answers included fleacombs, acupuncture and acupressure, radioactive iodine treatment, food sensitivities, and dietary ingredients such as chicken feet and salvestrols.

Everyone present learned a great deal. For example, who knew that use of collars for many breeds of dog can cause real problems with the larynx (laryngeal hemiplegia and ultimately laryngeal paralysis)? Or that hot-spots are very often caused by food sensitivities which can easily be tested?

For me, there were several real takeaways. One theme of the discussion was the holistic nature of the world. Now this is something I already believe in - I recently found myself lecturing at UBC on Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, the classic 1962 book that sparked the environmental movement by arguing irrefutably for the interconnectedness of all life forms and for the cumulative damage at the cellular level caused by chemicals such as DDT. Unfortunately, we have not removed the damaging chemicals from our environment, but instead we have added more. One of our panelists asked why it is that so many cats have thyroid problems, for example, and suggested that the answer may lie in the packaging of canned food and/or the sourcing of the meats, where the offal used may contain thyroid products.

Another theme of the discussion was the need to do our own research on the products and treatments we are considering for our companion animals. For example, how exactly do flea prevention treatments work and what threat do they pose to my cat or dog’s health? Yes, doing this research takes some time and effort, but we would do this for ourselves or for our human families, so why not for our pets? I came away with a renewed sense of the responsibility I have Dear Editor and most definitely all Bowen Islanders, I don’t usually write public letters, but I just wanted to give folks the heads up on a stunning show happening at our Art Gallery this month.

Susannah Montague’s ceramic sculptures are one of the most exciting and thought provoking shows I have ever seen, anywhere.

To me, this is art in its purest form. Quality work, beautifully executed, perfectly balanced.

I don’t think there would be a single person, not affected, by the imagery and the depth of Susannah’s work. There is so much to see and think about.

I hope you get there.

Congrats to Susannah, Reidun van kervel

Susanna Braund and Reno, a rescue from the Langley Animal Protection Society and “a true gentleman.” photo supplied for my companion animals.

Finally, I was excited by the thought that so many health issues can be addressed directly by diet and nutrition. Feeding our animals high quality foods just makes so much sense, just as it makes sense for us humans.CAWES is thrilled to have been able to bring a live education event like this to Bowen. It directly fulfils our “Education” mandate - the “E” in CAWES stands for “Education”, after all. We are happy to acknowledge the funding that makes all our work possible: a mixture of donations, and the proceeds of fundraising events and grants (including from Bowen Island Municipality). CAWES is exceedingly grateful to Richard Calland and Lana Simon for giving up their Sunday afternoons to help us care better for our companion animals. They were both intelligent and gracious and extremely informative. They also declined the honorarium and ferry fare we offered. We were able to send them home with a lovely orchid each, thanks to Richard Fortescue and Deborah Fortescue-Merrin.

Thank you to Collins Hall for use of the space and thanks to the CAWES Board members Carol McNaughton for the lovely poster and Iris Carr for online publicity; Carol Correll, Jlonka Bally-Brown for setting up and clearing up; to Deb Merrin for the tasty snacks; and to Lichen Tilley, friend of CAWES, for suggestions and practical help. Several people expressed the hope that we will repeat the experience. On the basis of the feedback we have received, we firmly intend to do this.

Susanna Braund is Professor of Latin Poetry and its reception at UBC and President of CAWES. She adopts elderly dogs from rescue organizations. Living with her currently are Amos, a 16 year old dachshund, and Kip, a fear-biting chihuahua/JRT cross of unknown age and origin, as well as her friend Heidi’s dog Jasper, a three-year old poodle cross.

Islanders re-live 1980s at the Legion: Bowen Islanders donned legwarmers, tights and shoulder pads to dance the night away the the Bowen Children’s Centre Wild Child 80s Prom Party. One of Bowen’s favourite cover bands, Black Molly, got in the spirit too.

Above, Black Molly singers Billy Behm and Earl Jenkins. photo MARIO PRIM SILVA

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Land Act: Notice of Intention to Apply for a Disposition of Crown Land

Take notice that E-COMM 9-1-1 from Vancouver, B.C., has applied to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), Surrey, for a communications site tenure situated on Provincial Crown land located in the vicinity of Mt. Gardner, Bowen Island.

The Lands File for this application is 2411861.

Comments on this application may be submitted in two ways: 1) Online via the Applications and Reasons for Decision website at: www.arfd.gov.bc.ca/ ApplicationPosting/index.jsp.

2) By mail to the Senior Land Officer at 200 - 10428 153rd Street, Surrey, BC V3R 1E1.

Comments will be received by the Ministry of Forests Lands and Natural Resource Operations until April 15, 2017. Comments received after this date may not be considered.

Tap into your inner artist to help shape Bowen’s cultural landscape MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR

You may not consider yourself an artist, but the Bowen Island Arts Council considers you one, and with that in mind they want you to delve in and help make the municipal Cultural Master Plan ideas a reality.

In 2014, the municipality gave the Arts Council the go-ahead to review and update the Cultural Master Plan.

Over the past two years the steering committee heading up the project researched cultural plans from other communities, conducted and analyzed more than 50 video and audio interviews and also compiled information through an online survey filled out by more than 300 Bowen Islanders.

“Through this process we’ve come up with 35 recommendations,” says Dave Pollard, the chairman of the Cultural Master Plan steering committee. “Basically, an interviewee would come up with some-

thing they thought would be great to have or do, and we would bounce that idea around other interviewees, and people kept saying ‘yes’ . . . those have turned into our strategic goals and recommendations.”

At the top of that list is the creation of a community centre. Other ideas include the creation of an arts incubator, the initiation of a community land art project, developing a youth mentorship program and leasing a shared showcase space on the mainland.

“Our process in the creation of this masterplan has relied on the use of Open Space methodology,” says Pollard.

“These recommendations are above and beyond what the Arts Council is already doing in its Core Programs, so we’re using Open Space to gauge which additional programs to undertake first. Using Open Space starts with explaining each of the recommendations then community members can sign up to attend ‘salons’

over the coming years to explore and, if there’s sufficient momentum, launch each of these recommendations.

We want Bowen’s artists to interpret and bring to life the aspects of the plan that get them excited. As always with Open Space, we will assume that whoever shows up will be the right people to move that particular project forward – or not.”

The first step in this is the upcoming Cultural Revue on April 8. The Arts Council is calling on artists to put together seven-10 minute presentations (musical, dramatic, spoken word or any other artistic form) to express an element of the Cultural Plan.

After the performances, the Open Space will begin with break-out groups exploring the 35 recommendations, to begin to prioritize them and identify project champions.

Ultimately, says Pollard, the idea is to engage as many people as possible in the execution of Bowen Island’s

Wade Davis in running for B.C. Book Awards MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR

Lieutenant-Governor Judith Guichon will be in Vancouver on April 29 to present the BC Book Prizes.

Finalists in seven categories were announced Tuesday morning while the winner of the Lieutenant-Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence will be revealed on April 4.

Bowen Islander Wade Davis’s book, Wade Davis: Photographs (published by Douglas and McIntyre) is a finalist for the Bill Dulthie Booksellers Choice Award. This award will be presented to the originating publisher or authors of the best book in terms of public appeal, initiative, design, production and content.

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The Bowen Island Arts Council believes that all islanders are artists, at heart, and all are welcome to participate in the roll-out of the island’s cultural masterplan. photo supplied

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Cultural Master Plan. Selected artists performing in the Cultural Revue will receive an honorarium of $125.

More information is available at BowenCulture.ca or at the Gallery.

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Fair builds community on broken goods DENISE RICHARD CONTRIBUTOR

Alex Jurgenson, Jessica Gladysz and Jocelyn Gladysz are raising money to help bring visually impaired people over for a summer camp. photo supplied

Supporting Camp Bowen keeps a tradition alive MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR

Outside the General Store last weekend you may have noticed a fundraising table set-up, and walked past without finding out what it was.

Or you may have purchased a ticket to the fundraising event, and learned that Camp Bowen is raising money to bring visually impaired people to here for a week of comraderie and fun in the summer.

Until 2010, the Bowen Lodge was a known as the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) Lodge.

When it closed, former camp participants stepped up to

keep at least part of the program running. Last summer, the lodge hosted one five-day camp for adults.

Alexandro Jurgenson, president of what is now called Camp Bowen Society for the Visually Impaired, says that to run an adult camp, roughly $1,000 in donations is required for each participant.

In order to host a camp for kids, that amount would increase to $2,000.

Currently, Camp Bowen is run entirely on private donations.

The camp offers visually challenged adults the chance to play games like Showdown (which is a mix between

ping-pong and air hockey), ride on tandem bikes, enjoy campfires and connect with other people who are visually impaired.

In the summer of 2018, Jurgenson says the Camp would like to host a session for kids, which the organization has been unable to fund since 2013.

To support and learn more about Camp Bowen, head to their pub night at Doc’s on Saturday, starting at 5:30pm.

Tickets are $10, and can be purchased at Doc’s.

You can also learn more about Camp Bowen through the organization’s website: www.campbowen.ca.

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In search of lightening the litter load, a small group of playfully minded islanders put forward a simple and practical idea: a little Fix-it-Fair where those who have the skill can support those who want and need items repaired.

Several of these events have been held already on the island, and we’re gearing up for another on March 25 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Collins Hall. This fair is a place where Bowen shines with generosity and curiosity.

All ages come to gather and work the magic, from the child who looks to have her toy fish repaired to the teen mending trousers on his mom’s sewing machine. The attitude is sound and the effect is good for all. All of our fixers are pros at what they do, and tend to have a background in their fixing specialties.

This round, we’ll have Bill Leithead as a general fixer (he’s proven particularly adept at fixing old clocks), Keith Slade on bikes, Peter Matthews on electronics and electrical, Aaron Davidson on electronics, cables and small appliances, and Elena Waldman sewing (hopefully joined by

On the calendar FRIDAY MARCH 10

Community Health Nurse visit at Family Place 11am, Baby’s first foods: Conversation on helping your child develop a healthy relationship with food

Skilled fixer Steve Frazer contemplates a broken space heater. photo supplied Deanna Adams).

Fix-it-Fair – Collins Hall – March 25 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. All are welcome.

Sponsored by Bowen in Transition: Contact Denise Richard, mfdrichard@gmail.com, 2540 for further inquiry.

MONDAY MARCH 13

SKY will have exercise at 9:00, coffee at 9:45, Speaker’s Corner with Debra Stringfellow talking about the Art of Photography at 10:00 and Yoga with Diana Kaile at 11:15.

SATURDAY MARCH 18

Alice In Wonderland, a production by students at IPS, 6:30 at Cates Hill Chapel Tickets $15, available at Phoenix, IPS or the door

Bowen Bee House Build 2pm Grafton Community Garden Please RSVP on Facebook or by emailing di@ artbydi.ca

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MONDAY MARCH 20

SUNDAY MARCH 12

MONDAY MARCH 13

Camp Bowen Pub Night at Doc’s, 5:30 8:30pm, Learn about summer camp programs for the visually impaired Enjoy a 50-50 draw and more - tickets $10

Meditation Life Skills Journey: A free presentation with Shahar Rabi, Leo Chan, Joyce Ganong and David Shadbolt. 3-5pm at Collins Hall, presented by the Bowen Island Public Library

SKY will have exercise at 9:00, coffee at 9:45, Speaker’s Corner with Bob Turner discussing “The Salmon are Back” at 10:00 and Yoga with Diana Kaile at 11:15.

SKY will have exercise at 9:00, coffee at 9:45, Speakers Corner with Debra Stringfellow talking about “The Art of Photography” at 10:00, and Yoga with Diana Kaile at 11:15.

Places of Worship Welcome You BOWEN ISLAND UNITED CHURCH Rev. Shelagh MacKinnon

Service and Sunday School: 10:30 a.m.

Collins Hall Bookings: Helen Wallwork Minister of Music: Lynn Williams

FOOD BANK DROP-OFF

BOWEN ISLAND COMMUNITY CHURCH www.bowencommunitychurch.org Pastor Clinton Neal 1070 1070 Miller Road 604-947-0384 604-947-0441 Service 10:30Service a.m. Sunday 11:00 a.m.

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Lauren and Maggie scrape clay off the creek bed.

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photo Emily van Lidth de Jeude

Wild clay leads to wild art process EMILY VAN LIDTH DE JEUDE SUBMISSION

Recently one of my teen groups took an interest in harvesting wild clay, and decided to try refining it.

When we dig up the clay, it’s not only quite crumbly, but also full of rocks, dirt, forest detritus and sand.

So over a period of a few weeks, these teens processed some of our local clay into a lovely smooth sculpting medium, and I thought I’d share the simple method they used: We have easily-accessible clay all over our island.

It appears in creeks and gullies, and is dumped in shiny blue mountains when we excavate for wells and the like.

The clay we harvested came from Everhard Creek. The group found mostly green clay, with a few pockets of a gorgeous pale blue-grey clay that was quite pure already.

They used spoons, stones, a trowel and shovels to scrape their harvest from just above the water level, and found various benefits to each.

It seems that the best way to collect the clay is to scrape it gently, dragging the side of a spoon, rock, or shovel along as you might drag your hand across bed linens to smooth them.

The reason for this is that any digging into the clay removes chunks of crumbly clay that are quite difficult to grind or squish into a smooth lump.

Scraping not only pushes water into the top layer, but pulls off such a small wet layer at a time that the resulting clay is much softer and doesn’t require grinding or squishing to render it mold-

able. Much of what the group collected was crumbling and needed grinding.

Once they had nearly half a bucket full, they used hands, a potato masher, and a shovel to grind it up until it was a nice heavy sludge. Some rocks and twigs were already coming out of it, and they removed those right away.

Then they left the clay slop in the bucket, undisturbed, where it settled out. After a week, we returned to find the rocks settled to the bottom, a layer of sandy clay, a layer of smooth clayand the water on top.

At this point the group poured the water off the top, and the cleanest slip (about forty or fifty pounds worth) they poured into an old pillow case and hung up over the creek to settle again, and dry.

When we returned after another week, the clay hadn’t dried as much as we hoped it would in the pillow case, but had settled nicely again, a layer of heavy sandy clay on the bottom, smooth sloppy clay in the middle, and slip on top.

We easily scooped the best quality clay from the top of that in the bag and divided it among us.

Most of the group chose to use their sloppy clay to paint with, but some of us brought some home, where it will dry

a little more (on a cloth-covered board) until it’s a good working consistency.

As usual this activity was conceived by the group.

I delighted in facilitating, and in seeing so many positive learning outcomes of the process.

Most obviously, group working skills were developed, but so too were skills of problem-solving, improvisation, and process development.

Working hands-on promotes a deeper understanding of the nature of this ecosystem, its constituents, and its changeability.

When you separate out the layers of the forest floor you become familiar with it in a way that is deeper than mere description and images can convey. History, ecology, and engineering are integrated.

And of course, when you’re doing this exploratively, you are engaged through the process of genuine discovery.

This activity was also a great opportunity to change a material that we regularly walk over without concern into a material that many people purchase in plastic bags.

I think this not only strengthens our connection to wilderness, but also to our own ingenuity. Together these are part of what makes us human.

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Simeon holds a perfect raw clay sphere.

photo Emily van Lidth de Jeude

Call for Public Comment B.C. credit union seeks to exit provincial regulation On Dec. 14, 2016, Coast Capital Savings Credit Union based in Surrey, B.C. announced that its members have voted to apply to be governed by the federal Bank Act and other applicable federal laws as a federal credit union.

As part of the application, FICOM (the B.C. Regulator) and the Credit Union Deposit Insurance Corporation, have now received formal notice, seeking their consent for the change.

As FICOM considers this application, the regulator recognizes that the wider public and other financial institutions may wish to provide comment on this change of regulatory jurisdiction.

FICOM is extending an invitation to the public for feedback to inform the decision on consent. Comments must be received no later than March 30th, 2017.

You can find out more about the proposed change here: http://www.fic.gov.bc.ca Please send your comments and concerns to: commission.consultation@ficombc.ca Or write to FICOM at: Commission Consultation Financial Institutions Commission 2800 - 555 West Hastings Street Vancouver, BC V6B 4N6

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Students learn to carve from elders SCOTT SLATER CONTRIBUTOR

This week, students in the Outside 45 program spent three days with Delmar Williams, an instructor on earth-based survival skills from the Squamish and Lil’wat Nation.

Williams taught fire-building and carving techniques to students.

On Tuesday, they carved chunks of cedar into spoons that they will use on upcoming camping trips. For many years now, students at BICS have been learning from members of the Squamish Nation.

Elders from the Nation have taught students about the culture and language of the Squamish people and the history of the south coast of BC.

Spoon designs for the Outside 45 Carving project are seen in the photo above. Delmar Williams helps Oscar char a chunk of cedar before carving in the photo at left. photos MERIBETH DEEN

“Creating safe communities means protecting the environment and the people.”

– Dion Arnouse, Emergency Management Consultant, Kinder Morgan Canada

Trans Mountain’s emergency management team has connected with over 130 Aboriginal communities along the BC-Alberta pipeline route. We assess each community’s capacity to respond to a civil emergency, then provide support to upgrade emergency response skills accordingly. The primary objective is to ensure an organized response to a spill. However, as the chances of a spill are low, local residents who are trained well with a safety mindset are equally prepared to respond to a more likely natural event, such as a fire, flood or ice storm. Putting safety first is our number one priority.

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There is a constant focus on community safety, emergency preparedness and environmental protection.

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Emergency preparedness training benefits include skills in dealing with all hazards, including fires, floods and extreme storms.

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To date, 51 Aboriginal communities located along the pipeline and marine corridor in British Columbia and Alberta have signed Mutual Benefit Agreements.

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For both Trans Mountain and Aboriginal training, we conduct exercises and drills year-round in all seasons and conditions – on land, water, even on ice – throughout the entire system.

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We have connected with more than 130 Aboriginal communities along the entire pipeline route.

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There are 15 equipment caches along the pipeline and over $3 million will be invested in new emergency response equipment.

For more information, go to TransMountain.com Email: info@transmountain.com · Phone: 1-866-514-6700

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Queen of Capilano Commuting options for ferry back on track getting off the rock MERIBETH DEEN

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Early last week, B.C. Ferries announced that the Queen of Capilano’s fourth RAD (right angle drive) has been fixed, and the boat is fully operational. This should remedy the delays passengers travelling on the boat have been experiencing since New Year’s Day, when the RAD broke.

Just following this announcement, on Tuesday, the Queen of Cap experienced another major delay – but for a completely unrelated reason.

A work crew from B.C. Ferries was in Snug Cove doing terminal maintenance when their truck broke down right on the entrance to the boat deck.

The truck’s cherry picker was stuck in a vertical position with a worker inside, and while pedestrians were able to unload, drivers waiting to get off and drivers waiting to get on the ferry were delayed for a full hour.

A broken truck keeps the Queen of Capilano stuck at the ferry terminal on Tuesday. photo Rob Wynen Boat mechanic Sean Olsson is being hailed the hero of the situation, as he showed up and fixed truck.

The Queen of Capilano

came back for one more run before the mid-day sailing break, picking up passengers in Snug Cove at roughly 1:30 p.m.

Driving onto the ferry is still the transportation method of choice for many islanders, says David Hocking, chair Bowen Island Municipal Transportation Committee and an islander with a long history of commuting, but it is the most expensive method, not necessarily the fastest, and most stressful.

As a reminder, here are a few other options: 3 J(4 4: 2:?O H?8>:18 ?L; >?=! "L O(66 than an hour by hopping on the English Bay Launch water taxi, $10 each way. Bring your bike along to help you get to the next destination, or just hop on the nearest transit-option from there.

3 H:9 :L C(4(8 F"L%M6 (-98(66 >16B "4 /"OO %(4 you downtown off the 6:30 p.m., 7:30 and 8:30 ferries for $4 (there’s also a senior’s rate). On the way home, it connects with a Cormorant Water taxi in Horseshoe Bay for the last leg of the journey ($8.50, if you buy a book of ten tickets). This route has been known to shorten the commute to 45 minutes total. Track the bus’s whereabouts on glympse.com/!BowenBus and follow the Bowen Island Bus Facebook page for updates.

3 2?4=$ 4$( <&# (-98(66 >16 '8:N Horseshoe Bay, it’s faster now. Instead of coming through the village of Horseshoe Bay and making several stops, it goes straight from the highway to the terminal. This increases a rider’s chance of purchasing a ferry ticket prior to the 10-minute cut-off period.

3 *?O!A:L 4$( '(88I ?L; ;8"0( 4: ?L; '8:N H:86(6$:( 5?I /"4$ 2?8<J:@ ):1M0( %:4 4: register and pay a small fee (but there are often promotion codes that allow you to register for free) and download the smartphone app. A trip downtown typically costs $12, but the cost depends on time and so if you get caught in traffic it will be more expensive.

There’s a $10 drop-off fee in Horseshoe Bay on Fridays and Saturdays.

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(Sunday to Thursday) or 12:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.

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