Bowen Island Undercurrent October 6 2017

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Foodie feature

A speedie and versatile sushi recipe to please guests and picky kids

20 years at the Gallery

Looking back at the beginning, with Betty Dhont

Highs and lows...

Of climbing Everest, and the leisurely trek to Base Camp

TransLink representatives float “On-Demand Bus” pilot project MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR

Who needs a rink when you’ve got tennis courts and a torrential downpour? Five teams of four kids played a spirited road hockey tournament guided by Sarah Bristow and energized by cookies from the Village Baker. photo submitted, Rebecca Lyne Bowen Rec

Representatives from TransLink presented their idea for a new pilot project to improve bus service on Bowen Island at this week’s Transportation Advisory Committee meeting (BIMTAC). They said the idea, which is currently “in the exploratory stages” has been formed in response to feedback gathered through the Integrated Tranportation Master Plan.

“The top transit improvements collected by stakeholder groups, about 30% listed on-demand service as a key transit improvement they’d like to see. I think the top item, about 40% was extending evening service,” said Andrew McCurran, Director of Strategic Planning and Policy. “We also at TransLink have observed challenges with service in terms of no automated-vehicle location capabilities. There is also a practice of passengers drivers for pick-ups which can lead potentially to safety issues. Stop uncertainty, particularly in poor conditions - rain, snow, it’s dark a driver might not be able to see a passenger trying to flag the bus down.”

McCurran listed these, and several other operational issues that could potentially be resolved through the launch of a new pilot project.

“The idea is to take the existing buses, the existing drivers and existing service hours - so it is within the context of what we already have here - and seeing if we can deliver them in a more responsive way... it is more appropriate to call what we are proposing a deviated fixed route,” he said. “Drivers would have an app with an ipad by the dashboard, and then riders would be encouraged to download an app as well. Obviously we would need to make provisions for people who don’t have a smartphone.”

As people requested rides, McCurran explained, the app would suggest a bus stop

point maximizing route efficiency for both the driver and passenger. He added that a top priority in the creation of such deviated routes would be to ensure people who were looking to get on the ferry did not miss their connection.

“We think this concept have a lot of potential in lower density, lower demand parts of the region, other parts of the region that maybe don’t have great transit service today...

Maybe through some more dynamic service and matching, could use the same hours to provide a lot better service,” said McCurran.

“Given the high support that we’ve heard from stakeholder conversations here on Bowen, support from council and staff have indicated a keenness... it’s a very good test for us. So if you’re keen as a community, we look forward to working with you.”

He said TransLink would be looking to launch the pilot in early 2018, and run it for approximately one year.

Transportation Committee Chair David Hocking brought up the fact that a key request by Bowen Islanders has been a taxi service, and now that one exists, there is fear that on-demand bus service could damage the taxi service. McCurran said that TransLink sees taxis as a critical part of the “transportation ecosystem,” and re-stated his perspective that the pilot project would simply be providing the same service that exists today, in a better way.

“The proposal isn’t to go up to your door, but maybe to adjust the timing... which potentially we have the ability to book some time in advance. If you know you are going to the ferry at a certain time, you’d say ‘pick me up here,’ and we would know we were trying to get certain other rides along the way, and the app would tell you, ‘ok, the bus is coming along in 10 minutes, make your way to the corner.” continued P3

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Meeting Calendar October 10, 2017 7:15 pm Regular Council Meeting

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Municipal water main flushing As part of its regular water system maintenance program, the Municipality will flush water mains in all water systems between October 14 and November 30, 2017. Flushing will take place seven days a week from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm and will rotate through each neighbourhood. This procedure does not pose a health hazard, and is necessary to remove sediment that gradually deposits in the pipes.

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During the flushing process, temporary water interruptions will occur and your water pressure could be low or turned off completely for periods of time. Every effort will be made to ensure that water quality is not affected, but some turbidity and higher than normal chlorine concentrations may be present for short periods of time. Running your tap briefly should clear this up.

October 12, 2017 1:00 pm

Please note: the water mains in the areas of Snug Cove, Cates Hill and Village Square will be flushed on Saturday, October 14, early in the morning so as to alleviate water interruption for BICS and BCC.

October 11, 2017 3:30 pm Mayor’s Standing Committee on

Community Centre Select Steering Committee

The water main of Artisan Square will be flushed early in the morning of October 16 and 17.

October 13, 2017 8:30 am

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Economic Development Committee All meetings are held in Council Chambers unless otherwise noted.

Request for Snow and Ice Removal Services Bowen Island Municipality is requesting applications of interest in the following on-call services: • Ice patrol (temperature dependent): 3:30 am start or as required, Monday - Saturday; 4:30 am start or as required, Sundays and Holidays.

• Snow removal (weather dependent): anytime, as required.

Those interested in either or both of these services are asked to provide a driver’s licence abstract directly from ICBC (1-800-663-3051) to BIM by fax at 604-947-0193 and to provide a written response by email, regular mail or in person before Friday, October 27, 2017 at 4:00 pm to: Rachel Pryce-Jones, Public Works Clerk Bowen Island Municipality 981 Artisan Lane, Bowen Island, BC V0N 1G2 EMAIL: rpryce-jones@bimbc.ca

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Committee members, public, question “on-demand” bus service idea

Consultation on pipeline lacking: Tsleil-Waututh JANE SEYD NORTH SHORE NEWS

Driver Pam Mitts shows off one of two new buses on Bowen.

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Councillor Melanie Mason stated the need for bus service at Cowan Point and Queen Charlotte Heights, and a way for people to get to and from the water taxi.

She asked whether this pilot project might be able to address those needs, and Paul Cheng, Senior Transportation Planner with TransLink, said there is definitely potential for that to happen.

“If I’m a customer and I start booking rides to meet the water taxi, then there’s going to be some algorithm where it will calculate - I see that there are this many people, and maybe two buses will be there at a certain point at this time, to accommodate the need.”

McCurran stated that as this new method could potentially serve the whole island in a better way.

Committee member Susanna Braund said she appreciated it when larger organizations tried to “think outside the box,” but went on

to state her concerns about this pilot. She re-stated the issue of the burgeoning taxi service and asked for more in-depth assurances that this service would not harm it.

“Excuse my skepticism, that you can make an app that would work, given that you can’t even get the GPS to work on the buses right now,” she said, adding that most islanders did not see this as being necessary in the first place. “The idea that you could actually develop a sophisticated app of the kind that you describe, is a bit mindboggling to me.”

The other point that boggled her mind, she said, was that the bus heading to Tunstall and Bluewater travels such a distance that it currently requires all the time allotted just to get to the ferry.

“There is no spare capacity to go off that loop and pick anybody else up. I actually don’t know, maybe somebody does, there may be room in the Eaglecliff run, but one of the buses is completely tied up, it’s calibrated to the

ferry... and the Bluewater bus needs that whole hour and ten minutes to get to the ferry. I’m just really wondering if you’ve thought this through on the ground.”

Following further discussion by committee members, members of the public had an opportunity had a chance to ask questions and state their perspective.

Jewal Maxwell said that given the fact that we have no sidewalks and streetlights here on Bowen Island, walking is not possible and bus service is essential - areas that currently lack service need to be prioritized over a pilot project meant to optimize the existing service.

Peter King, the driver and operator the express bus to downtown offered a simple solution.

“On the express bus, we use Glympse. It’s a free app, it puts a GPS on my ipad, 700 odd people are connected, and they track the bus in real time... this could be applied very easily.”

More construction lies ahead for Trunk Road MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR

Islanders may have grumbled on Monday when a power outage hit parts of Bowen Island, thinking that perhaps the outage was caused by construction on Trunk Road.

The outage was in fact caused by a problem at Lion’s Bay substation, and islanders can look forward to the imminent conclusion

of their roadwork. BC Hydro says the project - replacing submarine cables that provide power to Bowen, and splitting them into two circuits, is on track to be completed in advance of the scheduled in-service date of October 31.

Shaw Cable is next in lineto work on Trunk Road and has confirmed that they will begin installing a fibre connection to improve internet speeds in the near future.

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Lawyers for the Tsleil-Waututh Nation appeared in federal court Monday to make arguments that the federal government failed to properly consult with them in approving the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

The Tsleil-Waututh legal arguments were the opening salvo of a two-week federal court hearing in which seven First Nations are challenging the process by which Ottawa approved the expansion of the pipeline which ships oil from Alberta’s oil sands for export via Burnaby’s Westridge marine terminal on Burrard Inlet.

The province of B.C., cities of Vancouver and Burnaby and environmental groups seeking to overturn the project will also have a say in court, as interveners in the case.

In an emotional press conference prior to the court hearing, Tsleil-Waututh Chief Maureen Thomas said her nation was forced to take the government to court because “we feel we’ve been totally, totally not heard,” she said. “We had no other option.”

Lawyers for the Tsleil-Waututh told the appeal court Monday that there had been no meaningful consultation with the First Nation.

While cabinet was assuring Thomas – who travelled to Ottawa last November – that detailed submissions from the First Nation would be considered in the decision, Ottawa was already putting together a website announcing the project approval, said lawyers on Monday.

Eugene Fung, a lawyer for West Coast Environmental Law who has worked with the Tsleil-Waututh on the pipeline issue, said outside of the court that given the promise to consider the detailed material came just one day before the decision was announced, it’s clear meaningful consultation didn’t happen.

Tsleil-Waututh lawyers also argued in court that the National Energy Board erred when it refused to consider the pipeline’s possible

impact on tanker traffic and marine safety in Burrard Inlet.

Chief Ian Campbell of the Squamish Nation said at the press conference Monday his people share concerns about tanker traffic, potential impacts on southern resident killer whales and salmon habitat.

“That is not the future that we see for our grandchildren,” he said. “We have a duty to step forward and hold the government accountable.”

Campbell said during the National Energy Board process, the Squamish repeatedly asked for specific information, including how diluted bitumen reacts in ocean water in the event of a spill, but received only “generalities” in response.

When the original pipeline was first built 60 years ago “we had no legal recourse,” said Campbell. “That era has come and gone in this country. First Nations are going to use every legal remedy possible to challenge and to stand up for the rights of our grandchildren and the rights of the environment.”

Fung said recent superior court decisions have clarified the duty owed to First Nations when government decisions affect their interests. “The best interests of the First Nation has to be kept in mind,” he said, adding consultation means more than simply listening to concerns. “You have to be able to respond to what you’re hearing.”

The province is also expected to weigh in by questioning how Ottawa chose to interpret the “national interest,” arguing that B.C. bears a disproportionate share of the risk in the pipeline project.

Environmental groups have focused their concerns on the risks to populations of southern resident killer whales through noise created by tanker traffic.

Kinder Morgan provided a statement saying the company will be “providing our legal argument through the court process and are confident in that process and our position.”

Legal arguments in the case are expected to continue for two weeks.

Rueben George of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation outlines concerns Monday prior to the start of a federal court hearing on the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion approval. photo supplied

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App-fatigue MERIBETH DEEN

Dear Bowen Islanders,

EDITORIAL

With the sudden chill in the air, another Applefest to celebrate and these ever-shortening days there is no denying the year is quickly coming to a close. 2017 has just flown by, a whirlwind of Trump-isms, extremist rage, mass murder and natural (or perhaps human-made) disaster... and apps! More, and more apps being created to simplify our lives.

Back in the year 2000, there was no such thing as an app.

There is no way we could have imagined you’d need your own app to prove you existed, and that your big, clunky mobile phone would be filled with magical buttons that would transform your day to day existence.

Echoing the words of BIMTAC member Susanna Braund, I am all for innovation, BUT... is another app really what we need?

Whether the problem that needs solving is transportation, energy efficiency or five year-olds learning the alphabet... I am just not convinced that app creation is the best way forward.

Some people might describe it as tinkering on the edges, while the hard messy work required to make real change.

Apps are often entertaining, great tools for time wasting, and YES its true sometimes they are really, truly useful. With so many being created, though, I can’t help but think that most are simply digital clutter.

Don’t take my word for it... after all, I am one of those people who, in the 90s looked at the Internet and thought, “THAT’s not going anywhere!”

So Bowen Islanders, correct me if I’m wrong. Can we trust app developers to fix the missing links in Bowen life, to save us from ourselves?

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Thank you Bowen, for the much needed embrace I’ve lived on this island since 1993, mostly on anyway, a few years dodging back and forth, and have always thanked my good fortune in finding myself a resident of this special place. Now, after you have so warmly and generously embraced my daughter, son-

in-law and grandchildren, booted out of their home in the BVI by an ill tempered hurricane named Irma, I have reason to also say proud to be from this special place, and so grateful to you all.

Nick Faragher

Community support and whale cookies: thank you for the launch!

Dear Editor, What a moving celebration of Howe Sound last Sunday at the Gallery at Artisan Square. Whale in the Door: A Community Unites to Protect BC’s Howe Sound is about community coming together to shape a vision for the future, so it meant a lot to me that members of the Bowen Island community came together to celebrate the launch of my book. I am deeply grateful for the work of the Arts Council and the

Library in supporting the event. Jacqueline and Tina you are vital contributors to our community. Thanks to Chris Corrigan, emcee extraordinaire, for his moving introduction, which meant I had to read from the book through tears of gratitude.

Thanks to Shasta Martinuk, the world’s most musical drone (you had to be there) and Brenda Morrison and her daughter Anna for the yummiest whale cookies (you also had to be there). This was my eighth launch on Bowen and

I’m always blown away by the generosity of my community.

Thank you all.

Copies of Whale in the Door will soon be available at Phoenix, The Gallery, and the Library.

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B.C. renews commitment to climate leadership JAMES GLAVE CONTRIBUTOR

In early September, as smoke from the worst wildfire season on record still hung over much of the province, British Columbia’s new government signalled that it was time to stop fiddling while Rome burned.

“Your government will take decisive action on global climate change,” LieutenantGovernor Judith Guichon said, reading a Throne Speech prepared, as it always is, by the premier and his advisors.

“We must do everything we can to reduce emissions and keep global temperature increases below two degrees. Together, we will fight climate pollution and create opportunities for people, including thousands of jobs through energy retrofits and public infrastructure.”

Three days later, in its annual budget, the government announced it will beef up its signature carbon tax while boosting protection for low and middle-income families. It will also channel the revenue that the tax generates into solutions that “support families and fund green initiatives that help us address our climate action commitments.”

Those commitments are to reduce emissions across the economy 33 percent below 2007 levels by the year 2020, and 80 percent below that level by 2050. We will miss the near-term goal by such a wide margin that the previous government stopped talking about it altogether some time ago. (This week, the federal government confirmed it will miss its 2020 target as well.) But the mid-century target is still within B.C.’s grasp, if we really buckle down.

In 2013, under premier Christy Clarke, the government froze the carbon tax and instead began developing a new fossil-fuel (LNG) export industry. A number of the proposed plants would have produced so much carbon pollution that they would have been nationally significant sources of greenhouse gas emissions. Clark formed a Climate Leadership Team, talked up its work at the Paris climate talks, then returned home to put a red line through almost all of its recommendations, while adding a few from the petroleum industry.

A New Green Fund in the Works Fast forward to now. The new government will raise the carbon tax to $35 starting April 1, and increase it by $5 annually, until it hits $50 by 2021. And B.C.’s largest LNG plant proposal is toast.

Since day one, B.C.’s carbon tax has been “revenue neutral.” Every dime of carbon tax that the government collects has been recycled back to British Columbians in the form of tax cuts. The money has not been available

for climate-fighting investments.

But the new government will change that.

A friend working inside Alberta’s government called the removed revenue-neutrality requirement a smart move, and I agree. On the other side of the Rockies, Premier Notley’s government is similarly tapping the proceeds of her province’s carbon levy to support the phase-out of coal power, build renewables, create an new energy-efficiency agency, and invest in green-tech innovation.

It’s great that B.C.’s carbon tax will be increasing again. If it’s going to do its job, it has to keep rising—to keep up with population growth and inflation. That’s how it works; it signals to the marketplace that cleaner choices made today will be more competitive tomorrow. It helps ensure that the price we pay for fossil fuels—at the pump and elsewhere—more closely approximates their true costs, to public health, ecosystems, and the climate.

The new crowd in Victoria haven’t yet offered any hints about how the carbon tax funds will be put to work. But I have a couple of suggestions.

Strengthening Support for Electric Vehicles First, the federal government is working on a national Zero Emission Vehicle Strategy.

Clean vehicles are not, by a long shot, the fix to climate change, but they are part of a mix of needed solutions that also includes public transit and active transportation—bicycles, walking paths, and so on.

When it comes to electric cars, the biggest barrier in Canada is just getting your hands on one in the first place—it turns out that the car industry just isn’t bringing enough EVs into Canada, and isn’t giving us the full range of choices we deserve. A new campaign called EVchoice (EVchoice.ca) aims to fix that.

Disclosure: I’m part of the team that developed it.

But we also need to make electric cars more attractive to consumers. B.C. currently offers a purchase incentive of up to $5,000 for a new electric car. Ontario’s incentive is double that.

Victoria should consider accessing some carbon tax revenue to fund transit and cycling infrastructure—but also increase the EV rebate so that it matches Ontario’s.

Ensuring New Homes are Energy Efficient There are also opportunities to fight climate change by requiring more energy efficient buildings.

The BC Energy Step Code is a provincial regulation that the previous government introduced in April, and that the new one will bring into effect on December 15. Local governments like Bowen Island Municipality can

Bowen Island resident Rob Purdy says he bought his 2014 Nissan Leaf electric vehicle for its convenience, very low maintenance costs, and low fuel cost. Plus, he really likes how it drives. He charges it at his Sealeigh Park home, overnight.

From fully depleted to fully charged takes about 12 hours on a standard household recepticle and costs about $2. Rob also taps into faster public chargers when he needs to, for free, at Park Royal, West Vancouver Community Centre, Gleneagles Golf Course, and at hundreds of other locations listed on apps such as PlugShare across the North Shore and Lower Mainland. He plans to replace his other vehicle with an electric in the near future.

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use it to significantly improve the energy efficiency of new homes that will be built in their communities. It’s a series of steps, each representing a higher level of energy efficiency. The higher the “step” a community requires its builders to reach, the more efficient its homes will be.

The Energy Step Code is a staircase that we have 15 years to climb. It’s designed to gradually transform our communities until all new construction is “net zero ready”—the most efficient buildings that can be built today.

B.C.’s biggest building industry groups support the Step Code (in fact, they helped design it) and new research suggests that the regulation won’t add much to the construction cost of a new home built to the Lower Steps—less than a 2 percent premium, it turns out, over a conventionally built home.

In return, the community gets lower carbon emissions (in those in which residences are heated with natural gas) and homeowners or renters get healthier, more comfortable, and better quality homes.

The Energy Step code is off and running— but high-performance buildings could certainly benefit from an injection of provincial energy and promotion, so that builders have the skills they need to construct them, home

buyers know what they’re getting, and citizens understand what the Step Code is and how it works. (Another new initiative I’m working on, called Three For All, (ThreeForAll.ca), is encouraging local governments to adopt the Step Code at Step 3)

No Time Like the Present According to the Insurance Bureau of Canada, the two largest wildfires in B.C. this summer caused more than $127 million in insured damage—and that’s just the first rough calculation for just two fires. We are already paying the costs of climate change, and those costs will rise precipitously in the coming years. I’m encouraged to see a government now in place that understands this, and is making well-placed investments to do something about it. We have a lot of catching up to do; I look forward to the province’s next moves.

As principal of Glave Communications, James Glave supports companies, organizations, and governments that are building resilience and the low-carbon economy. He’s on Twitter at @ jamesglave.

A reason to celebrate: Ewald turns 100 Paul and Basia Lieske are very pleased to announce that on October 9th, Pauls’ father, Rev. Ewald Lieske, will turn 100!

There will be a open house for family & friends on Sunday October 29th from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm, everyone is welcome to join us for food & beverages (the location is still to be determined).

Ewald Lieske has spent 100 years focused on the things he loves: family, church and teaching.

He was born on October 9th, 2017 in Lang, Saskatchewan.

Today he lives in his own home in Arizona and spends his summers in Canada with his children. Most of that time is spent on Bowen Island where he has made many new friends, he attends Cates Hill Chapel and where he has a fan club of youngsters who enjoy his stories about the “olden days”.

Every summer Ewald helps design and build parade floats for Bowfest, he helps Paul renovate houses and chopwood for the winter, he prunes trees and clears the yard on our large lot

and he really likes to invent useful items from various bits n’ bobs he finds laying around. He loves people and will talk to most anyone he sees on his walks through Snug Cove.

After graduating from high school in Lang, in 1936, Ewald went to Winnipeg Bible Institute. Ewald lived and worked in numerous provinces and states. He continued his education at the University of British Columbia, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Psychology while, simultaneously attending Union College. In 1943, Ewald married Nathalie Spady.

Together they had four children.

All Ewalds’ children will be joining him on Bowen Island to celebrate his 100th birthday. We are very proud of his tremendous example of service throught out his life to his family, to his church and to the communities he has lived in.

- Basia Lieske

Ewald’s pre-100th Birthday celebration because we weren’t sure if he was coming back to Bowen Island in October for his “real” birth date.

Photo submitted, Basia Lieske

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In the kitchen with Mai Yasue

ony. Eating good food becomes much more important when there are no options for going out to eat.

6. How has living on Bowen influenced your cooking?

Because it is harder to access fresh seafood and produce on Bowen I tend to go food shopping much less often. As a result, I tend to strategically plan and make a lot of cooking decisions based on the goal of reducing food waste and using the space in our tiny yard as efficiently as possible to grow some basic greens, so that I can stretch out the food that I have over a longer period of time. This has made me into a much more creative cook than when I was in the city. We supplement our food with the garden and the eggs from our chickens and quails. Yesterday we were very low on produce in the fridge and so we had potato, chives, kale, chard and mustard green soup from our garden. It was totally random, but very delicious, even for my picky daughter who doesn’t always love greens.

Mai Yasue could not cook without her favourite knives. The one on the left was sent from Japan by her mother.

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This week, enjoy a peek into islander Mai Yasue’s kitchen. Yasue is a professor in environmental studies at Quest University, a pescatarian dedicated to eating sustainable seafoods and mom.

1. What’s your favourite kitchen utensil?

My Japanese knives…One was given to me as a wedding gift from my dad who is slightly obsessed with sharp knives. When he comes over to visit, he goes straight to sharpening the knife (rather than, say asking how we are doing). The other knife was a gift from my mother. She sent it to me from Japan when I asked her for a good knife for my three year-

old daughter to use. Rather than sending me a small, dull children’s knife, she sent me a super sharp, light ceramic knife. She always says you cut yourself more with dull knives… which is probably true.

4. Who is your biggest culinary influence, and what did they teach you?

My parents, of course. They taught me to use quality, in-season vegetables and seafood.

With high quality food, even with very basic preparation, food can taste amazing.

5. When did you realize you loved to cook?

I first started cooking for largish groups when I was working at a remote seabird col-

7. What are you cooking/eating lately?

Barbecued and salted mackerel.

Sustainable, healthy, easy to make and super cheap. You gut the fish, salt it and the just put it on the barbecue. You can even barbecue the bones and eat it, they taste like oily, salty, crunchy chips. Amazing.

TEMAKI-ZUSHI RECIPE

This is a great speedy dish to prepare. It is ideal if you have lots of guests (including children) coming over because picky eaters can just pick and choose what they want to eat. I have some recommendations on fillings, but feel free to improvise depending on what you want you have in the house: Cook short-grained white rice. After it is cooked, add sushi vinegar (rice vinegar, mirin*, and salt) Cut nori seaweed into quarters

Cut the following into 5-10 cm and 1 cm wide strips and lay them out into little sections on a single round plate: carrots, smoked salmon, avocado, cucumber, smoked tofu, tamagoyaki (Japanese omelette, omelette with soya sauce, mirin* and salt) Top with nasturtium flowers, borage flowers, lettuce, mizuna, arugula from garden

Pan fry the following: Shitake mushroom (add soya sauce/sake/ sugar) at the end Oceanwise side-stripe shrimp (add nutritional yeast and flax oil at the end) Grill and slice the following Wild pacific salmon (salted) or Mackerel (salted) Albacore tuna (raw) – Dice and mix with green onions and soya sauce or Dice and mix with hot sauce (Lao Gan Ma or Sriracha) and seasame oil . You can also use canned tuna and mix with mayonnaise, miso and soya sauce if you don’t have fresh albacore tuna.

Put all the fillings out at the table, along with a pile of cut-up seaweed quarters, soyasauce, wasabi and mayonaise and let the guests make their own rolls Making the hand rolls Place one seaweed piece in your hand, and then add a small amount of hot rice.

Add any of the ingredients that you want on top of the rice Add wasabi or Japanese mayonnaise Create a cone (kind of like a burrito) and eat * You can replace mirin with sugar or maple syrup In the past few years, The Undercurrent has featured food stories and recipes from Amrita Sondhi, Rich Ralph, Becky Dawson, Mark Pennington and others... if you’ve got a friend or neighbour with a recipe or two to share, let us know! (editor@bowenislandundercurrent.com)

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The Bee was a blast TINA NIELSEN SUBMISSION

Last Saturday, September 20th, Cates Chapel was a “hive” of activity and excitement as the 2nd Annual Adult Spelling Bee crowned a new Golden Bee Champion! The winners this year were the Arts Avengers who beat out last year’s title holders, the Beekeepers, by a slim 20 points or 3 words.

It was a tight race for the Arts Avenger team members, Peter Williamson, Susanna Braund, Nerys Poole and Sue Ellen Fast. They led each round by just one or two words, and finally tipped the balance by correctly spelling the final and bonus word agelast – “someone who never laughs.” Ironically the Arts Avenger had the last laugh with the winning score of 275 points.

This year not only were there five teams competing, but the audience was also able to spell along in their programs. While many audience members earned more than 75 points, only a handful scored over 150.

“Humbling” was the sentiment for many audience members, but everyone had a great time regardless of their spelling abilities. The evening was entertaining, fun and informative.

We learned how to correctly pronounce krummholz (thank you Everhard van Lidth de Jeude) and that the person walking on the circus high wire is not so commonly called a funambulist.

Surprisingly the words spelled wrong by the most teams were not just from the “hard” category. Canoodle and curlicue from the list of easy words were tough for many teams while the medium word list also had some surprising challenges – desiccate (yes just one “s”), fricassee and diphthong to name a few.

But perhaps the best word spelled incorrectly by all teams was not actually a word at all: Covfefe was a fun bonus word reminding us all that even if you can’t spell (or can’t tell

what is a real word) you can still become the President of the United States!

Audience votes for the Best Team Theme prize went to the Spell Checkers (John Givins, Trish Keating, Pam Culver and Mike Trevillion) with their amazing checkerboard vests and hats. And special mention goes to Buzz Light and the Pollinators (Roger McGillivray, Susan Swift, Stephanie Legg and Nancy Lamphear) who won the Most Spirited Team award.

This year’s Spelling Bee was a fundraiser for the plaza portion of our Cove Commons project. The building is coming along nicely and with luck should be ready to open by year’s end. Now Phase 2 of our fundraising will focus on development of the plaza – a town square for Bowen. Thank you to the many audience members who donated online or at the Bee. If you would like to support the Cove Commons Plaza donations can be made online through our website https://www. annexgalleryproject.com Many thanks to the dozens of “worker bees” who volunteered to choose words, keep score, keep time, set up, deliver stage and tables, decorate, serve food, sell tickets, pour wine, call words, pick up supplies and then take it all down again and return everything to its proper home! You are an amazing group.

Thank you to our sponsors and donors Barcelona Tapas & Wine Bar, Bowen Island Pub, Beaty’s Bowen Honey, Bowen Island Rotary Club and Theatre on the Isle.

TOP: Best Costume prize went to The Spell Checkers (John Givins, Trish Keating, Pam Culver, Mike Trevillion) BOTTOM: The Arts Avengers: (SueEllen Fast, Nerys Poole, Susanna Braund, Peter Williamson) were the overall winners of this year’s Bowen Bee. Len Gilday, photos

On the calendar FRIDAY OCTOBER 6 Community Feast and Family Movie Night Doors to BICS Gym open at 5pm. Movie: Fantastic Mr. Fox starts at 5:45, by donation SATURDAY OCTOBER 7 Tailgate Sales at BICS 1 0am - 12pm SUNDAY OCTOBER 8 Applefest at Davies Orchard More than 200 varieties of apples on display, bees, cider making and a cupcake walk. 11am - 2pm TUESDAY OCTOBER 10 Bowen Island Community Lunch at the Legion 11:30am Soup, Artisan Bread, Dessert, Coffee or Tea This week’s soups: Scotch Broth and Carrot Ginger $5.00 - This is an adult only event.

SATURDAY OCTOBER 14 Bowen Island Arts Council AGM plus double Anniversary celebration - with music and dancing MONDAY OCTOBER 16 Bowen Island Garden Club speaker series presents Kathy Leishman & Patty Smith who will give a presentation titled, “Creating Unstructured Wreaths and Arrangements” 1pm at the Bowen Island Legion FRIDAY OCTOBER 20 Take Another Seat Opens at the Gallery at Artisan Square SATURDAY OCTOBER 21 Montessori Kid & Kaboodle Sale - Accepting Donations Now HELP KEEP OUR CALENDAR UP TO DATE! email editor@bowenislandundercurrent.com or ads@bowenislandundercurrent.com with the subject heading: EVENT LISTING

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Twenty years and shifting: Bowen Island Arts Council celebrates anniversary as new location nears completion

Volunteers worked on every aspect of the creation of the Gallery at Artisan Square, including painting, installing flooring, cabinets and lighting. Above, Betty Dhont, Graham Ritchie, Bob Bates and (unknown) work on getting the floor installed.

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Looking back, Betty Dhont recalls a sense of possibility, excitement and a sense of overwhelm twenty years ago in the lead up the opening of the Gallery at Artisan Square.

“You know what its like when you are sitting around, shooting the breeze about what could be,” says Dhont. “The conversations

were within the Arts Council and just among friends and artists. Jackie Minns is one person that stands out as having a sense of unbridled imagination. She was talking about creating more than a gallery for art that you hang on the wall, she was thinking big picture, body art, yoga and more.”

Energies focused towards the goal, she says, and at some point in 1997, Doug Barry called up the Arts Council to let them know that a space would be opening up at Artisan Square,

after the Bowen Brewery moved out.

Dohnt, who had an art degree, a career in the Netherlands, and also worked with Woodwards Gallery in Vancouver, became the first curator of the new gallery.

“It was decided it should be a paid job, not a volunteer position, as it was too much responsibility for a volunteer to take on,” explains Dhont. “Really, it is a challenging job, not just starting a gallery but also every single exhibit requires that you don’t get caught up in the day to day challenges, but you see beyond the horizon to get the job done.”

The goal of the gallery was to be a place where local artists could showcase their work, says Dhont, and the community’s enthusiasm for the idea was expressed by the fact that more than 30 people volunteered to get it up and running.

“There was a real excitement,” says Dhont.

“And not just among visual artists, but dancers, musicians, theatre people and writers as well.”

When asked about the exhibits that she remembers best out of her six years as curator, Dhont has a long list.

“I was really drawn to social issues,” she says. “One in particular that I was proud of, was pulling together portraits of Vancouver’s missing women, done in mixed media by Shirley Leggett. If you’ve every done a portrait, you may know that the artists puts so much into getting to know the subject. I really wanted people to do the same when they looked at the portraits. The decision I made in trying to do that was removing the names from below each portrait and instead putting them all together in a list. Not everyone like it, but I think a lot of people got it.”

Another that stands out was an exhibit that had previously been shown at the

Roundhouse in Vancouver, of works done by people with mental and physical disabilities.

“I can still visualize some of those works, the way these artists showed the challenges of their lives in such a unique way,” says Dhont.

“And I think that has been an important role for the Gallery as well - bringing art in from off-island. It can be challenging though, to strike the right balance of work from on and off Bowen.”

Along with bringing art to Bowen, Dhont says the Gallery also served as a starting point for Bowen artists who have gone on to show their work elsewhere.

Dhont says that she sees herself as having been a building block, and every curator, every volunteer that came in after to build and grown the gallery is the same. Over time, and with a lot of hard work, that Gallery has become something of an institution on Bowen.

Now as the 20th Anniversary of the Gallery approaches, the Arts Council is looking forward the opening of The Annie Laurie Wood Annex beside the library. This will mean a new space for the Gallery, with opportunity for even more diverse program than what already exists. For Dhont, this move comes with a measure of loss.

“There’s a lot of good memory, and energy tied up in that place,” says Dhont.

GALLERY FUN FACTS:

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The Gallery @ Artisan Square has presented approximately 250 exhibits • Over 20 years the Gallery has sold approximately $800,000 worth of art.

• In 20 years, the Gallery has welcomed about 150,000 visitors

Betty Dhont, surrounded by works created by Bowen Islanders including Iona McIntyre, Ron Woodall, Janet Esseiva, Sarah Haxby, Vicki Fuller, Michael Epp and Gregg Simpson.

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Coming up: bright and beautiful chairs at the Gallery at Artisan Square BIAC

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If you’ve heard the rave reviews about the 2012 Take a Seat, and have sorely regretted that you missed this show, despair no more.

Back by popular demand, the Gallery @ Artisan Square is pleased to present “Take Another Seat”, opening at the Gallery on October 20 and running until November 19.

The exhibit features more than 45 pieces of refurbished and creatively transformed furniture. Local artists have infused new life into everything from chairs, tables and

even the baby grand piano at the Gallery!

The public is welcome to come view the art/home furnishings and participate in a silent auction to vie to take home one or more of these unique treasures. The bidding begins October 20, with a kick off Friday evening, from 7 pm – 8 pm, and will be open until Saturday evening, November 18. That evening, beginning at 7 pm, join us for a lively closing reception as the action heats ups and culminates in the awarding of the winning bids.

Artist will retain 50% of the final purchase price, with

50% of revenues earmarked to help pay for furniture and equipment for the new Cove Commons.

We invite you to brighten your home with artwork that is brilliant and functional.

Not only that, but you will be financially supporting local artists AND a great cause, PLUS helping repurpose an object that had been discarded or abandoned. A win-win for all!

The Gallery is open Friday – Sunday, from noon – 4 pm, or by appointment. For more information, please contact Emilie Kaplun, curator, at gallery@biac.ca.

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Tim Calder wants to take you to Everest Base Camp

Tim Calder (yellow jacket) enjoying the sunshine at the top of Everest in 2006 with his team-mate Tim and sherpa Tadawa. photo submitted

MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR

Two examples of decorated chairs that will be on display at the upcoming Gallery exhibit.

BARR, Pamela Sue Nee DALBY

August 1943 - September 2017 Sue passed away peacefully at her home on Bowen Island surrounded by her close family. She was a 7th generation Canadian, born in New Westminster, who always went by Sue. She is survived by her husband of 47 years, John; her son Michael of North Vancouver, his wife Jennifer, their children Evan and Rachel; her son Warren of Tofino, his companion Lily; and her sister Penny of Campbell River.

Sue developed an early love for jazz at the Black Spot.

Graduating from Magee in 1961 she studied French in Switzerland for two years then German in Berlin. Returning to Canada she joined CP Air as a stewardess, flying the world for 7 years. While stationed in Hawaii she met John.

Sue gave up the then glamorous life and she and John moved to the West Chilcotin, built their log home and had two sons. Following 8 years of living off the grid they moved to the Williams Lake area, and eventually Bowen Island where she worked as a realtor for 10 years.

Sue dearly loved her sons and was very proud of them.

She was a voracious reader, an avid bridge player, a genealogist and a lover of nature. Her generosity, wit and intelligence will be missed by all who knew her.

Donations to OWL or Critter Care in her name would please her immensely.

Tim Calder says the desire to climb Mount Everest is more of a life-wish than a death-wish, ultimately, a bid to get the most out of life.

In 2005, he attempted to summit and came close to the top when the weather turned and a team-mate died of a heart attack.

In 2006, he tried again - this time, achieving his goal, despite three hairline fractures in his femur and a massive hematoma acquired

10 days before the expedition.

“I knew I could do it,” says Calder. “And the investment is too great to turn back when you’ve made all your plans already. I knew I wouldn’t get the opportunity again, and so I felt it was important to continue.”

The feeling at the top, he says, was a massive sense of relief mixed with a nagging sense that you need to get back down.

“It was an absolutely perfect day, and we spent about an hour and a quarter up there.

You really do feel like you are on top of the world.”

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Community rallies around Asa Liles Many of you have heard that Asa Liles has been diagnosed with colon cancer and is waiting on radiation and chemotherapy. Getting through the 5 week period will be daunting.

He’s still working out city accommodations / daily drivers for that 5 week period, and obviously working very little. He’s doing what he can…. lets do what we can and help out NOW when he actually needs us most.

“I have been out of touch and I regret this, but my health has taken a temporary turn towards disharmony, and as I learn about my illness, my challenge is to remain optimistic . I continue to work while embracing the reality of the stage one cancer in my colon. I have an incredible community and a family of friends on this terrific island. I want to thank everyone for their kindness, patience, and support. If you know me personally ,then you know I laugh louder and longer then anyone, and that your love and friendship (and my husband) are the best medicine .”

Asa Liles in happier times. To support him, find the Go-FundMe page and make a donation (or offer a smile and a hug when you see him in the Cove).

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The leisurely trek to Everest base camp from P9

In April 2014, Calder did join another expedition with plans to summit. It was the beginning of climbing season, and clients were just beginning to make their way to Base Camp. Many Sherpas were on the mountain though, setting up camps at higher altitudes. A massive ice avalanche killed 16 of them, and the incident is now considered to be one of Everest’s worst disasters.

This also marked the end of Tim Calder’s summiting ambitions.

“I noticed a real change when I returned in 2014,” says Calder. “Back in 2006, most of the people who climbed in commercial expeditions were experienced mountaineers. The price rose dramatically, making it financially inaccessible. Suddenly, you were getting more and more CEO’s, and people who seemed to like the idea of getting famous up there.”

The other big change to

Everest was the arrival of 3-G wireless both at base-camp and on the mountain.

“I love the comradery, the teamwork of being on these expeditions. It used to be that while you were waiting for a weather window to open up to actually make the climb, you’d sit around at the bottom playing cards, drinking tea, getting to know people,” he says. “In 2014, you saw the shift where suddenly people spent the majority of their time on their iPads, looking at Facebook or watching videos. It’s not only that there’s a social cost to this, but there is a safety aspect too: when you are on the mountain and someone on your team gets sick, well… you want to really know each other.”

These changes, Calder says, do not impact the magic of Nepal and Everest itself.

Since the 2015 earthquake, Calder says he has focused his efforts in Nepal on fundraising for earthquake relief with a particular focus on the village of Langtang where he has

longstanding connections.

“The village was totally destroyed, and a friend recieved horrendous head injuries,” says Calder. “In Nov 2015 I organized and led the first western group up to the village and we spent a week helping the few remaining villagers salvage what they could. Since then, I have tried to raise money and awareness of what happened up there, focusing in particular on getting orphaned children to school.”

He’s returned to Langtang once since then, and is now looking forward to another trip to Nepal - this time to guide a group of ten to Base Camp.

...the Margarets made it to Base Camp while the marathoner had to stop due to altitude sickness....

not a matter of physical fitness so much as it is about acclimatization to altitude,” says Calder. “On one trip, there were two women named Margaret, one was 68 and the other was 74.

They both started walking in their sixties. There was also a marathon runner who spent lots of time bouncing around from place to place, the Margarets made it to Base Camp while the marathoner had to stop due to altitude sickness. Really, to guide people to this magical place, it’s the trip of a lifetime, that’s the joy of this work.”

Calder says that his hope is to get more Canadian travellers to base camp, so is gearing up for three, possibly four more trips next year. While he has achieved his goal, and let go of the idea of reaching the summit of Everest for a second time, Calder says he hopes to be leading trips to basecamp for years to come.

“Getting to Base Camp is

Most readers will have heard by now that Metro Parks will act upon one of their two options for the Davies Orchard area: Option 1 will see the removal of six out of the ten remaining cottages at a cost of nearly $ 800,000. Option 2 will restore two and remove four cottages at a cost of $ 1.2 million.

That decision may be made in November.

There is a growing movement to support an Option 3, presented to Metro Parks, in which the request was made to turn the management of the Davies Orchard over to Bowen Island, either to the Municipality or to another qualifying agency.

Included in the management plan would be the right to restore the Cottages for everyone in the Metro Region to use.

It would be a unique experience to add a walk through some of Bowen’s history to a hike in Crippen Park.

If you support this goal please sign the petition on the flyer in your mail and drop it off at Applefest or at Apartment 30, the SeaBreeze building at455 Bowen Island Trunk Road.

Because of the very short time span the urgency to begin a meaningful dialogue is great. It is the hope of all supporters of this Option 3 that a “Win - Win Situation” will be created and Bowen Island can once again provide a glimpse for all to see of the glory days of “The Happy Isle.”

The sun setting on Mt. Everest.

- HC Behm

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YES a bike park is coming to Bowen

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JENNIFER HENRICHSON SUBMISSION

There was overwhelming public support for a bike park on Bowen a year ago the initial plans were presented to council.

Now that we’ve built agreat partnership with the Municipality, we are close to seeing the park built.

We agreed upon and surveyed a perfect little piece of municipal land just behind the outdoor classroom at BICS. Meetings with our neighbours - BICS and Metro Vancouver Parks - ensured that everyone’s concerns were met before we took our idea to an awesome bike park builder, Pat Podolski of Golden Dirt Trails.

Pat has now completed the design for a pump track that is sure to be fun for a wide range of ages and skill levels. As he describes it, “We have designed a fun, safe and progressive Bike Park for everyone to enjoy in a controlled environment.

Our design has an area for kids on run bikes as well as an area where kids can progress onto a beginner/intermediate track.”

We have been very fortunate to be the recipient of a Knick Knack Nook grant of $4000 and a Bowen Community Foundation grant of $3,000. On top of that, Vancouver Coastal Health awarded Bowen Island Municipality an additional $15,000 Active Communities grant.

Some of this money is designated to building and design costs but will also cover skills training workshops, transportation access and honorariums for bike park youth ambassadors.

We are very appreciative to have donations of equipment use by Home Farm Gardens. Other items - fencing hardware, mineral soil, moss seed, a roller compactor, and drainage pipe - we hope to also have donated. The remaining $20,000 we will be raising over the next month. We plan to start the build this November but it will take all the kids that will enjoy this park to work together to make it happen.

How can kids raise money to build their bike park?

• Go on a bottle drive in your neighbourhood.

• Do extra jobs for your parents and neighbours - leaf raking, wood stacking etc.

Write a fundraising email to everyone you know.

Get sponsors for biking to school ($5 for every day you bike!)

Donations of $100, $75, $50, or $25 can be made in person at the Recreation office at Bowen Island Community School or online at www.bowenrecreation.com. Search for Bike Park Donations in the registration system. Donations over $100 can be processed in person at the Municipal Hall (cheque).

Tax receipts are available from Bowen Island Municipality.

Join the Facebook group Bowen Bike Park and follow us on Instagram at bowenbikepark Updates and information will be posted here.

We’re so excited to have the support of the community to make the bike park a reality.

A side view (bottom) and aerial view of the future Bowen Bike Park, as it is imagined by designer Pat Podolski. submitted images

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