Bowen Island Undercurrect December 13 2018

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A CHANGE OF HEART

Marcus Hondro rethinks his Grinch-y attitude in the latest Slow Lane.

BOOK LOVERS TAKE NOTE

Librarian Tina Nielsen recommends some books to curl up with over the holiday seasons

NEXT WEEK’S EDITION

The Undercurrent is breaking for the holidays so next week will be the last edition of 2018.

Muni Morsels: wrapping up 2018 BRONWYN BEAIRSTO EDITOR

As the year draws to a close, councillors are too breaking for Christmas. The following are briefs from the final regular council meeting of the year. Council will reconvene Monday, January 14.

STVR TUP TTYL: It was

something of a win for short term vacation rentals Monday.

While council voted to defer issuing proprietors of an illegallyoperating short term vacation rental a temporary use permit, it also decided not to pursue enforcement of the Land Use Bylaw in that instance. The Land Use Bylaw doesn’t allow commercial guest accommodations in residential zones on Bowen (with the exception of bed and breakfasts) effectively banning AirBnBs and similar operations on most of the island.

BIM planning manager Dainel Martin said that there are currently at least 83 Bowen listings on AirBnB’s site.

Martin said that staff were nervous about setting a precedent if council issued a temporary use permit for this specific rental property.

Instead, BIM staff are going to start to work toward community consultation for a short term vacation rental policy, which could come to council as early as March 2019.

“Whoa, that’s moved a rock,” said councillor Michael Kaile after the motions passed unanimously.

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Mayor Gary Ander and North Shore high school students taking first-year apprenticeship with BIM building inspector Greg Cormier cut the ribbon for the new bike barn Wednesay afternoon. Locals have already been using the shed to store their scooters and bikes as they head to town on the Queen of Capilano. Photo: Bronwyn Beairsto

Bowen’s new bike barn is ready for business

BRONWYN BEAIRSTO EDITOR

Unnecessarily, the rain held off for the bike barn’s grand opening on the government dock Wednesday afternoon.

Mayor Gary Ander and some of the high school students who helped build the TransLink-funded shed cut the ribbon.

“This is a really really good exam-

ple of a collaborative project,” said Ander before cutting the ribbon.

Councillor Rob Wynen, who has been a vocal supporter of the project, said that the nearly 50-foot long shed will allow Boweners who would usually drive to work, park their scooters in the dry space and walk onto the ferry.

Councillor David Hocking agreed, “All these spots represent

parking spots [in the cove] and on the ferry,” he said. “This is for everybody.”

The municipality’s building inspector, Greg Cormier, led the North Shore carpentry first year apprenticeship students in building the barn, made entirely from Bowen lumber. Local designer Mike Lightbody donated professional works. Cormier said that he tries to

find community projects for his students to do every year and that last year it was a project at the children’s centre.

Council members joked after the ribbon cutting it was a coincidence that the barn could double as an excellent bar roof for the annual fire fighters Dock Dance.

Yet to come are roof-top solar panels for scooter charging.

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Event Calendar

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Municipal Hall Holiday Hours

Dec 14 2018 9:30 am Economic Development Committee Meeting

Jan 3 2019 1:00 pm Community Centre Select Steering Committee Meeting

Holiday Garbage Collection

Jan 14 2019 6:15 pm Regular Council Meeting All meetings are held in Council Chambers unless otherwise noted.

Council and Committee meetings are open to the public. We encourage you to attend in person or watch online.

We’ll be pickup up your garbage during the holidays but on a different day.

West-side non-organics pickup Wednesday, December 26, 2018

East-side non-organic pickup Wednesday, January 2, 2019

Organics Collection Thursday, December 27, 2018 Thursday, January 3, 2019

Christmas Tree Recycling Christmas tree disposal: BIRD will once again provide a bin for free disposal of trees. All decorations must be removed prior to drop off. The bin will be located outside of BIRD on Mt Gardner Road and will be accessible anytime from Friday, Dec 28 to Friday, Jan 4

First Aid with Amanda CPR/AED Training Saturday Jan 19, 12:30 am - 4:30 pm Municipal Hall Learn the skills needed to recognize and respond to cardiovascular emergencies and choking for adults. Learn to use an automated external defibrillator (AED).

Rapid Damage Assessment Post-Disaster Building Damage Assessment Training Friday Jan 18, 8:30 am - 12:30 pm This 4-hour course teaches advanced skills to identify unsafe conditions in wood frame, masonry and concrete construction caused by floods, earthquakes or windstorms.

Contact Jennifer McGowan at jmcgowan@bimbc.ca to register.

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Electrifying ideas

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Advocates say the timing is ripe for a Bowen e-ferry

BRONWYN BEAIRSTO EDITOR

At the Clean Energy BC annual conference in November, former municipal councillor Melanie Mason competed in a sort of ideas game show. The challenge was to present a clean energy generation idea to a crowd of industry members and have the crowd choose a favourite. The winning proposal? To make the Bowen ferry fully electric.

While this might seem like small project in the shadow of a massive problem, Mason argues that electrifying the Queen of Capilano would significantly reduce Bowen’s greenhouse gas footprint. The Bowen ferry run makes up 25 per cent of Bowen’s total greenhouse gas emissions.

“We can’t do anything to become a more sustainable community until we tackle transportation,” said Mason, who is also a member of Bowen’s Ferry Advisory Committee and the Bowen Island Municipality Transportation Advisory Committee (BIMTAC.) “There’s an initiative underway to make Howe Sound a UNESCO biosphere region, we’re cleaning up the waters, we’ve got all these orcas coming in, clean tech would be good,” said Mason. “People are coming here for the natural beauty, however we’re all getting there by diesel.”

The case Mason argued that with a ferry like the Norwegian Ampere, the world’s first fully electric car ferry, launched into service in 2015, there’s the potential to eliminate 90 to 95 per cent of the ferry’s emissions.

The Ampere’s run is similar to Bowen’s. It’s a 20-minute ride through a semi-protected fjord between Lavik and Oppedal, Norway, with a few hundred passengers per run.

In the case of the Ampere, Mason says that the new ferry saw operating costs cut by 80 per cent with a return on investment of at least 25 per cent per year (basically she says it pays for itself within four years.)

The ferry is lighter and doesn’t require fuel. Though an e-ferry requires infrastructure, most notably the electrical capability and

charging stations, Horseshoe Bay is to go through a $250,000 million upgrade in the early-to-mid 2020s.

For Jae Mather, fellow Bowener and executive director of Clean Energy BC, which promotes private-industry clean energy development and hosted the conference at which Mason presented her idea, it is time to act.

“Based on how long it takes to get grid connection studies with BC Hydro and upgrade grid connections, that could easily take three years on its own,” said Mather.

“Now is the time to start incorporating this into the planning.”

The Ampere is also nearly silent, which means less disturbance for marine life and for humans living near ferry routes.

The energy storage technology for the Ampere comes out of Richmond’s Corvus Energy. The now world-renowned company mainly exports to Europe and Asia but is getting more recognition back home. Seaspan Ferries has incorporated this technology into two of its vessels and two e-ferries are bound for Ontario in 2020 and 2021.

“It’s a mature technology,” said Mason, addressing the frequent “wait and see” government approach.

“The challenges that exist with electrifying the Queen of Capilano are largely secondary. So they aren’t about money and they also are not about viability of the technology,” said Mather. “The challenges lie in getting decision makers at the top end within BC Ferries to press go.”

Mather says that this e-plan could work for either retrofitting the Queen of Capilano or a new ferry.

B.C. Ferries isn’t ignoring the push for clean technologies. It is building three new LNG-hybrid ships and converting one of its largest vessels (a Spirit class ship) to dual fuel next year. It’s also in talks to build eight smaller diesel-electric hybrid vessels through Corvus, but e-ferry proponents say that the emission reduction for hybrids is merely 20 per cent.

In press coverage of the idea of e-ferries, B.C. Ferries hasn’t embraced full conversion anytime soon. Mark Wilson, a vice-president for the organization, told CBC back in May that its ferries need to work on longer and shorter routes around

the province, making the infrastructure requirements of battery-operated ships difficult to manage.

In the provincial climate change plan released last week, Clean BC (not to be mistaken with Clean Energy BC,) the government commits to e-ferries in the long run.

“For our inland ferry fleet, the future is electric,” it reads. “We aim to achieve full electrification of the inland ferry fleet by 2040.”

Mather says that’s not a good enough commitment.

“Why are we waiting 21 years to do things that are already here, that have short payback periods?” said Mather. “The problem with 2040 targets is motivating anybody to do anything. Even 2030 targets are hard to motivate people to do things now and change behavior now and invest now.

“A big chunk of the Clean BC climate plan is about fuel swap, so taking a fossil fuel and making it less. That that approach will only get you so far when there are technologies available that mean we can do a giant leap,” he said. “Otherwise we’re going to be here again in 15 years looking at doing exactly the same thing.

“Putting it simply, if B.C. has a target in 2030 to have a 40 percent reduction [in greenhouse gas emissions], electrifying the Queen of Capilano will effectively deliver that reduction for Bowen,” said Mather.

On the council side Coincidentally, another islander was at the Clean Energy BC conference, local low-carbon economy advocate James Glave emceed the ideas game show Mason won.

Glave presented the e-ferry idea to municipal council Dec. 10.

“We wouldn’t be taking a huge risk with this, Norway has already done that for us,” he told council.

Councillors David Hocking and Sue Ellen Fast were enthusiastic, Hocking reiterating the need for climate action.

“By 2050 it has to be zero carbon,” said Hocking.

Councillor Maureen Nicholson suggested that Bowen invite BC Ferries’ president and CEO, Mark Collins, to visit the island and council to discuss electrification, to which there was general council agreement.

Kipp Thompson grew up on Bowen Island with his three brothers.

With a gift for music and (from the look of his Facebook feed) a penchant for humour, Kipp was a well-known face on-island.

Kipp died on November 28. Photo: submitted

Remembering Kipp

WIL AND DALY THOMPSON BROTHERS

Kipp Robison Thompson, age 24, died peacefully on Nov. 28 in his home in Vancouver. Kipp was a public figure of Bowen Island. He stood out with his charisma, charm, and that cool stride of his. Kipp was a talented and creative musi-

cian playing many gigs on his local island. Known for his skill on the guitar, he could also play any instrument put in his hands. Kipp will be sorely missed by his friends, family and the community.

We would like to invite you to join in his celebration of life on Dec. 15 at Cates Hill Chapel, between 2 and 4:30 p.m.

Police statistics for month of November PAULO ARREAGA

BOWEN RCMP

Bowen Island responded to 52 calls for service in the month of November. These are investigations and reports of interest: • Two impaired driving • Five road blocks • One utter threats • Three harassment • Three breach of peace or cause disturbance • One fraud • Five theft • One possession stolen property • One arson • Seven suspicious person/ vehicle/occurrence • One mischief • One collision • Six traffic violation tickets

issued for October.

Now that its darker earlier and the weather is unpredictable, Bowen Island RCMP would like to remind all drivers and pedestrians of the following: Check your headlights and rear lights to confirm they are all in working order When walking, wear reflective items from the front and back Do not make any U-turns for the ferry lane between Miller Rd and Mt Gardner. It›s unsafe and illegal.

Finally, drink and smoke responsibly this holiday season. We have unfortunately already been successful in our roadblocks and patrols.

We are getting impaired drivers off Bowen Island roads and we will continue our efforts. If you suspect someone is impaired or high and driving, please call 911.

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Thank you, Wes Goodbye 2018 Dear Editor: Albeit belatedly, I wish to sincerely thank Wes Magee for his many years of service with Canada Post, picking up and delivering Bowen’s mail for the Richmond Main Sorting Post Office. Wes retired a few months ago after nearly 10 years of ‘getting the mail through’. In all weathers he made the long trek, which included Lion’s Bay (probably the worst stretch in winter weather), to and from Richmond, and I can only imagine how many trips in snowy weather must have made for pretty treacherous driving, never mind missing the last ferry due to driving conditions and having to spend the night in the van.

Thank you, Wes, for your many years of service. Enjoy your retirement!

Moira Greaven

Save stamps

Dear Editor: Bowen residents will soon be receiving Christmas cards and parcels from family and friends. Please take the cancelled stamps to the Bowen post office, so that they can be passed on to Save the Children Canada. The stamps are sold to dealers and the money received is used to help children in need.

Each year Save the Children is grateful for the support of Bowen Islanders because they donate many interesting stamps including stamps from foreign countries which sell for more.

Thank you.

Susan Tennant for Save the Children

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Next week is our last edition of 2018.

Tracey and I are taking a break over the holidays and our publisher is consequently cancelling our December 27 edition of the Undercurrent. We’ll be back, ready to serve you for the last year of the decade (we’re almost to the ‘20s!), on January 3, 2019.

So next week is our edition of retrospectives. A recap of 2018.

If you moved to Bowen in 2018, if you published a book, if you released an album, if you got an award (or you know who someone who got an award who would be too modest to raise their hand), or otherwise accomplished something worth noting, this is your chance.

It’s going to be like a year book without the “have a great summer” scrawls on the inside cover from frenemies.

Bronwyn Beairsto, Editor

Looking for a few good members

Dear Editor: As part of our Emergency Preparedness Plan, Bowen Island RCMP is looking to identify any current police officers who reside on Bowen Island. We’re hoping to compile a confidential list of members who would be willing and able to assist our post in case of a major event or natural disaster. For details or enlistment please contact Cpl. Paulo Arreaga at 604 947 0516.

Cpl. Paulo Arreaga

Golf course farewell

Editor’s note: this letter was initially sent to members of the Bowen Island Golf Club. I asked to publish it here for the wider public.

Dear Bowen Island Golf Club members: It feels like yesterday that I was in Florida writing to tell you how excited I was to serve you at your club. The only thing that is the same about this note is that I’m again in a sunny climate, but this time South Africa.

I have been on Bowen for three seasons, working at the golf course. I have passion and love for not only the course and the island but for the members. Every year I have tried to improve the club, whether it be through events, junior programs or lessons. Monaghan Golf and I feel that I have reached a plateau at Bowen. I’ve learned a ton and most importantly, I have created some amazing relationships. Those are what I cherish most.

Unfortunately, I won’t be returning to BIGC as your pro or Pro Shop Manager. My goal now is earning a Sunshine Tour card and playing professional golf in South Africa for the 2019 season. I’ve been working hard on my game and it is trending the in the right direction.

I want to thank everyone who made my time on Bowen as great as it was. It will forever hold a place in my heart. I will be back, and for those few people I owe lessons to, I plan to honor those.

This note wasn’t easy to write and I could say much more, but I will end it with this.

What you have on Bowen is very special, from the shape and layout of the course to the quality of the members. I will miss it all, especially the community of Bowen. Thank you.

Cody White

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From maison to home

Part time Bowen artist returns from France BABETTE DEGGAN CONTRIBUTOR

I am home again from my other home in France, where I and my artist husband, Paul, spend every summer in a medieval hill village in the rugged Auvergne. There, the only pottery I produce are simple bowls and ceramic sculptures, to be glazed and fired as raku pieces by families that come from the surrounding villages on a fall day as a fundraising for the local heritage association. This special event is organized with the help of my Canadian potter friend, Ronda Green, who flies out from Vancouver for this annual firing.

Here on Bowen, I cannot wait to get back to my studio where I can get my hands around an unpromising lump of mud and turn it into a piece of brittle and lasting beauty.

But I am never idle in my native France. My creative and manual skills find satisfying outlets in masonry and carpentry as Paul and I work daily on the restoration of what a local historian calls “a medieval gem,” a tiny and humble stone house, in the next village, a hundred metres from the ruins of a castle which, in the seventeenth century, Cardinal Richelieu had destroyed when the local lords posed a threat to the king.

Pottery is a wonderful way to stay sane during endless winter rains and makes my homecoming a richly rewarding event and ample compensation for missing those idyllic summer days on the island.

As in past years, my work is on

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Taking care of business: A bylaw

outlining business licence fines, for business operating without a licence or not adhering to the requirements of said licence, unanimously passed first reading.

Fines range from $25 (for a first offence) to $175, which planning manager Daniel Martin said is low for such a fee (compared to other municipalities. Martin noted to council that bylaw officers frequently give a warning before resorting to fining and that the municipality has a policy of compliance rather than punishment.

Despite controversy, business licences are coming to Bowen starting January 1, 2019. Enforcement won’t be immediate, giving some months for locals to register with the municipality.

It’s kind of a funny story: When

looking to rezone the Veteran’s Park as parkland and a public work yard, council came up against the issue of the true name of the park. On maps the park has also been labelled Athletic Park (and it’s on Athletic Park Road.) Community planner Emma Chow pointed out that in the Parks Plan, it’s labelled Veteran’s Park.

When the change was officially made (if it was officially made) is unclear. Despite the name confusion, rezoning passed first reading.

They say fiber is good for you: Photo: Tyler Deggan

display at my Christmas pottery sale in my home at 234, David Road, on Sunday, December 16, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For more info please email bpdegganhotmail.com or 947 9921.

Bowen’s internet woes could be lessening soon. “You could not have driven around Bowen today and not seen a Shaw truck,” said Kaile. He said the work is related to the fiber optic cable that Shaw’s laid across Bowen this year that will see the company offering islanders “a standard of connectivity equal to Vancouver in the early spring.”

Build out of housing crisis not easy

MARIO CANSECO GLACIER MEDIA

In the weeks leading up to last October’s municipal elections in British Columbia, housing was the most ubiquitous issue for voters.

The issue of “supply and demand” provided plenty of fodder on social media, but the public soon realized that dealing with housing affordability is more complex than making a promise. It requires several government levels and, from a strictly political standpoint, an emotional connection with voters to outline whether things are on the right track.

Late last month, Research Co. asked Metro Vancouverites about three simple issues: should we build more or fewer housing units, should we have more or fewer new housing units devoted exclusively to rentals and has the time come for Canada to consider the possibility of banning non-citizens from buying real estate in the country?

The views of residents varied greatly.

When Metro Vancouverites were told that 75,000 new housing units were built in the region from 2015 to 2017, one-third of respondents (34%) said they believe we should build more than we did over this three-year period.

Just over a quarter of Metro Vancouverites (27%) surveyed believe we should build at roughly the same pace as we did over the three-year period, while one in five (19%) wants to build less. This so-called “anti-density” crowd amounts to almost half of Metro Vancouverites surveyed, creating a conundrum for policy-makers and councils who may have promised to simply build their way out of the housing crisis.

There are some slight regional differences.

A higher proportion of city of Vancouver residents (38%) support a “build more” strategy than of those who live in the city of Surrey

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(33%) and other Lower Mainland municipalities (32%).

It must be acknowledged that approximately 23% of the 75,000 housing units built from 2015 to 2017 were exclusively for rentals.

When we asked Metro Vancouverites how much of whatever new is built should be allocated for rentals, we got a little bit closer to a consensus.

Three in five Metro Vancouverites (61%) surveyed believe we should build more rental units than what was allotted from 2015 to 2017. Majorities of respondents of both genders and all age groups – as well as renters and owners – agree with this course of action.

In fact, only one in 20 Metro Vancouverites (5%) would prefer to assign fewer new units to rentals.

But, as has been the case for years, the favourite target of residents who are upset with the housing status quo is non-Canadians.

The survey reminded respondents about the situation in New Zealand, where legislation was recently passed to ban most foreigners from buying real estate in the country.

The New Zealand law contemplates exceptions for foreigners who hold residency status in New Zealand, as well as citizens from Australia and Singapore, due to freetrade agreements. Almost four in five Metro Vancouverites (77%) supported enacting similar legislation in Canada. This is consistent with the high level of endorsement that the foreign-buyer tax – in all of its forms – has garnered over the past few years.

There is huge support for a ban on foreign ownership of real estate, which can be partly attributed to recent media coverage of people who profited from decidedly advantageous situations that are unreachable for residents. A drastic change on this file, however, is in the hands of the federal government.

Mario Canseco is the president of Research Co.

BOTTLE DRIVE SAVE YOUR EMPTIES! WE’RE COMING TO GET THEM! BIGC Saturday Support on our way to the 2019 Worlds Jan 5thth Gymnaestrada 11am-3pm in Dornbirn, Austria

Please email pick up location to bigcbottledrive@gmail.com Or leave them on the road in a bag

Angela Jane Parker

February 24, 1959-November 30, 2018

After a very short and particularly brutal second round with cancer Angela Jane Parker died November 30, 2018.

A loving daughter (Doris Spratley and Paul Makahonyk), sister (Reg Spratley), aunt (Robert, Douglas, David, Frances, Georgina, Thassa, Whitlam, Atticus, and Otis), wife (Simon Parker), mother (Sarah Parker), and friend, Jane will be sorely missed. Born in Hanna, Alberta, Jane attended the Alberta College of Art graduating in 1983 from the Visual Communications programme. Initially working as a freelance fashion illustrator, she fell into jewellery design in 1985 at European Jewellery in Toronto. She subsequently worked for Henry Birks and Sons, Brinkhaus Jewellers, Royal de Versailles, and Brinkhaus Jewellers again. Known for her stylish and wearable designs and her beautiful illustrations, she won numerous awards for her designs including Canadian Jeweller Buyer’s Choice, Canadian Jeweller Editor’s Choice, Canadian Jeweller Product Line of the Year, Diamonds Today, Intergold, Spectrum, and in 1990, Diamonds International for her fish head pin.

From the mid 1990s on she developed a flourishing freelance jewellery design business, see jane draw, working on everything from children’s costume jewellery to mass-market lines sold on the shopping channel and luxurious handmade custom pieces.

Relocating to Bowen Island provided an oasis of calm during her 2002/2003 diagnosis and treatment for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Her October 30, 2018, diagnosis of uterine cancer was a surprise, as was the speed at which the disease progressed. Surrounded by those she loved, and with her daughter Sarah by her side, Jane died peacefully at 00:42 on November 30, 2018. (Hitchhiker’s fans take note.)

A celebration of life will follow on January 5, 2019 from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm at the Bowen Island Legion.

(January 5th would have been her 39th wedding anniversary.)

In memory of Jane a scholarship for Canadian jewellery design students will be established. (https://www.gofundme.com/scholarship-for-canadian-jewellery-design-students) In lieu of flowers please consider making a donation to the scholarship fund.

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HOLIDAYBEAT

The Knick Knack Nook shopping afternoon last weekend was full of cheerful faces as Marcus Hondro peaked in on both the parents and children. With a few short weeks before Christmas, children had the chance to buy small gifts for friends and family without their parents around (parents were outside with the campfire.)

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HOLIDAYBEAT

The Ruddy Potato had its annual wine and food tasting Tuesday night. Dozens of islanders turned up to sample the goodies and meet up with friends.

Left: Kori Miyanushi dips into the produce section veggies as Noa Miyanushi (in the yellow jacket) supervises.

Above left: Bob the famous and Nikos Patsis were serving those with a sweet tooth: they were supplying the pies.

Above right: Lorraine Ashdown and her daughter Ali Stone chill in the meat and dairy section.

Below: Boweners mingle all the way.

Photos: Bronwyn Beairsto

The Bowen Island Community Choir held their winter concert at Cates Hill Chapel last weekend.

Left: singers Jennifer Pardee and Tina Overbury sit backstage (or rather off stage.) Photo: Lorraine Ashdown Above left: guest musician Sophie Walters accompanies the choir. Right: The corus of singers. Photos: Martin Beckett As Marcus Hondro will tell you on page 12, the Christmas community lunch Tuesday was a resounding success.

Volunteers included Kathy Gagne, Wilde Marsh and Cilla Kotz (photo on the left, left to right) and Ellen McMahon (centre in the photo on the left.)

Photos: Marcus Hondro

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Writer and teacher Don Erikson dies

EMILY ERIKSON MCCULLUM DAUGHTER

Beloved husband, partner, father and grandfather, Oscar Donald Erickson passed gently on December 6, in his bed surrounded by loving family. He was 90 years old.

Writer, teacher, lover of nature and keen observer of the human condition, Don had a wonderful sense of humour, endless curiosity about the world and an irresistible dramatic flair. In conversation he’d often get a twinkle in his eye as his mischievous side burst forth, stimulating new ideas and challenging convention.

From 1958 to 1972, Don spent many wonderful summers at Hood Point on Bowen, initially at the family cabin on Magic Hill (until 1968) and subsequently in rented cottages.

Then in 2000, Don moved to Bowen full-time, living first on Dorman Road in the Cove and then moving to Cates Hill. He loved walking in the forests and on the beaches of his island home and discussing philosophy and all manner of things with his good friends, including his wonderful men’s group.

Don is greatly missed by his partner of many years, Jane Dunlop, his children Christopher Erickson (Solange Erickson), Geoffrey Erickson, and Emily Erickson McCullum (David McCullum), his grandchildren Benjamin and Eliza McCullum and Ana Paula Erickson, and of course by his many

Photo: David McCullum

wonderful friends. He is pre-deceased by his parents, Oscar Ludwig and Myrtle Erickson, his brother Arthur Charles Erickson and his wife Eleanor Anne Erickson (née Strachan).

Don’s wake will be held on Saturday, December 29. For more details, please contact us via Don’s website: oderickson.com/ode/ contact/.

Incidentally, you can read Don’s stories and plays and listen to him reading his poems on the website.

NO COVER & ENJOY A FREE GLASS OF BUBBLES ON US

RESERVATIONS FOR DINNER REQUIRED: 604 947 0808 The community choir had their winter concerts at Cates Hill Chapel last weekend. The singers will reconvene come January. Photo: Martin Beckett

Think outside the big box.

Thank you for doing some of your holiday shopping on Bowen.

A message from the BIM Economic Development Committee.

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Thursday December 13 Duplicate Bridge

Bowen Court 6:45 - 10 p.m. Info call Irene 604-947-2955

It’s a Wrap - evening shopping party!

Gallery at Cove Commons 6- 8 p.m. Put a little island art treasure under the tree.

Friday December 14

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Merry Christmas

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We will be closed Christmas Day and New Year’s Day Bottle Depot will be closed Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve

Dinner at the Legion

West Coast Symphony

Bowen Island Community School 2 p.m Winter concert by donation for all to enjoy. Sponsored by the Bowen Island Community school.

Bowen Island Legion Doors 5:30 pm Dinner at 6:30 Members and guests welcome

Kids’ Christmas Pagent Service

Friday Night Blues

Collins Hall 7:30 p.m. It wouldn’t be Christmas on Bowen without this performance. Enjoy the 20th annual bah humbugging classic in support of Snug Cove House. Tix $20 at the Phoenix

Bowen Island Pub 8:30 - 11:30 pm with the Snug Cove Blues Band

Storytime

Library 10:30 a.m. Free drop-in program for 2-4-year-olds

Saturday December 15

Live Music & Chanting The Well

in Artisan Square Join the “Vibrations of Love” & sing your hearts open. No experience required. Everyone welcome.

By donation.

Candy Cane Blitz

BICS Gym 7 30 p.m. Make a new Communty Center happen - dance the night away with Black Molly. Tix available at Comunity Rec or Gallery at Cove Commons. $30 each

Knacker’s Yard

Bowen Island Pub 9 p.m Tickets $10 at door

Tumbling with Santa

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BICS Gym 10 - 2 pm Crafts, cookie decorating, writing letters with elves and tumbling with Santa brought to you by Bowen Island Gymnastics. $10 per child at door. Supervised by certified coaches.

Children under 5 must have parent/ guardian present.

Sunday December 16

Cates Hill Chapel 10 a.m.

A Christmas Carol

Babette’s Annual Pottery Sale

234 David Road 11-4 p.m. Every year at this time Babette welcomes Bowen to her studio.

Monday December 17

Seniors Keeping Young

1070 Miller Road Exercise at 9 am, coffee at 9:45, and a pot luck lunch at 11:30. Everybody welcome to join us for the lunch.

Tuesday December 18 Art Workshop

1070 Miller Road(Seniors Court) 9 noon.

Informal painting-drawing group meets every Tuesday. All stages and ages welcome. Drop-in $7

Open AA Meeting

Collins Hall 7:15 p.m.

Prayers in the Dark

Cates Hill Chapel 8 p.m. A candlelight service

Wednesday December 19 12 Step Codependency Group

The 7th Annual Spirit of Solstice

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Clarke reads “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” and Bob Doucet entertains with seasonal songs

B.I. Museum 7-9 p.m. Part of the Fashionably Bowen: Island Bears exhibit

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Duplicate Bridge

Smallfoot and the Grinch (cartoon)

BICS Gym 12:30-3 p.m. Tickets are $5 payable at the door or in advance from Munchalunch/ fundraiser. Pizza, popcorn, juice and baked goods available at additional cost. All welcome!

Preschool kids welcome with supervision.

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Gallery at Cove Commons 7:30 p.m.

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(who remarked that back in 1973 if you were new and lasted a winter on Bowen, you were already considered an islander.)

The event is a great affair for re-connecting with friends and to socialize with those you’ve never met, including those you have frequently seen about Bowen but never actually spoken to. On Tuesday for me that included meeting a second Bob Miller for the first time, this one not the Bob Miller of Sandy Miller fame, but Bob Miller who is grandfather to the amusing Clayton Miller and Wyatt the Riot Miller. Other new acquaintances included Brian and Betsy, and Marty.

Karen Nicholls-Pennington was among the many I knew, as was Raia’s mother, Cheryl Landry. Bowen’s venerable piano-man Marc Gawthrop played.

A gaggle of muni staff came down and were gracious enough to allow me to take their photo.

A nice touch was the Christmas card at each of our places, every one made and signed by a child from the 16th Bowen Island Scouting Group. I got one signed by Henry and though only eight he did a fine job of it, as did Ryuki in signing Suzanne’s card (I peeked) while James’ card was excellently signed by Adam.

By way of history, the Community Lunch was the brain child of the late Elizabeth Storrey and I am sure I wasn’t the only one who thought of her before digging in. It started at Bowen Court but quickly proved popular and a larger venue was needed. Colleen O’Neil of the Caring Circle, one of our island’s hard-

est-working and most treasured volunteers, got to work, with others, seeking a larger space. She lauded the generosity of the Legion, which, free of charge, offered itself to the event.

Here’s this to keep in mind about the lunch: you don’t gotta be a senior, a 20-something, a golfer, a sewer, a scaler of Mount Gardner, a Canuck fan, a fastpitch player, a worker at BIRD or anything but a human (okay, one who is 18 or over) to go along. Indeed, you don’t have to even have a need for a nutritious and inexpensive meal, you can be rich and go to the community lunch.

You just gotta be someone who wants to hang out and socialize while eating and then walk away without doing any dishes.

The lunch is also supported by Snug Cove House, SKY (Seniors Keeping Young) and the Little Red Church.

Volunteers abound, including the talented chef Kathy Gagne, young wunderkind Wilde Marsh, Ellen McMahon, Cilla Kotz, Lynn Williams, Susan Proctor and Joan Henley.

The legion was wonderfully decorated for the holidays and rife with Christmas spirit, enough to make anyone who would espouse nonsense about Christmas on television etc. feel chastised. The Lunch is on hiatus for the holiday season now and, as advertised on its Facebook page, the next gathering for a meal and socialization is on Tuesday, January 8, 2019.

Have a nice Christmas and lunch – every year.

Schedule in Effect: October 9, 2018 to March 31, 2019 On December 25, & January 1 service will begin with the 8:35 am sailing from Bowen Island and the 8:00 am sailing from Horseshoe Bay.

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I have been less than embracing of Christmas in this space in past years. I went so far, in a Slow Lane published on December 11, 2008, a full 10 years ago, to suggest that due to commercialization and over-consumption, Christmas should in effect be punished and henceforth, like the Olympics, be celebrated “but once every four years.”

That column went on to suggest that akin to the Olympics it become a competition and take place only in a host country. “Every other county,” I shamefully wrote. “would send teams of their best Christmas celebrants – my wife would surely be a candidate – to compete against one another in holiday-related events (e.g. who could give the most gifts to distant relatives they no longer saw during the course of the year.)

“The rest of us could simply stay home and watch Christmas on television.”

Bah! Humbug! I have since become aware that this was Scrooge-ism at its worst. One of the things that has convinced me to eschew that miserable and ungenerous attitude and become not just a celebrant but an embracer of Christmas is our novel and warm community. At this time of year there are a host of wonderful local events which worked to show me the light.

Case in point, last Tuesday was the Bowen Island Community Lunch at the Legion, which for one day, morphed into the Christmas lunch. The Lunch has been an island fixture for three years and takes place every second and fourth Tuesday of the month, from September through June, open to any adults. It’s an event that doesn’t get much recognition but is loaded with warmth, good conversation and excellent food.

And there wasn’t a Scrooge among us.

This final lunch of the 2018 and was a sold-out affair, by my count some 50 plus humans. I sat with Suzanne McNeil, James Godfrey, Joyce Slade (she’s been here since 1973) and her son, Keith

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TINA NIELSEN BOWEN LIBRARY

There is never enough time to read all the fabulous new, classic and undiscovered books at our disposal. But during the holiday season, or when you’re off relaxing in warmer climes, take a break from your busy lives and give yourself the gift of reading just for pleasure.

Some recommended titles from library staff are listed below, but ask your friends what they’ve read and loved recently or remind yourself of those classics you’ve always meant to read – this might be your chance.

Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny

Louise Penny is Canadian mystery author whose series of books feature the kind, clever, astute detective Armand Gamache. Set in Quebec small towns and Montreal, the books can be read individually, or you can start with the first in the series (Still Life) and work your way up to this year’s Kingdom of the Blind.

Freshly Picked : a Locavore’s Love Affair with BC’s Bounty by Jane Reid

Freshly Picked is an exploration of the fascinating and plentiful harvest from B.C. farms, interspersed with surprising facts about “the sex life of corn, the checkered reputation of garlic, how beans saved mankind, and more.” Jane Reid is a committed locavore from Whistler and will be giving a book talk on Freshly Picked at the library on March 10. A great gift for the foodies, locavores and gardeners on your list.

The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald

Penelope Fitzgerald was a British author who died in 2002.

Her works are still reprinted today and highly regarded by other writers and by many readers. The Bookshop topped Michael Ondaatje’s list of books he loves to re-read, and he calls it “simultaneously the funniest and saddest book I have read.” Many consider Penelope Fitzgerald to be one of the great English writers of the 20th century.

Warlight by Michael Ondaatje

And speaking of Michael Ondaatje…his latest novel Warlight, is a hidden, circumspect memory of a young boy growing up through the First World War and coming out of the war as an adult trying to piece together the unknowns of his childhood. The novel looks at the world just after a war when much of the war’s hidden machinations are still unravelling.

And for the younger set:

The Train to Impossible Places: a Cursed Delivery by P.G. Bell

This middle-grade novel has received high praise and recommendations from many children’s review journals. From the jacket: “A train that travels through impossible places. A boy trapped in a snow globe and a girl who’s about to go on the adventure of a lifetime.” Humour laced with irony, unforgettable characters and a rollicking adventure.

First Light, First Life: a Worldwide Creation Story by Paul Fleischman

A wonderful picture book looking at the similarities between various creation stories from around the world, but woven into a single narrative. A celebration of the diversity and the intertwining of many cultures and beliefs, visually connected with beautiful illustrations.

A Wrinkle in Time Graphic novel edition adapted and illustrated by Hope Larson

While not everyone wants a novel to be fully illustrated or made into a movie, new adaptations of books like Madeline L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time can introduce classics to an entirely new audience. This adaptation stays true to the original story while presenting a fresh take for today’s readers.

Many classics, for kids and adults, are being redone as graphic novels, and the format offers a new view for those re-reading and for those picking it up for the first time.

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A Beary Christmas comes to Bowen

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B.I. MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES

Bowen’s favourite winter display, Fashionably Bowen: Island Bears is up and running in the Museum, showing the fashionable site of our Bowen bears and their furry friends.

Our highlights include a 72-year-old well-loved and spiffy-looking bear, on loan from Joyce Ganong who has been with this beloved toy since she was born. There is a Red Mad Hatter Society display and a dressmaker’s shop, featuring a long red velvet skirt that Dorothy Lawson made. The bear is trying hard to adjust the skirt, but scissors might be required and some alterations. A little bear is flying over the mountain while yet other bears are sledding (of course donning the latest fashions) and members of the rock band, The Carollers, are playing harp and violin like no other band before them. The bears’ festive wear can be admired as they hang out around the Christmas tree, including a golfer modelling an unusual hairdo.

And of course we have our angels in training bear back with a new class (there seem to be an unusual large number of cats who would like to earn their wings this year.)

We are thrilled to have Martin Clarke and Bob Doucet back for a special event on Wednesday December 19 from 7 to 9 p.m. Martin will read A Child’s Christmas in Whales and Bob will delight with cheeky seasonal songs. The exhibit is on until December 30 and we hope to see you and your family.

We thank the following Bowen Islanders for their generous contributions to this display: Joyce Ganong, the SchnellerWayne family, Ross Hodges, Marie Neys, the Knick Knack Nook, Dirk Gigling, Martin Clarke and Bob Doucet.

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Season’s Greetings to all from

Happy Holidays

778-873-3125 Dear Jewellery Lovers and Friends I wish you a wonderful holiday season, may the Spirit of Christmas reach all of you and last long into the New Year!

LifeLabs

Bowen Island HOLIDAY HOURS

at Dr. Zandy’s office TUESDAY

Thank you very much for your business.

It is always a beautiful experience for me to design YOUR jewellery.

HOLIDAY CLOSURES

DEC 25, 26, AND JAN 1 EARLY CLOSING DEC 24 & 31

BEER & WINE CELLAR

Open everyday 10am - 11pm HOLIDAY HOURS Christmas Eve 9am - 7:30pm Christmas Day closed Boxing Day noon - 7:30pm New Years Eve until 10pm

Merry Christmas

Jewellery by Gerold

Happy Holidays from all of us at

BOWEN SUSHI Open for Lunch & Dinner 11:30 - 8:00 pm closed Tuesdays.

Take out or Eat In We do special PARTY TRAYS!

604-947-6806

Dec 18 6:45 - 8:45 am Dec 25 Closed Jan 1 Closed

THURSDAY

Dec 20 6:45 - 8:45 am Dec 27 6:45 - 8:45 am Jan 3 6:45 - 8:45 am

Happy Christmas from our family to yours