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Black Bear Country… here

est Vancouver is blessed with many green spaces containing streams, creeks and rivers which form natural wildlife corridors that extend into residential areas; hence, we live in black bear country, and we all need to know how to react if we encounter these beautiful and fascinating creatures.

Remember, black bears are wild. So use the four S’s: • Stay calm • Stand still - Do Not Run! • Speak calmly • Slowly back away Elspeth Bradbury, in her Mountains to Sea article on page 15, writes about the progress that the North Shore Black Bear Society has made in educating us on living beside our wild neighbours.

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The long and icy road to becoming a hockey mother

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y family and I immigrated to Vancouver in 1997. It took our five-year-old son about 3 minutes to pick up a hockey stick. I had no clue what this funny-looking weapon was, but in the spirit of integrating, we signed him up at West Van Minor Hockey. Really, how hard could this hockey thing be? Turns out…a lot harder than we thought. First there was the gear. So many Velcro bits! The helmet scared me. And I never did learn to lace skates. Early morning practices nearly killed me. Then there was the cold…bonechilling, brain-numbing cold. I longed for a beach and a book. But I persevered. Immigrants are made of sterner stuff. And while I knew I would never be a hockey mother, I could support my son by not whining too much. So I bought an ugly fleece and some thermal socks, and over time things did get a little better. Until the day I arrived at the rink to hear that my son had hit the biggest player on the other Photo: Lindy Pfeil First Practice circa 1997, team. I was dislooking uncomfortable. traught. What kind

of sport was this, I wondered, what kind of stuff. And that’s when I found his Grade country, really, that would turn my gentle 4 journal, the one where he wrote of his son into a barbarian? hockey scholarship goal. My heart skipped I took solace in the fact that other motha beat. All this time, he’d had a plan. ers, hockey mothers, kept telling me that How was this possible? He at some point my son would lose interwas African! His father and est in the game. I waited, somewhat I didn’t even know how to impatiently, for that day. skate! Were hockey scholIn Grade 10 he asked if he arships even a thing? could try out for a Junior team. He spent the next It sounded simple enough. few years playing JuI should have known betnior hockey, moving ter. When we arrived at a few times, living tryouts I knew this was with different famimore serious than I’d lies, real hockey suspected. The arena mothers. They was filled with faassured us scholthers. Hockey moms arships were not are one thing. But easy to come by. hockey dads are a So I kept waiting for different species altohim to lose interest. gether. I asked one of In 2012, fifteen them what was going years after he picked to happen. He assured up that first stick, my me that my son, being husband and I found 16, had very little chance ourselves in Providence, of making the team. I watching our son skate heaved a deep sigh of into the arena, accomparelief. I could handle my nied by a few handfuls of son’s broken heart, as man-boys from different long as I didn’t have to be a parts of the world. They hockey mother. circled in silence, eventually Of course the hockmeeting at centre ice, bumping ey gods smiled on my gloves, smiling slightly sheepson, not on his mother, ishly at the realisation that this and he made the team. hockey dream they had all Photo: Courtesy B. Pfeil And that’s when I found shared for so long, had finally come out what Junior hockey retrue. A long road with many twists ally is: turns out it’s when your baby boy is and turns they had travelled, but they had ripped from his family’s loving arms, de- never lost sight of the goal. posited in a new town, a new school, with And then last summer, as many of you a new family… with a real hockey mother. know, my son was hit by a car while cycling And so off he happily went, leaving me to See Hockey day — page 3 pore over his baby photos and old school

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Getting hooked on fishing Rafe Reminiscing Rafe Mair

’m a British Columbian - it’s my principal allegiance; having no voters or ratings to worry about anymore, I make no bones about it and tough titty to any who don’t like it! I was born in Vancouver in 1931 and my earliest recollections are Howe Sound, the soul of Vancouver, where I now have the great privilege to live. I recall the Union Steamship vessel, SS Capilano, “the Cap”, taking Mom and me to Grantham’s Landing for the summer at my grandfather’s cottage. I remember sitting on a beach at Grantham’s – where I’ve since flyfished for Searun cutthroat - and the shiners

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ore than 50 years? Can that be true? It seems like yesterday that we moved into our newlybuilt house in West Vancouver, the first house that had ever been ours. But it was 1960 and now it’s 2015. At the time, ours was one of the biggest houses on Erwin Drive. 1100 square feet on each of two floors. Imagine! Today, we are one of the smallest. So much has changed and yet so much has stayed the same. We had three children when we moved here – 8, 6 and 2 years old. A fourth arrived a year later. There were scads of children on Erwin then. I remember simply telling the older ones that they could play wherever they liked, as long as they could hear me when I called. And that has changed. Erwin Drive was, I think, one of the safest places ever for youngsters. That is probably still so today but it is a measure of change in our world that today’s parents don’t take that for granted. One of our children’s favourite activities was turning over big rocks on the beach to watch baby crabs scuttle for shelter. Many years later we introduced our grandchil-

dren to the same delightful activity. And I am sure the little crabs are still there. We were half a block from the beach and once the children had taken swimming lessons at the old unheated pool in Ambleside, where we gave them cocoa to warm up afterwards, we let them go to the beach without us as long as they had a friend with them. I wonder if that would still happen today.

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along Marine Drive. He was in emergency for more than 24 hours before having surgery. We cancelled his flight back to school, and for a while we had no idea what would happen. Suddenly being a hockey mother looked like a Very Good Thing. Strange how that works, how you sometimes only appreciate a very good thing when it looks as though it may be taken from you. It was Hockey Day in Canada recently. I watched only one game. The teams lined up on the ice, facing the flags overhead. The starting line-up was announced. And as my son’s name rang out through the arena, into our living room, I breathed a sigh…of deep pride, enormous humility and absolute gratitude… I am indeed, it seems, a hockey mother.

I caught off the pier. God only knows how many of these poor buggers I caught over a childhood and can only hope that in the afterlife they’re forgiving. My big thrill was with my parents in the putt-putt, with the ancient Evinrude, trolling for salmon. This machine had a knob on the top which when spun, so the theory went, started. This process often out-ran my fa-

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Recognition for West Van SARS by

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ll Marine and Air search and rescue emergency calls in British Columbia and the Yukon are received and dispatched from a call centre on the Esquimalt naval base in Victoria. The JRCC or Joint Rescue Control Centre is run by personnel from the Canadian Coast Guard and the Royal Canadian Air force. Emergency calls for marine search and rescue within Howe Sound and, on many occasions, the Port of Vancouver, are dispatched to the Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue Station 1 which is located at the pier in Horseshoe Bay. On occasion this Station

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has responded to emergencies in the Straits of Georgia. The station is manned by 35 trained volunteers who respond to 80 calls and perform 250 training exercises each year. They are Transport Canada qualified for the size of vessels and they earn certificates in Electronic Navigation that allows them to navigate waters in restricted visibility. In addition, the volunteer members of SARS maintain two vessels. This involves oil changes, bottom paint, water jet maintenance, new equipment installation and fundraising to ensure that they can continue to provide this service to the marine community. Their services are provided 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. When asked what a typical emergency

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Bruce did not comment on the many liferesponse might be Bruce Falkins, Coxwain, RCM-SAR, reports, “ We have responded to threatening emergencies that he and his parta mayday call where people are almost slip- ners have responded to. “You have to maintain ping below the waa sense of humour,” he comments. ter and they had no Recently The Roylife jackets. Another al Canadian Marine where kayakers were completely lost in the Search and Rescue fog. Another where Station 1 was recognized with a Commudivers were reported nity Services award to be still underwater when they had in fact from the District of surfaced several miles West Vancouver for away because the its contribution to the community in 2014. tide had carried them On behalf of our there. And yet another - Bruce Falkins community, congratuwhere a couple had left lations and thank you their boat on a rock and gone for a walk. They returned to find to our incredible SARS volunteers. Funding for the program is always needed their boat high and dry due to the lowering tide and they were stranded. Then there was so please go to the website: www.rcmsar01.ca. the guy who ran out of fuel and, when asked Your contribution is sincerely appreciated. for his location, reported that he was directly under the moon!”

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In the footsteps of the godfather in Sicily How a tour revealed more than shooting locations Marie-Claude Arnott

nly a few people had signed up for the tour, most of them opting for the fashionable mountain resort of Taormina. But, my husband being interested in filmmaking, I went along. After all: Qui vivra verra (Who will live, will see). We left our sea legs on the m/s Radisson Seven-Seas Voyager and joined other tourists at the seaside resort of Santa Teresa from where our (large) bus headed up the mountain to Savoca. The tour quickly turned into an adventure. Hairpin turns forced our driver to stop and maneuver back and forth on the steep-edged road that disappeared beneath us as we momentarily hung over the Sicilian void. I finally relaxed at the village lookout with its stupendous (and hazy) views of the gulf of Naxos and the Ionian Sea. We walked to the bar Vitelli where Maria d’Arrigo grumbled a greeting under the vinecovered pergola. Since the wedding of Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) and Appolonia (Simonetta Stefanelli) visitors had brought good business every day. Not much seemed to have changed since 1971, except that the entryhall had become a dusty makeshift museum with exhibits of the film props, all the way up a decrepit staircase. On the walls, photographs of “Ms. Maria” with the film cast and crew authenticated the location. In a framed interview I read that her days always began with preparing her granita de limone. She still made the lemon drink with her old-fashioned hand-operated machine, designed when the

snow-capped mountains provided the icy slush. For the umpteenth time, she took an understated pride in recalling the filming. It was so hot that Mr. Coppola, the director, could drink 30 granita in a day. His hard work impressed her so Photo: Marie-Claude much that she let him rest Arnott in her (real) home between The local Gazetta shootings. As for the granJonica reporting on the Godfather ita machine, Francis Coppola offered to buy it but, filming. as if she were in character, Ms. Maria refused the deal. Since The Godfather II came to town, a few day-trippers like us have animated the sleepy village. Along the cobblestone streets, abandoned houses exposed the carved boulders they were built with. The Santa Lucia Church seen in the Godfather still hung on the cliff, the mummies in the Capuchin Convent crypt holding together by the skin of their teeth. There were talks that the old fishermen houses be converted into a hotel. Meanwhile,

although Ms. Maria didn’t appear in the movie, her character as the bar owner had slipped into popular culture along with The Godfather trilogy. We descended the hill, and ascended another one, to Forza d’Agro where Sofia Coppola and Al Pacino acted in The Godfather III. As if on cue, a man came out of an annex of S. Agostino Convent and happily greeted us with profuse hand kissing. After signaling that we wait, he rushed inside and made a dramatic comeback wearing the coppola hat worn by the priest he played in the movie. A glass in hand, he re-enacted the scene that made him a village celebrity. When the Ave Maria echoed around us at noon it was time for the handclutching drive back which cast and crew had experienced every day. Cut! (Note: Ms. Maria is deceased, the (still open) bar keeps falling into disrepair, and the 18th century friars’ mummies are finally behind glass.) Marie-Claude Arnott is a freelance writer, and English/French translator. More travel stories at www.buckettripper.com/ author/mcarnott

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The Ionian Sea and the Bay of Naxos in Sicily.

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A seafaring dish for your winning crew A Culinary View Maureen Goulet

oating season is just around the corner. For those who love to sail, Alison Malone Eathorne and Hilary & Lorna Malone’s award-winning cookbook is a must. Sea Salt: Recipes from the West Coast Galley was voted ‘Best Fish & Seafood Cookbook in Canada and third best in the world’ by Gourmand International! The Malone girls (mom and daughters) have been sailing the Gulf Islands sourcing and using local food to entertain in high seas style. Sea Salt is filled with useful ways of stocking and organizing the galley, clever shortcuts and advice on where to purchase fresh ingredients from the local islands. The recipes, although

meant for the sailor, are equally satisfying for the non sailor. They will be sharing their culinary secrets at Ambrosia on March 31st. The 47th Annual Southern Straits Classic out of the West Vancouver Yacht Club takes place on Easter weekend, April 3-5. Here is a perfect dish to feed your winning crew. www.ambrosiaadventures.com

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Community Personality

Jim Carter, “A man for all seasons” Island, could now be continued. Jim’s first taste of political life came in the late 60s when he chaired the campaign to elect his friend, Art Phillips, as mayor. So in 1977, he surprised no-one when he accepted Chris Stringer the position as assistant to the Deputy Minister of Education, Walter Hardwick. Three years later Jim succeeded Walter as Deputy ducator, athlete, politician, historian Minister to Brian Smith, then Bill Vander and artist, Jim Carter enjoys the mo- Zalm and finally, Jack Heinrich. ment wherever it is and whatever it Jack sent this tribute to Jim for his 80th involves. Born in Victoria in 1932, Jim was birthday in 2012: “It was May 1983…..a cabinet shuffle…….and raised in Vancouver, where he delivered that’s when Jim and newspapers, cut lawns, I became a team. In butchered fish at a canfact it was me who won the roll of the nery on Campbell Avdice…..Jim was the enue and ran canning machines at Aylmer’s best of the best…. Cannery in what is and over three years now Yaletown. He during a most diffiearned his tuition for cult political time he became a very good UBC by working sumand loyal friend. I remers on the transmismember well the fission line between Kemano and Kitimat. cal framework which, Jim began his despite all odds, teaching career at King brought accountability to school districts Edward High School in and flushed out those Vancouver in 1955. He boards who were replayed basketball com- Jack Heinrich petitively at school and luctant to obey the during his early teaching years, and his skills law. Throughout our time together we always earned him spots on the JV’s and Thunder- maintained a sense of humour and shared birds teams. In 1958 his senior men’s basket- many dinners. He was always an oracle whose ball team won the Canadian championship. seasoned and sage counsel kept me out of Later he coached the West Van ex High to trouble….most of the time.” the BC men’s Under-21 finals. In 1980 Jim became Deputy Minister of In 1966 Point Grey Secondary School ap- Social Services and Housing under Claude pointed Jim vice-principal, a position that Richmond. He left Government in 1988 to prepared him for his principal role at Senti- establish Canada Pacific College Internationnel and West Van Secondary. His love affair al for Japanese college students and served with West Vancouver, which had begun dur- as principal. During this time he chaired the ing cherished boyhood summers on Eagle BC Gaming Commission and the Duke of

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“Jim, your commitment to family, friends and community is the true measure of one of the most decent men I have ever known.”

Edinburgh Awards Council. Jim’s background in sports, education leadership and politics lead to his appointment as head of the sports programme of the Victoria Commonwealth Games in 1994. His Games committee received the distinction in 2014 of being inducted into the Victoria Sports Hall of Fame. Sport BC asked Jim to become a board member and he later served as its Chairman. When the bid committee, VANOC, was formed to bid on the 2010 Olympics Jim was invited to join. This was probably the only committee he did not chair! During Jim’s tenure as President of the West Vancouver Historical Society he initiated the publication of Francis Mansbridge’s See CARTER — page 8

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healed by all the factors in this equation. We tend to focus on the body for good reason. It often overwhelms us, but it can help if we keep in mind all the elements that contribute to a ‘sense’ of health. This might require a team consisting of a friend, family member, doctor, naturopath,

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leader with creative ideas who brings them to fruition…prepared to do what it takes to get the job done.” Jim and wife, Paula, are residents of Lower Caulfeild where Jim chairs the Lower Caulfeild Advisory Group to the West Vancouver Council. If you have a question about Caulfeild history, ask Jim. You can find him nowadays with his chums at Caulfeild Starbucks, where

they “solve the problems of the world”, or at Gleneagles where he works out three times a week, or painting at the West Vancouver Yacht Club on Wednesdays. Jack Heinrich concluded his tribute: ”Jim, your commitment to family, friends and community is the true measure of one of the most decent men I have ever known.” And Linda, Jack’s wife, had the final word, “Jim is an anchor, a man for all seasons.”

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Keeping your feet happy by

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our feet are the foundation of your body. They bear all of your body weight. You stand on them, walk on them, and run on them. When your feet are not properly aligned, the remainder of your body will shift out of alignment as well. Frank loved his long evening walks with his daughter, but the day after he experienced pain in his ankles, knees and lower back. And after playing 18 holes of golf, a game he enjoyed almost as much as the walks with his daughter, the symptoms and pain were even worse. His daughter recommended a thorough foot and gait analysis from a certified pedorthist. The assessment indicated that Frank’s feet were out of alignment and that

custom crafted arch supports were needed, along with properly fitted shoes and cushioned socks. The combination of custom inserts, socks and shoes resulted in Frank getting back into perfect alignment, able to once again enjoy his favourite activities. Rooting out body alignment problems and fixing them can change you from someone who has trouble walking to someone who can move smoothly and efficiently. According to the American College of Sports Medicine, when in optimal postural alignment, an imaginary vertical line passing through your centre of gravity should intersect the centre of most joints, and distrib-

ute body weight evenly on each side. However, few people’s alignment is perfectly balanced with their body weight. Improper alignment impedes performance in activities such as walking and golf. Frank recently completed a half marathon in just over four hours with little to no pain in his ankles, knees and lower back. “I am also happy to say that I am out playing my much-loved game of golf again.” Christian Johannsen is a Certified Pedorthist at Foot Solutions in West Vancouver. When he’s not out hiking the trails of the North Shore he loves to help his clients find perfect alignment through custom inserts and shoes.

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March 2015

Schools

Learning beyond the school walls by

Judy Duncan West Bay Principal

est Bay School is a flurry of activity lately as students connect with community members both within and beyond the school walls. Students are engaged in field studies at various sites such as the Ferry Building Art Gallery, Heritage Garage, Temper Chocolate and Pastry Shop, and a music recording studio. Visitors, including parent Dave Tomlinson from Team 1040 and Jim Hemphill, woodworking supervisor at the Seniors’ Centre, come and go on a regular basis and can be found conversing with small groups of keen learners.

This excitement is part of a new strategy at West Bay designed to improve students’ communication skills. Our hunch is that Grade 6/7 learners will more likely delve into their studies, demonstrate a real zest for learning, and improve their communication skills by exploring their passions and connecting to others who share similar interests. What are the students saying? Here’s a sampling of Grade 7 opinions: “The passion project is a project where you get to choose your own passion or hobby to take to the next level. Since I chose fashion I got the honour of meeting Treana Peake, a fashion designer from Obakki Foundation. She showed us the process of designing clothes and she is also letting us design a top

or dress so that she can make it for us. The passion project has been really educational so far because I would never have gotten this opportunity and I’m excited for the new things I will learn next,” says Julie Prins. Matthew Doig chose cars as his passion project, vintage cars in particular, “because I feel that most cars now have lost a lot of their character. Cars of the past were an art, now they’re just a form of transportation. I think that Guff Muench, the owner of the Heritage Garage, would agree with me. Guff is one of the many people helping keep the world of beautiful vintage cars alive. I hope more people can appreciate the beauty of a vintage car the same way Guff and many more like him, including me, do.” “My passion is Art,” says Jennifer Wang. “ It’s always been something special to me. On February 2, 2015 I went to the Ferry Building Art Gallery with a few of my classmates who had the same passion as me. I was in-

spired when I saw the artists and their paintings. I thought they were very unique in so many ways. I learned many things, including ways to make your art more interesting and unique.” Taya Flemons visited Temper Pastries “to learn and discover more things about baking for my passion project. In Temper, the owner and chef Steven Hodge took us on a tour of his shop. Not only did we learn about different pastries and chocolates but he also answered all of our questions. The experience has inspired me to try new recipes and maybe even try to make some chocolates.” Connecting with like-minded experts and mentors has certainly enhanced student learning. Thank-you to teacher Morag Kelpin for facilitating these connections and for the plethora of community members who have so willingly given their time and energy to support our youth.

Photo: Judy Duncan Frank Giustra, Hamish Thomson (on guitar), and Amy Usher work on song writing skills.

Photo: Judy Duncan Temper owner and chef Steven Hodge shares his craft.

Photo: Judy Duncan Dave Tomlinson (Team 1040) shares his hockey passion.

Jim Hemphill explores woodworking techniques with Felix and Nathan (R).

Photo: Judy Duncan

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Schools “Where are they now?”

The Beacon will be featuring some of our amazing graduates over the next few months. We invite you to write about someone you know, or yourself, and submit your article of under 350 words, and accompanying photographs, to lindypfeil@westvanbeacon.ca.

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Local West Van artist attending Emily Carr University by William

S. Dronsfield

Rockridge Secondary Student

raduating from Rockridge Secondary in 2014, eighteen-year-old Wyatt Joseph Scholten is an accomplished artist with a sui generis take on primarily abstract portrait paintings. Finding his passion for drawing at the age of sixteen, Wyatt soon found himself engrossed in his art. “About a year later I started to explore new mediums and that’s how I discovered painting, which I was quick to fall in love with.”

I first met Wyatt in my Grade 8 year at Rockridge. We were both regulars at the Ambleside skate park. He was always doing something artistically productive. Whether it was filming local skateboarding or taking phenomenal photos, Wyatt was always on the go. He is currently halfway through his second semester at Emily Carr University of Art and Design, and is planning on obtaining a major in visual arts. So far his curriculum has consisted of visual arts and design classes. “To be honest it has not been easy. For an artist like myself who knows what I want to

do and where I want to go, the process feels too slow,” he says. Wyatt continues to produce incredible

works of art. And there is no doubt in my mind that he will eventually reach his goal of becoming a professional artist.

Deceivers celebrate: March 29 is Smoke & Mirrors Day Psyched Out Ian Macpherson

here is a little spider called Portia who makes herself look so much like her ant neighbours that without a pause they dutifully scramble right onto her dinner plate. It’s evolution’s way - the predator disguises its intentions from its prey. No doubt Portia enjoys the deceiver’s official annual celebration, Smoke and Mirrors Day, every March 29th. But do we humans really need a special re-

minder of how our gullibility is manipulated? And are we not more sophisticated than insects who can’t use their brains to challenge their “gut reactions”? For decades psychologists pitted reason against emotion as if they were enemies. Mind over matter and all that. We are wiser now, having discovered that thinking and feeling go hand in hand, and some very powerful emotional factors seem rather out of our conscious grasp. It is why, when we make an apparently wellthought-out choice, we are sometimes still unsatisfied or unsure afterwards about our decision. We ignore or override the emotional at our peril. By the same token, no matter how aware we may be of a deceiver’s motive, our desire to

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believe - our need to believe - is in many cases extremely difficult to resist. It is estimated that we may have the “wool pulled over our eyes” as many as 200 times a day - ranging all the way from little white lies to full blown fraud. Now deception is a complex topic with many factors coming into play but perhaps the most important is our natural drive towards connection with other humans. Our trusting essence is a deep-seated survival need that moves us to attach as a couple and a family, to a group and to a community. This powerful psychological force can even take on spiritual proportions as we experience becoming integrated with something much larger than ourselves. Mind doesn’t have much of a chance over this matter!

But there is hope. As a society we are gradually becoming more aware of our psychological vulnerabilities and improving our ability to unmask the deceiver. By the way, even our insect friends occasionally get a break. When Portia loses her balance, she drops her front pair of legs which were waving around like fake ant antennae. Then all the ants, seeing the eight-legged trickster for what she really is, react as if to say, “Whoa! Are you kidding me?” Ian Macpherson is a psychologist who lives and practices in Caulfeild. More at www.westvancouvertherapist.com

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March 2015

Caulfeild Cove Hall

C A U L F E I L D

C O V E

H A L L

Pub Quiz Night

BTU, together again for another memorable evening by

Susie Moore

uno award-winner Shari Ulrich, much-loved local Tom Taylor and well-known singer-songwriter Barney Bentall performed a musical celebration to a sold-out show at Caulfield Cove Hall on Saturday, January 31. The three artists played together as if they had been doing so all their lives. The friendship and comradeship was obvious through the affectionate banter. The performance was intimate, relaxed and joyous; and there were frequent interjections of lighthearted stories, jokes and zingers. When Shari described her bubbly song “It’s Alright” as “shallow and pep-

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py”, Barney quipped that she should call her dogs that. A heartwarming moment during the show was when Barney sang “Face to Face”, which he wrote and performed for his daughter at her wedding at St Francis-in-the-Wood seven years ago. This poignant moment was followed by a raucous song about fallen relationships that shook the Hall with laughter. Tom’s laidback sensitive style was punctuated when he dedicated his song “Took My Love By the Hand” to his lovely wife, Sarah. The large local Taylor following, together with the family history here for over 80 years, drew quips from Barney and Shari about renaming the community “Taylor Town”. The success of the show was evident by standing ovations and two encores.

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Photo: Kimberly Stringer BTU, Barney Bentall, Tom Taylor and Shari Ulrich bring a packed audience to their feet

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St. Francis-in-the-wood

A little bit of history

t. Francis-in-the-Wood Church was built in 1927. Prior to its construction, the residents of Caulfeild village had conducted services in the homes of various neighbours. However, in late 1927 the need for a permanent church was sufficiently pressing for the local inhabitants to roll up their sleeves and begin building.

The original building, smaller and simpler than that which you see, was consecrated on January 1, 1928 by the Archbishop of New Westminster. The name St. Francis-in-the-Wood reflects upon not only the tranquil setting, but also on the life of its patron saint, 12th century monk, St. Francis of Assisi. The St. Francis window above the altar

was installed in 1935, the year following Francis Caulfeild’s death and dedicated as a memorial to the founder of the community. The window embodies the church’s devotion to its patron saint, and his love of nature, reverence for life and sense of brotherhood of man.

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real estatE

Penny Mitchell

March 2015

our history These statistics represent industry sales in The Beacon distribution area between Horseshoe Bay and West Bay from January 1 to February 23, 2015.

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List Price

6742 Dufferin Avenue ........................................................... 6875 Marine Drive .................................................................. 6202 Overstone Drive ........................................................... 5578 Gallagher Place ............................................................. 6475 Fox Street ....................................................................... 6330 Argyle Avenue ............................................................... 6460 Wellington Avenue ...................................................... 4003 Bayridge Avenue .......................................................... 5495 Greenleaf Road ............................................................. 4919 Edendale Court ............................................................. 5324 Monte Bre Crescent ..................................................... 6840 Copper Cove Road ....................................................... 4780 Estevan Place ................................................................. 5651 Keith Road ...................................................................... 6758 Dufferin Avenue ........................................................... 4695 Piccadilly Road .............................................................. 4041 Ripple Place ................................................................... 6465 Wellington Avenue ...................................................... 3811 Southridge Avenue ...................................................... 6854 Copper Cove Road ....................................................... 4880 The Dale BB .................................................................... 3925 Viewridge Place ............................................................ 3195 Benbow Road ................................................................ 4859 Northwood Place ......................................................... 4271 Evergreen Avenue ........................................................ 5132 Alderfeild Place ............................................................. 5516 Parthenon Place ........................................................... 5359 Monte Bre Crescent ..................................................... 3172 Mathers Avenue ........................................................... 3665 Marine Drive .................................................................. 4763 Caulfeild Drive .............................................................. 3325 Craigend Road .............................................................. 3285 Mathers Avenue ........................................................... 5289 Keith Road ...................................................................... 6945 Hycroft Road .................................................................. 4156 Burkehill Road ............................................................... 4430 Ross Crescent ................................................................

$988,000 $1,049,000 $1,100,000 $1,188,000 $1,199,000 $1,239,000 $1,298,000 $1,438,000 $1,480,000 $1,498,000 $1,529,000 $1,549,000 $1,590,000 $1,598,000 $1,598,000 $1,699,000 $1,890,000 $1,895,000 $1,998,000 $2,078,000 $2,149,000 $2,228,000 $2,398,000 $2,398,000 $2,488,000 $2,598,000 $2,598,000 $2,678,000 $2,700,000 $2,768,000 $3,398,000 $3,500,000 $3,600,000 $3,798,000 $3,888,000 $4,880,000 $10,600,000

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TO ALL WHO HAVE PURCHASED OUR BOOK ON THE FERRIES AND PEOPLE OF HORSESHOE BAY THE BOOK IS STILL ON SALE AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:

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orseshoe Bay’s early life as a recreation center, home to the salmon derby, and a party destination for many, has gradually given way to life as a transportation hub, with the community and ferries co-existing. Captain Peabody’s arrival from Seattle in 1951 with his Black Ball Ferries was a pivotal event in this process. Over the next decade post-war expansion drew places like Bowen Island and the Sunshine Coast closer to the orbit of the Lower Mainland, while making the Bay itself more a point of transition than a holiday destination. Ferries became bigger and capable of carrying large numbers of cars. Many in Horseshoe Bay expressed concern about Black Ball’s effect on community life. Local resident Jan Currie regretted there would be “No more swimming and cavorting on the beach”. Others feared an influx of transients

A Black Ball Ferry approaching Horseshoe Bay in 1955.

eroding the moral fibre of the community. In hindsight development was inevitable, and the distance of more than half a century brings for many nostalgic memories of these ships that played crucial roles in shaping the nature of life on the West Coast. Many will remember the Quillayute, Bainbridge, Kahloke, Smoka and others that provided efficient and economical service; fares were three dollars a car and a dollar a passenger. Ferry goers built up affectionate bonds with the boats, each of which had its own personality. The population of the Sunshine Coast doubled to 10,000 between 1951 and 1961, with as many as fourteen trips daily from Horseshoe Bay to Gibsons. Service was typically from 5:50 am to 11:35 pm. Wouldn’t that be nice. Black Ball’s reign ended when labour unrest disrupted service, potentially isolating Vancouver Island. On June 23, 1958 BC Premier W.A.C. Bennett invoked the Civil Defence Act and assumed control of the Black Ball line. In November 1961 the government consolidated its monopoly by purchasing the line for $6,690,000. This began the long saga of BC Ferries and its uneasy linking of a private enterprise with a public mandate.

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Mountains to Sea

Understanding our neighbours, the bears Mountains to Sea Elspeth Bradbury

n 1999, Conservation Officers on the North Shore were obliged to kill 39 black bears. The number was sufficiently shocking to upset residents as well as officials, and a newly formed North Shore Black Bear Network held its first meeting. The problem, they knew, lay not so much with the nature of bears as with the habits of humans. Over the years, we had inadvertently encouraged the animals to depend on us for easy meals. Most bears avoid human contact, but delicious whiffs of left-overs in our garbage, rotting fruit under our apple trees or suet in our bird feeders can attract the shyest of bears. And once they’ve

Photo: courtesy of David Cook David in bear country, Garibaldi Provincial Park.

Sketch: Elspeth Bradbury

had a taste they are likely to be back for more. The Network encouraged volunteers to begin an education campaign and in 2005 they formed the North Shore Black Bear Society. Christine Miller is the Society’s Executive Director and Education Coordinator. “We have about thirty active volunteers,” she explains, “who do everything from presentations in schools to posting notices about bear sightings to stuffing envelopes with information for new homeowners. We also organize night patrols. If residents have left garbage curbside, we mail them an information leaflet and, if it happens again, we inform the bylaw officers, who then send warning letters before issuing tickets.” The efforts of the Network and the Society have dramatically reduced interactions between bears and humans, but the process is ongoing. David Cook, a director of the Society, has undertaken a long-term research project to better understand local bear diet and behaviour. He chose to study a section of trail in the Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve. It lies half a kilometer from the nearest housing, and supports a variety of natural bear foods. The plan was to walk a fixed route once every ten days during bear season. He would note which plants were flowering or fruiting. He would watch for signs of bear activity such as broken vegetation, excavated logs and stumps, territorial scratch marks on trees and, most importantly, he would look for bear scat. Collecting fecal matter is an unusual activity and is not everyone’s idea of a walk in the woods, but David is an unusual person. He grew up in Australia as a “free range kid” and then embarked on an adventurous career as a biologist and a geologist. Since his retirement in 2000, he has developed an ambitious programme called Reconnecting

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with Nature that offers nature walks and talks to the general public. By examining the scats that he collects from his study area, and using a reference collection of seeds from potential food plants, he can determine what the bears have been eating. The local natural-food sequence begins with new grasses followed by salmonberry, blackberry, salal and finally mountain ash. He has found that a continuous supply of these foods through the summer means fewer visits from bears to the urban areas. In one year a gap occurred between the fruiting of the salmonberry and that of the blackberry. It coincided precisely with increased reports of bears foraging in garbage. With awareness of such gaps, or of natural-food crop failures, bear managers can be better prepared for increased bear activity in our neighbourhoods. We know surprisingly little about the lives of our North Shore bears. The kind of research that David is undertaking may give us more ideas about how we can live peaceably alongside our wild neighbours. In the meantime, the North Shore Black Bear Society will continue its invaluable work to ensure that, never again, will we witness the kind of slaughter that occurred here fifteen years ago. If you have questions or concerns about bears or would like to volunteer with the North Shore Black Bear Society contact Christine at 604 317 4911. David is on the boards of Nature Vancouver and West Vancouver’s Old Growth Conservancy Society. He also serves on the Education Working Group of the David Suzuki Foundation. If you would like to join him for one of his many educational walks or talks contact him at cookeco2@yahoo.com to receive his monthly notice.

Photo: R. Godfrey Black bears enjoy an abundance of natural food in Cypress Bowl.

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Caulfeild Village Shopping Centre invites the community to

CAULFEILD

May Day A COMMUNITY EVENT FOR FAMILIES

May 9th, 2015 | 10am to 4pm ] stage entertainment all day ] pony rides ] petting zoo ] arts & crafts ] olde Caulfeild fire truck ] face painting ] coffee garden ] collector cars ] fashion show ] beer garden ] pizza ] hot dogs ] hamburgers ] ice cream ] buskers ] entertainers ...and join us to dance around the maypole at the Caulfeild Village Shopping Centre, West Vancouver A friendly feeling... A friendly place.

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