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nd 2 Discovery Islander #271 August 2nd, 2002 www.discoveryislands.ca/news www.discoveryislands.ca/news Discovery Islander #271 August 2 , 2002 3 Discovery Tibetan Monks Perform

Community News and events from Quadra, Cortes and the Outer Islands on Quadra Eight Tibetan Monks from Gaden Jangtse individuals for interviews related to Tibetan th Monastery will be on a fund raising tour of Buddhism, chanting workshops, initiations #272 August 16 , 2002 North America during 2002. The monks will and lectures. Published bi-weekly and distributed free be creating a sand mandala at the Campbell Khen Rinpoche Kelsang Namgyal, the throughout the Discovery Islands by: River Art Gallery from August 20 to August Hyacinthe Bay Publishing head lama and group leader, does astrology 27. Drop in anytime your in town. It’s pay- consultations about what lies ahead for you PO Box 482, Heriot Bay, B.C. V0P 1H0 what-you-can donation to witness the in the future. Donation is requested. Tel.: 250 285-2234 Fax: 250 285-2236 making of an unique world famous work Office hours Mon -Fri 9 am- 5 pm of art. Venerable Dorjee Wangchu (lobsang Tenzin), a traditional Tibetan Doctor of email: [email protected] The Tibetan Monks will also be performing Medicine will be travelling with the monks. monastic dance, pujas, Buddhist chanting Publishers: Philip Stone & He is available for consultations. Tibetan and traditional Tibetan music at the Quadra Sheahan Wilson medicine pills made from rare medicinal Community Centre on Saturday, August 24 herbs are also available. A suggested Managing Editor: Philip Stone at 7:30pm, and the Tidemark Theatre August donation of $75 for each consultation with Assistant Editor: Ryan Stuart 25, 7:30pm. pills is recommended. Staff Reporter: Tanya Storr All monies collected will be used to There will be a send off potluck dinner for complete the building of a new prayer hall Cartoonist: Bruce Johnstone the Tibetan Monks on Rebecca Spit at 6:30 to serve the 1,400 monks who live at the Printing: Castle Printing 285-COPY p.m. on Tuesday, August 27. The monks like Gaden Jangtse Monastery. © Hyacinthe Bay Publishing 2002 hot food with not too much spice. Everyone All Rights Reserved At the Quadra Community Centre, the is welcome. monks will be performing a Puja for Peace Opinions expressed in this magazine If you can help us feed the monks or wish and Happiness and various traditional to make an appointment with the Doctor are those of the contributors and do not Tibetan Dances, like the Black Hat Dance, represent the views of the publishers. or the astrologer, call Maha at 285-2727. to eliminate negative energies and play If you can donate funds to aid the monks Agreement # 1408585 meditative music to release the mind from during their stay on Quadra or have extra the ego-clinging habit. Performance & passenger ferry tickets or donations for the Printed on recycled paper purification & good vibes are all available prayer hall, call Joyce 285-2960. Subscriptions available for $10 (adult) or $25 (family rate) and kids and under 12 are free. Tickets are available For information about the August 24 or $29.00* for 6 months 25th performance or the August 22 session .00* at the door of the Quadra Community Centre $49 for 12 months (* plus GST) on the performance night. on meditation call Steve or Danielle at 285- 3323 Call 250 285-2234 for details The monks will also be available to Submission Guidelines Items for publication are welcomed on subjects of interest to the Discovery Islands community. Please help us by following these guidelines: • Handwritten material must be printed clearly. • Items prepared on a computer should be sent by email or saved on disk in Word or rtf to avoid us having to retype. Please NO BLOCK CAPITALS. No lines between paragraphs & please spell check in Canadian English, 350 words maximum for unsolicited material. No MS Publisher files or graphics in Word files. Send graphics separately. • Please use the title of the item as email subject & send multiple items by email in separate messages. • Please don’t send original irreplaceable material make a trip to a copier first!! • Please remember to caption & credit photos and artwork. Don’t write on the back of photographic prints, use PostIts or other labels. • Artwork & photos sent by fax cannot be published. While every effort is made to include all items submitted, errors and accidental omissions do occur and the Discovery Islander should be only one part of your publicity efforts.

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nd 4 Discovery Islander #271 August 2nd, 2002 www.discoveryislands.ca/news www.discoveryislands.ca/news Discovery Islander #271 August 2 , 2002 5 Quadra Singers Calling all Island Calendar Quadra Singers practices drummers... • Every Tuesday begin Wednesday nights Sept - Positive Living Support Group 7:30 pm 285- Come, be part of an August 2804 11, 7 PM at QICC Director John Montgomery Everyone gathering to drum up the full •Every Wednesday-Jam with Moe, Landing Pub welcome! moon. It’s dramatic, it’s powerful •Every Friday Night – Ron Hadley Jazz Pianist TsaKwaLuten Lodge and it’s really beautiful to watch 6 to 9pm that great golden medallion Quadra slowly rise up from out of the •1st Friday of every month -Open stage @ Yak Shak Coffee House Sailblazers sea into the sky...rising higher 7:30-10pm and higher over the mountains August 16, Fri The Sailblazers dinghies will in response to our drumming! be available on Sundays at the -Dance with Island Rhythm Community Centre Join us on the beach, east of 8:30pm doors open Spit in the summer. Anyone interested in having the use of the main parking lot at Rebecca August 17, Sat. them can call Frank Wallace at Spit....Friday, August 22nd. Moon -Live Music - Blue Collar Heriot Bay Inn 285-2297. rise is 7:55pm. Come early! 8pm August 22, Thursday -Tibetan Monks teach meditaion Community Centre 7:30pm August 23, Fri -Drum up the Full Moon Rebecca Spit 7:55pm August 24, Sat. -Tibetan Monks perform music & dance Community Centre 7:30pm August 27, Tuesday -Potluck dinner for Tibetan Monks Rebecca Spit 6:30pm August 31, Sat -Blue Monks Jazz Trio Tsa-Kwa-Luten 6:00- 9:00pm September 22, Sun -Quadra Philippines Connection Giant Garage Sale Community Centre

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Essay/Exam Help Document Editing �� Tanya Storr, BA English �� [email protected] �� *reasonable rates* �� CALL 285-3937 �� nd 4 Discovery Islander #271 August 2nd, 2002 www.discoveryislands.ca/news www.discoveryislands.ca/news Discovery Islander #271 August 2 , 2002 5 �� Positive Living Dance to Island �� Positive Living support group begins Tuesday, September 10th, 7:30 PM. Rhythm �� Island Rhythm travels from Cortes to The aim of this positive support group Quadra on Friday, August 16th, bringing is to come together and focus on what we hot African and New Orleans grooves. With choose to ‘be, do and have’ in our lives, how perfect music for a hot summer night, this �� to recognize the beliefs that are keeping us tight percussion ensemble sizzles under �� stuck and to make new choices. We agree the leadership of master drummer Gordy �� to support each other in living a conscious Ryan. �� and fulfilled life. We supply a supportive and loving atmosphere where it is safe for Island Rhythm rocks out on both �� all participants (men and women) to share traditional and up-to-the-minute dance what is going on in their lives. We raise tunes. Quadra’s own Zach Dennison the individual and group consciousness to Sukuweh holds the rhythmic ground on � a higher level of understanding and find a jun-jun and takes dancers to new realms �� with his didge. �� healing, based on the principles of Religious Science and the five step Spiritual Mind Celebrate the summer with this joyful �� Treatments of Science of Mind. musical experience at the Community �� COST: A $5.00 donation each week. (No one Centre. Tickets $10 at the door, children 12 is ever turned away due to lack of funds.) and under free. Doors open at 8:30 pm �� Contact: Jill Brocklehurst, Licensed �� Practitioner of Religious Science, for more �� information 285-2804. �� Main Lakes Somethin’ Fishy’s Provincial Park FULLY INSURED ∞ FREE ESTIMATES With the steady increase of both day- Goin’ On! use and camping within Main Lakes park, impacts are becoming more visible. One of the more immediate concerns is human waste and in an effort to control this problem, BC Parks has installed two more “Zebest ” backcountry pit toilets. One has been placed on the large island site at the east end of the lake, the other on the northwest bay site. (250) 285-3608 With the addition of these toilets, there are now facilities at each of the main campsites BOX 336, HERIOT BAY, B.C. VOP 1H0 and we are asking visitors to restrict their camps to only those sites where toilets exist. The Campbell River Art Association Please remember as this is a remote area, invites the public to its first ever show that all toilets are user maintained, and to and sale of artwork. The Tidemark Theatre pack out all garbage. lobby is host to an outstanding display of Fires are also an ongoing concern. There over 80 paintings and carvings by more than was a small fire at the Sandy Point campsite 30 Campbell River and Quadra Island area that fortunately for us, was extinguished by artists. The theme for this show: “Somethin’ some observant members of the public. If Fishies Goin’ On” was chosen to augment you need to have a fire, keep it small and only the annual Salmon Festival and celebrate use those fire rings which are provided. our spectacular marine environment. Come BC Parks would also like to remind the and see our interpretations of salmon, crab, public that as regulated under the Canadian shellfish, fishboats and seashore. We are Shipping Act, there is a 7.5 khw/9.9hp motor pleased to feature 3 paintings by well known restriction on the Main Lake system. B.C. artist Brian Scott. Brian is one of many artists who have generously contributed Also, for those unaware, the Park Act their time and talent to our demonstration, restricts all unlicensed vehicles, (motor workshop and painting sessions throughout bikes, ATV’s, etc.), from using Provincial the year. See a full range of Brian Scott’s Parks unless stated otherwise. work on his website: www.brianscottfine Your cooperation in minimizing impacts art.com. For information on activities and will help keep this beautiful park clean and membership of the Campbell River Art avoid the need to increase restrictions in Association please call Bob Sheridan at the future. 923-1913. The Tidemark show continues Thank you. through August. Viewing hours are 12-5, Tuesday through Saturday. BC Parks

nd 6 Discovery Islander #271 August 2nd, 2002 www.discoveryislands.ca/news www.discoveryislands.ca/news Discovery Islander #271 August 2 , 2002 7 Quadra Island Sparks & Brownies Farmer’s Market Registration for Sparks (5 & 6 yr. old HUMMINGBIRD girls) and Brownies (7, 8 & 9 yr. old girls) �� Our Farmer’s Market is held rain is on Mon. Sept. 9, 3:00 - 4:30pm at Quadra or shine from the beginning of May to School. For info contact Cheryl @ 285-3689 �� the end of September, every Saturday or Theresa @ 285-3826 �� from 10:00 am to 2:00pm behind the Credit Union. Quadra Rec Fall �� Vendors must be from Quadra or the �� outer islands. Setup charge is $3 for Program �� adults and $1 for kids. Bring your own Fall Recreation Program: Have you ever �� table. Dancers, drummers, jugglers, wanted to teach a class or workshop on your �� musicians etc. are very welcome - this favourite topic? Share your skills with the is our village green! Please have dogs rest of us! Phone Quadra Community Centre on leashes. and talk to Sandy about renting space and Note that the Credit Union parking getting into the Recreation brochure, 285 oelle Construction Ltd. lot is for their customers only! 3243 or drop by the office between 8 am Box 207 Quathiaski Cove, B.C. • V0P 1N0 Farmers Market parking space is on and 2 pm Mondays-Fridays and have a Custom Homes Green Rd. Come and join us to make the chat about your vision for a fundraiser or Renovations • Commercial Market the best it can be. Information: community event..... • Foundations • Timber Framing Dalyce 285-3180, Pauline 285-2076, • Framing • R.R.A.P. Grants Linda 285-3952 • Fine Finishing • General Contracting Do you deserve to be • Contract Roofing • Project Management Quadra Singers famous? John Toelle 285-3783 Here’s your chance. The Quadra Arts Kent O'Neill 285-2551 Our members have had a great time, Alliance’s postcard contest is accepting Fax (250) 285-3781 this summer. We helped Sointula, Malcolm entrants up to Aug. 25. If 250 words seems to Islands.celebrate their 100th Anniversary, much effort for instant fame remember that Went by boat to, Texada Island, Blind Channel sixty or seventy years ago Al, a no name clerk Lodge, with Way West Coastal Ventures,Went in the German patent office, sent in an entry to Friendly Cove, Nootka Sound, on the U- to the Munich postcard contest that was Chuck 111,. On August 15th we are going to only three letters long. Not only did he win Mt. Washington. On Sept. 4, 2002 , 10: am but later he had to move to the States to get . we are starting up again with, a Picnic on away from the groupies. The previous record the Rebecca Spit, a Pot Luck Lunch, Coffee was three words held by Descartes in Paris. & Tea will be made, games and a fun day In the immortal words of Henry Froshner: will be had by all . All Seniors are Welcome “Greatness doesn’t come in sizes.” Young and Experienced, bring your own cup and dishes, utensils, for the Pot-Luck , A postcard story is any previously There will be prizes for the game winners. unpublished piece of writing, in any genre, We usually have the picnic near the Parking that is less than 250 words. The contest is Lot but if it is too windy we’ll go over on the open to all people who live in the Discovery East Side past the Park Attendant house( the Islands. first road as you drive through the gates, and Your entry should be type written and there will be signs) For membership- call include a title. Do not put your name or Bob Lasby, 285 -3501, Ruth Amiabel 265-3801 other personal data on your story. Your Walk with the gang on Sundays at the Spit , name, phone number and the title of the piece 11:am- Some start at Parking Lot , and some should be on a separate piece of paper and at Launch ramp Other activities which will included with the entry. The entries should start up soon-- computers, Tai-Chi, Carpet be dropped off at Hummingbird Art and Office Bowling, and sketching and painting. Looking Supplies on Quadra or mailed to: Postcard Contest Box 48 Heriot Bay V0P 1H0 �� forward to the Fall ‘ ��

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nd 6 Discovery Islander #271 August 2nd, 2002 www.discoveryislands.ca/news www.discoveryislands.ca/news Discovery Islander #271 August 2 , 2002 7 Coastal Perspectives Landlubbers unite! Discover a new perspective on the beautiful North Island with a trip designed specifically with you in mind. On Saturday, August 24th, travel with the E-mail Museum at Campbell River group on a working [email protected] Fax 285-2163 water taxi to view the gorgeous channels that Business Cards • Letterhead connect the coast of Vancouver Island with the Envelopes • Continuous Forms BC mainland’s dramatic inlets and passages. Cheques • Invoices • Brochures This labyrinth of interconnecting routes is among the most scenic in the world. Explore Phone 285-COPY portions of the coast charted by Captains Vancouver, Galiano and Valdez when they dra Ho circumnavigated Vancouver Island in 1792. Qua me Discover for yourself the changes that have intenan taken place in the past 200 years as you pass Ma ce the sites once occupied by First Nations people and the new private developments complete with golf courses and helipads. As early as the mid 1840’s, loggers and settlers had begun to populate the shores of some of the islands and inlets and several of the ships from the Union Steamship line Carpet Care stopped along this route, their whistles Professional Carpet & Upholstery Local Artists becoming familiar sounds to the people of the Cleaning • Deodorizing • Stain Removal coast. “If there is a logo for the Inside Coast • Scotch Guard™ • Truck Mounted & Celebrate Arbutus. during the first half of the twentieth century, Portable Units for Every Situation CORTES ISLAND- Resident Cortes Island it would surely be the black-topped red funnel Pressure Washing artisan, Ron Bazar, invites the public to of the Union Steamships” (Beth Hill – Upcoast Residential & Commercial • Algae & attend the opening of an art exhibition Summers). In Francis and Amy Barrow’s Moss Removal • Repaint Preparation • exploring both the inner and outer beauty memoirs, they described the pleasure of Siding • Driveways • Equipment Cleaning of the Arbutus tree. Premiering this Friday at relaxing on the scrubbed wooden deck of The Old School House Gallery in Whaletown the Chelohsin, before an excellent dinner in Quality Workmanship at on Cortes Island, the show features Ron’s its varnished lounge. Little did people realize Affordable Prices. finest pieces of functional Arbutus art, that by 1959 the Union Steamship Company Call Monty chosen for the rarity of the wood grain and would have ended its extensive service elegance of the design. along this coast, leaving little public water 285-2140 transportation between the smaller islands. no GST no PST Form meets function in the culinary tools Ron shapes. The pieces are polished to an The water-taxi Troika leaves the dock below exquisitely smooth finish to honour the the Coast Discovery Inn at noon and travels beauty of the wood. The patterns in the up Discovery Passage and Seymour Narrows, �� grain evoke images ranging from iridescent through Nodales Channel, bounded on either salmon swimming in a rippling stream, to the side by the islands of East Thurlow and mother of pearl encasement of an oyster’s Sonora. Passing Stuart and Maurelle Islands, shell, and the rustling feathers of an eagle’s the boat returns through delightful Okisollo wing — all frozen in the stillness of wood. Channel. This functional art demonstrates the spirit of The trip includes a scheduled stop for a mid Arbutus, capturing the essence of its native afternoon “lunch”, which is optional and not British Columbia in pieces designed to bring included in the $85.00 cost. Although the trip this beauty into the home. is designed to be non-strenuous, dress for the To complement Ron’s exploration of the weather and wear walking shoes and a hat. Tree’s interior beauty, the show will also A great cruise for people without their own feature portrayals of the Tree’s exterior yacht! Pre-register at the Museum at Campbell beauty with images by Cortes artists Dianne River. FMI call 287-3103. Bersea, Pierre de Trey, Stefano Savioli, Debbie Thompson, and Carol Trueman. Join the artists in this visual and tactile celebration of Arbutus. OPENING Friday — August 16 — 4:00 - 9:00 pm Hors d’oeuvres �� Hours: • Saturday • Sunday • Tuesday �� • Wednesday August 17 - 21 4:00 - 8:00 pm �� Info: (250) 935-6510 • Ron Bazar

nd 8 Discovery Islander #271 August 2nd, 2002 www.discoveryislands.ca/news www.discoveryislands.ca/news Discovery Islander #271 August 2 , 2002 9 Wind Turbines May Destroy North Island Succeeds In “Pro- Harlequin Duck Protection Rep” Initiative A massive offshore private industrial The old growth forests along the cape The North Island electoral district did its wind turbine farm proposed for Cape Mudge also support nesting bald eagles and other share for the “Free Your Vote” campaign for is threatening the winter habitat of one of raptors as well as numerous species of electoral reform. During the last 90 days North America’s rarest ducks - a small and songbirds. canvassers have been collecting signatures, exotic species whose National Park nesting Herring and needlefish historically spawn with 3,083 needed for the North Island. sites were recently given court protection along the south Quadra shoreline. More Yesterday an unofficial total of 3,212, or 104% in Canada. than 100 Bald Eagles have been counted of the required number, had been gathered. At risk is a population of rare and beautiful along Cape Mudge at one time during these It is expected last minute signatures will Harlequin Ducks listed as a species of Special spawning events. be added before 4 o’clock Monday, August Concern in Canada. These shy sea ducks The waters off Cape Mudge also support 12, when the signature sheets for the whole faithfully winter and moult at Cape Mudge otters, seals, sea lions, killer whales. and province will be turned over to Elections B.C. in statistically significant numbers. The even grey whales. Fish life has always been for the official count. Harlequins leave the region only to nest high abundant here, and Salmon, halibut, sole, The “Free Your Vote” campaign for in the Rocky Mountains -- including Canada’s rock cod, dogfish, ling cod can be found off proportional representation was launched Banff and Jasper National Parks. the cape year round. The cape foreshore as a private citizen’s iniative by Adriane Recent banding studies by scientists area is a rich archeological site, including Carr to give the popular vote more weight in supported by the Canadian Wildlife Service canoe skid ways and petroglyphs. provincial elections. have demonstrated certain locations in Like grizzly bears, sensitive wilderness In the last election, the Liberals got 58 Strait of Georgia are globally significant species such as the Harlequin Duck are at percent of the vote but 97 percent of the for the species in western North America. odds with an increasingly human-modified seats. In 1996 the NDP got fewer votes than Harlequins were declared Endangered world. Can we coexist? The future remains the Liberals, but 53 percent of the seats. The in eastern Canada in 1990, and careful to be seen. Clearly, the Harlequin’s fate is pro-rep system results in parties receiving a preservation of Strait of Georgia wintering contingent on our collective willingness to share of seats in the Legislature in proportion habitat is required to ensure that the western ensure that those requirements are met.” to their share of the popular vote. If a party species does not meet a similar fate. Early in 1990s, researchers recorded a gets 58 percent of the vote, it will get 58 Any disturbance to Cape Mudge sea decline in the number Harlequins on the percent of the seats. ducks by a wind turbine farm, including Maligne River and passed this information The system is being used successfully in a risks of mortality due to birds flying into to Jasper Park Wardens. This led to a multi- number of countries, with New Zealand and tower and propeller structures would be year study which concluded that Harlequins Germany being the best known examples. major concern to environmentalists and are easily disturbed by river users and that Experience shows voter turn-out increases others concerned about the Harlequin’s the section of the Maligne River popular to 80 to 85 percent because people feel their fate. Turbine structures would also likely with rafters is a unique nesting and rearing votes have meaning. The system avoids be lit at night and could pose a significant habitat for the ducks in the park. having situations where the government hazard to all flying birds using the Pacific in power is opposed by 60 percent of the Flyway over Cape Mudge. In his ruling, Federal Court Justice Max Teitlebaum dismissed a suit brought by voters. The shallow waters off Cape Mudge commercial rafters that challenged a Parks While the Pre-Rep initiative is not expected are used by many species other than Canada decision to close the river to all to succeed province-wide, other electoral Harlequins, including large staging and boats. districts have also succeeded in obtaining wintering populations of Surf Scoters, as The National Park protection provided the required 10 percent of voters signatures.. well as Mergansers, Loons, Herons and These include Comox Valley, Victoria-Beacon many species of ducks, geese, gulls and the mountain nesting sites could be of little value, however, if the B.C. government Hill, Saanich North and the Islands, Malahat- shorebirds. Many of these birds disperse Juan de Fuca, Nelson-Creston, and Powell during the day to forage at Shelter Point and allows a massive industrial wind turbine farm to displace the Harlequin from its River-Sunshine Coast, with Nanaimo and other locations, and return to Cape Mudge Point Grey very close at this point. to safely roost for the night in large floating winter home. rafts or on the beach cobbles.

nd 8 Discovery Islander #271 August 2nd, 2002 www.discoveryislands.ca/news www.discoveryislands.ca/news Discovery Islander #271 August 2 , 2002 9 Historic Nootka Sound IslandIsland ForumForum On Saturday, Aug. 31, take a special trip on a working freighter to the site of the Dear Editor, very first European contact in BC. Yuquot I wish to take this opportunity and is a Mowachaht/Muchalaht village with an sincerely thank the many who responded amazing story to tell. Here, Captain James to my distress, when my canoe capsized Cook’s ships, the Discovery and Resolution, while fishing the east side of Quadra Island, visited the Nuu-chah-nulth people in 1778. Friday August 9th. On board was his artist, John Weber, who recorded scenes along the way. The boats’ Sincere appreciation and love to my route commemorates the names of many of wife and daughter who risked their own Cook’s crew: -- names such as Bligh, Gore, lives, Ethel who used a piece of driftwood and Clerke. as flotation but couldn’t quite make the • CNC Router distance, but fortunately got back to shore Fifteen years after Cook, the Spanish and got help and my daughter Kattrina who • Cabinets had established a fort here, as competition also used a piece of driftwood as flotation between Britain and Spain began in earnest (with no life jacket), staying with me the • Millwork for control of this area. After 1792, the whole time, (what a girl). Captains Vancouver and Quadra met • Plastics frequently at Friendly Cove to discuss their Thankyou to the visitor who called 911 and much appreciation for the many who • Carved Signs options and the positions of their respective countries. By 1794, the two nations finally appeared so quickly; the R.C.M.P. officer, the reached an agreement, signing the Nootka ambulance crew, the fire department, the Richard Pielou ph/fax 285-2065 Convention which determined Britain’s coast guard along with the volunteers and sovereignty over the area. Spain’s elaborate of course the many wonderful friends that fort was subsequently dismantled and showed up to help. Also, a special thankyou their military presence disappeared. At the to Terry Jason who swam out and pull me church in Yuquot, visitors can see Nootka to shore. I was certainly shivering from the Looking Sound’s Spanish history commemorated cold but also shivering with appreciation in stained glass window designs, while the from the overwhelming response. For an affordable interior displays several important Nuu- Because of a serious heart condition and chah-nulth poles and artifacts. It is in this awaiting an operation, I was very quickly way to advertise? setting that cultural interpreter, Margarita taken to the Campbell River Hospital, .00 James provides an excellent presentation were I received immediate, efficient and This ad only $25 on this, her very own heritage. caring treatment...so many seemed to go Call for more details Along the scenic route, be entertained by beyond the normal response. We can be your personal interpreter, Chuck Syme, who very proud of our emergency Hospital staff 285-2234 provides ongoing historical information. and the rescue men and women we have, I Chuck is a true “coaster” who lives in Gold certainly am. River and has developed programs for the To others, remember to wear your life Museum at Campbell River, including this jacket or flotation device...believe me, there tour to Nootka Sound which he is proud to is no time to put one on between the boat personally present. and the water, especially if you can’t swim Please pre-register at the Museum at and sink like an anchor as I do. I would never Campbell River for this excellent trip. For have survived the hour I was in the water, more information, call 287-3103. The Uchuck without one. Your Complete III leaves the dock in Gold River at 10:00 a.m. Thanks again, Home Building Specialists: The cost is $90.00. Ed Drahanchuk from concrete to cabinets • Project Management • Commercial & Residential Buildings • Renovations • Custom Homes & Additions • Qualified Journeyman Carpenters Certified Installers High Performance Wall Systems Building a better Quadra Island Free Estimates Phone & Fax 285-3583 nd 10 Discovery Islander #271 August 2nd, 2002 www.discoveryislands.ca/news www.discoveryislands.ca/news Discovery Islander #271 August 2 , 2002 11 tranquility!] It does not happen overnight. Didn’t quite fit into my pain free, ease into it Brain Static It may take many years to achieve this mind gradually schedule did it? I could hear God by Darlene Booth numbing state of affairs. This gradual erosion snickering. I laughed back! “Okay…let’s of the brain’s ability to filter out constant try it your way.” I conceded. Can’t afford a chatter in the form of fear and worry - directly repairman anyway! have absolutely no doubt that God has affects our quality of life! At one point in my life this could have been a rather wry sense of humour. I have So we began to gradually change the a recipe for anxiety and upset but guess what always known that you have to be I direction of our life. Ease into things to I have discovered over the past few “hand careful what you wish for. Now I am learning minimize the pain. Weed out the stuff that wash only” weeks? I don’t seem to be missing to be very mindful of my thoughts and actions we really don’t need. Of course the 20 years the dishwasher at all. In fact it is almost as well. Thoughts and words are powerful of accumulated objects stuffed into every as if I have been liberated! I don’t miss the medicine. At the risk of sounding like a 60’s available nook and cranny came to mind but constant drone of its long drawn out rinse paranoid beatnik…God is watching…and God had a much better idea! That very week cycle grinding away in the background of listening…always! my dishwasher quit working. I know…I know. my daily life. I don’t miss the user-unfriendly Let me give you a little recent history to Pretty sad eh? But I have been addicted to backbreaking chore of bending over to load illustrate what I mean. Over the last year or dishwashers for over 25 years and really had and unload the “well at least it is clean dirt” so, my husband and I have been talking about not given thought to any other alternatives. dishes. I enjoy the time out at my kitchen sink ways to simplify our life. We realized that Hand washing dishes was a rare occurrence to ponder my next article or to just listen to while we have built a wonderful world for in this household saved for power outages the sounds of nature outside my window. My our family, and ourselves we seem to be so and holiday overload. I have even been dishes have taken on a whole new sparkle! busy with upkeep and maintenance that we known to wait a whole cycle just so I could You know, I even have more room under my don’t have the time or energy to concentrate unload and reload again! And I must confess sink and I only have to shop for one kind of on more essential matters. - I never really even taught my kids how to dish soap now! In fact I believe that this Whether we are talking about the properly hand wash a sink load of dishes! labour saving device called a dishwasher acquisition of physical items or the matter There goes my mother of the year award! was actually guilty of creating more work of taking on more duties, the bottom line is But you know - I am also a believer that and more clutter in my life. that our lives as well as our brains become God never deals you a hand you can’t play. Quite simply, I now have one less piece of extremely cluttered. I have come to refer to it We had a wee chat that day, God and I…“So brain static messing up my thoughts and of as “brain static”. When you are so constantly you want to simplify.” God said. “Well yah, course I have had this wonderful opportunity bombarded by heaps of trivial worries and but….” I stopped in mid sentence. “But… to bond with my children and teach them concerns that you can’t even tune into what?” Here was a wonderful gift but it really how to properly hand wash a sink full of the important stuff. [Insert: peace and wasn’t exactly the way I had planned it out. dishes! What could be better?

nd 10 Discovery Islander #271 August 2nd, 2002 www.discoveryislands.ca/news www.discoveryislands.ca/news Discovery Islander #271 August 2 , 2002 11 Money Matter$ Beautiful but Deadly by Steven Halliday Harper’s Magazine ran a piece they are the world’s second largest about $0.11 and lilies are worth way back in February 2001 that producer after Holland. In 1999, about $0.10 each. (although on a reating a pleasant exposed “the thorny truths about the U.S.A. consumed more than consolidated basis, for Dole Food, environment for staff and the global flower trade”, and I was 4 trillion flowers, far more than the US conglomerate that owns Ccustomers is a primary appalled at some of the facts they any other nation on earth. Isn’t most of the growers, it adds up big mandate for any business manager. presented. Personally, I like flowers it wonderful that the US creates time) 75% of this revenue covers For some, this might mean piping in – in fact, we have a garden full of a market for these countries overhead. The workers often music, while others rely on scents them at my home. Granted, I only products, especially one so spend 18 hours a day, seven days to create the atmosphere they buy them on rare occasions, and aesthetically pleasing and pure as a week toiling in the greenhouses seek. In my office, we bring in fresh am usually stunned at the price. Of flowers? Unfortunately the picture during the mad rush to produce flowers throughout the summer course I understand that they are is not quite so rosy in reality. the quantity of flowers needed while they are available, as they difficult to grow, and harvesting, In Colombia the workers who each February so that millions of provide both a visual and aromatic transport and storage all add to the grow the flowers earn less than people can proclaim their devotion enhancement to our environment. cost, but it still floors me to shell out $200 per month, and of the 75,000 to their loved ones. The expense is not insignificant, more than $50 for what I consider or so employed in the business it It is indeed a shame that many but all of the feedback that I have a small bunch of blooms at any is estimated that 2/3 suffer from beautiful things are only available received is entirely positive. We average florist shop. But then I various illnesses (conjunctivitis, at a terrible price. The massive purchase the flowers from a local learned that most of those flowers asthma, miscarriages) associated global demand for flowers has supplier, who does a fabulous job didn’t come from a grower in the with the use of pesticides. The caused the dangerous and in raising some very exotic flowers Fraser Valley, which was what I had use of pesticides is very, very unsustainable methods now used that generate a lot of interest for naively assumed. In fact, Colombia, liberal, and many of them are to meet that demand. Similarly, many visitors to our business. It Ecuador and Costa Rica are the heavily restricted in the US due the demand for diamonds has is a win-win situation for all parties main suppliers to the industry. to the known health hazard they been responsible for more trauma involved, which, some of you will be Flowers are actually Colombia’s represent. The flower industry has and bloodshed in their production surprised to learn, is not normally most lucrative crop, with the taken up so much of the arable land than just about anything else. The the case in the flower business. exception of coca of course, and in Colombia that they must now production of gold requires the import the food formerly grown use of some very nasty chemicals, in the region. And obviously the much of which escapes into the flowers require water – lots and lots environment. Unfortunately for of it. So much so that household my wife, whenever I encounter taps in the Bogota savanna run dry situations where I am unhappy most of the week, and what little with issues surrounding a product water remaining in the ground is I tend to boycott that product heavily polluted. The pollution – my total aversion to Wal-Mart as source? The same pesticides an example. But at least I can still used so liberally on the flowers. buy her flowers that I know will rest The article is illustrated with an easy on my conscience, since they ad for FTD promoting a Valentine’s are grown in an ecologically sound Day bouquet that retails for $86.99, manner right here in the Discovery which the authors estimate have a Islands. I don’t buy them often, and cost to the florist of about $10.00. only in the summer, but it’s a much Farmers earn very little, such as better deal all around – as I said $0.22 per stem for roses, carnations earlier, a win-win situation.

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and Noble Roads. In February 1997 we once we have a formal disaster plan in made application for a Free Crown Grant for place. Completing the disaster plan will by Tanya Storr the piece of Crown land that we eventually be a priority once the new hall is finished,” acquired,” Murray said. Murray said. he Quadra Island Volunteer Fire The land where the new building is At 7,000 square feet, the new structure Department is looking forward to located is a 6.43 acre piece that the South is twice the size of the existing #1 fire hall. Tmoving into the nearly complete Quadra Fire Protection District purchased Large bays allowing ample room to walk #1 fire hall this fall, and fire chief Murray from the provincial government for $1. around the fire trucks, rooms designated for Johnson anticipates that the new facility Murray said the new facility will have turnout gear and tools, and a radio room are will help to attract more volunteers to the several advantages over the present #1 some of the features of the new hall. department. hall. The new location is more central to “One of the key differences between the “We’ve already had people express an the southern part of the island the hall two halls is we will now have the ability increased interest in volunteering partly serves, the building is on higher ground to properly maintain, organize, and clean because of the improved facilities,” he which is better for the fire trucks and radio our gear,” Murray noted, adding that all said. communications, and there is lots of space potentially contaminated gear will stay on While giving me a tour of the new building, inside and outside to accommodate trucks, one side of the building’s ground floor. Murray mentioned that the fire department equipment, and gear. The other side of the ground floor is very happy with the way the project is Another very important advantage is that contains offices, washrooms with showers, coming together. the new hall is designed as a post disaster a fitness room, and small library and “This building will be just what we need building. classroom. The main staircase leads up to provide the best fire protection service “The structure is heavily engineered to to two small washrooms, the kitchen, to the island,” he observed. withstand forces from an earthquake or volunteers’ room with small balcony, and a large meeting room. A folding wall will allow Planning for the new fire hall began 10 a hurricane, in order to ensure it will be functional afterwards,” Murray explained. the volunteers’ room and meeting room to years ago. The fire department’s long range become one large meeting space. planning committee compared the costs In Quadra’s emergency plan the new fire of upgrading the present #1 fire hall on hall will be designated as the Emergency The ambulance station is slated to be Anderson Road as well as the disadvantages Operations Centre, where emergency built along one side of the new fire hall, of remaining in that location to finding a new personnel can manage the response to a however due to the provincial government’s piece of land and building a new hall. They disaster. The hall will have propane heating Core Review process funding is currently decided on the latter course of action, and and a propane stove in the kitchen, and is on hold. In the meantime the Quadra spent several years looking at possible sites wired for a standby generator which the fire Ambulance will lease one bay and office in for a new hall. department plans to purchase as a future the new fire hall. “In order to meet our requirements, we acquisition. The new fire hall was designed and needed to find a location on Heriot Bay/Cape “We can apply to the provincial engineered by Murray’s company, MM Mudge Road somewhere between Smiths government to help us buy a generator Johnson Ltd. John Toelle Construction

nd 12 Discovery Islander #271 August 2nd, 2002 www.discoveryislands.ca/news www.discoveryislands.ca/news Discovery Islander #271 August 2 , 2002 13 Ltd. built the facility to lockup and for safety and liability reasons, but the completed all the exterior finishing. All case of a large ground fire threatening to Top 10 Reasons to the contractors who have worked on spread further is special and they were the new hall are from Quadra with the grateful for the help. exception of the overhead door and gutter Local residents were preparing to advertise in the installers. evacuate their homes, but fortunately The amount budgeted for the project the fire was extinguished before it was is $470,000 which includes the costs of necessary to evacuate anyone. Discovery site work and building. Of this amount, “The fire covered several acres by $434,800 is from the Renewal Reserve the time it was finished, on two private Fund and has been saved up over 10 properties and some parkland. Without years. The rest is from the sale of the action it could easily have been a Islander timber cleared on the land. disaster,” Murray stated. Community News and events from Quadra, Cortes and the Outer Islands The Ministry of Forests was on standby in case the fire worsened and Fire Department the Campbell River Fire Department Responds to Wildfire was ready to assist the remainder of the South Quadra Fire Protection district if The fire department has had a busy necessary, according to the mutual aid year so far, with 60 calls to date. One agreement. of their most recent calls involved responding to a wildfire in Hyacinthe •reaches all islanders Bay on July 30. Volunteers Are “We received a call for a wildfire on Hyacinthe Bay Road near Lakberg Road. Welcome • affordable A westerly wind had taken down a hydro The fire department is accepting line which ignited the dry brush. It had applications from people interested in • frequent ad discounts created a fairly large fire by the time volunteering. To apply for membership the fire department arrived,” Murray you need to be a Quadra resident, reported. at least 18 years old, in fairly good • effective Volunteers fought the blaze from 7 pm health, willing to undergo a criminal until 2 am with help from neighbours and record check, and be available for other concerned islanders, who helped an average of at least two Tuesday • increase your sales to beat down the fire and provided food evenings per month. and drinks. The fire fighters returned to To apply or for more information, • free professional design the scene at first light. contact fire chief Murray Johnson Murray noted that the Fire Department at 285-2281 or deputy chief Sharon does not usually encourage assistance Clandening at 285-3373. • includes web ad by members of the public in firefighting, • supports local press �� • two week life span • makes great fire starter Into Cash!! We can help with ad Flyers Inserted in the design and then deliver Discovery your message directly to everyone in the Discovery Islands Go to more homes!!! �� Next Deadline for Inserts call today �� Thursday August 29th For distribution August 30th �� 285-2234 call 285-2234 for details �� nd 14 Discovery Islander #271 August 2nd, 2002 www.discoveryislands.ca/news www.discoveryislands.ca/news Discovery Islander #271 August 2 , 2002 15 DISPLAY CLASSIFIEDS Island Tides For Quathiaski Cove Classifieds August17-September1 Time ft m SERVICES FOR SALE

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