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Filling in the weekend ferry sailings

ALL QUEEN OF CAPILANO RUNS CANCELLED IN 2014 WILL RETURN.

BRONWYN BEAIRSTO

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HARNESSING BOWEN’S MUSICAL TALENT: Brian

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Hoover (left) has composed a musical storytelling production that will be premiered March 9 at Cates Hill Chapel. Singing Back the Light (as the concert is called) is a benefit for the food bank and the choir assembled for the event comprises of singers from every one of Bowen’s choirs. Read the full story on page 8.

Bowen will be getting back all of the runs it lost in 2014 the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure confirmed Monday.

In an announcement Feb. 22, the provincial government said BC Ferries would be increasing service on 10 of its routes, including Bowen’s.

When BC Ferries cut several weekend runs in 2014, islanders held protests, wrote letters and nearly 1,300 Islanders signed a petition against the cuts.

The cuts notably created commuting difficulties, affecting nurses, paramedics, firefighters, church directors and more.

In 2017, BC Ferries reinstated four weekend runs as a pilot project, warning that if the runs weren’t profitable, they would likely be cut again. The pilot was due to expire soon.

In 2014, Bowen’s ridership was decreasing as ferry rates rose. In 2018, BC Ferries’ non-major routes, including Bowen, saw fares go down by 15 per cent and Bowen’s ridership rose.

The runs reinstated in 2017 were the 7 a.m. from Horseshoe Bay and 7:30 a.m. from Snug Cove on Saturdays, and the 9 a.m. from Horseshoe Bay and 9:35 p.m. from Snug Cove on Sundays.

This leaves the 5:20 a.m. on Saturdays (there was no early Sunday run in 2014), the 6:50 a.m. from Horseshoe Bay and 7:30 a.m. from Snug Cove on Sundays, and the 8 p.m. from Horseshoe Bay and 8:30 p.m. from Snug Cove on Sundays to be reinstated.

As for timing, the press release from the provincial government said that the government is hoping to have the majority of the services restored in the spring.

“The exact timing will depend on how fast BC Ferries can operationalize these changes,” said a spokesperson for the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure.

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Event Calendar Feb 28 2019 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm Public Open House Ferry Line-Up Amendment Bylaw No. 469, 2018

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We are hiring: Planner 1 Bowen Island Municipality is looking for a permanent full-time Planner I to join our team. The position offers an opportunity for you to work on a variety of projects and initiatives relevant to guiding the growth and direction of a community-focused municipality.

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Mar 4 2019 4:00 pm Bowen Island Council and Islands Trust

Mar 4 2019 7:00 pm Advisory Planning Commission Meeting

Mar 6 2019 7:00 pm Environment and Climate Action Advisory Committee 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.

Please submit your cover letter and resume by Tuesday, March 5th, 2019 at 4:00 pm to: Shayle Duffield, Human Resources Coordinator 981 Artisan Lane, Bowen Island, BC V0N 1G2 Email: hr@bimbc.ca Fax: 604-947-0193 Phone: 604-947-4255

Council meeting with Islands Trust Bowen Island Municipal Council will be holding a Committee of the Whole meeting with members of the Islands Trust Executive Committee on: Monday, March 4, 2019 4:00 PM Council Chambers, Municipal Hall

Community Grants 2019

Bowen Island Municipality has a grants program to help fund not-for-profit organizations that propose, through projects and/ or programs, to improve the well-being of the Bowen Island community as a whole. Grants are funded from the Municipality’s annual operating budget.

Grants-in-Aid are typically for amounts up to $2,000.

Community Grants are typically for amounts over $2,000.

Beginning in 2019, there is one annual intake for Grants-in-Aid and Community Grants. The application deadline is April 15, 2019.

Please go to our website for more information and to download an application form: www.bowenislandmunicipality.ca/grants-for-the-community Questions? Please contact the Finance Department at 604-947-4255 or bim@bimbc.ca

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Guest Speakers from the Ministry of Citizens’ Services will be presenting about the optmization of high-speed internet connectivity at the Economic Development Committee Meeting.

Friday, March 8, 2019 at 10:00 am

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ISLAND NEWS

Islander reimagines Arctic expedition BRONWYN BEAIRSTO

Editor

When the RCMP vessel, the St. Roch, left Vancouver in June 1940, it faced a precarious future.

The Second World War raged overseas, the English having just evacuated Dunkirk, and the St. Roch’s small Canadian crew was preparing to take on the famously treacherous Northwest Passage in a mission to reinforce Canada’s northern sovereignty.

“She was an arctic girl, preferring the haunting hiss and swirl of the northern lights to the quiet green lapping of these inland waters,” writes island poet Jude Neale in her contribution to the St. Roch Suite, which will debut in Prince George March 9.

The suite is part music, part spoken word, and grown from a partnership between Neale and Vancouver musician Thomas Beckman.

Beckman composed the suite’s three movements over the past couple of years after falling in love with the now-retired ship, today a National Historic Site and fixture at the Vancouver Maritime Museum in Kitsilano.

“At the time I didn’t have the commission, I didn’t have any assurance from any one orchestra that it would get played. I just took it upon myself to write something,” says Beckman.

After doing a piece with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Beckman approached the Prince George Symphony Orchestra, which agreed to perform the suite this spring.

“Every movement or chapter deals with a certain aspect of the [ship’s] first journey,” explains Beckman.

From the ‘40s Bernard Herrmann style

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Jude Neale (left) and Thomas Beckman standing in the wheelhouse of the HMS St. Roch, the first ship to traverse the Northwest Passage West to East. Beckman’s written a suite and Neale accompanying prose poetry about the ship’s first Arctic journey. opening, with optimism and enthusiasm as the ship set out, the tale grows darker and colder.

“They had been frozen in place by the mighty battalions of ice. A small boat held fast in the hard and cold sea,” writes Neale in the second mini chapter of the suite.

Neale came into the project around a year ago. She and Beckman had worked on other projects together and neither is quite sure how the partnership on the suite came about, but it did.

“Basically every three or four months, we would get together and we would go

over a movement and she would share with me her writing and I would share with her my music,” explains Beckman. At times Beckman would scrap entire movements, writing them over again, sending Neale back to her note pad.

“Jude’s poetry really helped with [the writing] because she encapsulates the emotion and the drama and feeling of the story so well.” says Beckman.

“With all the freedom that we’ve taken, what she’s written and what I’ve written still end up complementing each other so well and I think that speaks to the strength of the

collaboration,” he says.

“Dark days and zippered nights sapped our worn down beliefs,” wrote Neale in her third mini chapter.

“The third movement is really a fantasia on the scene by Stan Rogers, “The Northwest Passage,” which is probably the most famous Canadian folks song,” says Beckman.

But while John Franklin’s HMS Terror and HMS Erebus stuck and sank in ice, the St. Roch and her ironbark (eucalyptus) hull freed from the ice and arrived in Halifax two years after leaving Vancouver. (Stan Rogers wrote the significantly less famous “Take It From Day To Day” about the crewmembers’ experience on the St. Roch.)

With Inuit help, the ship would be the first ship to traverse the Northwest Passage from West to East, the first to sail both ways (the St. Roch did two trips through the Arctic route, both captained by Henry Larsen) and later became the first vessel to circumnavigate North America. “[The third movement] just catches the feeling of the hurl the heroics of the ship breaking free from the ice and eventually making it back to Halifax harbour,” says Beckman.

But it’s not quite the hero’s welcome one might expect. The St. Roch arrived in Halifax October 1942, returning to a world still at war.

“They arrived in Halifax Harbor, having completed this route...and it was received very sort of nonchalantly, in that there was no big grand parade, there was no big celebration,” says Beckman. “So the whole movement sort of ends kind of quietly.”

Though the islanders likely won’t be able to make it to the St. Roch Suite’s Prince George premiere, Neale and Beckman are producing a CD this spring. Neale says it

The hundred-year history of islander BobTurner’s latest short film about humpbacks BRONWYN BEAIRSTO

Editor

Bowen’s no stranger to celebrities, and geologist turned politician turned film maker, Bob Turner, and his kayak are the island’s latest movie stars.

Since 2014, Turner’s been creating videos about Howe Sound. Spending days on the water, paddling, Turner’s turned the camera on the ecologically crucial feeder fish, salmon, sea lions, and the larger marine mammals that’ve returned to the sound in recent years.

His most popular movies have hit more than 10,000 views on YouTube.

Turner’s latest film, “Return of the Humpbacks,” chronicles the humpback whale sightings off the west side of Bowen Island in October 2018. Turner meets three whales (from afar) and spends days studying them, catching glimpses of dark backs rolling into the ocean, flukes disappearing beneath the waves, at times framed in the spectacular of sunset colours on the coastal mountains.

But the foundation for Turner’s latest movie is a few decades in the making.

“Most of us would be surprised to know that the waters of Howe Sound and the Strait of Georgia once supported a large population of whales, particularly humpbacks,” Turner wrote in his 1993 Nature Matters Undercurrent column.

At that point, whales hadn’t been sighted in the sound for 85 years.

In said column, Turner noted that in 1907 Bowen’s Captain J. A. Cates had petitioned Ottawa have the local whaling company cease hunting in the sound after they

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A 1997 calendar Turner produced donned a breaching humpback whale, a decade before any reappeared in Howe Sound. killed 20 whales over four months. (Cates was concerned about his whale watching business.) Ottawa said the practice was not detrimental for the whales. Within a year, the whales were gone.

“There is a pain that comes with the knowledge of such a treasure lost to us,” wrote Turner in his column. “Yet there is also an excitement that such animals belong here.”

A few years after the column, in 1997, Turner and his brother created a Howe Sound calendar. The calendar covered the history, seasons, animals, tides and more.

“We were just trying to go, ‘What do we know about Howe Sound and could we engage people in general in just paying

more attention to nature in Howe Sound?’” Explains Turner.

The calendar’s cover was a humpback whale breaching –18 tonnes leaping into the air and splashing back into the ocean. It was captioned “1908,” the last time people spotted humpbacks in the sound.

By 1997, whales had been making a comeback along the B.C. coast and the Turner brothers were hopeful they could return to Howe Sound.

“We sort of wanted a big, bold, imaginary outcome.

And so we you know went, okay, 100 years forward, that’s 11 years away, let’s just imagine humpbacks breaching in Howe Sound again.”

The brothers made a humpback breaching the July image and captioned it, “2008.”

“We were just guessing,” says Turner with a laugh.

But the first humpback returned to Howe Sound in 2008.

And there have been sightings ever since, as the sound’s ecology recovers from more than a century of abuse.

“You start getting tingly feeling or something,” says Turner.

While Turner has filmed all sorts of marine creatures, he says that humpbacks are special to him.

“They’re just such magnificent animals,” he says. “You rarely see much of them. You’re always just catching a bit of the back, you see the the spray and you see the roll of the back and if you’re really lucky you know you see them dive and the flukes go up.

“They’re mysterious. You’re always trying to imagine what else is there, underwater.

“And they’re remarkable for whales because they have these giant gangly, pectoral fans, which no other whale has, they’re completely unique to humpbacks, which make them less fish and more almost human-y.”

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VIEWPOINT EDITORIAL

The weeks that make it all worth it

As is often the case, this week had so many stories I didn’t get to write. I only have so much time and there are so many rich and important stories on the island.

But this week was exceptional in its story possibilities.

My week started out at the Economic Development Committee (now renamed Community Economic Development Committee) summit a week ago Wednesday night.

Chris Corrigan led a workshop where local business owners brainstormed how to connect social and economic development, and how local businesses can be a part of a bigger economic development approach on island.

I have to admit, I was lost in the jargon (and after a marathon council meeting the night before, my mind was not sharp). But what I did see was excitement from different factions of Bowen’s business community, and excitement is usually a good sign.

As the end of the five-hour session drew near, news that all ferry sailings that evening had been cancelled (due to an emergency generator issue) dropped. Islanders checked in with one another and their guests to make sure everyone had a way of getting to where they needed to be.

Councillor Maureen Nicholson even mobilized many to drop by the government dock to see if anyone needed a ride home from the walk-on ferry.

A couple of days later, I walked into a Shakespearean performance, where islanders performed the nearly 400-year-old words of Much Ado About Nothing with such vivid acting that I understood much more than I did the time I saw it in Stratford Upon Avon many years ago. (I thought I didn’t like that play – turns out I just didn’t understand it.)

The next night was the black and white ball and islanders dressed to the nines, creatively adhering to the theme, bid hundreds of dollars on dozens of gorgeous 8x8 paintings, also painted by islanders.

And then there was Tuesday night. I’m never in a good mood on Tuesday evenings as I scramble to gather all the materials to put together the week’s paper (which I do on Wednesdays). But I needed to attend the Singing Back the Light rehearsal for a story in this paper. Conductor Alison Nixon raised her arm, stomped her foot, the choir rose to a crescendo and I was hooked. I forgot to take any pictures for the first five minutes.

All this to say, wow. keep doing you Bowen.

Bronwyn Beairsto, Editor

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Health centre is in the crosshairs

The following letter was presented to council at its Feb. 24 regular meeting.

The health centre seems to be in the crosshairs as council considers monetizing the Community Lands. I know I’m preaching to the converted when I talk about the need for a health centre on Bowen, but there seems to be some uncertainty on council about where to best locate it.

I would like council to think about our Health Centre, not in terms of a commercial building, but as Bowen Island’s ‘Patient Medical Home’. This language is how many communities across Canada now describe exactly what we’re trying to

build on Bowen—a community of practitioners located together; a “home” for all our health care and health education in one welcoming space.

We envision our beautiful building set among homes and businesses—not separate or hidden from our community, but as a vibrant focal point in our village. It will be a vital gathering space with people coming and going every day, young families getting their kids immunized or attending a baby clinic with the local health nurse, group sessions for diabetics or others with chronic diseases, people coming and going for physio and massage appointments, or to Life Labs, or to see a specialist. It’s hard not

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to think that it would not be an obstacle to development but would enhance the saleability of the land and viability of businesses to have a vibrant health centre on Lot 3, as part of a truly walkable village.

We are building the health centre through private donations from your friends and neighbours. By locating the health centre in the most ideal location— Lot 3—the municipality can send a signal that it sees the health of its citizens as a high value use of the community lands.

Thank you, Collen O’Neil Vice President, Bowen Island Health Centre Foundation

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Boost community with new centre Time for Bowexit?

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had potential benefactors travelling and others are still considering possible contributions, fundraising has not been tapped out. And keep in mind that if the referendum is successful, if our community does make a commitment, there may be more donations to get a tax receipt rather than a tax bill: fundraising will get easier! Let’s say, hypothetically, we raise another $1 million. If someone offered to sell me something for $1 that was worth $14, could give me clear title, and it was something that would bring me joy, that would be an easy “yes” for me.

What is nearest and dearest to me in this is the dedicated performance space. Most entertainment on Bowen is created with volunteer labour and the last several years have taken their toll in what volunteers are asked to do.

Members of the audience may not be aware, but for the last several theatre productions, the sets had to be either non-existent [the black box] or completely portable because they had to be removed or minimized to make way for all the other activities in those same rental spaces (theatre school at Tir-Na-Nog, Sunday school or AA meetings at Collins Hall, church services at Cates Hill Chapel, Friday dinners at the Legion).

After each performance, all or much of the set, including the furniture, props and costumes, was broken down, packed up and often trucked off-site where it could be stored out of the rain. Typically, there are no dressing rooms, no well-lit mirrors, or privacy for costume changes, sometimes no toilets. Light and sound equipment, operated from folding tables at the back, take up valuable seating and distract the audience, or are jammed into miniscule corners.

Lights are delicate and heavy and while “real” theatres can leave the lights in the rafters without fear of damage, ours always come in and out of storage. Lack of parking, backstage space, storage on site, not to mention heating or comfortable seats are constant concerns. Sight lines and acoustics are often a problem.

One time we rented a tent for a summer but a late spring monsoon created a mud bowl backstage which was treacherous and freezing.

Yes, we are creative and resourceful and we probably could put on a performance at the recycling depot (recently suggested) but for sure we’d get more productions and more participants if we had a theatre, i.e. more entertainment.

There are going to be a series of open houses before the referendum and there are lots of people on-island who have been working hard for years on this project, so if you have concerns or questions, ask.

If you have objections, better ideas, different priorities please participate and consider if you can or should be persuaded. This is most likely our one and only good shot at creating this wonderful space!

Judi Gedye

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Sunday School 11:00 a.m.

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Sunday Mass: 10:30 a.m.

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CATES HILL CHAPEL

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10:00 a.m. Worship • Sunday School: Tots to Teens Sunday School: Tots to Teens

Pastor: Dr. James B. Krohn

Pastor: Phil Adkins

Supporting Best’s idea

DEAR EDITOR: Richard Best’s letter to the Undercurrent from February 21 makes a lot of sense.

Medical services as an addition to the same building as the firehall, if it stays in Lot 3, would be perfect.

Avoiding stairs for seniors and handicapped people, flat ground and easy access for walking and parking is important.

Let’s not waste any of the opportunities this location offers to Bowen Islanders.

Unless it is needed for helicopter landings, instead of a flat roof, we could build affordable housing on top of the firehall, for all those who work on the island for less than 15 dollars an hour and have no home.

Imke Zimmermann

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

Service and Sunday School 10:30 am Collins Hall Bookings: Helen Wallwork MinisterCollins of Music: Williams HallLynn Bookings:

DEAR EDITOR: In the past, the Islands Trust had a role to play in the governance of the province by protecting the interests of small island communities in the Salish Sea/Georgia Strait, particularly when it came to planning and land use. This is still the case for the smaller islands, but for Bowen, which is a municipality in its own right, this is no longer so. Bowen Island Municipality has the capacity and responsibility for planning and land use and has had this for several years.

Bowen is, of course, part of Metro Vancouver, for various practical reasons such as transportation and garbage disposal. Besides, Bowen Islanders have immediate interests off-island in the regional management of transportation since we all use both Translink and the main roads and bridges that are the responsibility of Translink and ultimately, Metro Vancouver.

The Islands Trust gives us nothing for our payments to them. It has failed in the past to provide timely interventions against mining and forestry proposals on the island.

Council should summon senior officials of the Trust to come to Bowen and, as well as presenting their case for continued funding to council, make the same case in a public meeting, at a time and place convenient to Bowen Islanders (and not, as BC Ferries frequently does, hold meetings in the middle of the day for the convenience of their officials!)

In addition, council should hold any payments to the Trust, not just the increase, in abeyance. Perhaps they should be put into a trust account (at the First Credit Union?) until all Bowen residents have a better understanding, and feeling for, what the Trust provides. Then, and only then, Bowen Islanders should vote on whether we wish to continue to be part of the Trust.

Adam Holbrook

Schedule in Effect: October 9, 2018 to March 31, 2019

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DEAR EDITOR: Recently, I was reminded that in all the surveys inquiring what the special characteristics of Bowen are, both nature and community were top of the lists. Why then don’t we have a community centre?

We love to meet and talk with islanders, visitors, newcomers, whenever and wherever we find ourselves: recycling, on the boat, in the lineup in the store, walking in the meadows. We know peoples’ names, say hello often, give help freely and readily. We know people from our commutes, the preschool, a choir, a gym, neighbourhood parties, places where we volunteer. We know some by name, others who run for office, others from their service. What more could we want?

What if we created a place where there were regular opportunities to meet people from all the different silos, different ages, different discussions. Combine preschoolers, politicians, musicians and marathon runners. A centre could significantly boost our already strong community.

Imagine where that could take us.

The price tag is $14.5 million. We could never raise that amount and that isn’t what is proposed.

We have a very good shot at $8 million from a new federal and provincial grant. The referendum is asking us to commit to $2 million of new money (only if and when it is needed) to demonstrate solid community support and that would put us into contention for the grant. We could end up with an incredible asset worth at least double of the total of what we would contribute, seven times more if you only consider the tax contribution. “Yes” to the referendum demonstrates we want to be strong partners in getting the proposal to completion.

The funding source is for recreation and culture, so while we also get to own our muni offices, there is no federal or provincial funding to build such space. That asset is tail-coating on the application for culture and recreation, although make no mistake, the muni has been leading this project and contributing considerable staff time, credibility and support. The referendum includes an additional $2 million to fund municipal and recreational office space but that revenue is “neutral” – it’s the same to borrow or rent.

Some say the new space is no bigger than what we currently rent. Yes, and that’s what we can afford.

There are work-from-home or job/office sharing strategies that should be considered if the space has limitations.

This is not a Rolls Royce model, although, that said, there is room to grow.

Council decided about a decade ago that a performance space was a priority and we started to build a reserve fund which presently stands at over $1 million. Plus, people have pledged more than $1 million to build, and donated another $1 million endowment to maintain, a community centre.

Because the lead time for the grant was short, the season

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BOWEN’S DIARY BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES

Cpl. Richard De Jong retires

After 29 years of service, Cpl. Richard De Jong retired from the RCMP Wednesday. De Jong served as one of Bowen’s officers between June 1999 and June 2004, though he continues to live on island and participates in community events. He most recently held the post of media relations officer for the North Vancouver detachment.

Jean Jamieson (99) and her brother-in-law Jim Moore (96) gathered with friends and family to celebrate recent birthdays at Jim and wife Mario’s home on Collin’s Road this week. (Photos and text submitted: Will Husby) Birthdays in February: Feb. 9 - Jean Jamieson turned 99 Feb. 15 - Jim Moore turned 96 Feb. 24 - Pamela Mitts And happy birthday to Sonia Usmiani for her 60th

As De Jong has been a prominent figure in the community, the Undercurrent received several letters letting the paper know our former officer was retiring. (Above photo: Carrie De Jong)

Birthdays in the week ahead: March 3 - Stephanie Olson March 4 - Burle Sk March 7 - Basia Lieske - Rachel Pryce-Jones - Claudia Schaefer - Heather Hodson

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De Jong during his time working on Bowen Island. (Photo: Carrie De Jong)

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BOWEN BEAT BIAC’s black and white ball

Bowen Island Arts Council held its annual mini gala with a black and white ball theme Saturday evening. Attendees bid on 50 8x8 paintings painted and donated by local artists. Tim Hausch was the auctioneer while a crew of BIAC staff and volunteers made sure the event ran smoothly.

These islanders share smiles (and a feather boa). (Photo: Bronwyn Beairsto)

Above: Vikki Michèle Freckelton (left) was one of the greeters. (Photo: Darryl Grigg)

Left: Gary Walsh and Andy Powell-Williams admire some of the artwork. (Photo: Bronwyn Beairsto) Tracey Hearst and Debbie Benson greeted ball-goers at Cove Commons. (Photo: Bronwyn Beairsto)

Barbara Reid and Valorie Williams have a little catch up during the auction break.

(Photo: Bronwyn Beairsto)

Attendees were decked out in their black and white best (Photo: Darryl Grigg).

Tim Hausch played the roll of acutioneer for the evening. (Photo: Darryl Grigg)

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Bowen’s choral talent converges for food bank A CONCERT TWO YEARS IN THE MAKING, WRITTEN AND COMPOSED BY LOCAL MUSICIAN BRIAN HOOVER

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Hoover explains that the concert begins with cautionary tales, warning of On a cool late winter’s evening, 25 voices vanity, jealousy, greed and rise, “What else can I do but open my heart the fear of scarcity and lightto you.” ens to the hopeful, positive The selection of singers from each one of aspects of humanity.

Bowen’s 10 choirs are rehearsing for Singing “So at the actual event, Back the Light, a benefit concert for the you’re going to have the Bowen Island food bank to be held March same ideas going from dark 9 at Cates Hill Chapel. The concert is preto light as you do from miering Brian Hoover’s musical storytelling January to March in the big picture,” says Hoover. production.

The entirely Bowen-produced concert has “Anytime that there’s several notable soloists and accompanists, group singing, and in this including soprano Lynn Ellis-Williams, tenor case a choir concert, it’s Carlos Vela-Martinez, storyteller Martin a way of amplifying that aspect of bringing in posiClarke, pianist Sheilagh Sparks, flautist Shasta tive thoughts,” he says. “And Martinuk and conductor Alison Nixon. “[Hoover]’s just written gorgeous, beauhopefully, later on, actions tiful work, where I believe it really pulls the in the community.”

“We are sometimes at a essence of contemporary theology, contemporary spirituality,” says Nixon. “In an loss for words,” continues extraordinary way, he encapsulates everyHoover. “And when you’re at thing that goes into the great world religions, a loss for words to speak, BRONWYN BEAIRSTO, PHOTO singing is always a good and he brings it down to an essence. Which A smattering of members from each of Bowen’s 10 choirs gathers to rehearse for the Singing Back the Light food bank venue to go to just because is beautiful.”

The songs are text from Hoover’s recent- benefit concert, with Alison Nixon conducting. All the music and words are composed and written by Brian Hoover. it’s more emotional.” ly-published books, Tales from the Heart and As Hoover accompanies Twelve Standing Stones set to music the former Victoria concert’s timing purposefully coincides with the end of the choir on the base, his wife Shasta Martinuk in turn Symphony bassist, violin maker and song circle host, com- winter. plays the flute beside him. The two have lived on Bowen posed over the past two years.

“We all hope for renewed energy to acknowledge and for 25 years and have hosted song circles together for years.

“And then he has this lovely, simple music, which is I address the issues of poverty, homelessness and hunger,” “What else can I do but open my heart to you,” the choir think derivative of chant, and derivative of folk music as says Hoover. sings. “When I can see who I really am. When I can see who well, and I’d even say derivative of, even though none of He emphasises that the concert is an example of “Bowen you really are.”

Singing Back the Light is March 9 at 7:30 p.m. at Cates us here are First Nations, borrowing of First Nations care,” giving back”, from the singers, musicians and production enthuses Nixon. crew to the audience members who will come to support Hill Chapel. Tickets are available at Phoenix or at the door for $20.

Held a little over a week before the spring equinox, the the food bank cause.

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Requiem for the grey one ANTON REFLECTS ON THE LIFE OF HIS OLD, GREY CAR AND LOOKS AT ITS ELECTRIC REPLACEMENT

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Mumtaz Bandali’s work is deeply influenced by her affinity to nature, life experiences, and the beauty found in her surroundings. Mumtaz is an avid traveller and is always admiring landscapes and scenery in different parts of the world.

After moving from East Africa to Canada, she decided to take an art class in Vancouver; her love and passion for painting grew from that moment on.

Mumtaz captures the essence of rural landscapes and paints primarily with elemental earth tones. Largely known for her sophisticated landscapes, sunsets, lakes, and florals, she has more recently been inspired by the complexity and beauty of abstracts. She strives to captivate viewers with her inspiration of the wonders of nature and its simple, yet complex colours.

Mumtaz’s portfolio has greatly diversified over the years and she is always keen to learn and gain new techniques through courses and workshops. Although she continues to travel almost five months of the year, Mumtaz enjoys painting on her travels as well as in her art studio at her home in West Vancouver and at her retreat on Bowen Island, where the family is continuously involved with community outreach. Mumtaz and her family have enjoyed being part of the Bowen Island community since they purchased their island home in 2002.

Mumtaz’s artwork can be seen in local restaurants in Vancouver including The Portly Chef in North Vancouver, a few local galleries, as well as on her website – www. mumtazbandali.com. She has donated many of her beautiful pieces to several local charities including Face the World Foundation, The World Partnership Walk, Vancouver General Hospital and Lions Gate Hospital.

As she continues to learn and explore different artistic techniques, her artwork continues to grow and evolve as well. Mumtaz is an active member of the North Shore Artist Guild and the Gallery at Cove Commons on Bowen Island.

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Though I am thoroughly a bicycle man, I have to admit I am very happy with our new car. It is actually my wife’s new car, but she’s asked me to test it before she starts using it for her daily commutes. It was a requirement.

Well, it is smooth in its driving, very smooth. The seats are supportive exactly where I need support. It is very quiet, swoosh, like a spaceship sailing from star to star. It is glacier white –its acceleration anything but glacial. However there is no need for speed. I like the gliding over the road, just gliding.

Our old sedan was grey and gave up the ghost after twenty-one years of loyal service. It, too, was my wife’s car. We bought it in 1999, the year I first came to Canada. It brought me to my first Canadian home, in Lantzville, B.C. And of course, my wife and I brought our newborn kids home in it.

This was the only car they knew, until six weeks ago.

The old grey one took us to hikes deep in Elaho Valley, the beaches of Tofino, skiing at Cypress and to family in the Fraser valley. It took us to Bowen to look at houses after we decided to move here in 2002. Over time, it became our Bowen car, and that’s what really did it in. Short trips to the ferry are possibly the worst for any combustion engine but I wasn’t expecting it to be so bad. Aiming for 350,000 km, I was surprised when at 220,000 km, one of the cylinders gave up. It was time to say goodbye to our loyal grey companion.

And so Gandalf returned as the white one, except it has little in common with its grey predecessor. So much so that my daughter, who had no interest in getting a driver’s license, suddenly changed her mind. What was the magical

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Anton van Walraven poses with his new, electric, car. force that made her do so?

It came to me this morning: I had to drive across island and decided to listen to a ’70s dance CD. It was sunny with a cold Squamish wind blowing. What would work? I skipped, skipped, stopped and moved: the low speed sound of the car was taken over by the swelling saw-tooth synthesizer chords. Then the sequenced baselines and a drum machine snare kick in with a high-head on top.

Oh yes! This was so fitting: Giorgio Moroder’s groundbreaking synthesizer creation that hit the world in 1977, which Brian Eno apparently declared “was the sound of the future.” It was perfect for our new car. Not only that, in that moment of musical bliss, I realized the future is now and I was driving it. All that while Donna Summer’s radiant gospel sang in acknowledgement: “It is so good, so good, so good, it is sooo good!”

We have a new car. It is electric, and “I feel love.”

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Muni Morsels: steps, STVRs and (animal) nuisances BRONWYN BEAIRSTO

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The following are briefs from the Feb. 25 regular council meeting: Council voted to send notice to the Energy Step Code Council that it would be adopting step one of the energy efficiency building code strategy by Oct. 1, 2019 and step three by Oct. 1, 2020. The steps go up to five, or net-zero energy, by 2032 and will apply to all buildings built after adoption. While adoption is currently voluntary for municipalities, the NDP government is making it mandatory in coming years.

BIM building inspecter Greg Cormier said that many buildings currently being built are close to step three standards.

A plan to develop a short term rental policy came before council. It lays out a year-long public engagement and policy development plan for the contentious topic (many argue that short term vacation rentals remove rental housing stock from the market, others argue that they’re essential to the economy and those homes would not be up for long term rental anyway.) The work plan passed unanimously.

BIM staff will examine best practices, policy and enforcement and, per the plan, there should be a public project

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In response to public outcry to address nuisance animal species (skunks in particular) council directed staff to do more public education (including how not to attract animals like skunks, rats and squirrels). Staff and council opted not for culls, due to high cost and low effectiveness.

Councillor David Hocking also noted that even if BIM were to trap animals, they’re not legally allowed to remove them from the island.

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Duplicate Bridge Bowen Court 6:45 - 10 p.m.

Info call Irene 604-947-2955 Return of the Humpback Whales to Howe Sound Collins Hall 7:30 p.m. Bowen Rotary presents an evening with Bob Turner. Free presentation.

Ferry lineup bylaw public open house Council chambers 4-7 p.m.

FRIDAY MARCH 1

Dinner at the Legion Bowen Island Legion Doors at 5:30 Dinner at 6:30 Members and guests welcome Jazz night at the Pub Bowen Island Pub

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Jilly Watson Trees & Trails Opening Reception Catching Stars Gallery1-4 pm Join Jilly at 1 pm for a demo of her painting style and at 2 pm join the opening reception to raise a celebratory glass to her 2 week Art Sale & Exhibit.

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Much Ado About Nothing Cates Hill Chapel 7:15 p.m Tickets at the Library $20 door

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FRIDAY MARCH 8

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SATURDAY MARCH 9

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Beyond the brush: Texture with Kathleen Ainscough

Singing Back the Light-a food bank benefit concert Cates Hill Chapel 7:30 p.m A Bowen collaboration, conducted by Alison Nixon, featuring soloists Lynn EllisWilliams and Carlos VelaMartinez, narrator Martin Clarke, and a full chorus accompanied by Sheilagh Sparks on the piano, flautist Shasta Martinuk, and bassist Brian Hoover Advance Tix $20 at the Phoenix David Graff album release Party Legion 8 p.m. Murfitt & Main warm up the evening at 8 pm. David and his band start at 9:30 p.m. A party and evening of music from David’s new album, ‘Supposed to Fly’.

Tickets $15 at Phoenix Knacker’s Yard Bowen Island Pub 9 p.m. – midnight Celtic fun is back! $10 cover at the door.

SUNDAY MARCH 10

Outdoor Meditation Circle Meet at the picnic tables at the entrance to Crippen Park 11 a.m. Open to everyone.

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Regular Council Meeting BIM 6:15 p.m.

TUESDAY MARCH 12

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