Bowen Island Undercurrent January 9 2020

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Getting the grub

A SKIP THE DISHES-ESQUE DELIVERY SERVICE COMES TO BOWEN ISLAND

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RAINING ON THIS PARADE: rain-soaked passengers board the Bowen Queen Tuesday afternoon. The smaller,

older ferry has capacity for 60 cars and 400 foot passengers and no elevator to the upper levels for those unable to climb the stairs.

This boat is serving Bowen until Feb. 20 while BC Ferries retrofits the Queen of Capilano.

‘She’s kind of an institution here’ BIM STARTS THE SEARCH TO REPLACE CAO KATHY LALONDE, WHO HAD BEEN WITH THE MUNICIPALITY NEARLY FROM INCEPTION BYLINE TOP

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With a new year, it appears Bowen will have a new chief administrative officer.

Bowen Island Municipality (BIM) announced in last week that the

island’s top bureaucrat, Kathy Lalonde, resigned effective Dec. 31. Interim CAO Dennis Back will continue in the position until it can be filled.

“It’s going to be such a huge loss for us, she’s kind of an institution here,” said Mayor Gary Ander.

“Obviously, she had a bad year last

year,” he said. “And I guess she just re-evaluated the situation.”

Lalonde started with the municipality in 2000 as a confidential secretary and became CAO in 2012 after the late Brent Mahood’s departure. Though at that point she had lived on Bowen for more than 20 years, in recent years she moved part-time to nearby Gambier Island. Lalonde had been on leave since October due to the illness and death of her husband, Yvon Gosselin.

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As the winter weather truly settles into the Bowen hills cozy meals at home are on the menu.

New(ish) islander Guillermo Gonzalez started a food delivery service, Food on Bowen, back in November.

He currently delivers food from the Bowen Island Pub and Tuscany and is in talks to deliver from a couple of other eateries. But he’s not stopping there. Ultimately Gonzalez wants to expand into delivering groceries and liquor to islanders as well.

“The whole idea…which is my mantra basically is ‘stay safe, stay home, stay cozy, we’ll take care of it,’” says Gonzalez.

Gonzalez, who studied culinary arts in France and has worked in the food industry in Mexico and Whistler, came to Bowen last winter, intending to just stay through the summer before returning to Whistler. Working at the pub during one of the major power outages Gonzalez noted all the takeout orders and asked his co-worker if there was any delivery service on-island.

“I [thought], that’s a business opportunity,” recalls Gonzalez and the idea kept churning in his head. “At one point it was like, maybe I don’t move to Whistler, I just stay here and start my [business].”

“I just had to give it a chance.”

So he did, but Bowen isn’t just a job––the island life also appeals to Gonzalez.

“The island is really nice,” he says. “So quiet. So calm.

And I managed to have a small cabin in the woods, which is a dream for me.”

Islanders place their orders through Facebook @ foodonbowen or by texting Gonzalez at 236-335-3959 (Facebook is preferred). Within five minutes Gonzalez responds with a price and estimated delivery time. The delivery fees are based on distance from the Cove and range from $5.95 to $13.95.

For now, the only available methods of payment are cash and e-transfer (since cell reception is spotty on-island the card reader isn’t reliable).

The pub delivery hours are Tuesday through Sunday 5 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. Tuscany when it’s open (it’s currently closed until Jan. 29) is delivered Wednesday through Sunday 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. A menu is available online at foodonbowen.com/menu.

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Event Calendar January 10, 2020 3:30 pm Mayor’s Standing Committee on Community Lands Meeting

January 13, 2020 6:15 pm Regular Council Meeting

January 14, 2020 1:00 pm Community Centre Select Steering Committee Meeting

January 14, 2020 7:00 pm

Update to Snug Cove Design Guidelines

Seeking Public Comment DVP-15-2019 (1118 Miller Rd)

In 2020, we will update the guidelines for new development in Snug Cove.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

A Development Variance Permit application has been submitted for 1118 Miller Road (shown on map) to permit a number of variances to allow for the development of a 22-unit supportive housing development by the Snug Cove House Society.

These variances would: • • • •

Who does this impact? The Snug Cove Design Guidelines document applies to the Development Permit Areas shown in pink in the map below. Any new development within these areas may potentially need to demonstrate compliance with the proposed Guidelines and obtain a development permit.

What will be in the Guidelines? The updated Guidelines will affirm the Arts & Crafts nature of the Snug Cove area, but topics to be covered are yet to be determined.

Increase the permitted lot coverage from 55% to 64%; How can I take part? A public session will be held this month to gather Reduce the required setbacks to extend roof overhangs and input. Find out details by contacting Jennifer Rae Pierce, Planner 1, at architectural features into the required setbacks; jpierce@bimbc.ca or 604-947-4255 Reduce the required setback for an underground parkade on the north side of the building; and Remove the requirement for the building height to be a maximum of 3 stories (maximum building height of 14 metres would remain unchanged).

Transportation Advisory Committee Meeting

January 15, 2020 5:00 pm Heritage Commission Meeting

Boats on beaches

January 16, 2020 5:00 pm Finance Advisory Committee Meeting All meetings are held in Council Chambers unless otherwise noted.

MORE INFORMATION AT MUNICIPAL HALL:

The 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 www.bowenislandmunicipality.ca/planning.

YOUR COMMENTS ARE WELCOME:

Christmas tree disposal Bowen Island Recycling Depot (BIRD) will once again provide a bin for free disposal of Christmas trees. Please ensure all decorations are removed prior to dropping your tree in the bin. No artificial trees or regular garden waste can be accepted.

When: January 2 – January 12, 2020 Where: Parking lot outside BIRD on Mt Gardner Rd

Submissions may also be made to Mayor and Council at the meeting:

6:15 PM on MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2020 in Council Chambers, Municipal Hall To ensure a fair process, submissions cannot be accepted after the meeting has begun.

Questions? Please contact Daniel Martin, Manager of Planning and Development, at 604-947-4255 or dmartin@bimbc.ca

General Enquiries

Contact Us

Phone: Fax: Email:

Bowen Island Municipal Hall 981 Artisan Lane Bowen Island, BC V0N 1G2

604-947-4255 604-947-0193 bim@bimbc.ca

Please label your boats by February 1, 2020. Boats that are unlabeled, unseaworthy or not actively being used will be removed. Questions? Please call Bylaw Services at 604-3285499 or bim@bimbc.ca

Written submissions may be delivered to Municipal Hall (contact information below): • In person • By mail • By fax • By email to bim@bimbc.ca

Drinking water advisory for people with compromised immune systems The Provincial Health Officer advises all British Columbians with compromised immune systems (such as HIV, organ or bone transplants, chemotherapy or medications that suppress the immune system) to avoid drinking water from any surface water or ground water that is under the influence of surface water, unless it has been boiled, filtered, distilled or treated with UV. Bowen Island and other areas in British Columbia use surface water sources (lakes, rivers, streams). This is not a general boilwater advisory for the general public, but rather is directed only at persons with compromised immune systems. If in doubt about your immune system status, please discuss this further with your physician.

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• Only one small recreational water craft per community member.

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ISLAND NEWS

Enumerating birds on Bowen: Audubon’s Christmas Bird Count

DATA IS IMPORTANT AS THE NORTH AMERICAN BIRD POP. DOWN BY 2.9 BILLION BREEDING ADULTS SINCE 1970 MICAELE FLORENDO

Contributor

The National Audubon Society’s 120th Christmas Bird Count took place from Dec. 14, 2019 through Jan. 5, 2020 with Bowen Island, which has been participating for 30 years, counting on Jan. 4.

Thirty-three birders counted birds over much of the island on foot, by car, and by boat with the youngest members conducting their counts from the comfort of a stroller.

Of the data sheets currently returned, 46 different species were detected over the course of the day. In 2016 there were 77 species detected and 3,595 birds.

In 2018, 60 species were detected and 1,818 birds. This year’s numbers aren’t all in yet.

The Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is a long-standing program of the National Audubon Society, with over 100 years of community science involvement. It is an early-winter bird census where thousands of volunteers across many Western Hemisphere countries go out over a 24-hour period to count birds. Volunteers count every bird they see or hear all day through a designated 15-mile (24-km) diameter. So, it’s not just a species tally—it’s a tally of all birds counted all day, giving an indication of the total number of birds in the circle that day!

If you’re interested in reviewing some of the historical data, it’s available online at audubon. org/conservation/where-haveall-birds-gone.

This data is becoming increasingly important as a recent study published in Science (September 2019) indicates that the North American bird population is down

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DG Blair consults a bird book during last weekend’s bird count on Bowen.

by 2.9 billion breeding adults since 1970, with devastating losses among birds in every biome.

Common birds—the species that many people see every day— have suffered the greatest losses.

More than 90 per cent of the losses (more than 2.5 billion birds) come from just 12 families including the sparrows, blackbirds, warblers, and finches. Forests alone have lost 1 billion birds. Grassland bird populations collectively have declined by 53 per cent, or another 720 million birds.

The study, which is titled “Decline of the North American

December RCMP statistics

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B.I. RCMP

The Bowen Island RCMP responded to 30 calls for service in December of 2019: • 2 of those files were roadblocks; • 3 of those files were minor collisions with no injuries;

Avifauna” is available online at birds.cornell.edu/home/bringbirds-back/.

In addition to recommending that people take part in bird counts to ensure timely data on bird populations, the Cornell website noted above provides other simple actions to help protect them: Make windows safer, day and night.

By day, birds perceive reflections in glass as habitat they can fly into. By night, migratory birds drawn in by city lights are at high risk of colliding with buildings. On

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the outside of the window, install screens or break up reflections— using film, paint, or Acopian BirdSavers or other string spaced no more than two inches high or four inches wide.

Keep cats indoors or directly supervise them outside.

This is the number one humancaused reason for the loss of birds, aside from habitat loss. These nonnative predators instinctively hunt and kill birds even when well-fed.

Reduce lawn, plant native Lawns and pavement don’t offer enough food or shelter for many

1 was a report of mischief to property; 1 was a report of harassing communications; 1 was a report of a missing hiker, who was safely recovered.

As we head into the New Year and the Queen of Capilano heads in for service, police would like to remind drivers that Section 141 of the BC Motor Vehicle Act requires them to

birds and other wildlife.

Native plants add interest and beauty to your yard and neighborhood, and provide shelter and nesting areas for birds. The nectar, seeds, berries, and insects will sustain birds and diverse wildlife.

Avoid the use of pesticides Pesticides that are toxic to birds can harm them directly through contact or if they eat contaminated seeds or prey. Pesticides can also harm birds indirectly by reducing the number of available insects which birds need to survive.

Drink coffee that’s good for birds Shade-grown coffee preserves a forest canopy that helps migratory birds survive the winter.

Eliminate, at least reduce, the use of plastic Avoid single-use plastics including bags, bottles, wraps, and disposable utensils. It’s far better to choose reusable items but if you do have disposable plastic, be sure to recycle it.

I would like to thank all the birders that took part in this year’s count. I would also like to extend special thanks to Brian Biddlecomb of Cormorant Marine who volunteered his boat and time to enable birders to count birds on Whorlcombe, Pasley and Ragged Islands. Gratitude also goes out to those property owners (such as Robin, my personal guide to Arbutus Bay and Eagle Tree Strata) that allowed birders to access their property to watch feeders, check in on significant bird habitat and otherwise enabled us to increase our count. As there is a specific methodology to the Christmas Bird Count, if you’d like to participate next year, feel free to contact me at 604.838.2321.

follow the directions of a traffic control person. Failing to do so could result in a $196 fine and 3 demerit points.

Please be polite while following the direction of the ferry marshal and courteous to other drivers while in the lineup, so that everyone can load the boat safely.

Your patience is appreciated during this period of increased congestion.

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VIEWPOINT POEM

Koalas

What do I do with their faces, the faces of the Koalas whose stories have entered me like winter rain falling in my part of the world.

Their stories of the bushfires, the smoke, and the sky bleeding out love and loss and perpetuity.

I have learned some things about Koalas: they make a variety of sounds including squeaks and screams.

They have a special sound producing organ not found in other land mammals.

Their hands and feet are built to tightly curl around Eucalyptus tree branches and their sense of hearing is better than ours.

Yet I can hear them from across the world.

I can see their hands still holding tight even in the flames for where else is there to go in the morning light or is it night?

It’s hard to know the difference when the sky is blood red.

I remember their eyes as they were; wide and wondrous meadows where bright spirits played.

Now their eyes are still wide but no longer meadows.

Instead they are mirrors for us all, mirrors of what is to come as the rain comes down ash white and weeping in my hands.

Hands that still hold tight all there is to love.

––Lisa Shatzky

This piece is part of Lisa’s upcoming poetry book A Thousand Ways to Kiss the Earth which Black Moss Press is publishing in Summer 2020.

It will be her sixth poetry book. “This new book is a collection of 45 poems that speak to the human condition as well as the fragile state of the planet and what it means to fall in love with the world again,” wrote Lisa in an email to the Undercurrent.

TO THE EDITOR

Cape questions DEAR EDITOR: I have so many questions regarding The Cape on Bowen Community Development Ltd.’s. public consultation process for further rezoning. This after it subdivided into the 59 four-hectare lots to conform to our Official Community Plan. The previous rezoning application for Cape Roger Curtis was very divisive for our community. The ensuing docks issue and the legal costs added to this.

In my opinion, the Cape’s development was a bad decision the first time and I don’t believe that will change now with a new business concept. This is our community; we need to ask a lot of questions.

I question what target market this ageing in place corporate facility is aiming for? Is it for wealthy or middle class and is it accessible to low income too? I’ve heard no mention of the word affordability anywhere. However, I’ve read phrases describing their projects like “premium residential communities,” “upscale island development”, “island beauty meets luxury” and “legacy estate home.”

These elderly resident homes can cost $7,000 to 10,000 per month or more. Do we have any low-income housing or “care in place” housing yet for employees on this island in minimum and low wage jobs? Or is the new Cape “concept” only catering to a higher socio-economic clientele here and away? Does the Cape on Bowen have any plans for the population that we have on Bowen now?

I question what impact it would have on the ambulance service, or the volunteer fire department’s (BIVFD) need to assist the ambulance with lift assist calls.

I think we ask a lot of the BIVFD’s family time already. Could this push BIVFD to go on a paid call out system? And what about housing for the employees working at an ageing in place facility? We can’t afford housing for service workers here now; can we add to the problem? More traffic and more pressure on the ferry?

We can’t afford not to ask questions related to these issues. So, I question the “real cost” to the community of Bowen Island and its taxpayers this time around.

“Our business” is the health and future of our Bowen community, not “The Cape”’s bottom line.

––Bruce Steele Tracey commented this week that this is my first blast of a true West Coast rain streak. I s’pose I’m still newbie enough to enjoy the days-long deluge and current enough on my news alerts to be thankful it’s here. In other news, it looks like snow’s coming this weekend. ––Bronwyn

Observations of a newbie: the currency of Bowen MICHAEL NANKIN

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I was talking to a friend at a New Year’s party and he asked me what I thought of living on Bowen since moving here 15 months ago. We agreed there’s something rare and compelling about this place but neither of us could find the words to describe it.

I have been holding the question close for the past few days and offer these thoughts: Bowen has its own currency.

Certainly dollars are exchanged for goods and services here but there is another, more vital, currency we exchange with one another. It is a currency of time, attention, neighborliness, assistance and affection. This currency has more value when it is given before it is received. It

raises the quality of life here in a way that more conventional currency can’t. It is a different way of creating value and it is the glue of the community. I’ve never seen anything quite like it and it makes us all rich.

While looking at a map of the island, I realize that Bowen is shaped like a human heart.

It beats steadily with the coming and going of the ferry–– filling up, emptying out––the cars and trucks working like red blood cells, taking nourishment through the vascular system of roads. This gives the island a pulse and a rhythm. It gives and receives. I find this predictability reassuring and part of the calm security of the island. Thinking of the island as a beating heart helps me understand it as both fragile and vibrant.

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In order to live here, you have to be a little more alive than any place I’ve ever lived.

It’s hard to live here. Life here demands physical activity, self-sufficiency and the ability to fix things you never thought you’d have to know how to fix.

It is a much more hands-on life than in the city. The beauty of the land wants attention and excites the senses. The physicality primes the heart and nature fills it. To start the day in an Emersonian thrall of the landscape makes me feel anything is possible.

I hope that in 20 years when––just maybe––I’ll no longer be considered a newbie, I can still feel this way, still excited about the fresh new day and the Bowen currency burning a hole in my pocket.

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EDITORIAL

Grappling with municipal adolescence: 20 years of BIM This is the long overdue second part to the municipality’s 20th anniversary story I wrote in December.

When I spoke to Mayor Gary Ander while gathering quotes and perspectives on the 20 years, he wondered why we weren’t waiting for a quarter century to make a fuss over the anniversary.

When I got news last week that former Chief Administrative Officer Kathy Lalonde has left BIM, I thought, that’s why. Lalonde started as a confidential secretary mere months after the municipality’s inaugural council meeting and was one of the longest standing staff members.

For better or worse, Lalonde’s departure punctuates a transition in the municipality. BIM is evolving into a bureaucratic machine that relies on systems rather than a ragtag group of islanders, a transformation that grows more complete by the year (back when I arrived we didn’t have business licenses…) Yes, there are 26-odd committees that advise on everything from public art to land management but the staff now numbers more than 45. The coats of professional glaze are growing thicker.

It’s easy to romanticize the ragtag and disparage the bureaucrat but defining success or failure in the municipal experiment is much harder.

I spoke with two former may-

ors, the current mayor, one former councillor, one current councillor and a former CAO (Isabelle Hadford) and of them, only the island’s first mayor Lisa Barratt said that she believed incorporation was the wrong move (Bowen’s other two-term mayor Bob Turner said that he’s not sure how he’d vote if there were an incorporation referendum today).

The Cape on Bowen controversy came across as a nearly universal disappointment while the artificial turf field mostly a success.

Negotiating the purchase of the Community Lands a success, not paying off that debt a disappointment.

Three-term councillor Peter Frinton wrote a thorough essay about the 20th anniversary last November (mydiatribepolitics. blogspot.com/). He pointed out that BIM is wealthier than it was expected to be. BIM boasted a $67 million accumulated surplus in 2018 (this includes non-financial assets). However, capital projects remain a conundrum for consecutive councils, best demonstrated by the lack of community centre.

In conversation with me, Frinton put it this way: that incorporating gave the island a ton of tools (owning assets, the ability to make its own bylaws for example) but BIM hasn’t made best use of them.

For Frinton and Turner, the lack of progress in environmental protections is one of the significant

municipal failures. They particularly noted that there’s no steep slopes bylaw (and there are many steep slopes on Bowen) to protect public safety and the environment on those slopes. The lenience with Official Community Plan amendments and Land Use Bylaw variances were too of concern to Turner who said that the deliberation and attentiveness that particularly goes into crafting the OCP should not be easily overruled.

One of the fears going into the referendum of ’99 was that the Islands Trust mandate would weaken on Bowen. This has in some ways come to pass.

Councillor Alison Morse, who has served on every single council (seven of them for those counting) and is herself a former Islands Trustee noted that in her early days going to Trust meetings folks would refer to when Bowen “left the Trust.” While Bowen maintains two seats on the Trust Council, there’s a vocal local dissatisfaction with the Trust relationship, mostly around the more than $300,000 tax levy. Yet, the Islands Trust Conservancy has taken on management of three nature reserves on-island since ’99 totalling 30 hectares (74 acres) of protected land. There’s still no commercial logging on-island (in line with the Trust’s “preserve and protect” mandate).

For Bowen’s first mayor, Barratt, one of her (many) reasons to

vote against incorporation was road management. The $500,000 the province gave BIM in lieu of a year of work when it took over roads from the Ministry of Transportation four years after incorporation wouldn’t today cover the $850,000 public works budget that will only grow as climate change wreaks havoc on infrastructure. Frinton argued that local road control has allowed the island to retain rural character with many single-lane roads coupled with pullouts that the ministry wouldn’t have allowed.

Mayor Gary Ander described the island’s current state as enduring some growing pains. “We’re still transitioning from pre-organized Bowen or pre-government Bowen,” he said. “There were a lot of issues from the past that we’re still dealing with.”

Bowen seen some issues pop up in the past year as BIM navigates its relationships with the seven water districts and the fire department, which in ’99 were pre-established improvement districts.

“It was kind of a little bit more of an unregulated environment,” he said. “And nobody wants to over-regulate either but we have to find a balance there too,” said Ander.

This is a young town, perhaps just passing out of adolescence.

Most striking for me, however, in all my conversations was a

topic that only came up once. It was striking because I’d looked up the statistics. Of the 28 people who’ve sat on council, only seven have been women (granted Morse has sat on every council, sometimes as the only woman). Few, if any, people on council have been people of colour. There has been little, if any, LGBTQ+ representation. Bowen councils have not been diverse.

This has been a structural problem from the beginning.

“I had to bring my kids to council meeting and out to [Greater Vancouver Regional District] meetings when I could because I couldn’t afford childcare…and we didn’t have childcare at the municipal hall,” Barratt told me.

“So it really does preclude women with young children from participating in political life here.

“It hasn’t been resolved in all these years.”

The salary for a Bowen mayor is around $23,000. In a parallel fact, the 2016 census showed a $20,000 difference between Bowen men and women in annual employment income. Financial situations affect who can afford to run for council and therefore who sets the local agenda.

What all this means? I don’t yet know. But maybe the people I need to ask about the success or failure of incorporation haven’t yet sat on council.

––Bronwyn Beairsto, editor

Save your stamps for Save the Children

DEAR EDITOR: Please remember that Save the Children Canada would like your cancelled stamps in order to support children in need. The stamps are sold to dealers and the proceeds go towards such things as medical care, education, farm animals, clean water, and fruit trees.

The Bowen post office is happy to collect the stamps and I then pass them on to Save the Children. Thank you for your ongoing help; over the years Bowen residents have contributed many stamps.

––Susan Tennant

Places of Worship Welcome You BOWEN ISLAND UNITED CHURCH Reverend Lorraine Ashdown Service and Sunday School 10:30 am Collins Hall Bookings: Helen Wallwork Minister of Music: Lynn Williams

FOOD BANK DROP-OFF

Sunday Mass: 9:30 a.m.

Administration Office: 604-682-6774 www.cateshillchapel.com 604-947-4260 (661 Carter Rd.)

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

Pastor: Phil Adkins

Saturday, January 18, 2020 Doors: 7 pm; Concert: 7:30 pm at Library Annex

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QUARTETO NUEVO Tickets: $38 adults; $35 seniors & students; $33 Hearth members $45 Door Tickets Available online: https://kaymeek.com/events/ quarteto-nuevo-the-hearth “Quarteto Nuevo merges western classics, eastern European folk, Latin and jazz with an organic feel that packs a wallop! They effectively meld the music of ancient worlds and faraway places with a contemporary groove that will enchant you.”

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Strategies for practicing what I preach HOW ONE LOCAL FITNESS PROFESSIONAL WORKS SELF CARE INTO HER WEEK

MARY LETSON

Contributor

One might assume that fitness professionals always and effortlessly skip to their workouts, fueled with spinach salad and whistling a happy tune.

Speaking from experience, I can assure you this is not always the case and that even though we “do” fitness for a living, it doesn’t mean it’s always easy for us to practice what we preach. As 2020 lays before me like a beautiful blank page on which to write my best self, I will share some strategies that help this girl get to the gym, a yoga class, a run or a swim.

Strategy #1: I schedule a date with myself.

Until recently, this has been fairly successful, especially for my “errands in the city Tuesday.” However, last autumn my penchant for multi-tasking spun out of control and my Tuesdays devolved into a classic islander approach: running errands at break neck speed so as to catch an early ferry so as to arrive home early. It became a little like running downhill, the pace to complete said tasks escalating into a race with traffic, the ferry schedule, shop clerks, and myself. Sure, I was home early but I arrived home exhausted and miserable. This combined with escalating work and volunteer commitments, I found myself hitting a wall such that I didn’t recognize myself: chronic exhaustion, prone to tears and generally a dulled view of the world. Perky Mary had left the building. It was time to make a change.

Along with rethinking my work and vol-

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Mary Letson in Cornwall in 2017. unteer commitments, I renamed my town day “self-care Tuesdays” scheduling my day around a yoga class along with a once-amonth life coaching session. Picking up dry cleaning or the trip to Costco was now firmly in second place. For the moment it’s working like a dream, I’m home later but ever so much happier.

Strategy #2: I embrace fitness dates with friends. Sunday mornings at 10 a.m. is set aside to meet my friend Lynn so we can run or walk the trails, returning to the studio to strength train, laugh, commiserate and generally feel better than when we arrived.

Leaning into each other for our workouts is supportive, fun and feeds my love for social connectivity with my tribe while sweating.

Perfect.

Strategy # 3: I plan holidays that include some form of fitness, or better yet I get carried away and the holiday itself is all about fitness. This was the original inspiration for my U.K. Cornwall Walking Tours, a way to

Attention customers travelling between

Vancouver (Horseshoe Bay) Bowen Island (Snug Cove) January 6 - February 20, 2020 From January 6 - February 20, 2020 the Queen of Capilano is undergoing a planned maintenance refit that includes engine overhauls, upgrades to electrical systems, safety and maintenance inspections and painting.

During this time, the Bowen Queen, which has a lower vehicle capacity, will be providing service on the Vancouver (Horseshoe Bay) - Bowen Island (Snug Cove) route. Passengers travelling by foot will board and disembark the Bowen Queen via the car deck ramp, there is no overhead walkway access. There is no elevator on board. An accessible, portable washroom will be made available on the main vehicle deck. Please note, the snack bar will be closed but a selection of vending machines are available.

To help minimize overloads, BC Ferries will be providing reduced parking rates at Horseshoe Bay terminal and assured loading for High Occupancy Vehicles (HOV).

Assured Loading for Vehicles with four (4) or more persons will be High Occupancy Vehicles provided assured loading on the 4:35pm, 5:45pm (HOV) and 6:50pm sailings from Horseshoe Bay to Bowen Island each weekday.* *Maximum 10 vehicles per sailing. Vehicles must arrive at Horseshoe Bay no later than 20 minutes prior to departure time.

Horseshoe Bay Parking Discounts*

Reduced Daily Rate (24 hours): $10.00 Reduced Monthly Rate: $100.00 + tax *Registration with BC Ferries is required.

For more information and to register for parking, visit bcferries.com/about/projects

explore the Cornish coast all while getting a whole bunch of exercise. For me, a holiday at home or abroad is in part the luxury of time to restore and rejuvenate. Time off is my perfect vessel in which to build my wellness.

Strategy #4: I treat myself to great gear.

I am ambivalent about designer purses or Jimmy Choo shoes, but give me a couple of hours and a credit card at MEC and oh my, I am a happy girl. A decent level of comfort while sweating and working hard is less about luxury and more about leverage to ensure said activity happens regularly.

Strategy #5: I know that something is better than nothing. If my workout time is whittled away by competing schedules and priorities, rather than flipping my hands in the air and surrendering to a horizontal position with crisps and Netflix, I go anyway and squeeze in what I can: 10 minutes on the bike, 10 minutes of core strength and five minutes of stretching. I always feel 100 per cent better even if it is 50 per cent of the planned workout. Now that’s the kind of math I can get used to!

Strategy #6: I carry a mental imprint of how I will feel after a workout as fuel to ensure I follow through. When I look to the couch and my book instead of donning my gear and sneakers, I nudge myself with the knowledge I will feel better once the workout is done: a better version of Mary with rough edges sloughed off and generally a sunnier outlook.

Strategy #7: If all else fails, take a bath!

Sometimes none of this works and I default to the flip side of an energy expending workout by climbing into a hot bath with my book, a glass of wine and trust that my body is telling me to take a break and rest!

Lalonde was BIM’s second senior employee to leave in 2019 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

Lalonde’s departure marks the second senior staff member to leave BIM in 2019––public works manager Bob Robinson resigned late last spring.

But BIM will start the decade with a job search.

“Hopefully we get somebody on the island, but we’ll have to see what’s out there,” said Ander. “It’s going to be tough to replace Kathy because she just has a lot of history.

“We’re probably not going to get somebody with that capability but we’ll see how it goes.”

“We’ve certainly valued Kathy’s contribution,” added Ander. “And she’s going to be really missed. We wish her all the very best.”

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HERON THE DOCK: one of the

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BOWEN BEAT

Seniors Keeping Young

BIU dropped by Seniors Keeping Young for cartoonist Ron Woodall’s talk this morning. Ron described (and showed) his efforts to document Bowen culture.

He also roused many a guffaw with some throwback cartoons.

SKY is every Monday morning at Seniors Court. Drop-in fee is $3, $2 for members. Next week Chantal Eustace will do a book reading and signing.

Immediate right: Sheena Smith and Pat Pinch Far Right: Mrs. Smith, Sylvia Shaw and Irene Styles

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BRUCE STEELE PHOTO

DG Blair, Jane Miller, Fraser Simmons and Cree at the Christmas Bird Count last weekend. The annual endeavour to count species and individual birds on-island saw volunteers out and about with their finest optical aids and walking shoes.

MICAELE FLORENDO PHOTO

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR ONGOING

Until Jan 15 Fines for Food at Bowen Library Every dollar donated into our Food Bank tin gets you double that amount cleared off your overdue fines!

Jan 28 - Feb 2 Family Literacy Week at Bowen Library. Drop in for activities & events like our Family Music Jam, Book Bingo + Phoenix gift certificate draw, Kids’ Section Detectives, reading games, cozy board games in the Annex, and more! The 2020 theme is “Let’s Read Together”. More details at bowenlibrary.ca

THURSDAY JAN. 9

Duplicate Bridge Bowen Court 6:45 - 10 pm Info call Pat at 778-288-7090 Rotary presentation: “Bowen in Transition and the Transition Movement: Helping to Build Community Resilience from the Bottom Up Collins Hal 7:30 pm Dave Pollard presenting Family Play Night BICS Gym 5-6:30 p.m.

For children under 6 and their families. Light dinner provided. Free

FRIDAY JAN. 10

Snug Cove Blues Band Bowen Island Pub 7-10 pm Dinner specials and no cover.

SATURDAY JAN. 11

Postively Fit Open House 1044 Senior Road 11:30 am 1:30 pm Prizes! First month

free when you join by Jan 11 positivelyfit.ca

SUNDAY JAN. 12

Bowen French Meetup Barcelona 11:30 am Hosted by Robyn Fenton.

Outdoor Meditation Circle Meet at the picnic tables at the entrance to Crippen Park 11 am. No cost. More info at lisa.shatzky@gmail.com

MONDAY JAN. 13

Seniors Keeping Young For 55+ at 1070 Senior Road will have exercise at 9 am, coffee at 9:45 am, and Reading & Book Signing with local author, Chantal Eustace. Yoga at 11:15. Yearly membership $20. Drop in fee $3 or $2 for members.

Regular Council Meeting Municipal Hall 6:15 pm Island Village SongCircle Open House Collins Hall 7-9 pm “Welcoming new and returning members.Shy singers are especially warmly invited! Call Shasta or Brian at 604-947-2283 for more info.

Tao Hands Healing Circle The Well 5-6 pm “The application of Tao Hands can transform blockages in soul, heart, mind and body, to restore balance and harmony.”

All awelcome. By donation.

More info: call Nancy 604-3121661

TUESDAY JAN. 14

Community Lunch Legion Hall 11:30 - 1 pm ”Join your friends for delicious

homemade soups (m +v), 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 Classical House Concert: Jonathan Stuchbery More event information email forestchildren0@gmail.com

Love The Well 7 - 8:30 pm Facilitated by musicians Jack & Soorya Ray Resels and friends, this will be a time of playful celebration to lift hearts, minds, and spirit through singing simple chants for all to sing. No experience required.

The Ark: Spirituality for a Complex World

Bowen Island AA Collins Hall 7:15 pm

#1- 589 Artisan Lane 10:45 -12:30 pm A bi-weekly gathering hosted by Dr. Shahar Rabi.

SUNDAY JAN.19

Duplicate Bridge Bowen Court 6:45 - 10 pm

Outdoor Meditation Circle Meet at the picnic tables at the entrance to Crippen Park 11 am. No cost. More info at lisa.shatzky@gmail.com

TUESDAY JAN. 21

FRIDAY JAN. 24

Robbie Burns Dinner Legion Hall An amazing dinner of Roast Beef, Nips and Tats and dessert along with a toast to the Haggis. Tix. $20 at Phoenix or Legion.

WEDNESDAY JAN 15

Bowen Community Choir Rehearsal Cates Hill Chapel 7:15 - 9:30 More info at

bowenislandcommunitychoir.ca

THURSDAY JAN. 16

Duplicate Bridge Bowen Court 6:45 - 10 pm Info call Pat at 778-288-7090

SATURDAY JAN. 18

Jon & Roy Bowen Island Pub 8:30 pm Jon and Roy with special guests, The Ivan Hartle Band.

Advance tix $20 at pub or eventbrite.ca Quarteto Nuevo Concert Cove Commons Doors 7 pm Concert 7:30 pm “Quarteto Nuevo merges western classics, eastern European folk, Latin and jazz with an organic feel that packs a wallop!” Advance tickets $38 adults; $35 seniors & students; $33 Hearth members Tickets online: https://kaymeek.com/ events and Gallery at Cove Commons Chanting Vibrations of

PHOTO COURTESY OF LIVING ROOM LIVE

LIVING ROOM LIVE:

Guitarist Jonathan Stuchbery (not pictured) will visit Bowen Jan. 14 for a Living Room Live concert. In the Living Room Live series, now in its second season, private hosts invite guests into their homes for an intimate performance from a touring musician. Stuchbery is touring much of South Westen B.C. before dropping by the island. For more information visit livingroomlive.ca/attend.

early in January. If you haven’t, call us toll-free at 1-866-valueBC. Access and compare property assessment information using our free assessment search service at bcassessment.ca.

The 2020 assessments are based on market value as of July 1, 2019.

If you have questions or want more information, contact us at 1-866-valueBC or online at bcassessment.ca. The deadline to file an appeal for your assessment is January 31, 2020.

For more property information and assessment highlights, visit

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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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BOWEN ISLAND Snug Cove

5:20 am^ 6:20 am< 7:30 am< 8:35 am 9:40 am 10:50 am 12:00 pm 1:10 pm 2:55 pm 4:00 pm† 5:10 pm 6:15 pm 7:25 pm* 8:30 pm 9:30 pm 10:30 pm

VANCOUVER Horseshoe Bay 5:50 am< 6:50 am< 8:00 am 9:05 am† 10:15 am 11:25 am 12:35 pm 2:20 pm 3:30 pm 4:35 pm 5:45 pm 6:50 pm 8:00 pm* 9:00 pm 10:00 pm

Distance: 3 NAUTICAL MILES Crossing Time: 20 MINUTES

Leave Horseshoe Bay

If you’re among BC’s approximately 2 million property owners, you should receive your 2020 property assessment in the mail

Schedule in Effect: October 15, 2019 to March 31, 2020

Leave Snug Cove

WE VALUE YOUR PROPERTY AS MUCH AS YOU DO.

* DAILY EXCEPT SATURDAYS

< EXCEPT DEC 25 & JAN 1 ^ EXCEPT SUN AND NOV 11, DEC 25, JAN 1 & FEB 17 † DC WEDNESDAY SAILINGS WILL BE REPLACED BY DANGEROUS CARGO SAILINGS. NO OTHER PASSENGERS PERMITTED.

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Hearth’s concert series launches Foundation seeking great ideas KATHLEEN AINSCOUGH

SHEREE JOHNSON

The Hearth

Bowen Island Community Foundation

The Hearth is excited to announce a new collaboration with Kay Meek Arts Centre in West Vancouver. Working with the centre, the Hearth will co-present a series of world-class concerts here on Bowen Island at Cove Commons. We will kick off the series on Jan. 18 with Quarteto Nuevo, followed by Caro PIerotto on Feb. 23. Take yourself on a captivating musical journey. Tickets are on now sale for these fabulous concerts, which we expect to sell out.

Quarteto Nuevo merges western classical, eastern European folk, Latin and jazz with an organic feel that packs a wallop. The ensemble’s razorsharp precision is enhanced by jazzy interludes, lightly rumbling percussion motifs and mesmerizing rhythms. They effectively meld the music of ancient worlds and faraway places with a contemporary groove that enchants audiences of all ages.

The L.A. Jazz Scene newspaper writes: “the most unique aspect of the group, is their ensemble sound. Influenced by styles from India and Mexico in addition to jazz and classical music.

Quarteto Nuevo’s music is modern and uses advanced rhythms and time signatures, yet also has the sound of ancient times. Their nine performances on their CD are atmospheric, full of subtle surprises and unlike anything else heard in the jazz world.”

Winners of the Beverly Hills National Auditions, Quarteto’s master musicians create emotionally charged soundscapes with instruments and sensibilities that represent very different world cultures. Their unique instrumentation––soprano saxophone/alto flute (Damon Zick), cello (Jacob Szekely), guitar (Kenton Youngstrom) and hand percussion (Felipe Fraga)––richly colors their wide-ranging repertoire. Their repertoire ranges from Heitor Villa-Lobos’ “Bachianas Brasileiras” and Chick Corea’s “Children’s Song No. 6 to

Have you ever been out and about on Bowen and wondered, “Wow... who did that?”

Practically everywhere you turn on this island there’s something that started as just a nugget of an idea.

Sally Fitz-Gibbon had a great idea. She wanted Bowen Islanders with physical limitations to be able to enjoy Bowen’s trails. Her solution––her great idea––came in the form of an all-terrain mountain trike, a trail-friendly wheelchair held at the Bowen Island Library, powered by the energy of able-bodied friends and family.

The lighting equipment at Tir-nanOg was fast reaching the end of its life––it was a system a patron donated and installed years before. Jack and Julie Headley’s great idea was for a new lighting control console to meet the growing needs of the school’s students and community productions for the next 20 years.

The Community School Association and Katherine Gish had a great idea for the playground at BICS––at that time the only publicly accessible playground on Bowen–– for three new pieces of equipment.

The new pieces were selected by a community-wide vote of parents and kids, and are thoroughly enjoyed by all.

Ann Silberman knew through her work at the Bowen Children’s Centre that licensed care for infants and toddlers was scarce on the island.

Their great idea was to build a ded-

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Quarteto Nuevo comes to Bowen Jan. 18.

Traditional Macedonian “Gadjarsko” and original works “Hector, Desmond and Titus”, “Rain Song” and “Dizer O Que”.

Quarteto Nuevo’s members have performed and recorded with a diverse line-up of famous and renown groups including: Los Angeles Philharmonic, The Moscow Symphony, Dave Brubeck, Rush, Ali Jihad Racy, Jay Z among others.

Concerts will be at the Library Annex and tickets are available online through Kay Meek. To purchase online tickets visit kaymeek.com/events/ quarteto-nuevo-the-hearth Ticket prices are: $38 adults; $35 seniors & students; *$33 Hearth members. Tickets at the door, if available, will be sold for $45.

The Gallery @ Cove Commons is currently closed for the annual spruce up. You can purchase paper tickets for either concert by emailing creative@thehearth.ca.

icated infant and toddler annex to help fill this gap.

The Bowen Bike Park Working Group with Jennifer Henrichsen leading had a vision to create a bike park for Bowen Island youth and families. The bike park provides a dedicated outlet for outdoor recreation for Bowen’s growing youth and family population.

Owen Plowman wanted to help foster public awareness of and engagement in local marine conservation issues. Along with the Bowen Island Conservancy he wanted to highlight the recovery of our marine neighbourhood by developing a marine atlas. The atlas will be given to Bowen schools and the library, sold through local stores to islanders and visitors, and provided online in PDF format.

Holly Graff didn’t like the asphalt barrenness of the landscape that she saw coming off the ferry. So she partnered with the Bowen Island Heritage Association for her great idea to create the Snug Cove Garden Gateway. We all benefit now from this beautiful welcoming garden.

Bowen Island is full of great ideas!

What’s yours?

If you’d like to make it a reality, our 2020 Community Impact Grant cycle is now open. Please see bowenfoundation.com for details. Applications (500-word ideas) are due Feb.15.

Through the generosity of Bowen Islanders, your Community Foundation has been able to grant more than $635,000 to these and other projects that have helped make Bowen better.

Herbivores eat plants.

Carnivores eat meat.

Locavores eat local!

Patient of the Week MEET ROGIE

Local businesses keep our community strong and resilient.

Thanks for buying on Bowen.

Community Economic Development Committee

Rogie visited Dr. Midge at Bowen Vet Services and it was discovered that he had a fractured femur.

Rogie will start the New Year with a bit of a limp but otherwise should recover well.

HOURS: Tuesday through Friday from 9:00am – 5:00pm Saturdays from 9:00am – 1:00pm.

Dr. Midge Ritchie and veterinary assistants are also available 24/7 for urgent care.

Call the regular line at 604.947.9247 and press “1” to be forwarded to a staff member.

To schedule appointments, please call

604.947.9247

or email reception@bowenvet.com

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Dr. Tracy Leach, D.C. Certified provider of Active Release Techniques Artisan Square Tues. & Fri.

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For routine lab tests.

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Continued(ish) from page 1. Guillermo Gonzalez started the restaurant food delivery service Food on Bowen back in November. While the only current food options are pub and Tuscany, Gonzalez hopes ultimately to include as many island restaurants as possible and expand to delivering other goods.

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A RUDDY TREAT!

Barb Adams won the Ruddy Potato’s $200 holiday gift basket and sent in this photo of her great haul.

“I am so delighted that I have had a chance to taste so many credible food products that the Ruddy sells.

Foods like: balsamic glazes, fondue, antipasto, Okanagan wine jelly, salsa, Rogers chocolates, sparkling pear beverage and the list goes on.

Thank you so much Ruddy Potato.

Love your store and the staff are great,” wrote Barb in an email to the Undercurrent.

Congratulations Barb!

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EXPERIENCE SHIATSU WITH VICKY FREDERIKSEN

FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE AT THE PUB

2020 THINGS we love on Bowen

Just opened at a new location in 301 Artisan Square!

Join us every Friday night from 7-9 pm for an evening of live music and great dinner specials. Different musical artists each week with something for everyone from jazz to blues to country to singersong writers. Follow us on Facebook to see what’s happening each week.

No cover charge. www.bowenpub.com

Shiatsu is a type of acupressure massage that will relieve stress and create balance in your body for proper functioning.

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Sessions are $60.00/hour or add $1.00/min for longer. Also available: Indian Head Massage $45.00/45 min Call or text Vicky at 778-881-9012

BOWEN ISLAND COMMUNITY REC

Get registered for some BICR After-School, Adult Gym Sports or Fitness programs. Visit www.bowencommunityrecreation.com for the complete schedule. There’s something for everyone!

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What do you get when you mix Queen, Elton John and Three Dog Night with an extremely talented musical director, a killer accompanist and a band? Find out by joining the Choir! Rehearsals every Weds. 7:15 - 9:30 beginning Jan 8th at Cates Hill Chapel. Concert May 2.

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VILLAGE SONGCIRCLE

FOOD ON BOWEN

If you’ve ever felt like you’d like to sing but someone told you you’re not good enough, The Village SongCircle is the place for you! Brian and Shasta welcome all voices in the circle, no musical experience required. We are our own enthusiastic audience, and we create connection and joy with our voices. If you’re not sure, come to our Open House at Collins Hall from 7-9 pm on Monday January 13th.

Call 604-947-2283 for more info. No cost and no obligation. See you in the circle!

Stay Safe. We do that run for you.

Stay Cozy. We let you enjoy your comfy place.

Stay Home. We help you to let you enjoy that quality time with family/friends.

We Take Care. We bring the cove to your place. www.foodonbowen.com

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Happy New Year! WE LOVE DANCE! Hope to boogie with you in 2020!

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OPEN HOUSE, SATURDAY JANUARY 11TH, 11:30 - 1:30.

First month free when you join by Jan 11*! Draw prizes and a chance to win a complimentary program from one of our trainers.

BOWEN’S GEM OF A GYM 1044 Senior Rd 604 947 9601 POSITIVELYFIT.CA *available with annual membership

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Passionate stylists doing what we love to do most, making people feel and look their best! Stylists, Karmyn and Alex welcome Shiatsu practitioner Vicky Frederiksen to the salon.

Come by and see us at 301 Artisan Square.

ADULT CLASSES: Dance Cardio & Ballet / CHILDREN’S CLASSES: Creative Movement, Ballet, Jazz, Contemporary, Hip Hop, Musical Theatre & Acting/Drama www.kellykonnostudio.com Email: kellykonnostudio@gmail.com

10 ECO BRAS + SPORTS BRAS

Movement Global’s sustainable eco bras are comfortable, breathable, super supportive, and made from bamboo and organic cotton. The Sona bra is perfect under clothing, for your yoga class, or on the beach.

Shop online at movementglobal.com or by appointment at Artisan Square.