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Three teens hit by a tree on Bowen“lucky to be alive” BRONWYN BEAIRSTO

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LEN GILDAY, PHOTO

HARSH BEAUTY: Len Gilday captured Finisterre Island and Howe Sound as the windstorm died down Monday.

Wind knocks out Bowen power 1,600 HOMES WITHOUT ELECTRICITY OVERNIGHT

BRONWYN BEAIRSTO Editor

The New England Patriots and L.A. Rams were battling it out in the Super Bowl Sunday evening when TVs went dark, the island plunging into the first major power outage of the year.

Strong winds sweeping down the sound saw ferry cancellations, trees blown over and power lines downed.

Though the first outage happened early Sunday evening, BC Hydro trucks

couldn’t make it on the ferry before cancellations began at 8 p.m., lasting until 9 a.m. the following morning.

As the temperature dipped below -5 °C, more than 1,600 island homes were left without power overnight.

The extreme weather shelter couldn’t open that night because the staff who run the shelter were stuck on the mainland.

In the windstorms, trees fell on houses, on power lines and across roads, blocking at least three road-

ways.

Though BC Hydro mostly restored power by Monday afternoon, some homes in the Eaglecliff area didn’t have power until Tuesday evening.

The BC Hydro website reminds people: “If you come across a downed or damaged power line, assume its live and a danger. Stay back at least 10 metres (the length of a bus) and dial 911 to report.”

The municipality has reminded people in the past to be prepared for power outages and other potential emergency situations.

Their only warning was a crackling in the darkness.

It was nearly midnight on Jan. 24. A group of teenagers were walking home from Sandy Beach when a rotten tree fell across the road, exploding into chunks on impact, injuring three of the youth.

Two of the injured youth were taken to Lions Gate Hospital in stable condition that night while the third was treated the next morning for a broken foot. The youths’ ages range from 15 to 18. Two of the teenagers are islanders, a third is from West Vancouver.

“As a parent you teach them all about, don’t do drugs, limit your alcohol, have a condom, watch the sex, but who is training your kid around be careful of dead trees that may fall on you,” asked Islander Dr. Yvonne McSkimming, whose son was injured in the incident.

The tree was on the slope between Mt. Gardner Road and Grafton Road, about a hundred metres away from Bowen Island Community School.

Photos of the scene show the injured youth lying and sitting amid chunks of wood that look to be more than a metre long, with hundreds of smaller pieces splintered across the asphalt. The tree itself was uprooted and the root ends appear to have ripped or snapped and the bottom portion of the tree is devoid of branches.

Six teenagers of the group returning from the beach escaped the ordeal unharmed and called 911. Police, fire and ambulance all attended the scene.

The weather site darksky.net shows that around midnight Jan. 24, the wind speed was below four kilometres per hour and the youth said that it was a calm night.

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Committees seeking members Bowen Island Municipality is seeking volunteers to serve on the following Committees of Council:

Feb 8 2019 8:30 am Economic Development Committee Meeting

Advisory Design Panel (approximately 4 meetings a year) Advisory Planning Commission (approximately 9 meetings a year)

Feb 11 2019 6:15 pm Regular Council Meeting

Feb 12 2019 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Budget Open House

Feb 13 2019 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Budget Open House

Community Grants Advisory Committee (approximately 2 meetings a year) Environment and Climate Action Advisory Committee (approximately 10 meetings a year) Heritage Commission (approximately 4 meetings a year) Parks, Trails and Greenways Advisory Committee (approximately 10 meetings a year) Recreation and Community Services Commission (approximately 6 meetings a year)

Feb 25 2019 6:15 pm Regular Council 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.

Transportation Advisory Committee (approximately 10 meetings a year)

For more information and to download an application form www.bowenislandmunicipality.ca/committees

Your Bowen.

Your Budget.

Bowen Island Municipality has begun the 2019 Budget process. The Community Charter requires that local governments approve a Five Year Financial Plan bylaw each year prior to the adoption of the annual property tax bylaw. The Financial Plan is also commonly referred to as “The Budget”.

The draft 2019-2023 Budget will be available soon. This is a draft because Council has not approved the Budget yet.

We will be seeking your feedback through our budget consultation process in February.

We will hold public Budget Open Houses at Municipal Hall on the following dates: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Wednesday, February 13, 2019 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Please go to our website for more information: www.bowenislandmunicipality.ca/2019-budget Questions? Please contact the Finance Department at 604-947-4255 or bim@bimbc.ca.

Please submit your application to Stef Shortt, Committee Clerk at sshortt@bimbc.ca by Monday, February 11, 2019. You may also obtain a paper copy at Municipal Hall, 981 Artisan Lane. For questions, please call 604-947-4255.

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Please visit our website to view the snow plow priority map and the winter maintenance policy: www.bowenislandmunicipality.ca/snow-removal

Our volunteer fire department is recruiting Applicants must: • be 19 years of age or older • live and work on Bowen Island • have a valid BC driver’s license • be willing to undergo a criminal background check • be available and willing to be called out at any time • be willing to undergo training for first responder medical situations, in addition to firefighting Email bim@bimbc.ca for an application form, pick one up from Municipal Hall or visit our website www.bowenislandmunicipality.ca/apply-fire-fighter.

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Addressing youth mental health VANCITY GRANTS BIRCH $19,000 BRONWYN BEAIRSTO

for more than a decade. “Often in the past, you would work with your little team, and that Youth mental health and subwould be kind of it. Whereas stance abuse will be front and here, all these arms of a young centre at a public symposium person’s care team converge March 2. under one roof.”

Hosted by the Caring Circle In the last six months of and to be held at Bowen Island 2018, Foundry North Shore Lodge, the symposium’s slate of saw more than 3,000 visits. speakers includes James Skinner, “That’s a lot of young people executive director of the Adlerian coming through the doors and Psychology Association of B.C.; they’re all coming for different Cpl. Paulo Arreaga of Bowen things,” says Bulych. “Some RCMP; Alexandra Cunningham, kids are coming because their a Bowen young person working dog died and they’re sad and to create an alternative gatherother kids are coming because ing space on Bowen not focused they’re psychotic or they’re on drinking; and Terry Bulych, using needles or have some the site supervisor and team lead high end mental health issue.” for Foundry North Shore.

“Depression, anxiety is the Foundry North Shore, just off main complaint, but hopefully Lonsdale Quay, opened in 2017. they’re finding support here,” BRONWYN BEAIRSTO, PHOTO It is a bright, 9,000-square-foot Terry Bulych is team lead at Foundry North Shore, which she says. centre, built to be a “one stop provides mental and physical health services for youth “This is by far the most shop” for youth between the between the ages of 12 and 24. dynamic thing I’ve seen in the ages of 12 and 24 who live on the 30 years I’ve been in the field a medical clinic that operates Monday North Shore (including Bowen of youth, mental health and Island). It’s one of 11 such spaces in to Thursday 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Family addictions,” she says.

B.C., each customized to its community. and parental counselling and support is Bulych will be bringing Foundry’s two also available. Along with a host of other peer support workers to the March 2 All of its services are free.

This location has mental health ser- programs. symposium to share their experiences vices, including counsellors, psychia“Depending on what kids are looking with the old and new health systems. trists and peer support workers, in the for, we should have it here,” says site She also says that while Bowen youth forward portion of the centre. Drop- supervisor Bulych. “If not here, we know have already used the facility (the orgain counselling is available Monday where it is.” nization has done a lot of outreach to and Thursday between 1 and 6 p.m.; “That’s a huge improvement from schools), she wants to reach the parTuesday and Wednesday between 1 and the old system,” says Bulych, who has ents who could benefit from Foundry 5 p.m. The back portion of the centre is worked for Vancouver Coastal Health services.

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What is the Islands Trust?

SUE ELLEN FAST

Islands Trust Trustee

Imagine a greenbelt between Metro Vancouver and southern Vancouver Island where nature, beauty, unique island communities and fresh water are protected. Where over 100 nature reserves are sprinkled across 13 major and 450 small islands. And where islanders elect other islanders to serve in a singular federation of islands in the Salish Sea. As one of those elected on Bowen, I’d like to bring Undercurrent readers up to date, and to invite their input into the upcoming budget.

What is the Islands Trust?

Established by the province in 1974, at around the same time as the Agricultural Land Reserve, the Trust manages development, sustains communities and protects ecosystems. It’s part of our local government system, legislated through the Islands Trust Act. To me, it’s like the Greater Toronto Area and Ottawa greenbelt, the Grand River Conservation Authority, Gatineau Park in Quebec and European national parks; which all have people living and working in them. The Trust Area is roughly the size of Prince Edward Island but saltier.

In November, the work of Islands Trust and Islands Trust Conservancy staff and elected officials was recognized and celebrated in the B.C. legislature by the Honourable Selina Robinson, Minister

for Municipal Affairs and Housing.

than Translink or Police taxes.

Duties of Bowen Trustees

Benefits

Michael Kaile and I serve on Bowen Island Municipal council, of course, where Bowen’s local land use planning direction comes from. We also serve on Trust Council with 24 trustees from other islands, voting on Trust-wide issues including budget and generally steering the ship.

Because I have been elected by Trust Council to the executive committee, I also chair the Gambier-Keats, Denman and Hornby local planning committees and serve on the Islands Trust Conservancy Board and the financial planning committee.

Proposed Budget

Bowen’s contribution of $332,658 to the proposed budget is an increase of about 13 per cent over last year. Along with drawing less from surplus and some other changes, Trust-wide regional and Islands Trust Conservancy programs are proposed to grow this year.

These are the subset of the budget that Bowen contributes toward; specifically the costs of operations of Trust Council and the executive committee and of administrative operations of the Islands Trust Conservancy. (Acquisition of nature reserves and covenants is funded through donations, planned gifts and fundraising, not through taxes.)

For perspective, taxes for Islands Trust made up 4 per cent of the property taxes collected on Bowen in 2018; less

What do we Bowen Islanders get for our tax dollars? Besides being a member of a federation that protects the Salish Sea, local benefits include: • Tax exemption program • Nature reserves like Fairy Fen • Well water workshop • Reconciliation • Advocacy to prevent oil spills • Ecosystem data and regional conservation plan • GIS digital mapping • Advocacy around industrial logging on crown land • Supporting Bowen’s quest for rural grant funding

Input Welcome by February 11

Have the most suitable and fair allocations in the proposed budget been chosen? Your knowledge and input are needed. Islands Trust is looking for feedback on our 2019-2020 budget proposal. We are genuinely interested in hearing your thoughts about how the Trust allocates funds in support of its work to preserve and protect the Trust Area.

Share your feedback through an online survey (anonymous and colourful; I think it is fantastic!) and other means. Visit islandstrust.bc.ca/budget to find out more, or get in touch with me; I’m happy to send links and answer questions.

BRONWYN BEAIRSTO

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The power was still out Monday afternoon when Bowen Island Resilient Community Housing’s executive director Robyn Fenton got the congratulations call from her consultant.

Fenton’s laptop was low on battery so she hadn’t yet seen the email from the VanCity Community Foundation saying that it was giving BIRCH $19,000 for the next phase of the Lot 3 housing project.

“So I went and looked at it,” laughed Fenton, adding that she’s thrilled that the organization’s received funding for the feasibility phase of this project.

The proposed 20-unit (give or take a few) market and below market rental housing project has gained momentum over the past nine months. The municipality agreed to partner with BIRCH on the project and the two have an “agreement to lease” for half an acre of Lot 3 of the Community Lands.

“I’m really flattered that VanCity really sees the possibility in this project,” said Fenton. “What I get from them giving this to us is that they really had confidence in us and our partnership with the municipality and that this is a great project for them to invest in and to really help us.”

“We were kind of stuck,” said Fenton. But she said that this money will allow the organization to get to the point where it can apply for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)’s seed funding program. The program gives affordable housing projects interest-free loans and non-repayable contributions.

The goals of this next phase include getting an official lease agreement with the municipality for the lot 3 property, solidifying the vision of the project (how many units, how much rent will cost, how many units at market level and how many below), complete a business case for the project, confirm any partnerships and at the end of the phase be in a position to apply for the CMHC seed funding.

Fenton says that this phase, expected to last around three months, will include a concept design and community consultation.

Some of the Vancity money is to be put toward building internal capacity noted Fenton. Though the organization has engaged CitySpaces, a consulting firm, to support the project planning, BIRCH people will work alongside the professionals so that in the future BIRCH won’t need to rely so heavily on consultants.

Last week BIRCH asked municipal council for four years of operational funding from the municipality’s community grants fund (Fenton asked for $25,000 a year for four years.)

Fenton highlighted after the Vancity announcement that the asked operational funding from the municipality is different from the Vancity project funding. Operational funding covers domain names, website and social media maintenance, insurance, staff time and all that – the nuts and bolts of keeping an organization running. This Vancity funding is specifically for the Lot 3 project.

Fenton also said that part of this next phase will be a community survey on what BIRCH should call this project. For the record “BARC” is taken as it’s already the name of the BIRCH Advisory & Research Committee (the organization’s community advisory committee). Submit ideas by February 28 on Facebook or email info@birchousing.org. BIRCH will then circulate a shortlist.

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VIEWPOINT EDITORIAL

Prepare like zombies are after you It was all the rage a few years ago (when the Walking Dead TV series was at its peak) to rate how well your town would fare in a zombie apocalypse. The B.C. government even did ads promoting zombie preparedness. Tips included keeping your car filled with half a tank of gas, having grab-and-go emergency kits for your home, car and work and having a plan (for when the undead rise.)

At the time I was living in Newfoundland. I felt pretty secure that we could defend ourselves well (no zombie could swim through the violent Atlantic waves of the Newfoundland coast) but there was a strong possibility we would suffer from a lack of food as shipments ceased from the zombie-stricken mainland. As a student, consistently low on funds, I just hoped for the best and didn’t stock extra supplies.

While the zombies never attacked, we did have St. Johns-wide blackouts in mid-January. You’d think I would have learned my lesson back then.

Now on Bowen, the municipality conveniently has an Emergency Guide. Though it makes no mention of zombies, it does run through the more likely hazards, such as earthquakes, fires and extended power outages and how to prepare for these events. The municipality also has an emergency notification system, BowENS. In the early hours of Monday morning, the emergency program coordinator, Jennifer McGowan, sent out an email to BowENS subscribers, warning of the live wires and downed tree on Miller Road. More urgent notifications would be sent directly to cellphones.

Well. It turns out had zombies breached the Bowen shore, not only would the Undercurrent not have covered it, but chances are they would have made it to my door, ready to snack on my brains. I was not subscribed to BowENS (though I thought I was.)

All that to say, read the emergency guide and subscribe to the notification service. Don’t become a zombie snack. — Bronwyn Beairsto, Editor Whose brains do you like best? Who’s your Valentine? Send in your love stories

by Monday, Feb. 11 for next week’s Valentine’s Day edition!

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

We need to overcome Alzheimer’s stigma

DEAR EDITOR, The Alzheimer Society of B.C. thanks the people of Bowen and Pender islands for their encouraging response to January’s annual Alzheimer’s Awareness Month and to our campaign intended to challenge stigma surrounding the disease: “Yes. I live with dementia. Let me help you understand.”

Recently, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences released a report by a panel of dementia experts highlighting priorities for a national dementia strategy, work undertaken by the Public Health Agency of Canada in 2018. The authors emphasized the importance of adopting healthy lifestyles that might prevent or delay dementia, as well as overcoming stigma and fear of living with dementia. They stressed that it’s possible to live well with the disease.

Increasingly, when we talk about raising awareness about Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, we need to talk about challenging stigma. Negative attitudes about the disease mean that when someone begins to suspect that they – or someone close to them

– might have dementia, they are less likely to seek out a diagnosis. They’re less likely disclose their situation to others. Worrying that someone will judge them or think of them as being less of a person means people are less likely to ask for help.

The dementia journey can be incredibly isolating. When we talk openly about the disease and challenge preconceived notions, people living with dementia begin to feel like they aren’t alone and can ask for help.

They can better prepare themselves for the challenges ahead. Communities play a key role in helping people living with dementia.

Families and caregivers feel like they belong, just by being aware of the disease and actively engaged with learning more about it.

With over half a million Canadians currently living with dementia – a number that will only grow as the population ages – it has never been so important to be open to having a conversation about dementia. It’s so important to change the conversation.

Though Awareness Month is now over, you can still visit ilivewithdementia.ca. Find tips

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on how to be more dementia friendly, as well as resources to take action against stigma and be better informed about a disease that has the potential to affect every single one of us. You can also use the hashtag #ilivewithdementia to help spread the word.

We would like to thank our local staff and volunteers for their work. We also appreciate the local media’s coverage of dementia issues. The stories help foster a better understanding of the impact this disease has on local families and help the Alzheimer Society of B.C. work towards our goal of a dementia-friendly province.

If your family lives with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, please contact our regional Alzheimer Resource Centre at 604984-8348 or 604-984-8347 (toll-free 1-866984-8348 or 1-855-984-8347) for information on support groups and the many other services we offer to assist you. You can also call the First Link® Dementia Helpline at 1-800936-6033 and visit www.alzheimerbc.org.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Capital projects: the candy man and the doctor DEAR EDITOR: It has been an interesting experience these past three months, being new on council.

There is a steep learning curve: getting to know the inner workings of our muni and how we work as a council team, each councilor with their own experiences and take on how to best govern our island.

I was lucky enough to, along with a number of councillors and the mayor, recently attend a Local Government Leadership Academy conference. It was a great opportunity to meet electeds from across the region and to share experiences and knowledge. Being in politics can be lonely: no one boss, no script and many tough decisions, each often coming with pros and cons.

While I left walking away from each session at the conference with some very useful information, none left more of an impression than the session titled “Capital Assets Management.”

Now before you stop reading and return for a second laugh at Ron’s comic, let me elaborate, it actually puts many of Ron’s comics into some real-life context.

The presentation featured some great examples of civilizations, past and present, in demise, some featuring total societal collapse – the stuff dystopian action flicks are made of. It was a stark reminder of what happens to communities that do not take management of their, mostly physical, capital into account. The slide that stood out for me, especially following an election where lots of promises are made, was that of a man holding a lollypop juxtaposed with that of a doctor holding a big scary needle. The slide was preceded by that of an iceberg.

The iceberg represented the total life cycle cost of a capital project, think fire hall, community centre, water treatment plant, the list goes on for Bowen. The 20 per cent poking out of the water represented the upfront cost. The 80 per

cent below the surface, unseen by in the works on Bowen, the mesthe public except on one’s yearly sage in this presentation couldn’t tax bill, represented the remain- be more clear: watch what you ing costs: operating, repairs, debt are getting into and make sure servicing, upgrades. you have the tax base The candy man natto sustain the total urally focuses on the lifecycle cost of these “Balancing out 20 per cent visible projects. A $3 million service expectations, portion of the capital building would be the costs of these project, often a bricks better priced out at and mortar building $15 million over its services and and the unfortunate full lifecycle, a cost how this impacts doctor is stuck with the candy man rarely the remaining 80 per brings up. It is the members of our cent of the capital unfortunate doctor costs, the costs that community is not for who will have the are not so pretty and job of explaining the faint at heart.” show up on a spreadthat reality. As with –Rob Wynen sheet underlined in our own personal red. These costs are finances, the hard often not factored in upfront costs usualby many municipalities and can ly don’t paint a very clear picture. be very concerning. They are not That discounted cell phone you easy to talk about but historically just got with your plan is likely have done so much damage to only 20 per cent of what your total civilizations. Often the costs get cell bills will be over the course pushed down the road and even- of using that phone. Not thinktually that road comes to an end. ing of those costs is not wise and With so many capital projects is why so many of us, including

Trees part of the view

Housing instead of Trust

DEAR EDITOR: On my way down from hiking up Mt. Gardner Jan. 29, I was surprised to see two trees freshly cut down at the bluff that looks out over Keats and Pasley Islands.

It’s a beautiful viewpoint and I’m guessing that somebody thought that the trees were in the way. They weren’t.

What they were, were two cool, knarly evergreens that added dimension to the view and they were immediately, noticeably missing (except the stumps).

Is this a thing now? Can anyone just decide that if they don’t like a tree or trees on Mt. Gardner, they may cut them down?

On the other hand, if they would have used that same saw to cut away some of the trees that have blown down across the trails over the winter, I might not have chosen to write this letter.

— Erin Thompson A lover of Mt. Gardner.

DEAR EDITOR: I’d given up trying to make sense of the housing problem after wasting four years on the board of the Bowen Community Housing Association. There was just no political will from 2007 through 2011.

Now it’s a crisis.

Bowen Island Resilient Community Housing (BIRCH) is trying to get funding of $25,000 a year for four years, which does not seem to be available, while our membership in the Island’s trust is going up by $38,725 to bring the cost to $332,658.

Is “Eel Grass Mapping” really worth that much?

What else do we get for one third of a million dollars from Islands Trust? Our social infrastructure is rapidly devolving. Make Bowen Great Again. Get out of this bad deal!

— Richard Best Bowen Island

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municipalities, find themselves in such dire financial predicaments.

Balancing out service expectations, the costs of these services and how this impacts members of our community is not for the faint at heart.

It will be a very interesting four years on Bowen council, there are so many infrastructure projects that have been talked about for years and are now looking for a green light. With tight budgets and an increasing cost of living, these costs need to be front and centre when planning our facilities. It will be a tough balance to ensure we can do them all and ensure we are still an affordable community.

One that doesn’t push the costs to the next generation. One that puts a bit more emphasis on our long term financial carrying capacity so we don’t get poked in the butt too often by the doctor.

—Rob Wynen Councillor

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“[My son] described it as, ‘I heard what was like a loud gunshot or explosion and then we could hear the crackling. I yelled everybody…run,’” said McSkimming. “And so they all started to bolt but not really knowing where the tree was coming from.”

“Out of the corner of my eye, I could see a glimpse coming. I leaned forward so I wouldn’t get hit in the head,” McSkimming’s son told her.

That lean might have saved the youth’s life.

“The doctor was really clear at the hospital, he said, ‘You know a millimeter in any direction and you would have been making funeral plans,’” said McSkimming.

Either as it was coming down or when pieces ricocheted up, part of the tree hit McSkimming’s son on the shoulder and another piece scraped under his eye. A week after the incident, when McSkimming was speaking with the Undercurrent, she said her son still looked like he was in rough shape. But she’s just grateful he’s alive.

West Vancouver’s Mirek Pyk’s son was visiting his island friends that night and sustained a concussion and a broken arm from the tree.

“He heard some cracks and they start running,” said Pyk. “He doesn’t remember anything else and he woke up in the ambulance.”

“The boys said when they saw him he was lying down with bark all over his body and he wasn’t moving,” said Pyk. His son spent the night in hospital and though soon released, the teenager has some way to go in his recovery.

“He’s dizzy and not feeling well and I don’t know if he can start studying anytime soon,” said Pyk. “This worries me because he’s going to be behind in school.”

“I just have to say, they’re lucky they’re alive, considering size and weight of that tree and the way it was situated on the slope.” Pyk noted. “If the same impact hit younger children it could have been fatal.”

Concerned parents

“We have to do something,” said Pyk. “Three people got hurt - we cannot just sweep this story under the rug.”

He said that he wants to see tree maintenance measures in place for those responsible for safety around the school.

McSkimming has a similar thought.

“It’s scary as a parent,” said McSkimming. “You live on an island, you take some gambles when you live on an island, totally appreciate that. But to be in a situation where the dead trees are not being taken care of properly, where this this could have been completely avoidable is what is my challenge.”

McSkimming is also concerned about her son, who is in grade 12, missing out on his final year of school.

“He can’t play rugby and this is his last year,” she said. “So there’s some loss in this bit of an accident.”

“I’m certainly going to be knocking on the door [of whoever owns the land] to say, this is not okay, and we’re talking about something or yes, we’re going to pursue this further, because you can’t put the community at that kind of risk.”

It is unclear who owns the land the tree was on but it was at least near the edge of Lot 1 of the municipality’s Community Lands.

On the other hand, a parent of one of the unharmed youth, who asked to not be named, said that she is just grateful that everyone survived.

“They should’ve been buying lottery tickets,” she said.

“They’re the luckiest kids in the whole world as far as I’m concerned.”

“Bowen is still one of the safest places on Earth,” she said.

“Though this is unfortunate, I would hate for as to not have as many trees.”

She said that the teenagers’ high school has arranged for some trauma counselling for all the youth involved.

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The municipality declined to comment about tree maintenance in the area as the manager of public works is out of the country but did say that it is investigating the incident.

Marc Deschenes, a tree cutter of two decades of experience, said that the island has quite a few dead and rotting trees.

“Accidents could happen –if not addressed they could fall at some point,” he said. “You’re playing Russian Roulette with these dead standings.”

Deschenes urges people not to walk in the woods when the winds pick up.

When it comes to liability, however, Deschenes is clear – if no one is informed about a problem tree, the incident is deemed an act of God.

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Storytime Library 10:30 a.m. Free dropin for 2-4 year olds Dinner at the Legion Bowen Island Legion Doors at 5:30 Dinner at 6:30 Members and guests welcome

Patient of the Week MEET FRANK Frank first visit to Mountainside was for a new puppy exam and vaccinations. The second time Frank visited he came for his rabies vaccination but also had some facial swelling as a result of playing a little too boisterously with another pup.

He was given some antibiotics for a suspected infection and sent home to recover.

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The Islands Trust Council is looking for your input on the proposed 2019/20 budget. Your comments will help the trustees make their decision when they set the budget in March.

Learn more about the budget and how to express your opinions (including via our online survey) at:

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Valentine Craft Fair Collins Hall 11:30 - 3 pm. featuring local artists and artisans.

Seedy Saturday and a Veggie Talk BICS multi-purpose room 10-12:30 p.m Sponsored

by Bowen Agricultural Alliance (BAA) & the Grafton Community Gardens Herons, Hummingbirds and Hawks of Bowen Island BICS multi-purpose room 13p.m. a talk by Sue Ellen Fast presented by Bowen Island Conservancy. Admission by donation.

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Gallery@Cove Commons 6:45 - 9 p.m. Led by Kathleen Ainscough. $47.70/person.

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Seniors Keeping Young 1070 Miller Rd. Exercise at 9 a.m., coffee at 9:45, at 10 local author, Chantal Eustace, will be presenting a talk on her debut novel, Do You Take this Man, Elli Moon? Yoga at 11:15. Annual membership $20, drop-in $3.”

Men On the Rock Rehearsal Legion 7:30 pm. To join this all male choir contact Nicole 778-926-4286.

Drop in adult Volleyball BICS Gym 8-9 pm $6.50 cash or a fitness strip ticket Toward Renewal and Belonging: A course in Embodied Wellness and Soulful Creativity Gallery at Cove Commons 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. A course in Embodied Wellness and Soulful Creativity with Ingrid Hauss 6 sessions.

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Bowen Island Community Lunch Bowen Island Legion 11:30 1 pm. Join your friends and neighbours for soup, dessert, coffee or tea $5. Open to everyone 18 yrs +

Emergency Support Services meeting 7 p.m.

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Teen Yoga The Well at Artisan Square 4:15 - 5:45 p.m. open to everyone 13- 19 years of age, with or without yoga experience. ($15/class) Budget Open House Municipal Hall 10 a.m.-12 p.m.

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A look back...

February CATHERINE BAYLY

B.I. Museum and Archives

The following are unedited snippets from past Undercurrents. To read the complete articles or to follow up on information please contact the Bowen Museum & Archives at bihistorians@telus.net or 604.947.2655.

40 years ago - February 1979 Bowen Island unhappy with school district #46 - demands public budget meeting: A delegation from Bowen Island stormed out of the School Board meeting held on January 25 saying that Bowen Island may be better served by being represented by a School Board other than School District #46.

Bowen Park Society: February is upon us and it promises to be our busiest month to date. The Park Committee is completing its park vision. Our presentation to the Citizens Advisory Panel to the minister responsible for the expenditure of heritage funds regarding The Store is being prepared and we are on the agenda the next meeting. A meeting will be called to show these proposals to all islanders before they go to the government.

“For High School People Only”: UNDERCURRENT has had reports that some of our Bowen Island high school people are behaving in a less than satisfactory manner while they are en-route home on our ferry boat.

We were sorry to hear that you are throwing food about, are stealing from the galley, are interfering with ropes and lines, and are scribbling nasty words on bulkheads.

Stop it—right now.

Smarten up—due reasonable things—sit quietly and read or chat. Be glad we have such a fine boat and pleasant crews to bring you home.

Be proud of it—think of the poor unfortunate in West Van who must walk home.

And cease forthwith this nonsense that leaves our island in bad report and you in danger of being whomped by your mamas.”

The reply from a student will be in the March issue.

25 years ago – February 1994 Cove plan would ease traffic tie-ups (by Ted Townsend): A commuter parking lot behind the Old General Store and a twolane loading and off-loading for the ferry are part of a new plan aimed at alleviating traffic congestion in Snug Cove.

Crown lands face the axe (by Russ Francis): Three applications now being considered by the province. Hundreds of acres of Bowen’s Crown land could start falling to loggers’ chainsaws new year says the man who runs the B.C. government’s area woodlot program. While the sites have not yet been decided, Bowen officials were less than pleased to hear from a reporter that logging is imminent.

“It is always scary when you hear that,” said G.V.R.D. director Ross Carter.

Three applications for woodlots on Bowen Island are now being considered, and a decision to grant at least one of them will be made before the summer, says John Coles, the co-ordinator for the Chilliwack forest district.

Architects to talk about new centre next Saturday: The architects are seeking further input prior to submitting their

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Mort Graham’s February 1994 cartoon references clear-cutting, a hot topic at the time. report in March. The Bowen Island Parks and Recreation commission is holding a third public meeting and consultation on Saturday February 26, to seek further public input on a proposed community centre. Based on numerous submissions received from community groups and input from a citizens advisory committee, the architects have 50,000 square feet.

Some of the suggested allocations have resulted from a recent tour of community facilities by the citizens advisory committee.

Find love, in all the local places.

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10 years ago - February 2009 What do teens want? (letter to the editor): Every Bowen-raised teenager reaches a point where they begin to spend less time on the island. What services or amenities would make teens want to spend more of their time on Bowen? Several Bowen Island teens weighed in on the issue last week during a 7:30 a.m. ferry ride packed with students.

“I like to see some sort of new casual dining place that is open late. Maybe an actual movie theatre with new releases. Also, I’d like to see a better transit system that ran later.” Said West Vancouver Senior secondary grade 12 student Bianca Hartle.

Devon Walker, another grade 12 student had some suggestions: “I’d definitely like to see a taxi service again. I live on Mount Gardner and it’s almost impossible to get there if you don’t drive.”

Zane Miller, also WVSS Grade 12 student said, “I’d really like to see a skate park on Bowen. I feel it would provide youngsters with a sense of freedom.”

Grade 11 WVSS student Ben Roocroft also had something to say on the issue, “I think there should be a hockey rink. My friends would come here to play if there was.”

The question that must be raised is whether the services and amenities are feasible for the Bowen we live on today.

Conceivably, we may see an expansion of transit service, or a new taxi, but it is doubtful that Bowen Island could afford the project as large as a hockey rink, even within the next generation. Perhaps the voices of these teens mirror the actions of the many families moving off of Bowen for the conveniences and varieties of activities offered in a big city.

And yet, here we all are, still living on Bowen Island. Maybe not having our own hockey rink is a sacrifice we should be willing to make in exchange for non-urban advantages such as a walk around call Ernie Lake or the sight of Cape Roger Curtis on a sunny day.

Kelcie Walther Grade 12 student, North Vancouver continuing education

Shingles Anyone?

The only ones you would want are those covering your doghouse or other structure. The ones that constitute a painful skin rash on some part of your body are, thanks to a new vaccine, largely avoidable. Shingles, the reawakening of the same chickenpox virus you may have had when you were younger can be relatively mild, lasting for a few days but can be very painful and persevere for months or even years.

If you know that you have never had chickenpox, consider

vaccination against it because you can still get the disease, usually in a severe form as an adult, by exposure to someone who has it or someone in the blistering phase of shingles. If you have had chickenpox, the virus can come back to haunt you as shingles. The BC Centre for Disease Control estimates that about one person in four will develop shingles at some time in their lives. People who are over 50 or are immunecompromised are at greater risk, and the CDC recommends that even healthy

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While you could gamble on having an exceptionally strong immune system as you age (or at least a very mild form of the disease), the vaccine is an insurance policy worth considering.

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The SwimBowen board is diving into 2019 planning for the July 20 event at Tunstall Bay. This year’s 500 and 1000 metre open water swims promise to be better than ever. More of those details will come in the next few months.

In the meantime, we would like to clear up a rumour regarding the eligibility criteria for the SwimBowen Cancer

Care Fund.

The myth: that the SwimBowen Cancer Care Fund is available for breast cancer patients only.

The truth: this is false! The Cancer Care Fund, $1,000 and $1,500 gifts available, is for any Bowen Island resident in active treatment experiencing any kind of cancer. Somehow the breast-cancer-only rumour got started. We would like to quash this rumour once and for all.

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If you know anyone in treatment who would benefit from the SwimBowen Cancer Care fund, please email swimbowenbursary@gmail.com, or go to SwimBowen.com and complete the application available on the site.

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Stay tuned for more SwimBowen news in coming months and see you on July 20!

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