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work cut out for them.

No one felt the hitting power of provincials players more than Rich Ralph and Rachel Klingler who were sitting in their car when it was impacted by a ball from what must have been close to a 340 foot jack. No one was hurt, but the car was dinged, and the Ballers were on notice that they were not on Bowen anymore.

The Ballers went 0-3 and were mercied (losing by more than twelve runs going into the fifth inning) twice in the seeding round.

For the past two months, colourfully clad buses have chauffeured Boweners to the far reaches of the island.

Even the golf course had bus service this summer. But now TransLink’s TapRide on-demand bus pilot is over and the company wants to know what we think about the service.

TransLink is asking residents and visitors to fill out an online survey (translink.ca/bowen) that asks about user satisfaction and suggestions for the future of the app and bus service on-island. The survey is open until Sept. 29.

“TransLink’s transit on-demand pilot has been an important learning exercise and we’re pleased to see that it’s been well received by the Bowen Island community,” said Ben Murphy, a TransLink spokesperson, in an email.

Murphy said that TransLink is looking for feedback from both residents and visitors, including people who chose not to use transit on-demand services. The company wants to know what worked well and what needs improving.

“Following this process we’ll review all the data and results, before deciding on what our next steps will be,” said Murphy.

The pilot project ran between July 15 and Sept. 15 and didn’t affect regular bus routes. This broader service followed a beta test earlier this year that used the TapRide app to allow customers to reserve seats.

The recent pilot had two “on-demand concepts.” On weekday evenings users could book a ride only from the cove to another location so all rides had to start in the cove (one-to-many).

On the weekends, users could request rides from anywhere to anywhere within the service area (manyto-many).

The pilot overall saw 1,947 boardings over 1,201 trips said Murphy.

There were 1,686 TapRide accounts created over the course of the pilot.

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ADRIAN VAN LIDTH DE JEUDE PHOTO

CHANGE/ABLE: Island Pacific School students play with paintings in Emily van Lidth de Jeude’s new installation at the

Gallery at Cove Commons. Part of the exhibit is being able to rearrange the panels. Read the story on page 6.

Ballers represent at provincials HENRY CAMPBELL

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As the Bowen Ballers took the field under the lights at MacLeod Athletic Park for their first game Friday night, more than one player remarked that it felt like they were playing in the “Show” (the big leagues).

And no wonder: the players and teams at the SPN Provincial Tournament were not messing around.

From custom rolling luggage, full graphic team jerseys (the “Winnipeg Snow Cheetahs,” who hailed from

Squamish, were a highlight), $1,000 bats, and extremely thick necks, these teams lived and breathed softball… and it proved to be an education for our hometown heroes.

The biggest adjustment for most players was the field itself. The Snug Cove diamond is about 220 feet at its longest point. The nearest fence in Langley is around 300. Over the fence home runs on Bowen became routine fly balls in Langley. Couple that with every team having ladies who could crush the ball and guys who could send it into space, the Ballers had their

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Seeking Public Comment for DVP Applications

Event Calendar

Five (5) Development Variance Permit applications will be considered by Council at the September 30th Council meeting:

September 19, 2019 7:00 pm Cove Bay Water System Local Advisory Committee Meeting

September 30, 2019 6:15 pm Regular Council Meeting

October 1, 2019 7:00 pm Transportation Advisory Committee Meeting

October 2, 2019 5:00 pm Advisory Design Panel Meeting

October 3, 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.

We’re getting ready to develop Island Plan 2020, and we’d like to hear from you about municipal services, emergency preparedness, transportation, housing, and the local economy on Bowen Island.

The idea is to collect local, relevant data that will complement Census data in order to inform Council’s decisions on services, to support grant applications and to help anticipate demand.

The survey will also provide baseline information for year over year comparisons.

Island Survey 2019 is available online until October 11, 2019, and takes only 15 minutes to complete. Responses are collected anonymously, and a summary of the results will be publicly available next year.

DVP-06-2019 For 971 Seaview Pl to reduce side setback and increase maximum height. Variance will legalize existing nonconforming house.

DVP-07-2019 For 375 Cardena Dr to increase maximum floor area for a secondary suite. Variance will allow secondary suite use within the existing floorplan of the lower floor.

DVP-08-2019 For 1122 Miller Rd to reduce front and side setbacks, reduce parking minimums, and increase maximum lot coverage. Variance will allow construction of two small additions: an office and a food bank storage area.

DVP-09-2019

www.bowenislandmunicipality.ca/island-survey For 334 Cardena Dr to reduce side setbacks and the If you don’t have a computer, or if you wish to complete the survey in an alternative format, you can get help from staff at Municipal Hall.

Committees seeking members Housing Advisory Committee Parks, Trails and Greenways Advisory Committee Recreation and Community Services Commission Community Economic Development Committee For more information or an application form please contact Stef Shortt, Committee Clerk sshortt@bimbc.ca.

All applications must be submitted by Tuesday, October 8th, 2019 at 4:00 pm.

sea setback. Variance will enable renovation work to an existing home, including an enclosed porch, new front porch, and a deck replacement.

DVP-10-2019 For 1495 Willliams Rd to reduce front and side setbacks.

Variance will allow a new house to replace an existing house on the property.

MORE INFORMATION AT MUNICIPAL HALL: Details for each application may be viewed at Municipal Hall between 8:30 AM and 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday (excluding statutory holidays) or on the municipal website at https://www.bowenislandmunicipality.ca/ planning

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Everyone is invited to join a dynamic discussion about climate change, food, and farming on Bowen Island.

Municipal Hall, Sunday, September 29, 2-4pm Our dependency on the mainland and food imports is real.

So are the challenges of food production on our rocky island.

Come and get inspired by the findings of two recent reports published by Bowen Island Food Sovereignty (BIFS). Let’s talk about some steps our community could explore to create a vibrant and viable ‘place-based food system,’ and how such a system can help adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change.

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A United team: meet the Little Red Church’s new ministers MANY ISLANDERS ALREADY KNOW TINA AND LORRAINE BUT THE TWO ARE TAKING ON NEW COMMUNITY ROLES: CO-MINISTERS

BRONWYN BEAIRSTO

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Where once there was one, now there are two.

The Little Red Church has a new ministerial duo in Tina Overbury and Rev. Lorraine Ashdown following last year’s departure of long-time minister Rev. Shelagh MacKinnon.

Lorraine, who’s lived on-island since 2002, works for the Bowen church eight hours a week. As an ordained minister she can do communion, weddings and baptisms (in the United Church there are just two sacraments––communion and baptism). She’ll preach every second Sunday of the month and do other pastoral care on Bowen. But Lorraine works at St. Andrew’s-Wesley United Church in downtown Vancouver as minister of elders, pastoral care and outreach, so Tina will carry the other parts of the job, including preaching the rest of the Sundays.

Tina is in the candidacy path of a three-year lay ministry program with St. Andrew’s College. “In the lay ministry path, it’s really getting your theology chops while you’re on your feet,” says Tina. “It is community born, so the community says ‘we see this in you.’ ‘Yes, we are going to rally around you.’

And, ‘yes, we’re going to walk with you as you follow your call.’

“And that was such a perfect fit for me.”

Though Tina will get training through the United Church, she won’t be ordained at the end of this program.

The somewhat unorthodox ministerial answer came about last year after MacKinnon had left and both Tina and Lorraine contemplated applying for the position.

“I thought you know, I’m just going to apply. I know I have no credentials, and there’s nothing but heart behind me,” says Tina.

“And then I didn’t apply, which is so not me.”

But a week later, Tina and Lorraine were talking while on the ferry.

“We ended up in this conversation about this place that we love,” says Tina. “We were both going to apply and we were both like but we can’t.”

So they decided to co-apply.

“It’s a beautiful partnership,” says Tina. “I get all the support of not having anything between my ears yet of knowledge with Lorraine…and then I get to be support for Lorraine.”

“It’s like God’s hands are all over this man, because this is the last place that makes sense for me to be here,” says Tina. “Yet, if you look at it, it was like well, duh, of course you’re supposed to be here.”

Lorraine and Tina say that the United Church is changing on a national level.

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Tina Overbury and Rev. Lorraine Ashdown are the new ministerial team behind the Little Red Church.

“It’s a very interesting time to be in the ministry,” says Lorraine, “because I refuse to say that the church is dying. I just say that it’s reshaping.

“We’re re-envisioning church, as a faith community, a place where you come to hear a solid message of hope. But it’s less rigid than it used to be and that’s a good thing.”

“It’s more face to face and it’s all about relationships,” says Lorraine. “That’s what we want to build on. Building relationships into the community, not just with our flock.”

Tina has personal experience with finding spiritual solace in the

Little Red Church from outside the “flock.”

“I would have called myself the seeker,” she says. “I would just slip in the back. It was really was a slip in…I didn’t want anyone to see me.

“I just want to be in it. I was spiritually hungry. And I think that that is very alive on Bowen.”

“We hope to answer the hunger,” says Lorraine.

“We’re all spiritual beings, but lots of people don’t know where to go with that, or what to do with that, or how to answer that, or how to be that,” she says. “So we want to provide portals for all kinds of people to be that in all kinds of

different ways.”

“I just want to get at all of those people who are allergic to church and say, well, just try again because we’re becoming something new,” says Lorraine.

Beyond Sunday church services, part of Tina and Lorraine’s job is pastoral care. So they visit people who aren’t well, who are isolated and people who need some form of connection.

“It’s showing up and saying I care about you. You are loved.

We haven’t forgotten you. You’re on our radar,” says Lorraine. “If the person has some sort of faith belief system, then we’ll pray with them. If they [don’t], I will remind them that they’re loved by God and that they’re precious. All those messages that we would give them here.”

The two also plan programs and have a steady presence in the community.

“This Little Red Church, it is the hub of so many arteries on this island,” says Tina. “So many services connect back to the Little Red Church.”

Many of those services a legacy of Shelagh’s 20 years on-island.

“So we inherit that,” says Tina.

Everyone is welcome at the Little Red Church. There’s also a youth group that meets twice a month on Saturday nights for youth grades 7 to 12 led by Christina Atkinson. For more information: christinaatkinson99@gmail.com.

BOWEN ISLAND MUNICIPALITY PERMISSIVE TAX EXEMPTION BYLAW 493, 2019 Pursuant to Section 224 of the Community Charter, Bowen Island Municipal Council intends to adopt a bylaw exempting from property taxation for four years (2020-2023) the lands and improvements or both that are owned or held by charitable, philanthropic or other not for profit organizations and that Council considers are used for a purpose that is directly related to the purposes of the Corporation. The properties being considered at the Council meeting of September 30, 2019, and the estimated total property taxes that would otherwise be imposed if they were not exempt are: Municipal Taxes 2020

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Bowen Children's Centre Society

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Smooth Stones Foundation - Island Pacific School

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Trust issues

I got to watch just a slice of the Islands Trust in action this week. As the Trust council was in town, islanders were invited to learn about Islands 2050 (the Trust’s policy statement update process), to participate in a town hall public comment period and to watch council conduct its business.

I got to attend only two sessions but I saw such tensions between the islanders present and Trust folks that one might fear the Moonlighting Curse should they be resolved. (Can those crazy kids get over their money differences and clashing political views? Tune in next meeting…)

Half a dozen or so islanders spoke at the town hall on the topic of Bowen’s requisition––nearly every one displeased with how much Bowen is paying in tax to the Trust ($329,913.24 this past year) and the Trust’s perceived lack of cooperation in remedying the felt discrepancy. A number of islanders called for a referendum to consider splitting from the Trust (it is unclear if, once a referendum took place, the province would allow a split, but there’s been suggestion that would be the first step).

There were many impassioned speeches, though roughly along the same lines of “we’re paying too much.”

So it was striking when councillor Alison Morse (a former trustee herself) stood up and suggested asking the province to take on some of the financial burden of the Trust’s conservancy lands, urged Trustees to vote for an independent review of the Trust (one of the recommendations on the agenda) and suggested that within the bounds of the provincially determined taxation, there’s room to be creative. Morse is known for her attention to detail (and I’m almost certain she’d have some correction to this account). But at this meeting, her familiarity with the Trust and commitment to solutions amid mounting tension set her apart.

–––Bronwyn Beairsto, Editor

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

We know housing needs DEAR EDITOR: For folks relatively new to Bowen, it should be noted that a thorough housing needs assessment was completed in 2007 by the Bowen Community Housing Association (BCHA). In that year, the BCHA raised $40,000 to pay for the services of Eberle Planning and Research to gather the data to prepare a Housing needs assessment and an implementation strategy.

Now we see that 12 years later, the municipality has located $15,000 of grant money to do a housing needs assessment. This is the sort of thing that the bureaucracy considers an “action” and prompts them to say things like: “We are doing everything we can.”

Here is that housing needs assessment. bowenislandhousing.ca/wp-content/uploads/na_ report_070509.pdf

Not only did the Bowen Community Housing Association commission a housing needs assessment but from it and a few months later established an implementation strategy. It’s ironic to see a former councillor acknowledge the crisis, when back at the time of the presentation of the Housing Strategy, it was he who said: “I see no need for a housing corporation; there is affordable housing everywhere!”

Later as the good politician and after the damage was done clarified by admitting that he had “mis-spoken” himself.

Here’s that strategy for anyone interested bowenislandhousing.ca/ wp-content/uploads/affordable_ housing_strategy2007.pdf There was simply no political will or capacity to see this through, nor the will to simply allow it to happen.

––Richard Best

Thank you Bowen strangers On “summer folk”cartoon DEAR EDITOR: Last holiday Monday, my wife and I arrived at the Horseshoe Bay terminal after a 12-hour drive from Edmonton.

Regrettably the 5:45 p.m. for Nanaimo was full and our dog sitter had left assuming we were on our way.

Our only option was for one of us to go as a foot passenger but we hadn’t even passed the ticket booth. I waved down a car in the Bowen Island lane (the only one getting through the ticket terminal) as a desperate rush to get to the ferry. They instantly said “jump in” and as a result my wife just made the sailing…so whoever you were (no time to exchange names!) in the red car with your son in the back, I want to say thank you....all we know is that you have a condo in Lake Louise! And by the way, our dog thanks you as well, he couldn’t have held it that long! A great example that there are more nice people out there than bad!

––Ian Andexser, Nanaimo

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DEAR EDITOR, We were sorry to see your Sept. 5 editorial cartoon, showing a para-military squad herding people toward the ferry with the caption “Bowen’s Island Corps of Egress bids farewell to the summer folk.”

We have been summer residents for 34 years, supporting local businesses and charities, volunteering, following water-conservation and FireSafe guidelines and obeying all laws. We love Bowen’s natural amenities and always have been welcomed by neighbours and the wider community. Your prejudicial cartoon of “the summer folk” is unkind, inaccurate and untrue to the warm, generous spirit of the people of Bowen Island.

Otherwise, please keep up the good work and don’t cancel our subscriptions.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Sunshine on your path, Jacqueline Massey I would like to join the chorus singing your praise, Jacqui.

In more than 19 years you have given of your talent to organize, plan, research, envision and connect to so many aspects of the Bowen community and beyond as very few have. The Cultural Master Plan , 2000/2003, designated the Bowen Island Arts Council to become the mouthpiece for cultural development on Bowen Island and as a participant in that process, I can say with pride that it was achieved with consensus by all parties thanks to the masterful and patient guidance of Liz Watson. You, Jacqui, fulfilled this task with skill and farsightedness to help our entire community to grow. You were very talented in finding your way through the labyrinths of funding sources. With your steady hard work BIAC’s stature has grown steadily and is now an essential part of Bowen’s tapestry.

You have had a lot of help of some extraordinary volunteers, who were attracted to the organization in part by your excellent management. I just want to mention a few, whose long time involvement and co-operation with you had given the energy to the rise of first class service to Bowen Island: Betty Dhont, Sigurd Sabathil, Paul Hooson, Ross and Lois Meyers Carter (whose recent loss we feel painfully), Marianne Holbrook, Shari Ulrich, Carrol Cram and Greta Smith (and my apologies to all those many other deserving volunteers who made BIAC vibrant and strong).

As your most recent accomplishment, Jacqui, you were very much part of the transformation of BIAC’s Gallery in Artisan Square to morph into “The Hearth” at the Cove Commons, while you are actively engaged to push the multipurpose community arts centre forward.

It is not uncommon that the membership of an organization can become lax in its forward driving energy when its leadership and management provide a seemingly smooth day-to-day operation. Jacqui’s boots will be hard to fill and I, as a member of BIAC, am fully aware that we have to make sure that we find a worthy successor and to make the transition easy.

Sunshine on your path of new ventures, Jacqui, and a heartfelt thanks!

–––Hans-Christian Behm

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On my time with Island Pacific School (with apologies to Lin-Manuel Miranda) Chris Wilson finished his years as chair of the board of Island Pacific School last week. The following was his speech/poem at the annual IPS meeting.

How does an idea, a design, a little school, become an institution/On an island/A rock dropped in the middle of a forgotten/Spot in Howe Sound near Vancouver./I’m astonished, and I ask what is the causality/Of an intentional education that builds character of such quality.

For starters Ted Spear, our Founding Father turned author,/Took us farther than another might have bothered,/ By working harder, by being smarter, by being a self-starter./He had to beg, borrow and barter/To get Island Pacific its charter.

And every day our kids are being taught we’re/Watching the way they’ve brought our sons and daughters/Making them see what they’ve got: a head on their shoulders,/Making all in this room see we’re each of us stakeholders.

And the middle years they are not just placeholders./Jen Henrichsen, her claim to fame’s an award from the prime minister,/And Pam, if you’ve ever witnessed her, administer a lesson to these kids;/ or the good Sir, Adrian van Lidth de Jeude,/ Both of them coulda, woulda, shoulda got an award too./I could just kill for a rhyme for Jen Zdril who/Wrote the play last year. Thanks from all of us to Barb and Maureen too,/And the others who came before, and Amanda and Diana Ray;/and Carmen, Cheryl and Julia McCaig./I won’t forget; what you’ve done for my family. And now we have Andrea,/Megan, Jason, and Kari Marentette./With that teacher selection we could have took up a collection/ and moved over to the mainland,

but let’s not forget our main man:/He’s our Head, Scott Herrington./Don’t you know, he’s our Head, Scott Herrington./ Twenty years in Dubai, and maybe touched by the sun;/There’s a million things he hasn’t done, here, yet,/But just you wait. Just you wait.

For me when each school year came, with the hiking, and the pain,/The blisters on their feet,/Some claim it’s even better than some computer game/The word games, makin’ up nicknames, and learnin’ each other’s first name,/Layin’ the foundation for the end game:/As they rise to the occasion and later we can say, “Look what this class became.”

Now for those of you who are new, in the fall you’ll learn about Morning Stretch,/Freaky Fridays and other days you never planned for/In the Skylight or the MBC—you gotta ask what that stands for;/A certain madness in the monsoon and unexpected demands for/Classics Tea./And house lunches, grouped by constellation,/PE in the meadow for inspiration./There used to be a Gala celebration, but after due consideration,/The strife and preparation in combination means it’s time/ For a conversation about that./Well, we’ll see.

Then by winter you find out there’s this heresy,/A rarity enough to put their parents in therapy:/A seminar organized by seniority that teaches them to argue and question/ authority;/ Serenity becomes a scarcity as logic and clarity turn the masses into a tyranny./ But then for Covenant House they dwell on the street,/And another sort of house where they’re drinking coffee and raising hell./The boys are starting to smell; they all start to rebel;/

And that’s when you realize this school has no bell. But it does have a play./Star Crossed and As You Wish, Alice, Charlie, the Doppelgang, and that time Where they sang about a Pastime Paradise and rewrote history,/Or solved the mystery of the Fullness of Time/ And then collapsed into spring break.

When the students come back they take/Their Photoshop skills and make themselves a historical twain./And get mud-stained at the Toblerone Cup or Golden Disc or Spring Reign./They raise the anchor and chain on a tall ship and no one complains,/or they walk on Abraham’s Plains. They sail and surf/And kayak even in the rain. Scott, this schedule is insane, man.

But looking back, these years are where they overcame an/Obstacle or two, the biggest change in their lives, tell your kids:/“Take advantage!”/And yes they can manage, Masterworks,/Because they get their confidence from the ground up./These students are taught to round up./Like the old adage, what they propound is compounded/And what they amounted to is all summed up at Rights of Passage.

Now looking back after my nine years with this community, I write for posterity/And with that certain clarity that comes from/The familiarity of hindsight, and in all sincerity./And you know as alumni and parents, the members of Island Pacific School/Society, And all of you here who volunteer regularly,/And the fine friends I’ve made on the board of this charity,/When you’re done you look back with a certain awe, and blink, and exclaim:/What just happened?”/Well, I think we all found a little more wisdom, and courage, and integrity.

––Chris Wilson

What did you think of our pilot?

From July 15–September 15, we trialed the Bowen Island Transit On-Demand Pilot to explore ways of improving mobility throughout communities.

Now, we need your help to shape the future of regional transportation.

Have your say by completing our online survey from Sept 16– Sept 29.

Fill out the survey at: translink.ca/bowen

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New show is change/able Humpback whales have a storied history in Howe Sound DIANE BUCHANAN

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Looking at Emily van Lidth de Jeude’s work I am struck by this expression from an open, independent, creative mind. She is a child of the island.

Emily grew up free in a nurturing community exposed to nature, visual art, music, theatre and writing. Since I returned here 20 years ago, I have been amazed by the accomplished young people who have reaped the benefits of the island and are expressing it in their chosen fields.

Emily’s work is cutting-edge. Last summer I took international artist Evelyn Roth to visit Emily’s studio. She was blown away by the strong, exciting, work of this emerging talent. Emily understands form, colour and ideas.

September 18 to October 20, the Gallery at Cove Commons will be showing change/able––current work by Emily van Lidth de Jeude with a sound installation by her friend Bevvy Swift.

The change/able show offers possibilities. When you enter the gallery, there are gloves to put on, and a choice: this way or that way. The installation’s walls are filled with Emily’s paintings and you are free to rearrange them.

Emily grew up on Bowen Island before leaving at 17 to travel, work, and study. She was kicked out of the Royal Academy in the Hague, Netherlands, before returning to B.C. to study arts and sciences, finally receiving her BFA from ECUAD. She then moved back to Bowen Island and threw herself fully into parenting, volunteering, and teaching, following her passion for explorative learning and play as she unschooled her two children and developed various local programs. Now in her 40’s, Emily has spent half her life as an explorative learning facilitator and educator, and finally has created an installation based purely on exploration.

This is a show that will appeal to all ages. Bring your children in and keep up the Bowen tradition.

The opening reception is 6 to 8 p.m. September 21.

If things go as they have during the last two years, humpback whales will visit the west side of Bowen Island for several weeks this October.

We live in humpback habitat. Humpback whales were common in Howe Sound and the Salish Sea in the 1800s, but the advent of whaling steamships with explosive harpoons exterminated them by 1908. Whaling continued throughout the northeast Pacific until the 1960s, when the international community agreed to a moratorium. Since then, humpback and other whales have been slowly reclaiming their old territory along the B.C. Coast. In 2008, after a hundred year absence, a humpback whale was reported in Atl’ka7tsum –Howe Sound.

Ever since, their visits have continued to grow.

As much as humpback whales are still a novelty for us in Howe Sound, whale watching as a commercial enterprise may well have started right here.

John Ford, a marine mammal scientist with DFO wrote “what was perhaps the first whale-watching enterprise anywhere began in B.C. in the early 1900s, when humpback whales in Howe Sound became an attraction for tourists in Vancouver.”

In the early 1900s, Captain J.A. Cates of the Terminal Steamship Company was running whale watching tours into Howe Sound to see humpback whales. Then, in 1907, the Sechart Whaling Company began hunting whales in the Strait of Georgia. Captain Cates protested to his parliamentary representative that the whalers had killed more than 20 whales in Howe Sound in four months. His concerns went unheeded and, in 1908, the whalers hunted down the last whales, then moved their operations to the west coast of Vancouver Island.

Today, humpbacks are the whales you are most likely to see in Howe Sound (killer whales or orcas as they are also known are in fact not whales, but the world’s largest dolphins).

Humpback whales, which range in size to 12m long and 40 tonnes, have the longest flippers of any whale, and their scientific name, Megaptera means “Large wing.” These large flippers allow them to be very maneuverable and acrobatic. A breaching humpback whale is something to behold.

Humpback whales feed by straining small organisms

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Two humpback whales, known to researchers as Yogi and Glacier, swim through Tunstall Bay in October 2018.

through fine plates or baleen in their mouths. Humpback whales are “gulpers” and lunge with their mouths open at dense patches of prey such as anchovy or herring. Last October I was filming a school of anchovy from my kayak off Cape Roger Curtis when a humpback broke the surface less than 10 m away, mouth open, as it fed on the anchovy.

I told this story in my YouTube movie called “Return of the Humpbacks.”

After a winter in the warm waters off Mexico or Hawaii where calves are born, humpback whales migrate to the B.C. Coast to feed in our rich coastal waters. They commonly visit Howe Sound from March to October before migrating south.

Why humpbacks appear to favour the west side of Bowen Island in October I can only guess, but I know at times they were feeding on anchovy. So if we have schools of anchovy this October off Bowen, we may well also have humpback whales to watch.

Note: This article is derived from the Bowen Island/ Nexwlélexm Marine Conservation Atlas currently in preparation by a team of islanders working with the Bowen Island Conservancy.

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Update from BC Ferries Horseshoe Bay Terminal Development Project Hello Community Members, We want to keep you up-to-date as we continue to move forward with the community engagement process for the future of the Horseshoe Bay terminal. We are excited to share the draft terminal concepts with you.

We hope you will join us for a community open house on October 7 from 4 to 8 p.m. in the Great Hall at Gleneagles Golf Course in West Vancouver or view the concepts online and share your feedback. You can provide your feedback online from now until October 13 at bcferries.com/about/hsbterminal. Please read more about our engagement plans below.

How we got here Last year we completed the third phase of the engagement program. We heard from more than 1,500 people about what is important to them when they think about the future of the terminal at Horseshoe Bay. The major themes that emerged during this phase related to efficiency, ensuring accessibility for all modes of transportation and creating benefit for and integration with the village of Horseshoe Bay. A full report summarizing what we heard is available on our project webpage.

The concepts We developed the draft terminal concepts with your feedback. Now we want to explore these concepts with

you and gather input to help refine them. Examples of where we took your feedback into account include paying particular attention to efficiency upgrades that help create better traffic flow for loading and unloading vehicles, and the need to keep fares affordable. In later phases of the plan, we will be exploring the creation of a community and transportation hub at the terminal – something we’ve heard is important for community and customers alike.

Next steps After we’ve gathered your feedback on the draft concepts, we’ll put together a summary and post it online. We’ll take your feedback and, where possible, incorporate it to refine the design. We expect to come back out in the community and present the preferred design next year.

The Horseshoe Bay Terminal Development Plan (TDP) is a 25-year plan for the future of the terminal. The current terminal is at capacity, making it difficult and sometimes challenging for our customers to travel.

In addition, some of the terminal’s infrastructure will soon be in need of replacement, making this a good time to explore how we can improve the terminal.

Redeveloping the terminal will allow us to better connect communities, be good neighbours and support growth in the region. We expect construction to begin on the first phase in the mid-2020s.

Please watch for future updates in your local paper or visit the webpage for more information.

Open House 4 to 8 pm, October 7 Great Hall, Gleneagles Golf Course 6190 Marine Drive, West Vancouver

Webpage bcferries.com/about/hsbterminal Thank you, Mark Wilson Vice President, Strategy & Community Engagement BC Ferries

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After being worked over 15-2 by the Hot Pockets (who only played nine players and still destroyed them), the Ballers sat in the stands under drizzling rain trying to regroup.

Though still all smiles and high spirits, to a player everyone resigned themselves to the very real possibility that they would be eliminated in the first game Sunday morning, going 0-4 on the trip and returning to the island without a lot to show for their efforts except going three for three on coin tosses.

But, as Yogi Berra said, “It ain’t over ‘till it’s over.”

As manager George Zawadzki finally arrived for the 8 a.m. game against the Black AT THE LEGION Knights, coach Spencer Grundy put the finishing touches on his lineup. Grundy and SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29th Zawadzki held true to their word: “everybody plays” and stuck with the agreed upon 1:00 – 5:00 roster…though Grundy made some shrewd adjustments, most notably moving Robbie Enjoy snacks and a big Clayton to the outfield and locking Andrea Layzell to first base.

Birthday Cake Maybe it was George, maybe it was having nothing to lose but the Ballers started turning Music including things around.

Moritz Behm’s - violin & vinyl playing One asset the Ballers had over other teams was foot speed and they never passed up a No presents please, just bring a hug chance to use it, always pushing for the extra base. This forced the Black Knights to make a play and seemed to surprise them. And then, finally, the Ballers’ bats caught fire. They a story or an instrument to play. racked up consistent hits and pulled off their first win with their tournament on the line, notching up a tonne of flesh wounds against the Black Knights and sending them home with a 14-8 defeat.

As the Ballers prepared for their second elimination game against the Hound Dogs, veteran player Brad “Ripper” Rypien (best summarized by his own maxim: “Back in the day, women wanted me and men wanted to be me”) noted of the playing conditions: “this is the worst I’ve ever seen.”

The deluge continued and the infield looked more like a map of the great lakes than a reasonable ball diamond.

Ground balls became completely unpredictable, often dying in puddles or ricocheting off of them at impossible angles.

The Ballers weren’t the best power hitters but one thing they could do was keep it on the ground, confounding FOR WEST VANCOUVER - SUNSHINE COAST infielders and taking advantage of footspeed to rack up runs.

An entire article could be written about the incredible SEA TO SKY COUNTRY catches of Robbie Clayton but the highlight was in the game against the Hound Dogs. They pounded a deep shot straight down the left field line for what looked like a sure extra base hit. Clayton was more than fifty feet from where the ball would land when it was struck. Sprinting at full speed, Clayton laid out and appeared to be flying without the restrictions of gravity, snatching the ball out of the air PatrickWeiler.ca and pulling off the greatest catch this writer has ever seen in person. The Ballers cruised to a 14-8 victory and were head PatrickBWeiler ed to the semis against the Sweet Spot.

The Sweet Spot, the team of tournament organizer and  @PatrickBWeiler president of the largest SloPitch league in Canada Peter Zeller, had made it to the finals every year since they started  patrickbweiler playing in the tournament and looked poised to do it again.

But the Ballers were not going down without a fight.

As the sun came out, strong winds from the west pelted the field and also neutralized the power hitters of the Sweet Spot, forcing, again, the players to hit ground balls or fly out.

It is difficult to imagine a more exciting game. Back and forth play and tight fielding saw the Ballers tied after six and going to extra innings. In SloPitch, you start extra innings with a runner on second and one out. It’s a system that’s designed to put the game to bed quickly.

The Ballers, the away team, squeaked out a run before the Sweet Spot came up to bat. They tied the game, forcing a second extra inning. Incredibly, the same thing happened, forcing a third extra inning. Again, the Ballers scored one only to have their opponents match them, thus forcing a fourth extra inning that saw the Ballers put up two runs.

With the tying run on third and a runner on first, the batter hit a hot ground ball to ace pitcher Ben Sunderland. In the heat of the moment, he sent the ball to first instead of going for the lead runner. Andrea Layzell caught the throw, making the second out, with the opposing player sprinting for home. Seeing that the runner was safe on second, she fired a bullet to a perfectly positioned Jessie Perry who caught the ball a half second ahead of the runner for a game ending double play.

The Ballers erupted in cheers (and were joined by the Hot Pockets who, sitting in the stands, were now rooting for the underdogs from Bowen) and elation. George, sitting on the bench, smiled like the Cheshire cat. Everyone hugged and high fived as real life became a Disney movie. The Ballers Historic $1.5 billion were going to the finals in their first tournament ever away from the island. You couldn’t write this stuff. the Canada Child Benefit.

300,000 children Though strong for the first two innings, the Ballers were overmatched by Jersey City and the Cinderella run came to Over one million jobs created since 2015. an end in the final game. As the Ballers gave their opponents three cheers, they gave themselves a much-deserved cheer.

You could not wipe the smiles off the faces of the runners up as they said their goodbyes and walked off the field.

Those who love sports know that, at its best, there’s little that compares to a team coming together and being there for one another. It’s the same qualities that make families work and the same thing that makes for the best parts of life. It’s a kind of love that’s difficult to understand without being a part of Authorized by The Official Agent for Patrick Weiler. it. But the Ballers felt it a on a glorious September day in Langley. Bowen Island, they did you proud.

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The Health Centre Foundation answers some common questions WHY DID THE FOUNDATION BUY THE LAND? WHEN IS THE HEALTH CENTRE GOING TO OPEN? HOW MUCH WILL IT COST? AND MORE

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Bowen Island Health Centre Foundation

Here are answers to some questions we hear most often. Drop us a line at info@bowenhealthcentre. com or call 604-341-9488 if you have others.

Why did we need to buy the land?

The Health Centre Foundation has been working for four years on various proposals to secure the right site for Bowen’s health centre. In 2017, a local developer intended to build a multi-use structure for both housing and a health centre. However, council and the developer could not agree on the terms of the agreement. In February of 2018, the foundation approached council with a proposal to provide a portion of Lot 3 of the community lands for a health centre at a nominal longterm lease rate. Later that year, council unanimously approved to move forward with the re-zoning of Lot 3, including 0.142 ha (15,284 sq ft) for a single-use health centre building.

When the new council took office November 2018, the Mayor’s Standing Committee on the Community Lands was established to review the allocations of community lands and the first order of business was the realignment of Lot 3. The Health Centre Foundation provided extensive information to the Committee on the need for a single-use facility, the services planned, the site area requirements, and the lot selection criteria. The decision of the Committee was to offer the foundation 0.08 ha (8,611 sq ft) of land on Lot 3 at a nominal long-term lease rate. While the foundation was grateful for this offer, we were very concerned that the site would not provide the community with enough space for current health service needs, much less for future expansion.

Thankfully, a generous donor stepped forward and offered $300,000 with the suggestion that we offer to purchase .15 ha (16,7146 sq ft) of land on Lot 3.

The Municipality was receptive and we now have an executed sale and purchase agreement.

Isn’t the health centre part of the community centre?

No. The Bowen health centre and the proposed community centre are two completely separate initiatives on two separate sites. The health centre will be owned and operated by the Bowen Island Health Centre Foundation which is a volunteer charitable organization. Capital funding for the construction of the health centre must come from donations from the community. Sources of funds for on-going operating costs will be primarily from tenant rents and programs through Vancouver Coastal Health and Ministry of Health.

The proposed community centre will be owned by the municipality. Capital funding for the construction will be through provincial and federal grants, loans, and philanthropic donations.

On-going operating costs will be provided by the municipality and through grants.

Why do we need a single-use facility?

During discussions with the Mayor’s Standing Committee, it was suggested that the health centre be integrated with another structure on Lot 3, such as housing. In considering this alternative, we reminded the committee of the serious problems this option would create. It would very likely delay the health centre by two to three years as we looked for a private developer who might have interest in such a project, negotiated and concluded acceptable

terms for a shared space, and then waited for the developer to negotiate development terms with council and finally begin the approvals process, which could include rezoning. Critically, a mixed-use proposal would also constrain the space available for the team-based facility we plan and eliminate any potential to expand as our population grows in the decades ahead.

With the prospect of these potential barriers and delays, the committee decided that a single-use facility is the best alternative for the health centre our community urgently needs.

Why do we need a 10,000 sq ft facility?

The current health services needs of Bowen were evaluated and researched by the Health Services Committee of the Health Centre Foundation. A health services plan was developed with local doctors and other health service professionals and includes expanded primary and urgent care; allied professionals such as physiotherapy and mental health; expanded LifeLabs hours; full-service dental practice; the Caring Circle; other health services such as hearing and vision testing, and chronic disease management including clinics such as diabetic, COPD and asthma; and Vancouver Coastal Health programming such as immunization, nutrition, and early childhood clinics.

A clinical planning specialist, working with the many local health services professionals, used this service plan to determine the room requirements for the health centre and identified the need for a minimum of 6,156 sq ft as of July 2017, and we have since incorporated additional area required for the dental practice and physiotherapy room.

This health centre room requirements plan addresses Bowen’s cur-

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Will we be able to recruit new doctors?

In Canada there are 1.2 primary care doctors on average per 1,000 population. With a population of 4,000, Bowen is clearly underserved. There’s a growing waiting list of patients for Bowen’s doctors and the demand is clearly there. Our goal is ensuring everyone on Bowen has access to a primary care doctor on Bowen as well as urgent care when they need it. We are designing for three full-time doctors (or two doctors and a nurse practitioner) and in doing so we create the capacity to accommodate as many primary care physicians as we may need well into the future. We have a recruitment committee in place and we will begin advertising soon. Based on the unsolicited interest we’ve already had from a number of doctors, we’re confident we will attract strong candidates. Before Gabriola Island built their health centre, two-thirds of the residents received primary care off-island – now 87 per cent receive primary care on-island.

Experience shows people choose

to have their doctor close to where they live. While some may decide to stay with their off-island doctor, we believe many more – especially our young families and seniors -will want to connect with a doctor here on Bowen.

Will local tax dollars be used to build and operate the health centre?

The municipality will not be contributing to the facility’s capital fund. Unlike the planned community centre, the health centre will not be owned by the municipality. The health centre will be owned and operated by the Bowen Island Health Centre Foundation, a non-profit charitable organization dedicated to expanding accessible health services for the residents of and visitors to Bowen Island. We anticipate the sources of funds for on-going operations and equipment needs will come from tenant rents, endowments through the Community Foundation, donations from the community, and grants from Vancouver Coastal Health and the Ministry of Health, as well as tax exemptions from Bowen Island Municipality.

When will the health centre open?

This depends on how quickly each of us pledges financial commitment to the project. Depending on fundraising, we hope to begin construction in early 2021 and open the new Bowen health centre in 2023.

Established in 2014, BIHCF is a registered charitable organization dedicated to changing the realities of health care availability on Bowen. We help expand and broaden the provision of integrated, accessible, and cost-effective health services for residents and visitors of Bowen Island.

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rent needs. However, in speaking with other community health centres, their biggest regret was not building their start-up facility with future expansion in mind. The Health Centre Foundation would like to avoid this mistake and build a health centre for now and the future. This approach will save money in the long run because of ever escalating construction costs, plus avoid the need to go back to donors in a few years for additional capital contributions.

It also provides the opportunity to increase revenue by leasing space to health care practitioners other than those already identified. We are seeking to build a two-storey, 10,000 sq ft facility, with a net leasable area of 8,333 sq. ft.

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BOWEN BEAT

Ferry Tales: the fundraiser for local hockey player Connolly Ingram saw islanders telling stories about Boweners’ favourite topic––the ferry. Back row: David Cameron. Middle Row: Richard Goth, Jewal Maxwell, Ross Allan, Tina Overbury, Cindi Keep, Doug Hooper, Carolyn Nesbitt and John Jerman. Front row: Connolly Ingram. Photo: courtesy of Cindi Keep Terry Fox Run volunteers and participants Sunday morning at Collins Hall. This year’s run raised more than $1,500.

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Club championships

Bowen Island Golf Club champions Lucas Puri and Melissa Roocroft hold up their well-earned trophy last weekend.

Runners up included: Colleen O’Neil and Barbara Rendell for the women and Rob Purdy and Shane Fitzpatrick for the men. Other results (women and men respectively): Net winners: Colleen O’Neill & Rob Purdy Net runners up: Barbara Rendell & Shane Fitzpatrick Net third place: Sheila McArthur & Kirby Jinnah Senior winners: Colleen O’Neil & Ian Watson Senior runner up: Barbara Rendell & Larry Oliver Senior third place: Sheila McArthur & Peter Clarke.

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The Bowen Ballers competed in a provincial tournament in Langley over last weekend. To see how they did see the story on pages 1 and 7. The team comprised of (not in order of appearance): Andrea Layzell, Ben Sunderland, Brad “Ripper” Rypien, Bruce Lyne, Casey Grundy, Courtney Morris, Duy Son, Gillian Drake, Henry Campbell, Iain Mitchell, James Lafferty, Jessie Perry, Kevin Manning, Lee Vincent, Rachel Klingler, Randi Topp, Rebecca Lyne, Rich Ralph, Robert Clayton, Spencer Grundy. Photo: courtesy of Henry Campell

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Notice to Electors of an Alternative Approval Process

This notice is the second of two notices to advise electors in the Cove Bay Water System Local Service Area, within Bowen Island Municipality, of the intention to adopt “Bowen Island Municipality Loan Authorization (Cove Bay Water Treatment Plant) Bylaw No.488, 2019”. The purpose of Bylaw No.488, 2019 is to authorize the municipality to borrow up to $2,533,000, to be repaid over a period not exceeding 30 years, in order to finance the municipal portion of the Cove Bay Water Treatment Plant project.

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Based on current users connected to the water system, user rates will increase by $213 per connected property. This project will also allow new users to connect to the system, and as these users join, the water system impact per connected property will decrease.

A copy of Bylaw No.488, 2019 and background reports are available at Municipal Hall, Monday-Friday 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM, excluding statutory holidays.

The Bowen Island Municipal Council proposes to borrow the money and undertake construction of the Cove Bay Water Treatment plant unless, by 4:30 PM on Monday, October 21, 2019, at least 10 percent of the electors in the Cove Bay Water System Local Service Area sign an elector response form opposing the implementation of the proposed bylaw.

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The number of electors in the area defined for the Alternative Approval Process (AAP) is estimated to be 1,190. The number of responses required (10%) to prevent the local government from proceeding unless a vote is held (for example, a referendum), is estimated to be 119. A report respecting the basis on which this determination was made, is available on the municipal website at: www.bowenislandmunicipality.ca/cove-bay-water-treatment-plant Elector Eligibility In order to sign an elector response form, a person must be either a resident elector or a non-resident property elector.

A Resident Elector must: • be 18 years of age or older; • be a Canadian citizen; • have lived in British Columbia for at least six months; • have lived in the jurisdiction for at least 30 days; • live in the area defined for the AAP; and • not be disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in a local election, or be otherwise disqualified by law.

A Non-Resident Property Elector must: • be 18 years of age or older; • be a Canadian citizen; • have lived in British Columbia for at least six months; • have owned property in the jurisdiction for at least 30 days; • own property in the area defined for the AAP; and • not be disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in a local election, or be otherwise disqualified by law.

How to submit an Elector Response Form

Note: Only one non-resident property elector may sign an elector response form per property, regardless of how many people own the property; and, that owner must have the written consent of a majority of the other property owners to sign the response form on their behalf. Property owned in whole or in part by a corporation does not qualify under the non-resident property elector provisions.

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Pick up a paper form at Municipal Hall, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM, Monday – Friday, excluding statutory holidays; or Download a PDF form from the Municipal website at www.bowenislandmunicipality.ca/cove-bay-water-treatment-plant

Elector response forms must be delivered to Bowen Island Municipal Hall in person or by mail to: Bowen Island Municipality Attn: Corporate Officer 981 Artisan Lane Bowen Island, B.C. V0N 1G2

DEADLINE: 4:30 PM on Monday, October 21, 2019

Forms must be received prior to 4:30 PM on Monday, October 21, 2019. Original signed forms must be submitted. Faxed or e-mailed copies will not be considered.

QUESTIONS? Hope Dallas-Kerr Corporate Officer Phone: 604-947-4255 E-mail: hdallas@bimbc.ca

Website: www.bowenislandmunicipality.ca/cove-bay-water-treatment-plant

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR

THURSDAY SEPT. 19

Cove Bay Water System information meeting BIM 7 pm Duplicate Bridge Bowen Court 6:45 - 10 p.m.

Info call Pat at 778-288-7090 Wind, Breath, Spirit Cates Hill Chapel 8 pm.

Contemplative Candlelight Service. Everyone welcome

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 20

Storytime for 2-4 year olds Bowen Island Library 10:30 am A free drop-in program for 2- to 4-year-olds and their care-givers Youth Centre Drop In 650 Carter Road 4-9:30 pm The Youth Drop-in Centre is supervised and offers the following features: concession, big-screen TV, gaming, road hockey, skate ramps & rails, musical instruments, Saturday pizza nights, occasional dances and special events. bowenyouthcentre.com Dinner at the Legion Bowen Island Legion Doors at 5:30 Dinner 6:30 On the menu: Ruddy Kitchen Chef, Jeff Ostast and Sandi will be serving up Spaghetti and Meatballs. Members and and guests welcome.

Friday night live at the pub Bowen Island Pub 7 p.m. Live music, dinner specials, and no cover.

SATURDAY SEPT. 21

Bowen Island Farmers’ Market BICS 10 a.m. -12:30 p.m. A mix of fresh produce from local farms and gardens as well as homemade jams, baked goods, preserves, coffee, garden crafts, tea, seedlings, herbs, buskers and more!

Knowing Our Place: The Book Club Bowen Library Flex Room 11-12:30 pm Knowing Our Place: The Book Club discusses Buffalo Shout, Salmon Cry edited by Steve Heinrichs. Register and find more info at it.ly/ bookclub2019-3 Decolonizing the Mind The Well 11 a.m. - 5p.m.

Join Kathryn Thompson as we explore the diversity of perspectives and experiences of this phenomenon we call “colonization” and what it means for our relationships with each other. See The Well’s website for details Youth Centre Drop In 650 Carter Road 6-9:30 pm The Youth Drop-in Centre is supervised and offers the following features: concession, big-screen TV, gaming, road hockey, skate ramps & rails, musical instruments, Saturday pizza nights, occasional dances and special events. bowenyouthcentre.com

Change/able Opening Reception Gallery at Cove Commons 6- 8 pm New work by Emily van Lidth de Jeude; Soundscape by about us. Exhibit runs until October 20

Belterra Coffee House & Open Stage Belterra Co-Housing 726 Carter Road 7- 9:30 pm Celebrate Leonard Cohen’s Birthday. Join in with a Cohen song, poem, or creative tribute. To sign up call/ text Matthew 778-952-3757 Coffee/tea and snacks by donation.

The Straight Up Seven Hills Band Bowen Island Legion 8 pm.

Tickets $10 at door.

SUNDAY SEPT. 22

artisan breads, and dessert.

Coffee and tea included.

(Ages 18+) Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month. All for only $5!

Bowen Island AA Collins Hall 7:15 pm

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Restorative Justice - Bowen Rotary Presentation Collins Hall Doors at 7 Presentation at 7:30 Featured speakers: Sioned Dyer, Executive Director of the North Shore Restorative Justice Society and AnneMarie Parent, Schools Initiative Program Director.

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Men on the Rock Choir Rehearsal 7:30 pm New members welcome to Bowen’s all male choir. Contact Nicole at 778-926-4826 or email ntzharmonium@mac.com Planning Final Arrangements Seminar Bowen Island Library 1:00 pm Find out how to protect your loved ones by planning your final arrangements in advance at this free informational seminar. Presented by Hollyburn and First Memorial Services. RSVP 604-990-8988 Autumn Equinox Earth Celebration Collins Hall 7 pm Join in with Shasta & Brian’s Song Circle and Bowen in Transition to sing songs to honour Mother Earth.

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Community Lunch Legion Hall 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

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Still/ed Here - A story of Displacement Library Annex, Cove Commons 7:30 - 9pm Conversation on collaboration, co-creation with community, poetry and new media. Add your voice and become part of the big narrative. Admission by donation. www.stilledhere.ca

Youth Centre Drop In 650 Carter Road 4-9:30 pm The Youth Drop-in Centre is supervised and offers the following features: concession, big-screen TV, gaming, road hockey, skate ramps & rails, musical instruments, Saturday pizza nights

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Fall Equinox Gong Bath The Well 6-8 pm. Gentle movement + deep relaxation while bathing in healing gong sounds.

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The Bowen Island Garden Club invites you to the last open garden of the season. Your hosts will be Jackie Bradley and Phil Gregory at 1380 Adams road, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, September 22. Please park well in on the shoulder of Adams Road. If you have mobility issues there is limited parking on the property. Nonmembers will be welcome for a small fee, or alternatively can buy a membership on-site for a little extra. Light refreshments with hot drinks will be provided.

The property is entered via an alder forest, which quickly opens out into a large clearing surrounded by forest. The land slopes down

towards you from the north so this is a space which gets lots of sun. You will see two substantially fenced gardens which no deer in their right minds would ever attempt to jump!

Dominating the area is of course the house and a “tower” that supports an array of solar cells.

This is no ordinary garden. If you are looking for beds full of a variety of flowering plants you have come to the wrong place. This is a scientific experiment in progress and visitors who attended the club’s September 16 meeting will get the most out of the experience. The newer garden on your left features the circular fiveyear-old hugel, which now in late September is festooned with spaghetti squash, zucchini, kale and a variety of herbs. On the periphery comfrey, sorel and calendula flourish, but will eventually be cut back and returned to enrich the soil.

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on Bowen Island

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Phil Gregory and Jackie Bradley. scarlet runner beans, onion sets, and fruits and berries; but calendula, borage and vetch, which grow in profusion, will be cut back, now in recovery after years of a more traditional approach to growing vegetables.

So please join us for this last celebration of the season and come prepared to have your eyes opened to new ways of getting the most out of your gardening experience.

One in five Compass taps were bus on demand users CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

“One in every five taps was in the on-demand shuttle during the on-demand operating hours on weekdays according to Compass tap data,” said a staff report to the Mayor’s Council on Regional Transportation. “On weekends (10 a.m. to 6 p.m.) this number increases to almost 36 per cent of all taps.”

The staff report also said that Bowen’s summer transit ridership averages at 6,200 boardings a month.

Murphy shared that the app-collected user feedback was largely positive: the reliability of the service got 4.7 out of 5, ease of use 4.2 and overall experience 4.7.

“These learnings and this applied operational experience will help in tran-

The Rotary Club of Bowen Island is pleased to invite Sioned Dyer, Executive Director of the North Shore Restorative Justice Society, and Anne-Marie Parent, Schools Initiative Program Director, to speak.

Restorative justice is a peaceful approach to crime and conflict that seeks to address the needs of victims, offenders and communities by offering processes that encourage dialogue, reparation and healing.

Collins Hall, September 25, starting at 7:30 pm doors open at 7pm

sitioning to the next phase where management will be able to more competently assess and procure the best third-party service providers in what is now a very crowded on-demand marketplace,” said the staff report to the Mayor’s Council.

“The next phase will need to assess the relative effectiveness (cost, wait time, journey time, ridership, revenue) of flexible on-demand microtransit service in different contexts compared to conventional fixed route service.”

The pilot will be discussed at the Mayor’s Council meeting Friday.

TransLink will also be hosting a popup engagement event Saturday, Sept.

21, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Farmers’ Market.

Just over a week ago, the writ dropped and the official Canadian federal election campaign began.

Our West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country riding now has a full slate of candidates: Gibsons lawyer Judith Wilson was confirmed this week as the NDP candidate. There’s also environmental lawyer and international development professional Patrick Weiler of the Liberal Party, chartered accountant Gabrielle Loren of the Conservative Party, twotime North Vancouver city councillor Dana Taylor of the Green Party and mechanical engineer Robert (Doug) Bebb of the People’s Party.

The election is October 21.

To register to vote (or to check if you’re registered) visit elections.ca/. You can register online before October 15 or by visiting the Elections Canada office before October 15. But you can also register voting day at the polling station.

To vote you will need ID––one piece of government-issued ID with your photo, name and current address. OR two pieces of ID, both with your name and at least one with your current address (see the full list of options on the Elections Canada website). If you don’t have ID, you can declare your identity and address in writing and have someone (who can prove their identity and address and is assigned to your polling station) vouch for you.

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A look back: September

UNEDITED SNIPPETS FROM UNDERCURRENTS OF ‘79, ‘94, ‘09

CATHY BAYLY

Bowen Island Museum and Archives

September 1979 - 40 years ago Ferry Folk?

Have you noticed the brand new sailor aboard ‘Howe Sound Queen’? You just couldn’t possibly have!

A real sailor, earrings and all is Bobby Foreman. Bobby is most enthusiastic about the new job and she is the first girl seaman for B.C. Ferries.

Congrats, Bobby.

September 1994 – 25 years ago Bowfest parade photos sought – Rita Greenlaw To The Editor; Due to some unbelievable oversight, Bowfest organizers failed to arrange for adequate photo-coverage of our Annual Community Parade. This constitutes a minor tragedy as far as I, as parade coordinator am concerned.

It would be greatly appreciated and I would be forever grateful if anyone who was in attendance that wonderful morning and took pictures would be willing to make copies and/or negatives available to me. It’s not for purely selfish reasons on my part. We have generated quite a photo album for the archives – some pictures date back to the ‘50’s and throughout the glorious history of our community fair.

September 2009 – 10 years ago Young islanders not engaging in OCP debates – Editorial When it comes to young adults on Bowen and the ongoing update of our Official Community Plan, they might want to con-

sider getting involved.

The reality is that at the moment it appears younger adult islanders, both with families and without, are not engaging in the process. But if they don’t then in years to come when an updated OCP starts affecting their lives and families, they run the risk of saying the words ‘Wish I knew then what I know now.’ And as the phrase implies, saying those words with regret.

At a Saturday workshop held Aug. 15 at Cates Hill Chapel by the OCP steering committee, we counted a total of three, yes three, attendees under the age of 40.

The Undercurrent counted 75 people in that room. Young people are making up an ever growing part of Bowen and in years to come will be living with whatever the updated OCP becomes.

But they might be advised to get involved because if they do not then one day they might well come up against an OCP that is not entirely to their liking.

And if that happens, they may wish they had known what they don’t seem to know.

Book Your Sundays The Bowen Island Public Library reports the results of a questionnaire they sent out to islanders last year indicated Bowen library users want hours on Sundays.

So as of Sunday Sept 13 the library will be open on Sundays from noon until 4p.m. until Dec. 20.

An email from out chief librarian Tina Nielsen called it a “pilot project” and said if successful the library will request funding “to extend the hours into 2010.”

To fund extra hours this time Nielsen said they are using monies earned from having the show Harper’s Island film in the library last year.

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2019 BOWEN STUDIO TOURS

Presented by the HEARTH in celebration of BC Culture Days

Artists of Bowen bid you welcome to their studios and galleries on Saturday, September 28 and Sunday, September 29, 10am - 4pm.

If you see the STUDIO OPEN sign, please drop in.

We look forward to seeing you!

For complete listing of participating studios and galleries visit:

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Please pick up a free colour map from the Gallery @ Cove Commons 430 Bowen Island Trunk Road, Cardena Entrance 604-947-2454 Hours: Mon - Wed 10am - 4pm thehearth.ca or the Visitor Information Centre

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BOWEN ISLAND GOLF CLUB 11th ANNUAL FUNDRAISER The BOWEN ISLAND GOLF CLUB appreciates the incredible support from all of the PARTICIPANTS, JOINT HOLE SPONSORS, PRIZE DONORS/SUPPORTERS, PATRONS and VOLUNTEERS who combined to make this years’ event great fun, most enjoyable and successful with our net proceeds expected to approach last years’ record results.

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