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June 11, 2010 Vol 2/Issue 10
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Aaron's Run — Running with Our Hearts. 9am. 10 km Solo, 5 km or 2
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TUES
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CSA Offers Leaders in training Youth Bursary—One page
Application letters due on June 15 submitted to Sarah Haxby. for more
info email shaxby@sd45.bc.ca
SAT
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Official community plan open House — 10-3pm BI Municipal
Hall for more info. www.bowenOCPupdate.ca
MON
21
BICS year end assembly— 1pm in the BICS Gym. The entire school
will assemble for end of year awards, student recognition awards, BICS
Volunteer of the Year, The Association of Community Education in BC,
Bowen Island Community School Awards presented to Julia Tweeten,
Community Resident; Molly Montgomery, Youth Leadership; Tracy
McLachan, Program Coordinator, Family Place, Community education;
Community School Award to BICS Eco-Team Teachers; Agency or
Organization Award to Bowen Agricultural Alliance (B.A.A)
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AL ANON MEETING —every Wed. 7:15pm at the Catholic Church Annex
commemorative statue unveiling —Celebrating the Olympic
Torch Relay on Bowen Island 11:45am Library Lawn
bowen island community housing association
agm—10am to 11:45. Guest Speaker, Paul Tennant.
The Annual Bowen Island
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Shoot 2010 Concert in the
Park & Baby
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The talk of The Rock!
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Perception and reality
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Policy, politics and affordable housing
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The grueling annual 38 km Round Bowen Challenge hosted by Bowen Island Sea Kayaking welcomed 98 Paddlers on June 06, 2010.
Congratulations to all the hearty souls. The top three times: Gareth Tudor-Jones at 2:37:10; with doubles Katja Rademacher and Jeff
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COMMUNITY LETTERS, NEWS & NOTICES
Immigration system not working
The current problem of visas for the
[adopted] Ghanaian [babies]is similar
to problems we had on two different
occasions trying to have one of our
Kenyan staff come to visit Canada.
We had all of the proper letters,
documentation, financial information,
etc., but the visa was refused on the two
separate occasions. My business partner
and I complained to the Canadian
Government and the High Commission
and Immigration Section in Nairobi.
The reality is that each immigration
officer makes his own personal decision
on any case before him/her. They have
a check list. In our case, the fellow was
viewed as young, single, and mobile and
hence high risk to try to stay in Canada.
We were informed that nothing we said
or provided would change that fact. The
system is not working, and applicants
have to pay for each new application but
typically never find out why they are
refused. We finally got the reasons but
they were not satisfying. Very frustrating
and disturbing.
Brian Hartwick
Director, Canadian Field Studies
Draft OCP Update
The Draft OCP Update will be available
for public review on Saturday June 19, at
Municipal Hall.
The team updating Bowen’s Official
Community Plan (OCP) invites you to
come out and contribute your input and
advice between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.
What will the draft look like? Those
familiar with the 1996 OCP, which fills
a fat binder, will find the draft much
easier to read and navigate. It is slimmer
too; clearer and more focused. Basically
it builds on the strengths of the 1996
OCP and brings it up to date. The
objectives and policies inside will guide
the decisions of our municipality. They
are also meant to be considered by other
jurisdictions, and by local groups and
organizations. While the OCP Update
can’t solve all problems, it sets out a
framework towards a sustainable future
to be followed for next 5–7 years.
After a year of consultation and dialogue,
I am pleased to report that the update
process remains on track. A month after
the June 19 open house, first reading
of the OCP bylaw is planned for July
19. This will trigger the formal referral
process and address Local Government
Act requirements. Even so, there will be
opportunity for continued community
input in August and September, while the
government referrals are taking place.
Final adoption is planned for fall 2010.
This phase of the drafting process has
been busy for the steering committee.
Many meetings have been needed and as
much notice as possible has been given.
For more information, please refer to the
newsletter that will appear in mailboxes
shortly, or www.bowenOCPupdate.ca, or
give me a call.
Sue Ellen Fast
Chair, OCP Update Steering Committee
Comment on Bylaw No. 223, 2008
The Bowen Island Chamber of
Commerce is in favour of creating more
affordable housing opportunities in the
Snug Cove Village Area. We see housing
as important to the economic viability
of businesses in the cove and necessary
to answer the ongoing need for housing
of service-industry employees on Bowen
Island.
It is problematic to forecast employee
housing needs without an Economic
Development Plan for Bowen Island.
However, we think such a plan would
inevitably call for attracting and housing
an increasing number of service-industry
and seasonal employees.
Specifically we recommend that council
continues with re-zoning Site 3 for
development. We further encourage
council to create a Request for Proposals
to develop mixed, say 400 to 1300 square
feet per unit, fair-market housing at
Comprehensive Development Zone
levels. To echo the suggestion put forth
in the letter "Bylaw No. 223, 2008" by
True Green: Solutions for Bowen, in the
May 28, 2010 issue of BITE, why not call
for proposals to develop just one acre of
Site 3 and see what response is garnered?
Business owners on Bowen Island,
particularly those in Snug Cove area
are grateful for the patronage of local
Bowen Islanders. Our businesses serve
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to strengthen the community and dollars
spent locally instead of off-island do
double and triple-duty in keeping our
local economy healthy.
We appreciate that council may have
other considerations when re-zoning
'surplus lands', however partial
development of Site 3 would be a fantastic
first step in enhancing the Snug Cove
Village Area.
Rod Marsh, Daniel Heald,
Bowen Island Chamber of Commerce
More comment on Bylaw No. 223,
2008 The Bowen Island Eco-Alliance is
participating fully in the Official
Community Plan (OCP) Update process
to address the island’s environmental
and social challenges, as well as the
economic issues that have been raised by
the Chamber of Commerce in a recent
letter, addressed to our website (www.
eco-alliance.ca).
Our organization supports the objectives
and policies of the current OCP vision for
Snug Cove as embodied in the Snug Cove
Village Plan (SCVP), approved in 2005.
The SCVP includes ample provision for
non-market housing, commercial services
and careful residential densification of the
Cove by transferring building rights from
elsewhere on the island.
The letter from the Chamber of
Commerce inquires about our position
on a proposed municipal bylaw #223,
which was drafted in June 2008, and
concerned part of the community-owned
lands in Snug Cove. The proposal was
later withdrawn by the municipal council
of the day in September 2008.
The draft bylaw #223 deviated
significantly from Bowen’s OCP and
the Policy Statement of the Island’s
Trust, to which the OCP must legally
adhere. Specifically, the proposal
advocated a building allowance that was
approximately 46% above the housing
unit amount permitted by the SCVP, and
also introduced a departure from the
building form and character provisions
of the SCVP by proposing “stacked
townhouses”, (some would call them
“apartment blocks”), rather than the
ground-entry townhouse or rowhousing
format envisioned in the SCVP.
Consequently, the Islands Trust Executive
Committee, which is charged with
the duty to review Bowen’s proposed
bylaws before they are finalized, notified
municipal council by letter on August
26, 2008, that the committee could not
approve the bylaw due to its deviations
from the OCP on floor space ratio
calculations and building types.
Both the process and possible
motivations by municipal council and
staff surrounding the proposed bylaw
fuelled considerable community concern
at the time. Residents have a right to
believe that their elected local council
will faithfully adhere to the terms of the
island’s OCP. Only after public outcry,
including from members of the EcoAlliance, did the council and municipal
staff of the day comply. The questions
arising over the draft bylaw went on to
become important issues during the
municipal election that fall, in November
2008.
We want to thank the Chamber of
Commerce for requesting comment
from our organization about that
unfortunate event. We are always seeking
ways to assist in better governance and
environmental stewardship on Bowen
Island.
Luz Budzinski
Director, Bowen Island Eco-Alliance
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BITS on the Rock a hit!
The first annual
BITS (Bowen Island
Technology Summit)
on the Rock was a huge success, sharing
the venue at BICS with the massive Friends
of the Library Book Sale this past weekend.
Eleven exhibitors in total showcased
their skills and expertise and networked
with other members of the Bowen
Tech Collective, a new group formed to
promote their businesses and provide each
other with moral and technical support.
Additionally, 7 different workshops took
place over the two days on many topics,
kicked off with John Dowler showcasing
his new Dreaming Island (http://bowen.
dreamingisland.com) website featuring
arts on the island as well as tips on search
engine optimization; a Photoshop primer
taught by Jana Tubinshlak, social media
explained by James Glave, Mailchimp
and WordPress simplified by Stuart Cole,
iMovie and YouTube was Cam Hayduk’s
specialty, and Laurie Keinlen gave us her
10 tips for building a better blog.
Thanks to Sarah Haxby for allowing us
to share the space and assisting with
setup requirements and thanks too to the
Chamber of Commerce for sponsoring the
event and providing goodies and coffee.
Kat Hayduk & Julia McCaig, organizers
More info: leanne@aherdofcats.cim
Bowen, a residential hot spot
We are pleased to advise the affordable
housing project at the golf course is
working. Most will remember the fanfare
surrounding the Bowen Island Golf Club’s
decision last fall to install thirty-two
single family dwellings on the edge of the
course which were just for the birds! That
decision has taken flight and has proven
to be right for a number of reasons.
First and FOREmost our new, finefeathered occupants have demonstrated
their approval. Out of respect for their
privacy, we prefer not to identify the
addresses or hole locations but can advise,
the residents are swallows and have
recently been seen with their new families
in at least two houses. Secondly, the public
support for this novel program has been
incredible as evidenced by the number
of donor plaques that have been installed
throughout the course. Thirdly, golfers
have welcomed the new housing as much
as our fine feathered friends as there is
much less guessing as to the yardage to the
centre of the greens.
It is most gratifying to witness a
meaningful program, that was launched
in a rather flighty manner, be so successful
in such a short time and in so many
ways. Indeed, Bowen is again becoming
a destination of choice for new, young
families, especially on the golf course.
What’s that expression, “build it and they
will swallow!” FORE!
Bruce Russell
President, Bowen Island Golf Club
We are running with our hearts
By Mary Letson
the heart of Snug Cove
O
n Sunday June 13
there will be strength
in numbers as Islanders,
friends and family gather to
run across Bowen, in teams
or solo, to remember Aaron
Sluggett who died a year ago.
We encourage all residents
along the route to come out
and cheer on the runners. A
shuttle bus to the start line
leaves Snug Cove at 8:30
so please indicate on your
registration form if you wish
to use this service.
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From left: Mat Grey, Jeremy Waurechen, Geoff Peters, Ross Henry,
Eschan Cruz , Aaron Sluggett. Photo by Mary Letson
Finish line ceremonies commence at 10:45
with music, a balloon release and the Chair
of the Bowen Island Foundation, Joyce
Ganong will award Aaron’s scholarship.
The recipient is a grade 12 Bowen Island
student demonstrating exemplary
citizenship, above average academic
performance and pursuing an education in
post secondary sciences.
Registration is $15 and forms are
available at www.positivelyfit.ca/events
and the Bowen Island Recreation office.
Thank you to Dee Elliott of the Bowen
Island Foundation for initiating Aaron’s
Scholarship, Sue Nicholson and Teresa
Plowright for organizing road marshals,
Ron Woodall for the route map, Bruce
McTaggart for hydrating the runners, Jaye
Routledge, Jo Forbes and the General
Store for fueling the runners, Angela at
Phoenix for helping to lift us with 19
helium balloons.
For more information contact Mary Letson
947-9601 or email positivelyfit@telus.net
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Sunday June 13th 9am – 10:30am
DRIVERS PLEASE SLOW DOWN, TAKE EXTRA CARE
Route: Participants run east beginning at Windjammer
Rd and Spyglass, Bowen Bay Rd, Adams Rd, Grafton Rd,
Cates Hill Rd, Berry Rd, Village drive, south on Dorman
road and finishing at the Picnic tables in the Bowfest Field.
Bowen Community
Housing AssoCiAtion
AGM
SATURDAY JUNE 26TH, 2010
the gallery in Artisan square
10:00 am to 11:45 am
Guest Speaker: Paul Tennant
Chair, Advisory Planning Commission
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Max temp 25ºC Min temp 3ºC
Max wind gust 27 kph
Total rainfall 56.88 mm
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Civil thoughts:
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Policy, politics, and affordable housing
By Hendrik Slegtenhorst, CAO, Bowen Island Municipality
A
ffordable housing is in limited
supply in many communities,
and in the Lower Mainland the
topic recurrently features in
municipal policy development
and in think-tank reports from
those financial institutions that
mortgage the unaffordable.
Here’s one case where the right
intent failed to hold, and thus
created one of those all too
common cases of spontaneous
political combustion.
St. Stephen, incorporated 1871,
is a community of 4,667 at the
extreme south-west of New
Brunswick. It is one of Canada’s
major international ports and one
of the busiest border crossings
in the nation. As with many
Maritime communities, St.
Stephen, where I became CAO in
early 2006, experiences a dearth of
housing options.
In 2003, the Town of St. Stephen
undertook an official community
plan review explicitly focussed on
the need to provide Council with a
comprehensive policy and proposal
document for the management of
growth within the Town.
For residential development, the
goal was to align the existing
supply of residential land to the
changing housing needs and
affordability requirements of
the population. And specific to
these objectives was a policy
that manufactured mini-homes
would only be permitted in a land
use zone designated Land Lease
Community.
Officer, who also handled the
portfolio of Director of Planning.
Mini-home park developments
are designed to provide affordable
housing to a demographic that
is largely one of retirees with
equity. Land-lease concepts, which
remain frequently misunderstood,
are essential to make mini-park
developments commercially viable.
In addition, their economics
require access to municipal water
and sewer. Manufactured housing
is an under-used housing option
because of negative stereotypes
about trailer parks and outdated
planning policies that do not
encourage it as an housing option.
Residents neighbouring the
proposed development site became
confirmed in their belief that
the development would result in
severe reductions in the value
of the equity of their homes.
They further believed that the
potential of individual financial
loss was not outweighed by any
potential greater benefit to the
community. Tactical opposition
to the development would have
been based on a legal challenge
to the procedural soundness of
the process employed to create
and adopt the Town’s 2004
official community plan and
accompanying zoning by-law.
The matter came to a head in 2006.
During formulation of the
official community plan’s
recommendations on land-lease
communities, a well-regarded
local contractor purchased 17
acres of developable land centrally
located within St. Stephen, and
undertook to build a mini-home
park there of 76 units. The land
was zoned accordingly as landlease and a subdivision proposal
could have been submitted to
the Town’s Chief Administrative
The developers asserted that
they had acted in good faith, but,
having weighed the implications
of a legal challenge to the Town,
concluded that it was not sensible
to proceed with the project. The
mayor therefore recommended
that:
1. The Town should first meet
with the developer to indicate
the concerns and the problem
that exists and suggest that a
settlement be concluded.
2. The Town should then meet
with the opponents to indicate
the general nature of the
concerns and to advise that a
settlement with the developer
is being negotiated but that it
may take considerable time.
3. The Town then negotiate a
settlement with the developer.
4. The CAO should be the main
spokesperson during all phases
of discussion.
For reasons relating to a
perceived lack of transparency
and probable procedural flaws
in its adoption, it is unlikely that
the 2004 zoning by-law would
have withstood a legal challenge;
and it is certain that any legal
challenge would have delayed any
mini-home park development
for years. Costs to both the Town
and the residents, as well as to
the developers, would have been
considerable. In addition, were
the plan to fall, development
conducted under the plan since
its inception conceivably also
became open to challenge. It was
therefore not in the interest of the
Town to contemplate a defence to
legal action.
The developers had undertaken
this development in good faith,
were $100,000 into the project,
and had assumed the necessary
risk that the project would
work entrepreneurially and
commercially. The developers
believed that Council had not
stayed the course, and indeed had
not stood by them. They further
contended that as individual
loss of financial equity had not
been established that the greater
benefit to the community ought
to have prevailed. However, like
the residents, they were both
frustrated and angry, and believed
‘the essential problem is Council.’
The developers and the CAO
explored solutions for several
months. Solutions examined
included Town purchase of the
land, re-zoning of the land,
land trades, postponement, and
abandonment. None of these was
deemed satisfactory, and none was
commercially viable. Moreover,
the matter of opportunity cost
was significant. And although the
developers preferred not to pursue
such an option, they did not
exclude a suit against the Town.
In early 2007, an agreement in
principle for settlement of this
matter was reached between the
developers and the CAO. However,
the greatest loser in all this was
the Town of St. Stephen itself. The
Town lost a major development
of affordable housing, thereby
potentially depressing the appeal
of the Town to new citizens,
professionals, and business people.
In addition, a new tax base of
some $6 million did not eventuate,
causing the Town to forgo some
$100,000 of new tax revenues.
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June 11, 2010 Vol 2/Issue 10
At the table:
By Tim Rhodes
T
uesday, 25 May 2010: Special Committee
of the Whole- Assistant to the CAO Chris
Buchanan presented strategies for the protection
of Deep Bay with the intent of protecting the
quality of the water and keeping garbage off
the beach. Currently the municipality has
jurisdiction over 300m from a contiguous
foreshore.
CoW resolved that staff be directed to make
application to the Integrated Land Management
Bureau to obtain Community and Institutional
Use Crown Land Tenures over the foreshore of
Sandy Beach and Pebbly Beach to enable the
Municipality to control the anchorage of vessels
close to shore, and to create safe swimming areas
for users of these beaches. Buchanan confirmed
that this process could take 10 years or more
with no guarantee of success.
CoW resolved that staff be directed to bring back
budgetary costs and staff resources required to
make the application to the Transport Canada
– Office of Boating Safety to enact a Canada
Shipping Act, Boating Restriction Regulation,
to restrict the anchoring of vessels in Deep Bay
(Mannion Bay).
CoW resolved that staff be directed to bring back
budgetary costs and staff resources required
to make application to Transport Canada –
Operations and Environmental Programs Office
to request that Deep Bay (Mannion Bay) be
included as a designated no-discharge sewage
area pursuant to the Canada Shipping Act,
Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution from
Ships and for Dangerous Chemicals. Adjourned.
T
uesday, 25 May 2010: Regular Council
Meeting-Christine Walker, Community
Instructing the OPC Update Steering Committee
Services Manager, asked for approval to let the
contract for lighting the synthetic grass field in
the amount of $100,150. Councillor Hooper
asked why Council had not received a matrix
of analysis, just a recommended name and
amount. Walker responded that the award was
within the budget and to the lowest bidder
and CAO Slegtenhorst added that normally
Council accepts the recommendations of staff
in these matters. Council awarded the Synthetic
Grass Field Lighting Installation to Powerpoint
Electrical.
the recommendation and asked for Council's
direction. The land was in the process of being
rezoned to accommodate affordable fair-market
and below market housing. Councillors Morse,
Lucas, Frinton, and Wrinch opposed the
recommendation to rescind and it was defeated
(Mayor Turner and Councillors Poole and
Hooper voted in favour.)
Tina Nielsen, on behalf of the Bowen
Community Centre Action Committee, asked
Council to release $26,200 from the BCCAC
budget for a feasibility study on fund-raising for
the civic facilities. Nielsen explained that it was
necessary to determine if fund-raising for the
centre was realistic and if so how much funding
could be raised.
Councillor Lucas asked that Council write to
the Minister of Immigration on behalf of Andrea
Bastin and Michael Segal who have adopted
twin baby boys from Guyana, and nine months
later have still not receive visas for their children.
Carried by unanimous consent. Adjourned.
Council approved the consulting firm, Cygnus
Applied Research, Inc., be engaged and that
up to $26,200 be taken from the Bowen
Community Centre Action Committee's existing
budget to conduct this feasibility study, and an
additional $750 to cover staff time.
The Director of Planning, Hap Stelling
recommended to Council that proposed
Bylaw 223 (which has received first reading)
be rescinded and the land-on the east side
of Miller Rd., north of the RCMP-revert
to park zoning. Stellings rationale was that
it was essentially a dead file, but he had not
understood the history until after making
Off the cuff: Perception and reality
By Tim Rhodes
T
he draft OCP Update will be available to
the public on Saturday, June 19. This would
account for the sudden reappearance of the EcoAlliance, an organization that surfaces during
elections or any time there is an attempt to alter
the status quo.
especially when followed by the statement: "The
proposal was later withdrawn by the municipal
council of the day in September 2008." This
statement is untrue. Proposed Bylaw 223 has
never been withdrawn (see At the table, Tuesday,
May 25,2010, Pg. 5).
I don't typically respond to letters to the editor
in this column, but I feel compelled to set the
record straight with respect to a letter from the
Eco-Alliance printed in this issue (More comment
on bylaw 223, 2008, Pg. 2). Proposed Bylaw 223
would allow Site 3 of the surplus lands north of
the RCMP station on the east side of Miller to be
rezoned to allow for housing types and densities
that would pay more than lip service to creating
affordable market and non-market housing.
The Islands Trust response left the door
open for the municipality to find an alternate
approach, which it began with proposed Bylaw
235 to amend the OCP (http://bimbc.ca/files/
embedded/081006CoW3-3a). Bylaw 235 in part
stated: “Notwithstanding the manner in which
the density measure of units per acre has been
established in this policy, Council may utilize
alternative ways to measure density within Snug
Cove in order to:
a. encourage smaller dwelling units that would
be more affordable and,
b. accommodate development that seeks
to use land in a more efficient manner
thereby reducing its footprint; provided that
the application of the density equivalent
approach is consistent with the spirit and
intent of this Plan."
Bowen Island is a member of the Islands Trust
and the municipality-the taxpayers-pay about
$200,000 annually to ensure that we preserve and
protect the island. The Islands Trust Executive
Committee, charged with the duty to review
Bowen’s land use bylaws before they are finalized,
commented on the first reading draft of Bylaw 223
by letter on August 26, 2008. The Eco-Alliance
represents this letter as stating "the committee
could not approve the bylaw due to its deviations
from the OCP on floor space ratio calculations and
building types."
What the Islands Trust letter did state was that
"concerns may lead it to object to the bylaw if it
is submitted to the Executive Committee in the
same format after further readings" (http://bimbc.
ca/files/embedded/081006CoW3-3f ). Although
technically correct (and the Eco-Alliance is
usually technically correct) the statement that
the Islands Trust "could not approve the bylaw"
leaves the reader with quite the wrong impression,
Proposed Bylaw 235 amendment languishes on a
shelf (it has yet to receive first reading) along with
Bylaw 223. Mayor Turner and Councillors Poole
and Hooper have little interest in reviving either
bylaw, rather they (unsuccessfully) attempted
to rescind 223 at the May 25th Special Council
Meeting.
Regrettably the draft OCP we will see on the
19th is not going to address the issue of density
in any substantive manner. Those attempting to
advance prosperity on Bowen will continue run
up against the brick wall of the OCP buttressed
by the Eco-Alliance.
Council then carried a motion that no further
consideration be given to Bylaw No. 223, 2008 at
this time. (Lucas, Morse, and Wrinch opposed.)
M
onday, 25 May 2010: Regular Council
Meeting-CAO Slegtanhorst provided
a verbal strategic Strategic Plan Preliminary
Implementation Timetable; what he termed a
gross analysis given he had only one day's notice
to prepare. The ambitious timetable reflects
Council's strategic priorities. When Councillor
Lucas questioned whether a forest retention
bylaw-"a topic not even on the radar"-really
needed to be part of the priority list, the
CAO admitted that the timetable may be too
ambitious, "our resources are good but limited."
Mayor Turner put forward a motion that the
OCP Update and the Steep Slopes bylaw be
short term priorities and asked if the Steep
Slopes bylaw could be completed by the end
of July. The CAO could not commit to that
date. Lucas expressed concern about the list of
priorities, because it was never his intention that
environment bylaws like tree retention precede
the Snug Cove Implementation Plan. Councillor
Morse said she could not support assigning any
priorities until she saw budgets for each. The
motion carried with Lucas and Morse opposed.
Instructions to the OCP Committee
Council then proceeded to ratify
recommendations to the OCP Update
Committee made by the CoW. Thirteen of the
17 resolutions were passed as a block. Council
recommended:
1. allocation of a minimum of 0.5 hectares
of Community Lands exclusively for
Affordable Housing;
2. rural development proposals only
be considered when they contribute
significant amenities that support
identified community aspirations;
3. providing documentation to various
reviewing agencies;
4.
completion of a Snug Cove
Implementation Project for the Snug Cove
Village Plan area as currently set out in the
Official Community Plan;
5. referral of the Walkable Village report to
the APC;
6. wording of neighbourhood commercial
services clarify that they are intended to
serve the nearby neighbourhoods and
reduce the need for vehicle use;
7. giving detailed consideration to
identifying suitable sites for light and
heavy industry
8. bylaws to regulate development on steep
slopes and environmentally sensitive
areas, to protect greenways, and to retain
forests.
9. expansion of the use of Development Cost
Charges.
10. Dave Witty’s draft Density Transfer Map
of proposed sending areas and identified
donor areas for density transfer be taken
to the community for consultation
11. the existing Snug Cove Village Plan
Area as identified in the existing OCP be
accepted as a receiving area.
12. requesting comment from OCP Steering
Committee that Seymour Landing be
identified as a potential receiving area
subject to the completion of a Seymour
landing Area Plan
13. endorsing the OCP Process schedule
and after discussion on the following individual
recommendations, Council recommended:
14. priority be given to development
proposals that focus on existing
development nodes (areas with existing
commercial zoning) rather than new
development areas.
15. inclusion of language in the Official
Community Plan that allows for
cohousing on the Belterra Lands (Roger
McGillivray spoke to Council asking them
to recognize that requiring the Belterra
development buy density from elsewhere
made it uneconomical for affordable fairmarket and below market housing).
16. any increase in density on the Belterra
Lands be realized from Land Use Bylaw
density transfer or be reallocated from
existing Official Community Plan density.
17. the Belterra lands be identified as a
receiving area in the draft receiving area
map
18. density transfer between private land
owners be limited to land use bylaw
density.
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June 11, 2010 Vol 2/Issue 10
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The Quickway back to the future
By Tim Rhodes
This is part of a continuing series of articles
and interviews featuring people, products,
services, and technologies that contribute
to sustainability.
ions per cubic centimeter. […] The level
is far below 600 negative ions per cubic
centimeter in an office with computers.
Earth Plasters can increase negative ions
by 10 – 20 times […] in the indoor air
environment.”
Not only has Marsh sourced an interesting
and sustainable product, he is working
with Gianni, one of the most qualified
craftsman in the field.
Like many others on Bowen Island, Rod
Marsh started his business here so that
he wouldn’t have to commute. He and his
family found Bowen while searching for an
affordable house, a community supportive
of the arts for his wife Titania Michniewicz
(www.titania.ca), and a safe, healthy
environment for raising their daughter
Wilde.
Rod Marsh
R
od Marsh of Quickway Paint and
Drywall Inc., is excited about “creating
living spaces” using clay plasters, one of
the oldest and most natural of building
materials. He has sourced a supplier,
American Clay, whose product fits all his
requirements for a sustainable and healthy
product—so much so, it can potentially
contribute 5 LEED credits to a building in
our region (www.cagbc.org).
American Clay’s all-natural, interior clay
plaster has the lowest carbon footprint of
any interior finish product. “It takes only
$63 of electricity to make 10,000 gallons.”
It is made from renewable resources and
post-industrial recycled content (72% by
weight), has recyclable cloth packaging,
and contains zero volatile organic
compounds so there is no off-gassing.
And it’s a zero waste product (any excess
product can be dried, stored, and rehydrated later for repairs).
“It’s a porous product and wall and ceiling
surfaces have the ability to absorb and
release moisture, without supporting
microbial growth, to maintain a consistent
humidity as the interior environment
changes. I guess the easiest comparison
is to a passive heat pump,” said Marsh
explaining the living spaces concept.
Vittorio Gianni of VG Studio Design, a
Division of Quickway, added that living
spaces created by clay plasters are healthier
interior environments and directed me
to the American Clay website (www.
americanclay.com/images/stories/article_
images/pdf/leed_points.pdf).
“Negative ions are believed to produce
biochemical reactions that increase levels
of […] serotonin, helping to alleviate
depression, relieve stress, and boost our
daytime energy. Normal ion count in
fresh country air is 2,000 to 4,000 negative
ions per cubic centimeter (about the
size of a sugar cube). At Yosemite Falls,
you’ll experience over 100,000 negative
Marsh, who was “on a hiatus” from the
painting industry where he had worked
for ten years promoting environmentally
friendly wood restoration and finishing
products, began life on Bowen commuting
to a tech development job. He tired of
commuting, and instead of falling back on
his years of sales experience, figured that
Bowen could support a painting business.
In 2005 he formed Quickway Enterprises
(now Quickway Paint & Drywall Inc.)
and he currently employs 8 people.
Eighty to ninety percent of Quickway’s
work comes from Bowen and like most
Bowen businesses, staff turnover is a fact
of life. Marsh was actively looking for
experienced and trained tradesmen and
was contacted by
Gianni, who was
living in Florida at
the time.
Gianni was
classically trained
in Italy and holds a
Master Certificate
in Venetian plaster
and other stucco
techniques, and the
creation of plaster
gypsum moulding
and cornices as well
as concrete mantels
and countertops.
In 2003 he opened
a branch office of
his Italian construction firm in Florida
to expedite immigration into the US. By
2008 he had tired of the constant travel
and separation from his family that the
business required, and was looking to
relocate to a large city where there would
be more demand for the skills reflected
in his Master Certificate. He found his
way through the magic of the Internet
to Vancouver, and then to Quickway’s
website, and then he contacted Marsh.
It sounded like a good match and as the
saying goes, the rest is history. Marsh,
who is also a director of the Bowen Island
Chamber of Commerce, helped facilitate
an immigration process he described as
“relatively painless. BC was looking for
skilled trade workers. I think there was
even a fast-track system at that time to get
a work visa.”
Gianni arrived on Bowen in July of
2008 and was joined by his wife Ester
and daughter Maria in September. “We
liked immediately the beauty here and
recognized it was a good place to raise
a family (a new member of the Gianni
family is expected in the fall). We are used
to being near the mountains and the sea
in Sicily and we have that here—but it’s
colder.”
Gianni set up VG Studio Design (www.
vgstudiodesign.com) as a Division of
Quickway, and with his expertise and
Marsh’s commitment to searching out
environmentally friendly and sustainable
products, forging this new relationship
with American Clay (www.americanclay.
com) seemed inevitable.
Gianni, the only certified installer of
American Clay in the lower mainland,
is impressed with clay plaster both as a
technician and as a master craftsman—
especially its physical flexibility. “To get
the same kind of flexibility, you need
elastomeric paint or stucco—product with
a lot of chemical additives. People think
hard is better but concrete floors crack
because they are so hard.” Because of this
flexibility and its natural texture, the clay
plaster can be applied to taped drywallsanding is eliminated.
Although clay plaster finishes
can be $0.50 - $0.60 a square
foot more than paint (or
higher depending on the
product and application), it is
“not out of the price range of
the average home-owner and
if you take the life-cycle view
it is more economical,” said
Marsh, adding that the health
benefits alone justify the cost.
From the American Clay
website: “[…] Electrical
appliances, electric cords, and
synthetic plastic products
(latex paint) produce and
maintain a positive charge
in the air. Surrounding the
interior environment with clay that
produces negative ions will not only help
neutralize the electromagnetic effect
created by appliances and synthetic
plastics, but will help eliminate static
charge on walls and floors, [and] help filter
air of pollen and dander […]”
Gianni says that the product can last the
life of the home, and “because the product
is regenerative, there is no real cost of
maintenance. If you scratch a wall you can
repair it yourself with just a damp sponge.
Take a gouge out of a wall painted with an
eggshell finish paint; you have to patch,
sand, and repaint, but with clay plaster
you can use the piece that was knocked
out: Just add water to bring it back to an
application consistency, patch the hole,
and smooth it with a sponge.”
Marsh likes the choice American Clay
plasters offer Quickway customers. The 43
standard colours (and a custom colourmatching service) come in 4 finishes:
Loma, a smooth even finish that can be
worked to any texture; Porcelina has a
“Venetian veneer super-smooth finish;”
Marittimo features a seashell aggregate
that creates a natural sheen; and Enjarre is
highly textured. They also produce Lime
Putty, used to 'gauge', or harden, a plaster,
and for limewash, used to enhance and
enrich colour.
Because of its sustainable qualities, Marsh
sees clay plaster as the product of the
Vittorio Gianni
future, while Gianni sees it as reaching
back to values of ancient building
traditions.
Quickway Paint & Drywall Inc., Bowen Island,
604-637-3987, info@quickway.ca, www.
quickway.ca
VG Studio Design, A Division of Quickway
Paint & Drywall Inc., www.vgstudiodesign.
com Vittorio Gianni is also a Certified Installer
of SureCrete (www.surecretedesign.com) and
Flex-C-Ment (www.flex-c-ment.com)
American Clay (www.americanclay.com)
products can be seen at Greenworks Building
Supply, 386 W. 8th Avenue, Vancouver: www.
greenworksbuildingsupply.com
Natural Building Technologies, Clay Plasters,
www.natural-building.co.uk/clay_plaster.htm
APPROVED ARTISAN
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June 11, 2010 Vol 2/Issue 10
A mind-full evening
with Willem Vanderburg
By Tim Rhodes
In the technological age it is increasingly
difficult to see and thus understand
how things work. With electricity and
computer chips you cannot correlate
what you see with what is happening—
experience means nothing.
Willem & Rita Vanderburg
“W
hy does technology succeed so
brilliantly in some respects and
simultaneously fail in others?” was the
question posed by Willem Vanderburg
on Friday evening, June 6, to about 40
people gathered at Cates Hill Chapel for
a “conversation.”
Vanderburg has spent his career
dealing with questions like these, so it
is withsome trepidation I attempt to
summarize his presentation.
If I understood correctly, Vanderburg sees
the problem with technology stemming
from the fact that science deals with
phenomena one discipline at a time, and
thus whatever discipline one is trained in,
there is a natural bias against the others—
giving lie to the fact that science is neutral
and objective. However, life is a series of
mingled phenomena that do not occur
one at a time but the interfaces between
disciplines do not work very well
In the industrial age learning was
accomplished through apprenticeship and
so “skills were embedded in experience;”
and this worked well as long as the
apprentice could see what is going on.
In metallurgy or building it is visually
obvious how a thing is made and how
it works and if it ceases to work one can
figure out how to fix it.
Simplistically, because technology
is organized one domain at a time,
each “development” creates a set of
unanticipated problems that in turn
are addressed by another domain
or discipline creating another set of
unanticipated problems, and so on and so
on—problems amassing like a snowball
rolling down a hill.
It is essential to recognize that “life is not
organized. In a living being there are no
parts. An eye is not a part of the body, it
is a manifestation of how the body sees.”
Similarly an individual is not a part of
society, but internally and externally
connected to society.
Prior to the “mass” society technology has
given us, tradition-based society would
carefully inspect each novelty from every
angle before accepting it. We no longer
have these traditions and are being led by
individual disciplines with a bias against
mingling phenomena.
Using economics as an example,
Vanderburg quoted the Head of the
Central Bank of Belgium as saying less
than 3% of the global economy derives
from providing real goods or services.
The remaining 97+% is derived through
speculation which produces nothing
anyone needs—and economic theory is
based on the 3%, so how relevant is it?
Vanderburg sees the solution is to “exploit
the potential of preventative approaches”:
To carefully look at each other and at the
problem from all sides and to recognize
that we need one another and no one can
be sure they have covered all the bases.
Vanderburg hopes—he admits perhaps
naively—that “maybe there are enough
intelligent people around who see the
need for a new kind of political coalition
because these changes will not happen
without political will.
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Willem Vanderburg, B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc.,
Ph.D (Mechanical Eng.), Waterloo.
Associate Professor, Department of
Mechanical & Industrial Engineering and
Institute for Environmental Studies, and
Director, Centre for Technology and Social
Development at Victoria University in the
University of Toronto
Author of: The Growth of Minds and
Cultures (1985), The Labyrinth of
Technology (2000), and Living in the
Labyrinth of Technology (2005).
Editor and translator of Perspectives on
Our Age: Jacques Ellul Speaks on His Life
and Work
TTT
He went on to say that the entrepreneur
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the system is creating the problem. “If
tomorrow we all woke up as saints, the
system would still destroy the planet.”
“The system produces good and bad
alike—they derive from the same root”
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June 11, 2010 Vol 2/Issue 10
2008 Snug Cove Master Plan: Another one bites the dust
By Tim Rhodes
Natural Protected
10min. Walk
Proposed Abbeyfield Development
New Preserved Green Space 5.16 acres
Civic-Recreational District
2p1
Preserve light industrial/ commercial capacity at ground floors
Future Study Area
Development Parcel
1.62 acres
22 units/ acre
.75 f.s.r.
Community
Vegetable
Gardens
2a
Reserve For larger Commercial Tenant
Natural Protected Reserve
Parking under
Small play field or Community Gardens
New Green Roof
(planned as convertable space)
surface parking in initial phase (55cars)
(Soil could be warmed from below from expelled heat from buildings)
110 stalls
Future Civic Components
22,700 sq.ft. footprint
Possible future covered area
New Future Field
All Weather
100
civic parcel
1.9 acres
Park parcel
1.16 acres
2civic
Existing Field
Existing Trail
New field
Artificial Turf
Fenced w/ Lights
2p2
expansion
viewing tower
120
not part of civic work
relevel

Covered viewing
+ field storage
4
RECREATION COMPONENT
Truck turn-around
Outdoor Learning Centre
loading
view
bus
First aid????
Island Living Room
Inter Village Transit Loop
(Trolley)
drop-off
10
cars
10
cars
walkway
Front porch
h.c. and priority parking
40
u/g parking par
12
Civic Porch
over
flow
u/g parking w/
110
public garden
cars
Community Hall/ Performance Centre
mar
shal
ed retu
u/g entry
bus
rn to
park
18
ARTS CENTRE COMPONENT
ing
in th
e
10
mixed-u
.35 acre
1.5 fsr
cars
futu
re
2b
Future Civic w/ rainwater collect
sustainable technolgies demo
Overflow Marshaling
(Could convert to parallel parking in the future)
Bowen Events Signa
Link Road Required by Fire Code
Civic Square
Future Study Area
Hillside Residential District
ECO
VILLA
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June 11, 2010 Vol 2/Issue 10
T
he Snug Cove Master Plan grew
out of discussions around siting
of a civic centre. Alan Boniface, of
Hotson Bakker Boniface Haden
Architects, was commissioned to look
at how a community centre could be
incorporated into the village.
"I put far more work into this than I
normally would because this is my
community," says Boniface, who
was more than a little disillusioned
when, after months of work, the plan
was somewhat summarily shelved
without public information meetings
or dialogue around it. It's only public
appearance was at a Council meeting.
Reserve
Seniors Housing
Reinstate Marine Conservation Area
5min. Walk

Existing Commercial Space
790-990 new market and affordable units + seniors
Proposed Commercial Space
Potential New Private Structures
(approx 1500 -1700 people) (approx 875,000 to 1,000,000 sq.ft)
135,500 sq.ft. commercial/flex
60,000 sq.ft. office
Allowable Floor Space Variable to
* all u/g parking designed as adaptable space
Green design/ Community Benefit bonuses
Potential New Main Floor Public Structures
Existing Civic
minimized for usage, bonused for providing ferry parking
Future civic
Natural Protected Reserve
Civic Expansion
Current Park Boundaries Increased
Historic Cottages
(Additional 1 acre)
1.5 fsr
Hotel/Inn
3a
3d
Historic Walk
.58 acres
7
Flex/ Future Office
10
3b
Significant Trees Retained
8
7
.54 acres
fsr 1
No additonal land required over
'Ekistics' plan
Ekistics Plan Boundary
2
rcmp
private development
to 150 stalls
drop-off
u/g entry
u/g
expansion
11
bus
r
5/8
library
3c
158
future
Heron Nesting Site
3
Metro1
.15 acre
4
4 storey
Civic Square
parking/ optional marshal
marshal
new undeground
through
bike
parking
47
Design to accomodate Cenitaf events
(inhabit public space)
4

service and green utilidor

bus
.17 acre
grass pavers
4
cars
age
new park
6
.15 acre
new infill forest
municipal hall
tion/Storage
6 du
new heron protective landscape fence
current forest edge
.31 acres
1.25 fsr
4
5
11
.15 acres
1.15 fsr
3 storey
2 storey
74 cars marshaled (2 lane version)
37 cars marshaled (1 lane version)

1 storey
arbutus tree
drop-off
new forest
Heron viewing platform on roof
new pier
restaurant w/ lodging over
new pocket park
drop-off
23
5
use
parcel
Future Study Area
6 du
narrow road r.o.w. allows for conversion to
a more traditional street if necessary in the future
Metro2
3
48
12
6 du
Pedestrian Priority Passes
museum
10
7
rtially convertable to useable space
Could be a later phase
gateway/pedestrian bridge
scooters+smart cars
Existing road edge
End of marshaling

36
7
Pedestrian Node
Natural Protected Reserve
occcupiable street
37m
8
44m
.84 acres
1.5 fsr

Park District
Existing Trail
10
23
7
2 du
ambulance
possible cenotoph location
Public Pier
relevel
HOV PRIORITY
Cenotaph Square
drop-off
upgraded public space
new seating/ viewing area
16 cars marshaled
shelter
Crosswalk to Pier
Civic Walk
shelter
demountable bleacher area
35 cars
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boat launch
public connection to water
New Lane
gateway buildings
Ocean Loop Energy
all pedestrian traffic to south dock
new water-edge promenade
New Shelter and Bike Lock
future institutional
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Traffic Calmed 'Main Street'
Future Study Area
Approximate 2m flood line
Future Public Square
Approximate 2m flood line
Village Centre District
electric car share depot
Natural Protected Reserve
Office
200 cars
u/g
24 cars
existing gravel road
40 cars
existing gravel road
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Possible Commuter Passenger Terminal
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rising waters educational boardwalk
"I interviewed the property owners,
the business owners, the not-for-profit
organizations, and individual citizens,
and I consulted with the Municipality
at the political and administrative level,
the Surplus Lands Working Group,
Metro Vancouver Parks, and BC
Ferries, and with Council appointed
Sustainability Framework Working
Group and Snug Cove Master Plan
Working Group-and we held public
meetings during the process."
"The plan was truly grounded
in sustainability; and the way to
sustainability is to make people walk,
and for that you need density. This
wasn't a physical plan but rather a plan
for sustainability."
There were of course the traditional
concerns about a 'loop' road, but Boniface
maintains that the Right of Way edgeto-edge in his plan was slightly less than
the popular Ekistics plan (see BITE Vol
2/Issue9). "That's because my road was
much narrower. The only place it really
moved into the park was to get around
the RCMP site and up to Miller Rd."
That is still a sore spot with Boniface.
"The municipality hired an engineer
who called me but did not consult with
me. The engineer assumed standard
road construction and therefore
estimated a significant cut and fill
would be required; but my concept
was for a smaller slower road, with no
ditches, that would not have been so
invasive. Council made a decision on
what I considered false information.
I was blind-sided and that was the
moment I threw up my hands."
Does he see Bowen ever getting
consensus on a plan? Boniface is
concerned that council has alienated
and disillusioned so many that it may
be tough to put a volunteer committee
together, and adds that any plan that a
community puts that much effort into
demands a true open dialogue with the
public-which this one did not get.
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June 11, 2010 Vol 2/Issue 10
The Accidental Archivist:
BITE
An interview with Dorothy Lawson
By Tim Rhodes
D
orothy Lawson has been
volunteering at the BI Island
Historians Museum and Archives for
thirty years—almost since the day
she arrived on the Island.
She began her career as a teacher.
The art department at the college
in San Francisco where she was
teaching English had a rotating
chairmanship and when Dorothy
found herself teaching aesthetics
and art history she began looking
for a doctoral program in the
discipline. “I made some inquiries
and Princeton was the only one who
replied but warned that I would only
have about 15 years to work. Well I
was almost 50 …”
In her search she came upon
information on a program for
“conservators of works of art on
paper” at the State University of New
York in Cooperstown, New York. “I
thought, ‘Gee. That would be nice,’
so I applied and was accepted.” The
2-year course was followed by a
compulsory one-year internship;
in fact she managed a two year
internship in conservation of works
of art on paper at the Fogg Museum,
the oldest of Harvard University’s
art museums. (http://en.wikipedia.
org/wiki/Harvard_University), From
there she went to the Maine State
Museum and later set up her own
conservation service in Augusta,
Maine, doing private work while
she continued her contract at the
museum.
“I’d been there for a couple of years
when I got a telegram one day from
England from a certain person
named Eric Lawson who had been
in Cooperstown with me—he and I
were the oldest two in the class—and
Eric’s telegram asked, ‘Will you
marry me?’” She and Eric had been
seeing each other off-and-on—Eric
did his internship at the Smithsonian
in Washington and then moved to
Ottawa to work with the Canadian
Conservation Institute. “I said, ‘Yes.’”
It was 1976 and within a few months
Dorothy had moved to Canada
(Eric had moved to BC) with strict
instructions from Immigration
Canada to marry within 6 days of
arrival. They settled in a little house
in West Vancouver. “Practically the
day after I arrived I was called upon
by the Vancouver Art Gallery to reattach a whole set of drawings from
India that had fallen off their hinges
and their mats, and from that point
on I never ever advertised for work.
In fact, there was so much work, I
encouraged another Cooperstown
graduate to come here and set up
shop.”
One of Dorothy’s most memorable
works of conservation was of eight
or nine Emily Carr works on paper.
“They were oil paint on very poor
quality paper—like the kind we
used to get in grade school—that
had been pasted on to pieces of
plywood and over time, as bits and
pieces lifted up a little more glue
was squirted underneath.” There
was enough plywood left over when
the process was complete, that Eric
was able to build a heated outdoor
cat box for their cats. “We called it
the Cat Carrtel. Emily would have
liked that. She was very much a cat
person.”
exhibit was over, she would put them
all back again.”
By 1983, although they didn’t have
enough money for a museum they
did have some money and decided to
build on the property what would be
essentially a storage building for the
artifacts. “Just in time,” Dorothy said,
“as Helen, who was the only one who
really knew where everything was,
passed away shortly afterwards.”
Realizing it would take years to
save enough for the museum, they
decided to start with the archives.
About 1985, with a New Horizons
grant they hired two students and
bought a computer. Dorothy already
had a computer so the task fell to her
to put an archival program in place.
She chose an Apple for the work
because it was the easiest operating
In ’79 Dorothy
system on which
and Eric moved
to get a number
to Bowen Island
of volunteers up
and Dorothy
to speed. “I had
continued
an Apple at that
working as a
time but my first
conservator out
computer was
of their home
an Osborne—I
until the end of
still have it
OSBORNE 1
the 90s.
downstairs. It
Introduced: April 1981; Price: US $1,795; Weight: 24.5 pounds;
CPU: Zilog Z80 @ 4.0 MHz; RAM: 64K RAM; Display: built-in was a lovely
“Like everyone
5" monitor 53 X 24 text; Ports: parallel / IEEE-488 modem computer. The
else, you come
/ serial port; Storage: dual 5-1/4 inch, 91K drives; OS: CP/M only problem
off the boat and
http://oldcomputers.net/osborne.html
was that it had
you get slotted in
5 programs on
somewhere—and
it and if you didn’t use one of them
I got hooked by the Historians.” The
Bowen Island Museum and Archives for a week or two you had to learn
over again.” She was part of the
was started by a ladies bridge club
Bowen Users Group, which is still
who decided to collect the history of
in existence. “At that time we had 2
Bowen Island. They wrote everyone
who had ever lived on the island and Osbornes, an Atari, a Timex Sinclair,
and an Apple. We met at Brian
out of that came the Irene Howard
[McCaig’s] and watched Richard
book, Bowen Island 1872-1972.
Goth run his milk route with the
Along with those letters had come
Timex.”
photographs and objects, so the group
Dorothy felt she was too old for the
decided they needed a museum.
BC Archival Program and didn’t
“They had purchased the land with
want to commute, but has for years
the proceeds from the book—this
and still continues to educate herself
was before I arrived—and they
started raising money with bake sales, through online courses and one day
workshops and training sessions
dinners, and plant sales, and any
offered by the Archival Association
other way they could think of.”
of BC.
“There was no building when I
In the early 90s the Historians
arrived and when I wanted to do
decided that it was time for a
an exhibit—what we called an
washroom within the archives
outreach exhibit which would be in
building. They acted on advice that
the school or somewhere—I would
it was probably most economical to
contact Helen Ross, who was the
raise the existing building and put
curator at that time and knew where
a washroom and additional space
everything was. Helen would say,
under it. So now they had room for a
‘Give me three days,’ and she would
go around and collect the items from small museum on the main floor—or
attics and garages and under people’s as Dorothy describes it, “a $50,000
washroom with a museum attached.”
beds all over the island. When the
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June 11, 2010 Vol 2/Issue 10
Cultivating a healthier community
By Richard Best
In 1995 a group of running enthusiasts
on Bowen Island, headed up by Dean
Gooch, envisioned a foot race that reflects
the island’s unique character. They gave
it a name to which all islanders and
mainlanders could relate "Run for the
Ferry"
Whether you are coming or going, many
times you find yourself in the above
situation. Now in its 16th year, the Bowen
Island Run for the Ferry has demonstrated
its long standing appeal to the public by
being a fund-raiser for many organizations.
The Bowen Community Housing
Association aspires to develop Run for the
Ferry into a highly popular "destination
running event" focused on giving to the
community, which will benefit Bowen
tourism, the island economy, and a greater
interconnectedness of a diverse community.
Out of the Blue
on Bowen Island
steps from the ferry
open 7 days a week
an eclectic blend of clothing
and accessories
604.947.0338
The Bowen Community Housing
Association was looking for an annual
awareness and fund-raiser when Run
for the Ferry was offered up by Bowen
Children's Center. With the community’s
support, we are continuing to develop Run
for the Ferry into an even more socially
beneficial annual event, taking its place
among other successful endeavors such as:
the People Plants & Places tour, hosted by
the Museum and Archives and Memorial
Proceeds from the Run for the Ferry
support the Bowen Community Housing
Association's purpose of creating affordable
housing on Bowen Island. A portion of the
proceeds also supports the Bowen Island
Rock Runners to promote life long fitness.
Past years' proceeds from Run for the
Ferry were assigned to a public education
program to help demonstrate the
need for affordable housing, to dispel
misconceptions of social housing, and to
show how affordable housing maintains our
social diversity, which is our community
strength.
Your participation, whether as a sponsor,
donor, volunteer or running participant,
helps to cultivate a healthier community.
Think about what you can contribute to this
year's event to make it a success.
Together we can make a difference.
For more information or to brainstorm
ideas, contact Richard Best at info@
runfortheferry.ca
BCHA www.bowenhousing.org
RFTF www.runfortheferry.ca
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on the same day as Bowfest, it has become the unofficial launch of Bowen’s
biggest annual celebration.
Your support of the run contributes to the ongoing development of Run For
The Ferry as a major destination event, the development of Bowen tourism
and the island economy, and the cultivation of a healthier community by
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The Historians were considering
updating the Howard book to
include the period beyond 1972;
however, the photographs were
proving so popular, they decided on
a coffee-table style book and in 2004
published Bowen Island Reflections,
a beautiful photographic look at
Bowen’s past. Then in 2008-2009
with a scanner and another grant,
from the Irving Barber Learning
Foundation, Dorothy and the
students began work on digitizing
over 7000 historical photos (and
have completed over 3,000) in the
museum’s collection to go online.
Dorothy continues to volunteer
at the Bowen Island Museum and
Archives and can be found there on
Tuesday and Thursday. She intends
to carry on. “As long as I can climb
the stairs, but what they really
need are funds to hire a full-time
archivist, one or two days a week is
really not enough."
B OWE
With the advent of People Plants
and Places, the Historians major
fund-raising effort, it was decided
to switch from a Mac platform to a
PC platform. Seeing an opportunity,
Dorothy insisted that if they were
switching to PCs, they had to buy
the “Inmagic” program [web-based
solutions for social knowledge
management, library automation
and information management
needs]. With a set of database
templates from the Richmond
Archives, the Bowen Island Museum
and Archives was now able to easily
and properly catalogue according to
the international Rules of Archival
Description.
Our theme is "Cultivating a Healthier
Community."
Garden societies; the annual book sale
hosted by the Library; and the Dock Dance
hosted by the Volunteer Firefighters. All of
these events add greatly to the quality of our
diverse community.
• on the largest—well, the only billboard on Bowen Island;
• on www.runfortheferry.ca with a link to your website; and
• in our advertisements in MOATS, a newsmagazine promoting tourism
and distributed free at high-traffic locations in North, West, and
downtown Vancouver; and
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• on the back of the Run For The Ferry technical fabric t-shirts3; and
• in the poster3 to be distributed on Bowen Island and through selected
retail and recreation outlets on the mainland.
Please join us in making Run For The Ferry a successful event for the entire island.
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Gold Sponsor: $500
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• To make a sponsorship pledge, call Roger McGillivray - 604-947-9486
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Silver Sponsor: $250
Bronze Sponsor: $100
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The Bowen Community Housing Association is a not-for-profit organization registered under the Societies
Act and dedicated to creating housing options on Bowen Island that will allow families and individuals at all
income levels to prosper.
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Bowen Island Rock Runners is a not-for-profit group dedicated to providing positive and age appropriate
multi-developmental running, jumping and throwing opportunities for all ages and abilities to promote a
lifelong participation in sport activities.
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June 11, 2010 Vol 2/Issue 10
The 8 week sleek plan:
8 weeks to a slimmer fitter you
By Fawn Gill, Fawn Gill Fitness
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To keep yourself motivated, write
down the top 3 reasons you began
this program. Now that you’ve
written those reasons down, keep
them in sight all the time. If you
stick with this program, not only will
you see results, but you are much
more likely to continue on with your
healthy behaviour once the program
is completed.
Change your words.
Replace the word ‘should’ with ‘want.
Saying you "should" do something,
like exercise, immediately implies
that you feel the activity is a burden.
Instead, replace should with want in
your vocabulary. If you keep telling
yourself you want to workout, you
will. And you will eventually make it
a habit for life.
Here are some strategies on how to
stick-with-it for the last 4 weeks.
Write it down.
Start small.
Aim to make one tweak a day: Add
a new fruit to breakfast, skip your
before-dinner cocktail, take a walk
after lunch, do whatever you can to
nudge your weight down.
Don't waste your willpower.
A recent study published in
Psychology & Health suggests that
Write down not only your weight-loss
and fitness goals, but also when you
workout and what you eat on a daily
basis. Believe me, it works!
Make it public.
Tell everyone your goals. By making
it public, you have other people to be
accountable to. And people will ask
you how your goals are going.
next two weeks by giving you some
S.M.A.R.T. goals to work on. For
weeks 5 and 6 you will:
• Eat 2 whole raw fruits or veggies
before each meal.
• Eat 4-6x daily, 2-3 hours apart
• Drink at least 1 litre of water
everyday.
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Exercise.
For the next two weeks, focus on
interval training. Basically, after
a 5-min warm-up, perform each
exercise for 1 minute with a 20 sec
break in between each exercise. There
are only 2 interval workouts to follow.
Alternate between the workouts and
longer cardio. So Day 1 is interval
workout #1, Day 2 cardio, Day 3
interval workout #2, Day 4 cardio
and so on These are more intense
workouts than you may be used to
so be sure to stretch at the end of
exercise workout. Be ready to sweat!
Good luck and remember to have
fun! If you have any questions about
the program or any of the exercises,
please contact me at fawngillfitness@
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Yours in health & fitness,
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Certified Personal Trainer,
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Now is not the time to lose your
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to lose that first bit of enthusiasm. Did
you know that almost half of all fitness
plans get dropped within the first two
weeks? Do not be one of them.
people have a finite amount of
self-control, and that it can run dry,
just like a bank account. To keep
from depleting your source of inner
strength during this program, avoid
situations that present temptations.
Plan to have dinner at home instead
of at restaurants; don't walk by the
doughnut shop on your way to
work. And squeeze in a workout first
thing in the morning, before your
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TUESDAY
Aerobic Exercise
Walk briskly for 45 minutes
WEDNESDAY
Warm-Up with 5 mins of walking
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June 11, 2010 Vol 2/Issue 10
Tech Tips: Choosing power savers II
By Brian McCaig
L
ast issue I mentioned that UPS's
have a couple of advantages for your
computers and electronics. Mainly, they
provide you with a small amount of time,
after a power outage, to safely finish that
document, save it, or print it and shut
your system down the proper way-and
a UPS will provide your electronics with
a higher level of power surge protection
than your average power bar.
Do you need a UPS? Well, that's not an
easy question to answer. It depends on
your own concerns about levels of safety
and security that are acceptable to you.
Things to consider: How valuable is your
equipment? Is it insured? In the case of
computers, is your data regularly backed
up? How important would it be if your
electronics were out of commission for an
extended time? How much financial risk
is there in any of these conditions?
These are all valid personal concerns.
However, meteorologically speaking,
how often do lightning storms-or even
power outages-occur on Bowen? We've
had 2 power outages and one massive
lightning storm in the past 2 years, which
is unusual but not unheard of. We do not
have a UPS at our house. Never even
considered it until 2 summers ago when
that freak, multiple strike lightning storm
occurred.
During that storm I ran around like
a fool disconnecting and unplugging
everything. While we did not get any
fried computers, I witnessed the results of
at least 6 others who did. One strike that
fell between two houses in Tunstall Bay
fried computers in both houses. Another
that hit a tree outside a compound
in Hood Point fried yet another. Still
another got fried because the owners
were away at the time and their laptop
was plugged into the house current while
they were absent. So it can happen.
Even though I saw the first-hand results
I still don't think I'll be getting a UPS.
Why not? I just don't believe that it's a big
enough risk. But don't take my word as
gospel; I'm not telling you to not get one;
I'm just letting you know my personal
choice.
How do you choose a UPS? There are
about 4 types of UPS setups, from the
basic power surge bar in the $80 range up,
to the ones that give you up to 20 minutes
of battery backup and can power a whole
raft of electronic devices and can cost in
the range of $600-$1200. And most UPS's
will only allow for a moderate amount of
time before they die-I think that the best
ones may give you 20 minutes to allow
you to save what you're doing.
The main factor in determining what to
get is the amount of current that your
system will draw from the batteries. You
can determine this fairly accurately by
adding up all the power ratings on every
piece of equipment. Every device should
have its power requirement somewhere
on its case, usually on the manufacturer's
label. These ratings are usually in either
watts (or volt-amps). Just add them up
and compare this with the rating on the
UPS you are considering.
For example; my MacBook Pro has an 85
watt power supply, my printer is about 45
watts, and my 2 external drives are about
120 watts for a total of 250 watts. So, I
would look for a UPS that was rated for at
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June 11, 2010 Vol 2/Issue 10
Register today for the
3rd Annual Festival on
beautiful Bowen Island
July 2-4, 2010
PHOTO: ERIC NIELSON
Workshops are filling up.
Featuring: 14 workshops, panel discussions,
plenaries and blue-pencil editing sessions
Opening Night presenting Ivan E. Coyote,
writer and storyteller. For full details, and to
register, visit www.writeonbowen.com
where do you get your ideas • building better stories • seven tips for publishing • chipping away at writer’s block
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Tir-na-nOg 22nd Annual Festival of Plays
A
fter an early morning performance
for local school children and
before the classes begin later in the day,
the Tir-na-nOg Theatre is digesting the
wonders of last weekend’s performances
of Peaches and Dreams. This Tir-nanOg story-book play, based on James
and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl,
developed as a touring play for younger
audiences, and included in-class
improvisations by students aged 6 to 12
and with a page-turning story-book set.
All is quiet. But not for long!
This afternoon there’s a Back-for-aFeed (Feedback class) for students
to help assimilate their intense and
rewarding experience, to be followed
by a rehearsal for Men at Arms, a play
adapted for the stage by Stephen Briggs
from the Discworld novel by Terry
Pratchett, to be presented on June 12
at 7.00 and June 13 at 6.00. It features a
teenage cast of student actors who play
to life the strangely familiar characters
and intriguing plot lines of this work.
Close on Discworld’s heels, on June 19
at 7.00 and June 20 at 6.00, comes an
original Tir-na-nOg play, Now—the
title may give a clue to the play’s
driving concept—concludes the
trilogy Before, Between and Beckoning,
a work developed in collaboration
with our Special Project Group over
the past three years.
Tickets are available at Phoenix on
Bowen or at the Tir-na-nOg Box
Office (604 947 9507). Celebrate the
wonderful work of our young people,
and enjoy a comfortable seat and an
enlivening evening.
All events are located in various venues in beautiful Artisan Square on Bowen Island (just a ten-minute
walk or two-minute bus ride from the ferry terminal in Snug Cove)
Friday, July 2, 2010
Time
Workshop/Event
Location
1:00 to 4:00
8:00
Walk in the Lieben Lands with Bernice Lever
Opening Night featuring Ivan E. Coyote
Lieben Lands on Scarborough Road
Gallery @ Artisan Square
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Time
Workshop/Event
Facilitator(s)
Location
9:00 to 9:45
Opening Plenary: Where Do You Get
Your Ideas?
Workshop 1: Building Better Stories:
Secrets to Sensational Articles
Workshop 2: Seven Tips for Publishing
Workshop 3: Pandora Collective:
Chipping Away at Writer’s Block
Panel Presentation 1: Mining Memory
When Writing Kids' Books
Anthony Dalton
Gallery @ Artisan Square
Sylvia Taylor
Montessori Preschool
Susan Safyan
Bonnie Nish, Warren Dean Fulton,
Shannon Rayne, Marni Norwich
Ainslie Manson with Sally
Fitzgibbon, Cynthia Nicolson,
Norma Charles
Elee Kraljii Gardiner, Michael Katz,
Julie Ferguson, Susan Safyan
Anthony Dalton
Yoga Studio
Dance Studio
kc dyer
Julie Ferguson
Yoga Studio
Dance Studio
Michael Katz
Wong Wing-Siu, Susanna Braund,
Lorne Warr, Jude Neale
Montessori Preschool
Gallery @ Artisan Square
Facilitator(s)
Elee Kraljii Garinder
Location
Montessori Preschool
Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen
Gallery @ Artisan Square
Miranda Pearson
Dance Studio
Daniel Wood
Yoga Studio
David Stephens
Jacquie Massey
Richard Mackie
Gallery @ Artisan Square
Yoga Studio
Gallery @ Artisan Square
Lorna Suzuki
Dance Studio
10:00 to Noon
10:00 to Noon
10:00 to Noon
10:00 to Noon
1:00 to 2:00
2:00 to 4:00
2:00 to 4:00
2:00 to 4:00
2:00 to 4:00
7:30 pm
Saturday Lunch Session: Publishers’
Panel
Workshop 4: Writing Adventure Travel
Articles and Books
Workshop 5: Writing Historical Fiction
Workshop 6: Book Magic: Turning
Writers into Published Authors
Workshop 7: Writing the Chapter Book
Gala at the Gallery
Gallery @ Artisan Square
Gallery @ Artisan Square
Gallery @ Artisan Square
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Time
9:30 to 11:30
9:30 to 11:30
9:30 to 11:30
9:30 to 11:30
12:30 to 1:30
1:45 to 3:45
1:45 to 3:45
1:45 to 3:45
Workshop/Event
Workshop 8: Silencing the Inner Critic:
Filling the Page
Workshop 9: Making Your Blog More
Popular
Workshop 10: Poetry Workshop: An
Introduction
Workshop 11: Writing Narrative Based
Non Fiction
Sunday Lunch Session: Publishing Tips
Workshop 12: Memoir Writing
Workshop 13: Finding the Narrative
Thread
Workshop 14: The Challenge of Writing
Fantasy for the Adult and YA Market
2010 FESTIVALS & EVENTS
May 29 - July 4
Fri., Sat., Sun., July 2 -4
Sat., July 17 - Sun., July 18
Saturday, August 14
Saturday, August 28
Saturday, August 28
22nd Annual Festival of Plays
Write on Bowen
People, Plants and Places Tour
BowFEAST
Run for the Ferry
Bowfest
Tir-na-nOg Theatre School's six play festival—tirnanog@telus.net
A festival of writers and readers
This year’s tour features a miniature train, unique architecture, colourful gardens, and woodland retreats—www.bowenislandppp.org
Farmer/growers' market Bowen's eat local challenge and recognition of local agriculture—www.bowenagalliance.ca
This much anticipated destination run that marks the beginning of “Bowfest”, the island’s annual community festival—www.runfortheferry.ca/
Bowen Island's annual community parade and festival This year's theme is 'on safari.' www.bowfest2010.com
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An intimate look at Bowen lifestyles: 2010 PPP Tour
By Tim Rhodes
flow one into the other with something
new around every turn—and an
impeccably pruned pear tree bursting with
young fruit.
Saturday
July 17, 2010
Sunday
July 18, 2010
Pear Tree
D
id you know there are purple
carrots? That's the kind of
interesting bits of information
and lore that you glean from talking to
the generous folks who are opening that
gardens and/or houses to the public for the
17th People Plants & Places Tour.
Beverly Underhill and Van Hayden, two of
the many volunteers involved in the tour,
gave me a bit on a preview of four of the
sites on the May long weekend.
Our first stop is at the home of some avid
gardeners of both the floral and vegetable
persuasion. These folks tell us about the
purple carrots and a number of heritage
and rare vegetables they're growing from
hard-to-come-by seeds.
At the next stop, the owners have created a
colourful deer-proof garden from dozens of
different plants that don't seem to interest
our furry four footed friends—the bane of
many Bowen gardeners' existence. However,
their vegetable garden is well secured
behind a fence.
I could in no way be described as a
gardener—au contraire—but the time spent
in these beautiful gardens were among the
most enjoyable in a long time.
The event takes place on 7 different
sites, and logistically this is perhaps
the largest event on Bowen, requiring
pre-tour preparation, site supervision
and reception, shuttle drivers, traffic and
parking supervision, ticket takers, and
master gardeners. If you would like to
volunteer contact Alison Morse at 604947-9875 or amm5@shaw.ca.
Y
ou're invited to enjoy a rare opportunity to
explore seven unique island sites. Variety
is the spice of this self-directed travel-atyour-own-pace tour. The seven sites include
opportunities to see an outdoor train, a variety of floral
and vegetable gardens, and several open house tours.
Tickets on sale June 7, 2010
telephone: 604-947-0384
email: bowenppp@shaw.ca
online: www.bowenislandppp.org
or at
The Flower Shop & Bowen Island Museum & Archives
There is also a picnic site, so bring a lunch or get take-out from any of Bowen's great
eateries and make a day of it.
You'll need transportation to get to the sites, they are spread all over the island. (Carpooling is recommended—bring friends!).
This is a tour of interest mainly to adults and comfortable walking shoes are a
must. The sites are accessible only by foot and most are not accessible to strollers or
wheelchairs—and no pets please.
Bring your golf clubs and play a round at the Bowen Island Golf Club ($5 off with
a PPP ticket).
The PPP Tour typically sells out. For tickets call 604-947-0384 or online at www.
bowenislandppp.org
All proceeds to the Bowen Island Historians Museum and Archives (www.
bowenhistory.ca) and the Bowen Island Memorial Garden Society (www.
bowenislandmemorialgarden.org).
Deer Proof
When you're new to Bowen or visiting,
you see all manner of very tall fences. It's
not that we're unfriendly. It's the only way
to keep a garden.
The next site we approach by a long
winding driveway lushly planted on either
side. The road opens up into an enormous
informal style garden complete with
resident geese and a reading bench housed
in a pagoda-style structure.
In contrast, the last garden we visit is an
intimate series of spaces and paths that
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T&T Explosive Writing
NOOK NOTES
By Tobin and Thomas
By Katherine Lawrence
Book Review
The Fire Within
by Chris D’Lacey
Scholastic Paperbacks , 2007
ISBN: 0-439-67243-0 / 978-0-439- 67243-6
✯✯✯✯✯
T
his is the beginning of the Ice Fire series.
This book was really good if you didn’t
expect it to be about dragons. The first book
is mostly about squirrels, and it’s supposed
to be about dragons! We liked it because the
main squirrel, Conker, is really cool. Snigger,
Conker’s best friend is funny because he
has a smile that goes up to his eyes and he
eats Greenfingers George’s (the gardener)
sandwiches.
Q: Why do hummingbirds hum?
A: Because they don’t know the words!
Get To Know Bowen’s Magical Creatures
The Hummingbird Dragon
T
he Hummingbird Dragon is the size of a hummingbird. It drinks
nectar and extracts the energy from it to help it fly. The leftovers are
used as acid to kill enemies. It shoots out the acid from holes in it’s beak.
The Hummingbird Dragon is always giving off a glow that attracts it’s prey,
which is everything the same size or smaller than it. It also eats you.
Storage continues to be a problem. One
of our volunteers has generously increased
our storage capacity with custom shelving
but we are still bulging at the seams. Stock
is currently changing hands so quickly
we encourage our patrons to include
regular visits to the Nook in their shopping
itineraries. Don’t assume that this week
will be the same as last. There are always
bargains to be had!
The Nook has about 35 volunteers who look
after the two daily 3-hour shifts, Thursday
through Monday. We do need more help.
Volunteers are encouraged to drop by
and sign up. We have spaces to fill for the
weekend shifts and would like to create a
“floaters’ list of people who would be willing
to step in when our ‘regulars’ can’t make it.
Working at the Nook is a great way to meet
new people and make friends-and get a
step ahead in sizing up the goods!
We still do have the occasional donor who
believes that we will accept anything and
everything. It is, however, our intention
to provider customers with quality
merchandize and so will reject items that we
feel don’t meet the mark. Clothes should be
clean and mechanical/electrical items should
be in sound working order.
Business at the Nook has been brisk since
the day we opened. Our business future is
looking good and we are currently exploring
new ways to support Island Sustainability.
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NYLON STEEL FRAMED FOLDING 29.95
FOLDING CAMPING CHAIRS
13.99
FIR ROCKING CHAIRS
99.97
FIR CHAIRS
96.95
NATURAL ADIRONDACK (unassembled) 74.95
ANTIGRAVITY LOUNGERS
69.95
BENCHES
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BISTRO SETS
84.95
156.99
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BOWEN
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Joke Of The Day
t the Knick Knack Nook spring is
in full force. We are currently only
accepting spring and summer wear in the
clothes department (fall and winter clothing
at the end of September).
C
TO
The rest of the series has more dragons in it.
There are 5 books so far, and they get better and better. Except they get
more complicated also.
A
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This is a new feature by 2 of Bowen's youngest columnists. These are the same two
boys who produced the clip the trip brochure, Bowen Island Weekend for Kids, in
the May 14, 2010 issue.
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tel. 604.947.9622 or visit 1013 Grafton Road
“where every Bowen building projects begins”
CLOSED SUNDAY JUNE 13TH FOR OUR ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT
SEE YOU ALL THERE!
Hummingbird Dragon Statistics
Colour:
Changes colour to the opposite of it’s
surroundings so everything will come towards it.
Armed with:
10
Defense:
10
Radar:
0
Poison:
50
Speed:
700 km/hr
Size:
20 mm x 10 mm
Weight:
1 mg
Fear and fight factor:
Scary 20
Brains:
Smart 100
The Little Red Church on Bowen Island
The United Church of Canada Rev. Shelagh MacKinnon Minister of Music: Lynn Williams
Worship Services & Sunday School 10:30 am
Evensong First Sunday of every Month at 5:00 pm
Collins Hall inquires: contact Helen Wallwork 604.947.9953
Bowen Island Community Church
Pastor Clinton Neal
Sunday Service 10:00 am & Sunday School 10:30 am
1070 Miller Road 604.947.0384
www.bowencommunitychurch.org
Cates Hill Chapel
Interim Pastor Alan Simpson (cell.604.837.0613)
Worship & Sunday School for Tots to Teens 10:00 am
661 Cater Road 604.947.4260
www.cateshillchapel.org
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JUNE
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
WED
SAT
19
SUN
13
Aaron's Run — Running with Our Hearts. 9am. 10 km Solo, 5 km or 2
km Team Relay. Info, Registration & Map: positivelyfit.ca/events.htm
TUES
15
CSA Offers Leaders in training Youth Bursary—One page
Application letters due on June 15 submitted to Sarah Haxby. for more
info email shaxby@sd45.bc.ca
SAT
19
Official community plan open House — 10-3pm BI Municipal
Hall for more info. www.bowenOCPupdate.ca
MON
21
BICS year end assembly— 1pm in the BICS Gym. The entire school
will assemble for end of year awards, student recognition awards, BICS
Volunteer of the Year, The Association of Community Education in BC,
Bowen Island Community School Awards presented to Julia Tweeten,
Community Resident; Molly Montgomery, Youth Leadership; Tracy
McLachan, Program Coordinator, Family Place, Community education;
Community School Award to BICS Eco-Team Teachers; Agency or
Organization Award to Bowen Agricultural Alliance (B.A.A)
SAT
26
AL ANON MEETING —every Wed. 7:15pm at the Catholic Church Annex
commemorative statue unveiling —Celebrating the Olympic
Torch Relay on Bowen Island 11:45am Library Lawn
bowen island community housing association
agm—10am to 11:45. Guest Speaker, Paul Tennant.
The Annual Bowen Island
Bowen Baby Family Place
Shoot 2010 Concert in the
Park & Baby
Shoot - 35
babies this year!
The talk of The Rock!
SOCCERFEST at BICS June 13th 1-5pm. www.bowenfc.com
Every Cone
Counts
The Proceeds
from every ice
cream cone
purchased
at Mik•sa
go directly
to
The Float
Captain 14yr. old
Truman a USSC fixture
has gone to dog
heaven. We'll miss you
buddy!
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Fasting & Prayer COnFerenCe.
Attend to hear an excellent speaker
and heave a healthy lunch. The cost
for attending the Fasting and Prayer
Conference includes meals.
HelP Wanted at tHe gyM:
The Gym is looking for a dynamic,
health-oriented person to join our
fabulous front-desk team. The
right person is dependable, has
excellent customer service skills
and is enthusiastic about fitness
& health. This is a great student
summer job. Must be able to
work evenings & weekends. If
you think you have what it
takes, please email Fawn Gill
at fawngillfitness@me.com
with resume and cover letter.
THE BOWEN
SUMMER MARKET
IS LOOKING FOR
VENDORS!
Now accepting
applications from interested
crafters, artists, growers, bakers
and gourmet food makers! We are
looking for home grown, homemade, really fun and original
good things. Come join us under
the white tents on the boardwalk.
Email: bowen.market@gmail.com
if you would like to participate.
Starts Sunday June 20th, on the
lawn beside the Cove Boardwalk.
tHe PeaCeMaking Meeting
scheduled for today has been canceled
due to a conflict.
Flow Yoga
drop - in classes at collins hall
Tues. & Fri. 7:30–8:30am $10
Fri. 9:00-10:30am $15
Call Christine @ 604-947-0812
ladies, dOn’t FOrget tHe
ruMMage sale. It’s a chance to
get rid of those things not worth
keeping around the house. Don’t
forget your husbands.
BertHa BelCH a missionary
from Africa will be speaking
tonight at Calvary Memorial
Church in Racine. Come tonight
and hear Bertha Belch all the way
from Africa.
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2008 Snug Cove Master Plan
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The grueling annual 38 km Round Bowen Challenge hosted by Bowen Island Sea Kayaking welcomed 98 Paddlers on June 06, 2010.
Congratulations to all the hearty souls. The top three times: Gareth Tudor-Jones at 2:37:10; with doubles Katja Rademacher and Jeff
Raymond at 2:37:25; and Larry Goolsby at 2:37:29. Hosted by Bowen Island Sea Kayaking