Bowen Island Undercurrent August 19 2021

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BIM’s finance head arrives

BOWEN ISLAND MUNICIPALITY’S NEW CFO STARTS AUG. 23

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IT’S A TRAP: Salmon arriving on Bowen to spawn will be the recipients of a new chauffeur service, courtesy of Bowen

Island Fish & Wildlife Club and Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO).

DFO has determined that salmon aren’t making it through the Bridal Veil Falls fish ladders to the spawning habitat on the west side of Terminal Creek, so they have an interim solution: trap the fish and carry them around the falls. BIFWC & DFO installed the trap on Tuesday. See page 8 for more photos and details.

There’s a new face behind Bowen’s budgetary business.

Sheila McCutcheon is joining Bowen Island Municipality as chief financial officer Aug. 23 following former CFO Raj Hayre’s departure earlier this summer.

It’ll be a warm change for McCutcheon: she’s coming down to the Lower Mainland from Northern B.C. where she spent nearly a decade in local government finance, working in Mackenzie, McBride and Cache Creek.

“Having a broad scope of experience in both financial and corporate administration, Sheila is known for providing strategic financial planning to achieve council’s objectives,” said a BIM press release. Before working in the local government sector, McCutcheon worked in finance for the College of New Caledonia, according to the release, which adds that BIM’s new addition has also been an accountant for a large automobile dealership in the Lower Mainland.

“I am very excited to be returning to the coast once again and serving Bowen Island Municipality and the community,” said McCutcheon in the release.

The CFO oversees “budget management, financial planning, asset management and risk management,” said the release. “The CFO works closely with the chief administrative officer to provide advice and guidance to council to make financially sound decisions, and provides operational management to finance staff.”

“We are so pleased to welcome Sheila to Bowen Island,” said CAO Liam Edwards, “her skills and experience will bring a valuable contribution to our team and our community.”

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Exciting career opportunities at Bowen Island Municipality

Events August 23, 2021 1:00 pm

Do you love Bowen Island? Are you looking for a new job?

We’re looking for dynamic, community-minded individuals to join the team at BIM! Your career at Bowen Island Municipality will come with the following perks:

Community Centre Select Steering Committee

August 24, 2021 7:00 pm

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Transportation Advisory Committee

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August 26, 2021 5:00 pm

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Special Council Meeting

September 13, 2021 5:30 pm

You’ll be doing interesting work, taking care of our island and our community You’ll be working in a fun team of dedicated, hardworking co-workers Competitive wages Extended health benefits and Municipal pension Vacation package Work on island, enjoying a short commute!

We currently have vacancies for the following positions:

Public Hearing

Bylaw Services Officer I

September 27, 2021 6:15 pm

Salary range: $27 - $30/hr Full time. Evenings and weekends may be required.

Regular Council Meeting

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All meetings are online via Zoom and

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open to the public, unless noted otherwise.

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Work with people in the community to help resolve issues with bylaws Be an ambassador for public education of the Municipality’s bylaws Variety of work locations, outside and inside and more...

Island Survey 2021 has been EXTENDED to close on August 23. It takes about 18 minutes to complete.

Responses are collected anonymously, and a summary of the results will be publicly available later this year.

www.bowenislandmunicipality.ca/island-survey

Fire Extinguisher Inspection Day

Communications Coordinator/Admin Assistant II Salary range: $29 – $32/hr Temporary, full-time. Backfilling a leave.

Help stop COVID-19:

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Get vaccinated - everyone over 12 is eligible

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Be the point person for all public communications of the Municipality Creative, hands-on work with writing and graphic design Create content for the website, social media, and print advertising and more...

Community Recreation Program Supervisor Salary range: $29 - $32/hr Full time.

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Bowen Island Fire Rescue is hosting a fire extinguisher servicing and inspection day on Saturday, September 11 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. Bring your extinguishers to Fire Hall 2 located at 1421 Adams Road to be inspected and serviced. Inspections are free. Fire extinguishers will be available for purchase. Cash preferred.

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Bowen Island / Lions Bay case rate jumps

According to BC CDC data for the 5,000-odd people in the Bowen Island/Lions Bay community health service area: • The average daily case rate rose to 16 cases per 100,000 people between Aug. 10 and 16. (Keep in mind, this is a rate not an actual number – the math works out to about 5.6 cases in the area in the past week.)

• 78 per cent of people 12 and over have had two doses of COVID-19 vaccine as of Aug. 16.

Oh my JEN RITCHIE PHOTO

Immature bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana), can grow over 100 ft JEN RITCHIE PHOTO long, washed up on King Popweed (Fucus gardneri) two-to four inches long, along Sandy Edward Beach.

Beach.

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Seaweed: You can eat it.

Really. You might even like it.

GUTWEED? PERFECT APOCALYPSE FOOD. POPWEED? IT’S GOT A ‘WOW’ FACTOR.

JEN RITCHIE

Bowen Nature Club

I first learned, in my tender youth, that bullwhip kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) was not only a fun seaside toy to whip around or blow like a trumpet, but also an elite culinary delicacy, due to my dad earnestly extending me a piece of driftwood draped with lightly fire-roasted kelp he had collected off the beach. “Try it,” he urged, with a straight face. “They eat this in Japan.” Suffice it to say, I unlearned that lesson very quickly. Forgiveness came much slower. My dad just cackled in delight that he actually convinced his poor gullible child to take a bite of some putrid seaweed.

That’s not to say that people don’t eat kelp. The entire plant is edible, and can be pickled, fried, dried, and used for soup stocks. You might have even eaten it without realizing it: it’s often used to thicken foods like ice cream and salad dressing. However, usually, it is harvested in deep water, while still living, and then rinsed clean before preparing and eating, not collected half-rotten straight off the beach. Don’t do this to your children! Just don’t! No matter how funny it might be.

To be fair, I have to admit my dad was partially correct: the Japanese do use kelp in their cuisine. However, the kombu that you find in miso soup, for example, is a different species than the kind that grows along the Pacific Coast. Our bullwhip kelp can grow well over 100 feet long!

If my dad were a bit more knowledgeable, he could have tried to feed me popweed (Fucus gardneri) on the beach. Not only is it eminently easier to harvest, since it grows in small bunches in the intertidal zone, but it offers a surprise “wow factor” that bullwhip kelp just can’t match.

Popweed is best eaten “fresh,” that is to

say, right after it is harvested. Choose smaller samples with no bulbs, as the liquid in the bulbs is not appetizing. This seaweed can be eaten raw, which would have pleased my dad, but please, unlike him, rinse it with fresh water first! Then, if you really want to impress the kiddos, blanch it in boiling water. This drab brownish seaweed will turn a bright neon green! Oooh! Ahhhh!

At least my dad didn’t try to feed me gutweed (Ulva intestinalis). Not great raw, and hard to clean and cook, this “unfortunate cousin” of sea lettuce is found in both seawater and freshwater, and particularly where the two meet. Once cleaned, then dried or fried, gutweed can be a great salt substitute.

If it’s so troublesome, and not very tasty, why bother with gutweed at all? It does have a few handy features that the other two do not. First, it tends to proliferate in eutrophic conditions. This means, it alone can thrive in areas where excess nitrate and phosphate (usually from agricultural or sewage runoff) cause the entire area to die off. When there’s nothing else to eat, at least there’s gutweed!

Perfect apocalypse food.

Second, it is remarkably resilient to dry conditions. It can do well even above the tide lines. In fact, in the hottest spells of summer, the sun will do the work of drying gutweed for you. Simply look for fully white, crispy tufts. Pretty handy. Take that, climate change.

Hopefully, we will not end up needing to survive on seaweed, but it can be fun to mix up the status quo and try something new.

Just remember: when harvesting seaweed, don’t just rip out the whole plant— use a knife and slice off portions above the holdfasts (“roots”), leaving them attached at their anchors. This will ensure that the seaweed can grow back, and we can all share this tasty snack for years to come.

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dear boy

you gave me cobalt skies on a grey afternoon i remember when you climbed the pole outside the classroom just to be the first sliding down like greased lightening wide triumphant smile as you descended i loved your spirit vast and untamed part of the north stayed with you in your clever ways you wrote a poem about proudly making sausages with a friend i cried at its message of patience and intent your smile lingers in my memory lighting up those forgotten places where I saved your love for today and tomorrow gathering it to me like gold Jude Neale

It is with profound sadness Tom Gratton and Lenny Gagnon wish to announce the passing of their son Adrien Fleet Gratton at the age of 28 on July 28th. Adrien is survived by his seven month old sonTyson Jacob andTyson’s mother Hayley Elizabeth. In lieu of flowers donations toTyson Jacob’s registered education fund may be made directly to Lenny Gagnon for transfer into his RESP.

Christopher Leonard Weyler

June 24th, 1941 – August 11th, 2021 After a long and stoic battle with cancer, Chris Weyler passed away on August 11th, 2021, at the North Shore Hospice. Born in London, England, Chris immigrated to Canada in 1961, settling in Victoria as proprietor of Esquimalt Fish and Chips. Chris was a hospitality visionary from the hotel, restaurant and bar management industry, and former owner of Barnaby’s Road House in Duncan. His successful career in hospitality spanned roughly 25 years in establishments throughout BC, including the Empress Hotel, Bartholomew’s Pub, Hys, Painter’s Lodge, the Red Lion Hotels, and the Quesnel Hotel. In 1985, he followed his love for fishing and launched his own business, Weyler Salmon Charters, in Campbell River, which he operated for 13 years. It was during a fishing charter in 1990 that Chris met his life partner, Josie Farrell.

Chris and Josie moved to Bowen Island in 1998, and Chris established “The Handyman Can” business, which he ran until he officially retired in 2016, following his cancer diagnosis.

Chris had a passion for British motorbikes, carpentry, fishing, veggie gardening, fish & chips, and cheering for the Toronto Maple Leafs. He loved his german shepherd dogs and his cats, and was happiest when he was tinkering in his workshop, or playing poker Friday nights with the BIPA clan.

Predeceased by his parents Len and Connie, Chris will be forever remembered by Josie, his partner of 31 years, his two sons Michael (Shae) and David, his 2 grandchildren, Dylan and Halle, his brother Richard (Joanne), sister Jill Seeley (Bill), 4 nephews, and many loving cousins in the UK. Special thanks to the amazing palliative care team at Lions Gate, to Jane Henley from the Coastal Health home care and nursing support team, and to Dr. Schloegl. A huge thanks to Bowen’s Mulholland family and the Hunter family who provided the most amazing daily support and friendship throughout this long journey.

If you wish to donate in Chris’s memory, please think of the SwimBowen Society https://swimbowen.com/ whose fund raising efforts provide financial help to Bowen residents in cancer treatment.

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EDITORIAL NOTE

Canadians are headed to the voting booths Sept. 20. Our riding of West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country has five declared candidates: current Liberal MP Patrick Weiler, former Conservative MP John Weston, Avi Lewis for the NDP, Mike Simpson for the Green Party, and Doug Bebb for the People’s Party of Canada. We’ll be doing our usual Q&A with candidates, so if you have Bowen-related questions, send them our way.

Letter:Vaccination a matter of responsibility

DEAR EDITOR: I like Richard Best very much but I must disagree with him. A virus or bacillus has nothing to do with your gut feelings. If you catch it, you can pass it on before its incubation time is over, whether you feel sick - or not. You can be a carrier of viruses or bacteria without getting sick yourself. With this coronavirus it is similar to not immunizing your kids against measles, but sending them to school if they appear healthy, but they can pass it to other kids. For me this is a question, first and foremost, of responsibility to our community.

It took a stone off my heart when science came up with a vaccine against polio. I went to get it when it was available, and gave it to my kids

right away. Yes there are cases where people react badly to immunization - it makes sense to search for the medication you trust best, but to do nothing, without telling people you are not immunized, is not fair to your fellow humans. If you decide not to get immunized it should be you only who takes the risk.

I am also totally against sending children who are feeling sick to school, or adults going to work sick, something which is quite routine in North America. Schools are not there to babysit sick children, and sick adults going to work spread their disease to fellow wage earners unnecessarily.

Imke Zimmermann, Former Community Nurse

Letter: In support of responsible Mt. Gardner stewardship DEAR EDITOR: Mount Gardner is Bowen Island’s last considerable stand of relatively untouched wilderness. To protect it is essential to maintaining resiliency in the face of climate change. It is already necessary to stand for it against encroaching housing development, threats of logging, industrial use, and misuse by trail users – let our community be stewards for it in a way that preserves its wild nature.

In Kevan Bernards’ Aug. 5 letter to the editor, he mentions that Mount Gardner “offers the biggest value to recreational users,” but he neglects to specify that the overwhelming majority of those trail users are non-motorized, which represents a wide range of recreational activities. As stated in the BC Ministry of Forests Recreation Trail Management Guide, “The compatibility of multiple-use trails must

be considered: in most cases, motorized and non-motorized use on the same trail is not recommended.”

The conflict that has arisen is about something more important than trail designations, however, it is about a difference in vision for the stewardship of Mount Gardner.

It is myopic to think that recreation interests should be what solely dictate strategic action. As stated in BC’s Forest and Range Practices Act, there are eleven resource values identified as important factors in the management of our forests: biodiversity, cultural heritage, fish/riparian, forage and associated plant communities, recreation, resource features, soils, timber, visual quality, water quality, and wildlife.

Trail maintenance activities are foundational, but the broader scope of stewardship also involves protect-

ing ecologically valuable land, collaborating with land owners, businesses, and governing agencies on legal issues, integrating conservation with land use planning, leading education and community outreach, monitoring natural areas, and much more.

Stewardship is not just the actions taken to manage a resource, it is also the intention behind those actions. A steward is someone who is characterized by the ability to be worthy of trust and is responsive to the community. Kevan’s letter failed to mention that the specific reason the former Bowen Trails Coalition dissolved in 2020 was because these values were not upheld.

In light of the current state of our forests in B.C., the term “responsible motorized use” of our natural areas is oxymoronic. We are living in unprecedented times when maintaining the

status quo is no longer an option. We must move forward with progressive thinking about the way we use and manage our lands and environment.

The conflict over the future of Mount Gardner has been successful at raising community awareness about the need for taking further responsibility for the care of our lands. To correct misinformation in Kevan’s letter, it is not “a small group who wish to see singular trail designation,” it is a large community of representative stakeholders who wish to make their contribution. If BTRA’s intentions are altruistic as claimed, then their continued support in the maintenance of the trails will be unconditional. It is time for the community-at-large to participate in the greater responsibility of the true stewardship of Mount Gardner.

Kiley Redhead

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DEAR EDITOR: It was with great delight, admiration and appreciation we saw the Legion display ad in the Aug. 5 Undercurrent thanking Bowen Concrete for their repair work on the cenotaph.

It was apparent the subject repairs were needed to the base of the monument Our veterans/war heroes deserve nothing less.

Kudos to the Legion for organizing these repairs and their overall custodial maintenance and, thank you to Dennis Dallas and his Bowen Concrete crew for undertaking the repairs, we believe on a gratis basis.

Bruce and Dorene Russell

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

The consequences of unintended consequences DEAR EDITOR: The possibility of unintended consequences is inherent to any decision-making process. When the general public is the principal stakeholder, leaders are well advised to rely on transparent, sincere and inclusive engagement with the public to develop broad-based buy in, at first for the problem that requires fixing and secondly for appropriate solutions that are widely understood and carried out. Rash fixes often backfire, producing a longer route to success.

Among mayor and council’s many decisions in recent months and in other news, four examples stand out regarding their pronounced potential for unintended consequences: 1660 Ecclestone Beach development variance permits; the new public places bylaw No. 537; a voluntary cape on Bowen forest protection covenant; and disharmony in the Islands Trust Council.

In the case of Ecclestone Beach, Mayor and council discounted the overwhelming number of public comments that spoke out against granting a number of variances for a private dock application. In justification of their decision against the protection of the beach, council claimed a higher understanding of the nature and the particular dangers of this pocket beach and marginalized the intimate experience and knowledge of generations of beachgoers. Council’s vote has left many people feeling belittled, frustrated, thwarted and possibly infuriated.

The Public Places Bylaw No. 537 is a Pandora’s box of unintended consequences. Publicly voiced concerns include constraint of personal freedoms; overbearing bureaucracy; detriment to our values of equity, inclusion and diversity; lengthy and costly permit applications and the discretionary powers installed in the CAO, department managers and the bylaw services officers (BSO). Without clear guidelines and decision-making criteria, staff is left to their own individual judgments when it comes to the enforcement of Bylaw No. 537. As an unintended consequence, there’s potential for arbitrary and biased decision making regarding the implementation of all-encompassing rules and regulations including hefty fines and permit fees. These concerns were raised by members of the public throughout the bylaw process. However, only one councillor showed sensitivity to the public input and – with foresight of the great potential for unintended consequences of this bylaw – voted against it.

The remaining votes were in favour.

With Cape Roger Curtis’ history, any proposal from a developer should be handled with caution. However, when a voluntary Cape on Bowen forest protection covenant was presented by staff with a recommendation that council authorize the protective covenant, a vote in favour was held pretty swiftly. Some councillors expressed dismay with the

short lead time before they were expected to vote on this matter. Some councillors suggested the inclusion of relevant committees for a joint review, presumably in order to reasonably examine the potential for unintended consequences. Councillor Hocking expressed a sense of urgency in the matter. Mayor Ander brushed all concerns away, calling the proposal a “no brainer.” What’s going to happen next? Will the covenant predominantly protect trees along the perimeter around the 10 acre lots or is the Cape in for another haircut with a license to clear-cut everything outside the protected covenant zone? In any case, another decision made in a rush without adequate engagement with the public, community organizations and the relevant committees that may very well have a thing or two to say.

Finally, what’s up with the Islands Trustee Michael Kaile?

Apparently, Trustee Kaile is not having a good time at the Trust as he reports of nail-biting and harrowing experiences. He has joined forces with a splinter group of trustees and succeeded in forcing an unscheduled third-party review of the Islands Trust and how efficiently the Trust delivers on its mandate. This exercise will cost at least $75,000 for a consultant with a report expected sometime in 2022. It is no secret that Coun. Kaile questions what value the Islands Trust delivers to Bowen in return for the Trust’s annual requisition of some $300,000. The many unintended consequences of this story remain to be seen. However, questioning the value of the Islands Trust openly and in an increasingly insistent manner may entice people to also question the value of the Bowen Island Municipality itself. What are we getting back for the $9.2 million BIM will spend this year – rising to $10.2 million for 2025? And are municipal services delivered as efficiently as one would hope? Maybe an independent third-party review could help figuring this out?

Too often governmental policies end up being ineffective, especially when there’s a tendency to do something in the face of an ill-defined problem and under the guise of urgency. The results are heavy-handed blanket policies and expansion of bureaucracy, especially when the policies are incredibly difficult to undo. Understanding unintended consequences can assist in helping to make better decisions.

Recent letters in the Undercurrent went even further and floated the idea of the disincorporation of BIM. It appears that recent decision making without appropriate engagement of the public is beginning to show impact. Folks are openly wondering about the status quo and the benefit of being a municipality. Alternatives are starting to look appealing – and all that as a consequence of the accumulation of unintended consequences.

Richard Wiefelspuett and Lesley Gaunt

Recent council decisions risk turning Bowen into‘WestVanWest’

DEAR EDITOR: We would like to compliment both Tim Misko and Gregory Pollard for their considered and thoughtful letters to the editor in last week’s Undercurrent on the subjects of Land Use Bylaw amendments and Grafton Lake water protection.

We fully support all the points that they have presented regarding the recent behaviour of the current municipal council.

Council’s dismissive and paternalistic attitude to Bowen residents who present submissions on such matters as the development variance permit affecting Ecclestone Beach; the creative staircase proposal to address the issue of access to Ecclestone Beach; the Official Community Plan amendment that extended the range of temporary use permits to all of Bowen Island (including residential neighbourhoods); and the current proposed Land Use Bylaw amendments is insulting and demoralizing.

With particular regard to the LUB Amendment process,

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what may have started out as an attempt at “housekeeping” has mushroomed into a huge omnibus bill encompassing many amendments that will have unknown, possibly unintended, and negative effects on the quiet, peaceful, rural Bowen Island that many of us moved here for. If this Council continues on its current path, we might as well stop calling it Bowen Island, and simply refer to it as “West Van West.” While it may seem easier for Undercurrent readers to read letters such as those of Mr. Misko and Mr. Pollard, and then just put the paper into recycling, we urge all Bowen Islanders to give serious consideration to the council’s current intention of a third reading and passing of the current proposed amended Land Use Bylaw, and to implore council and staff to stop the process, divide the omnibus proposal into smaller sections that can undergo more public consultation and public debate with all Islanders before any further action is taken.

Brian Buckingham and Margaret Underhill

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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Eagle Cliff Community Association (ECCA) Saturday, August 21st, 2021 at Collins Hall, 1120 Miller Road 10:45 a.m. Membership sign-up and renewal 11:00 a.m. Annual General Meeting including election of Board members Meeting will be held outside if weather conditions permit.

Refreshments will be provided.

Questions? Contact us at eccabowenisland@gmail.com

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For two nights only: Bowen’s Celtic folk quartet IN THE PANDEMIC, THIER MUSIC FOUND A WAY TO CONTINUE. NOW, THESE ISLANDERS WANT TO SHARE THEIR PANDEMABAND

BRONWYN BEAIRSTO

Expect slug races and giant zucchinis at the mini country fair at Bowfest.

Editor

Before Bronwyn Churcher heads off to Newfoundland for other musical pursuits (to do a PhD in ethnomusicology), the island-raised musician has got a couple of final concerts up her sleeve.

And she’s joined by some heavy-hitters in the Bowen music scene.

Bowen Islanders will have just two chances to see the local Celtic folk quartet made up of seasoned musicians Bronwyn Churcher, Nicole Thomas Zyczynski, Keona Hammond and Neil Hammond: Aug. 21 and Aug. 27.

The four started playing for fun in the early days of the pandemic.

Nicole had the idea of pulling together Celtic sessions for anyone who played instruments – “We came together and started jamming a lot and having a ton of fun,” says Bronwyn, “and realizing, ‘Oh, these instruments are really cool together.’” (That is the fiddle, accordion, flute and guitar.)

“They’re all awesome musicians and have been playing trad music for a long time,” says Bronwyn.

Nicole used to start up music sessions anywhere she lived in France; Keona and Neil met while playing Irish music together.

While there was a hiatus over last winter when COVID-19 sent B.C. back into lockdown, the promise of reuniting lingered. Come spring, they did. “It was just so nice to gather and play music, even though we

PHOTO COURTESY OF BRONWYN CHURCHER

Keona Hammond, Neil Hammond, Nicole Thomas Zyczynski and Bronwyn Churcher make up a Celtic folk quartet performing a couple of shows this month.

were doing it distanced and safely at that point,” says Bronwyn.

Now, the four want to share the music with the community. “Even though things are opened up to a degree, there’s not a lot of people doing shows right now,” says Bronwyn. “So [we thought] it would be nice to work towards doing that as opposed to just jamming kitchen style around the table once a week.

So we’ve been preparing the show.”

Celtic jigs and reels, slow airs, a couple of songs from Brittany, a couple of songs Neil wrote, and a couple of traditional ballads round out the evenings – one in the Van Berckels’ garden on Cates Hill (that show is now sold out), and another on the deck of a Taylor Road home overlooking the ocean. Tickets are on sale but there’s a limit of 40 for each night. There are still tickets for the deck concert: eventbrite.ca/e/a-celtic-folk-quartet-summer-deck-concert-friday-august27th-tickets-167126352419.

“So that’s going to be my final send off,” says Bronwyn. “I’m hoping they’ll continue to play because they’re so awesome together.

“All of us really enjoyed playing together.”

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Yes, Bowfest slug races are back!

AUG. 28 BOWFEST COUNTRY FAIR FINDS NEW WAYS TO KEEP CORE TRADITIONS RUNNING SARAH HAXBY

Country Fair volunteer / Slug race supervisor

Racing slugs and having an array of country fair contests are some of the longest running Bowfest traditions, with Bo the Banana slug as the long-running Bowfest Mascot. Bo the slug has always invited people to slow down to island-time and appreciate the little things!

Last year the country fair contests ran online and we were delighted to see the many entries and videos of slugs racing as well as a creative use of technology such as Madison’s 765-pound zucchini, which was all part of the fun!

For 2021 we will return to an in-person, mini version of the country fair. We will be back under the tent this year for an in-person return of Slug Races and a Biggest Zucchini Contest running between 2 p.m and 3:30 p.m. at Bowfest-ish in the festival field in Snug Cove.

So: water those zucchinis, and start naming those slugs. We will see you August 28 to keep the traditional community spirit running, even if it might feel a bit sluggish this year!

Watch for a special Bowfest edition (including schedule of events) in next week’s Undercurrent).

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‘I, too, will be an artist’

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NEW HEARTH SHOW PEAKS INTO ISLAND ARTISTS’ INSPIRATIONS

BRONWYN BEAIRSTO

Editor

“Art doesn’t just spring out of nowhere,” muses Jean Bradbury, a Bowen artist and Hearth Visual Arts Committee member. So then, where does art come from?

“If I hadn’t seen art, I wouldn’t even think to make it,” says Bradbury, sharing a quote attributed to famed maritime painter Alex Colville: “There is a passage in Malraux’s ‘Psychology of Art’ in which he says that the initial impulse to be an artist comes not from the contemplation nature but from the contemplation of other art. ‘I too will be an artist.’ I agree completely with this.”

Where does Bowen’s art come from, then?

An unconventional fall Hearth exhibit is going to dig into this question. The arts organization has issued a callout for any and all island artists interested in participating in “Standing on the Shoulders,” running Oct. 22 through Nov. 9 (the registration deadline is Sept. 7).

The non-juried show open to islanders 16 and up will see artists select one of their works (either one they already have or one done for the show) and craft a five-foot long inspiration board for the piece.

The idea is, gallery goers will learn about the artists of Bowen “through why they make art and where inspiration comes from, rather than just looking at the art that they make,” explains Bradbury.

Artists will create the boards at the gallery – small groups will have non-public guided sessions where participants will delve into who taught, inspired and encouraged them; the inspiration for the piece; and sketches, plans, images and research information that led to the finished work. Both are then displayed to the public in the exhibit.

“Whose shoulders are you standing on?”

The show asks.

“So often artists work alone. And yet we exchange ideas through our culture, through our humanity,” says Liz Nankin, another Visual Arts Committee member helping give form to the innovative show. “I think that’s the reason why we create art, because it’s a conversation.”

Carol McNaughton’s mock-up inspiration board showed the inspirations behind her “Dina Fabiola,” a woman with a red scarf covering her hair like in the famous Fabiola reproductions. The board includes sketches, printouts, photos, hand-written notes and more. Carol remembers her first art teacher when she was very young in the 1950s.

“She was an immigrant to Canada...I only had about five lessons from her and then she moved away,” remembers Carol. “But she started me painting in oils.” Pictured: Carol McNaugton, Matilda Shapland, Liz Nankin and Jean Bradbury

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“Hopefully take away some of the secretiveness and the mystery about art creation or about being creative,” says Bradbury. “So people can understand that we all stand on the shoulders of other artists, other creative people.”

This exhibition is a means of welcoming people into the gallery space, for the Hearth’s summer employee, Matilda Shapland, who recently finished a fine art degree. “Instead of having that final beautiful exhibit…having this broken down road of how they got there is so great,” she says. “Just giving everyone entry points into the artwork, rather than this final, beautiful, piece.”

Shapland sees two elements to the exhibition. First, for the artists, the art happening night (when the artists create the inspiration boards), “Just [to] be in such a collaborative space where another artist is asking you questions and you’re responding, you’re reflecting, then you’re making a visual process.” Second, the exhibition – “Inviting people into that process.”

Any artists interested in participating are to register by Sept. 7. Find more details online at thehearthartsonbowen.ca.

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BOWEN BEAT Spell of the Coast

Eleanor Rosenberg’s “Spell of the Coast” exhibit is on at the Hearth Gallery until Aug. 30.

“26 reasons why we love living on the coast.

This new body of work is inspired by seeing children grow up on the coast and the magic they find in its waters and woods,” explains the Hearth website. The show has a Yukon influence (Eleanor has strong Yukon connections) – the name drawing inspiration from the famous Robert Service poem, “Spell of the Yukon.”

PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE HEARTH ARTS ON BOWEN

For the fishies

DON MCQUEEN PHOTO

Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) folks with the Salmon Enhancement Program installed a salmon trap under the causeway between Mannion Bay and the lagoon Tuesday morning with assistance from Bowen Island Fish and Wildlife volunteers and the Weismillers (on the excavator). DFO engineers determined that the Bridal Veil Falls fish ladders – built in the 1980s, according to BIFWC’s Tim Pardee – don’t allow for the spawning salmon to get from the waters below up to the spawning habitat of upper terminal creek. Instead, during spawning season, BIFWC volunteers will check the cage daily and will themselves transport any spawning salmon to the creek above. Outside of spawning season (or when there aren’t many spawning salmon), the cage will remain open.

Ultimately, the hope is to build a whole new fish ladder that will see the salmon be able to swim themselves up the falls, said Pardee.

Eleanor reads her upcoming alphabet picture book to Bowen Children’s Centre kids last week. The book features the illustrations of this exhibition.

Volunteers watch the activity.

Jamie Weismiller, in the excavator, lowers the salmon trap to a DFO employee below.

Ever thought about being in a choir?

Bowen has a particularly happy one.

We’rre relaxed, informal and get together mostly to feel good.

Yess, it’s about music but even more about new friendships, and exhilaration you never knew you could have had so easily.

Th There h are no auditions because Ellen magically blends our voices.

That’s been the fun of it all!

Any quesstions, email us at bowenislandcommunitychoir@gmail.com Or even better, drop by this year’s first get together!

It’s at Cates Hill Chapel SEPTEMBER 15th at 7 p.m.

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‘I’m going in this with the goal of finishing’

Boosting the local buzz: bee talk NATIVE BEE WORKSHOP THIS SATURDAY MORNING

BOWENERS HEADED TO EXTREME ENDURANCE MOTORIZED BIKE RACE

BRONWYN BEAIRSTO

Editor

Kevan Bernards and Liam Scrivens will be driving in circles in the Alberta badlands this weekend as the two islanders participate in their first Redbull Outliers Hard Enduro race.

The cross-country endurance motorized bike racing event will see up to 150 riders trying to complete as many circuits as possible over difficult terrain in a four-hour span.

Scrivens will be competing in the amateur class on a 2021 KTM 300 xc while Bernards will be in the veteran class on a 2016 Beta 300 rr race edition.

This hard enduro is Bernards’ first race of the COVID era, and he’s picked quite the challenge.

The longtime islander has been bike racing since 2016, doing cross-country hare scrambles, but in 2020, there wasn’t much opportunity to race. “So I’ve been itching to get back into it,” he says.

The terrain of Bowen is comparable to hard enduro terrain, says Bernards, and it’s how he got into this type of riding.

“The terrain on Bowen, it’s tough; it’s

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KEVAN BERNARDS PHOTO

considered technical,” he says. “I really just naturally enjoy that style of riding.

“It’s a little bit slower than motocross.

It’s not all about the high speeds. It’s more about your balance and your endurance, and your technical ability on the bike.”

“Getting to see how I stack up against the other riders and an actual hard enduro is pretty exciting.”

He’s been interested in the sport for a long time but there haven’t been many – if any – opportunities on the West Coast or in Canada for hard enduro, until now.

Though the sandstone and shale of the badlands isn’t like Bowen, the technical prowess needed to navigate the landscapes is – “That sort of riding, it’s difficult, it’s challenging. And they share a lot of the same basic skill sets.”

The Bernards and friend Scrivens are travelling with a group of about 10 riders from the coast.

“They don’t expect a lot of riders to finish, so I’m going into this with the goal of finishing,” says Bernards.

Vancouver Island bee steward Myriam Parent is offering a native bees workshop on Bowen this Saturday. The following Q&A has been edited for length and clarity.

What is a bee steward?

Someone who’s done the bee stewardship course with Island Pollinator Initiative – a B.C., not for profit agency who does a lot of work advocating for restoration and regulation around protecting and promoting native pollinators in Canada.

How did you come to do bee stewardship?

I’ve always been interested in bees, but they were not really on my mind. And then the pandemic happened – the shutdown in March.

There was a vacant lot a couple of blocks away from my house and I thought maybe I could start a boulevard garden in front of that lot. One of my best friends lives a little bit further down the street, so this garden site would be the halfway point between our houses. I thought if we start a garden together, it’d be a nice way to

stay connected and distance physically, and do something meaningful together.

So I started a pollinator garden. It was very intentional but I didn’t know anything about bees really, at that point, and plants.

So what is Saturday’s event?

It’s going to be a onehour, very well rounded, educational workshop.

During that workshop, we’re going to learn about how to identify native bees, learn about their social behaviors, their nesting habits. We’re going to hopefully spend time looking at them and watching their behaviour in person. Hopefully, we have a chance to observe them firsthand in the meadow.

Also practical ideas as to how to create habitats for native pollinators. What I’m promoting is how to create habitat for native bees.

Because they need to live somewhere and they have nowhere to live right now.

What’s something you want folks to understand about bees?

Bees are really, really,

really vital for our ecosystem, because plants have evolved with them. The vast majority of flowering plants depend on native bees to exist. The entire ecosystem actually depends on their relationship with plants.

The good news is that it’s really easy to create habitat for them. And because they’re tiny, they don’t need a lot of space. These plants that attract them, they’re not hard to find. If you know what you’re doing, within the year, you can really see the native bee population increase. So it’s really a wonderful process to bring the bees closer to home and get a chance to spend time with them. If you create something that makes sense for them, they will come right away. It doesn’t take long to make a big impact on the bee population.

The walk is Saturday, Aug. 21 at 10:30 a.m., meeting at the hatchery and walking to the meadow. It costs $20 and one can email withbloompollinatorgardens@gmail. com to reserve a spot.

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July RCMP statistics: Patience urged with summer traffic and no Trunk Road U-turns CPL. ADAM KOEHLE

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Get to know your neighbour

CALENDAR AUDITION CALLS: Carmina Bowena

THIS WEEK: BRONWYN CHURCHER

When did you arrive on Bowen?

August 28, 1996 at 11 years old.

How did you come to be on Bowen? My dad got a job in Vancouver. We had family friends who lived on the island and my parents were looking for places all over the Lower Mainland and realized that Bowen was beautiful and way cheaper than everywhere else. And my dad was willing to commute for 20 years on the ferry into downtown Vancouver. So it worked out that we ended up here.

And you recently came back?

I was living in Victoria for three years. And then when COVID started, I kind of came back thinking, Oh, I’ll just be back for a week or two. I brought no clothes with me – nothing except my instruments. And then I ended up staying pretty much until now.

But I did also move back 2012 to 2016. I was teaching abroad and ended up getting a teaching job at IPS and taught there and stayed here for four years. I guess more connections as an adult are through teaching on the island and doing theater on the island.

Where on Bowen do you live?

Bluewater.

What’s your favourite place on

the island? Oh, that’s a tough one.

Right now, I’ve spent so much time on Crayola Beach, I think that’s maybe my most magical place. But a lot of the Bluewater trails as well, I just love and feel a very close connection to. I take my dog for walks every day. And I know these trails really well – they feel like home to me.

What’s your favourite Bowen story? With all of the changes happening so quickly here on Bowen, I like to think back to the beginning and imagine the stories about what the land was like for the people of the Squamish nation before the settlers came here. The creation story of Turtle Island is a powerful one for me and I recently learned that in the Squamish peoples’ creation stories, Xwlil’xhwm is referred to as the place where the deer were created. Even the name of our island meaning “fast drumming ground” for the sounds of the deers’ hooves beating the earth is a beautiful one to remember and connect with.

What’s something Bowen Islanders have in common? I think the friendliness aspect for sure. I mean, it’s changed so much too, so I feel like community was a

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So yeah, having welcomeness and a friendliness and a keenness for community building.

What’s been keeping you going during COVID-19? For me it was connecting with young people because I was teaching at IDLC and seeing them. We just tried to keep going, you know, and connect. I think the theatre last summer was amazing for connecting with other people, and really making the extra effort to do that was really important to me. It also allowed for the sense of normalcy, in a way, of feeling like I could still connect, even if it was outdoors, through a walk in the park or with my students.

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