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Bowfest, Bowfest, Bowfest!Parade page 3; Logger Games page 6;Bowfest page 12; Run page 7

Meet the Green candidateKen Melamed wants people to vote fortheir values, not as strategy to oust MP

Get artyBowen Island recreation teams up witharts council on exciting fall program

There was a lot of brawn on display at Bowfest’s Logger Games, and not just among the male competitors. Women such asAlicia Hoppenrath (who created a new yoga move called The Axe Throw) thrilled hundreds of spectators with their strengthand determination to win. Story on page 6; more photos and video online at BowenIslandUndercurrent.com. Martha Perkins photo

MARTHA PERKINSE D I T O R

The Bowen Island RCMP are investigatingtwo attempted break and enters and one breakand enter which have led them to believe thatthe culprit(s) have familiarity with the neigh-bourhoods.One was on Dorman Road. The owners

were away for a few days and the suspectattempted, but failed, to gain access by forcingopen a rear door.No entry was gained during an attempt

on Hummingbird Lane, either. Although theproperty might have appeared vacant, thesuspect was scared away from trying to opena lever-operated window when the ownerturned the lights on.In the third incident, the suspect cut

through the screen of a window that was leftopen to gain access to a home on David Roadthat, once again, appeared vacant. The suspecthad rummaged through the master bedroom,opening drawers, but was scared away by resi-dent’s dog.The RCMP says two of these incidents

occurred after midnight and access was viathe rear of the residence.

Tips on deterring theftsThe RCMP reminds residents to walk

around their homes to assess ‘weak points’during the day and in the evening.Look for objects that might be used for

access such as ladders, stumps, and rocks.People should also assess the visibility of

items of value that can be seen from the out-side.

“Criminals tend to be opportunistic,” saysBowen Island RCMP Cpl. Paulo Arreaga.“Mainly small items that are left in the openand are quick to grab will be targeted (phones,laptops, money, wallets, purses). These itemsshould be kept out of plain view. If they aregoing to be in plain view, consider your sur-roundings before you leave them unattend-ed. At home or in a vehicle, close and lockwindows and doors. Out in the town, don’tleave items of value on a table or in a shop-ping cart for even a few seconds.

Attemptedbreak-insindicate localknowledge

continued PAGE 8continued PAGE 9continued PAGE 7

Why the healthcaresurvey matters

Artists bid oncrosswalk design

MARTHA PERKINSE D I T O R

It was two in the morning and ColleenO’Neil’s five-month-old daughter wasgasping for each breath. As O’Neill pacedthrough the night trying to comfort thebaby, she wondered whether to call theisland’s emergency’s services.She hesitated. Should she bother the para-

medics in the middle of the night, and whatabout the driver of the water taxi who wouldhave to take them across to Horseshoe Bay?

No, she decided, she’d wait for the 5:30 ferry.When she got to the hospital she discov-

ered her daughter had pneumonia. “I shouldhave taken her right away,” she says today.How many times have people on Bowen

Island hesitated to call 911 or seek their doc-tor’s help because of how complicated it is toget off the island?That’s exactly the sort of informa-

tion O’Neil, and other members of theCommunity Medical Clinic Society ofBowen Island, want islanders to provide.

MARTHA PERKINSE D I T O R

Artists don’t usually like people tramplingall over their work but when it comes to anew creative idea for the streets of Bowen,they’d be thrilled.The Bowen Island Municipality is invit-

ing artists to submit designs for new paintedcrosswalks in Snug Cove. The timing is per-fect with the paving of Bowen Island TrunkRoad this month.The Bowen Island Arts Council has teamed

up with BIM to ensure that the new cross-

MERIBETH DEEN

E D I T O R

The BC Ambulance Service Station 225 was

unusually busyin the lead up to New Year’s eve

this year. Paramedic Brendan

Donohue saysthat

during his shift between midnight on December 29th

and midnight on December 30th, he responded to four

calls, which, he says, is unus

ual during thetypically

slow winter season.Donohue drov

e to those calls in the

station’s new ambulance, whichis equipped with a com-

puter-aided dispatch (CAD) system. This device r

elays

all the information collected through the telephonedis-

patcher, such as the address, the type of em

ergency, and

the age of thepatient directl

y to the paramedics in the

driver and passenger seats of the ambulance.

“When we get paged for an emergency, we call the

dispatcher to confirm that we’ve received the message,”

says Donohue. “When we get into the ambulance, we

get the information collected by the dispatc

her as it

comes in.”What the new system does not offer

is updated soft-

ware for the GPS system that ensures th

e ambulance

drivers take the most direct rout

e emergency locations.

For Caring Circle coordinat

or Colleen O’Neil, this is

a major concern.

From pulp and

paper to liquid

natural gas

MERIBETH DEEN

E D I T O R

A former pulp mill near Squamish

on the North West shores of Howe

Sound may get a chance at a sec-

ond life as a Liquefied Natural Gas

(LNG) processing and export facility,

now that the National Energy Bo

ard

has approvedthe company’s applica-

tion to export LNG. The Canadian

Environmental Assessment Agency

is now asking for public comment

on whether a federal environmen-

tal assessment is required, and

whether the request by the P

rovince

of British Columbia to conduct the

environmental assessment, should be

approved.If the project g

oes forward,

approximately 3-4 tankers – each

roughly one and a half times the

size of a BC Ferries Coastal Class

Ferry (such as the ferries that

travel betweenHorseshoe bay

and

Nanaimo) - will pass by Bowen

Island every month. Propelled by

natural gas and using diesel as

a

back-up fuel, the double-hulled

tankers will carry 2.1 million tonnes

of liquefied natural gas toChina

every year.Marion Ngo, the manager of com

-

munications with Woodfibre Natu

ral

Gas Ltd., saysthe project is s

till in

the early phases of planning

, so ele-

ments regardingtechnology, en

gi-

neering and impacts of the projects

are yet to be determined. Many of

those details will be revealed

through

the environmental assessment pro-

cess, whetherit is conducted

by the

Federal government, Provincia

l gov-

ernment or both.

However, Ngosays Woodfibre

is expecting BC Hydro to provide

the power needed to compress the

natural gas into liquid form (the gas

needs to be cooled to approximately

-160 degrees Celcius).

Peter Frinton,Bowen’s repres

en-

tative to the Sea to Sky Clean Air

Society, says while the Societ

y is con-

cerned about the re-industrialization

of Howe Sound in general, the us

e

of hydro as a source ofpower largely

alleviates concerns about loc

alized

air pollution.“We really need to know the spe-

cifics,” says Frinton, “but I th

ink if

they were burning natural ga

s to

power their plant they would

likely

face a lot more opposition. From

my personal perspective, I am

a lot

more concernedabout the big p

ic-

ture when it comes to air quality, and

questions about say, greenhou

se gas

emissions createdthrough the natu-

ral gas industry as a whole.”

Merran Smith, the Bowen-based

director of Clean Energy with

Tides Canada,says that the th

ing to

remember about LNGis that it is a

fossil fuel.

Woodfibre Pulp and Paper shutdown in 2006.

A pending proposal could turn it into an LNG

export facility, sending

3 to 4 tankers past

Bowen every month

It’s a wrapA year in review for a few Bowen

community organizations

Ring in the New Year

With upcoming concerts

Look what we found!

Another look at great stuf

f people got

at the Nook in 2013

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Baby it’s cold inside (the water)! Swimmers brave the chilly waters of Howe Sound for the annual

Polar Beardip. Kami Ka

netsuka, photo

Bowen’s newambulance com

es with

new computer, but lacks GPS upda

tes

continued,PAGE 2

continued,PAGE 2

DED is now Detectableand Treatable

“Dry Eye Disease (DED) is one of the most under-diagnosed ocular disease

s, and yet it is the

most common reason why patients go see their Eye Doctor” Dr. Bowden says. Dry eye occurs

when eyes do not produce the correct quantity or quality of tears. Many people mistake the

dry eye symptoms for allergies,climatic conditions

or just “eyestrain”. Your eyes

need a constant

layer of tears—called the “tear film”— to maintain and protect the ocular surface

. In Dry Eye,

underlying changes to the health of the tear glands can result in a change in the quantity and

quality of the tears you make. This results in a tear film that can no longer provid

e enough

nourishment or protection to the surface of your eye. T

his can lead to damage of your eye’s

surface, which, in turn, can lead to the symptoms of Dry Eye su

ch as; stinging, burning, scratch

y

sensation, sensitivity to light, tearing,

tired eyes, and difficulty wearing contact lenses. DED

blurred vision, often worsening at the end of the day or after focusing for a prolonged

mputer screen.Optomeyes Eye Doctors now have a diagnostic

Di ase “We can quantitativelymonitor

prescribe

ClydeAve

MarineDrive

ShoppersDrugMart

Parkade

SavaryIslandPieCo

e age of the patient directly t

o the paramedics in the

iver and passenger seats of the ambulance.

“When we get paged for an emergency, we call the

ispatcher to confirm that we’ve received the message,”

ays Donohue.“When we get into the

ambulance, we

get the information collected by the dispatc

her as it

comes in.”What the new system does not offer

is updated soft-

ware for the GPS system that ensures th

e ambulance

drivers take the most direct rout

e emergency locations.

For Caring Circle coordinat

or Colleen O’Neil, this is

a major concern.

From pulp and

paper to liquid

natural gas

MERIBETH DEEN

E D I T O R

A former pulp mill near Squamish

on the North West shores of Howe

Sound may get a chance at a sec-

ond life as a Liquefied Natural Gas

(LNG) processing and export facility,

now that the National Energy Bo

ard

has approvedthe company’s applica-

tion to export LNG. The Canadian

Environmental Assessment Agency

is now asking for public comment

on whether a federal environmen-

tal assessment is required, and

whether the request by the P

rovince

of British Columbia to conduct the

environmental assessment, should be

approved.If the project g

oes forward,

approximately 3-4 tankers – each

roughly one and a half times the

size of a BC Ferries Coastal Class

Ferry (such as the ferries that

travel betweenHorseshoe bay

and

Nanaimo) - will pass by Bowen

Island every month. Propelled by

natural gas and using diesel as

a

back-up fuel, the double-hulled

tankers will carry 2.1 million tonnes

of liquefied natural gas toChina

every year.Marion Ngo, the manager of com

-

munications with Woodfibre Natu

ral

Gas Ltd., saysthe project is s

till in

the early phases of planning

, so ele-

ments regardingtechnology, en

gi-

neering and impacts of the projects

are yet to be determined. Many of

those details will be revealed

through

the environmental assessment pro-

cess, whetherit is conducted

by the

Federal government, Provincia

l gov-

ernment or both.

However, Ngosays Woodfibre

is expecting BC Hydro to provide

the power needed to compress the

natural gas into liquid form (the gas

needs to be cooled to approximately

-160 degrees Celcius).

Peter Frinton,Bowen’s repres

en-

tative to the Sea to Sky Clean Air

Society, says while the Societ

y is con-

cerned about the re-industrialization

of Howe Sound in general, the us

e

of hydro as a source ofpower largely

alleviates concerns about loc

alized

air pollution.“We really need to know the spe-

cifics,” says Frinton, “but I th

ink if

they were burning natural ga

s to

power their plant they would

likely

face a lot more opposition. From

my personal perspective, I am

a lot

more concernedabout the big p

ic-

ture when it comes to air quality, and

questions about say, greenhou

se gas

emissions createdthrough the natu-

ral gas industry as a whole.”

Merran Smith, the Bowen-based

director of Clean Energy with

Tides Canada,says that the th

ing to

remember about LNGis that it is a

fossil fuel.

Woodfibre Pulp and Paper shutdown in 2006.

A pending proposal could turn it into an LNG

export facility, sending

3 to 4 tankers past

Bowen every month

Ring in the New Year

With upcoming concerts

Look what we found!

Another look at great stuf

f people got

at the Nook in 2013

FRIDAY

JAN 03, 2014VOL . 4 1 , NO . 0 1

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illy waters of Howe Sound for the annual

ance comes with

acks GPS updates

continued,PAGE 2

continued,PAGE 2

DED is now Detectableand Treatable

“Dry Eye Disease (DED) is one of the most under-diagnosed ocular disease

s, and yet it is the

most common reason why patients go see their Eye Doctor” Dr. Bowden says. Dry eye occurs

when eyes do not produce the correct quantity or quality of tears. Many people mistake the

dry eye symptoms for allergies,climatic conditions

or just “eyestrain”. Your eyes

need a constant

layer of tears—called the “tear film”— to maintain and protect the ocular surface

. In Dry Eye,

underlying changes to the health of the tear glands can result in a change in the quantity and

quality of the tears you make. This results in a tear film that can no longer provid

e enough

nourishment or protection to the surface of your eye. T

his can lead to damage of your eye’s

surface, which, in turn, can lead to the symptoms of Dry Eye su

ch as; stinging, burning, scratch

y

sensation, sensitivity to light, tearing,

tired eyes, and difficulty wearing contact lenses. DED

fifi

blurred vision, often worsening at the end of the day or after focusing for a prolonged

mputer screen.Optomeyes Eye Doctors now have a diagnostic

Di ase “We can quantitativelymonitor

prescribe

ClydeAve

MarineDrive

S rsShoppersDrugMart

Parkade

SavarySavaryIs a dIslandP e oPieCo

MERIBETH DEENE D I T O R

On the last day of school before Christmas, Karen

Hughes said goodbye to her ‘homies.’Her homies are the kids she gets to school and back

every day, and when she told them she was leavingsome broke down and cried.“Then I cried too, and cried the whole way driving

back from the school,” says Hughes.She says she loves the kids and she loves the job, but

her circumstances have changed. When she started the

job three years ago, a part-time gig with a summer holi-

days was perfect. Now, the steadier employment and

higher pay that goes with driving Bowen’s transit bus is

what she needs.She’ll keep driving the school bus two afternoons and

one full day a week until a replacement is found, but

she’s leaving big shoes to fill.“You need to be a good driver, of cours bneed to know that wh

a whole other story.”Hughes said she learned quickly that, for her at least,

threats were not the answer.“I remember one rainy afternoon early-on when the

homies were particularly wild. I pulled the bus over to

the side of the road, turned around and looked at them

and said, ‘Who wants to walk!’ They all shut-up, and

calmed down. Then this one little kindergarten getting

off the bus at his stop and asked me when he was going

to get to walk. I had to explain to him that actually he’s

not allowed to walk… when you make a threat, you’ve

got to be willing to follow through on it.”Hughes says knowing the kids according to their ages

and stages helps, but knowing them all as individuals is

even better.“I know if they’ve got siblings and if so who they are

Sometimes I even know if they’ve got cousin

Planning forthe future ofthe Sound

MERIBETH DEENE D I T O RHowe Sound is a place where watersheds and boundaries converge.

Bowen is one of five governing municipalities on Howe Sound. Also gov-

erning this region are the Islands Trusts, three regional districts, three for-

estry districts, First Nations, as well as provincial and federal governments.

Elected officials from the communities whose watersheds feed into the

Sound have been meeting for a decade to discuss issues of common inter-

est, they come together under the banner of the Howe Sound Community

Forum. At their last meeting, the eleven signees (which include munici-

palities, regional governments and the Squamish Nation) agreed to work

together to urge the federal and provincial governments to help build a

coordinated strategy for the Sound. At their next meeting, on January

14th, they are hoping to hear what higher levels of government are willing

to give to the process.Bowen municipal councillor Wolfgang Duntz will be attending this

meeting as a representative of Bowen but also as a trustee from the Islands

Trust.“Part of the reason I ran as a trustee with the Islands Trust is because I

wanted to change the fact that the organization was so inward looking, so

focused on the issues just affecting the specific Gulf Islands,” says Duntz.

“And I can tell you that that has changed drastically in the past year as now

the region is seeing an avalanche of threats.”The “threats” Duntz points to include shellfish farming, whose impact

he says people in the Southern Gulf Islands were relatively naive about five

years ago.“After a number of these projects have gone through, people see what it

does to the landscape and they don’t like it,” he says. “And they see all the

debris and damage that gets left behind when they close down.”

Duntz says new proposals for similar projects (including the farming of

geoducks, which is entirely new to the region), plus industrial plans that

will mean tankers shipping, coal, oil and liquid natural gas will be going

through the area have raised the alarm.“Before we make judgements on these things, we need more informa-

tion,” says Duntz.The islands in Howe Sound face a whole other set of projects proposals

that could drastically change the region’s landscape:- a large hotel-marina complex in Gibson’s landing- a gravel mine in McNab Creek- the Woodfibre LNG proposal- a massive waterfront re-development in the city of Squamish

- the Sea-to-Sky Gondola- a proposed ski resort at Garibaldi-a massive housing development in South Brittania

-the addition of 25 percent of Gambier’s lands to active logging (on top

of the 15 percent that are already being actively logged)

-a run of river power project that will impact three creeks that run into

McNab Creek.“We need to make decisions about the region as a whole, moving for-

ward,” says Duntz. “We need to decide what we want to be industrial areas,

recreational areas, residential areas, and you don’t just let those things hap-

pen by accident.”Geologist and former mayor Bob Turnerhas had the privilege of b iSound

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Karen Hughes and a few of her “homies” at the end of the school day at BICS.

Meribeth Deen photo

School bus driver says “goodbye”

The 11 governing bodies that make up theHowe Sound Community Forum, includingBowen, are committed to co-operation

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The Weather Gods must have known howmuch work everyone put into their floatsfor this year’s Bowfest parade because theyensured that not a drop of rain fell on all themythical creatures that made their way downthe Snug Cove hill on Saturday morning.• Best Individual: Ambassador and Mrs.

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Shirley Wrinch, one half of the 2015 Citizens of the Year, gave a regal wave as she andher husband David are chauffeured in style in a vintage Cadillac.

This mermaid was discovered bythe Learn 2 Sail class at BIYC.

How to keep Sasquatch calm on theBelterra float? Do a little dance.

The only thing better than watching aparade is being in it: Children’s Centre.

For the hundreds of people lining the street, the parade was a constant delight.These girls were ready for a blast of water from the fire trucks.

Lyn Watson and Duke, this year’s Dogof the Year, enjoyed a convertible ride.

A bright boa gives the Irly BuildingCentre its ta-da moment.

Unicorns, headless horseman and St. George the dragon slayer all made appearances inthe Bowen Island Horse Owners and Riders Association entry.

Bowfest Paradewinners circle

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MarthaPerkins

LNG: separate fact from opinionThe letter “LNG too risky for Howe

Sound,” in the August 26, 2015 editionof the Undercurrent, serves as a goodreminder of the importance of sepa-rating fact from opinion.The fact is that Howe Sound and the

Woodfibre LNG site are well suited fora liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility.The Woodfibre site is seven kilometresfrom downtown Squamish, has a deep-water port, and is located on a well-established shipping lane to interna-tional waters that experienced marinershave been using for 100 years.Our proposed project would

increase large vessel traffic in HoweSound by less than one per cent,which is very manageable for recre-ational boaters. Plus, Howe Soundis not considered a narrow water-way under national or internationalguidelines and is not home to “highdensity populations,” which is definedby the U.S. Coast Guard as areas with9,000 persons per square mile or more

(Guidance Related to Waterfront LNGFacilities, 2009).We also know that the Woodfibre

LNG site is a good fit for LNG by com-paring it to the Society of InternationalGas Tanker and Terminal Operators,LNG Ports - Risk Reduction Options.The Woodfibre LNG Project incorpo-rates all of its risk reduction options.The letter writer is also misrepre-

senting the Sandia reports. The factis that Sandia National Laboratoriesconducted a series of large-scale LNGfire tests in highly controlled settingswith no mitigation measures in placei.e. without tugboat escorts (at leastthree tugboats will escort LNG carri-ers to the Woodfibre terminal), LNGcarriers travelling at low speeds (LNGcarriers will travel between 8-10 knotsin Howe Sound) or the fact that thereare currently no vessels large enoughin Howe Sound to cause a significantspill of LNG from an LNG carrier.While the Sandia reports provide

very important information, theresults of the studies are not prescrip-tive – that is, you can’t take the hazardzones described in the Sandia reports,plot them on a map and suggest thatan LNG project wouldn’t be allowedto go ahead if people lived and orworked in any of those zones. Rather,the results of the Sandia reports helpinform the quantitative risk assess-ments that are done by LNG pro-ponents so that they can reduce oreliminate any hazards and risks to thepublic and infrastructure associatedwith their specific projects.As for Woodfibre LNG, a lot of

work has already been done to ensureour project is safe, including a third-party independent review by one ofthe world’s most respected risk assess-ment companies. And we’re not doneyet. We’ve also committed to imple-menting the recommenda-tions ofanother review – this time by

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I have spoken at length over theyears about how compartmental-ization is one of the biggest impedi-ments to community success onBowen.We have a long-established

habit of taking all of our issuesand dreams as a community andseparating them into separate com-partments. Each isolated from theother. Each with its own committeeor study group. Each a separate lineitem at municipal hall.I liken this operational strategy

to trying to play a chess game whenyou can only see 10 per cent ofthe board at any given time. Playthis way and you may occasionallymake the right move, but it wasonly luck. The rest of the time youwill be making mistakes.The decision to pave in Snug

Cove, at this time, is a great exam-ple of what happens when you lookat infrastructure choices as if theywere all separate and not part of aninterconnected system.The following is a list of some

of the issues, projects, and wishesalready on the table in Snug Cove:ferry marshalling, Cardena inter-section and passenger drop-off,additional parking, library expan-sion, Snug Cove sewer expansion,Cove Bay water expansion, surpluslands development, burying over-head utilities, curbs gutters andsidewalks and multiple ongoingrezoning applications.All of these items have one thing

in common. They will all involvedigging up Government Road.Some of these items, such as bury-ing overhead utilities, will involvesignificant damage to the road.A few of these items — the sur-

plus lands, for example — have thepotential to significantly fund ourmuch-needed Snug cove improve-ments if we can finally learn see thewhole chess board.So my question is. Why pave

now? Seems like we are trying toice a cake we have not even startedbaking yet.It’s a safe bet the final bill will

top 350,000. I am not saying donot spend the money. Spend it onsomething other than short-termwindow dressing, such as slope sta-bilization or culvert replacement.I wish I could report that this is a

large misstep by our local standardsbut I can’t. The list of blunders islong, goes back decades and addsup to tens of millions of dollarswasted of the years.Perhaps some day we will have

the courage see our mistakes andlearn from them. As a communitywe might then choose to open oureyes a bit and embrace the whole.Only then can dreams come true.

Stacy Beamer

PavingSnug Cove:Why now?

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Vanishing: Impressionsof our Vanishing CoastalLegacyUntil September 13Gallery @ Artisan SquareExhibit features the workof distinguished localartists Marc Baur, GeorginaFarah and Janet Esseiva.

Rotary ClubSeptember 3Collins Hall, 7:30pmGuest speaker: MargaretButler on the work ofKomera in RwandaNo charge, all are welcome

Tailgate MarketSeptember 5BICS parking lotLocal producers share bountyof their garden from 10amuntil they sell out

Handloggers HalfMarathonSeptember 59am21km around MountGardner. Can be completedas team of three. Moniesraised go to Akili PreparatorySchool in Kenya.HandloggersHalf.com

Community LunchSeptember 811:30am to 1pmLittle Red Church$5: family event this weekonly

Community ChoirregistrationSeptember 97pm, Cates Hill ChapelSign up for the fall concertseason; rehearsals areWednesday nights, 7:30 to9:30pm.

Photography ClubSeptember 97 to 9 pm

Contact Sharron Palmer-Hunt sharronp@telus.net.

The Gallery @ ArtisanSquareRotary ClubSeptember 10Collins Hall, 7:30pmGuest speaker: GloriaStaudt on the Rotary PeaceFellowshipNo charge, all are welcome

Tailgate MarketSeptember 12BICS parking lotLocal producers share bountyof their garden from 10amuntil they sell out

Local Food CookingDemonstrationSeptember 1210am – noonFarmers Market at BICSFeaturing Chef MattMatheson; sponsored byBowen Grows

Bowen Island Writer’sGroupSeptember 12Noon - 2 pmCollins Hall,Open writer’s forum, alllevels, all writing projectswelcome.Enquiries to: bowenwriters@gmail.com

Eat, drink, paintSeptember 12Gallery @ Artisan SquareTwo-hour evening workshoptaught by Janet EsseivaInspiration: Tom Thomson’sTamarack SwampRegister at www.bowenislandrecreation.com

SKY – Seniors KeepingYoungSeptember 14Bowen Court9am Exercises with Ali10am Speaker — RonWoodall11am Yoga with Diana Kaile

On the Calendar

JANIS SARRAC A T E S H I L L C H A P E L

Along with the much welcomedrain for our gardens, we also wel-come this week the new pastor ofCates Hill Chapel, Phil Adkins, andhis family to Bowen Island.Phil and Samantha and their

two children, Julia and Levi,aged 11 and 8 respectively, havearrived from Strathmore, Alberta,where Phil served in pastoral minis-try. Prior to that, he served in Banffand Saskatoon.Phil has a Master’s degree in

liturgics from Briercrest Seminary,with particular interest in the roleof liturgy as a formative practice inthe Christian faith — how the way

we worship shapes the kinds of wor-shippers we become.Samantha is an elementary school

teacher, having taught in Carseland,Alberta and Saskatoon.Bowen Island is the perfect place

for the family as they enjoy hikingand the outdoors, including basket-ball, soccer, baseball, and football.They have a deep love of music, andare certain to enjoy the richness ofour music on Bowen, but equally,they have a passion for reading andtime together as a family.“I hope that Cates Hill Chapel, in

partnership with the other churchesand community associations, willhelp service the needs of BowenIsland and continue to make thisan inspiring and fulfilling place to

live,” Phil says. “We hope to playour part in community enrichmentfrom a Christian perspective, whilehonouring those who hold otherconvictions.“Pastoral ministry is distinctly

shaped by each community whereone may serve; and I’m beginning tofind out how unique Bowen reallyis. I’ll be out and around as much asI can to get to know more about oflife on this beautiful island. My earlyimpressions are that the arts andcommunity connections are highvalues here. These are also cher-ished values at Cates Hill Chapeland I hope to foster more connec-tion between the church and thearts community.”Please welcome the Adkins family!

Samantha, Levi, Julia and Phil Adkins are settling into their new life on Bowen Island. Phil is thenew pastor at Cates Hill Chapel. Martha Perkins photo

Cates Hill Chapelwelcomes its new pastor

Woodfibre LNG responds to quoted studies

A big Bowfestthank you toeveryone whomade it happen2015 set the record for wet-

test Bowfest EVER, quite animpressive feat considering thismarked the 40th anniversary ofour island’s end-of-summer fes-tival. Unfortunately, the weathertook that too literally and Autumnwas lapping a little too close toSummer’s heels for comfort.Nonetheless, Bowfest 2015 will

go down as a success. Vancouvermay have shut down for the day,but Bowen partied on!Many thanks to all the parade

entries, Anne Smitton for yourtraffic warden expertise, Pam foranother year of organization, andof course the diligence of thisyear’s judges: Barb Wiltshire, AnnSilberman, Nancy Lee, PaulinaKeoplin and Georgia.This year we saw the return of

crowd-favourite Lip Sync competi-tion. Many thanks to Kate Brew fororganizing, Reforma Architecturefor sponsoring, and all the contes-tants who took part. The popular-ity of this event was astounding,and maybe cause to extend thecompetition for 2016?This year we also had the great

benefit of a Bowfest first: LoggerShow. We extend our gratitude toGary Anderson of Metro Blastingfor his initial push for this event,Bowen Island Properties, BlackBear Transport, J & E Backhoe,Frank Seaberly, Twin Island, andDee and Fraser Elliott and BraedanJolly for extended sponsorship ofthe event. The Logger Show reallybrought the community together— there are far too many people tothank! Congratulations to all thecontestants. You will go down inBowen history as being part of thisfirst-edition event. Plans for nextyear’s Logger Show are already inthe works!Thank you to all the musicians

who took part in Bowfest, withspecial mention to Taunting Mablefor doing us a super solid, Tonyand John for organizing, ShephardAshmore Insurance, GrahamRitchie for MCing, Bill Granger,Bruce Culver, Brad Bacon and

David Wrinch for stage setup, elec-trical, and teardown.Thank you to Hilary and Robin

Butler for your selfless work withthe Rotary Run for Rwanda, SarahHaxby for another great CountryFair tent, Bowen Building Centre,Knick Knack Nook, Bowen IslandMunicipality, and Bowen CreditUnion for your continual financialsupport, Margaret at The Officefor supplying ALL our printingand much of our poster art work,Microdeck for our website revampand Bowfest poster, Peter Kingand Cormorant Marine for pro-viding transport to our acts andguests alike, Bowen Glass for yourAMAZING lanterns, BIVFM forfilling our dunk tank and the useof your materials, Dave and Louiseof Bowen Island Waste for youryear after year dedication, TimHausch for hanging our banner,Murray and Janice Skeels for help-ing set up, the Legion for hostingthe beer garden, Mike and Andreafor the upper beer garden, Bowenchoir for manning the gates, allour food, craft, and communityvendors.THANK YOU everyone who

helped and volunteered on BowfestDay. Last but not least to the2015 Bowfest board: Jessie, Jagjit,Robyn, Tony, Linda, Pam, John,Lisa, Bridget, Narin and Adam.(I know you are trying to leave,but just forget about it OK?)We may have all been new, butGUUUURLLL we worked it!Looking forward to Bowfest

2016 when we have 12 months,as opposed to two to plan thisGoliath of an event! With (at least)seven board members cemented,the planning has already begun.That being said, our quest for vol-unteers continues, especially vol-unteers who would like to host andrun events for Bowfest Day.Thank you Bowen for welcom-

ing me to Bowfest 2015.Sasha Buchanan

Please see page 6 for GaryAnderson’s Logger Games letter

from page 4Transport Canada (TERMPOL) –to ensure safe operations in HoweSound.As for the incidents cited in the

letter - there is no question that theCleveland disaster in 1944 was ahorrific tragedy. But what the let-ter writer is omitting is the fact that

a shortage of stainless steel alloysduring World War II led to compro-mises in the design of the LNG peakshaving storage tank that failed.The letter writer also omitted thata 2005 study by the US NationalAssociation of State Fire Marshalsfound, “Had the Cleveland tankbeen built to current codes, this

accident would not have happened.”Interested in getting more facts

about Woodfibre LNG? Contact usat woodfibrelng.ca or visit our Q&Awebsite, askwoodfibrelng.ca.

John FrenchCommunity Relations Manager

Woodfibre LNG Ltd.

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MARTHA PERKINSE D I T O R

As a tattoo artist, Kelly Miller hasto have a steady hand and a keeneye.Who knew those skills would

help her win the overall title in theaxe-throwing contest in the LoggersShow at Bowfest?As the top point-earner among

the women axe throwers, she beatthe top man, Mark James, in thehotly contested event. (James, itshould be noted, had out-thrownhis two axe-wielding sons for themen’s title.)While the men’s talents in the

various competitions were impres-sive, it was the women competitorswho helped make this a must-watchinaugural event.Going mano-a-mano against

some of the brawniest men on theisland, the women took no prison-ers as they competed in axe throw-ing, pole climbing, crosscut saw,chainsawing and the choker race.“It was awesome,” says organizer

Gary Anderson of Metro Blasting,which sponsored the event. Withless than a month to prepare every-thing — including the herculean jobof embedding the poles for the pole-climbing event — Anderson alsoopened up his back yard so the lum-berjacks and jills could axe throwlike no one was watching in prepa-ration for their Bowfest debut.In one of those why-didn’t-I-

think-of-that-yesterday decisions,the Loggers Games were outsidethe ticketed area of Bowfest, whichmeant spectators didn’t have to payto watch the games. Anderson has

donated two large truckloads offirewood to Bowfest organizers whowill auction it off to recoup some ofthe lost revenues.The winners are as follows:

ThrowWomen: Kelly Miller, Sonja

Kristinssson, Courtnee AndersonMen: Mark James, Gary

Anderson, Robert ClaytonOverall winner: Kelly Miller

Pole ClimbWomen: Alicia Hoppenrath,

Nathalie Broderick, KatieMainwaringMen: Adrien Gratton, Calvin

Hagge, Shane Tweten

Crosscut SawWomen: Jill Kenny and Alicia

Hoppenrath; Nathalie Broderickand Sheila Wade; KelseyMacDonald and Kelly MillerMen: Clayton and Eric Hunter-

James; Robert Clayton and DavePaulus; Gary Anderson and ToddPearsonJack and Jill: Kelly Miller and

Calvin Hagge; Courtnee andGary Anderson; Katie and TonyMainwaring

ChainsawWomen: Katie Mainwaring. Sheila

WadeMen: Calvin Hagge, Scott Moore

Choker RaceWomen: Joanna Quarry, Sheila

WadeMen: Shane Tweten, Jonny Bacon

What a day! The 2015 Loggers Show was alot of fun!I’d like to thank the following for all the help

with setting this up (getting the logs, setting thepoles in the ground, getting targets). It’s beena lot of work. A lot of machine time, wood,trucking and labor was donated. Jim Clark andFrank Seaberly really went the extra mile.The following donated time and/or machin-

ery to make this event possible: Dave Paulus;Gary Davies and Randy Arnott – Twin

Island Excavating; Jamie Weismiller – J&EBackhoe; Jonny Bacon; Kevin Huskinson -Metro Vancouver GVRD; Nelson Riley ; ScottStevenson – SES Contracting; Scott Moore– Coast Mini Excavating; Shane Tweten andAdrien Gratton – Greenscape Enterprises; andthe Bowen Island Fire DepartmentThe announcers, Ben James and his wife

Michelle, were phenomenal. My daughterCarolin helped me track down the axes, cross-cut saws and ordered and sold t-shirts.

Thank you to Alethea Glen, Roger Arndtand his wife Susan for timing and judging theevent, Braedan Jolly for donating $500 prizemoney and Dee and Frazer Elliott for donat-ing the $250 Tuscany gift certificate prize. IlyAllen donated her time to put up posters thatwere made by Margaret at the Artisan Office.Vicki painted the targets with Sonja. Mike andAndrea hosted the beer tent.Thank you to Sasha Buchanan and the 2015

board for stepping up to Bowfest.

Thank you to the contestants for all yourtime and effort and to the spectators for brav-ing the storm of the decade and cheering onthe contestants.Thank you to the clean-up crew that DID

show up to clean up the aftermath, cut up andsplit all the wood and deliver the wood to thewinner of the raffle.And to anyone I missed, thank you!

Gary AndersonMetro Blasting/show sponsor

It took a lot of work to host Loggers Games, so thanks all around

Women gomano-a-mano atLoggers Games

Gary Anderson watches as Kelly Miller lines up her axe throw. She was the event’s overall winner.

Cody Bentall and Jill Kenney have a newfound respect for loggersof yore after competing in crosscut saw competition.

It was a fierce but friendly competition between all thecontenders in the inaugural Loggers Games. Katie Mainwaringwatches from the sidelines as she awaits her next turn.

Nathalie Broderick nears thetop during the pole climb highin the trees.

Sheila Wade’s pigtails were flying during the crosscut sawcompetition. For more photos and video by Martha Perkins, go towww.bowenislandundercurrent.com

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HILARY BUTLERR O T A R Y R U N F O R R W A N D A

Well, it was a blustery and rainy day forboth the Rotary Run for Rwanda and forBowfest! However, thanks to the weathergods and to many enthusiastic runnersvolunteers and participants, the run andthe Bowfest parade went off in relativelygood weather.The kids’ run was very popular and

turned out to be very competitive withnearly 50 runners, aged two to nine! Firstboy: Ryland Bentall; second: Colin Ritchie;third: Devon Ritchie. First girl: FreyaHenrichsen; second: Arianna Lunn; third:Jordyn Gooch.We had an impressive number of young

runners in the other two runs, includingMatthew Lunn, the youngest competitor inthe 5K run at nine years of age. He clockedin at just over 29 minutes!The results with times are up on our

website: rotaryrunforrwanda.com, andhere are the prizewinners, in order of first,second, third:10K men: James Collins, Colin Kerr,

Yousef Mian10K women: Callie Brougham, Alicia

Hoppenrath, Jessica Slater5K men: Geoffrey Llewicki, Nicholas

Belluck, Tim Fowler.5K women: Pam Matthews, Maureen

Mackey, Scarlett DuntzWe at the Rotary Club of Bowen Island

and Komera Canada are truly grateful toour sponsors who provided either finan-cial or in-kind help: North Shore Athletics,Union Steamship Co., Ruddy Potato,Artisan Eats, McTaggart Water, SavaryIsland Pie Co., Paragon Financial, Fritsde Vries Architects, Chuck Venhuizen,Barbara Wahler Interior Design, BowenIsland Properties, The Gym, ArtisanOffice Services, Ford Chilliwack, TheSnug, Bowfest and the Undercurrent.

Kids a strong presence at Run for Rwanda

River Hooper and his mom Pam Mathews raced to the finish line in the 5Krun. She was the first woman and he came in sixth. Peter Baumgartner photo

from page 1Three weeks ago, they posted an online sur-

vey that asks island-specific questions abouthealthcare. In part it’s in response to a surveyby Vancouver Coastal Health which askedmore general, broad-based questions, includ-ing whether people had a family doctor. After86 per cent of Bowen Islanders said they had adoctor, VCH has asked, in casual conversation,why there is a need for a medical centre on theisland.But having a doctor is not the same as having

easy access to a doctor’s care, the medical clinicsociety says.For instance, O’Neil’s doctor is at Vancouver

General Hospital and it’s relatively easy for herto get there. “If I was 75 and frail, how oftenwould I see him?”The local survey — which takes anywhere

from 12 to 25 minutes to fill out — asks direct,island-specific questions such as whetherislanders sometimes put their health at riskbecause of the logistics of getting care.So far about 322 people have filled out the

survey and 100 have started but not finished it.The goal is to have at least 500 responses. Thatinformation can be used to buttress applicationsfor funding and support.“Our ultimate goal is to increase access to

healthcare,” she says.O’Neil says 24-hour access to care is unlike-

ly — you’d need five doctors on the island tocover all the shifts — but that still leaves biggaps with what’s currently available. With onedoctor working four days a week and anotherdoctor working two half-days a week, that’sthe equivalent of one full-time doctor for theisland. (In the past the island has supported twofull-time doctors.)

O’Neil says one-third of the patients at Docson the Bay in Horseshoe Bay are from BowenIsland. There’s a new pharmacy in HorseshoeBay; will that affect the level of business atCates Hill Pharmacy if people walk out of Docson the Bay with their prescriptions and getthem filled while waiting for the ferry home?Many new doctors are working at walk-in

clinics because they don’t see themselves asbusiness people who have to hire staff, fill outforms and organize a cleaner if they open theirown practice. A community-run clinic wouldtake away that responsibility for them.A medical centre could also offer clinics

where one nurse could see a group of peoplewith diabetics or people who have just had sur-gery.“Vancouver Coastal Health s not sure we

need a clinic so we need to show them somestats,” O’Neil says.The survey also addresses issues that main-

landers might not recognize as being barriersto care. Let’s say you’re a man who wants someViagra. Are you going to talk to one of the twowomen doctors on the island? If you have asensitive health issue, will you feel comfortabletalking to a doctor on the island one day andrunning into her at the Snug Café the next?The survey can be filled out online only,

which the society realizes is a bit of a barrier.People who need help can come to the CaringCircle office next to the library, and staff at thelibrary can also set you up on one of the com-puters there. The same service is available atCates Hill Pharmacy.People have until Sept. 30 to fill out the sur-

vey at http://fluidsurveys.com/s/Bowen-health/.People who have started the survey are

encouraged to go back to finish it.

Medical centre societywill use survey resultsto lobby for services

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Vote foryour values,Green Partycandidate saysMARTHA PERKINSE D I T O R

Ken Melamed wants the voters inWest Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country to oust theincumbent Conservative MP.But he doesn’t want them to do it

strategically.Instead, he wants people to put

a check mark in the box beside hisname as the Green Party candidatebecause he, and his party, are mostclosely aligned with their aspirationsand values.“What we’re hearing is that every-

one has a lot of anger directed at[Prime Minister] Stephen Harper,”he said in a telephone interviewas his ferry from Horseshoe Bayto Langdale passed Bowen Island.“[The Conservatives] are down totheir base level of support.”The Green Party’s popularity, on

the other hand, has increased by10 per cent in the polls, the formerWhistler mayor says.“It’s going to be a close four-

way race but people have options.We’re seeing real strength acrossthe parties. We will replace theConservative incumbent…. Peoplecan vote their values and take backthe country.”One of those values is opposition

to the Woodfibre LNG proposal inSquamish.“I’ve been to nearly every public

session, read all about it, and whatI’m hearing is that people don’t wantit,” he said. “They’d rather have eco-nomic security come from cleanerjobs that won’t compromise the

environment of the Howe Sound.”The Green Party doesn’t make

decisions on a one-off basis, he said;instead, it has an environmentalpolicy that tackles the broader envi-ronmental issue that needs immedi-ate action: climate change.“It doesn’t make sense to commit

us to a fossil fuel economy,” he said.His record as a politician in

Whistler — he served five munici-pal terms, including two terms asmayor — illustrates his ability to beinnovative and get things done, hesaid.“Let’s focus on what works rather

than get stuck in ideological battles.”As Whistler mayor, he was

a “tough negotiator” with theVancouver Olympic Committee andhelped bring the Whistler facilitiesin under budget and on time.His website says the former

stone mason helped stewardWhistler’s Integrated CommunitySustainability Plan Whistler2020,Whistler’s Long Term FinancialPlan, First Nations’ Legacy LandAgreement and a successful resi-dent housing program through theWhistler Housing Authority.He also sat on the boards of

Smart Growth BC, the Fraser BasinCouncil, Tourism Whistler, theWhistler Housing Authority and theWhistler Chamber of Commerce.The jump from municipal to fed-

eral politics was not done lightly.After a period of reflection on thethings that were important to him— building stronger communitiesand a better world for his children— he felt more needed to be done.

Municipal politicians’ desiresto make positive changes wereoften undermined by the levelof support from other levels ofgovernment, he says. Tired of thefinancial burden of downloadedservices, he wanted to be a voicecalling for more direct transfersand revenues.“We can’t put our heads into the

sand.”He attended the Green Party’s

convention in Fredericton anddiscovered “It’s the party that most

aligns with my views.”One of those views is that the

autocratic, top-down style of theother parties — where MPs areservants of the party – doesn’tserve democracy well.“The Green Party puts people

before the party. I’m the onlycandidate that’s not going to betold how to vote when it comesto Woodfibre LNG” and, on that,“I’m committed to taking actionto do whatever we can to stop theproject.”

Winds hitBowen butdamagenot extremeMARTHA PERKINSE D I T O R

Wind gusts of up to 74 km/hourin the Howe Sound downed enoughtree branches to leave approximately730 people without power duringparts of Saturday.From noon to 10pm there were

several neigbhourhoods left in thedark. The largest neighbourhood tobe affected was north of Oceanview,with 363 BC Hydro customers with-out power for nine hours.Next hardest hit was north of

Adams Road, with 275 custom-ers affected, and after that was theMelmore Road area with 70 house-holds without power.Nearly everyone had their lights

back on by 10 at night.BC Ferries was asked to see if

there was anyone in or around anoverturned canoe at 4:23pm. Thesearch, which raised no alarms,delayed the sailing by 25 minutes.The canoe might have become

dislodged from the shore by thehigh winds and waves.While there were ferry can-

cellations elsewhere, particu-larly between Tsawwassen and theSouthern Gulf Islands, the Queen ofCapilano didn’t miss a sailing.The Bowen Island Fire

Department received no 911 callsfrom the dispatcher but there werea few calls to the public line frompeople worried about trees on hydrolines.While the rain held off for the

Bowfest Parade, the high windswere partly responsible for lowerattendance numbers. The watertaxi, which was booked solid, hadto be cancelled because of the roughweather. A closure on the LionsGate Bridge also dissuaded somemainlanders from joining in thefun.

“It’s going to be a close four-way race but people haveoptions,” says former Whistler mayor Ken Melamed, who’srunning for the Green Party in the federal election. Keri ColesPhotography

Make thingsdifficult forwould-bethieves

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“The criminal mightbe intent in break-ing into a house thatis left unattendedfor a long time,” saysCpl Arreaga. “If thisis the case, considermaking it very dif-ficult. Residentialalarms, locking doorsand windows, havingsensor lights installed,communicating witha trusted neighbourto check your home.There are also sev-eral inexpensive homesecurity systems thatyou can install into youhome computer thatlet you monitor yourhome remotely.”

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walks in Snug Cove. The timing is per-fect with the paving of Bowen IslandTrunk Road this month.The Bowen Island Arts Council has

teamed up with BIM to ensure that thenew crossings will not only be practicaland effective in helping pedestrians getacross the street safely, but they’ll havethe bonus of being public art as well.Here are the criteria:• Creative, original, and reflective of

Bowen Island• Simple and replicable at multiple

crosswalk sites• Must be suitable for reproduction

in white only• Additional design option: a limited

palette of colours

• Easy to maintain every yearThe designs submitted will be blind-

ranked by a three-person committeerepresenting Public Works, BowenIsland Arts Council, and Bowen IslandMunicipal Council.Members of the public will vote on

the top-ranked designs when the roadis being paved.The artist whose design(s) are

chosen will receive a commissionof $2,500 once the crosswalks areinstalled. They must provide stencil(s)and paint the crosswalk under thesupervision of BIM staff in the lastweek of September.Only Bowen Island artists can submit

proposals by the September 11 deadline.For more information, design criteriaand how to enter go to BIMBC.ca.

Crosswalk deadline is Sept. 11

Painters will once again find inspiration from the masters — and teacher Janet Esseiva — during Eat. Drink. Paint.

Getcreativethis FallJULIETTE PARÉB I A R T S C O U N C I L

While there’s still time to kickback and enjoy the final weeks ofsummer, it’s not too early to startthinking about what you’ll bedoing -- creatively -- in the comingmonths. Why not consider takinga class or workshop? The BowenIsland Arts Council is pleased toannounce its fall line-up of artsprogramming -- including paint-ing, writing, and textile programs.We have classes for both childrenand adults and we urge you to checkthem out and register early, as class-es do fill-up quickly.For a number of established art-

ists, it’s not the creative work, butmarketing and business aspectsthat can be quite challenging. Tohelp with that, we’ve invited BillHigginson, artist and co-founder ofDirect2Artist to talk about sellingwork online. He’ll be at the Gallerythe evening of September 16.Admission by donation.The very popular Eat.Drink.

Paint returns this fall with an excit-ing line-up of classes inspired byfamous artists and their renownedmasterpieces. Artist and teacherJanet Esseiva will guide you throughthe process of painting using acryl-ics in this fun-filled two-hour work-

shop. Absolutely no experience isnecessary and we supply everythingyou need for a relaxing no-pressureevening, playing with paint andsocializing with friends. This fall’sline-up is inspired by the work ofTom Thomson. But please note thatthese classes often sell-out so wesuggest you register early.We are thrilled to present Eat.

Drink.Write, an exciting new addi-tion to our Eat.Drink series! Onceagain you can relax with treats anda beverage of choice, but in this ver-sion spend a few hours playing withwords. Writer, artist, and teacherApril Bosshard will lead a two-hourworkshop of fun writing exercises toget the creative juices flowing andinspire writers of all levels.

April is a writer and creativitycoach who has written and pub-lished novels, short stories, poems,and articles for traditional and inde-pendent markets.Do you have a budding artist at

home with a passion for art and anendless sense of creativity? This fall,we are pleased to offer two wonder-ful youth art classes led by artist andinstructor Rebecca Smith.Art Primer is designed for the

younger child. Children will explorethe possibilities of art media includ-ing conte crayon, printmaking, col-lage, and painting through lessonsthat integrate age appropriate chal-lenges with inspiration from masterartists. The emphasis will be ondeveloping perception, resourceful-

ness with media, and a sense of abil-ity in art-making.Youth Drawing & Painting is

designed for the older child, aged 9to 12 years. No previous experience isnecessary. Students will use drawingand painting media to develop visualperception, design ideas, and techni-cal mastery of tools and materials.For those 16 and older who are

ready to take the first steps in paint-ing with acrylics, Janet Esseiva’sBeginner Painting class is just theticket. The class will also be idealfor those looking to refresh rustyskills and gain a little more confi-dence. No experience is necessaryas Janet will provide everything youneed to know in this back-to-basics,step-by-step course. For intermedi-

ate level painters, Janet is also offer-ing an acrylic landscapes course onThursday evenings and Saturdaymornings.Artist and instructor Kathleen

Ainscough will facilitate a one-dayworkshop where you can createa bright and beautiful floorcloth.These works of art are stunningaccessories to decorate the floor orwall. Design, paint, transfer, andstencil a beautiful canvas 2’ x 3’floorcloth using original patternsand imagery.Register for courses at bowen-

communityrecreation.com. Orcontact the Community RecreationOffice, 1041 Mt. Gardner Rd., 604-947-2216. For details visit the BIACwebsite at biac.ca.

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Meeting all your pet’s nutritional andmedicalneeds. Featuring preventative, therapeutic, andweight control diets. Qualified veterinarytechnicians, certified in pet nutrition on hand andnutritional consultations with the veterinarian.

Here at Bowen Vet we treat all creaturesgreat and small! This little guy had a bigfall and experienced temporary lamenessand a mild concussion. Upon examinationno fractures were found and after aday in hospital on bed rest and somesubcutaneous warm saline, Nubbydemonstrated great improvement andwent home to his family.

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-a Pecha Kucha style evening on Bowen presented by BIAC

Is there something in your life that you have a burning desire to share with others? A passion or pursuit, aclarity of understanding or insight? Something you love or hate that the world (or at least other islanders)

should know about?

We invite you to tell your story with words and images that inspire, enlighten or intrigue. The challengeis to put together a presentation with 20 images, each viewed for 20 secs, as you address the audience.You’ll have precisely 6.66 minutes to deliver your message. We’ll be staging this event on the evening of

Saturday, September 26 at the Gallery @ Artisan Square in celebration of National Culture Days.

Submit you name, contact info and presentation subject to: info@biac.caDEADLINE: Please submit info NO LATER THAN 14 September.

For more Information: Visit the official Pecha Kucha site at pechakucha.orgFor tips and information on how to prepare you presentation,

check out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32WEzM3LFhw

Call for Presentations forPassionately Speaking

Country Fair winners

Despite the rain, the Bowfest Country Fair contestsran for another successful year under a lovely bigtent on the festival field. Youth and adults submittedphotos, stories and creations as well as bringing theirracing slugs to the Country Fair tent.The Country Fair contests and slug races are one

of the oldest traditional parts of Bowfest that havebeen part of the festival the most number of years!Congratulations to all the winners and many thanksto all the participants who entered this year to keepthis tradition running!Winners: the Tallest flower grown on Bowen by an

adult was Lyn van Lidth de Jeude’s 11’ 7” sunflowerwhich was supported by an incredibly sturdy stem!The Biggest (heaviest) Squash grown on Bowen by

youth was Eli Manning’s 38lb pumpkin, followed bythe winning 8.3lb heirloom striped zucchini grownby youth Wesley and Sarah Jessop! The adult withthe biggest squash was Sarah Haxby’s Ambassadorzucchini which weighed in at almost 9lb!The Strangest Looking Vegetable or fruit grown on

Bowen was won by Keary and Connie for their out-rageous heirloom-variety white carrots and Em andCharlie for their slug shaped cucumber which wassubmitted with a story.The Best Photo of Bees were taken by adult Keona

Hammond and son Jack Hammond whose lovelyportraits of bees on thistles won two first-place rib-bons!The Best Photo of a Bowen Island Slug was a

tough one to judge! The white spirit slug got an hon-orable mention, but Angela Huxham’s incrediblephoto of a slug with its mouth wide open won theadult photo first-place ribbon. The winning youthphoto was a lovely portrait of a banana slug taken byIsaiah Lee. Isaiah submitted a story with the beautifulphoto explaining that he had named the slug ‘sushi’because you could hear him chewing on leaves, and

that he looked like he was wearing a (slime) coat!The Favourite Farm Animal or Domestic Animal

Award was won by Kaia Matheson for her very mov-ing story about the very old Endswell farm horse andwhat the old horse means to her.The Lego Contest was another tough one to

judge as there were so many fabulous entries thatimpressed the public and the judges. Kevin Harding’selaborate medieval farm design and detailed descrip-tion came in first place winning the most votes fromthe public, judges and youth judges.The Fiber Arts Finest had a lovely selection of

entries. Bonita Schaly’s hand-felted dragon took firstplace for design and for delightfully celebrating the

Bowfest-theme of mythical creaturesfrom around the world.The Slug Races went well with a very

large group of slug jockeys and slugrace-enthusiasts huddled around thetable hiding from the rain and keen tosee the races. This year was the firstyear that a slugfie-stick was deployedto take video of the races and werewondering if next year anyone wouldlike to help to stream the races online??Although the non-stop enthusiastic

cheering for the first half hour of therace may have contributed to a slowstart to race one. In the end Morganand Shelby’s well-trained and well-loved (it was the only slug to arrive ina hand-made, hand-decorated trav-elling box,) “Black Beauty” came infirst place during race one, winningby multiple slug-lengths. Slug Racenumber two was won by Keona andJack’s “Lighting” who slimed right pastthe finish line in approx. 26 minutes,which is a very fast racing time for anArion aterslu slug (aka European blackslug). Fun facts: Arion aterslu slugs arean invasive species that range in colourfrom black to white. In the 18th C theyare documented as having been usedas grease on axels of wooden carts inSweden. At Bowfest, as is the custom,all racing slugs were returned to theiroriginal habitat after the races.

From 12-foot sunflowers to 9-pound zucchinis,Bowen Island’s best were on display

Sarah Haxby’s prize-winningzucchini was almost nine pounds.

Angela Huxham caught this amazing photo of a slug with its mouthagape to win the photo contest.

The 2015 Bowfest Country FairTent was made possible thanks to theBowfest Community Fair Associationand it was supported by BowenAgriculture Alliance volunteersand community volunteers includ-ing: Sarah Haxby, Matt Matheson,Marysia McGillvray, Helen Wallwork,a panel of judges, the Young Farmersof Bowen Program, BICS studentgarden club, Bowen Farm, Fox GloveFarm, Vine and Garden Catering, andthe BAA Farmers Market & Tail GateSales. We thank everyone who vol-unteered to help us keep the BowfestCountry Fair tradition going!

Morgan and Shelby’s prize-winning slug,Black Beauty, was carried to the race in itsown hand-decorated box.

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Dorothy LawsonOctober 16,1924 -August 30,2015

Dorothy’s story begins……“This is Dorothy; not the one from Kansaswith the magical ruby shoes, but the Dorothy from Nebraska, next stateover with all the corn. She too has red shoes, not magical, but her life hasbeen as fabulous as if they were.”

It is with great joy that we reflect on our time with her, how much she hastaught us, about dignity, respect, living life, the importance of accuracy,being dedicated, staying curious and always searching for more.

When Dorothy’s 90th birthday was approaching, she declared, withtypical modesty, that she did not want a celebration of any sort. However,when family and friends gently convinced her that it didn’t need to be toobig, just a special gathering marking this important life milestone, shevery soon got into the spirit of it, adding more names to the burgeoninglist almost daily, then suggesting that she might like to have a tiara… It

was a true testament to how much she was loved by the number of people who showed up to celebrate her “aboveground wake” as she called it. She always said it would be her last hurrah! And what a great hurrah it was.

She had a wicked, sometimes risqué sense of humour, she enjoyed most things, but let you know when she didn’t.Dorothy was a feisty, 5 foot (in heels) force to be reckoned with.

She loved her family, her friends and neighbours, her cats, her garden, and especially her community. She waspassionate about Eric.

When Dorothy talked of something or someone she loved her nose would wrinkle and she would make a motion ofholding the image of the loved one in her arms and shimmer with delight. And when she spoke of Eric, her eyes litup, and her face became animated with pure joy. Below are Dorothy’s words…and once more we raise a glass andtoast the memory of two souls united again.

“Falling in love with Eric was like the first soft falling of snow or the welling up of morning light; growing, brightening,changing colours from dark to grey, to blues and rosey pinks. Then from below the skyline, the first bright spikes ofthe light that is heat, life and love begin to fill the sky (my world).”

A bright light on our island has gone out but it is not extinguished - it shines brightly in the night sky reminding usof Dorothy’s infectious smile, her hearty laugh and her indomitable spirit.

A final kiss and last goodnight from her loving “team”.Adrienne Lawson & Massoud Najare, Brian & Julia McCaig, Annie O’Dea,

Sandra Wank, Sonia Usmiani, Betty Ann Beasant and Sue Rickett

Dorothy was a scotch drinker andtonight we raise a glass in her honour.

Places of Worship WelcomeYou

BOWEN ISLAND COMMUNITY CHURCH

Pastor Clinton Neal1070 Miller Road 604-947-0384

Service 10:30 a.m. Sunday School 11:00 a.m.

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BOWEN ISLAND UNITED CHURCHRev. Shelagh MacKinnon

Service and Sunday School: 10:30 a.m.Collins Hall Bookings: HelenWallwork

Minister of Music: LynnWilliams

CATES HILL CHAPEL www.cateshillchapel.com 604-947-4260

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

Pastor: Dr. James B. Krohn

(661 Carter Rd.)

ST. GERARD’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHMass: 10:30 a.m. Priest: Father James Comey

604-988-6304

ST. GERARD’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHSunday Mass: 10:30 a.m.

Administration Office: 604-682-6774

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Do you knowthis dog?

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The lip synching contest proved to be a highlightof Bowfest. The various group’s performances madethe audience forget about the rain.

First place“I was made for Lovin you” – Kiss: Marie Pedley,

Roxanne Pedley, Jade Atkinson, Kate Atkinson andShelby Jennings

Second place“Tell me what you want” - Spice Girls: Maya

Grundy, Hunter Scarf and Grace Quarry

Third Place“Time Warp Mashup”: Allison Nosek, Bianca

Mueller and Danielle Wank Weiss

Lip Sync contest winners

Marie Pedley, Roxanne Pedley, Jade Atkinson, Kate Atkinson and Shelby Jenningswon the lip-synching contest. More photos at BowenIslandUndercurrent.com.

Danielle Wank Weiss, Bianca Mueller and Allison Nosek had the boys, top left,dancing.

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