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Community News and Events from Quadra, Cortes and the Outer Islands
ISSUE #278
NOVEMBER 8TH, 2002
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#278 November 8th, 2002
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Island 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 Lodge
6 to 9 pm
•Every Sunday - Buddhist Meditation
10 am
Inner Garden
•1st Friday of every month-Open stage @ Yak Shak Coffee House
7:30-10 pm
November 9, Saturday
-Nepalese Porters-Film,Slides,Prizesetc.
7:30pm
Community Centre
Juggleclub
Every Tuesday - Juggleclub
all welcome Community Center
4:00-6:00pm. Oct. thru June.
Amnesty Int.
Amnesty International, meet
on the last Monday of each
month, at 7pm, next meeting
Nov. 25. We would like to
welcome all interested women
to join us. For more information
call 285-2272 or 285-2434.
Homeopathy
November 10, Sunday
-Borealis String Quartet
7:00pm
Community Centre
November 11, Monday
-Quadra Island Garden Club
7:00pm
Community Centre
November 12, Tuesday
-Quadra Island Quilters
9:30 am
Community Centre
Office: 285-2107/Home: 9350046.
N ovember 15, 16 Sat-Sun
-Christmas Craft Fair
4-9pm Fri, 10am-3pm Sat
Community Centre
Quadra
Quilters
November 16, Saturday
-Vote for Quadra School Trustee
8 am to 8pm
November 18, Monday
-Chemical-free golf coursed presentation
7:30pm
Quadra School
Community Centre
November 19, Tuesday
-Discovery Islands Tourism Comittee MTG Yak Shak
7:15
November 29, Friday
-PAC Country & Western Family Dance
Quadra School Gym
6pm-9pm Featuring Local Band Whirlwind
December 4, Thursday
-Quadra Seniors’ Meeting
10:30am
Quadra Legion
December 6, Friday
-Mitlenatch Field Naturalist Society
6:00pm
Bible Church
December 7, Saturday
-Ladies Christmas Celebration
9:30am-noon
Bible Church
December 9, Monday
-Quadra Seniors’ Christmas Luncheon
11:30am
Discovery Inn
December 20, Friday
-Carol Sing
8:00pm
Homewood
Quadra Quilters Marathon
In the Oct. 25th notice, the
information for non-members
was incorrect. If you wish to
participate in the Marathon
please call Yvettte 285-3060
or Karla 285-2393 for further
information.
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
Nepal Slideshow
“In the Shadows of the
Himalaya” tells the incredible
story of Nepal’s mountain
porters through photos, film,
stories and music. Admission
free, $10 donation for raffle.
Prizes include Patagonia gear,
funky t-shirts, and other cool
stuff. All proceeds benefit
Porters‚ Progress of Nepal.
November 9, 2002 at 7:30 pm.
Quadra Island Community
Centre.
Stop in at
Online Gourmet
November 12th On Line
Gourmet located at 970
Shopper’s Row will be donating
all coffee proceeds to the
North Island Survivors’ Healing
Society, which operates the
Women’s Sexual Assault Centre.
With your help, we will be able to
continue to provide counselling
and group support for survivors
of recent and/ or childhood
sexual or physical assault.
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Classical
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:
Tues: Pasta Night
Wed: Chinese & Jam Night
Thur: Mexican Night
Fri: Wing Night
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Hanna Somatics - Reduce Stress, Improve Mobility
During our lives we continually respond to
daily stress, traumas and just the wear and
tear of life with specific muscular reflexes.
When repeatedly triggered, these reflexes
create habitual muscular contractions
which we often are unaware of, and cannot
voluntarily relax. We no longer remember
how to move about freely, and become stiff
and sore. Thomas Hanna, who studied and
expanded the work of Moshe Feldenkrais,
called this habituated state Sensory Motor
Amnesia. This SMA, since it has been learned
throughout one’s life, can be unlearned.
E-mail
castle@island.net
Fax 285-2163
Business Cards • Letterhead
Envelopes • Continuous Forms
Cheques • Invoices • Brochures
Phone 285-COPY
EMCO Resources Ltd.
Electrical Contracting
Service and Maintenance
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Campbell River
Tel: (250) 923-5577
Fax: (250) 923-7707
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Quadra Island
Tel: (250) 285-3926
Fax: (250) 285-3928
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Two ways of unlearning are available
- through Movement classes, and through
private sessions, with a trained Hanna
Somatic Educator. In the Movement class
you will learn to re-educate your brain and
neural pathways by learning techniques
that, when done slowly and mindfully, help
release muscle tension, increase oxygen flow
to your muscles and brain, and reduce stress.
This can improve your mobility, strength,
and coordination, improve posture, ease
breathing, even improve athletic skills and
provide a new sense of awareness and control
in your life.
In a private session you will learn all the
basic movements plus those that are designed
to relieve your particular problem. Somatic
education is a short-term process. Once you
learn the techniques, which take about 15
minutes a day, they are yours for life, allowing
you to make use of them long after the class.
Somatics does not require the client to return
indefinitely. The class will be held from 9:00am to
1:00pm, Nov. 30th and Dec. 1st, at the Community
Centre. The fee - $85.00 Our instructor is Phyllis
Victory, from Vancouver. She will be available for
private sessions as well.
Cultural Committee Presents
Borealis Quartet
The Cultural Affairs Committee of the
Quadra Island Recreation Society is pleased
to announce a concert by the Borealis String
Quartet at the Quadra Island Community
Centre on Sunday November 10th at
7pm. This group of young musicians have
formed the first professional string quartet
at the University of British Columbia,
coming together after having established
distinguished individual careers.
First violin Patricia Shih made her
Carnegie Hall debut at age 15,the same
year as receiving the Special Prize of the
International Wieniawski Competition.
Shortly after that she won the International
Kreisler Competition in Vienna, and in 1993
the Sylvia Gelber Foundation award for
Canada’s most outstanding musician under
the age of 30. She has toured throughout
the world in recital and appeared as soloist
with major symphony orchestras including
the Royal Philharmonic, Hall⁄ and Toronto
Symphony Orchestra.
Second violin Yuel Yawney completed his
advanced training at the Prague Academy
under Josef Suk, and has appeared as soloist
and as chamber musician at major music
festivals.
Violist Nikita Pogrebnoy graduated
from the Conservatory of his home city St.
Petersburg There he performed as soloist
and principal viola of the Mozarteum
Chamber Orchestra, and later in the Longy
Chamber Orchestra in Boston. In 1995 he
won the Valentino Bucchi Prize Competition
for Viola in Rome, and has toured extensively
with various ensembles before coming to
Canada.
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Cellist Joel Stobbe Graduated from
the Leopold Mozart Konservatorium in
Augsburg, and as a member of the Amati
Ensemble and the Violarte Quartet toured
France, Germany and Italy, and performed
in recital and as soloist in Germany before
returning to Canada in 2000
The programme is delightful, starting
with Haydn’s “Sunrise” Quartet, Op.76 No.4,
written in 1797 when he was at the peak of
his powers; the Ravel String Quartet, sadly
his only one, and Schubert’s lovely “Death
and the Maiden” Quartet in D minor, with
it’s slow movement variations on his song
of that name.
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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Ratepayers And Residents Meeting
On October 29, 2002, the Ratepayers and
Residents monthly meeting, presided by Terry
Hooper, was held in the Community Center.
The focus for the night was Community
Policing on Quadra Island. Corporal Dennis
O’Gorman of the Quadra Detachment was the
invited speaker for the evening.
Corporal O’Gorman gave a brief overview
of his twenty-two years in the RCMP. He then
reviewed the five-year plan he developed for
the Quadra Detachment. The emphases of
the plan are, safe home, safe community,
traffic control, organized crime elimination,
and youth programs. He is pleased to
report that the plan is actually ahead of his
time line. Another item of interest was that
another RCMP officer has been assigned to
our Detachment; this makes four members
on Quadra. Because of this extra member
coming, more time can be spent with policing
activities on Cortes Island, which is part of
Quadra’s Detachment responsibilities.
Corporal O’Gorman said that he used
figures that put the population of Quadra
at over 4000, another reason for increased
RCMP officers. Cortes has just less than 1000
population.
Corporal O’Gorman also was very
impressed with the youth of Quadra. He
thinks the parents of our youth have done
a great job of raising their children and says
that they are a joy to deal with. He finds them
very cooperative. It is nice have this positive
reinforcement of the parents efforts to raise
the future citizens of our country.
Some of the major concerns the RCMP
have on Quadra are; illegally parked cars
around the Quathiaski Cove Ferry Terminal,
marijuana grow operations, alcohol and
mental health problems, responding to lost
hikers in the woods. All these concerns
take most of the Detachment’s time. One
item, which has been raised before, is the
enforcement of bylaws on Quadra. The RCMP
does not really enforce Regional District
bylaws. However, if you think a bylaw needs
Regional District enforcement it is important
to gather many examples of bylaw disregard,
to present to the Regional District, for their
attention.
The Ratepayers and Residents Committee
wishes to thank Corporal O’Gorman for presenting
an overview of RCMP activity on Quadra. A
reminder of the coming elections on the November
16, and that we will have to elect a School Board
Trustee as being the only vote we on Quadra will
exercise. Our Regional Director, Jim Abram, was
re-elected by acclamation, and will serve for three
more years.
Terry Hooper also gave a brief report on a
recent Ferry Advisory meeting held in Heriot Bay
Inn. The Ferry Corporation will be publishing more
information in the future.
The next meeting of the Ratepayers and
Residents, scheduled for November 26, was to
learn about Area J’s Advisory Planning Commission
and their activities, however, representatives from
the APC are unable to attend.
Quadra Island
Garden Club.
Quadra Island gardeners, like those
everywhere, hold varying opinions about
most things horticultural but all are agreed
on one point - deer are a garden pest. They
may look beautiful and ethereal as they
slip into the forest but the havoc they can
wreck on a garden in one night is horrible to
behold. This month’s meeting on Monday,
November 11 at 7.00 pm will featrue well
known island gardener and landscaper,
Val Barr, presenting a slide show on Deer
Resistant Plants. There are no deer proof
plants.
Different deer seem to prefer different
plants and they have been known to eat even
rhubarb leaves. Val has had many years
experience gardening on this island and has
learned what they prefer and what they will
leave alone unless desperate. Please join
us for this event and add your personal
experiences with deer and the garden.
There will also be some perennials for sale
(it is not too late for fall planting) as well
as our show table and magazine exchange.
New members are always welcome.
oelle Construction Ltd.
Box 207 Quathiaski Cove, B.C. • V0P 1N0
Custom Homes
Renovations • Commercial
• Foundations
• Framing
• Fine Finishing
• Contract Roofing
• Timber Framing
• R.R.A.P. Grants
• General Contracting
• Project Management
John Toelle 285-3783
Kent O'Neill 285-2551
Fax (250) 285-3781
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Coffeehouse A
Success
Events at the Upper
Realm
The Coffeehouse raised $1,400. towards
a cork floor in the large upstairs room in
the Community Centre. Thank you to all
the performers, bakers, concession and setup volunteers, front door and raffle tickets
helpers. Over 50 people donated a labor of
love to make this Coffeehouse a success.
Photography as a Career - John Goodliffe
has been a professional photographer and
has had his work published in several
international magazines. Find out how
he pursued this career and ask him any
questions you have on your photography
interests. This course will be held on
Tuesday, November 12 at 7:30. Cost is$18
and call 285-2626 for registration
Ross McPhee
A.J. Contractors
General Contractor Insured
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Journeyman • Working with the best local trades.
To Complete Your Project
on Time and on Budget
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The campaign for the cork floor continues.
Raffle tickets, for a carved eagle by Mike
Balatti, a sailing cruise by Pat Charlsworth,
two handmade afghans by Shirley Wallace
and a beautiful bowl by Gordon James can
still be purchased at the Hummingbird
anytime and at the Christmas Craft Fair on
November 15 and 16. The drawing will be
at 2 pm near Santa Claus’ seat on Saturday.
Winners will be phoned if not present.
We are still looking for that generous
elusive millionaire to match our Community
efforts dollar for dollar. Financial
contributors can call Steve at 285-3323.
BOX 336, HERIOT BAY, B.C. VOP 1H0
We buy logs or standing timber
On-site custom milling
Kiln dried interior panelling & flooring
Gettin’ Power,
Gettin’ Green
Many citizens today feel powerless in the
face of the sweeping changes being executed
in Victoria. “Empowering Ourselves and
Effecting Change” is the focus of the
upcoming North Island Greens annual
general meeting. The discussion will centre
on how we as Greens influence and affect
provincial and national politics, as well
as how individually, each of us can influence
provincial Green policy.
Several short presentations are planned
and the meeting will also include board
elections. All who are interested are welcome
to attend; the meeting will be at the Quadra
Community Centre, Sunday November
17 at 1:30 pm, room 3. Arrangements for
a ride on Quadra from the Campbell River
or Cortes ferries is possible: call 285-2580.
More information? Ralph Keller, Green Party
Spokesperson on Sustainable Economy: 250
285-2823 Robyn Mawhinney, North Island
Greens Communications Chair: 250 285-3465
Yuletide Season Fun Night - This year we
will have a Christmas party for women and
kids on Friday, November 22 from 6 - 8 p.m.
There will be sushi, chocolate tasting, craft
demonstrations and a gift registry, Come and
join in on the fun. Call 285-2626 for more
information
Chamber of
Commerce Tourism
Committee
The Tourism Committee would like to
invite anyone with an interest in promoting
tourism on the Discovery Islands to attend
the next meeting to be held on Tuesday,
November 19 at 7:15 at the Yak Shak.
This group is meant to be a support,
networking, and informational group for its
participants.
2003 Discovery Ils.
Calendar of Events
Groups and Businesses who sponsor
events that are open to the public are once
again invited to send in their information
to be listed in the 2003 D.I. Calendar of
Events. On-going weekly events can also
be submitted. Please send the following
information: date/ event name/ time/
place/ short description/ and contact name
& number. Information should be sent BY
November 30 to Pat Lowes by email to
esl-fun@island net, by fax to 285-3797 or by
mail to Box 87 Heriot Bay V0P1H0.
ENERT Computer Services
Quality Computers & Upgrades
In-home Service, Tutorials
Printers, Printer Cartridges
Software &
Internet Hookup
WORKSHOPS
"Basic Windows"
"Using the Internet"
"More Windows"
"Quickbooks"
-or workshops developed
for your needs.
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The Martinellis
655 Cape Mudge Rd
mattmart@connected.bc.ca
Call: 285-2431
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Quadra Seniors
At our next meeting Nov. 6, 2002, at
10:30 am. Island Nurse, Betty Doak, will
be speaking to the Seniors about, when
to recognize symptoms, of illnesses,
particularly Heart Attacks and Strokes.
Betty has been with our Emergency Medical
Services on our Island for 19 years, where
she has been very instrumental, with
the education of new volunteers and the
public.
Betty is retiring from this role, soon , but if
we know her, it will be very hard to say “NO”.
We are encouraging all Quadra Seniors, to
participate in the Retirement Pot-Luck, at
the new Firehall #1, on Heriot Bay Road on
Nov. 8th, Friday at 6:pm.
On Nov. 6th at 12:30, following our Senior
General meeting, at the Royal Canadian
Legion, the Public Health Nurse, will be
in attendance to give Quadra Public their
flu shots. Coffee, tea and cookies will be
available too.
Quadra Senior elections will be held on
Dec. 4 th for new Executive positions-We would like to Thank Jean Carefoot,
Robert Brown, & Donna Webster, for your
contributions in helping our club, be such
a great service to Quadra Seniors, also a
special Thank-you to Margaret Brown, for
the great job, mounting all the photos that
have been taken, of our activities.
On Dec. 9th, we will be having, our
Christmas Luncheon, at the Discovery Inn,
starting at 11:30 a:m. We will be having musical
entertainment, and a special visit, by the one
and only “St, Nicholas and his assistant Black
Peter.” All members and guests are welcome
. Please contact Hanne Moss at 285-2419 or
Ruth Amiabel at 285- 3801.
Walk with the gang on the Spit at 11:00 on
Sundays start at the boat ramp or the Parking
Lot. Tai-Chi with Frank (master) at 10:00 a:m
and Carpet Bowl 10:30 am each Wednesday.
Welcome to all Seniors Young and
Experienced , to join our club, contact
people are Ruth Amiabel 285-3801, Bob
Lasby, 285-3501.
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Quadra Rec Update
Halloween Fun Night was successful with
lots happening for kids in the community
centre and a great fireworks display on
Blenkin field. Thanks to the teens who
helped with games: Skye Philips, Djuna Field,
Kailee Marr, Melanie Chickite, Alison Gionet.
Thanks also to Luis Grav, Julie Watson ,and
Nancy Vale on concession, bonfire by Dan
Bingham, fundraising by Deb Manery and
Moss Kogel on lights. Appreciations go to
Ron Miller and Doug Edwards of Phoenex
Fire Signs for orchestrating the fireworks
show and to all their helpers: Rod McLean,
Duke Walters, Arnie Thomlison, Mike
Stoughton, Kris Whittington, and Christi
Edwards. Thanks also to Tom Skillman for
lending sound equipment for the music.
This display would not happen without the
generous support of the fireworks donors:
Jim Abram, Regional Director; Hummingbird
Office Supplies, Mystic Isles Business
Services, Quadra Credit Union, Quadra
Peoples Drug Mart, Q. Foods, All Clear
Septic, Q. Taxi, Isle Tech, Sutil Charters,
Hartford Logging, Q. Builders, Discovery
Forestry, Heriot Bay Store, Judy Odell, James
Graham, Angela Burns, Quadrate Ventures,
Phoenix Firesigns, Seamar Industries, Q.
Legion, Q. Recreation Society.
On Nov 1 there was another fun
coffeehouse event for QCC. Thanks to
everyone involved, especially Steve Moore
who took it upon himself to organize the
event!
And while appreciations are flowing:
thanks to Julie Mellanby, Judy Johnson,
Hanna and Claude Plough, Dave and Anita
Leadbitter and Carole Yole for a steller job
at hauling away 3 truckloads of beach refuse
found on the Haskins Farm trail.
Planning for the Winter/Spring recreation
session is well underway. If you have an idea
for a class or workshop that you want to take
or teach, or your group needs to put on a
fundraiser, phone Q.Community Centre at
285 3243 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and let’s talk.
Sandy Spearing, Coordinator
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Dear Sir:
Dear Editor,
Thank You
Issues regarding a golf course on
Quadra Island, which is being proposed
on the Addison property (located east of
Pinetree Drive), have been the cause of
mounting concern for neighbours living in
it’s watershed-shadow. A neighbourhood
meeting to explain the current status, which
drew an attendance of almost 50 neighbours,
was held on 3rd November. Dave Oldroyd
facilitated.
I was interested to read ‘Points
to Ponder’ by Sharon Brereton, in the
October 11th issue of the Discovery
I s l a n d e r. S h e s t a t e d t h a t S c h o o l
District #72 receives $5308 per public
school student from the B.C. Ministry
of Education and independent schools
in the same district receive $6809 per
student. I wonder where she got her
figures for, they are in fact, far from
accurate.
Thank you to everyone who made
the launch for Tess the wonderful
event it was! It does a writer’s heart
good to see such incredible support.
That same Quadra Islander support for
all the arts, again and again, is part of
what reinforces the knowledge that
we live in the best place on ear th.
Your generosity raised $120 for the
library, too!
Jim Abram was invited to attend as
Regional Director. He described the
regulatory requirements being considered
for changes in the Quadra Island Community
Plan, as well as the current application for
rezoning by Quadra Links Ltd.
A submission describing the proponents
intentions was read to the gathering. A handcount of the type of wells in the watershed
was taken. This revealed roughly an equal
number of shallow wells and deep wells.
Various speakers shared factual information,
after which the meeting was opened for
questions and clarification.
It was mentioned that the majority of
golf courses are located adjacent to urban
areas, where treatment is centralised and
water is piped - which avoids issues arising
from having individual wells. Attention
was drawn to the fact that because water
scarcity is a known problem on the smaller
islands, good sources are very carefully
protected, and that rural golf courses, which
this one would be, are the exception rather
than the rule.
The message was repeatedly expressed
that well-water must not be jeopardised
in any way by pesticides, herbicides or
fertilizers (which may contain hormones
or antibiotics). The cumulative and longterm effects of pollution, and the risk of
it permeating into wells, whether shallow
or drilled, was raised, as were first-hand
experiences and the effects of such
occurrences elsewhere. Concern was
also voiced about the possible reduction
in the volume of available water, or even
interruption of water flow, caused by site
alteration or drainage.
The overwhelming concerns expressed
were about maintaining the current quality
and quantity of good water in surrounding
wells. The meeting expressed no opposition
for a neighbour-friendly organic golf course
at this location.
As the principal of Linnaea School,
a Group One independent school on
C o r t e s I s l a n d , I a m f u l l y a w a re o f
Ministry funding for both public and
independent schools in our district.
There are different levels of funding
for independent schools available
from the Ministr y of Education,
depending on the criteria they
meet. No independent school in this
province, however, is eligible for more
than 50% per student of the amount
given to public schools. This means
that in school District #72 for the
2002-2003 school year, public schools
receive $6261 per student and Group
O n e i n d e p e n d e n t s c h o o l s re c e i v e
$3130.50 per student. No independent
school receives any funding for capital
costs, which of course public schools
do.
By putting their children into
private schools parents are saving
the province well over 50% of what
it would cost to have them educated
in the public system. In addition,
these parents continue to pay taxes
to support the public school system,
of which their children are not a part,
as well as paying tuition to send them
to the school of their choice. So rest
easy Ms. Brereton, the expense of a
private school education is indeed
born by the parents.
Donna Bracewell
Principal
Sincerely,
Jocelyn Reekie
Dear Islanders,
I am very pleased to announce that
Dr. Ian Marsh will be coming to Quadra
Island next spring with his family to
take over my practice. He is moving
with young children and looks forward
to raising his family on Quadra. He
plans to work full-time hours and
this will open up the practice to new
patients.
For the past sixteen years he has
been working in a small community in
Alberta and is very familiar with life
and practice in a rural setting.
I w i l l b e l e t t i n g y o u k n o w m o re
details in subsequent issues of the
I s l a n d e r, s u c h a s h i s o f f i c i a l s t a r t
date.
Sincerely,
Dr. Angela Burns
Linnaea School, Cortes Island
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Noel Lax
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Special thanks to Raincoast Books
for sponsoring the launch and to Bill,
Stephanie, Niels, Haley, Mary, Rollie,
N i n a , A n n e t t e , J e a n e t t e , H e a t h e r,
V i n c e , R o l f , M u r r a y, K a r e n , G a i l ,
Shirley and Carol for all your help.
Thanks also to the dynamite sales
team: Kelly, Rick and Chloe. October
20th was a grand afternoon!
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Fire Dept. History
During the move to your new
fire hall, we came across a box
containing original Fire Dept.
records starting in Nov. 1958.
I have spent many fascinating
hours poking through that box,
and over the next few months
the Trustees would like to
share tidbits of our history
with you.
First though, the Trustees
wish to thank ever yone
involved with the construction
of the new hall. It has been
very gratifying to see the joint
effort of contractors, subcontractors, & volunteers,
all contributing an amazing
donation of materials, machine
time, and personal man hours.
We truly thank you all, and
we know the Fire Dept. and
Ambulance volunteers will
appreciate their new home.
The first correspondence
found was a Nov. 17, 1958
letter from Municipal Affairs
in response to Nov. 12, 1958
inquir y concerning fire
protection on Quadra Island.
April 9, 1959 a public meeting
was held at the Quadra School,
electing 3 Trustees and
approving a budget for the
coming year. The first Trustees
were
Herbert Eastland
(chair), Harold Malyea, and
May Hendrickson (sect.).
April 14, 1959 an application
was sent to the Water Rights
Branch, including a petition of
taxpayers with 73% in favor,
and minutes of the April 9/59
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meeting. April 27, 1959, the
Water Rights Branch refused
the application (the correct
petition forms were not used,
and Trustees could not be
elected before incorporation)
Sounds like bureaucracy hasn’t
changed in 44 years. The
Letters Patent was registered
January 21,1960, incorporating
South Quadra Fire Protection
District as an Improvement
District.
The first ledger book entry
is the January 13,1959 deposit
of a cheque from Quadra
Centennial Committee for
$1049.15. Along with a $500.00
loan from Quadra Credit Union,
the first purchase of fire fighting
equipment was made later that
year. This purchase consisted
of 3 sirens, fire pumps, and
equipment totaling $1352.33.
Prior to this purchase, there
are ledger entries referring to
repairs on “centennial truck”.
Presumably this is the old
Dodge truck recently donated
back to the Department for
restoration.
After incorporation in
Jan. 1960, the Trustees were
allowed to pass bylaws and
request taxation for capital
expenditures and operating
funds for future years.
I will continue digging
for more gems for future
columns.
Jim Evans, chair
Trustees of SQFPD
Discovery Islander #278 November 8th, 2002
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Numbers and
Lumber
by Steven Halliday
L
ike most managers, every fall I am
required to produce a budget for the
coming year. And like most managers
I get very little pleasure out of the process,
though the result can occasionally make me
very happy. Most often, though, it simply
provides new challenges for the coming year.
At this stage of the game the year 2003 appears
to be worthy of that label – challenging. At
a recent meeting of Vancouver Island credit
unions, Helmut Pastrick, the Chief Economist
for Credit Union Central of BC provided an
in-depth examination of the Island economy,
highlights of which I will share later in this
forecast of the BC and global economies for
2003. Of course all of the forecasting is formed
on the basis that common sense will prevail
and the global tension levels will ratchet down
several notches, and is derived from a variety
of sources.
Not surprisingly, the health of the global
economy depends largely on the situation in
the United States, being the largest economy
on the globe. Most American economists are
predicting a strong improvement in their
economy in 2003, but others would argue
the scope of the recovery. The consensus
to which I subscribe is that the USA will
see growth in GDP of 2.0%, the same as the
current projection for 2002. This represents
a significant decline from the 5% plus growth
of the late 1990’s, but those numbers are
becoming more suspect by the day as more
financial shenanigans are exposed. Still, it is
much better growth than many European (and
the Japanese) economies have produced this
year. This bodes well for countries that export
to the US, and of course we are the largest
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such exporter. For this and other reasons the
Canadian economy is projected to expand
by 3.5% next year, once again the strongest
performance among the G-7 nations. Interest
rates in Canada are projected to rise slightly
during 2003, with prime rate rising to 4.85%
average for the year, versus today’s 4.5%.
Unemployment will dip very slightly from the
present 7.5%.
British Columbia will again lag the national
growth rate, although our GDP will expand at
almost double the rate of 2002, to 2.5%. Of
course, a significant amount of the growth will
come via the housing market, predominately
in the lower mainland. The news for the
forestry sector, still by far the largest sector
of our economy, is mixed. Production on the
coast and in the interior has risen lately, an
unexpected development in light of the
softwood lumber dispute with the US and the
punitive duties now being levied. This situation
is not expected to continue for long, and more
job losses can be expected in future. Tourism
is also not expected to recover in 2003, due to
both 9/11 after-effects and weak economies in
our source countries. Retail sales will remain
flat, and our mining industry will continue to
contract with the closure of the Bullmoose coal
mine. Provincial unemployment is expected
moderate slightly to 8.2%. Unfortunately no
figures related to aquaculture were available
at the time of writing, but it is anticipated to
continue to expand at a fairly rapid rate.
The Island is experiencing a higher rate of
unemployment than the provincial average,
due mainly to its high proportion of forestry
related industries, and it will continue to
increase to 9.2% in 2003. By the way, provincial
employment in the forestry sector has fallen
from in excess of 100,000 people in 1994 to
less than 70,000 today, with about 75% of the
decline occurring since the spring of 2000.
Forest exports are expected to rise about
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10% in value, as prices appear to be firming
up. This, unfortunately, does not translate
into new jobs. In fact, it is almost a given
that employment in the sector will continue
to shrink as forest companies continue to
seek new efficiencies and cost savings. Pulp
and newsprint, two important sectors for
the Island, will see improving production
and prices next year. Our housing sector is
expected to continue to improve next year,
particularly housing starts which are very
strong when viewed historically. Tourism on
the Island will increase at a rate exceeding the
provincial average, but well behind the rate of
years past. There are no indicators pointing to
any form of a banner year in 2003.
Returning to the subject of logging, I asked
Mr. Pastrick whether or not he had access
to figures related to the volume of raw log
exports. He was confident that he did, and
seemed interested in my hypothesis, which
is as follows. On my last trip up to Alert Bay,
I noted that the logging activity visible from
the highway was as high as I’ve seen since
1988. And the number of loads of logs floating
past my front window certainly seems to have
increased in the last year or two. Could it be
that a much higher proportion of our forestry
related export sales are of raw logs rather than
finished or at least partially finished lumber?
It will be interesting to see what Helmut can
learn on the subject, but I fear confirmation of
the fact that we are indeed selling off far too
much of our forests as unprocessed goods. If
so, this represents a travesty and is borderline
criminal behaviour, and deserves attention at
the highest political levels. But then, based
upon recent and historical performance by
Ottawa on BC’s behalf, we can only expect
mere lip service rather than a vigorous
defence (or offence, if necessary) to put an
end to the exploitation of one of our most
valuable natural resources and subsequent
exportation of BC jobs.
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Island Report
Musings on the Writer’s Life
Jocelyn Reekie Launches Her Novel ‘Tess’
by Tanya Storr
E
ver since deciding to seriously
pursue writing as a career in 1983,
Quadra resident Jocelyn Reekie
has worked diligently towards her goal of
publication. As well as spending thousands
of hours at the keyboard, Jocelyn has worked
other jobs and raised a family. It has been a
long haul, but Jocelyn never gave up. This
fall her reward came at last, with the release
of her novel Tess by Raincoast Books.
Set in 1857, Jocelyn’s novel tells the story of 13year-old Tess Macqueen and her father, who make
the voyage from Liverpool, England, to Vancouver
Island aboard a four-masted sailing ship.
A fast-paced, engrossing read, Tess is vivid
with historical details that give the reader a
sensory impression of life on ship and in the
colony. Although promoted by Raincoast as
young adult fiction, Tess is bound to interest any
reader who enjoys a well-told, dramatic tale.
At the launch for Tess at Quadra Community
Centre on October 20, Jocelyn took time out
from autographing copies of the book to tell
the crowd about her journey to publication.
“Somebody asked me, ‘How long does it take to
write a book?’” she said. “The answer is about
54 years.”
Tess, Jocelyn explained, is actually the fourth
book she has written. The first one was rejected
nine times by publishers, and in retrospect
Jocelyn said she is relieved it never made it
into print.
“I’m happy to say book #3, a contemporary
novel for 8-12 year olds called The Year-Long
Week, has also been accepted for publication
by Raincoast and is due out next fall.”
Jocelyn certainly has no time to rest on her
laurels. As well as accepting The Year-Long
Week, Raincoast has asked Jocelyn for a sequel
to Tess. Currently, her main focus is researching
and writing this sequel.
I visited Jocelyn and her husband, Bill, at
their home on a glorious autumn day in early
November. Stacked on Jocelyn’s desk in her
bright, sunny office are mounds of research files
for her next book. Next to them stands a model
of the Cutty Sark, a sailing ship similar to the one
Tess and her father travelled aboard.
“I bought the model because it gives me a
feeling for the era. While writing Tess I would
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Jocelyn Reekie signs a copy of her novel Tess for Etta and Matt Martinelli.
glance at it from time to time,” Jocelyn said.
Jocelyn is so busy working on the sequel to
Tess that she has hired three researchers to help
her track down historical details.
“The research takes a lot of time. After writing
Tess I thought I’d have a handle on this era and it
would be easy to do a sequel, but it’s not. It’s tons
and tons of research every step of the way.”
Jocelyn treats writing like a job, spending a
minimum of five to six hours per day in front of
the computer. “I might be writing or researching,
or I might be gazing out the window watching
the deer eat the apples. I need to spend enough
hours at my desk daily so that I know I’ve tried.
Self-discipline is important if you are going to
succeed as a writer,” she noted.
Jocelyn said her big break came during the
Quadra Writers’ Conference in 1999, where she
met two prominent BC editors who liked the
stories she had submitted for bluelining. One
of them asked if she had written any historical
fiction, so Jocelyn showed her the only writing
in that genre she had done: a one-paragraph
novel idea. The editor liked it, and from there
Tess was born.
The researching, writing, and editing of Tess was
a three-and-a-half year project. Jocelyn completed
the first draft in 15 months, but it was another two
years before the novel was published.
“I was really surprised at the editing process.
I went through three rounds of editing with Tess.
It was substantive editing, exploring questions
by Tanya Storr
about the storyline, plot, characters’ voices, and
dialects,” she said.
Accurately capturing Tess and her father’s
Scottish Highlands dialect was challenging.
Quadra resident Eileen McKay, who hails from
Aberdeenshire, read through the manuscript to
check for errors in the dialect. Eileen read aloud
from Tess with Jocelyn at the launch, lending her
Scottish lilt to the characters’ voices.
To investigate other details for the novel,
Jocelyn scoured settlers’ diaries, sea stories,
archives, books, and the Internet. She and Bill
took trips to south Vancouver Island to research
where characters in the book would have lived.
When asked what she enjoys most about
writing, Jocelyn replied that she loves the flexibility
and self-determination inherent in the job.
“I can decide what I need to do and when I
need to do it, and how much time, effort, and
heart I’m going to put into it.”
Jocelyn said she is grateful for the support
she has received from family, friends, and the
community.
“I get a lot of help and input from many people
who are very generous with their time, talents,
and support. In some ways writing is a solitary
profession, but in other ways it most definitely is
not. I was so honoured when all the people came
to the launch for Tess. It’s really neat that the arts
in general get so much support on this island.”
Tess is 291 pages and sells for $12.95. Look
for it in local outlets.
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School District No.72 invites
applications from interested
parties for snow removal at
Quadra Elementary School and
Cortes Elem. Jr. Sec. School for
the winter of 2002/2003.
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agreements in this offering for
sale. The lands will be sold AS
IS. All purchasers will be required
to satisfy themselves with regards
to all aspects of the purchase for
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details contact listing salesperson
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250-287-0011
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Interested parties should
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list of equipment available, the
hourly rate, and proof of liability
insurance.
Snow removal will generally
begin upon an accumulation of
approximately three inches of
snow and will be expected to
be carried out, in order to clear
entrances and parking lot by
approximately 8:00 am and/or
as required.
The School District reserves
the right to accept tenders
for individual schools or
a combination of schools
whichever is in the best interest
of the District. The School District
reserves the right to accept or
reject any bid. Proposals should
be submitted to:
M.C. Cole, P. Eng.
Manager of Operations
School District No. 72 (Campbell
River)
425 Pinecrest Road, Campbell
River, B.C. V9W 3P2
no later than 3:00 p.m. Friday,
November 15, 2002.
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