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MERIBETH DEENE D I T O R

The idea of composting the collective mass of Bowen Island’s household food scraps and garden waste was enthusiastically researched by the municipality’s former Solid Waste Resource Management Advisory Committee (SWRMAC) with the primary objective to reduce our car-

bon foot print. However, in 2013 the committee concluded that there was no clear path to accomplishing this goal. Former SWRMAC member Pete Taggart and council’s liai-son to the committee, Cro Lucas, have recently investigated an alternative system that they claim could make the idea of processing the island’s food scraps on island a realistic possibility.

In a presentation made to council on Monday, Taggart explained that although SWRMAC wanted to encourage

composting on a commercial scale on Bowen the com-mittee couldn’t find an economic way of doing so. He said there was one technique that the Committee was aware of, and which, in hindsight, deserved greater attention. This process is known as the Gore technique.

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from PAGE 1In a later interview, Taggart said that this technique

came to his attention again through a presentation offered to professional engineers. When the presentation was post-poned, Taggart contacted the individual who was lined up to give it.

“Mateo Ocejo is the director of Net Zero Waste, a com-pany that builds and runs these systems,” says Taggart. “I advised him that we would want to see, touch, and smell one of his operations.”

Taggart emphasized the importance of site visits to gain first hand knowledge of potential problems relating to the presence of vermin, birds or offensive odours.

Taggart and Councillor Cro Lucas made a visit to the company’s site in Abbotsford at the end of March.

“We were impressed by the simplicity of this system,” says Taggart. “It looks great environmentally, socially it doesn’t create problems and it might provide some jobs. Economically it is too early to say, but certainly, building

this system would be less expensive than the other options considered.”

The Gore Cover System for commercial composting has been installed in almost 200 locations worldwide and a number of those locations are in Canada, including Pemberton, Abbotsford, Sechelt and Chemainus.

Taggart says the basic materials required to build such a system are asphalt or concrete pads, concrete blocks and tent-like material that is similar to what is used to make Gore-tex outdoor apparel. A small process building may be required together with a platform scale and modest mod-ular office.

“The other systems we looked at [through SWRMAC] all required large buildings with complex ventilation sys-tems,” says Taggart. “They also required expensive equip-ment to treat and mix the waste before it goes into the composting system. Although we’ve suggested that a mixer should be purchased if a Gore system were built on Bowen, it may not be necessary. In Abbotsford, they take every-

thing that people drop off, they don’t shred or chip anything, they just throw everything whole into the composting system and it seems to work well.”

It is a closed system, which means there are virtually no offensive odors. By covering the initial phases of the process, the amount leachate produced is min-imal, and is recycled to the feed of the process.

“The process takes eight weeks, with the organic waste being moved through two covered areas for six weeks, and then being left open for another two weeks. After that, the material is sifted through a screen. Chunks that are left behind in the screen go back to phase one of the process for more compost-ing, and the rest of the compost can be left out for several months to cure,” says Taggart. “After that, you send samples

to a lab that will test for pathogens. The times required to process Bowen’s organics may vary, based on differences in composition. Once you get a clean bill from the lab you can sell the stuff as Grade A compost, I don’t know how much Abbotsford sells their compost for but elsewhere it is sold for $25 - $30 per yard.”

Taggart and Lucas say that, based on their estimates, the municipality could break even in seven or eight years if it invested in this kind of composting system. Taggart stresses that the cost estimates and economic assumptions applied are very approximate, pending preliminary engi-neering studies.

“It currently costs approximately $160 to ship a tonne of organic waste to the North Shore Transfer station, and pay for the tipping fee,” says Taggart. “Tipping fees are going up, and the cost of taking this material on the ferry has risen 38 percent in the past five years with an 8 percent rise just this year. So far the ferry is not the most signif-icant cost when it comes to this operation, but if things keep going like this it could become a major cost compo-nent.”

According to their preliminary calculations, which include the capital costs of building the system, amorti-zation and the financial benefit that would come from selling the compost at the end of the process, the cost of processing organics locally with this system would come to approximately $110 - $120 per tonne.

Taggart requested that council make a resolution to spend up to ten thousand in order to fund the first two phases of a study that would determine the environmental, social and economic viabilities of a Gore Cover compost-ing system on-sland.

Councillor Alison Morse suggested that such a proj-ect would be better undertaken by the private sector, leading council to make a directive to staff to develop an Expression of Interest for the treatment of commercial and residential organic waste on Bowen.

Composting system could act as a shelter to rising ferry costs

KATALINA BERNARDS P E C I A L T O T H E U N D E R C U R R E N T

Last weekend the Bowen Island Men’s Fast Pitch League opened with an exciting start to a promising season.

The Diggers clinched the first win of the 2014 season with a 7-5 finish over the Cruisers in a very even match, and Digger Dan Cowper hit this year's first home run over the center-left fence.

In the next game the Shakers took on the brand-new Brewers (the team formerly known as the Celtics) under the sponsorship of Howe Sound Brewing. The new team fought bravely, but the Shakers were sharper and they beat the Brewers 9-6, thanks in part to a home run by Eric Michener.

The final game of the day was a back-and-forth battle 'til the bitter end between the Firemen and the Twins. At the top of the seventh, the Firement led with a score of 9-8. The Twins proceeded to tear it wide-open, taking a massive 16-9 win.

The dust is still settling over the infield after that game. Fireman Malcolm McEachern hit the first grand slam of the season.

Games are played Mon, Tues, Wed, and Friday evenings at 6:30 at the Snug Cove diamond. Fans are encouraged to heckle and cheer freely. The schedule is available online at www.bowenbase-ball.com

Grand slam on opening day at Snug Cove diamond

The Diggers played The Cruisers in the first game of the 2014 men’s fast pitch season. See more photos from the season’s opener on page 12.Maureen Sawasy, photo

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MERIBETH DEENE D I T O R

On the weekend of May 3, public access to Tunstall Bay beach will be blocked off so that the Bowen Island Fish and Wildlife Club can complete a project that aims to restore Explosives Creek as a salmon spawning habitat. The creek runs onto the beach but was disrupted years ago when a small roadway was constructed from the parking lot to the community centre.

Fish and Wildlife Club President Tim Pardee said that he was not able to substantiate rumours that the creek was once a prime spawning ground for Coho until he met Dave Bristow walking on Tunstall beach recently.

“It was about 18 years ago we were down on the beach with our kids, who were just little at the time and we saw some activity in the stream and so we went to get a closer look,” says Bristow. “And so we saw coho, you could tell by the colour, they swam up the creek and into the culverts. I don’t know where they went after that, but that’s what I saw.”

As such sightings have not been reported in recent years and it is assumed that the original salmon population that spawned in that river faced a barrier that they could not overcome. Unable to get to their spawn-ing grounds, they are now extinct.

The Fish and Wildlife Club has tried numerous times to re-populate the stream with young chum and coho fry from the Bowen Island Hatchery. Back in 2010, the Club also built climbing pools to help young coho released into the stream hop into the culverts to spawning grounds further up Explosives Creek, should they return. So far, this anticipated return has not happened. Pardee says this might be because erosion from winter rains leaves gravel blocking mouth of the stream, and potential spawners cannot cross it.

So for this next phase of work on Explosives Creek, volunteers with the Fish and Wildlife Club will be shoveling gravel out of the existing climb-ing pools to ensure they are deep enough for the salmon, repair erosion on the stream banks and hillside from the beach parking lot and reinforce the existing stream channel to the shore so that it is open during the spring and fall.

“There are never any guarantees,” says Pardee. “But we will keep trying to release young fry in the hopes that they return. Also, we’ve had such abundant runs of pink salmon in the past few years and it seems like they are looking for new spawning grounds, maybe Explosives Creek could be one of them.”

Pardee and Rob Bell-Irving (from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans) presented information about the Fish and Wildlife Clubs stream rehabilitation efforts and their hopes for Explosives Creek to the Tunstall Bay Community Association’s AGM in 2013.

“We supported the first phase of this construction, so we’re thrilled to see that the job will be completed,” says Ian Thomson, former President of the Tunstall Bay Community Association.

Thomson says that the Fish and Wildlife Club’s work on Explosives Creek is also providing the impetus to general improvements to Tunstall Bay beach.

The Municipality will be doing additional work on the beach on Monday May 5th to stabilize areas that are eroding, particularly access points.

Tunstall Beach project aims to revive creek for salmon spawning

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MARCUS HONDROC O N T R I B U T O R

There’s a new kid in town when it comes to both an all-in-one convenience store and cafe, and while not the biggest kid on island, it’s a heartily stocked one. We’re talking about the cozy Small Mart that opened earlier this month in the space underneath the pub.

It’s the work of long-time islander and real-es-tate agent, Lyn Watson, and is chock full of food items to buy and take away, or buy and sit with. Lyn recently found herself retired and with more time on her hands than she cared for.

She actually made that discovery, that retire-ment wasn’t for her, just one week into her retire-ment and the Small Mart is the result. “I really wasn’t ready for retirement,” she said. “I guess it’s as simple as that.”

Watson is no stranger to operating a business on Bowen. When she arrived on island 20 years ago she and members of her family bought a cafe in Snug Cove known as the ‘Whirling Dervish’, or ‘the Derv’. One of their first decisions was to change the name - to the Snug Cafe. Eventually they sold and, for a time, before focusing on real-estate, Watson ran a clothing store called The Summer House.

She worked like a convenience store/cafe owner Trojan getting The Small Mart underway and then took two days off. That might be the only days The Small Mart is ever closed as now she’s open 7 days a week. The plan is to hire a two-day a week worker but for now she’s barrelling through on her own, daily from 6 a.m. until 4 p.m. The hours are subject to change as she learns what her customers prefer.

Her customers are a variety of people, including kids, ferry commuters, moms and island workers, and business has been good, and is getting better. It’s a labour of love and Watson is enjoying host-ing whoever comes through the door.

And don’t be fooled by the notion of ‘small’ because there is room for a few at a time to sit and have a hot dog ($1.69 for a small one, $2.69 for a large) a bowl of soup ($3.25) or a range of other food items. The food and the atmosphere are already drawing rave reviews.

“How wonderful that we live on a small island and yet have such diversity of choice,” customer Jane Miller enthused during a recent Small Mart visit. “This place is wonderful and we are bless-ed.”

Given that the owner has proven herself to be less than adept at retiring, expect The Small Mart to keep being wonderful for a very long time.

Cozy and convenient in the Cove

Lynn Watson enjoys her morning coffee in the tiny yet well stocked Small Mart. Watson says she is currently trying to figure out which hours best suit her customers, so please bare with her until they are solidified!Meribeth Deen photo

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By the time this is published, BC Ferries (BCF) will have implemented its new schedule. The effects of the changes will not be felt until Saturday May 3 when the 5:30 and 7:30a.m. ferry sailings will be cut, as well as the 7:30a.m. and 8p.m. sailings on Sunday. While not a perfect compromise, these changes meet the non-nego-tiable demands of the provincial government to reduce sailings on the Bowen run (Route 8) and retain both early and late sailings, a plan which had not been included in the original provin-cial “consultation document.”Yet both BCF and Ministry officials have resisted attempts to pro-vide transparency in their accounting and costs, so there is currently no way to know if the vari-ous schedule changes and fare increases (includ-ing the seniors’ fare increase) have created the required savings.

Recent letters to The Undercurrent have sug-gested that our Council and its committees (in this case the Bowen Island Municipality Transportation Advisory Committee, BIMTAC) have not been successful in dealing with the con-sultation process and that the provincial govern-ment has imposed on Bowen Island.

None of the affected communities around the Georgia Strait have had any success – we are all too small and have insufficient political clout. There is very little we can do about it: protests and demonstrations have had no effect in Victoria. While we can (and should) make our opinions known, the government has already made up its mind about changes to the ferry system. When

Mayor Adelaar and I met recently with the Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, Todd Stone, the minister confirmed this.

The simple fact is that our ferry system is bro-ken. It is broken because of decades of misman-agement by politicians from both parties, bureau-crats, and BCF management. The question is how it should be changed, and not simply repaired.

We on Bowen can influence the future for BCF, at least for route 8. BCF operates the ferry system under a contract with the provincial government, a 60-year contract that started in 2003, which has to be reviewed and renegotiated every four-years. This renegotiation is carried out under the supervision of the BC Ferry Commissioner, who functions in a manner similar to that of a utili-ties review commission in other areas. The next review will start in September of this year, with a view to having a renegotiated contract (PT-4) by early 2016. The Commissioner has already asked BCF to address three major items:

• The costs and revenues of operating the BCF system with a view to establishing the maximum fare increases over the next four years (the “fare cap”)

• A plan for investing in new vessels and ter-minal facilities

• A performance review

I will be meeting with the Ferry Commissioner in the near future as well as with other ferry advi-sory committee chairs. Each of these issues will be on the agenda.

In the meantime we have other ferry issues to

address. As far as we know, BCF is still planning to take the Queen of Capilano out of service for five months starting January 2015 for a mid-life upgrade. The question of replacement vessels has yet to be solved and we are adamant that we cannot go back to the reduced vehicle capacity provided through the Howe Sound Queen yet no alternatives have been proposed. It is essential that BIMTAC follow this, reduced ferry capacity for a significant period of 2015 could have signifi-cant economic and social effects.

We need all Bowen islanders to pull together to maintain Bowen’s reputation as a pleasant and convenient place to live.

Saying all this, it is important to remember that BIMTAC does not simply cover ferry issues. There are several major questions that could affect how our on-island bus service is deliv-ered by Translink. The service contract is up for renewal, and Translink officials have indicated they will want to see some changes. At the same time Translink is committed to rolling out the Compass fare card program, even though there are substantial technical problems with the use of the electronic card program on Bowen. BIMTAC will play a major role in the negotiations with Translink.

May 31 will mark the fifteenth anniversary of the successful bus service on Bowen. We must collectively celebrate this achievement.

Sincerely,

Adam Holbrook, BIMTAC Chair

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MARCUS HONDROT H E S L O W L A N E

In the car, intend to generate a Slow Lane from here. This space, indeed to a degree this island, is a little, a lot perhaps, Snug Cove-centric, so I’m on the move. I have gone farther afield than the Cove to write the Lane before (on the ferry, at Killarney Lake, at the Golf Course etc.) but not for awhile.

I drive along Government Road and slip Chris Isaak’s ‘Forever Blue’ into the disc player. Pass by Keith Buchannan, who doesn’t seem to want a ride. I spot two strangers and consider pull-ing over to talk but it may alarm them and why should I expect strangers to help me write my col-umn, especially if it ends up with them somehow being put off, or worse - traumatized.

Up past Miller Road stands a hitchhiker. Now I pull over. It is a Jared Steward, relatively new to Bowen. Offer Jared my notebook to write any-thing he wants and tell him it’ll go to print but, fool that I am, I keep him listening to me talk so much that all he has time to write is his name and that of his wife, Moira.

Typical for Bowen (we’ve all said that, no?) turns out the Stewards are living at Paul and Basia’s, personal friends of mine (Paul, readers may recall, is my best friend on Bowen). Drive Jared to their place at the end of Adams with a view to visiting Billy and Skipper (the labs) but they’re not home. Billie, incidentally, has not adjusted to parenthood and mostly acts like Skipper is someone to goof around with and set a bad example for, like my mode d’emploi with the Boy (that’s for him, he speaks French now).

Alone again. Where to? Not Tunstall Bay, wrote a column out that way a few months ago. Not Bowen Bay, last column I wrote out there (in June of 2010) nothing whatever happened and I had to resort to naming who I saw sitting on a bus that passed and to taking selfies.

Horror of horrors but I find myself driving toward Cape Roger Curtis. My pulse quickens. I am aware, as are most of us, that sensitive ground lies ahead. Yet, frankly, I seem to take a perverse pleasure in lamenting the loss of what could have been and taking shots at those I deem responsible. Before long the dreaded inner dialogue begins.

“Let it be,” my conscience orders. “Don’t bring up the potential community and the beachfront and the 319 acre-park. You always do that, but it is past time for this island to move on!”

“You think I don’t know that?” I yell. “I know we have to, but I also know what it is that we have to move on from, and it ain’t easy. From homes and people and kids – kids! - and dogs and untouched woods, from that to a bunch of pri-vate10-acre lots? Man, it hurts! It’s never going away! Never, do you hear me!”

“Turn back!” my conscience screams. “Turn the car around now!”

But I can’t! It’s too late! Cripes. I’m past the sign and I am there – I’m in the Cape. I see no people, of course. Just roads and signs and the trees. I drive all the way out to the end of Cape Drive. Parked now, I can’t think straight; I have this vague sense of an impending emotional... tsu-nami?

And then it hits - OH MY GOD THE VIEW!There’s no resisting it. Out. Stand. Drink it in.

It is breathtakingly beautiful. We should have had a vote! But wait. Come on. Are things that bad? We have the road. We can drive out here and stand in this people-less world. Say – maybe I’ll get a role on a hit series and buy a lot and be one of the lucky 59. Yeah, sure, as likely as B.C. Ferries removing that stupid security gate. Dream on, Bucko!

Don’t think. Breathe. Calm the mind. “I am not the pheasant feather plucker, I’m the

pheasant feather plucker’s son; I’m only plucking pheasant feathers ‘till the pheasant feather pluck-er comes.” Better. Back in car. Ignition. Turn around. Pass the back of the CRC sign as Chris Isaak sings:

This is the end of everything, this is the end I know.

This is the end of everything, take your love with you when you go.

This is the end of happiness, this is the end of dreams.

This is the end of everything, it’s the end for you and me.

All roads lead to the Cape – aahhh!

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Dear Editor,

The library needs more space and the proposed, community-fundraised Annex project, adding 1200 sqft, should hit all the "Go!" buttons. This is a volunteer led initiative, community fundraised, already has broad commu-nity support and approval and is ready to roll. What more could you want? Increased value of a capital asset? You got it. Improvement in community amenities? You got it. And all without prejudicing any other plans in the Cove.

However, the 'just do it' Council appears to have back-burnered the proj-ect by asking the library board to figure out how the municipality will fund additional $5k annual operation costs. Really? We just paid up to $62k for a retaining wall to gain about 18 inches of sidewalk by the ferry, without even putting the work out to tender and we don't even have the vision to move forward with a fully fundraised improvement to one of Bowen's most used and valued municipal amenities?

Reading between the lines, the Mayor's concern appears to be that allow-ing library expansion in the existing building would impact buy-in for the proposed community campus. However, library expansion is long overdue, and it is not appropriate to hold the usability of a community amenity to ransom in this way. As several members of Council observed, there is a long horizon and many uncertainties on the way to the community campus being realized, and while it's all very well to have grand schemes, achievable com-munity initiatives should not be hobbled along the way.

Melissa Harrison

Dear Editor,

The Bowen Island Arts Council is delighted to be the host arts council for the 35th annual ArtsBC Conference and Annual General Meeting to be held at the Bowen Lodge by the Sea and at the Gallery at Artisan Square from May 2 to 4. We are welcoming presenters and attendees from all over British Columbia to meet and mingle and talk about the arts on our beautiful island.

BIAC is so pleased to have the opportunity to host this wonderful gather-ing of arts-minded folks. We are very proud of our vibrant arts community here on Bowen Island. An amazing number of artists, writers, musicians, and artisans have made the island their home and continuously enrich our daily lives with their contributions. Sometimes we joke that there must be some-thing in the water here that brings out the creativity of so many islanders.

We are particularly eager to exchange ideas and talk about the challeng-es and opportunities in the arts with our colleagues from all over British Columbia. Such connections with like-minded individuals are always so very inspiring.

Welcome delegates!

Bowen Island Arts Council

Dear Editor,

Last week, the Bowen Island Community Foundation held its Annual General Meeting at Tir-na-nOg, which included a truly festive celebration of our first 10 years of community leadership and philanthropy.

At the AGM, the Board of Directors announced a special “5X5” grant ini-tiative for 2014 that will make five x $5,000 grants available to community groups. This $25,000 initiative is part of what Bowen Islanders generously donated during our most recent giving campaign. The Foundation will sup-plement these special 2014 grants with community grants and scholarships from our endowed funds.

To help us to prioritize how the “5X5” and other grants will be award-ed, the Foundation is hosting a forum of community leaders on May 31, an event we call 'Vital Conversations'. I look forward to reporting on the out-comes of that forum later in the spring.

On another note, and on behalf of the Foundation Board of Directors, I want to publicly recognize the extraordinary community service of our retiring Chair, Joyce Ganong. As befits the Foundation's philosophy, Joyce has worked tirelessly behind the scenes for the past eight years to help make Bowen a better place to live.

Our AGM really was a wonderful celebration. I also want to publicly thank the performing guests who helped to rock the festivities: Lorraine Ashdown, “Rapper Extraordinaire” David Cameron, Peter Clarke, Ralph Keefer, and Peter McLean.

Soren HammerbergChair, Bowen Island Community Foundation

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25 years ago in the Undercurrent• On Wednesday May 3rd the first three

ferries of the morning were overloaded. An overload in 1989 meant cars parked up to the school. The ferry was running late because of a berth collapse in Horseshoe Bay following the departure of the Queen of Cowichan for Langdale.

• Bowen resident Gordy Partridge reviewed the Poison/Tesla concert held on April 27 at the Pacific Coliseum. Poison faired a lot better then the foul mouthed, possibly drunk antics of their opening act Tesla according to the reviewer. Losing the glam of their makeup, Poison entertained the audience with a well-choreographed show with pyrotechnics to match their glam.

20 years ago in the Undercurrent• Several children on the April 8 sailing

of the Queen of Capilano decided to see how many of them fit into the elevator. Unfortunately the elevator got stuck about

four feet above the car deck and some of the younger children panicked. “I suspect,” said Bowen Transportation committee member Pat McGuire, “That of the twenty children sixteen will never ride that elevator again.” The Committee was working hard to stop the vandalism by stu-dents, which in previous years had includ-ed setting a fire on the Capilano.

10 years ago in the Undercurrent• Saturday, May 1, 2004 saw the end

of an era occur on Bowen with the pass-ing of Bowmart fixture, Helen Holte. The Undercurrent was asking residents to send in their memories of Helen for a special tribute in an upcoming edition of the paper.

5 years ago in the Undercurrent• The Museum and Archives exhibit fea-

tured the explosives factory that used to be housed at Tunstall Bay. The factory manu-factured dynamite from 1909-1913 churn-ing out 400 kegs of extremely volatile black powder and 400 cases of dynamite a day.

This week in Undercurrent history

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The Green Man and Ice Queen prepare to battle on Bowen

SHELAGH MACKINNONS U B M I S S I O N

Bowen’s first Green Man Festival will welcome summer to the island with a Maypole dance on Saturday May 17, assuming the Green Man, (aided by his band of small but courageous buds) can defeat the mean Ice Queen (aided by her band of small but courageous icicles) in an epic struggle in front of the castle, er, library. There’ll be face-painting and green and white coronets for the small buds and icicles, Morris dancing, music and also a hearty lunch of soup and stew.

The focal point of the day is the symbolic battle between summer and winter. We will need help from the people of Bowen Island to make this come alive in sight and sound. Each side has children cheering it on; the Queen has little “icicles”: we encourage some kids to come in white icy costumes (a perfect time to pull out a fairy or white princess costume from the closet.) The Green Man, of course, has his supporters too, (the little buds) and we hope that some kids will come in green to fight on the side of the Green Man. After the “battle,” the children will follow the May Queen to the May Pole, and she will lead them in a dance with rib-bons around the pole. Then, there will be dancing by the Black Sheep and a chance for a peasant medieval meal and much wonderful music.

Bowen Island’s first ever Green Man Festival has been months in the planning. It is our chance to join an ancient tradition going back into the pre-Christian history of Great Britain. We are grateful to the folks who have boldly decided to stand beside us in bringing this wonderful, ancientcelebration to our island!

Never heard of the Green Man before? Come out and be enchanted as you learn! The Library will have a display for your enjoyment, using Shane Tweton’s mask as the centerpiece. The Green Man is typically por-trayed as a human face surrounded by dense foliage. Such images appear as far back as the eleventh century, in church carvings. As Christianity spread, the Green Man went into hiding, with stonemasons leaving secret images of his face around cathedrals and churches. He enjoyed a revival during the Victorian era, when he became popular with architects, who used his visage as a decorative aspect in buildings. He’s back in dozens of festivals all over the Celtic world. They are growing larger every year. We hope that our Bowen Green Man Festival will also catch on and grow!

Costumes of a medieval flavour are encouraged. There will be face painting for the kids starting at 11:30 outside Tuscany restaurant.

Shirley Wrinch has outfitted our cast this year: Graham Ritchie plays-the Green Man; Tina Nielsen will be The Frost Queen; Bev Rapley will be The May Queen; and Murray Atherton will be the Town Crier. The meal is a scaled down version of a Medieval Moveable Feast using locally pro-duced food. Our sponsors are wonderful and we are so grateful to their support and generosity: The Undercurrent, the First Credit Union, the Community School Association, the Bowen Island Library, Artisan Office Services, the Snug Café and Rotary Stage, Vine and Garden Catering, the Black Sheep Morris Dancers, the Little Red Church, Home Farm Gardens Ltd, Tuscany Restaurant, and Greenscape Enterprises.

Thanks also to our fabulous planning team: Susanna Braund, Doug Stepple, Helen Wallwork, Sarah Haxby, Carol MacKinnon, Rosie Montgomery, Graham Ritchie and Shelagh MacKinnon.

From left: The May Queen, Bev Rapley; The Green Man, Graham Ritchie and The Ice Queen Tina Nielsen.Meribeth Deen, photo

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BOWEN ISLAND GARDEN CLUBS U B M I S S I O N

Attention all gardeners!The Bowen Island Garden Club’s Annual Plant

Sale and Raffle will take place on Saturday, May 10th. This event is the Club’s annual fundraiser and all funds support a number of “beautification projects” that benefit the community as a whole.

The Club sold 9000 daffodils in the fall of 2013 to Islanders at cost. Enjoy what remains of them as this little beauty is regrettably on its way out. The Club also commissioned the “Welcome to Bowen” sign, which, after months of haggling with various agencies on-island, was installed by the Municipality above our controversial ‘wall.’ It is the first thing visitors see as they leave the ferry dock.

On Wednesday you might have seen a work party clearing out the Library’s garden beds in preparation for the planting of perennial shrubs and smaller plants. The plantings and their sub-sequent annual maintenance will continue to be sponsored by the Club.

The Plant Sale and Raffle will open at BICS

at 11 a.m. and lasts for one hour only. Be sure to allow yourself plenty of time to get a place in the front of the queue. The better items sell out very quickly!

The Club’s 300 members have been busy col-lecting a wide range of plants and shrubs over the last month or two to ensure that a wide variety will be available. Prices, as always, will be com-petitive.

Given the ravages of our resident deer popu-lation expect to find a large collection of deer resistant plants for the unfenced portions of your property.

When in doubt about the most serendipitous placing of that must-have beauty, be sure to ask a Club member for help and advice.

Through the generosity of our many donors the raffle will offer over a dozen different baskets of prizes. Tickets will be on sale at the General Store starting May 3, Friday May 9 and at BICs on the 10th. The raffle draw will take place at 11:50a.m.just before the conclusion of the sale. Be sure to get your ticket now!

MERIBETH DEENE D I T O R

When Noah Carson received the assignment of drawing a map for his cartography class at UBC, the subject of his map was not even in question.

“I live on Bowen so it was a natural choice,” says Carson, a fourth year student in the Sustainability Studies Program at UBC.

To bring his map to life, Carson decided not just to draw a map on paper but to create an online map where viewers can zoom in on specif-ic points for information.

“It’s kind of like Google Maps,” says Carson. “But on Google Maps there are only two beaches on Bowen, and one of them is mislabeled. I want people to know that Bowen Island is more than just empty space between a couple of beaches.”

Carson says he started working on the project in the Bowen library, and while he sat there, at least four tourists came in asking for directions to

beaches and restaurants.“The map is definitely geared towards tourists,

but I also want things on there for locals, bits of local knowledge and nostalgia, things that would be of interest to local kids,” he says, making note of the sheep mid-Island, that his younger sisters have grown up visiting every year during lambing season.

Carson created the map on a program called Tile Mill and took pictures one rainy day just before the assignment was due.

“Now that its built, it is easy to upload new photos and change things,” he says. “So if a restau-rant had a new special every month or every week, that could be something that could be con-tinuously updated. Also, I would really like to get better photos.”

So far, Carson says he’s received great feedback from the community. To see his interactive map online go to: a.tiles.mapbox.com

Fundraiser supports Bowen beautification

Interactive Bowen map aims to fill in the blanksNoah Carson’s interactive map of Bowen islooking for a home, more content, new photos and community input.Noah Carson, map

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SARAH JANE SCOUTENS U B M I S S I O N

When I was eight years old, I took a walk with my friends and their mom down Cape Roger Curtis. We took a path I’d never walked before and on our way back we lost my friends’ mom. As we retraced our footsteps, the daylight waned and we were terrified that we’d have to spend the night in the forest or perhaps we’d never be found again.

After much handwringing, with our little hearts pounding in our chests, we decided to try an unmarked path we were certain would only lead us further into darkness. At

the end of the path, we found my mother, my friends’ mother and two Bowen Island RCMP officers.

We grew up on Whitesails Drive. At the end of our street, Cape Roger Curtis was a summer adventure land. I never knew where the paths would lead. It seemed like the lighthouse was always eluding me and we usually resorted to pine cone fights instead of pressing onward. This is still the only place I’ve ever seen jungle vines. Their mys-terious presence all made sense when we learned in school that the West Coast was a rainforest (an exhilarating realization for a child of the Fern Gully generation).

As I grew up, trips down the cape were less and less frequent. But when I went, the forest was as disorienting as ever. No signs, all paths unmaintained, some even deer trails. Once I stumbled on a beach, so pristine I tricked myself into thinking I was the first human to ever lay foot there.

When I heard several years ago that Cape Roger Curtis was going to be developed, my heart sank, as many did in the community. I know some friends who refuse to see it now. But I couldn’t help my curiosity, so a few Christmases ago I drove to Cape Roger Curtis, past the clean new signs, down the fresh asphalt on the forest floor and pulled up to the beach I’d once stumbled upon by accident. It now had a name, a small parking lot and a gravel path leading down to the water. I leaned over the steering wheel and cried.

For the past several years, I’ve been writing songs for my second album entitled “The Cape.” It’s now finished, recorded this winter in Toronto, packaged beautiful-ly using archival photographs from the Bowen Island Museum and Archives, and includes a seven and a half minute long stormy ballad by the same name. I like to think I’ve accomplished what I set out to do with this record, which was to write a collection of folksongs about home, while being careful not to adopt the saccha-rine, heavy-handed Canadiana we’ve come to expect in the arts (Strange Brew, some Stompin’ Tom Connors songs and a fair bit of CBC television lovingly come to mind). The songs partly serve to process change and to grieve loss. They are also meant to revive old ways and musical traditions that have always drawn me to them. Part lament and part celebration, I imagine this record to be a wake for all the things we won’t have back again, like Cape Roger Curtis.

I invite every Bowen Islander to come to the Bowen Island Pub on Wednesday May 7. It will be the last night of our West Coast CD release tour with my four-piece string band coming out from Montreal. Entry is by dona-tion. Come down to say hello and to enjoy original

Canadian roots music that is a direct product of your community.

Listen to The Cape and find event details at www.sarahjane-scouten.com

The Cape: place of jungle vines and mystery

Sarah Jane Scouten (centre) with her band mates: Sarah Frank (fiddle), Luke Fraser (mandolin) and Mathieu Lacombe (bass).Sarah Jane Scouten music, photo

After a one year hiatus, the Bowen Island golf club is proud to bring back the Community Challenge. This year’s event features a new format, a shotgun start, and a social reception following golf.

Saturday, May 17th 2014 3:00pm - 9 Hole Shotgun

4 person mixed scramble

Entry Fees:

$25 - Members, $55 - Non Members

*Includes 9 holes of golf, dinner reception, and prizes* *Dinner reception only (Limited number available) - $25

To enter, recruit a 4 person team from within your designated Bowen Island community. Your mixed team can be made up of any combination of Men and Women. Each Community can recruit and enter more than one team.

Bowen Island Communities (10) - Cowan Point/Fairweather - Valley/Sunset/Josephine - Tunstall/Sealeigh - Bowen Bay/Bluewater - Mt. Gardner/Woods Rd. - Cates Hill/Valhalla - Snug Cove/Miller’s Landing - Eaglecliff - Hood Pt. - Hood Pt. West

On the line is annual bragging rights that your community is the best golfing community on the island. Come on out and show your community spirit!

Prizes will be awarded to the top scoring teams as well as to the community that has the most participants.

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EMILY VAN LIDTH DE JEUDES U B M I S S I O N

This past weekend my family looked up from our garden to see a flock of snow geese fly over-head, their black-tipped white wings giving them away against the blue sky. Spring is fully fledged! And spring with the Bowen Nature Club has been wonderful, too. In March, some of us spent three afternoons exploring Fairy Fen, Terminal and Killarney Creek's estuary, falls and salmon ladder, and Dorman Point. (F)unschool has been in full swing since January, and we're beginning to enjoy some particularly beautiful scenery on our weekly outings, as the spring warms up and the flowers bloom. Frogs are seen frequently now, and the antics of nest-building birds have been interesting, too. Edible wild greens are up all over the place,

and the creeks have swelled, reflecting the sun to the underside of the trees they pass.

The Nature Club is looking forward to two more outings in May!

First, in early May, the Nature Club will be vis-iting Maplewood Mudflats to see the avian visitors are there. Managed by the BC Wild Bird Trust, these tidal mudflats are host to more than 200 vis-iting species each year.

On May 31st we'll join Alan Whitehead for a day-long hike over Collins Ridge, where we'll view Mud and Honeymoon Lakes, as well as carnivo-rous sundew plants on the way.

If you're interested in joining us for any of these

outings, please email bowennatureclub@gmail.com

ALAN MILLSS U B M I S S I O N

What happens when you mix historians, music, games, artists, antique cars, heritage boats, high tea, pie-eating contests, and pancake breakfasts with 1920s costumes? You get a blast from the past called Steamship Days!

July 11 – 13th will mark the third year for Bowen's Heritage Festival. Our annual fundraiser/auction is at the Bowen Island Pub on Saturday, May 10th. Tickets are $10. Music from Waterfront Jam will be starting at 8pm and the auction will start at 9pm.

This is your big chance to show off this year's Steamship Days outfit and help kick off summer! Our new website will be up soon so check it out as well as give our Facebook page a 'like.' www.steamshipdays.com

Full speed ahead for Steamship Days!

Bowen Nature Club looks forward to spring outings

The environmentally friendly fashion extravaganza you’ve been waiting forBOWEN CHILDREN’S CENTRES U B M I S S I O N

If you’re culling your closets, do so before Monday May 5th and be sure to drop off your gently used clothing and accessories at the Children’s Centre on 650 Carter Road. Donations will be brought to Cates Hill Chapel on May 10th for the 13th Annual BCC Clothing Sale.

This annual sale is a great chance to shop until you drop, and for a great cause!

Proceeds will benefit Bowen Children’s Centre, the non-profit Society that is home to Bowen Island Preschool, the Community Daycare, and the Afterschool Club. Admittance to the sale will be by donation of cash or non-perishable food items to the Bowen Island Food Bank.

Bowen Island, mark your calendars for May 10th and let’s go shopping!

STUDENT SUMMER JOB*

SUMMER READINGCLUB COORDINATORBowen Island Public Library is hiring a Summer Reading Club Coordinator

to plan, prepare and run a weekly reading program for children ages 5 to 12 and to monitor a web-based teen reading club.

The position is for 35 hours per week for 12 weeks starting June 3, 2014. Wage rate is $14.00/hr. More details are available at www.bowenlibrary.ca

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS MAY 4, 2013

Resumes should be emailed to info@bowenlibrary.ca,or can be mailed or dropped off to

430 Bowen Trunk Rd., P.O. Box 10, Bowen Island, B.C. V0N 1G0.For more information contact Tina or Sue at 947-9788.

We thank all applicants, however only those chosen for an interview will be contacted.*Under the terms of a federal grant, this position is only opento students returning to full time studies in September 2013.

WELCOME TO KINDERGARTENInvitation for parents with children born in 2009

Bowen Island Community School is pleased to invite parents and their children tojoin us for Welcome to Kindergarten, a free Kindergarten orientation session offeredon Monday, June 2 from 5:30-7 pm.

The West Vancouver School District (WVSD) works with early learningprofessionals to deliver high quality education the empowers students, taps uniquepotential and builds a solid foundation for leadership, achievement and success.

To register for this event, please call the school at 604.947.9337.

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FRIDAY MAY 2Youth Centre drop-in

6pm - 9pm ages 12+

Dinner at the Legion 5pm open, 6:30pm dinner

SATURDAY MAY 3Youth Centre Concert

Three bands, $5 at the door 6 -9pm

Bowen Island Community Choir Spring Concert at Cates Hill Chapel 2p.m. and 7:30p.m Tickets at Cates Pharmacy and at the door

MONDAY MAY 5S.K.Y. (Seniors Keeping Young)

9:00am to 9:45 Seniors Yoga w. Lois McLaren followed by exercises w. Ali Hartwick

10:30am to 10:45am singing w. Rob Wall 11:00 to 12:00 noon: Speaker: Ed Sanders. Refreshments will be served - everyone welcome.

Spring Kayak Klubs (for kids) begin www.boweinislandkayaking.com

Swing Dancing 7pm - 8:30, to June 2 www.bowencommunityrecreation.com

TUESDAY MAY 6AA Meeting

Collins Hall 7:15

WEDNESDAY MAY 7Knitting Circle

2 - 5pm at Collins Hall All levels welcome

Emergency Preparedness Members of the Red Cross Disaster

Management Team sharing sto-ries from the front lines of emer-gency situations, and tips that will get you ready for anything. 3pm, BICS

Women’s Kayak Club Between 9a.m. and 10:30 www.bowenislandkayaking.com

Sarah Jane Scouten Bowen Island Pub 8p.m.

THURSDAY MAY 8

Bowen Island Black Sheep practice. 7:30 – 9pm at the Bowen Legion

Ladies League Golf every Thursday morning. Arrive at 8:30 am for 9a.m. shotgun start. Please contact susanalex@shaw.ca or kathyclarke60@gmail.com. All levels of play welcome.

UPCOMING

May 10 Bowen Children’s Centre Clothing

Sale, Cates Hill Chapel 10am - 4pm

Bowen Island Garden Club Annual Plant Sale and Raffle 11am at BICS

Steamship Days Fundraiser Bowen Island Pub, 8pm $10 at the door. Live music, live auction, live people.

MAY 17Bowen Island Green Man Festival

Children’s face painting begins at 11:30am outside Tuscany

Bowen Island Golf Club Community Challenge, a competition for bragging rights! For more info call 604-947-4653 or emailproshop@bowengolf.com

On the CalendarAMANDA OCKELOENS U B M I S S I O N

Emergency Preparedness Week is coming up (May 4 – 10) and to celebrate we are throwing an emergency preparedness party.

There will be food (possibly dehydrated, defi-nitely delicious), drink (clean water is critical in emergency situations), gadgets and maybe even games!

Members of the Red Cross Disaster Management Team will tell stories and offer tips on how to prepare your home.To name a few...

So come along, and bring a friend along for the fun.

Emergency Preparedness Party: May 7th 2014, 3:30pm at BICS.

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Men’s Fast Pitch League opening day

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