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MERIBETH DEENE D I T O R

The week of January 5, the first week of life with the Bowen Queen and the first week Peter King drove commuters downtown and back to Horseshoe Bay in the afternoon, the Bowen Express bus transported 322 passengers. By the end of the first week in February that number had increased to 438 passengers. These numbers are giving King confidence that he can keep the bus run-ning on his own even when the Queen of Capilano comes back to route 8 with increased vehicle capacity.

“People who normally drive are saving money. They’re getting downtown faster than they would if they drove, and they get to

sleep-in, because they no longer have to park in the ferry line-up,” says King, adding that his best time from downtown to Horseshoe Bay on a Friday afternoon is 19 minutes. “I’ve had people tell me they’ve given up their parking spot in Horseshoe Bay, others who say they’ve stopped using Car2Go.”

Currently, the bus gets a free ride back on the 6:30 p.m. ferry to Snug Cove at the end of every weekday. King says this is worth about $100 each day to B.C. Ferries and he has been told that such a deal will not be available to him once the Queen of Capilano is back in service. The bus also gets preferential loading, so currently there is a guarantee that it won’t be overloaded.

Enthusiastic response to Visitor’s Survey presentationMERIBETH DEENE D I T O R

Bowen is peaceful, beautiful, relaxing and oh so close to Vancouver... Bowen Islanders know these things, but 58 of them were reminded of it on Friday while watching an hour-long presentation by Edward Watchman and Sheree Johnson on the Visitor Exit Survey at the Bowen Island Pub.

“I think the whole island should hear about the positive image that Bowen has for the people who come here,” says Economic Development Committee (EDC) member Jacqueline Massey. “Because it is our everyday, I think people tend to forget. But being reminded, I think that the people in the room really started to consider how we can support the values expressed in this survey.”

Members of council who were present at the gath-ering echoed this sentiment.

“The responses to the survey are definitely in line with the island’s core values,” says Councillor Melanie Mason. “There has been talk about promot-ing Bowen as a place of wellness, and with the results of this survey in mind, that makes sense. If you look at the new families on Bowen, with acupuncturists, yoga teachers, and therapists... they seem to echo that view of what Bowen is all about. I think by develop-ing this sector, we can build Bowen as a year-round destination.”

Councillor Gary Ander says the content of the presentation didn’t include anything that he wasn’t already aware of, but it was nice to be reminded.

“This kind of information can help us stay focused on where we want to go,” says Ander. “All the busi-ness sectors on Bowen are trying to market our island as a place of harmony and solace, but I think council has to back that up by continuing to fund the EDC, and finding money for the branding initiative.”

EDC chair Gordon Ganong says now that the awareness of this work is out, the next steps include surveys of both businesses and residents coupled with “business walks” to glean more about what needs to be done to support island enterprises.

“The end goal, of course, is a resilient economy,” says Ganong.

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King gears up to keep Bowen Express running past refit period

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TransLink also has an agreement with B.C. Ferries that allows the Bowen Express to work within its service area. King says he has heard there are provi-sions that could allow him to continue operating well past the mid-life refit period, but that he does not want to approach TransLink with a proposal until he has two months worth of data on ridership of the bus to back him up.

However, King does not simply want to continue to work within the TransLink service area, but to have his service integrated into the regional transportation network.

“My service currently works great for anyone going downtown, but for people who have to switch on to TransLink to go further, the cost goes up and it no longer makes sense,” says King. “Putting a bus on the ferry doesn’t make sense to TransLink - they’re focused on things from an urban perspective. I could accept that if I were simply proposing a concept but after this four-month refit, I will have numbers that prove that it does make sense.”

Bowen resident Andrew Pietrow has been corresponding with TransLink since June and has filed a complaint with the BC Ombudsperson about the lack of basic transportation services the agency provides to Bowen Island. He says that through his correspon-dence he has learned that the express bus does not fit within TransLink’s plan of having “terminus points” to their service.

“TransLink sees Horseshoe Bay as

an end-point to their service,” says Pietrow. “And we are just not on their list of priorities. They have never done a survey about where Bowen people go once they get off the ferry at Horseshoe Bay. Their estimate though, is that Bowen Islanders account for 1 percent of their bus traffic.”

King says that many of the people who take his bus are people who would normally drive downtown on a daily basis.

“These people are taking the bus to Snug Cove and normally wouldn’t,” says King. “And I think it is helpful to simply get more people into the tran-sit system that normally wouldn’t be there.”

This point was challenged at coun-cil this week, with acting mayor Alison Morse stating that there is no evidence people are actually getting out of their cars - so far, the only evi-dence is anecdotal.

King says that if he can get 200 pas-sengers per day on his Express Bus – a goal he believes will become realizable as word spreads and when BC Ferries drops its discounted parking spots at Horseshoe Bay – his service can not only cover its costs but also become profitable.

For now, though, King says the ser-vice continues to be community-ori-ented and “very Bowen.”

“There was one morning where Artisan Eats donated cookies and juice for everyone,” he says. “Now people are joking about the Liquor Store kicking-in to provide Friday afternoon drinks and appetizers.”

Extending the life of the express bus

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGNOTICE is hereby given that Bowen Island Municipal Council will hold a public hearing for the purposeof allowing the public to make representations on the following proposed bylaw:

• Bylaw No. 367, 2014 cited as “Bowen Island Municipality Land UseBylaw No. 57, 2002 Amendment Bylaw No. 367, 2014”

The Public Hearing will be held on:

Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 7:00 p.m.at Municipal Hall, 981 Artisan Lane, Bowen Island, BC.

At the public hearing, all persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the proposedbylaw shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written submissionsrespecting matters contained in the proposed bylaw.

Subject Property:

The applicant is proposing the rezoning and development of the two adjacent properties as shown onthe location map below:

• 993 and 995 Dorman Road and 479 Bowen Island Trunk Road, a 0.1 ha (.25 acre)parcel described as Lot A, Block A, District Lot 777, Plan 5523.

• 477 Bowen Island Trunk Rd., a 0.03 ha(0.08 acre) parcel, described as Lot 5, Block A,District Lot 777, Plan 5523

Purpose:Bowen Island Municipality Land UseBylaw No. 57, 2002 is amended by addingSection 4.31 to the bylaw to include thefollowing zone:

4.31 COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT 20(CD 20) ZONE (BOWEN INVESTMENTS LTD.)

The purpose of the CD-20 Zone is to create acomprehensive new zone for the subject landsbased on the Village Commercial 1 and theVillage Commercial 1 (a) zones, but includingthe following uses and bylaw changes: The CD20 mixed use village zone will allow for:• 12 residential units, including 15% of thegross buildable area for affordable staffhousing;

• The height on Trunk road to change from9m to 11m;

• The height 20m back from Trunk Road tochange from 9m to 13m;

• The parking from the current one spaceper 40m² to one space per 60m² floor areafor commercial and pub areas, excludingstorage space, in addition to the current1 parking stall on site, for every residentialunit, as per the current bylaw;

• A ‘0’ interior side setback; while increasing the exterior setback from1.5m to 2m setback.

A copy of the proposed bylaw and any background material that may be considered by Bowen IslandMunicipal Council in respect of the proposed bylaw, may be inspected at Bowen Island MunicipalHall, 981 Artisan Lane, Bowen Island, BC between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.,Monday to Friday, inclusive, excluding statutory holidays, or on the BIM website at www.bimbc.cacommencing Friday, February 13, 2015.

Written submissions may be delivered to:• Bowen Island Municipal Hall in person or by mail to 981 Artisan Lane, Bowen Island, BC,V0N 1G2 or by fax: 604-947-0193 prior to 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 25, 2015; or

• to Bowen Island Municipal Council at the Public Hearing at 7:00 p.m.,Wednesday, February 25, 2015.

Inquiries regarding the proposed bylaw may be directed to Cari St. Pierre, Senior Planner by emailat cstpierre@bimbc.ca, or through the Planning Clerk, Sandi Laudrum, slaudrum@bimbc.ca.

NO REPRESENTATIONS WILL BE RECEIVED BY THE BOWEN ISLAND MUNICIPAL COUNCILAFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.

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KELLEY VOYERS U B M I S S I O N

The reason that drive-in movie theatres are obso-lete is because we stopped going to drive-in the-aters. I really don’t know why. There was nothing more fun than Mom and Dad loading the kids into the Vista Cruiser station wagon and heading off to the drive-in.

We got to wear our pajamas! Dad backed the car into our space and hooked the little speaker on the window while Mom passed us cookies from home. If Dad had a good month in sales, he would even walk up to the little snack shack and bring us warm, but-tered popcorn and sugary soda.

We would cuddle in blankets and watch the

movie... Swiss Family Robinson, 101 Dalmations, or The Sound of Music. It was bliss.

One day, people stopped going to the drive-in. There were less and less of them until there was only one. It had a cult following… that one drive-in the-atre. Teenagers would go to see what their parents were so reminiscent about. Nostalgic adults took their kids …and then one day the last drive in the-atre was gone.

Village Video on Bowen Island is our version of the drive-in theatre. When I mention to our city friends or out of town relatives that we picked up a movie at the video store, they are astonished that we still have one. My sister came to visit from Phoenix, Arizona, and exclaimed, “You have a video store! That is so retro cool!”

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The next topic in the AGORA discussion series, sponsored by the Bowen Island Community School Association (CSA) is EDUCATION.

Following the Socratean method of Ancient Greece by teaching and learning using leading questions, sometimes challenging, in a public space, we hope to stimulate thought and meaningful exploration of this far reaching subject.

The purpose is to examine the fundamental effects of education and the lack of it, successful methods and the opposite and its ultimate goals. Is education limited to a particular phase in a person’s life? Is the ultimate goal to make lot of money? Does it improve quality of life and if so, how?

To explore these and many other questions on Education come and contribute Thursday, February 26, 7:00 to 8:30 pm at the Gallery.

For further information contact Hans Behm at: hcbehm@shaw.ca

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IRENE WANELESSS U B M I S S I O N

You haven’t played for awhile but would like to play again? You play with friends occasionally but would like to play more often? You think the Thursday night duplicate bridge group is too formal and serious for you? Let me explain.

We don’t play real duplicate bridge. We play ‘duplicate style’ bridge. We don’t even have a director. We do not belong to the American Contract Bridge League and we do not compete for master points. We are a friendly, social bunch and we would love to welcome you to our group. If you already have the Standard American bridge basics we will happily coach you in a very relaxed private setting on how to play duplicate style.

Ideally, you already have a partner to bring along and if you are a single we can’t promise to find you a partner but we’ll certainly try. We meet every Thursday evening at 7:00 pm sharp and we finish by or before 10:00 pm. Howarth Hall at the extreme south end of the Bowen Court complex is where we meet. It will cost you $2.00 or maybe $3.00 each time because we have to pay the rent for the hall!

If this interests you, and we hope it does, give Irene a call at 947-2955.

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How is our municipality going to deal with the

Woodfibre LNG issue?The question came up at this week’s council

meeting and the task of coming up with an answer was deferred.

Still though, the subject itself was compelling enough to keep rearing its head in various contexts. When we’re talking about economic development, shouldn’t this project, which will see massive tank-ers cruising past our shoreline be taken into con-sideration? Doesn’t this seem like an item for the agenda in an upcoming meeting with our MLA, Jordan Sturdy?

That should be interesting.Sturdy, alongside a number of his party col-

leagues, enjoyed a fundraising dinner for the BC Liberals sponsored by Woodfibre LNG just last week. Sturdy told the Squamish Chief:

“There has been a fundraiser for decades now, at this time of the year, and it is put on by the West Vancouver Sea to Sky Riding Association and there

were 175 people at the fundraiser. It’s all transpar-ent.”

Really?Sturdy has already stated his support for the

project. But he has also said (in an interview with the Squamish Chief) that he has a strong attachment to Howe Sound, he will review the Environmental Assessment and he will review the public comments made in response to it. We’ve seen Sturdy staunchly defend his party’s policies when it comes to BC Ferries. I think we can expect the same when it comes to Liquid Natural Gas and Woodfibre in particular. Being a beneficiary of company money can only re-inforce his support.

Part of me feels our council even bringing up concerns or opposition to Woodfibre with Sturdy could be a big waste of time. There are issues we might actually be able to move forward on with him but I am not optimistic about this one.

Still, I hope our council pulls it together and steps up and speaks out- to Jordan Sturdy’s office, to the Howe Sound Forum and at every other polit-ical opportunity, against a project that has no clear benefit to our island paradise. Bowen Island and Howe Sound deserve that, at the very least.

The LNG issue

Dear Editor,

Did you receive interesting postage stamps on letters and parcels this Christmas? If so, Save the Children Canada would like to use them to help pay for their programs. The money received when the stamps are sold to stamp dealers is used to pay for programs for children in Africa, Asia, South America and even Canada. All stamps received are sold, with stamps from foreign countries fetch-ing a higher price. If you have stamps you’d like to

donate, please take them to the Bowen Post Office. I will pick them up there and mail them to Save the Children.

Bowen residents have been contributing stamps for almost 20 years now and our contributions are greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Susan Tennant

Dear Editor,

On the heels of an excellent 2014 Visitors’ Survey Presentation last Friday, by Edward Watchman and Sherry Johnson, the Bowen Island Golf Club is delighted to support and be a part of the upcom-ing Bowen Island Business Showcase, sponsored by our community’s new business voice, the West Vancouver Chamber of Commerce. With the demise of the Bowen Island Chamber of Commerce, our neighbours in West Vancouver have kindly picked up the slack in promoting the collective wellbeing of our business community.

The results of the 2014 Visitors’ Survey identified great tourist interest in Bowen for a number of rea-sons, not the least of which is the proximity of our community, the friendly people, our intriguing shops and businesses and “the nature of things”.

Whether an island visit at this time of year is high on our visitors’ agendas remains to be seen, but just in case we are pleasantly surprised let’s put our best business foot forward at this showcase. I suggest we consider this as a marketing and promotional “unit-ed we stand, divided we fall” opportunity.

Yours truly,

Bruce Russell

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Dear Editor,

Over the past three weeks, we have welcomed over 80 emerging leaders in the social services over to Bowen Island, where they trained together for five days to kick off a ten-month leadership learn-ing program. This is the eighth such cohort we have welcomed to Bowen. These leaders are engaged in transforming the leading edges of community, child and family services in BC through agencies, organi-zations and government and Bowen is a big part of their experience as they begin and end their learning with five day residencies on our island.

While they are here they are treated to the hospi-tality and care of this community. From the accom-modations at the Bowen Island Lodge and the Lodge at the Old Dorm, to the excellent catering and service provided by Mio, Joan, Darryl and Joanne from The Snug and the brilliant evenings hosted at Rustique and The Bowen Island Pub, our visitors get to witness a community that cares for each other and hosts beautifully. They leave laden with chocolates and yoga clothing and good wine and African fab-rics. Their experience of Bowen deeply informs their practice of building caring communities, because they feel it when they are here.

So this is our thanks to all of you who helped wel-come and host our visitors, whether you are a busi-ness owner, Snug Point neighbours, or just a friendly presence. Our learners consistently express their appreciation for the beauty of the land, the relaxed nature of our setting, the authenticity of the village, and how they are welcomed and hosted by locals. We have three more cohorts arriving here this year. Bowen plays a huge role in the success of this pro-gram and we wanted you to know that we couldn’t do it without you!

Thanks!

Chris Corrigan

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KIP ANASTASIOUS C I E N C E C O L U M N I S T

When Albert Einstein published his papers on General Relativity in 1915, Karl Schwartzchild was serving as a very brilliant artillery officer on the Russian Front (probably aiming at my poor Latvian grand dad, who served with the Russians in WW1). Somehow, copies of Einstein’s 1915 articles on General Relativity, reached Schwartzchild and between bombarding sessions, he solved one of Einstein’s equations. The result of this solution was the essence of a Black Hole, an enormous, in the case of Schwartzchild, stationary mass with gravity so strong it even sucks in light (thus appearing black) and in some cases, the envelopes of enormous stars. He sent his solution to Einstein in a couple of papers. Einstein, who was very impressed, dutifully read them to the Prussian Academy of Sciences and had them published. Einstein recognized that the math was elegant and obviously correct but he could never stomach the idea of the Black Hole and never in his lifetime believed they existed.

What happened to Karl Schwartzchild? Well, he developed one of the most painful and horrible auto-immune diseases (a disease in which your own body attacks your tissue, in this case, the skin) and, of course, in 1916, there was nothing to ease the sear-ing pain, which eventually led to death in most cases. Today only about 10% of sufferers actually die. Our hero and brilliant mathematician, died of pemphigus in May of 1916.

Except for a few researchers in the 1920’s, most of whom were not in the top ranks, no eminent researchers were convinced about the existence of Black Holes. That is until the resurgence of inter-est in General Relativity in the 1960’s. For some unknown reason, the oil men of Texas decided to fund a program of research on Einstein’s General Relativity, including a series of huge conferences that invited as many young physicist brilliants as they could find, including the likes of the young Steven Hawking and his friend Roger Penrose (very old men today). I honestly believe these guys thought in mathematical symbols.

Apparently, they managed to convinced the oil men to support research in Einstein’s General Relativity, which had been neglected for nearly half a century. It was so neglected that some physics research journals refused to even consider articles related to General Relativity. Well the oilmen of Texas refueled the engine of General Relativity and oiled it with gobs of money. If you consider General Relativity, you soon have to deal with Swartzchild and his black holes. Fairly quickly, the Physics Journals were full of articles on General Relativity (If he was alive, Einstein would have been beyond delighted!) A growing number of articles began to appear on Black Holes, including some by Steven Hawking and his colleague Roger Penrose, both obviously in the genius class.

We even have a good idea about how they come to be. They are

end products of ‘burned out’ stars.

We have by now come to the point in time where we have seen Black Holes, or the black disk that indicates their presence. We even have a good idea about how they come to be. They are end prod-ucts of ‘burned out’ stars. Except it has nothing to do with burning per-se (burning is the result of the combination of oxygen with other materials above

the kindling point – other substances than oxygen, such as chlorine can combine to produce a flame). Stars are fuelled by helium nuclear fusion releasing incredible amounts of energy in the forms of heat light and movement. Our sun is fueled this way and like all other stars, our sun will eventually run out of helium. When it does, it begins to collapse by the force of its own gravity, eventually forming a rather dull object, known as a neutron star. In the process of collapsing, it implodes spectacularly, releasing an enormous amount of energy, so much that the light radiating from it in the few seconds of its collapse is approaching the level of all the light radiating from all the stars and galaxies in the heavens. (At least so one knowledgeable physicist author has assured us! Let us just say it is a very very bright light!) It is a Supernova! The remaining material from the mother star is there. It still has some fuel, otherwise we wouldn’t notice these dull ornaments of the galax-ies. Neutron stars, however, are very compact and have very strong gravitational properties placing enormous forces on the structure of these rather dull relics of once mighty stars. Those forces eventually cause it to collapse into itself.

When a neutron star collapses into its own gravi-tational pull it becomes incredibly compact, and its gravitational attraction becomes so powerful that it even sucks in light and then an envelope of strongly curved spacetime surrounds that very compact mat-ter in the gravitational blockbuster of a Black Hole. Such is the gravitational pull of a black hole that it can eventually rip apart or strip off the outer mantle or more off a passing star and compact it into an unbelievably small volume. Unlike Schwartzchild’s Black Holes, which were static, our modern view of a Black Hole is constantly swirling around.

Steven Hawking considered what would happen to a Black Hole once it is formed. Does it go on there forever? He has proposed that they would simply evaporate away into spacetime leaving a glow of radi-ation for a million years or so.

When you look at your arm, it seems solid enough, but it isn’t,

it is mostly empty space and particles are zinging through it

24 hours a day..,

When you think about the compacting power of a Black Hole it is important to remember that atoms are almost entirely empty space. When you think that a particle called a neutrino can pass 8,000 miles through the earth without hitting a single piece of matter, a proton, neutron or electron, you have to realize there is almost nothing there. When you look at your arm, it seems solid enough, but it isn’t, it is mostly empty space and particles are zinging through it 24 hours a day, hardly ever hitting anything that is you.

Black Holes have almost unbelievably strong gravi-tational attraction. That is why whatever is sucked into it is forced by the enormous gravitational forces into a very small volume, as mentioned above, the entire earth down to the size of a soccer ball and you to much less than a speck.

Oh yes, you shouldn’t worry about our sun run-ning out of fuel, it has lots to keep you and your grandchildren and their grandchildren and their grandchildren and their grandchildren etc. nice and warm and cozy for many many thousands of years to come. Mind you, all good things come to an end …. or maybe a Black Hole.

Black Holes can squash the earth down to the size of a soccer ball, and you to less than a speck

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Dear Editor,

With Parliament back in session after the Christmas recess, I had to leave the beautiful BC coast for the bone-chilling cold of Ottawa. However, I spent the month of January meeting with constituents and expanding my knowledge of local issues, in order to arrive in Canada’s capital fully briefed and mandated to continue serving constituents.

That’s one reason why January presents such a special opportunity: Parliament is not in session, and I can be “on the ground” working with constituents on the Coast, hosting our Annual Roundtable with Mayors and Councillors; convening our recent summit on abandoned vessels, where spokespersons from all con-cerned communities in the riding developed an action plan; and taking part in continued discussion with the Westcoast RRIF/RRSP Focus Group, from whom I continue to draw knowledge that allows me better to represent our seniors in Ottawa.

The Westcoast RRIF/RRSP Focus Group is a team of business and investment professionals from our riding who have over decades played an influential role in developing and implementing Canada’s RRIF/RRSP policy. They provided me with some great, specific ideas to improve how the RRSP and RIFF programs respond to the financial needs of seniors. I’m proud to have endorsed their pro-posals and relayed them to the Minister of Finance.

These improvements would reinforce the actions the Federal Government has done to serve senior citizens across Canada. For example, since 2006 the Conservative Government has provided $2.8 billion in annual tax relief to seniors and pensioners; implemented income pension splitting in 2007; and in 2013 introduced the Protecting Canada’s Seniors Act in 2013 to help better protect seniors and victims of elder abuse. Canada’s low-income tax rate for seniors has fallen drastically, from 21.4% in 1980 to just 5.5% in 2011 – this is one of the low-est rates in the industrial world. By the way, our Government has reduced taxes over 180 times since first elected in 2006.

As I dive into another session of Parliament in Ottawa, I continue to relish my work on behalf of the people of our riding, inspired by the hard work, courage, and generosity of our citizens.

John Weston, Member of ParliamentWest Vancouver – Sunshine Coast – Sea to Sky Country

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MAUREEN SAWASYU N D E R C U R R E N T H I S T O R I A N

25 years ago in the Undercurrent• Peter Schmidt was selling the Building Centre and entering retirement.

Though it was pointed out in the article that Peter likely would not be ‘lolling in an easy chair, listening to recordings and sipping tea.’ Peter and his family had started the Building Centre out of necessity for building their own home in the early 70s.

• Speaking of the Building Centre, in 1990, dog owners were being asked to pick up their yearly license in the temporary office of the Building Centre located at Pole #131 Miller rd. Owners were reminded that bringing veri-fication of spaying and neutering would qualify them for a lower priced license for their dog.

• The Bow Mart had is second break-in less then a week. Two panes of glass were broken and packages of cigarettes stolen. The culprit was appre-hended as was the person that had been involved in the previous break in.

20 years ago in the Undercurrent• Cinnamon buns and honey proved to be the perfect bait to lure a maraud-

ing raccoon. After three unsuccessful attempts to trap the creature with eggs and pancake syrup, the raccoon was successfully on it’s way to it’s new home in the Deke Creek area, about 4kms past Lions Bay. The rac-coon, which had been released on the island, was thought have made sev-eral attacks on local chickens.

5 years ago in the Undercurrent• The 2010 Winter Olympics were about to get underway and Bowen Island

had turned out a large and boisterous crowd to welcome three torch run-ners in the wee hours of February 10. It was estimated in fact that 1000 people (that’s a third of the island!) had turned up well before 6 a.m. to make sure they were in a good position along Bowen Trunk rd. to watch the torch make it’s way to the ferry. This left some wondering if Bowen Island may just have had the most Olympic spirit per-capita than any other community in British Columbia.

This week in Undercurrent history

CAROLYN NESBITTS U B M I S S I O N

Je t’aime.So beautiful to hear. But what hap-

pens if you don’t understand French? That is the type of communication

gap that happens all the time between spouses. When couples come to me for help, what I know is that some-where along the way, they stopped recognizing their spouse’s attempt at saying, “I love you.” It’s often because they speak different love languages. Author Gary Chapman is convinced that there are five ways to express love emotionally: “Each person has a pri-mary love language that we must learn to speak if we want that person to feel loved.”

Words of affirmationA woman I know said to me, “I do

so much for everyone, and I never feel appreciated. No one ever says thank you. I just would like someone to notice.” Her primary love language is verbal appreciation. She continued, “I notice that when I come home, the dog bounds over and wags its apprecia-tive little tail – appreciative that I exist. What a lovely greeting! We humans can take a lesson from our pets.” If her family wants her to feel loved, they need to verbally tell her. They can use words such as, “thank you… I appreci-ate you… I really like you… you mean a lot to me!” And on Valentine’s Day, a handwritten card with personal things they notice and appreciate about her will go a long way to help her feeling loved.

Acts of ServiceI often hear, “Actions speak louder

than words. Show me, don’t tell me.” When my husband changes the oil in the car, he sees it as an act of love. Although I appreciate that he did it, I tend to see it as a chore that someone had to do. I had to learn to become bilingual in this area. I now choose to see his service as an act of love – and I have to do that consciously or

the meaning of his act would be lost. Someone whose primary love lan-guage is service says, “talk is cheap.” If that reminds you of your spouse, and you want to say ‘I love you’ in a way that they can hear it, then take out the garbage, prepare the meals, pick up the stuff around the house. And on Valentine’s Day, go out of your way to do something for them that you wouldn’t normally do.

Receiving GiftsI grew up with a very generous

father, one who wasn’t good at express-ing his feelings verbally. However, he never failed to return from a trip with a little gift in for me. So now, when a friend brings over strawberries, beans from the garden or a new scarf, I feel such delight! It’s not about the cost – it’s that the person thought of me when they brought this thing to me. The language of gifts can be misunderstood by those who see gifts as so much landfill, but if that is your spouse’s primary language, understand that they will feel loved when you present them with pretty much anything that you have thought of yourself. And on Valentine’s Day, don’t ask them what they want – just get them something that they wouldn’t normally buy for themselves – anything! - and have it wrapped and waiting for them when they wake up.

Quality TimeIf your spouse’s primary language

is quality time, you will help them feel cherished and loved when you give them your undivided attention. Put your cell phone away, turn off the computer, look into your loved one’s eyes, listen and interact. This does not mean doing chores together: that activity is for the person whose love language is service. It does mean a minimum of twenty minutes of one-on-one connection. So on Valentine’s Day, walk around Killarney Lake,

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This Valentine’s Day, Become Bilingual in Love

MERIBETH DEENE D I T O R

Shahar Rabi comes from a lineage of rab-bis, is a practicing Buddhist, is fascinated about Christianity, and is comfortable calling himself an aetheist. He says his wife, Saskia Tait, is a yogi. Their daughter Annika, is 18 months old. He is cur-rently working at the Orchard Recovery Centre as the Program Director and psychotherapist and fin-ishing his Ph.D on relapse prevention, social change and integral theory.

“I’ve been wondering how we can raise Annika

within a community that has a similar interest in the complexity of life,” says Rabi. “I think we live in a world where many of us have rejected religion and spirituality in the name of social progress. In doing so, I think we run the risk of throwing the baby out with the bathwater.”

Rabi says that he hopes the panel discussion he has set up called, “The Future of God,” will open up a non-judgmental and nonsectarian conversation about psychology, spirituality and “God” in whatever form it takes for people of all religious and spiritual leanings - and possibly open the door to further workshops.

From left: Saskia Tait, Annika Tait-Rabi and Shahar Rabi.

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Not sure how to celebrate Valentine’s Day? This year The Gallery at Artisan Square’s annual fund-raising Gala, Bowen’s most swishy event, falls on Valentine’s Day. Graham Ritchie will auction the large selection of mini-paintings that our local art-ists have created, tables will overflow with sumptu-

ous nibblies, and there will be chocolate treats and great music provided by the ever-enthusiastic Marc Gawthrop. The event is always fabulous and loads of fun.

Tickets are available for purchase for $15, either from Phoenix, online at biac.ca, or at the Gallery (open 12 -4pm Fri-Sun).

The Gala will run from 7:00 to 10:00 on Feb 14.

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“Of course, common values are a part of this, but I would like to get a little deeper than that,” says Rabi.

But what does, “deeper” look like?“I think there is a longing in our

hearts, in our guts, to talk not just about values, but about what holds those values. Who or what holds those values? Who is it, saying, I am? Every cell in every one of our bodies was present for the Big Bang as potential. We are the universe in the sense that our chemistry was made in exploding stars— so, in some sense we ARE star-

dust – I think that’s what I mean when I say we need to go beyond a conversa-tion about values.”

Going back to the idea of how he wants to raise his daughter, Rabi adds that sparking this kind of conversation is all about creating the widest mythol-ogy possible for our children.

“If we don’t, I think the most likely option is for them to buy into the very limited mythology of commercialism.”

Rabi will be moderating the panel with speakers Chris Dierkes (soul interpreter, energy healer, and spiritual guide with a background in Christian mysticism), Trevor Malkinson (MA

in philosophy, currently completing a masters in divinity at the Vancouver School of Theology) and Rev. Sophia Ducey (Ordained minister, speaker, teacher and counselor with an ardent commitment to my indi-vidual and the collective evolution of conscious-ness .)

The free event will be held at the Bowen Isalnd Yoga Centre, 27th of February, at 6:30. For more information on the Future of God Panel discussion, check out the workshops and events section at bowenisland-yoga.com

The Future of God

BOWEN ISLAND COMMUNITY SCHOOL invites all 3 and 4-year old children and their parents to a

fun-filled morning of learning and activity.

Ready, Set, Learn is hosted by community partners and sponsored by the West Vancouver School

District. This Bowen Island Early Learning event is free of charge, and participants receive a

complimentary Early Learning resource kit, musical entertainment, story time, healthy living

information for preschools, along with information about child development and community safety.

Join us for this free Early Learning session to find out how Bowen Island Community School and its

community partners tap each child’s potential at play, in school and beyond.

www.sd45.bc.ca

Ready, Set, LearnSaturday, February 21| 10:00 am -12:00 pm

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September 2015 will mark the unveiling of a 3rd Out of the Attic Show. The Attic show provides col-lectors an opportunity to sell works of art that they may no longer have room for perhaps no longer love. Betty Dhont and Greta Smith will again be accepting original paintings, lithographs, etching and sculp-tures as well as ceramics and other items of interest for this show. Prices are usually set by the owner but assistance will be offered if desired. Artwork from living Bowen Island artists will not be accepted for this sale.

Past sales have provided an astonishing array of treasures for purchase. When the first sale was held

four years ago, it resulted in over 50 pieces offered. The second Attic sale two years ago offered art lovers more than 75 fabulous pieces to choose from. The majority of the items on offer were sold on behalf of the owners but some of the items were donated to the Gallery by generous Bowen Islanders, so 100% of these sales went to support the Gallery. The Gallery’s commission is 30% for items valued $1,000 and under and 25% of items valued over $1,000. All pro-ceeds from the sale help to support the Gallery.

If you have something you are interested in sub-mitting, we would love to hear from you over the next couple of months. Contact Betty Dhont at 604 802 9237/email: blushrambler@shaw.ca or Greta Smith at 604 947 0853/email:gretasmith@shaw.ca

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Physical TouchIn our home, physical touch is a big way of feeling loved. When we watch a

movie together as a family, I never want to miss the opportunity to cuddle. I pre-fer to sit on the couch beside one of the kids or my spouse, rather than the chairs, no matter how comfy they are. Each of us likes the simple act of holding hands, although I notice my teenager choosing this less frequently – I think her language might be words of affirmation, and she does like her space. If your spouse’s pri-mary love language is physical, even if yours is not, it will be like a drink of water in the desert for you to sit next to him or her, touching, arm around the waist or shoulder. And on Valentine’s Day, as Charlotte Diamond so wisely sings, “Four hugs a day – that’s the minimum!”

Je t’aime. Ich liebe dich. Ti amo. Te amo. Ik hou van jou. If you don’t know what language your family and friends speak, ask. Discuss

how you each feel cherished. It’s not about convincing each other that one way is better or right. It’s about knowing that you and they can learn what makes each other feel valued. Let it land with a big “Aha!” As you connect with your loved ones this Valentine’s Day, be bilingual! Let them know how much you love them in your language - and their’s.

Dr. Carolyn Nesbitt is a Bowen island psychologist. She can be found at www.CarolynNesbitt.com.

Love languages

BOWEN ISLAND YOGAS U B M I S S I O N

For three mondays in a row starting Feb. 16th there will be a great family-friendly event happening at Bowen Island Yoga. This event will be organized by folk musician and youth facilitator Tereza Tomek. Tereza recently moved to Bowen Island from the big city in search of a quieter, more natural creative dwell-ing. The event will start out with half an hour of action and sing-along songs that kids of all ages will enjoy. The second half will feature a performance by a special musical guest.

This Monday at 11 a.m. we will feature Doug Koyama: singer, improviser, entertainer. Doug uses a loop petal and his powerful vocal chords to create com-pletely improvised songs full of love and happiness.

Musical family fun on Mondays

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The Bowen Island Film Society, now inactive, ispleased to announce that following a selectionprocess, its equipment and assets have beentransferred to the Bowen Island Arts Council which isnow the steward of these community resources. TheFilm Society wishes to thank its members, the BowenIslandMunicipality,Collins Hall,TimMoynahan.JamesTocker and the numerous community members whocontributed time, money and resources to bring highquality film programming to Bowen Island for manyyears. Installation of the equipment at the Gallery atArtisan Sq. is now complete thanks to David Cameronand volunteers Reed Bement and John Jerman.Watch for new initiatives from BIAC as they integratethese new assets into their activities.

The Bowen Island Film Society thanks you for yoursupport of the arts on our island.

Cordell Wynne, president BIFS

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RICHARD GRUNEAUS U B M I S S I O N

For a second year, Bowen Island FC placed an open men’s team in the third division of the high-ly competitive Vancouver Metro Soccer League. Building on a solid showing in their inaugural VMSL season in 2013-14, the Bowen men proved them-selves to be one of the top teams in the division, fighting to the wire for the Divisional Championship with Howe Sound rivals, Squamish FC.

Led by all-star center back, Andy Cuba and the prodigious goal scoring of team captain, Steven Reid, the team boasted an impressive overall record of 14

wins, 2 draws, and 4 losses for the season. Bowen Island residents who played on the team

included: Allen Sorrell, Amos Rosen, Andy Cuba, Burns Jennings, Gabe Sentlinger, Greg Alexander, Jackson Miller, Jake Carechelo, James Milligan, Jason Campbell, Jesse Gruneau, Morgan Quarry, Nick Page, Tobi Volkmann, Steven Reid, Spencer Reid, and youth call-ups Rod Watts and Brian Cuba.

The men’s team will start training again in March, rain or shine, for competition this spring in the North Shore Sportsmen’s League. Any prospective players interested in trying out for the spring team should contact the BIFC men’s program director, Rick Gruneau at r.gruneau@shaw.ca.

Bowen Island Men’s Soccer Team Finishes in Top Three

Bowen’s Gabe Sentlinger goes in for a tackle.Bowen FC, photo

BOWEN ISLAND GARDEN CLUBE D I T O R

On February 16, 2015 the Bowen Island Garden club welcomes Laura Dohney who will give a presentation on how to integrate fruit trees and other small fruits into Bowen Island gardens. Laura is and has been the manager of the David Hunter Garden Center on Broadway Street, Vancouver for 10 years. Laura is a certified garden designer and a former Master Gardener. She is a self- taught horticultural teacher and an avid gardener herself. Laura’s presentation will focus on fruit trees and other small fruit varieties that can be grown success-fully on Bowen Island. She will discuss seasonal care, planting guidelines and soil amending for fruit trees. She will also touch on bugs and simple diseases that affect the health of fruit trees as well as how to protect trees and plants from deer.

Please join us at the Gallery at Artisan Square on February 16, 2015 at 1 PM. Everyone is welcome.

Bowen Island Library Foundation & Bowen Island Arts Council

Request for Expressions of Interest to ProvideArchitectural Services for an Addition to the Existing Bowen Library Building

Bowen Island Public Library Foundation (the Foundation) and the Bowen Island ArtsCouncil (BIAC) are seeking the services of an architecture firm registered in B.C. to providearchitectural services for an addition of approximately 2800 square feet to the BowenIsland Public Library building. The architect will work with the project Steering Committee(6 members) as well as a facility subcommittee (4 members) during the design, permittingand construction processes. A concurrent fundraising program may impact designconsiderations.

The project will provide a dedicated library space for events, programs and study, as wellas a separate and dedicated art gallery space. Related support spaces will also be included.A design requirement is that the library and gallery spaces can be shared and combined toform one larger event and gathering space. An outdoor gathering space/public plaza is alsoa key component of the planned project.

A schematic design has been generated in order to study program, function, floor area andcost issues. The architecture firm hired will not be bound to this design but will be requiredto work within the general parameters of the defined program, cost estimates (projectbudget) and square footage.Design work is expected to begin no later than April 2015 and permits to be in place byOctober 2015.Interested registered architecture firms should submit 3 hard copies and one pdf of amaximum three page letter outlining experience on Bowen Island, work with non-profitclients, public consultation processes, and meeting budget objectives. Local referencesand firm websites should be noted.Expressions of interest should be submitted to the address below by February 27, 2015.Interviews and selection will be complete by March 27, 2015.

Bowen Library & GalleryCommittee –EOITina NielsenBowen Island Public Library430 Bowen Island Trunk Rd.P.O. Box 10Bowen Island, B.C. V0N 1G0e-mail: tnielsen@bowenlibrary.ca

Dynamic Downtowns WebinarPresentedbyHeritageB.C. in celebration of HeritageWeek in B.C.

SponsoredonBowenbyBowenHeritage and theBIMEconomicDevelopment Committee (EDC)

Wednesday, February 18, 20156:30-9:00 pm

Bowen IslandMunicipal Hall Council Chambers981 Artisan Lane

Part ofHeritageWeekonBowen Island,DynamicDowntownswebinarpresentationwithurbanplannerMaria Stanboroughexploresheritage conservationas adriver of downtownrevitalization. Thewebinarmaterial looks at a varietyof successful downtownheritage conservationprojects throughoutBC, outliningthebenefits for communities that are consideringheritage assets andheritage values aspart of their toolkitfordowntownrevitalization. Youare invited to attend thewebinar atBowen IslandMunicipal Council

Chambers, 6:30 to9:00p.m., February18, 2015.All arewelcome

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For information, call 604-947-4255

Suddenly in her home Miriam passed away from cardiac arrest.Miriam was the devoted mom to Andrea and Nathaniel Budzinski and the treasuredfriend to many.

She was a socially and politically active woman who’s generous giving spirit rangedfrom working to help establish B.I.R.D. to volunteering at the downtown east sidewoman’s drop in centre (W.I.S.H.).

She walked her talk and had the elfish playful spirit of creating fun in most activitiesshe pursued.

She was a thoughtful, caring, giving mom and friend, who’s spirit inspired all whoknew her.

She will be greatly missed by her family and her many friends.

Miriam’s celebration is this Saturday Feb. 21 from 11:00-1:30 at Lorie Krill,65 West Cordova. Vancouver

Bring a brief memory to share if you like, and please no flowers.

AdieuMiriam StuartNov. 24, 1942 - Feb. 6, 2015

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

“The UnValentines Assumption” HSB (Hillhouse, Stepple & Braund) Acoustic concert of songs of love, heartbreak and despair at the Gallery, Artisan Square, 7:30 p.m. $10 at the door, includes one beer/wine

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 14

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

Bowen Island Children’s Centre Pre-school registration 10 a.m. - Noon, Children’s Centre

Bowen Island Arts Council Mini-Gala Reception Tickets online and at Pheonix

MONDAY FEBRUARY 16Seniors Keeping Young

9 a.m exercises followed by Angeline Toth speaking about the Xenia Retreat Centre and her work

Garden Club Speakers Series Laura Dohney about integrating fruit trees 1 p.m. at the Gallery at Artisan Square

Musical Family Fun Bowen Island Yoga, 11 a.m. Doug Koyama: singer, improviser, entertainer TUESDAY FEBRUARY 17

AA Meeting Collins Hall 7:15 p.m.

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 18

Knitting Circle 2 - 5 p.m. Bowen Court - All levels welcome! THURSDAY FEBRUARY 19

Duplicate Bridge @ Bowen Court

Call Irene @ 2955

UPCOMING

FEBRUARY 18 Dynamic Downtowns Webinar 6:30 p.m. council chambers

FEBRUARY 19, 20, 21Shakespeare’s Cymbeline

Directed by Graham Ritchie 7:15 Cates Hill Chapel Tickets $20 from the library

FEB 211 - 2:15 p.m. Jane’s Walk around Snug Cove

Meet in front of the Library

FEBRUARY 21Ready, Set, Learn

10 a.m. - 12 p.m. in the BICS Primary Wing

Movie Matinee pre-release screening of: BIG HERO 6 4:30 p.m. at the Gallery at Artisan Square $6 tickets at Phoenix, IPS and at the door. Concession of popcorn, cupcakes, savory treats, and coffee and tea.

FEBRUARY 27AGORA Forum on Education

7 p.m. at the Gallery at Artisan Square

FEBRUARY 27Bowen Island Montessori Open House

9:30 - 11:30 a.m.

The Future of God Panel Discussion Bowen Island Yoga, 7:30 - 8 p.m.

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We not only have a video store but it is family owned and operated. Even their dog, Candy, is there… joyful and friendly and looking at you with those eyes that will not allow you pass without giving her a treat from the bowl on the coun-ter. Mladen and Pero are super nice and have seen just about every movie. They are honest and free with their critiques. Mladen genuinely wants you to like the movie you rent.

Yet, just as video killed the radio star, Netflix is killing the video store. Mladen says business is slowing because people are just staying home and ordering their movie online or through their cable provider. No more visiting with the neigh-bour who also came for a movie, no more free critiques, no more excitement about getting the last copy of the latest new release, no more Mladen or Pero or Candy… just stay-at-home, push a button, addictive Netflix.

Wearing your pajamas at home while you watch a movie is not nearly as fun as wearing them in the back of the station wagon at the drive-in.

If we all stop going to Village Video, there will no longer be a video store on Bowen Island. It is just another thing that makes Bowen Island so unique. It is just another thing that makes it so wonderful. So go rent a video, keep on renting videos, and help keep this small town institution alive. I think there are only two video stores left in Vancouver. Soon there will be none. Wouldn’t it be fun if our video store was like that last drive in theatre?

We will miss it if it is gone?

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This year’s theme for our province’s Heritage Week is ‘Main Street: At the Heart of the Community’. On Bowen, Snug Cove is our heart and soul of civic life - meet your neighbours, pick up tickets, visit the bank machine - almost all of us pass through at some point each day. Like all the best villages, the Cove developed around our transportation hub with a small colony of commercial ventures, relatively stable but never static and still evolving today. For many places, Main Street is no longer their heart, as big box malls have changed shopping patterns, leaving Main Street under-occupied and struggling to stay relevant. But on Bowen everyone needs the ferry, and that keeps the Cove vital.

This year’s heritage week theme is very timely for Bowen with significant Snug Cove projects in the pipeline (Bowen Pub, Garden Gateway, Cove Culture Corner). While islanders welcome new develop-ments, there are also concerns about retaining the character and authenticity of our “main street.” In the 2011 Householder Survey, preservation of the char-acter of Bowen was a high priority. So how do we retain the sense of place, while balancing the needs of owners to develop their properties and fostering sus-tainable and vibrant commerce in our downtown?

One proven way to achieve this is to focus on heri-tage. It turns out that by repurposing or renovating existing heritage buildings, as well as developing in a way that responds and is sensitive to the existing aes-thetic, there are significant economic benefits. These benefits occur in large part precisely because of an enhancement of the sense of place that a heritage-based approach to redevelopment achieves.

Indeed, a heritage anchor building or heritage pre-cinct can be a significant draw in itself, as heritage tourism continues to increase in popularity, attract-ing tourists and residents to the area. In essence, the process of heritage values development is to thought-fully integrate the cultural history of a place through

existing buildings and spaces, and ensuring new development complements rather than overpowers, existing architecture.

Following the webinar, we will get practical and local identifying the possibilities in our own dynamic

downtown.

We want to explore the possibilities. This coming Wednesday, Bowen Heritage and the BIM Economic Development Committee will be co-hosting Heritage BC’s ‘Dynamic Downtowns’ webinar, presented by Maria Stanborough. In her presentation Maria will identify the key planning tools available to munici-palities and look at case studies of successful down-town heritage conservation projects throughout BC, highlighting best practices and providing an eco-nomic impact analysis for each. Following the webi-nar, we will get practical and local identifying the possibilities in our own dynamic downtown.

The Dynamic Downtowns webinar, Wednesday, February 18 at 6:30 pm at Council Chambers is a FREE event. All are welcome, for more information about content see www.heritagebc.org.

In addition, Heritage members Will Husby and Marion Moore will host a casual, one hour “Jane’s walk” through Snug Cove to look for signs of what once were three main streets in this small village between the late 1800s and today. Jane’s Walks were invented by Jane Jacobs and rather than a presenta-tion, they are walking conversations about the histo-ry and future of special places and landscapes in our communities. Long time residents share their memo-ries of Snug Cove and new people get the chance to meet some veteran islanders and ask them questions about the community. Dress for weather and bring your knowledge and questions.

Jane’s Walk around Snug Cove, meet in front of the library on Saturday February 21, 1:00-2:15 pm.

FREE event. Everyone welcome.

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