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Events galoreSpring brings on the busy season onBowen Island, see calendar p 10

A job well doneTo Bowen businesses, a youngbagpipers, and to senior golfers

Crippen Park Weed Warriors (from left): Virginia Penny, Dee MacCarthy, Moira Greaven, Bill Granger and MichaelPenny hard at work on a strip of land beside the commuter parking lot in Snug Cove. Story on page 6Meribeth Deen, photo

MERIBETH DEENE D I T O R

With less than one month until the return of the Queenof Capilano and the official end to the lifespan of the“Super Bus” that shuttles commuters to downtown

and back, Bowen Island’s municipal transportation committee(BIMTAC) has struck up a special action group to work on find-ing away to have the service extended. TAG! (TransportationAction Group) is made up of Councillor Melanie Mason, as well asRichard Smith and David Hocking.Hocking says his motivation for this is both personal, and stems

from a long-held belief that such a service is critically important

for Bowen Island.“There’s no question I’ve been taking the bus because the bus is

timed to the ferry and saves me time on my commute, but also, I’vebeen talking about this for a long time. When I was on the munici-pal sustainability committee, which was set up by the first council,we hired the Pembina institute to do a GHG emissions report andfound that by far the highest emissions source results from tripsmade off the island. And when I ran for council 9 years ago, gettinga service like this going was one of my campaign promises so…seeing this actually happen is something like a dream come true forme.”Hocking says that the bus is currently considered to be a pilot

project.

New municipal action group to work onextension of downtown commuter bus


On Thursday morning, when Bowen Belle watertaxi pulled in to English Bay to drop commuters off atGranville Island, English Bay Launch owner and oper-ator Mike Shannon says he didn’t see anything thatindicated there might be a problem in the water.“There were Coast Guard boats out, but they do

drills fairly regularly, so I figured that was what washappening,” says Shannon. “I couldn’t actually see anoil slick at that point.”For biologist Ramona DeGraaf, what the aver-

age person cannot see in spill-affected waters andbeaches is of primary concern. DeGraaf, who wason Bowen conducting a shoreline survey in October,says that the embryo of forage fish that spawn onthe shores of English Bay will suffocate and die if thegravelly beaches where they lay their eggs are con-taminated with oil.“When I talk about forage fish, I am talking about

a very specific group of fish that run the marine foodchain – herring, surf smelt, sand lance – withoutthese, the whole Straight of Georgia ecosystem is atrisk. A reduction in the biomass of these fish is goingto have a major impact on all predators, and thatincludes killer whales,” says DeGraaf. “And EnglishBay is super-smelt land.”She says that this time of year, there are surf smelt

embryos in the beaches, larvae feeding in the water,and adults coming into Burrard Inlet and EnglishBay to spawn.“Right now, and for however many years that oil is

going to be caught in the sediment of those beaches,any embryo deposited is going to suffocate. Evenmicro-amounts of oil will cause the effect similar tocovering your head in a plastic bag full of fumes.”She adds that the shoreline of the Lower Mainland

used to be prime spawning habitat for surf smelt andsand lance, but most of it has been destroyed by seawalls and marinas.“Discovering a beach that is intact and suitable for

spawning is so rare, it’s like finding dinosaur bones,”says DeGraaf.

The EnglishBay oil spillUnseen damage putsecosystem at risk

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It is 2015 and the Bowen Children’sCentre Clothing sale is ON! Yes, that’sright, we are open for business andaccepting your fine, gently or never usedtreasures so have a look through yourwardrobe for a spring cleanout. We areaccepting donations until May 5th.Please drop off your items to the

Children’s Centre during regular week-day business hours (8 a.m.– 6 p.m.).We are the big red building with thegreen roof at 650 Carter Road, on theway to IPS and Cates Chapel. TheChildren’s Centre Clothing Sale, whichis held at Cates Chapel, is a fabulousrecycling event where once-lovedclothing of all shapes and styles findnew, appreciative homes. Most itemsare priced at a toonie (yes that’s $2)and select up-market items are individ-ually – but still modestly – priced. So,please think ahead to Bowen Children’sCentre’s 14th Annual Clothing Sale

Fundraiser mark down Saturday May9th on your calendar ! Some clothingmay have been gifts, impulse purchas-es, reminders of a different weight, orevidence of a previous lifestyle, but weall have them: clothing and accesso-ries that aren’t really ‘us’ anymore – soclean out those closets and bring thegently used stuff to us. Variety beingthe spice of life, the Children’s Centreis hoping for lots of continental clothesto mix with island offerings, and asksyou to please spread the word amongyour off-island friends, relatives andco-workers in plenty of time to gettheir clothes across the straight.The Children’s Centre will do the

sorting, so bring it all: subtle or spar-kly, practical or precious, 2015 or vin-tage. We love accessories in particu-lar: hats, gloves, costume jewelry andmore. Not sure what will sell? Noworries: quirkier, dated offerings aregreat fun for children’s dress-up collec-tions and drama costumes. For moreinformation, please contact Ann, at theCentre’s office: 604-947-9626.

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Full-time Legislative Assistant

Bowen Island Municipality seeks a qualified full-time Legislative Assistant. This is a35 hour/week position covering regular office hours Monday-Friday 8:30am-4:30pm.The Legislative Assistant reports directly to the Deputy Corporate Officer and ChiefAdministrative Officer and is responsible for providing professional administrative supportservices to Admin Services staff, Council and the CAO. The individual will also berequired to provide information and assistance in a courteous manner to the public ongeneral matters relating to the Municipality, and perform reception and secretarial duties.

The applicant should have a strong administrative background, have excellent computerskills using MS Word and Excel, and have the ability to work with limited supervision.

Please submit your covering letter and resume via e-mail, fax or mail byMonday, April 27, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. to:

Christine Walker, Human Resources ManagerBowen Island Municipality981 Artisan LaneBowen Island, BC V0N 1G2

FAX: 604-947-0193EMAIL: [email protected]: www.bimbc.ca

For information call 604-947-4255

2015 - 2019 FINANCIAL PLANBUDGET CONSULTATION MEETING

Please be advised that there is a special Council meeting scheduled toreview the proposed

2015 ‐ 2019 Five Year Financial Planon:

Monday, April 20, 2015 at 7:15 pmLocation: Council Chambers

981 Artisan LaneBowen Island, BC

This meeting will provide an overview of the 2015 ‐ 2019 Five Year FinancialPlan and will allow members of the public to make comments or askquestions.

For more information please contact:

Kristen Watson, Manager of FinanceBowen Island Municipality981 Artisan LaneBowen Island, BC V0N 1G2FAX: 604‐947‐0193e‐mail: [email protected]

Summer Parks Maintenance Crewperson (2)

Bowen Island Municipality seeks two full-time temporary ParkMaintenance Crewpersons (Summer) for employment for theperiod of May 19th – September 4th, 2015. Crewpersons willprimarily be responsible for maintaining the Municipality’s parks,trails and public beaches.

The positions also require that the crewpersons interact in acourteous manner with the public. The applicants will have astrong construction/maintenance background, be comfortableworking outside under varying weather conditions, have theability to work under supervision on a task-oriented basis, andhold a valid driver’s license. This position is based on 35 hoursper week.

A complete posting and job description is available on theMunicipal website (www.bimbc.ca), or from the Municipal Hall.

Please submit your cover letter, resume, and references via mail,facsimile, or email by April 27, 2015 at 4:00 pm to:

Christine Walker, Human Resources Manager981 Artisan Lane, Bowen Island, BC V0N 1G2Telephone: 604-947-4255Facsimile: 604-947-0193E-mail: [email protected]

For information call 604-947-4255


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In Kami Kanetsuka’s letter from San Miguel, Mexico, published in TheUndercurrent last week, she wrote that the place is so wonderful in so many waysthat it is easy to think that it is paradise. But of course all the goodness that mayexist there is not packaged neatly in bubble wrap away from the world’s troubles.This parallels life on our little paradise too, and last week’s events of the oil spillin English Bay drive home the fact that while we may be an island, we are notsheltered from events beyond our immediate borders.On Thursday morning, some lucky Bowen Islanders got to see whales feeding

at the mouth of Deep Bay. At the same time, reports of an oil spill in English Baystarted appearing in the media.I keep considering the distance between here… and there…We are not the scene of the accident, yet, we are not so far off that we won’t

feel the effects of it. The ocean is a big place, and according to a 2002 reportpublished by the National Research Council of the U.S. National Academy ofSciences, the average total worldwide release of petroleum into the ocean is esti-mated at 1.3 million tonnes per year. It must be acknowledge, also, that 46 per-cent of this yearly leakage comes from sources known as “natural seeps.”This statistic will leave the optimists among us saying of the English Bay spill: a

drop in the bucket… no biggie this one, easy on the fussing, you doomsayers.But it only takes a microscopic drop of oil to kill a fish embryo, whether it be a

herring, or my new favourite fish, the Plainfish Midshipman (these come up fromthe deep to lay their eggs under seaweed covered boulders in the intertidal zone.

Once fertilized, the male fish stick around to guard their young, resulting in afeeding frenzy– some scientists believe these fish make up 50 percent of the dietof bald eagles during the spawning season). And this “small” spill is just one ofmany ongoing disasters faced by creatures like this one, creatures which most ofus are virtually ignorant of. As biologist Ramona DeGraaf put it to me, when it’sdeath by a thousand cuts already, what happens when there is one more cut?And those drops of oil… over there… as they sink and swirl in the tides and

currents will undoubtedly find their way to the shores of our little paradise. Earlylast fall, two cards representing oil that had been dropped into the water from thesecond narrows bridge were found near Dorman Point. Vancouver city council-lors have been warned to expect gobs of the thick, toxic fuel to continue washingup on beaches as far as 12 km from the site of the spill. As the weather warmsand Bowen Islanders start making their way to our lovely beaches, will we be onthe lookout? Will we feel comfortable letting our kids, or our elves, splash andromp in the ocean as we always do?In the late 60s, I doubt many Bowen beach goers considered the 20 kilos of

mercury the Hooker Chemicals plant was dumping into Howe Sound every day,or any of the other pollutants that were being dumped at that time - but thiscomparison provides me, personally, with little reassurance.So while I think that it is utterly valuable to hear a range of opinions and sta-

tistics on the risks associated with any given project, I think that the concerns ofthose who have so much to lose (including those who can’t speak for themselves)need to be held paramount.No matter how hard we try, isolating our little chunk of paradise is not an

option. Protecting it, on the other hand, is a necessity.

Close to home

What MattersWhat matters is that you do not pretendyou do not hear the water’s ancient melodyover stones in the river,and you do not turn away from the questionsringing inside you like bells in the monks hands.What matters is that you do not ignore the alpine meadowsand their wildflowers singing the cobalt sky,and you say yes to the laughterand yes to the tearsand you open yourself up to the mountainso the sun can find youand the wind caress your faceand the grass kiss your feet.What matters is that you say yes to the danceand yes to the songs,yes to the night and all her starsyes to the colours painted by lightyes to the deserts and their longings for soul.What matters is that you say yesto the voice inside the voiceof the one you forgotthe one who dreamed,and played and lovedand you bring forthwhat is in youto bring forthand you break through your own wallsand erase your own ceilingsand stumble and falland get up againas you find your wayhome.

Lisa ShatskyFrom her new collectionWhen the Colours Run to be published by Black Moss

Press in September 2015.

April is National Poetry Month


PAULINE LE BELC O M M U N I T Y C A U L D R O N

In earlier columns, we looked at the remark-able recovery of our fjord inlet and how this is nowbeing threatened by provincial ambitions for re-industrialization. These threats are bringing togethermany groups and individuals – Concerned Citizensof Bowen, Bowen Island Conservancy, The Futureof Howe Sound, My Sea to Sky, Save Howe Sound/Again, Marine Life Sanctuary Society, Yacht Clubs,Boys and Girls Club, Sewell’s Marina, B.C. Spaces forNature, to name a few. They differ widely in age andfocus and share the desire to protect Howe Sound forfuture generations. I talked to a few of them to findout why they got involved.Ruth Simons, Executive Director of The Future

of Howe Sound, was a member of the Lions Baymunicipal council when she heard about the pro-posed gravel mine at Mc Nab Creek. “I thought: theycan’t do it. This is a watershed.” Ruth is committed toa holistic stewardship of the Sound. “Instead of look-ing at one part, one project, we need to look at theHowe Sound region as a whole. How we treat riversand streams, how we do fishing, affects everything.Everything’s connected. We need a comprehensiveland and marine use plan.”Ruth believes in the necessity of all those involved

to come together and make their voices heard. This iswhat happens at the Future of Howe Sound Forums– engaging interested parties in dialogue around thevalues of the Howe Sound region, and finding com-mon ground.My Sea to Sky is a grassroots volunteer organiza-

tion made up of Squamish citizens. They started overa year ago in response to growing concerns aboutthe proposed Woodfibre LNG project. They heldan event - Bloom or Bust – to inform people aboutLNG. “We ran out of chairs,” said Melyssa Hudson,the Executive Director. “We set up 400 and therewere people standing.”The purpose of the organization is to support the

values of the community and allow for economicgrowth. She says there have been lots of changes overthe past ten years in Squamish: the population isyounger, incomes are higher, and a new generationof entrepreneurs is moving to Squamish. “They havestrong values, they appreciate recreation, a quieterlife, and they are globally-minded people, thinkingoutside of their own town. There is little evidence thegovernment is concerned with the best interests of

people. Someone has to be the checks and balancesand ask the right questions.”Melyssa speaks highly of Eoin Finn, a chemist

who lives on Boywer Island. Eoin has been askingall the right questions. “He’s been here so long,” saidMelyssa, “he has such a breadth of understanding.”At the Gleneagles event on April 1st, Eoin’s presenta-tion on the hazards of LNG in Howe Sound receiveda spontaneous standing ovation. “He showed uswhere Howe Sound has come from, how it hasevolved and the intense pressure to industrialize.”Joyce Williams of the Squamish Nation, and one of

the organizers of Skwomesh Action, feels heartenedby the response of hundreds of people who attendedthe action in Squamish on March 29th and the eventat Gleneagles. “I’m feeling a lot more support,” shesaid, “hopeful that all these different people are com-ing together. They’re declaring that this LNG proj-ect isn’t just a Squamish issue. It affects all of HoweSound.”Joyce informed me that the Squamish Nation has

been working with the David Suzuki Foundation tocreate a marine use plan. “We already have a land useplan,” she said. Her group is determined to continueto create awareness and keep the momentum going.Cheryl Wozny represents Save Howe Sound/Again.

The group operates loosely, ad hoc. Their purposeis to raise awareness. “We set up tables at events andcommunicate with people, one at a time.” They alsogive out snazzy bumper stickers. Cheryl originallybecame involved when she heard about the proposedBurnco Mine. “When I started to pay attention Ifound out there’s more going on…It’s a terrible statewe’ve come to in our country when regular peopleare the only ones standing up. The regulatory processis like the fox watching over the hen house. It willtake the concerted effort of everyone to overcome thecurrent industrial objectives slated for our beautifulHowe Sound.”These volunteer groups want all citizens of our

bioregion to have a say in the development and con-servation of Howe Sound. They’re standing up tohigh-paid government and oil industry professionals.They could use your help. If you feel strongly aboutthe health of our bioregion, choose a partner andhelp write a wholesome next chapter for the HoweSound story.

Pauline Le Bel is an Emmy-nominated screen-writer, an award-winning novelist, and the authorof Becoming Intimate with the Earth, published byCollins Foundation Press.

Dear Editor,

We had an utterly super Easterweekend last week, thanks to busi-ness’s on Bowen. Baking supplies fromthe General Store (Cloud Nine glutenfree flour, European Cultured unsaltedbutter...), The Ruddy (organic cream,milk, lemons), Alderwood Farms (sau-sage, bacon...), MacDonalds Farm andthe Weismillers (fresh eggs), ArtisanEats (fresh bread), Cocoa West (71%organic dark chocolate chips), TheFlower Shop (beautiful pansies in mywindow boxes), Bell O’cchio and theKnick Knack Nook (for all the tabledecorations), Sandy Logan (for helpingminimize all the aches and pains so Icould stand and bake for many hours).Thank you, all.PLUS, imagine my utter delight to

be called by Cocoa West on GoodFriday morning and being told I hadwon the monthly draw for a utterlyfantastic Chocolate Mousse Cake. LikeWow! (I will not admit to the fact I

have probably qualified for the drawsevery month since they started!) Whatan honour. Such an elegant treat forthe senses to share with family andfriends. Thank you, Thank you.As a bonus, because I was in Artisan

Square to pick up the cake, I got tovisit the Flower Shop and get orchidsand a lovely arrangement of springflowers for the table (...husband saysmy attempt to beautify the house with-out actually cleaning it! But for me...they just seem to feed my soul). Thankyou Caroline.I wanted to write this note to say

‘thank you’ to Cocoa West for add-ing the crowning touch to Easter andrealized I also needed to thank many,many people for helping make Eastera lovely time for my family. The cakewas amazing.

Thank you,Lynn Krukowski

Dear Editor,

I read with interest Bob Andrew’scontribution to the debate on theTranslink vote [‘Vote No. Are WeNaïve Or ????’ The Bulletin, April 8th,2015].I agree that TransLink has a lot of

cultural problems which need to beaddressed. Dysfunction within orga-nizations is rife at all levels, right fromthe family unit all the way up to thetop, and has to be addressed on anongoing basis. TransLink undoubt-edly has many imperfections, but it’sthe only TransLink we’ve got. Its faultygovernance is not in itself an argumentagainst increasing its funding sincethe transit ballot clearly itemizes whatthe additional funds will pay for asopposed to “pie in the sky promises.”I was curious about what a

Transportation Economist like BobAndrew does, so I went to Wikipedia,and under Transportation Economics,found this:As a result of the transportation sys-

tems in use, but not adequately meetingthe needs of those who rely on them,they tend to generate low revenue.And with minimal revenue or fundingthe transportation systems are forcedto decrease service and increase fares,which causes those in poverty to facemore inequality…. in places with nopublic transport a car is the only viableoption and that creates unnecessarystrain on the roads and environment.….[U]nderfunding of public trans-

portation prevents everyone who needstransportation from having access to it.And those who can choose between pub-lic transportation and private transpor-tation will choose private transportationrather than face the inconveniences of[inadequate] public transportation. Thelack of customers willing to use publictransport creates a cycle that ultimatelynever leads to the transportation sys-tems making significant progress.Metro Vancouver has a congestion

problem, true. This is not a result ofmisguided policy as Mr. Andrew sug-gests, but is a deliberate, and forward-looking, process – in response to thefactors noted above – that is: increas-ing density while narrowing roadsand implementing other strategies

to favour transit options over indi-vidual car driving by making it fasterto ‘get there’ by transit [or walking, orcycling] than by car. This is the way ofthe future. We find, for instance, that‘millennials’ are eschewing car owner-ship in favour of car-sharing, transit,and other options. They know what awaste of resources, at every level, carownership is. I haven’t owned a carsince 1987; since moving to Bowen,I’ve ridden Transit roughly twice a day,five days a week, for nearly 18 years(unless a fellow commuter offered mea ride) and banked the difference. SoI say thank you to Translink, you’remaking me rich. Allow me to returnthe favour by voting for a modest taxincrease.Other advantages of enhanced

transit and increased density, such asreductions in GHG emissions and thesuburbanization of valuable agricultur-al land are self-evident and have beendiscussed at length elsewhere.Note that the ‘unspecified body’

which performs the auditing functionswill be headed by Jimmy Pattison –BC’s version of Warren Buffett, a hard-headed businessman of unimpeachableintegrity [and who answers his owndoor on Halloween].The Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation

is there to tell us to vote No. That’swhat it does.In the end, I’m guessing that this

plebiscite is a test of a major culturalshift. I suspect it has to do with a battlebetween those who view single-cartransport as the norm, versus thosewho view public transit and otheroptions as the ‘new normal’. ‘Out of mycold dead hands’ would seem to be thesentiment of the NO side, except thatthis time it’s a steering wheel, not agun. Years ago, as the project architectworking on the VCC-Clark SkytrainStation, at the first site meeting, withthe contractors, subtrades, projectmanager and support staff all present, Iasked: how many of you took transit towork this morning? As expected, minewas the only hand up. It’s time to stoptreating transit as the sorry second-best and give it the resources it needsto adequately serve our region nowand into the future.

-- Michael Epp [Architect AIBC]

The hope of Howe Sound: Part 3Thanks a million to Bowenbusinesses

Too late, I’ve already voted YES.

Congratulations are in order...

..to Fleur Sinclair who after three years ofpractice on her “chanter,” has been awardedthe bags that will allow her project the fullpower of the bagpipes. Sinclair showed offher pipes to fellow grade 5 students at BICSlast Friday.Meribeth Deen, photo


... to the Bowen Island businesses who have beennominated to the West Vancouver Chamber ofCommerce Excellence Awards.Bowenshire Stoneworks has been nominated for

the Best Small Business of the year award, and theBowen Island Pub has been nominated for the BestMedium Business of the Year Award.Winners will be announced at the Chamber

President’s Dinner on April 23.

The crew of Bowenshire Stoneworks fromleft: Amos Rosen, Scott Fraser, Mac Davidson,Katie Mainwaring, Chelsea Mainwaring, andBrandon Hall.


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Weed Warriors fight the ongoingbattle against invasive speciesMERIBETH DEENE D I T O R

On Monday of this week, the “hard core” membersof the Crippen Park Weed Warriors planted fernsand salmonberry bushes along a strip of cleared landbeside the commuter parking lot in the Cove. Thisproject is just one of many the volunteer group hastackled since being formed roughly a decade ago, andtheir work continues on the third Saturday of everymonth.The group’s de-facto leader, Moira Greaven, says

the monthly gatherings are an opportunity to work-off frustration, and a chance to talk politics. Shesays that they focus on Crippen Park because MetroVancouver does not have the staff resources to fightthe ongoing battle against invasive plant species, andbecause the staff they do have on the island, KevinHuskinson and Rod Harding, clean up the mess thegroup leaves behind.

“Recently we were clearing blackberries fromMiller Road, and underneath we found a patch ofhuckleberries that would’ve soon been choked outcompletely,” says Greaven. “In any case, the pile ofblackberries we left behind was about 7 feet tall, andwe rely on Kevin and Rod to dispose of those piles.”In the past year, she says the group has been work-

ing to remove Daphne Laurel, English Ivy, JapaneseKnotweed, Himalayan Blackberry, Lamium, Clematisvine and Purple Loostrife from Crippen Park lands.On the subject of Purple Loostrife, councillor and

environmental educator Sue Ellen Fast says the sur-vival of the wetland ecosystem between Miller Roadand Killarney Lake can be attributed to the WeedWarrior’s work.“That whole area could’ve been infested, and if

you want to know what that looks like, the area onthe way to the airport near Iona Park is completelyinfested and is a visible sea of purple,” says Fast.“Once a tiny bit of root is there, it just keeps grow-ing but the Weed Warriors are at it consistently, and

without them all theother vegetation could beswallowed by this inva-sive plant. We wouldn’tsee all the ducks andwildflower beauty we seethere now.”

When asked whetherthe group’s efforts everfelt futile, Greaven andfellow weed-warrior DeeMacCarthy replied: erad-ication is futile, but con-trol is the goal and that isvery possible.Anyone is welcome to

join the Weed Warriorsin their efforts, and thegroup says they wouldespecially be interestedin younger volunteersgetting on board.

Commuter chaos caused by broken ferry ramp in Snug Cove


As the ferry docked at Snug Cove on Tuesday eve-ning, the hydraulic cylinder that helps to raise andlower the ferry lamp broke off from the pin thatattaches it to the ferry ramp, causing long delays forBowen commuters eager to get home on the 5:30 ferry.By 6 p.m., Cormorant Marine’s forty-passenger

water taxi, the Kinbasket Queen was up and runningbringing passengers back to Bowen. At the requestof passengers, Cormorant brought its two twelve-passenger boats in to help, but the company was toldby the terminal manager at Horseshoe Bay that BCFerries would not foot the bill. Cormorant chargedpassengers $10 for the ride, issuing receipts.Meanwhile, regulars on the English Bay Launch

water taxi service who were at Horseshoe Bay

because the daily run from Granville Island was can-celled called owner and operator Mike Shannon andtold him about the delay. Shannon brought in one ofhis smaller boats to help out, and brought three loadsof passengers back to Bowen without charge.By 7:15, a terminal maintenance crew from BC

Ferries had managed to find a temporary fix for theferry ramp at Snug Cove allowing the Bowen Queento depart Horseshoe Bay. As of 9:45 p.m., the hydrau-lic cylinder was re-welded to the pin making the fixpermanent.BC Ferries says that people who paid $10 to

Cormorant Marine can call the customer service lineand may qualify for a re-imbursement of their ticketprice.BC Ferries Customer Service: 1-888-223-3779

The line-up for water taxis back to Bowen on Tuesday evening.Ken Simpson, photo

April 26, (Sun.) at Collins Hall at 2:00 PMGuest Speaker:

Bowen Island land developerJohn Reid

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CHRIS DIERKESS U B M I S S I O N

I worked for years as a priest andnow for the last two in a private prac-tice dedicated to soul work. The mostsurprising thing I’ve learned from mywork is this: people don’t know howto feel.Now you might think this is a crazy

idea but I stand by it. What I see cultur-al-wide is the mass suppression of ourinnate human ability to feel. The sup-pression of our feeling lies at the root ofso much of the suffering we endure.The good news though is we can

learn how to feel. There’s a practice orprocess to cultivate our feeling. There’san art to working with feeling.My perspective is that feeling is what

it is to be human. In my view, thoughtis a kind of feeling. Thought is whathappens when our brain feels. Thoughtis what our brain feels like. Physicalsensations are what are our nervoussystems feel like. And emotions arewhat our heart feels like.The upshot of all this is that if

we learn how to feel then we willexperience what I call being anintegrated(ish) human being. The -ishin integrated(ish) stands for the factthat we never ever reach a completely,100% integrated place but we can getto a much more integrated place. It’s aprocess we can learn.A number of positive effects

occur as a result of becoming anintegrated(ish) human being. Forexample, when we learn how to work

with our feeling then we find thatgrounding happens on its own natural-ly. We don’t have to try to ground our-selves. Grounding becomes an effect offeeling, not something we strive for.Feeling is the conscious state of

being a bodily human organism.We humans are feeling organisms. Isometimes say that we are not humanbeings but human feelings. We are notpeople who “have bodies”, as if ourbodies were some kind of object. Weare bodily. Feeling in its deepest senseis the feeling of being a human organ-ismic reality where mind, body, emo-tion, and sensation are all integratedaspects of one underlying integratedprocess--what I call feeling.And that birthright of ours has been

stolen from us. Our schools, our fami-lies, our workplaces, even many of ourspiritual teachings have suppressed ourability to feel. We need to relearn thisart, this way of connecting to our natu-ral feeling capacity.I’ll be facilitating a half-day work-

shop at Bowen Island Yoga on Sat,April 18th from 1-5:30 ($50). In thisworkshop we will learn how to feel.For more information and registra-

tion go to www.bowenislandyoga.com

Chris Dierkes has a strong backgroundin Christian mysticism, integral theory,global spirituality, as well as shamanicforms of consciousness. He holds aMasters in Divinity from the VancouverSchool of Theology and worked for anumber of years as a parish priest in theAnglican church. teaching.

OUTSIDE45S U B M I S S I O N

Have you ever camped in a snow cave? Wanted tokayak on big open water? Or even experienced whatit’s like to climb a towering rock face? How aboutslowly rafting down a river from its source to its end?Have you ever thought you could not make one morestep hiking up a mountain, but found within yourselfthat you could, and kept going?You too can experience some of these things

-- on the big screen. The Best of the VancouverInternational Mountain Film Festival (VIMFF) iscoming to Bowen for the first time! Hosted by BICSoutside45 students, the Best of the Fest will fea-ture great outdoor-themed films that you won’t seeanywhere else. Funds raised from this event will gotowards purchasing sleeping bags, backpacks andother gear for outside45. Outside45 is a grade 6 and7 outdoor education program at BICS that helps stu-

dents learn about their community and the naturalworld around them. We hope this film night will bethe start of an annual tradition on Bowen. So comeout and see what we love…and you’ll love it too!Gather your friends and family and enjoy a movienight together.We are renting a theatre-quality video and audio

system plus supersize screen to present these amaz-ing films. The evening begins with the screening ofseveral short films including “An Education,” whichfollows a professional mountaineer and his youngdaughter as they go on a once-in-lifetime adventurein Antarctica.Another film you won’t want to miss is “Delta

Dawn.” It tells the story of a paddling team whofollow the Colorado River. The iconic river hasn’treached the ocean for almost two decades due tooveruse of its water, when in the Spring of 2014, anexperiment included the release of river water thatfinally reached the lost delta.

The Best of the Vancouver InternationalMountain Film Festival is Coming to BowenLearning to feel

Outside45 studentsMiranda Berry,Sam Hayduk, BeaMcDonald and MollyQuarry.Cam Hayduk, photo

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“But in my shoreline surveys I’ve found goodspawning beaches around Dundarave Pier, JohnLawson Creek, Totem Beach in Stanley Park and RecBeach. I am just so glad that at least there are goodspawning grounds up on the Sunshine Coast andnear Powell River that should be safe from damage.”Starting this Friday, De Graaf is going to conduct

an initial assessment of the impacts of any hydro-carbons at the beach at Sandy Cove, which has beenidentified as an important smelt spawning site. Fromthere, she says she will decide where to go in order toexpand her study on the toxicity rates within smeltembryos on affected beaches.“I am trying to be hopeful that I’ll find the level

of contamination in the beach sediment to be low,”says DeGraaf. “But when you look at that oil sheenon the surface, and if we get some high winds comein, that will likely do the job of mixing it in with thesediment.”Bowen Islander Karen Wristen, executive director

of the Living Oceans Society, shares DeGraaf ’s con-cerns about the long-term and less visible impacts ofthis oil spill.“This weekend, I went down to Seymour Bay and

Arbutus Cove because I thought that if oil were towash up anywhere on Bowen’s shoreline, it wouldlikely be there,” says Wristen. “I didn’t see any evidenceof oil, but as I watched the herons feeding, I thoughtabout the impact a contaminated population of fish islikely to have on our local heron population.”Wristen adds that recent research conducted for

the Living Oceans Society by Dr. Jeffrey Short, achemist who worked for the U.S. government assess-ing damage caused by the Exxon Valdez oil spill,shows that oil is deadly to virtually all fish while theyare in their larval forms.“Certain compounds in bitumen or bunker oil

can dissolve into water and then be absorbed by thetranslucent embryos,” says Wristen. “When exposedto sunlight, these compounds promote the oxidiza-

tion of tissues within the embryos – in effect, burn-ing them. This effect was demonstrated in herringembryos on the shorelines of San Francisco Bay afterthe 2009 Cosco Busan oil spill.”Wristen says that the wider impacts of the oil spill

in English Bay may be difficult to monitor, but doingso is crucial.“If we don’t start doing it immediately, we won’t

have any hope of linking the cause and effect of thisin the future,” she says.The report Wristen sights when discussing fish

embryos and oil was written for a submission to theKinder Morgan pipeline hearings, and focuses largelyon oil spill response-preparedness.“This event shows the risks, and that really, there

is no intention on the part of the Coast Guard toaddress them,” says Wristen. “They’re saying that80% of the spill has been picked up, when really, theInternational Tanker Owners Pollution Fund, whichregularly publishes statistics, shows that only 15 per-cent of a spill is ever picked up. Furthermore, eventhe sailor who first reported this spill says that hecould see the oil sinking right away.”She adds that the prospect of cleaning up oil from

affected shorelines is grim.“On the coastline up in Prince William Sound

where the Exxon Valdez spilled, there is an estimated80 thousand litres of oil remaining in the cobblebeaches. There is no method proven to be particu-larly effective of getting oil off of rocks and out offine sediment,” says Wristen. “You’ve likely hearddescriptions of the oil on the shores of English Bay asbeing like bubblegum. It will take a long time for theelements to break this down and for those beaches torecover.”

In the online version of this story, check out thestory of finding the spill by sailor Rob O’Dea, as told toKaren Wristen.

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“We need time to build up ridership. Our goal is to keep the service runninguntil we can get the level of ridership that is needed in order to make it sustain-able,” he says.TAG! Member Richard Smith sites similar reasons (a more convenient com-

mute for himself, but also the island’s sustainability) as Hocking for his motiva-tion for joining this action group. He is working on figuring out what needs tohappen in order for the bus to run as a business.“First of all, we do need to see the ridership go up. The average number of rid-

ers per day is about 110 at this point, and seeing 130 people per day on the busis the goal,” says Smith. “Also, it would be really helpful if BC Ferries would offerthe bus the Experience Card rate at the equivalent what 1.5 cars would pay. Thebus is several feet longer than that, but if we could get that rate, it would make ahuge difference.”Smith adds that assured loading for the bus is critical for making the service

work, as is permission from TransLink to operate within its service zone.TAG! Made a request to Mayor Murray Skeels to send an email to both

TransLink and BC Ferries asking for meetings on this subject, a request which hehas already fulfilled.Staff have already entered into discussions with TransLink, and members of

TAG! say they are optimistic that a meeting with BC Ferries will be on booked inthe very near future.

Broad impacts of English Bay Oil Spill Committee works to keepcommuter bus rolling

Commuter RichRalph says theBowen through-busto downtown allowshim to work steadilyuntil 3 p.m and beassured a spot on the4:30 ferry so he canenjoy time with hisdaughter, Madison,before dinner.Meribeth Deen, photo

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The Bowen Island Arts Council (BIAC) operates theVisitor Centre on behalf of BIM from May – September.This year, BIAC will partner with Tourism Bowen Islandto help promote our island’s amenities. In additionto providing tourist information, the VC houses asmall gift shop featuring local artist wares. BIAC isseeking to fill two staff positions, a Visitor CentreCoordinator and Visitor Centre Host.

The Visitor Centre Coordinator is a 35-hour perweek administrative/marketing position. The VCC will take a lead role in attending to the needs ofdaily visitors, collecting and collating visitor records and statistics, ensuring the smooth operationof the gift shop, and promoting and publicizing local amenities, services, businesses and events. Heor she must possess strong leadership, communications, interpersonal and customer service skillsand be detail oriented with excellent time management skills.

The Visitor Centre Host position is a two-day (14 hours) per week position. The primarily role willbe to attend to the needs of visitors to the island as well as administer gift shop sales, maintainrecords and help promote local events and activities. The VCH will possess strong customer serviceskills, work well in a team environment but also be comfortable working independently, and haveexperience in record keeping. For both positions, training or education in tourism is a definite asset,as is knowledge of Bowen Island. Experience in providing friendly efficient service to the public isessential. Must be fluent in English. A second language is also an asset.

Please submit a cover letter indicating which position you are applying for and a resumé no laterthan Monday, April 27 to Jacqueline Massey, [email protected].

BOWEN ISLAND CONSERVANCYGARIBALDI PARK: ALPINE JEWEL OF HOWE SOUNDOur 2015 Speaker Series wraps up for Spring on April 18th with a presentation by BobTurner, island resident and Conservancy Board Member.

Garibaldi Park has the most accessible, most diverse, and arguably most beautiful alpinelandscapes in the Vancouver region. Its unique volcanic origins have created a landscapeof rolling alpine meadows, rich in wild flowers, and have made it a popular hiking andski-touring destination for nearly a century.

The Park’s diverse volcanic features are famous: the lava-dammed and turquoise-colouredGaribaldi Lake, the great landslide scar of the Barrier, the dark tower of Black Tusk, thecurious flat-topped Table, multi-hued desert-like Opal and Cinder cone volcanoes, andthe great peak of Mt. Garibaldi rising above it all. There are also the stunning glaciers oftoday, and the debris fields that mark their rapid retreat over the past century. And beyondGaribaldi’s gentler ridges are backdrops of craggy granite spires. So there are lots ofstories to tell!

• When: April 18th, at 3:00 pm• Where: The Gallery at Artisan Square

More information about this presentation is available at bowenislandconservancy.org.Refreshments will be served.We hope that you’ll be able to join us; everyone is welcome.


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GAIL LOTENBERGS U B M I S S I O N

Local gymnast Eve Sentlinger is one of BC’s outstanding athletes in Women’s Artistic Gymnastics. Fiveyears ago Eve got her start in this sport at the Bowen Island Gymnastics Club under coach Lisa Brougham.At a three-day event held in North Vancouver last weekend, hundreds of gymnasts from across the provinceshowcased their skills. Eve placed 6th All Around in the Junior Olympics Level 7 Competition. Her mostnotable achievement was making it to the podium in 4th Place on Balance Beam. Eve, who is an 11 year oldstudent at BICS, began as a competitive athlete in Gymnastics in 2010 with the Bowen Island GymnasticsClub and today she still trains under local Pilates Instructor and dancer, Gail Lotenberg, to refine her bodyalignment and on the performance of dance elements for the Beam and Floor events. Women gymnasts com-pete on four events: Vault, Uneven Bars, Balance Beam and Floor Exercise. Eve has been passionate about hersport from Day 1 and will now graduate to Junior Olympics Level 8. Congratulations, Eve!Bowen Island gymnastics will be hosting over 100 gymnasts from the Sea to Sky corridor on Sat April 18th

for our Bowen Island Invitational meet at BICS gymnasium.Our youngest gymnasts start at 9:30 am for the first flight , the second flight starts at 12:30 pm and our old-

est gymnasts compete at 3:00 pmAdmission is $5 per person or $10 per family. There will be a concession and a BBQ fundraiser for the

World Helsinki 2015 team.Come out and support our gymnasts !

PHOTO: Bowen Island Gymnast Eve Sentingler on the balance beam.photo submitted by Gail Lotenberg

BRUCE RUSSELS U B M I S S I O N

The Augusta course and Jordan Speith had noth-ing on two Bowen golfers who won the covetedmustard jackets at our Island Masters last Saturday.Congratulations to Heather Coulthart and RichAnderson who bested 47 other competitors for theladies and men’s Masters championships.Our next club event is the May 16th Community

Challenge. Each community is encouraged to assem-ble their teams for the light on competition, high onfun event and their name on the classic GwynnethRogers perpetual trophy.

Bowen IslandGolf Club –Island MastersTournament

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A brief intermission follows during which youcan bid on some fantastic prize packages generouslydonated by Bowen Island businesses. You may alsobe a lucky winner of one of our fabulous door prizes.Volunteer parents will be running a concession serv-ing snacks. However, in keeping with BICS’ philoso-phy of reducing waste, we won’t be serving drinksin plastic bottles or tetra paks. Instead, please bringyour own water bottle or mug.In the second half of the evening we’ll be screen-

ing the feature documentary “The Little Things”,an award-winning environmental film featuringworld-renowned scientist David Suzuki, as well asnumerous professional snowboarders who have beenconvinced of the need to make positive changes for asustainable environment.Date: Saturday April 25thTime: 6:30pm doors, concession and auction

open. Films begin promptly at 7:00pmVenue: BICS GymTickets on sale at the Phoenix on Bowen, or at the

door (if not sold out). Cash only please.Ticket prices:$15 adult, $10 for elementary and high school stu-

An update from the Bowen Island Gymnastics Club

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On the calendarFRIDAY APRIL 17

Legion DinnerDoors open at 5 p.m., dinner starts at 6:30

Bluegrass and fried chicken featuring the LawndogsBowen Island Pub starting at 7 p.m.

Future of God: An Open Conversation about MatureSpirituality in Community at Bowen Island Yoga6:30 p.m.

SATURDAY APRIL 18Municipal Special Waste Drop-Off Day

Bowen Island Recycling Depot 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.Purchase receipts per-load at the General Store or MunicipalHall. Payments will not be accepted on-site.

Crippen Park Weed WarriorsWe will meet by the bridge at the mouth of Davies Creek (atnearby picnic table in field). Everyone welcome. Tools andgloves provided. Dress for the weather and bring your watersupply. 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Bowen Island Vacation Rental TourStarting 11 a.m. at the libraryPre-register by contacting: [email protected] or604-947-9005.

Youth Open Gym: 6 - 8:30 p.m. at BICS

SUNDAY APRIL 19Bowen Heritage AGM and Heritage Basics workshop to fol-

low.12:30 to 3:30 p.m., at Evergreen Hall, 464 Melmore Road.The workshop is free for members and $10 for non-members.If you’re planning to attend the workshop, please email [email protected].

MONDAY APRIL 20Seniors Keeping Young (SKY)

9:00 - Exercises

10:00 - Emily McCullum will talk about climbing MountKilimanjaro with her son, David.11:00 - Yoga with Diana Kaile

Bowen Island Garden Club speaker series presents PaddyWales who will give a presentation on the Sunshine CoastBotanical Garden at The Gallery at Artisan Square. Everyonewelcome. 1 p.m.

TUESDAY APRIL 21AA Meeting

Collins Hall 7:15 p.m.

Bowen Ag Alliance AGM at BICS starting at 6 p.m.On the agenda: John Reid, Kim Howden, Matt Matheson andSarah Haxby

WEDNESDAY APRIL 22Knitting Circle

2 - 5 p.m. Bowen Court - All levels welcome!

THURSDAY APRIL 23Duplicate Bridge @ Bowen Court

Call Irene @ 2955

Rotary: Social Night, bring a dish and mingle.Ask Piers at the Snug for the location, 6:30 p.m.

UPCOMING

APRIL 24“Beyond the Edge” photographs by Emmett Sparling and

Tristan DegganGallery at Artisan Square, opening at 5:30 p.m.

APRIL 25Wild Food Tour

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APRIL 25 CONTINUED: Bowen Grows, CommunityGardeners Information event & mini farmers’ market seedling,seeds & garden starts sale10am-noon at BICSContact [email protected] to book a tableat this event.

Best of the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival,hosted by grades 6 and 7 students at BICSDoors open at 6:30, films start at 7Tickets at Phoenix and at the door - $15 adults, $10 studentsand seniors - cash only please

APRIL 26Wild Food Tour

Register by calling 604-947-9563

Musical Family Fun! with guest musician, Ripple IllusionBowen Island Yoga, 3 p.m.

MAY 1Tashi & the Monk: Documentary Screening at Bowen Island

Yoga, 7 p.m

MAY 5Free hearing tests, hearing aid cleaning and checks

Caring Circle. Call 604-281-3691

Cut-off for donations to the Bowen Island Children’s CentreClothing Sale

Synergy Cabaret, dinner at the Rowing ClubFundraiser for Tir-Na-Nog Theatre SchoolFor more info contact Karen Cowper at 947-2403

MAY 14Bowen Island Children’s Centre Clothing Sale

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It was a few years ago that 17 year-old TristanDeggan introduced his friend Emmett Sparling, ayear younger, to photography. Now, the friends sharetheir passion and process, and combine it with asmuch adventure as possible.“Adventure is really the only theme of this exhib-

it,” says Sparling, referring to the upcoming show,Beyond the Edge, opening at the Gallery at ArtisanSquare on April 24. “Photography is how I step backfrom life. I recently hiked Mount Gardner with afriend and we went completely off trail and it took usforever to get back, and I think we only got two pho-

tos out of the whole expedition, but it really doesn’tmatter.”Deggan says his obsession with photography

grew alongside an obsession with mountain biking.He’s spent half of every year of his life living in theSouth of France and until this year (he is spendingGrade 12 at Rockridge) and with the exception oftime spent at Island Pacific School, has been home-schooled.“If I hadn’t been so bored, I probably would have

never found these interests,” he says.Both Deggan and Sparling say they are interested

in all aspects and techniques of photography.Works in their upcoming show come from adven-

tures on Bowen, in Washington State, and in France.

Ambitious young photographers showtheir work at upcoming exhibit BOWEN ISLAND GARDEN CLUB

S U B M I S S I O N

On April 20, 2015 the Bowen Island Garden Club welcomes Paddy Waleswho will give us a presentation on the newly created Sunshine Coast BotanicalGarden. Paddy, one of the founding members and past president and vice presi-dent of the botanical garden, will talk about the challenges and successes in creat-ing a botanical garden in the Pacific Northwest. She will highlight her discussionwith amazing garden photography for which she is well known. Paddy is a widelypublished garden photographer, author, lecturer and teacher. She is the author of“Journeys through the Garden: Inspiration for Gardeners in BC and the PacificNorthwest” a book that features coastal gardens of Washington, Oregon and BC.The creation of the Sunshine Coast Botanical Garden is truly a story of vision,

passion and commitment. It is a community project worth hearing about. Pleasejoin us at The Gallery at Artisan Square on April 20, 2015 at 1PM. Everyone iswelcome.

A Jewel on the Sunshine Coast

The Bowen Queen.Tristan Deggan, photo

Portrait in Stanley Park.Emmett Sparling, photo

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We are pleased to announce that the Environmental Assessment Office(EAO) has accepted our request to extend the Public Comment Period for ourproposed Project, meaning members of the public now have more time tohave their say.

Woodfibre LNG Limited made the request for this extension after hearing a desireon the part of the community to have more time to review and comment on ourEnvironmental Assessment Certificate (EAC) Application. The Public CommentPeriod has been extended by the EAO to 60 days from the initial 46 days. PublicComments can now be submitted until March 23, 2015.

Environmental Assessment of the Proposed Woodfibre LNG Project, Squamish, BC

Public Comment Period Extended

Bowen Island Undercurrent April 17 2015

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