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ROUND BOWEN
VOL. 45, NO. 24
BIUndercurrent
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Troubled waters
AMID WATER TENSIONS IN BLUE WATER AND KING EDWARD BAY, BIM’S PUBLIC WORKS MANAGER RESIGNS
BRONWYN BEAIRSTO
Editor
and online content are wonderful inventions, but, really, there’s nothing like cooperation of an orchestra and there’s nothing comparable to watching live music. Did you know that the musicians of the West Coast Symphony are volunteers? They travel to BICS at their own cost, and give the gift of the concert to the community because they appreciate that it can be very challenging for Bowen Islanders to travel off-island to hear full symphonies play.
Summer hasn’t officially begun and already two Bowen Island neighbourhoods have been under severe water restrictions for weeks. Residents of the nearly 150 homes of the Bluewater Park water system have been under stage four water conservation guidelines since the beginning of May due to low water in the system’s wells. As an interim supply solution, public works diverted some of the water from one of King Edward Bay’s wells to Bluewater. This forced residents of the smaller system (King Edward Bay has somewhere between 21 and 38 homes) onto stage four restrictions in late May. Stage four is the highest level of water conservation and requires no outdoor watering, no use of hoses or irrigation systems, no filling pools or fountains and no washing vehicles or other outdoor equipment. The rest of the island is currently under stage one water conservation guidelines. “It’s an unacceptable situation,” said Mayor Gary Ander at Monday’s council meeting. “We have an issue with water all over the island and with our weather changes and the way things are going…it’s not going to get any better,” he said. “We’re going to have to hit these things head-on.” While the municipality has had extra wells dug in Bluewater, BIM’s chief administrative officer Kathy Lalonde said Monday night’s meeting that it would be likely at least two months before the new wells would be operational. A report to council dated June 3 said that all wells in both systems are producing water and that since the stage four restrictions came into effect the reservoir has been filing and consumption has gone down.
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MERIBETH DEEN PHOTO AND CAPTION
GOOFY SOX: Last weekend, Bowen’s youngest ball players wrapped up their season with home games against little league teams
from West Vancouver. You can expect to see them chasing foul balls throughout the summer during men’s fastpitch league and adult co-ed slowpitch league games.
Why the symphony comes to town SUNDAY, JUNE 16 HEAR THE WEST COAST SYMPHONY SARAH HAXBY
Community School Coordinator
Why did the symphony take the ferry to Bowen Island? Because they like Howe Sound. OK, all joking aside, we have a very special tradition on Bowen Island known as the West Coast Symphony Concerts for the Community, which have been held at
Bowen Island Community School for more than two decades. The concerts are unique in that they are an open-door, by-donation opportunity for all ages to attend, which make them a no-barrier, all-inclusive cultural experience. It’s a lovely way to gather together people of all ages and to share in seeing and feeling music in person To watch the magic of the symphony working together to produce marvellous music. CDs
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