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Discovery Community News and Events from Quadra, Cortes and the Outer Islands ISSUE #303 OCTOBER 24TH, 2003 FREE ������ ����� ����� ��� ��� ������� �� ��� ��� ������ �� ��� ��� ����� ������ � �������������� ���� ���� ��� ��������� ��������� �� ������������ ����� ��� ��� ���� ������� ������ ��� ������ ��������� ������ ��� �������� ����������������������� ���� ����� ������ ����� ��� ���� 2 Discovery Islander #303 October 24th, 2003 www.discoveryislands.ca/news www.discoveryislands.ca/news Discovery Islander #303 October 24th, 2003 3 Postcard Readings Island Calendar On Sunday, October 26, at 1: submit your event: eMail: [email protected] 00 pm at the Gateway Cafe in fax: 285-2236 drop-off: 701 Cape Mudge Rd. Heriot Bay, the Quadra Island The Regulars Arts Alliance brings you readings • 1st and 3rd Wednesday -Food Bank 1-2:30 Community Centre from the postcard Contest. We • Every Tuesday - Kalina Folkdancers, 7:30pm Community Centre will be reading all the postcards -Cribbage, Quadra Legion 7:30pm (member & guests welcome) submitted to the contest • Every Wednesday -Community Kitchen Lunch noon - 1:30 ending up with the winners • Every Thursday -Parent and Tots 10 am Community Centre from the contest: honourable -Motorcycle Club meet 5pm Heriot Bay Inn Pub mentions, Jack Nittel, Dayna Davis, Richard Jacobs; 3, Lucy • Every Friday -Duffy and Friends 8:30pm Heriot Bay Inn Pub Bacon; 2, Michelle Buchanan; 1, • First Friday -Open Stage 7:30 pm Yak Shack Heriot Bay Annette Yourk. • Every Saturday -Meat Draw 5-6:30 pm Quadra Legion (members & guests welcome) • Last Saturday - Bonus $50 cash draw. Quadra Legion 6:30pm (members & guests welcome) • Every Sunday - Centre for Positive Living Prayer Service, 7 PM Halloween BBQ Community Centre Rm 3, 285-3224 In a hurry getting the kids - Buddhist Meditation, 10 a.m. Inner Garden trick or treating? Looking to • First Sunday -”Family & Friends Day” Quadra Legion, 11:30 am. Bring a relax and dine before the Fun lunch, play sports, “Dry” bar. members & guests welcome Night Festivities? Join us at • Every 4th Sunday - dinner & jazz Annie Siegel Trio 6-9 PM @HBI Quadra Children’s Centre for D a y t o d a y our 3rd annual Halloween Night Salmon BBQ. Starts 6pm Friday October 24, Friday October 31, $8 per person $5 -Friday Flicks ‘To Be And To Have’ Community Centre children 12 and under. 7:45pm October 27, Monday -Tourism Committee Meeting Yak Shak Aerobics with 7:15 pm Marion October 28, Tuesday Now Mondays and Thursdays -“Mystic Poetry, Drums & Trumpet Sounds” Inner Garden from 6pm -7pm at the Community 7:30 p.m. Centre. Come and join us to a fun October 31, Friday workout. -Halloween Dance Quadra Legion Aerobics for all levels and ages, 9pm-1:00am, music by “Quadra Sonics”, $5 some floor work and some weight -Salmon BBQ 6 pm Children’s Centre lifting to get you back into shape. -Halloween Fireworks 8:30 pm Blenkin Field. Come and feel good in your body November 1, Saturday again. If you have questions call -Coffee House for the Rose Family Community Centre Marion at 285 2895. 8pm November 2, Sunday Halloween Dance -Anagnoson & Kinton Piano Duo Community Centre 7:00 pm Quadra Legion Annual Halloween Costume Dance. November 5, Wednesday Prizes for first, second & third -Quadra Seniors Meeting-10:00 am Royal Can. Legion best costumes. Music by “Quadra -Health Nurse for Flu Shots-12:15pm Sonics”. 9pm-1am, $5 admission. November 7, Friday Ghosts & Goblins, members & -Opening for Luise Grav, The Language of Art Epiphany Gallery, guests are welcome!! 5-8 p.m. The Upper Realm November 10, Monday - Quadra Island Garden Club Community Centre 7.00 pm November14, Friday -Mitlenatch Field Naturalist Society Community Centre 8.00 pm November 3rd Island Calendar online: www.discoveryislands.ca/news Island Calendar is a list of on island events. Please submit seperately for the Island Calendar and News & Events or indicate in your submission if you would like your event placed in both. Following the text order exactly as above for Halloween fireworks at email submissions is appreciated (month, date, day, title, place and time), use Blenkin Field, Oct 31st, 8:30 pm the title as your email subject. Thank you. photo: Philip Stone 2 Discovery Islander #303 October 24th, 2003 www.discoveryislands.ca/news www.discoveryislands.ca/news Discovery Islander #303 October 24th, 2003 3 Discovery ������� ��� ��������� ������� ����� ���� Community News and events from Quadra, Cortes and the Outer Islands #303 October 24th, 2003 ������ ������ ����� Published bi-weekly and distributed free throughout the Discovery Islands by: �� �� ��� ����� Discovery Islander Publications PO Box 280 Quathiaski Cove, ������� ����� �� � B.C. V0P 1N0 Tel.: 250 285-2234 ����� ������� �� ��� Fax: 250 285-2236 701 Cape Mudge Rd. 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Monday, November 3rd ������ ��� � ����� ����� ���� �� ��� ��� �������� �������� ���� 4 Discovery Islander #303 October 24th, 2003 www.discoveryislands.ca/news www.discoveryislands.ca/news Discovery Islander #303 October 24th, 2003 5 Community Kitchen The Community Kitchen Lunch is a News & Events pleasurable community event for people of all ages - and after our summer break it’s happening again at the Quadra A Place For Plastics? Community Centre, every Wednesday Learn to Speak Spanish Attention users of the Quadra Island from noon to1:30. Delicious home made Travelling to Mexico? Elena Mason will Plastics Recycling Program (formerly next soup and desserts! Drop in and try us out again be offering lessons in conversational to Quadra Fitness). We do not yet have a - bring a friend, have a lunch meeting, treat Spanish. A teacher of Spanish for new location for plastics drop-offs (and can an elder or someone who’s car-less. New many years Elena will be offering her classes still use a temporary one until a permanent volunteers are welcome - call volunteer at the Upper Realm on Monday evenings. facility is established; if you can help or have coordinator Sheri McGlenister 285-2660 $10 drop-in or $80 for 7 lessons. Call 285- an idea call Pat at 2807 or Moe at 2409). 2254 to register. Meanwhile, take your recyclable plastics (1 thru 7) to a location in town. ���� �� Legion Update ���� ��������� Donations approved by the Quadra Navy News Legion’s October general meeting for the A Big *HATS OFF* to Quadra Foods in benefit of our Quadra Island Community supporting us with our fall Tag Days! We were: $600 to the RCMP D.A.R.E. program; raised $300.00 on the island bringing ����� �� $500 to Guides; $250 to Brownies and $500 our total to $1200.00! All these funds go to the Food Bank. It was also decided that directly to the kids for events, such as the ��� ���� ����� ALL proceeds from our annual Boxing Day sail training weekend they just completed (Dec. 26) “Casino Night” would be donated in Comox. Look out for them Oct. 25 for our �� ���� ������������� to the Quadra Island Food Bank. annual Chocolate Almond Sales...a toonie a box...a delicous deal for all....they’ll also be Taggers for the Legion’s annual Poppy out in Nov. for the Quadra Legion Poppy Fund campaign are needed. We would Fund...please remember generously! appreciate assistance fro Legion & L.A. members as well as members of the public. Another *HATS OFF* to Debbie Gilliland Please contact our Poppy Campaign for once again fixing our annual independant Chairman, Nick Zapp at 285-2000. audit! Thanx! The Remembrance Day (Nov.11) schedule K. Roberts - Sec. Navy League of events will appear in the next issue of the Discovery Islander.