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ISSUE #277OCTOBER 25TH, 2002

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Island CalendarIsland Calendar• Every Monday- Positive Living Support Group 7:30 pm 285-3224

•Every Wednesday- Jam with Moe, Landing Pub

•Every Friday Night – Ron Hadley Jazz Pianist TsaKwaLuten Lodge6 to 9 pm

•Every Sunday - Buddhist Meditation Inner Garden10 am

•1st Friday of every month-Open stage @ Yak Shak Coffee House 7:30-10 pm

October 25, 2002

-Tourism North Central Island Meet & Greet Community Centre11:00 am-12:30 pm

October 31, Thursday-Halloween Salmon BBQ Childrens’ Centre5-8pm

-Halloween Fun Night Community Centre8pm

November 1, Friday-Mitlenatch Field Naturalist Society Community Centre8:00pm

November 2, Saturday-Coffeehouse Commuity Centre8 pm

November 6, Wednesday-Quadra Senior Meeting Quadra Legion10:30am-Health Nurse & Flu Shots Quadra Legion12:00pm

November 10, Sunday-Borealis String Quartet Community Centre7:00pm

November 11, Monday-Quadra Island Garden Club Community Centre7:00pm

November 12, Tuesday-Quadra Island Quilters Community Centre9:30 am

N ovember 15, 16 Sat-Sun

-Christmas Craft Fair Community Centre4-9pm Fri, 10am-3pm Sat

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Talk @ Inner Garden

The second talk in the Quadra School of Philosophy’s fall series is on “The Philosophy of Taoism” by Ray Grigg. Ray is a philosopher, a teacher, an environmental activist and the author of several books on Taoism, including The Tao of Relationships, The Tao of Sailing, and The Tao of Zen (available at Page Eleven Books in Campbell River). Ray is speaking on Wednesday, November 6th at 7:30 p.m. at the Inner Garden.

Buddhist Meditation

Join us at the Inner Garden (across for the library) for chanting, meditation, teachings, discussion and tea, every Sunday at 10am (New Time). Newcomers are welcome any time. Phone Danielle or Steve at 285-3323

HomeopathyClassical Homeopathic

Treatment is now available at the Plum Blossom Acupuncture Clinic in Heriot Bay on Mondays & Fridays. Tony Harding, Licenced Homeopath, N.W.C.H. By appointment:

Office: 285-2107/Home: 935-0046.

Interested?Interested in a facilitated

group for male survivors of abuse? No participant cost. Call North Island Survivors Healing Society at 287-3325

Science of Mind®

What It Can Do For You

Awakening Humanity to Its Spiritual Magnificence is the vision of Positively Living on Quadra Island.

“What It Can Do For You” is a four class course starting Thursday, November 7, 2002 at the Community Centre. You will;

1. Learn that the Science of Mind® philosophy is a practical, down-to-earth way of thinking about the nature of the Universe and our relationship to it.

2. Examine your life to uncover where you are and where you want to be.

3. Apply the principles, and demonstrate for yourself. You will directly experience the benefits in your life.

4. You will see how your life changes as your thinking changes.

For more information call Jill Brocklehurst R.Sc.P., 285-3224


Friday Flicks Tonight!In Praise of Love (Eloge de L’Amour)

Doors 7:30 - Showtime 7:45 @ Q.C.C.

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Film master Jean Luc Godard returns to the screen with his carefully considered study of love: Eloge de L’Amour. Touching upon everything from man’s place in history to the marauding nature of Hollywood and popular culture, the film’s structure and themes are complex. “ Eloge de L’Amour contains more ideas in a single frame than most films manage in their entirety.”

The film’s many literary, musical and cinematic references (a trademark of Godard) are fun to spot, and the poetry of his filmmaking is a sumptuous Parisian feast.

Next At Friday Flicks: November 8th

Atanarjuat, The Fast Runner Mature audience (some violence/

sex)Vegetarian warning (raw meat eating) Homebody warning (must be seen on a big screen)

If the astonishing film Atanarjuat were to be rendered to its most spellbinding sensory element, it would be this: light. “In some of its scenes vistas of brilliant white seem to fill up your ears, your nostrils and inside your head.” Within this medium of light the film delivers a compelling human story that’s both mythic and realistic.

Set in the pre-modern village of Igloolik, near the Arctic Circle, Atanarjuat tells a story drawn from indigenous legend and driven by Shamanic forces. The telling is immersed in traditional Inuit culture and completely without the slightest hint of sentimentality or New Age mysticism. It is a cautionary tale, as universal as a Greek tragedy, in which the desires of the individual must take secondary importance to the harmony of the group. The plot pivots on the sexual rivalry between two cousins, Atanarjuat and Oki, for the desirable Atuat to whom Oki has been betrothed since childhood.

The cast radiates enjoyment and commitment, despite being dwarfed by the forbidding expansiveness of tundra landscapes “which can give the viewer a marvelously disorienting experience.” Endlessly observational, Atanarjuat is spectacularly beautiful, mysterious, sensual, emotionally intense and replete with other-worldly throat-singing; “totally absorbing from first image to last.”

(Review credits: The Village Voice, Salon, BBC Films, New Zealand Herald)

Quadra Island Recreation Cultural Events is bringing us another wonderful treat. The Borealis String Quartet, the recently formed resident professional string quartet at UBC, is scheduled to perform at the Quadra Island Community Centre on Sunday, November 10th at 7 pm.

The four young Canadian musicians are Patricia Shih, Yuel Yawney, Nikita Pogrebnoy, and Joel Stobbe. Each of them had built an impressive reputation as solo and ensemble player before coming together to form this quartet. First violinist Patricia Shih has toured extensively and won numerous awards, including the prestigious International Kreisler competition in Vienna. She has appeared as soloist with the Royal Philharmonic, Hall⁄ and Toronto Symphony Orchestras. Second violin Yuel Yawney has performed extensively in Canada, the U.S. and the Czech Republic, where he completed his advanced under Josef Suk.

Viola player Nikita Pogrebnoy is a graduate of the St. Petersburg Conservatory and toured extensively in various ensembles in Russia, Spain and Central America before coming to Canada. In 1995 he won the Valentino Bucchi Competition for Viola in Rome.

Cellist Joel Stobbe was a member of the Amati Ensemble and the Violarte String Quartet and toured in Europe with both groups. He graduated from the Leopold Mozart Konservatorium in Audsburg before returning to Canada.

Tickets are $18.00 and are available at Quadra Crafts in Heriot Bay, Hummingbird Office in Quathiaski Cove on Quadra Island, Page Eleven Books in Campbell River and at the door. Students 16 and under get in free if accompanied by an adult. This is the first of five classical concerts to be held on Quadra Island for the 2002 ö 2003 season, concert series tickets are available at the above outlets and at the door. For more information please call 285-3243

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Mitlenatch Field Naturalist SocietyBears are always of interest if you

live in the coastal rainforest. You can be thrilled to catch a glimpse of them in the wild or annoyed by them raiding your garbage or orchard. This month’s speaker is a bear expert . Grizzly bears will be the subject of a talk and slide show by Kerry Dawson at the Community Centre at 8.00 pm. on Friday November 1.

Kerry Dawson has worked as a grizzly bear guide for the last 5 years in Knight Inlet on the BC Mainland coast where she has had the opportunity to observe and photograph grizzly bears in their natural habitat throughout the year.

Kerry’s life as a grizzly bear guide will be featured on an upcoming episode of ‘On the Road Again’ set to air on November 6 at 7 pm on the CBC. She has recently been appointed the new British Columbia Conservation Foundation’s North Vancouver Island Bear Aware Coordinator, an exciting new program aimed at reducing human/bear conflicts on northern Vancouver Island.

Miss Dawson has a B.Sc.in Biology and a Masters degree in Resource and Environmental Management. She is a nature photographer and will be sharing her photos of the BC coast and its grizzly bears with the Mitlenatch Field Naturalists on Friday November 1st.

With the busy summer past us, our thoughts turn homeward to those weather and time-sensitive projects like the woodpile and pantry. Why not take a break and join Friends of Cortes Island Society (FOCI) on Saturday, October 19th at Manson’s Hall on Cortes Island for the first ever, Sustainability Home Show!

Sustainability is a difficult concept to grasp, but it is something many of us are striving towards. As we live on this beautiful island we are constantly reminded of the delicate balance we have with the ecosystem around us. Water stewardship is something each of us must think about daily in order to live responsibly and create a more sustainable community. Not only water, also land, living creatures, food, energy and resources all need to be considered daily in our efforts towards sustainability.

“One of the most visible and effective actions we can take is to consider the impact of the houses we build and live in”.

Robyn Budd, Guide to Sustainable Living for Georgia Straight and the Islands.

The Sustainability Home Show, a take-off of “home shows” in the big cities, introduces folks to the available alternative technologies and information for their homes to become more sustainable. Focusing on water stewardship, alternative home building, renewable energy, water and energy conservation and smart consumer choices this show should not be missed. For the first time all of this “alternative information” will be in the same building at the same time.

At the FOCI table you can purchase; energy efficient light bulbs, water conserving low flow showerheads and aerators, books on Sustainability topics from New Society Publishers and non-chlorinated, recycled paper from Reach for Unbleached! We’ll also have copies of the Watershed Sentinel, a must read for anyone new to the islands.

Linnaea farm will be hosting a seed swap in the Pioneer Room (Cortes Café) at 3 pm until 5 pm. Bring your seeds and get ready to swap. Contact Nicole or Philippa

at 935-0049 for more information.

Local people and visitors can enjoy the day at the Manson’s Community Hall. Starting at 12 noon and continuing until 5 pm there will be booths providing information, home conservation tips, alternative building and composting demonstrations, community car sharing, seed saving and, sales of “sustainability” household products that lower water and energy consumption. You can participate in our water survey and experiment with eco-friendly cleaning products. You will have the opportunity to get information or actually purchase some of these alternative products. There will be fun and environmentally rewarding activities for the kids at 2 pm and 4 pm. Stroll the Community Hall to mellow live music. Door prizes will be drawn each hour; don’t miss your chance to win energy and water conserving prizes! You don’t even need to bring a lunch. There will be organic, locally grown prepared food there. Tis’ the harvest season…pumpkin pie anyone?

Join us on Saturday, October 19th, Manson’s Community Hall, 12-5 pm.

Who’ll be there?• Living by Water; Riparian Zone management• Sun-mar Composting Toilets• Energy Alternatives; Selling Renewable Energy• Solar hot water heaters• Alternative Home Builders• Linnaea Farm; seed saving, exchange, and organic prepared food• Victoria Composting Center• FOCI with energy efficient products for sale• Gabriola Groundwater Management Group• New Society Publishers •GSA’s ToxicSmart Home Assessment• Shaklee Home Care Products• Reach for Unbleached paper products• Co-operative Auto NetworkAnd more…..

For more info call Lovena Harvey at the FOCI office (250) 925-0087

Support Quilters at Yak Shack

Come out and support the Quadra Quilters Friday, November 1st. at the Yak Shack. 7:00 PM. Money raised will be used to support our Guilds Marathon Charity Quilt Weekend. With quilts going to the Ronald McDonald House and Children’s Hospital. Please read the Quadra Quilters article in this issue. Thanks!

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Quadra Recreation Society Update

Halloween Fun Night for children aged 5-11 will happen at the Community Centre starting at 6:30 on Halloween night. It’s games and spooks by the local teens. Wear a costume and join the fun. At 8:30, the annual Halloween Fireworks display will start on Blenkin Field.

Thank you to the businesses and organizations which donated this year:

Comox-Strathcona Regional District, Discovery Forestry, Hartford Logging Ltd, Quadrate Ventures, Heriot Bay Store, Sutil Charters, Isletech, Quadra Taxi, All Clear Septic, Tetrad Resources, Colshan Holdings, Quadra Builders,Joe and Marj Gris, Quadra Credit Union, Mystic Isles Business Services, Hummingbird Office Supplies, Quadra Legion, Quadra Recreation Society, Phoenix Firesigns. Thanks also to all the volunteers who put on the fireworks, and Halloween Fun Night.

Don’t miss the Coffeehouse, Nov. 2 at the Q.C.C. Special thanks to organizer, Steve Moore and all the performers and support volunteers who will make it happen.

More info on any of the above or an opportunity to get connected by volunteering, can be obtained at Q.C.C. 285 3243 Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Quadra Quilters October meeting. Twenty-six people are

going to Powell River for “ Hands across the Waters Quilt Show”. We now have 50 members and are getting plans firmed up for the Quilt-a thon. Anyone in our community who can sew, Iron, or just help out please show up on Nov 23-24th, Sat. & Sun. 9:00AM - 9:00PM At the Community Hall.The plan is to make as many charity quilts as possible in these 2 days. They are for children staying @ Ronald McDonald House and/or the Vancouver Children’s Hospital (these are kids battling with cancer.) November 12th afternoon program will be Christmas Decorations. If you need any more info. contact Marg Luce lHaddon.Be sure to check out The Quadra Island Credit Union. We have many of our Quilts and wall hanging displayed there.

Farmer’s MarketAt the end of every season, we have a

Vendor Vote to determine which worthy Island cause will receive the monies left over after expenses have been paid and next year’s start-up funds have been set aside. This year, receiving over 90% of the votes, the happy winners are the Quadra Food Bank and the school. Congratulations!

Bushels of thank yous to Steven Halliday and the Credit Union for once again allowing us to use the lovely green space behind their building to hold the market! Vendors & visitors alike agree - this space helps make our market one of the nicest to visit anywhere!

Dog owners - thanks for respecting the “doggies connected to people by leashes” rule! With the number of young children doing face plants in the grass and doggies lifting their legs in inappropriate places, something had to be done and we didn’t want to out-right ban canine presence. Once again - thanks for your co-operation!

That pretty much does it for this year! There will be a couple of minor changes for next season, so watch in the spring for more information! We look forward to seeing you on that first Saturday in May, 2003!

Marketing Workshop for Artists

Full Day Workshop with Art Instructor Tracy Kobus

Sunday, Oct. 27th from 9:30 to 4:30 at the Campbell River & District Public Art Gallery. Fees for the class are $50 for members and $60 for non-members. Register early to avoid disappointment as class space is limited. For more details call the Campbell River Gallery at 287-2261 or email [email protected]

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Quadra Preschool Island Cookery II cookbook is now on sale for $10 through the preschool (contact Kim @ 285-2504) or at local stores. Proceeds will aid in maintenance and repairs around the preschool. Makes a great gift for the holiday season. Island Cookery I is now out of print and there are only a few left at the local stores.

The fi rst meeting since June, of Ratepayers and Residents, was held on September 24th in the Community Center. The meeting was presided over by Bill O’Connor and Terry Hooper. Tina Oswald read the minutes from the previous June meeting.

The topic for discussion was” Should Quadra become a municipality?” Books from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs were available for all to take and read. Unfortunately Bruce Kempling was unable to be there as he was to lead the discussion on this topic, so Terry Hooper guided everyone through the booklet, highlighting areas that would be appropriate to Quadra. Then Bill O‘Connor led questions from the fl oor for discussion.

Don DeMille, a newcomer from Delta, explained some of the problems he had experienced in Delta, commenting that no one takes responsibility of who does the job.

John Warmly, an elected offi cial from a municipality of over 5000, said it was the worst thing to happen because bureaucracy takes over. Another comment was that the Regional Director must be on side with becoming a municipality. Harry Archibald reminded the audience that a lot of people moved here to live to avoid bureaucracy, why change? Also it is our own fault that we have the same Regional Director and becoming a municipality won’t help. Keith Remfert mentioned bylaw, 1950.

He stated that The APC was an advising council to the Regional Director and that their term of offi ce was exactly a calendar year, January 1 to December 31; the APC Council are selected by the Regional Director. Following many more questions, it was evident that we don’t know enough about forming a municipality to decide what we want. Further exploration and assembling of information is necessary. Terry Hooper asked for volunteers to record their names on a list that will search for more information on this topic and bring it to future public meetings.

Another comment mentioned was that the Waste Management Society should meet with the Regional Board with concerns about recycling. Edith Nutting suggested that when advertising a meeting it should say, Ratepayers and Residents. This motion was carried.

The next meeting will be on October 29th, 7.15pm in the Community Center. The topic will be, Bylaws, and their enforcement. It was suggested that an RCMP representative try to be present to discuss their position related to the Regional District bylaws. Corporal Dennis O’Gorman, from the Quadra Detachment, has agreed to be the guest speaker. He will also be prepared to discuss Community Policing on Quadra. This should be an interesting evening. Come prepared to fi nd out or offer suggestions as how this should be done.

NISHS DrawEnter to Win a 1947 Antique Bicycle

“The Flying Pigeon” Draw to be held on December 27,2002 @ 6:00pm At Tomeli‚s Fish & Chip Bistro,153 Dogwood St. Campbell River, B.C. All proceeds go to Support The North Island Survivors Healing Society. Your donations will assist us to make a difference in the lives of those that come to us for help.

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Quadra Island RCMPBreak, Enter & Theft

Sometime between Sunday October 13th and Wednesday October 9th 2002, unknown persons broke into Smokes Bike Shop on Heriot Bay Road, Quadra Island. Two bicycles were taken. The fi rst one is a bright blue Trek 1100, 52 to 54 cm racing bike with an aluminium suspension stem added to the racing handle bars and two water bottle holders. The second bicycle is a child’s bicycle, 20 inches with a new black and chrome front fork shock and new red aluminium “V” brakes.

If you have any information about this Break, Enter and Theft, you are asked to contact the Quadra Island RCMP @ 285-3631 or Crimestoppers at 287-TIPS (8477).

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Hey Guys!With three more regular season games

and a tournament weekend under their pads this fan has only one thought on the game and Quadra’s Oldgrowth Hockey boys…

Actually, its two quotes that are written up on the inside wall near the concession at Strathacona Gardens that say’s it all for me.

“Winning is not determined by the scoreboard. If you play to your full potential with your heart and mind, you will have won every game.”Steve Wilcox Coach / White river, Ont.

“You may not always be better than others. But you can always be better than yourself.” Vernon Frizzel Charlottetown / P.E.I.

A fi nal note: The talk on the way home was, as always, a spirited collection of verbal boasts, personal replays and friendly jabs. All is alive and well. Until next time then …The Fan.

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Our Leaders“We had no idea”, she said speaking

for herself and her husband, “we had no comprehension of this. The city doesn’t seem to realize that the country exists and, if anyone in Vancouver or Victoria does, they sure as hell aren’t part of any social circle I am familiar with.” She and her husband are big wheels in government.

And so it went all weekend for our friends. They marveling over this and that, oohing over that and this and all the while expressing awe and increasing respect for ‘country life’ and for those who lived ‘out here’. They were, admittedly, city-folk and long steeped in the culture of institutions, systems, academics, easy-to-get food and as much creature comforts as they could. They had money. They were softies and they knew it. They also had a severely limited outlook on life but they didn’t know that.

“I simply couldn’t do this every day!”, she gasped as she hiked up the dirt road to where the cars were parked. “Why don’t they fix this shower so that it doesn’t rattle and leak,” he said, not appreciating in the first place the enormity of installing an off-the-grid, wood-heated, gravity-fed shower plastic-piped from a cistern in the seasonal stream.

Nor did they fully comprehend the simple fact that there was no ‘they’ out here. There was only ‘us’.

The light slowly came on….“How did you ever build this? It is incredible!” Words from the same woman who three days earlier thought that they had arrived at a ‘mistake’ and that cabins of the standard she had just been introduced to were only found in Appalachia or South America. “This is heaven.” She was referring to the shower.

Their visit was long overdue and much appreciated (as much for the amusement as anything else) and it reminded us of the shock of the urban-to-rural adjustment. Over the years, we had managed to shift from city-mode to country-mode simply by driving the distance. But, for them, it was like visiting a third world country. They were out of their element. We all live in BC.

And therein lies the point. These

seemingly successful, well-adjusted, intelligent people with RRSPs and good paying jobs couldn’t evacuate their bowels or even hike for any distance in the country. They couldn’t fix an outboard to save their life. They didn’t understand the true omnipotence of weather, the vulnerabilities of small craft, the limitations or the abilities they had with which to care for themselves. They were helpless, ignorant and easily afraid. As a consequence, they were dependent on everyone but themselves. They had lost the ability to feel free and strong. They were city-folk, sophisticated, cultured, educated and civilized. It came at an extremely high price. It was sad.

In this day and age of vocational specialization, of degrees from university being the only merit badge of worth, of money being the prime tool and of a culture with a virtually total reliance on the systems of the city, more and more city-folk are finding they can’t function outside their artificial environments. That alters their perspective.

This bodes dire for them and those they affect. City folk make the decisions that affect us all and yet they live in a bubble of fantasy. They are plugged into systems and institutions that will not only fail them but will inevitably fail us all. They do already.

Haven’t you wondered about the city person’s preoccupation with safety? It’s not so much that the city is that dangerous. It is much more that they are so dependent on others and thus so frightened of everything.

City folk are operating in a real vacuum – a vacuum that excludes what is real. It is a tragedy for them and a threat to us all. These poor, pathetic, totally dependent people are making province wide decisions and writing legislation, policies and procedures that will touch everyone and they are doing so in a large Petrie dish of urban perspective. They live and work in the rarefied and polluted atmosphere of a small-minded, ignorant, fearful place. And it is from this group, we choose our leaders.

J. David Cox

Dear Sir,Approximately a year ago, your paper

published a writing by Steven Halliday that I had taken retirement. This is untrue.

It is apparent to me that this has spread a misapprehension in the community from the questions people regularly ask.

For clarification, after having given my employer the last of my productive eyesight, I have taken a disability leave. I have never retired.

I remain on Quadra, which is my home. I welcome calls and visitors.

Yours truly,

Ray Marean

Dear Editor,Tsa-Kwa-Luten Lodge is now closed to

the public and due to the operation of the Healing Centre we are required to restrict access to the building and the property.

Please contact the Lodge management at 285-2042 should you require access.

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Hello to everyone! I would like to thank each and every one of you for having the confidence

in me to represent you for the next three years. As you each know, this is an honour that I take very seriously and I will give you every ounce of energy that I have in representing your concerns. This is going to be a very difficult term with all of the provincial downloading that is taking place and all of the service cuts that they have embarked upon. We at the local level will be expected to pick up these services that have traditionally been provided by the provincial govt. through the hefty taxes that you and I pay to them all year long. It is unjust and unfair and I will continue to try and stop it from happening.

What we are up against, I am afraid, is a government that just doesn’t care what we think. They are not listening to the throngs of thousands of people that are protesting in the streets. Local MLA’s voices are not being heard and local gov’t is just starting to raise the pitch of their collective voice to where some of the initiative are being delayed. With your help, we can do our best to make a difference.

Tomorrow (Monday, Oct. 21) is the BC Ferry Advisory meeting in Heriot Bay. I will be there along with the other representatives and hopefully members of the public to see if the Corporation has any curve balls to throw at us this month. Scheduling is on the agenda, but it is unclear what they have in mind. Are they just looking for comments or do they propose to make changes? I will certainly do my best to insure that they make no reductions in service to Quadra. I will report back to you in the next issue.

I met with the proponents of the Golf Course about a week ago along with our General Manager of Community Planning and our temporary planner to discuss where they need to go from here. The issue will be coming to CSRD committee soon and the applicants will be announcing a Public Information Meeting in the near future. So, if you are interested in seeing what they propose and how they propose to deal with any concerns that have been expressed, please come to the meeting to talk to these folks. They are members of our community and want your input so as to try and make this proposal work for everyone and so that it will be an asset to Quadra Island.

We are at a very difficult stage at the CSRD in the downloading process by the province of their BC Forest recreation sites and in some instances with the BC Parks system. They want us to take over these sites as regional parks and this is of great concern to me because they will not be providing the funding for us to do this and the only means by which it can be done is through property tax. I totally disagree with the initiative, but we are exploring what other options might be available to us so that we will not lose these valuable economic generators

that are also beautiful places to go just to recreate for our local residents. More to follow on this one as things develop.

Halloween Fun Night and Fireworks are almost upon us and I hope that all of you will come out in your ghoulish best to enjoy this long time Quadra tradition. Hope to see all of you there. If you need to contact me, call between 8 am and 6 pm at 285-3355 (home office) Monday through Friday only (I do not take calls on weekends), fax at anytime at 285-3533, or email at [email protected] ... Please do not phone my home number with business issues. Thanks.

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Lost Leaders

by Steven Halliday

Like many people, at one point in my life I harboured some political aspirations. Of course, I was young

and naïve at the time, and upon reaching maturity around age 40 I put the whole concept behind me (much to the relief of my wife). There were many reasons that helped me come to my senses, but the most important one of all was that I realised that I would have to actually WORK at getting elected. And then do it again every 4 years or so! Shaking thousands of hands, kissing hundreds of babies, suffering endless rubber chicken dinners...who wants to voluntarily put themselves through this? So I’ve decided that until the job of Dictator for Life (something even George W. Bush has admitted aspiring to) becomes available I will restrain my ambition of public service. Some people, like Gordon Campbell, seem to thrive on the chaos of professional politics. And, boy, has he had an interesting Premier-ship so far.

With the exception of the Vancouver Board of Trade and the members of the Union Club in Victoria, Campbell and his Liberal Party have managed to tick off just about everybody in the province. You name it; organised labour, environmental guardians, social justice advocates, native groups, seniors…they are all more than a bit steamed at the incumbent government. Campbell, Visser and Company rode into power with a mandate that was the envy of pretty much every politician in North America. A 99.8% majority is a pretty strong showing, one has to admit. Of course, it helped that the N.D.P.

had completely blown their last two times at bat, and were due for a strike-out, and that the only other serious contenders were a little green at political posturing and manoeuvring. Not to mention a little short of “green” in their campaign war chest when compared to the established parties. In any event, since then Campbell has taken that solid majority and used it to pretty much do whatever he likes, most particularly – “damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead...we can meet our goal of reducing government expenditures to…what the heck, lets go for reducing them to...to.. nothing at all!” Finally, however, after a few months of standing around with a shell-shocked look on their collective face the public is starting to respond.

“We are closed. If you have chest pains, call 9-1-1.” This is the recorded message you will hear if you call the Lytton hospital emergency room after 10:00PM or before 10:00AM. If you are a civil servant, health care worker, teacher or government contractor, watch out – the provincial government is looking for ways to economize your job. Logger, fisherman, farmer? They’re gunning for you too. About the only safe job in the province today is Liberal member of the house. Now, nobody will argue that some efficiencies must be obtained in most levels of government – we’ve spent the past 200 years or so complaining about them. But in my mind, a measured and calculated approach, using attrition and more creative methods of revenue raising/expense cutting rather than the slash and burn approach, is a much more realistic and palatable technique. We are all aware of the problems, but they don’t have to be completely fixed today. I’ve written on the subject before, and can cite many, many respected economists – there is a proper time and place for deficit financing. This is one of them.

A few weeks back, Gordon Campbell, Mike De Jong and the rest of the entourage went for a visit to Washington, DC, meeting none other than VP Dick Cheney. During this brief meeting (the majority of which was used up

by the photo-op) the BC delegation managed to extract a stunning comment from the Vice-President – “I appreciate the concerns you have regarding softwood lumber”, or words to that effect. Well, whoop-te-do, let’s all celebrate. In the meantime, unemployment in the lumber dependant North Coast region has topped 15%, and near the same in the Cariboo-Interior region. At about the same time, federal forestry poo-bah Herb Dhaliwal comes home to his native BC to announce the Fed’s munificent aid package to the forest industry, a whopping $250 million. Gee, as I understand it, the loss to the provincial economy due to the softwood lumber situation is estimated at a couple of billion bucks, per year. Compare this to the multi-billion dollar package Ottawa provided to the east coast fishery, which was not being directly and indefensibly attacked in a trade war. Where is Brian Tobin when we need him?

Mr. Campbell rode into office on an enormous tide of voter empathy, mainly because everybody wanted change, and any change would do. He promised to make BC the jewel of the Canadian crown once again. Since then, his government has succeeded overwhelmingly in one particular area, being the alienation of the majority of the province’s population. It appears that he has succumbed to the political disease that is running rampant lately – Chretien has it, as does Bush, even Tony Blair shows signs. It is a malady called malevolent antipathy (I invented the diagnosis myself), which is loosely translated as a politician’s malicious disregard for the wishes and feelings of their constituency. In any event, he has pinned his political star to the 2010 Olympic bid, which will make or break both his and the province’s near term future. In the meantime, the public at large is becoming weary of tin-pot dictators (thereby ending any chance of me attaining the title) and are likely to be voting for another change at the next opportunity. Let’s hope that an opportunity arises before the province suffers more serious stress.


Juggling Reaches New Heights on Quadra

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by Tanya Storr

As soon as I walked in the doors of the Quadra Community Centre during a session of Juggle Club, I

was transfixed by the colourful scene. Kids and adults were rhythmically tossing and catching all manner of objects, from bean bags to flower sticks, to the beat of lively music. A boy on a unicycle wobbled in my general direction, while over to my left I saw a pair of jugglers practicing a three-ball pass.

With a weekly Juggle Club attended by Quadra and Campbell River participants, well known local jugglers who perform professionally all over Vancouver Island, and a juggling festival planned for next May, juggling on Quadra Island is indeed reaching new heights.

While talking to Juggle Club members, I began to understand the allure and benefits of this challenging activity.

Ambulance Station 170 Honours Founder-Dawn Ross -Station 170, Quadra Island BC

Station 170, Quadra Island, started in the Fall of 1982 as a group of volunteers’ with-in the Fire Department. Some of the first crewmembers were Bill Williams, Betty Doak, David Smith, Dorothy Nord, Vicki McGowan, Craig McGowan, David Allen, Jane Smith, Dorothy Hayward, and Harold Jonasson. In May of 1984 the group became Station 170 of BCAS.

Over the years the crew has changed, some have moved on to bigger stations, some have retired, some have gone and come back again and new crew join and take over where others have left off.

We still operate out of a bay in the Fire Department but a new station is on the drawing board.

At this time our crew is Linda Richards, David Hilling, Brad Hallam, Melissa Fraser, Steve Miller, Earl Lowe (Shop Steward), Harold Jonasson, Hugh Ross, and Dawn Ross U/C.

Some of our crew has two or three other jobs, and some of our crew live off Island and travel at their own expense (ferry fare is $14.00) to do call out

One member is a nurse and some are partners in family operated business’, there is also a full time student, an office worker, construction worker, dive charter operator, volunteer firefighter, highways maintenance worker, OFA Instructor, Sport Fishing Guide, and a Logging Camp Cook. We also have a few full-time Moms’; one with a 3-year-old at home that needs to be instantly ready to go when the pager starts beeping. The small boy has his own jump kit by the door and he knows its important to be ready, someone is hurt and they need help.

We all struggle to balance our lives and try to make sure our families don’t lose out. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn’t. At one school Christmas concert, the pagers went off and firefighters and ambulance crew left for a call. It was tough on a few families, some kids were very sad when they saw their parents leave before the production really started.

Being part of a small community has its wonderful moments and its heart breaking moments. You usually know your patient personally and it just does something good to

you to know you are helping them. When your services have not made any difference at all…it can be crushing. Our crew is sensitive to each other’s well being and very supportive. We appreciate one another, value our differences and laugh about our peculiarities.

For the past 20 years Betty Doak has given her time to the Ambulance Service on Quadra both as Unit Chief and Paramedic. Betty retired from BC Ambulance on October the 1st

Please join us at the New Fire Hall on Heriot Bay Road, Friday, November the 8th at 6pm for a POTLUCK DINNER with a dance following, to honor Betty for her many years of devotion and service to the community of Quadra Island.

Linda Richards 285-2881 or Dawn Ross 285-2147 can be contacted regarding the retirement gift.

“Every time I learn a new trick it’s like learning to juggle all over again. There’s always something more to learn and something more to invent,” said 15-year-old Juggle Club participant Jaron Freeman-Fox, as he demonstrated a famous trick called Mill’s Mess.

Jaron has been coming to Juggle Club for two years. He practices regularly and has performed at the Yak Shack and music festivals with his brother Kai, who is 12.

Tayler McPhee, age 9, told me this is her first year in Juggle Club. She was skipping rope at the community centre one day when she saw the jugglers in action.

“It looked like fun so we joined,” she told me, while she practiced throwing and catching some balls.


Celeste Lessard-Kragen, who is 7, said although juggling can be difficult, she really enjoys it. She and her brother Gabriel showed me the ‘diabolo’, an object that looks something like a large eggcup on a string, manipulated by two sticks.

“The diabolo is my favourite,” said Gabriel. “It really helps you control your balancing and there is no end to the tricks you can do with it. It’s also known as a Chinese yo-yo. In China they used to make them out of bamboo.”

Over by the stage, 26-year-old Geoff Sicotte was practicing juggling with some tennis balls. He just started coming to Juggle Club, and listed hand-eye coordination, flexibility, and the visual appeal of juggling as some of the benefits. Geoff has performed in choirs and as an actor, and would like to take part in a juggling performance one day.

Juggle Club organizer and professional performer Laura, whose stage name is the Harlequin Juggler, invited me to a corner of the room to watch the Juggle Club video. Filmed last year by Juggle Club member Jerzy Zagroba, the captivating video shows jugglers of many ages in action. One shot depicts six jugglers lined up in two rows expertly passing bowling pins. Another shows all the jugglers performing a ‘group throw’.

Laura also showed me the Juggle Club’s library of books and magazines devoted to juggling techniques and innovations. The club is non-profit, with all fees going towards rent and expanding the library.

“We started Juggle Club because Melissa,

Trevor, and I needed a place to juggle in the wintertime with high ceilings. We hoped others would join us to help cover costs. It has worked out really well and we now have participants ages 5 – 72 taking part in the club,” Laura told me.

Laura started juggling 18 years ago when she was 20. “I’ve been a juggler almost as long as I’ve been a non-juggler,” she reflected.

Her juggling career began when she signed up for a class at a community college in Vancouver.

“I thought it was so funny that they were holding a class in juggling. I just had to try it and I took a liking to it right away, even though it’s always challenging when you start. I go through the same inner process of challenge with every new trick I learn,” she said.

Laura started practicing juggling whenever she could, often outdoors. Other jugglers would “come out of the woodwork” and show her tricks and techniques.

“I realised there is an underground network of jugglers. Even now it’s exciting when people connect with me because they juggle.”

After taking the class, Laura was invited to other classes to help teach juggling. She learned how to pass objects, a technique she describes as a “very social, motivating part of juggling.”

After moving to Campbell River in 1990, Laura was asked to juggle at the Children’s Festival—her first paid juggling performance. She hasn’t looked back since.

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Now Laura juggles at festivals and other events on a regular basis.

After moving to Quadra in 1994, Laura met another local juggler, Melissa Aston. They began performing together, and over the years their abilities and choreography improved. They began to market themselves as the Hurling Harlequin Jugglers, and in 2000 Trevor Gear joined their troupe.

“We had an exciting year working throughout Vancouver Island,” Laura recalled.

Melissa and Trevor are now attending Circus School in San Francisco, where they are majoring in Clowning. Their program is eight months long and includes juggling and acrobatics.

Laura is now officially registered as a business, and performs solo as the Harlequin Juggler. Her stage show, ‘Black and White Jazz’, recently wowed Quadra audiences when she opened for the Figuren Theatre puppet show at QCC on October 13.

Laura’s brochure also advertises her skill as a “roving entertainer”, who meanders playfully through crowds while juggling and blowing her giant bubbles.

These days Laura is putting lots of energy into organizing Quadra’s first-ever juggling festival, slated for May 2-4, 2003, at QCC. To Laura’s knowledge, it will be the first Canadian juggling festival held west of Toronto.

The organizing committee is planning an action-packed event, including workshops, live music, open juggling, door prizes, an art display related to juggling, and a professional public show.

Laura has been to several juggling festivals in Washington state, and said jugglers from other communities are expressing great excitement about the Quadra festival.

Island businesses have already shown support for the festival, and more support from businesses and individuals would be very welcome. Donations are being gratefully accepted in the Juggling Festival account at Quadra Credit Union.

Visualizing approximately 150 people juggling at QCC next spring makes Laura very happy.

“It’s wonderful to see all that colourful stuff up in the air at the same time. My goal is to end up with lots of people around me juggling,” she said.

For more information about Juggle Club or the Quadra Island Juggling Festival, drop by QCC on Tuesdays between 4 – 6 p.m. or call 285-3243. You can also find out more at www.quadrarec.bc.ca/jugglefest


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