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Page 2 Harbour Spiel EDITORIAL HARBOUR Time for a jury of our piers By Brian Lee There’s little interest in build- Th e Independent Voice ing future moorage facilities because of Pender Harbour & So much depends there’s less profi t in it. Egmont since 1990 on the Harbour. As moorage becomes scarcer We swim and fi sh and rates rise we’ll see more boats Harbour Spiel he is published in it, we train on it and anchored permanently in the Har- T monthly by Paq Press © 2009. many still use it to visit Circulation is 2,500, Egmont to bour. Halfmoon Bay. Th e Harbour Spiel is neighbours — it’s our And we all know that holding 100% locally owned and operated, identity. tanks are kind of like recycling — published without the assistance During the summer months, everybody says they do it but you of federal, provincial or regional Pender Harbour attracts thousands of still see a lot of discarded cans at the government grants. visiting boats and is famous as a refuge landfi ll. Available at the following locations: from storms year-round. So, if some clown (who seems • Bathgate’s General Store • IGA • Bluewaters Books • Mountainview Service It provides curious factoids for to have a penchant for near drown- • Copper Sky Gallery & Cafe • Oak Tree Market • Garden Bay Pub • Pier 17 dinner parties — did you know if you ings) anchors his blue liveaboard off • Halfmoon Bay General Store • Visitor’s Info Centre (M. P.) stretched out the shoreline of Pender the Madeira Park wharf, who checks EDITOR Harbour it would cover 32 miles? that he isn’t pumping bilge oil or poo Brian Lee. We even tout it as a marketing tool out a thru-hull or that he has enough — Venice of the North. power onboard to maintain an an- CONTRIBUTORS But if you’ve ever smelled the wa- chor light at night? Th is month we thank: Eric Graham, ters around Venice you might recognize The answer is (mostly) Ottawa. Th eresa Kishkan, Cheyenne Lightbourn, Gary Little, Shane how appropriate that nickname could You can’t build a set of stairs McCune, Jim Rutherford, Nolan become. off your porch without applying for a Sawatzky, Alan Stewart, John Wade The truth is, the Harbour’s turn- building permit but it’s perfectly fi ne and Jan Watson. ing into a bit of a cesspool. to anchor a permanent mooring buoy ADVERTISING: It’s been a long time since you off someone’s front deck. could eat a clam plucked from its Reserve by the 15th of the month. It’s only the start and the over- Our advertisers make publication of shores — fecal contamination from lapping levels of government seem the Harbour Spiel possible — please your septic fi eld took care of that. impotent to contend with the poten- say thank you, and support our com- Despite that, the Sechelt Indian tial for future problems. munity, by supporting them. Band has blocked the issuing of new Our Harbour Authority has COLLECTIONS: foreshore leases that cross those tradi- been doing some great work lately tional clam beds. And while it seems to but its responsibility extends only to be a political tool, I’m inclined to side the end of the government wharves. with them. It seems practical to create a Having a dock on your property true Harbour Authority with a man- was fi ne when the next one was 6oo date (and funding) to provide local yards down the beach but now that input in addressing issues already some sections of the waterfront have faced by other harbours on the coast. CONTACT: been carved into increasingly tiny sliv- I’d be the last person to sug- Brian Lee ers, you can’t take a pee without hitting gest we need more scrutiny by civil RR #1 , S. 4, C. 1, a neighbour’s dock. And it’s ugly. servants but all the signs say the boat Madeira Park, BC But where else can the boats go? that will break Pender Harbour’s V0N 2H0 As waterfront real estate values back is coming and it seems the (604) 883-0770 continue to rise, developers are eyeball- people who live here have very little [email protected] ing the the remaining marinas, hoping power to stop it. www.harbourspiel.com to rezone and increase their density.

September 2009 Page 3 SPIEL PICKS 13TH ANNUAL PENDER HARBOUR JAZZ FEST - SEPT. 18-20

Friday, Sept. 18 Feeling sore, tired, no spring up and go… 1 - 3 p.m. Clinic with Dylan Cramer & Ron Johnston, Pender Harbour Community Hall 6 - 9 p.m. Bradley/McGillivray Duo, Garden Bay Restaurant (Dinner reservations required) How good do you want to feel? 6 - 9 p.m. Aaron Hardie Trio, RockWater Secret Cove Resort (Dinner reservations required)  6 - 9 p.m. Ken Johnson Duo, Pender Harbour Golf Club (Dinner reservations required) MASSAGE/ORTHO-BIONOMY THERAPY 6 - 9 p.m. Dylan Cramer/Ron Johnston, Painted Boat Restaurant (Dinner reservations required) For acute and chronic pain, and rejuvenation 8 - 10 p.m. Jim Rotondi, Pender Harbour School of Music 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. D & The Hot Club Of Mars Grasshopper Pub CONSULTATION/HERBAL REMEDIES 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. Doc Fingers & Friends, Garden Bay Pub • Hormone Balancing • Herbal Cleansing Kits 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. Rumba Calzada, Backeddy Pub • Stress Management • Body/Bath Care Products 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. Brickhouse, Pender Harbour Community Hall • Weight Loss Programs • Gift Baskets WWendieendie Milner:Milner: 604-883-9361604-883-9361 Saturday, Sept. 19 8 - 10:30 a.m. Lions Club Pancake Breakfast, Pender Harbour Community Hall 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Rumba Calzada, Madeira Park Elementary Schoolyard 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Astrid Sars Quartet, Sunshine Coast Resort 1 - 3 p.m. Company B Big Band, The Painted Boat Park 3 - 5 p.m. Rakish Angles, Madeira Park Elementary Schoolyard 6 - 9 p.m. Aaron Hardie Trio, Painted Boat Restaurant (Dinner reservations required) 6 - 9 p.m. Bradley/McGillivray Duo, Garden Bay Restaurant (Dinner reservations required) 6 - 9 p.m. Ken Johnson Duo, Pender Harbour Golf Club (Dinner reservations required) 8 - 10 p.m. Don Stewart, Pender Harbour School of Music 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. D & The Hot Club of Mars, Grasshopper Pub 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. Brickhouse, Pender Harbour Community Hall 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. Doc Fingers & Friends, Garden Bay Pub 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. Rumba Calzada, Backeddy Pub

RR-1, S-5, C-71 Madeira Park BC, V0N 2H0 Sunday, Sept. 20 8 - 11 a.m. Lions Club Pancake Breakfast, Pender Harbour Community Hall 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Chris Andersen Trio, John Henry’s Marina 12 - 4 p.m. Rumba Calzada, Pat Coleman Trio, Outer Bridge Ensemble, Coast Jazz Septet, Seafarers Millennium Park 2 - 4 p.m. Laila Biali Trio, Motoko’s Art Gallery 2 - 5 p.m. Rumba Calzada, Backeddy Pub 6 - 9 p.m. Pat Coleman Trio, The Painted Boat Resort 5:30 - 8 p.m. Bradley/McGillivray Duo, Garden Bay Restaurant (Dinner reservations required) 8 p.m. - 12 a.m. D & The Hot Club of Mars, Grasshopper Pub 8 p.m. - 12 a.m. Doc Fingers & Friends, Garden Bay Pub DDALEALE KKLASSENLASSEN 8 p.m. - 12 a.m. D & The Hot Club of Mars, Grasshopper Pub Phone 604-883-9771 Cel. 604-741-2665

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Marshall Mar artwork www.earthlycreatures.ca (604) 883-0096 Andy Cotton Chamberlayne photo Page 4 Harbour Spiel NEWS Local residents question legality of Sinclair Bay mooring buoy The recent installation of a permanent mooring buoy in Pender Har- bour has raised questions about who is responsible for enforcement. Sechelt’s Mountain Marine Transportation was contracted to in- stall the mooring buoy in Sinclair Bay this past July. The Brooks Bay, a wooden seine boat, is currently tied to the buoy and, despite some objections by nearby residents, it may stay that way for some time. Frank Mauro of the Pender Har- bour Harbour Authority says they’ve been contacted about permanent mooring buoys in Pender Harbour and says the directors have personal opinions about the subject but carry no authority to do anything about it. The Brooks Bay lies in Sinclair Bay moored to what some believe could become a problem for Pender Harbour. Private moorage buoys are regu- lated by Transport Canada under the need to be addressed but there seems For more information about per- federal Navigable Waters Protection to be very little local authority. manent mooring buoys contact: Act and the Private Buoys Regula- Mauro points to other harbours Pacifi c Region Regional Manager tions. like Silva Bay and Ganges Harbour Navigable Waters Protection Program Transport Canada, Pacifi c Regional Offi ce Transport Canada does not where mooring buoys have become a #820-800 Burrard Street, Vancouver BC, require an application for a moorage real concern. V6Z 2J8 (604)775-8867 buoy, but one can be fi ned or found liable for damages resulting from neg- ligent operation or maintenance of the private buoy. Buoys must be clearly marked Boot Camp: PRIV with contact name and details and be placed out of any existing Want to lose inches and pounds and have a great time while doing it? navigation channels, water leases/lots. Instructors Tonya Stephan and Deb Cole will lead you through a four-week program to a leaner, The case identifi es a potential fitter, healthier you. This program will help you build self-confidence, sculpt lean muscle and problem as moorage rates rise and marinas disappear from Pender Harbour. improve cardiovascular endurance as well as provide nutritional information. The group setting Issues surrounding waste dispos- fosters encouragement, promotes team work and celebrates personal achievement. al, bilge contaminants, obstruction to MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY: Intermediate Level (Tonya) navigation and general unsightliness } 6:30 - 7:30pm at PHSS gymnasium TUESDAY AND THURSDAY: Beginner Level (Tonya)

Correction: The Spiel incorrectly 6:30 - 7:30 am (location TBA) reported last month that five water TUESDAY AND THURSDAY MORNINGS: Outdoors (Deb) } license holders were contacted about Weyerhauser’s planned herbicide 12 classes: $99  8 classes: $66  $10 Drop in application. A total of 12 residents were contacted, five by mailed letter. Registration begins Sept. 14 with classes beginning Sept. 21. Phone (604)885-6866 to register for the program. September 2009 Page 5 NEWS Multiple reports of UFO sighting at Klein Lake July 28 A number of families reported an unidentifi ed light in the sky near Klein Lake on July 28. April Edwardson was camping and says friend Carrie Hillhouse fi rst noticed the fi ve-foot fi reball just after dusk. Their kids were across the lake at the day beach. “I honestly thought, ‘Oh my god, what did those teenagers do at the day beach,’ but soon realized they couldn’t have created this thing,” says Edward- son. “It rose at a steady pace then What was the ‘large, round red glow’ over Klein Lake on the evening of July 28? it was halfway up the mountain and mountain, went sideways, then up in Canadians saw a record number of stopped. Then it rose quickly above to the sky and was gone.” unidentifi ed fl ying objects last year,. the mountain and then horizontally Other families around the lake Canwest News Service reported — still within sight — then just as it reported similar stories of seeing the last month that the number of sight- appeared it rose into the night sky.” extraordinary light. ings has skyrocketed since 1989 when Edwardson says her son Cor- According to UFO BC, a not- 141 were reported. bett saw the same thing from the day for-profi t society that gathers and Last year, there were 1,004. beach on the other side of the lake. investigates BC and Yukon based Experts say that is to be expected “He says someone yelled, UFO sightings, other sightings were because not only has it become easier ‘Look!’ and there was a large round reported that same night near Kam- to report sightings as UFO-dedicated red glow above the lake, feet around. loops and Mission. websites provide forms online but It went halfway up the mountain and According to a 20-year study of there are more satellites and aircraft stopped. Then it went to the top of the saucer sightings from coast to coast, in the sky meaning more objects to misinterpret.

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The Grasshopper Pub Thanks to all the sponsors who helped make the 2009 “Bill Funk” Grasshopper Pub Golf Tournament a huge success. Page 6 Harbour Spiel NEWS Memory Lane opens to trafﬁ c

The Memory Lane Thrift Mart Store has three bays full of items for sale.

Despite a slow start, the Memory House) will still receive 50 per cent of The store sells everything from Lane Thrift Mart Store is up and run- the profi ts. building supplies, clothing and furni- ning. The second charity has yet to ture to electronics and appliances. The store opened in mid-July and be determined but Sanders says he is It is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mon- will rely on charitable donations of talking to the Sunshine Coast Lions day to Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. goods to resell. Housing Society and hopes to contrib- on Sundays. President Gordon Sanders says ute the remaining 50 per cent of the The All Good Community Ser- sales are slow right now as they’re profi ts to their Greenecourt Village vices Society has yet to acquire offi - trying to get the operation off the renovation fundraising drive. cial non-profi t status. ground. He says start-up costs have kept PROUD SUPPORTERS OF their budget tight but they have money in the bank and hope soon to cut their ABBEYFIELD HOUSE fi rst cheque to their charitable recipi- DINNERS FOR ents. DONORS CAMPAIGN: Sanders says that 100 per cent of 138 bricks sold! the profi ts will still go to two chari- PENDER HARBOUR ties but one of them has changed since fi rst reported in the Harbour Spiel (July, 2009). Sanders intended that half of the proceeds from sales of goods at the Francis Peninsula Road location would go to the Sunshine Coast Chap- ter of Habitat for Humanity but that is Bill Hunsche Carol Reid Teresa Sladey Patti Gaudet not the case now. Prudential Sussex Realty • 12783A Madeira Park Rd. • Madeira Park, BC V0N 2H0 The Area A Seniors Housing Tel: (604) 883-9525 • Toll Free: 1-800-416-6646 • Fax: (604) 883-9524 Society (Pender Harbour Abbeyfi eld www.prudentialsussexrealty.com • [email protected]

September 2009 Page 7 NEWS Hubbs shows gratitude for local fi sherman saving her neck Joyce Hubbs says the fi rst thing she recalls after suffering a head-on collision near Gibsons last February was a pain in her neck. Hubbs’ car spun and rolled 360 degrees before it stopped. Her fi rst instinct was to get out of the car but her injuries prevented her from releasing her seatbelt. Luckily for her, Earl Antilla, a fi sherman from Pender Harbour with fi rst aid training, was fi rst on the scene. “He opened the door and held my neck and told me not move,” Hubbs says. “I think I said something like, Joyce Hubbs presents a cheque for $1,000 to Linda Curtiss (receiving it on behalf ‘And just who are you?’” of the PHVFD). l-r: Madeira Park Fire Chief Bill Gilkes, Linda Curtiss, Joyce Hubbs, The driver in the other car didn’t Barrie Wilbee and Jim Cameron. survive the crash. which the fi rst cervical vertebra, cal fi re department and Antilla agreed. Spinal specialists told her later which carries the head, rotates. On Aug. 14, Hubbs presented that without Antilla’s assistance in Fractures of the vertebrae pose a a cheque for $1,000 to the Pender stabilizing her neck, she’d likely be a signifi cant danger if not stabilized im- Harbour Volunteer Fire Department to quadriplegic or even dead. mediately because sharp fragments of assist with training and purchasing of Hubbs had a fractured her C2 bone can puncture the spinal cord. safety equipment. vertebra which forms the pivot upon Hubbs was in a neck brace for 15 The donation was assisted by the weeks, has undergone extensive reha- Pender Harbour Community Improve- bilitation and is only now regaining a ment Foundation which is set up to Marine little movement in her neck, but she’s accept donations on behalf of non- very greatful for Antilla’s help. registered charities in order to issue a ightseeing “He said he wouldn’t take any- tax deductible receipt to the donor. S thing but we wanted to contribute PHCIF representative Linda hine Coast To something to a good cause,” says Curtiss accepted the cheque on behalf ns urs Su Hubbs. of the fi re department. To show her gratitude, Hubbs Antilla was halibut fi shing. suggested she donate a sum to the lo-

with regular schedules to: Princess Louisa Inlet & Quality Custom Homes Skookumchuck Narrows Renovations & In Pender Harbour since 1981 Enjoy the Inlet scenery from either the protected ~ Hands on or project management ~ cabin or the outside deck. MW CONTRACTING www.SunshineCoastTours.ca Murray 883-9990 1-800-870-9055 Page 8 Harbour Spiel NEWS Morgan replaces Mayo at Christ the Redeemer Church

Assistant Pastor Jennifer Morgan ofﬁ cially took over the helm at Christ the Redeemer Church on July 1. Morgan replaces Senior Pastor Barclay Mayo who is starting up a new church, the Mountain Valley Mis- sion, in Squamish. Morgan moved from Vancou- ver to become assistant pastor under Mayo in April of 2008 and says she is happy to assume her new role. “I really hope that I’ll be able to connect more with the community of Pender Harbour,” she says. “I want to connect with the needs of the community as a whole — not just our church community.” Morgan married in April and her husband Kent moved to Pender Har- Alan Stewart photo bour soon after. Senior Pastor Jen Morgan and her husband Kent enjoying the local scenery at the Skookumchuck Rapids.

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September 2009 Page 9 SUNSHINE COAST REGIONAL DISTRICT 1975 Field Road, Sechelt, BC, V0N 3A1 (604) 885-6800 (tel) www.scrd.ca (604) 885-7909 (fax) Ofﬁ ce Hours: Monday to Friday 8:30 - 4:30

UPCOMING MEETINGS: DIRECTOR CONTACT INFORMATION Thursday, September 3, 2009 Director Eric Graham is available to meet with residents to discuss local issues related to the Sunshine Coast • 10:30 a.m. Special Planning & Development Committee Regional District government. He can be reached at • 1:30 p.m. Infrastructure Services home at (604) 883-9061 or by email, ericgraham@dccnet. Thursday, September 10, 2009 com. • 10:00 a.m. Special Planning and Development Committee • 1:30 p.m. Planning and Development Services AREA A ADVISORY PLANNING COMMISSION • 7:30 p.m. Board The Area A APC will meet on Wednesday, Sept. 30 at 7 Monday, September 14 p.m. at the Pender Harbour School of Music. • 9:00 a.m. Policing LANDFILL HOURS • 10:30 a.m. Transportation • 1:00 p.m. Special Corporate and Administrative Services Pender Harbour landfi ll winter hours go into eff ect Committee to review the Strategic Planning after Labour Day: and Committee Structure workshops Closed: Sunday Thursday, September 17 Open: Monday 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Tuesday 8:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m.; Wednesday-Saturday 8:30 a.m.-4:30p.m. • 10:00 a.m. Special Infrastructure Services (Watershed) • 1:30 p.m. Community Services OFFICE CLOSURE Thursday, September 24 All Sunshine Coast Regional District offi ces will be closed • 1:30 p.m. Corporate and Administrative Services Monday, September 7, for Labour Day. • 7:30 p.m. Board (held at the P. H. Legion Hall)

SPRINKLING HOURS ARE NOW IN EFFECT North Pender Harbour sprinkling times:

Houses with ODD numbered addresses on ODD calendar dates Houses with EVEN numbered addresses on EVEN calendar dates 7:00 a.m. – 9 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. 7:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

ABSOLUTELY NO OVERNIGHT SPRINKLING - Reservoirs need full pressure to refi ll overnight South Pender Harbour sprinkling times: The recent warm, dry weather and high water use has resulted in a lower lake storage level than usual for this time of year. In order to maintain enough water in lake storage to last through the summer months, the SCRD is implementing reduced sprinkling times for South Pender water-users.

Odd addresses: Odd dates (1, 3, 5, ...) Even addresses: Even dates (2, 4, 6, ...) 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. ONLY 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. ONLY

NO MORNING SPRINKLING -Further restrictions may be implemented as necessary For more information, call the SCRD South Pender Offi ce at (604) 885-6877 or visit the SCRD website at www.scrd.ca. These regulations are enforced - Hand watering OK at any time in both North and South Pender Harbour.

Page 10 Harbour Spiel GRAHAM’S GROUNDWORK Who knew garbage could be so complicated? By Eric Graham SCRD Director, Area A

AREA A LANDFILL ISSUE I have tried to explain this issue in the previous two Harbour Spiels and it seems the more I try to explain it the more confused people Should it stay or should it go? get. Landfi ll is relatively small (it receives each option are now being investi- There are two main options: about 15 per cent of what the Sechelt gated. 1) To expand the landfi ll into Landfi ll receives by weight) and lacks Any change in the landfi ll opera- new areas to provide another 16 years economy of scale, the tipping fees tion has to be approved by provincial or 29 years of useful life at that site charged at the Pender Landfi ll do not ministries affected. and continue landfi lling the way we cover the cost of operating the site. Once all this information is gath- are now. To make up for this shortfall, ered, it will be presented to the SCRD 2) To continue to accept gar- surplus revenues from tipping fees board and, with the board’s approval, bage and all other materials currently charged at the Sechelt Landfi ll are all options will be presented to Area A accepted at the Pender Landfi ll but, used to fund a portion of the Pender to see what the majority supports. rather than burying the garbage at the Landfi ll operation — about 45 per Pender Landfi ll, garbage would be cent. ALTERNATE APPROVAL compacted and loaded into contain- The concern from the other PROCESS FOR NORTH AND ers and hauled by truck to the Sechelt regional area directors is the high cost SOUTH PENDER WATER Landfi ll to be buried. of expanding the landfi ll into new Legal notice regarding a $1 In option two we will still con- areas. million loan for improvements to the tinue to receive construction material, If Pender stops burying its gar- North Pender and South Pender Water yard brush, tires, propane tanks and bage at the current site and changes Works programs was in the Coast any other materials currently accepted it into a drop-off point for garbage Reporter Aug. 14 and 21 issues. at the Pender Landfi ll and will handle to be shipped to Sechelt Landfi ll (i.e. If you would like to know more them the same way as we are cur- a transfer station), there would be about this, there are information rently handling them now. savings that would benefi t the whole packages at the SCRD Satellite Offi ce It is estimated that in option two, Coast by keeping tipping fees as low on 12828 Lagoon Rd. Madeira Park the compacted garbage taken to the as possible. or phone the Infrastructure Dept. at Sechelt Landfi ll will put a truck on the More options and the cost of (604) 885-6806. highway once every six days. Presently, all services related to landfi lls, recycling and administration of solid waste programs are provided by the regional district under the Re- K•E•R gional Solid Waste function. ENTERPRISES Landfi ll operations are paid for by the tipping fees charged at both the Trucking & Excavating Sechelt and Pender Harbour landfi ll KERRY RAND ...... 883-2154 sites. Because the Pender Harbour EXCAVATION • PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT • SEPTIC FIELDS • GRAVEL & TOPSOIL September 2009 Page 11 LOCALLY Luff starts and corrected times: The 20th Annual Malaspina Regatta

The start of the 20th annual Malaspina Regatta wasn’t as dramatic as many of the competitors had hoped.

By Brian Lee now ― it’s blocking the course,” says The log tow isn’t as long as it Barker as we motor past some curious looked from the harbour but as it From the mouth of the harbour, seals gathered to watch from the rocks passes it seems to take the breeze with the log boom seemed huge. near Williams Island. it. Stretching south from behind As we near the starting line for “No steerage!” someone from Pearson Island all the way down to the 11-nautical-mile race, there are al- a nearby boat yells as we drift near. Martin Island it looked to threaten the ready 10 or so boats drifting between A rudder is only effective if a boat is start of the 20th Annual Malaspina Martin and Pearson Islands. moving and, with no wind, the boats Regatta. A light northwest breeze ripples are at the mercy of the tide. I’m an observer aboard the BC the sails while darker water farther Five minutes from the starting Navigator, a 44-foot ketch captained out in Malaspina Strait signals better blast and the 16 boats gathered for the by Tom Barker. winds near the ﬁ rst mark on Hospital race are all dead in the water, drifting “I don’t know what we’ll do Reef, about halfway to Texada Island. helplessly. As the pike poles come out to ward off encroaching boats, the crews struggle to stay behind the start line while maintaining a favourable position. It’s not easy to do and as the blast goes to signal the start, the BC Navigator is pointing back towards Lees Bay. “John, let’s drop the main and see if we can get the bow to swing around,” Barker yells from the cockpit to his son, who is managing the forward sails. Most sailboats have at least two basic sails called a main and a jib. The jib is the forward sail and Barker hopes there is just enough wind to pull Things looked bad for the BC Navigator at the start as the crew sit helpless while the rest of the field heads toward the first mark... behind them. his bow around.

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While we struggle, fi ve boats seem to fi nd wind and slowly move away from the start. David Twentyman’s Peregrine and Klaus Sjogren’s Contender fi nd the early wind and rapidly move away from the rest of fi eld. “I can see the winner is going to be the fi rst boat to get out to the wind,” says Barker, referring to the darker water farther out. Whether it’s seamanship or tide, the BC Navigator eventually gets turned around and as she does, her sails begin to fi ll. The Malaspina Regatta divides racers into four divisions of boats according to the Performance Handicap The crew of the BC Navigator effortlessly reeling in their competition. Racing Fleet rating system. fun. tihulls with no submerged props to PHRF ratings aim to equalize the The regatta’s offi cial rules spell hinder performance. fi eld by applying a handicap system to out the protocol for registering a pro- Division A have ratings 100-164, fi nishing times, i.e. a boat may fi nish test — but warn that “protests will be B 165 to 202 and division C are those the race fi rst but still be beaten by a frowned upon.” boats ratings of 203 and higher. boat with a faster corrected time. The third step in registering a It can get pretty complicated. protest involves presenting the “race Cariad Bach is a Farrier F31 “You have to get them measured committee with a 40-ounce bottle of trimaran captained by David Pritchard to do it properly,” says Barker. “But liquor; if the vessel loses the protest, and has a PHRF rating of -15. we don’t do it properly.” the ‘protest fee’ will be forfeited.” It’s the only negative handicap in Even in larger races there’s an Division AA (ratings below 100) the race and there is no doubt it is the honour system at play and the Garden are the fast boats – often light mul- (continued on next page) Bay Sailing Club’s races are about

PERFORMANCE HANDICAP RACING FLEET (PHRF) RATING SYSTEM

PHRF ratings are boat performance handicaps. Unlike handicaps in golf, PHRF ratings are not intended to be a skipper or crew handicapping system to compensate for poor sailing ability. They are based upon the speed potential of classes of yachts and are supposed to be determined from the actual observed performance of yachts on the race course. A yacht’s handicap is the number of seconds per mile travelled a yacht should be in front of or behind a theo- retical yacht with a rating of 0. Most boats have a positive PHRF rating, but some fast boats have a negative PHRF rating. If Boat A has a PHRF rating of 15 and Boat B has a rating of 30 and they compete on a one-mile course, Boat A should fi nish approximately 15 seconds in front of Boat B. Results are adjusted for handicap by the race committee after competitors fi nish. Because boats in the same class often vary, modifi cations to the rig, the size of the largest foresail or spinnakers, type of keel, the number of blades and style of the propeller are also factored into the PHRF rating to further refi ne a boat’s individual handicap rating.

September 2009 Page 13 LOCALLY Malaspina Regatta (cont.) (continued from page 13) fastest boat in the fi eld. It and the only other double AA entrant, Dave Zuest’s light mono- hulled Avanti, start a half hour later than the rest of the fi eld. As the horn blows to signal the start for the double AA boats, the BC Navigator is pulling 5.1 knots from 15 knots of wind speed. Barker knows that won’t be enough to beat the Cariad Bach and instead sets his sights on the boats in front of him. There are still six boats ahead of the BC Navigator but we’re gaining fast. The BC Navigator is the long- est boat in the race at 44 feet and has large sails. Barker says it sails upwind well and we are able to set a course directly towards the marker whereas some of the other boats might have to make an extra “tack” to reach the same point. A sailboat can’t sail within 45 degrees of either side into the direc- tion of the wind. Unlike a power boat which sets its course in the straightest line to its intended destination, a sailboat may typically have to make a series of zig- zag course alterations called “tacks.” A sailor looks to set a course as near his or her destination while still maximizing wind performance. Often it’s a trade-off ― sacrifi c- ing a little speed in order to sail a little steeper upwind to avoid an extra tack. I ask Barker why his boat sails particularly well into the wind. “It’s the boat – the cut of the sails, the angles. It’s all about fi ne tun- ing and I’m an expert at it,” he says with a wry smile. The Cariad Bach breezes by us Cindy Barker and Paul Kappelli start to relax as the BC Navigator sails clear of before we reach the fi rst mark but Klaus Sjogren’s Contender. Sjogren’s Peterson 35 was cheekily referred to as the ‘Pretender’ by the rest of the club. we’ve managed to pass Sancerre, a Page 14 Harbour Spiel LOCALLY

Hunter 38 captained by Lionel Cook and Frendy, Charlie Park’s Islander 36. Barker and and crew time the tack around the inﬂ atable orange marker perfectly and as we brush within feet of it we pass David Twen- tyman’s Peregrine which was forced to take a wider turn. For a second it looks like we might even pull ahead of Cariad Bach, which also took a wide turn, but the trimaran soon lifts up on two pontoons and ﬂ its away like a fright- ened fawn. The next mark is off the old ship loading facility near Roberts Beach on Nelson Island. We’re picking up speed and doing a strong 6.8 knots into a 16 knot headwind as we pass Andy Paulus’ Wings II. As we set a course directly for the next marker it’s going to have to be a tight line in order to pull it off without an extra tack. Paul Kappelli is eyeing the sails. “Tom, are you pinching?” he The Lady Jayne is likely the most striking boat in the race for her sleek lines and low asks, meaning is the captain trying profile. to sail too close to the wind, thereby clearly concerned about an imminent a collision looks unavoidable. reducing our speed. collision. John is on the bow feverishly Tom’s daughter-in-law Cindy Sure enough, Klaus Sjogren’s gesturing downwind. warned me there might be two too Peterson 35 appears from behind the “Dad! Turn hard to starboard,” many captains aboard and as they eye curtain of the BC Navigator’s volumi- he yells. the sails a yell comes from the bow. nous sails and crosses our bow direct- The command seems to be one “Dad, watch out, the Contender’s ly in front of us. part calculated observation and one We’re overtaking her quickly and right in front of us,” hollers John, (continued on next page)

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September 2009 Page 15 LOCALLY Malaspina Regatta (cont.) GLOSSARY OF (continued from page 15) tack to windward. part panic, the rising pitch of his voice Wings II is still off our port stern SAILING TERMS exposing just a hint of anger at his and holding with us at seven knots as captain’s inaction. we approach the second mark. Oth- Aft: Toward, near or at the stern. “He has to give way!” Barker ers are still making the turn at the Clew: The lower aft corner of a yells back at him. fi rst mark as we make one short tack fore-and-aft sail. After a moment of indecision, before moving around the mark and Barker turns the wheel and we slip by, set a course for the fi nish line. Genoa jib: A headsail that looking down into the Contender’s extends from bow to behind the The Cariad Bach is well out cockpit at a bemused Sjogren, only a mast. in front as we hoist the spinnaker couple feet separating the two hulls. to travel downwind. A spinnaker is Head sail: A sail set forward of “He was up to some monkey a specialty sail used for improving the main mast. business,” says Barker afterwards. downwind sailing performance and “Trying to take our wind.” even with it up, our speed drops to 6.4 Jib: The foremost sail. It is a With that episode behind us knots. for-and-aft sail and is triangular in Barker turns back toward the two Our speed falls even further as shape. boats in front of us: the Cariad Bach the wind speed sinks to an ominous Ketch: A two-masted, fore-and- and the Lady Jayne. six knots. With the fi nish line in sight, aft rigged boat. The forward mast the wind continues to drop. is the main mast ― the mizzen The Lady Jayne is a sleek 20’ 4” With the BC Navigator’s low mast, stepped aft of the rudder, is wooden sailboat built and captained handicap, we need to beat some of the always forward of the rudder post. by Nick Loenen. It’s the smallest boat other boats by a decent margin. The Luff: To luff up is to turn the in the race by far and the only one dropping wind may give us an edge, boat’s bow right into the wind. A without a cabin. It’s doing remarkably by stalling the other racers ― but we sail luffs when it fl utters because well and all aboard the BC Navigator need to fi nish fi rst. the boat is headed too close into admire it as it passes behind us on a With little left to do but wait for the wind. Mizzen: The aftermost mast of various rigs. No go zone: Area into which a boat can not sail without tacking. Reef: To reduce the sail area by folding or rolling. Sheet: The rope attached to the clew of a sail so that it may be trimmed. Spinnaker: A lightweight, three corner sail set fl ying from a spinnaker pole and controlled with sheets from each clew. Tack: To turn the bow of the boat through the wind so that it then blows across the opposite side.

~ The Handbook of Sailing, Bob Bond John and Cindy Barker stow the BC Navigator’s spinnaker after crossing the finish line. Page 16 Harbour Spiel LOCALLY the fi nish line to meet us, John hands The corrected fi nish sees Avanti ― there’s always confl ict between out a beer to each of the crew. and Lady Jayne take second and third the power boats and the sailing boats As we slowly cross the line which pushes the BC Navigator back because there’s certain things they do where we started two hours and 26 to fourth place with a corrected time and there’s certain things we do.” minutes ago, a horn blasts from the of 2:29:37. A key difference is that sailors committee boat, the Lasata to signal like to race. our fi nish. GARDEN BAY SAILING CLUB The Garden Bay Sailing Club Though we fi nished the 11 nauti- Formed in 1992, the Garden Bay holds a race in Pender Harbour every cal mile course 48 minutes behind the Sailing Club has hosted the Malaspina Saturday year round. Cariad Bach, the crew is happy with Regatta for the past 17 years. They also teach kids to sail and their comeback. For the fi rst three years, the have combined with the Pender Har- “It’s a position the BC Navigator regatta was run by the Pender Harbour bour Community School to create has been many times,” Barker says, Power and Sail Squadron. a sailing program intended to teach smiling. Barker says power and sail don’t youth about the basics. The Lady Jayne crosses nine always mix well and the club was The club owns and maintains two minutes later while the rest of the fi eld formed to promote the interests of lo- sailing dinghies as well as a 12-foot struggles with dropping wind. cal sailing enthusiasts. chase boat for instructors to follow the But it’s hard to determine how Tom Barker and Zoro Szabados students. the fi nishing order might get juggled formed the group and called it the This past summer, 15 students around after the corrected times are Garden Bay Sailing Club so as not to took part in the fi ve-day session. tabulated. confl ict with the Pender Island Sailing Instructor Eliza Kinley and club In the end, the Cariad Bach man- Club. volunteers provided on-shore instruc- aged to put enough distance between “We thought the power squadron tion in boating and water safety com- herself and the BC Navigator to pull was dominated by power boats. So we bined with sail days where students off the victory, with a corrected time wanted to do our thing,” says Barker. learn and practice a variety of basic of 2:10:45. “It happens in all yacht clubs sailing and safety skills.

Table courtesy Garden Bay Sailing Club The official placings in the Garden Bay Sailing Club’s 2009 Malaspina Regatta. September 2009 Page 17 PHOTOJOURNAL

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Big garbage trucks got you stuck featuring behind them on the highway? “Fibre, Naturally: Paper Like This has been happening for You’ve Never Seen It Before” years, without a complaint. ~ Continues through to Sept. 13 ~ An exhibition of 2-D and 3-D art, including wearables, If the entire landfi ll became a sculptural and book arts by Korean and BC artists created “transfer station,” our household from hanji paper — the inner bark of the Mulberry Tree. garbage would still be taken to the landfi ll by local residents and put into WORKSHOPS: bins. Bull Kelp Baskets – Sat., Sept 26 Garbage pickup would stay the Felted Flowers/Collars – Sat. Oct. 17 same. The only difference is that it Design with Art & Architecture – Tues to Sat, Oct. 27 to 31 would be then compacted down to almost nothing and trucked to Sechelt FibreWorks Studio & Gallery as well. This would be no big new 12887-12889 Sunshine Coast Hwy. • Madeira Park, BC impact on our environment. (604)883-2380 • www.gunboatbaylodge.com/fi breworks.html At the present time, our house- We’re open Wednesday to Sunday 11a.m. to 5 p.m. & by appt.

September 2009 PagePage 1919 HARBOUR GARDENING Don’t cheat yourself By Jim Rutherford & leaves. Plant in any soil, sun to part yellow to red blooms that typically Nolan Sawatzky shade. appear in winter. Most witch hazel are fragrant Why not have colour year-round? COTONEASTER and bloom over a long period of time. Fall — let’s not even use the (CORNUBIA) They appreciate rich organic word as we’re not ready to give up on Cotoneaster or soil. summer. cornubia is part of Prune only a large family from to guide growth WINGED EUONYMUS low creeping to six and remove poorly Winged euonymus (Euonymus to seven metres. placed branches and alatas) — an odd name isn’t it — Cotoneaster suckers. truly is a ﬁ recracker. ‘pink champagne’ We’ve mentioned it before and has yellow berries GINGKO BILOBA a good example to look for is right in becoming pinkish. (MAIDENHAIR the entry to Pender Harbour Diesel in These coto- TREE) Kleindale. neasters ﬂ ower in We all likely The winged part is the habit of July, fruiting in had to study this an- the branch formation. November. cient survivor from Winged euonymus (Euonymus alatas) It isn’t much to look at in sum- Evergreen or prehistoric times in mer but in fall it really blazes with red semi-evergreen can botany class. be seen in the rock faces and crags on Now stand back as varieties can the way down the hill to the Horseshoe grow to 70 to 80 feet though most Bay ferry. mature at 35 to 50 feet. Sometimes you have lots of time The fall feature occurs when

g to study how shrubs’ graceful branch- leathery (bilobate or split in sections) 101 es, covered in red berries, cascade from light-green leaves of spring and sum- n mer suddenly turn gold.

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n • Garden and lawn maintenance these. they’re very tolerant of heat and acid • Clean-up and pruning or alkaline conditions but ﬂ ourish in e • Power washing • Help for existing gardens HAMAMELIS (WITCH HAZEL) deep, loose, well-drained soil.

d • New landscape designs In the tree/big shrub category, try • Custom containers: anytime r hamamelis or witch hazel as a founda- STEWARTIA (S. OVATA, Jim Rutherford and Crew: tion plant at the back of a perennial MOUNTAIN STEWARTIA) a 604-883-9597 [email protected] border or a feature plant in mid-range. Give this one a try, you won’t be Cell: 604 741 8027 Witch hazel is valued for bright disappointed. G fall foliage and clusters of interesting It grows 10 to15 feet tall and wide and turns orange to scarlet in fall. Area A Seniors’ Housing But that’s not all, folks. In Outreach Healthy Meal Program spring it shows off fresh green leaves with white ﬂ owers resembling single camellias in summer. Even the bare branches are Meal service will resume Sept. 21 interesting, as the smooth bark ﬂ akes off in varying degrees, depending on For info: Linda Curtiss 604-883-2819 or Anky Drost 604-883-0033 the species.

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All grow best in acid soil — and give you a subtle decorative fea- At a glance, that’s some colour that’s what we have — and organi- ture in winter. for your garden — year round. cally enriched. Flowers open from mid-winter to Don’t be afraid to buy these It’s perfect in a woodland garden mid-spring. plants and shrubs now when you can and as foreground specimens against a New spring growth is often see some of the foliage you’re getting. backdrop of larger, darker-leafed trees brightly coloured (pink to red to And don’t forget to water well (all our crimson maples). bronze). Remember: acid soil (add until nature takes over. peat moss) and keep it well-drained OK. To the cheating part — but moisture retentive. that’s colour all year round to bring depth and interest to any garden. PREVENTABLE? YES, 100%!

PHOTINIA One of the things about tooth dental team. It’s a snap to grow, but can suffer decay and gum disease is that it’s The hygienist’s expertise allows considerable damage if temperatures 100 per cent preventable. the dentist to provide the patient remain below -12C for prolonged pe- With an ounce or two of preven- with treatment that is particular to riods. You know what we mean about tion you will be able to keep those that patient’s individual needs and last winter. pearly whites for a lifetime. concerns. Not to worry, photinia takes A healthy smile is just as impor- The hygienist is also uniquely pruning very easily and recovers tant as a well-balanced diet to our qualifi ed to deep clean your teeth quickly. general health. and to spot potential problems Top pinch the plants to encour- An increasing number of stud- that need to be brought to the age colourful new growth. ies show a link between oral health dentist’s attention. All bear small white ﬂ owers in and other problems such as diabe- The hygienist is on the front early spring, followed in fall by red tes, heart disease, stroke and even line when it comes to preventative or black berries that may last into the pre-term, low birth-weight babies. dentistry. winter. It isn’t hard to achieve that Early prevention of dental prob- Don’t allow new growth to get healthy smile at all! lems is always our fi rst choice. away from you and make long bare With proper brushing, fl ossing, Our dental hygienist will ex- switches. regular dental checkups and pre- pertly clean your teeth and teach Many photinias can be converted to small trees by limbing up or they ventive measures such as a thor- you the best method of keeping can be trained as trees from the very ough cleaning by a hygienist, your your teeth clean in between regu- beginning. goal of teeth for life is assured! lar visits. For best growth, give the plants Neglect can lead to all sorts of If you would like to know more, plenty of room and soil that’s not too problems, including tooth decay please talk to our dentists and rich. and gum disease. friendly staff at the Pender Har- By focusing on prevention you bour Dental Clinic. PIERIS can avoid pain, loss of teeth and We are here Mondays to Fridays, Pieris is a broadleaf evergreen. the potential of high fi nancial 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., to book your ap- Elegant in foliage and form all costs later in life. pointment. year, these plants make good compan- The dental hygienist is a profes- ions for rhododendrons and azaleas, to sionally trained member of the which they are related. Most plants form ﬂ ower buds in autumn that resemble strings of tiny SUNSHINE COAST DENTAL GROUP beads in greenish pink, red or white Madeira Park 883-2997 • Gibsons 886-7830 September 2009 Page 21 PHOTO JOURNAL

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The 2009 Pender Harbour Chamber Music Festival opened Over 400 riders passed through local mountain bike trails this with ‘Chamber Music Doesn’t Bite,’ a concert featuring three past July in the seven-stage BC Bike Race. This trail, AC/DC, short performances by six different musicians. Here Alexander was finished the night before the race as builders completed a Tselyakov (piano), Roger Cole (oboe) and George Zukerman 60-foot bridge spanning Anderson Creek above the Hydro line (bassoon) make history in the first official performance featuring that connected the two ends of the trail. the Pender Harbour School of Music’s new grand piano. Page 22 Harbour Spiel PHOTOJOURNAL - S.C. WOODEN BOAT FESTIVAL

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2009 SUNSHINE COAST WOODEN BOAT FESTIVAL AWARDS

Best Power Vessel over 20 ft OAK Lorne Berman

Best Power Vessel under 20 ft SWEET PEA Dianne/Phil Hall

Best Sailing Vessel PUFFIN Dan McPherson

Best Human Powered Vessel Georgian Bay Kayak Barb Rice

Best Traditional Construction FIFER LADY Colin Lyttle

Best Custom Built Vessel AUDREY ELEANOR

Best Factory Production Vessel ROSALBA Bev/Buster Dight

Best Conversion WELCOME SPIRIT Christy/Tully Waisman

Judges Choice Award CYMRY Jim Dwinnell

People’s Choice Award GARGOYLE Dave Symons

The Judges Choice Award winner was Jim Dwinnell’s Cymry.

September 2009 Page 23 JUNIOR MOMENT Take a tip from a tourist – there’s wonder at your doorstep By Cheyenne thusiasm most show when visiting. I have been making an effort to re- Lightbourn I have also grown up surrounded discover the defi ning qualities of my by the natural beauty that they come home. Every year, the to see. The destinations that tourists summer months of I have grown used to being come to see are what I’ve been trying June, July, and Au- around the trees and the ocean, and to target along my journey of redis- gust transform the birds and plants and a whole slew of covery — the Skookumchuck, the Sunshine Coast from other animals that call the Sunshine colourful local businesses and restau- a peaceful collection Coast home. rants, the trails and beaches. of local-oriented towns into a bustling I have grown so used to it that, And, though these destinations travel destination. in the past few years, I have almost feel like my back yard at times, I feel Tourists and travellers fl ock from forgotten just how lucky I am to live I’m seeing the Coast through new all over to experience the beauty our in a place like the Sunshine Coast. eyes. quiet little region offers and any local I almost forgot about the thrills I’m attempting to see the Coast will tell you that the winter and sum- that hide among the trees and in the through the eyes of a visitor — and mer are like the Jekyll and Hyde of lakes and ocean. succeeding. the Sunshine Coast. It dawned on me when I was I’ve discovered that the Sunshine Visitors are often baffl ed by the going about my business at work, a Coast has a lot to offer or a lot more beauty that is kept so pristine and customer commented on how lucky I than I would have thought. special here. am to work, let alone live, in such an A tourist taught me something The mostly untouched forests, amazing place. about my home that I hadn’t learned the beaches, the ocean, and the abun- Though I hear it all the time, I from my 16 years of living here. dant wildlife are foreign to so many of stopped for once and thought about Because of that tiny little remind- our visitors and are regarded as unique the comment. er from a stranger, every day I fi nd and valuable features that seem to be I looked back at the customer, renewed delight by what’s in front of getting harder and harder to fi nd. smiled and agreed wholeheartedly. me. For the second summer in a row, After the conversation ended If you fi nd yourself wondering I worked at Egmont Marina Resort in something stayed with me that day why people come here, go out and Egmont, the “least developed” end of and even now. see what they see and rediscover the the Sunshine Coast. It seemed I’d begun to take the wonders of your neighbourhood. Working at a resort, I come face place I live for granted. I gained a new perspective and to face with excited travellers swelling The beautiful, natural and safe so can you — sometimes all it takes is with compliments about the natural place that I had grown up loving, but a friendly little reminder and an open beauty of my home. somehow forgot about along the way. mind. I’ve grown up on the Sunshine My love for the Sunshine Coast Coast and am accustomed to the en- was renewed that day and ever since

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AAA PENINSULA W.G. SUTHERLAND SALES SEPTIC TANK SERVICE DBA A & J COMPUTERS • Satellite Internet • Wireless Networking Serving the Entire 9835 Mackenzie Road • Satellite TV • Computer Sales & Service Sunshine Coast Halfmoon Bay, BC • Multimedia Wiring/Installation For over 30 Years! V0N 1Y2 A + Pat Leech ...... 885-7710 Certified Technician www.aaapeninsula.com Serving the Sunshine Coast for 25 years(604) 740-7869 [email protected] September 2009 Page 27 BUSINESS DIRECTORY

L PLUMBING • Road Runner Plumbing ...... 883-2391 LANDSCAPING & GARDENING • Roger’s Plumbing & Gasﬁ tting ...... 883-0493 • Alligator Landscaping ...... 740-6733 • Gardening 101 ...... 883-9597 POWER POLE & LINE SERVICE • Silver Fern Landscaping ...... 885-5504 • Midway Power Line Services ...... 885-8822

LOGGING PROPANE • Sladey Timber ...... 883-2435 • Superior Propane...... 1-877-873-7467 • Tyee Propane...... 1-800-567-1131

M PUBS • Backeddy Pub ...... 883-3614 MOBILE HOMES • Garden Bay Pub ...... 883-2674 • Glenbrook Homes ...... 883-0234

MOVIE & DVD RENTAL R • Coast Video ...... 883-1331 REAL ESTATE • Prudential Sussex ...... 883-9525 O • ReMax Oceanview ...... 883-9212

OFFICE SUPPLIES RECREATION • Coast Video/Wet-Coast Computers ...... 883-1331 • Pender Harbour Golf Course ...... 883-9541 P S SANDBLASTING PAINTING • And’s Sandblasting& Fibreglassing ...... 883-9686 • Precise Painting & Plaster ...... 883-3693 • West Coast Sandblasting ...... 740-6923

PETS SEPTIC DISPOSAL • Harbour Pet Food and Supplies ...... 883-0561 • AAA Peninsula Septic Tank Pumping Service ...... 885-7710

PHYSIOTHERAPY STORAGE • Paul Cuppen ...... 740-6728 • Squirrel Storage ...... 883-2040

MADEIRA MARBLE CCONNIEONNIE SSUTHERLANDUTHERLAND ~ YourYour realtorrealtor onon thethe SunshineSunshine CoastCoast ~ PRODUCTS Bathtubs Vanity tops CULTURED MARBLE Sinks Enclosures PPhone:hone: 604-883-0785604-883-0785 Shower bases CCel:el: 604-989-3498604-989-3498 Kitchen countertops [email protected]@telus.net [email protected] Tom Sealy, 604-883-2773 wwww.sunshinecoastproperties.netww.sunshinecoastproperties.net Page 28 Harbour Spiel BUSINESS DIRECTORY HARBOUR HOT TUBS T NewN w andn rrefurbishedu b h TOP SOIL Spa service:e i : Chemicalsh m a andd wweeklk y maintenanca t n ce • Alligator Landscaping ...... 740-6733 741-5401 883-9929 TREE SERVICE • Proteus Tree Service ...... 885-8894

TRUCKING SERVICES • Double D Trucking ...... 883-9771

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VETERINARIAN • Madeira Park Veterinary Hospital Ltd ...... 883-2488 (604) 885-6127 [email protected] W RREIDEID EELECTRICLECTRIC

WEB DESIGN Residential and • Wet-Coast Web Design ...... 883-1331 Renovation Specialist BILL REID WELDING reg. #7598 • Jim’s Welding ...... 883-1337 Telephone 883-9309 • Western Mobile Welding ...... 740-6923 Cel phone 885-8200

WELLS AND WATER PURIFICATION FOR ALL YOUR INSURANCE NEEDS! • SunCoast Waterworks...... 885-6127 Automotive Call WINDOW COVERINGS Boat/Marine Mike • Coastal Draperies ...... 883-9450 Fawcus Household for a Business quote Travel 883-2794 HARBOUR INSURANCE AGENCIES DDEANEAN BBOSCHOSCH CCONTRACTINGONTRACTING LLTD.TD. PROTEUS TREE SERVICE Fully Insured View Enhancement • ROAD BUILDING Mobile Chipper Danger Trees Total Cleanup Topping • LAND CLEARING Overgrown Driveways Trimming 24-HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE Call Lanny Matkin or Burns Matkin 883.2496 at Proteus Tree Service 3RD GENERATION DEVELOPING LAND ON THE SUNSHINE COAST 604-885-8894 September 2009 Page 29 ACCOMMODATION OF THE MONTH Backeddy Marina and Resort Pub • Restaurant • Liquor Store • Fuel Dock • Cabins and Inn If you haven’t visited the Backeddy Resort and Marina lately — you should. The old favourite has been revitalized with a new menu highlight- ing local foods and craft beers all delivered with exceptional service. Stay for a night or a week — the resort offers nine A-frame timber cabins and four single and two double inn rooms. The adventure begins at the end of the road...

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4 5 6 7 Page 30 Harbour Spiel PET TALK Pee-mail and poo-pourri By John Wade intruder’s audacity. He’s not going to be thinking, To some cats, uninvited guests “Oh, well... at least I can’t see it.” Hi John, are about as welcome as Michael He may not start peeing and poo- My three- Richards at the next Million ing all over the place but he’ll year-old cat Molly Man March. raise a stink somehow. is peeing and more Cats that give up I’m not sure why recently pooping all on the litter box gener- she would be pooping over the house. ally do so for three now too. Last July, I reasons; illness, dirty It’s not usual started to see puddles of pee at our litter box (cleaning but maybe she’s back door. won’t do, they have thinking you’re not I eventually collected a pee to be replaced) and getting the mes- sample from the ﬂ oor and had it territorial infringe- sage she’s sending tested but the vet found nothing ment. through her pee-mail wrong. Note that Molly’s and thinks that maybe We were seeing pee at the back soiling patterns are you’ll pay more atten- door and also the window ledges in vantage or access points to tion if she leaves some our bedroom, the top of my dresser, the outside. Her trying to get poo-pourri as well. the kitchen table. outside is another clue. She wanted to Either way you’ll have to ﬁ nd Molly was always trying to get go kick some kitty keister. a way to discourage other cats from outside any chance she could. Finally, to add insult to injury, coming onto your property and/or try Things seemed to get better rather then stand loyally behind the denying visual access. for a while before my Mom came supreme ruler of the household (her), If worse comes to worst, you can to visit and brought her cat. We you started cheating on her with set a live trap and, if it’s not a feral kept the cats separated at all times another cat right in the catrimonial cat, stick a collar on it with a note for but before my Mom’s visit was over home. No big surprise here. Number its owner informing them of the dis- I was seeing pee at the back door one in the Cat’s Rules for Living with mal life expectancy of cats allowed to again, every day. Humans is, “If by your rules they do roam neighbourhoods with a warning Thanks very much, not play, make them pay, make them that next time they can bail the cat out Andrea pay, make them pay.” at the shelter. For a territorial cat being merely — John Dear Andrea, physically separated from a cat in the I’d say you’ve got a cat that is same house isn’t really separation. If you have questions for John, especially territorial by nature and It’s like separating a man from send e-mail to: johnwade@johnwade. became aware of another cat on or his television remote, putting him in ca or visit his website at www.john- near the premises and started to leave front of a television locked on to the wade.ca pee-mails to let everyone know of the soap opera channel he can’t turn off.

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September 2009 Page 31 www.p enderharbourhealth.com Please check the website for current hours and information.

NURSING SERVICES – 883-2764 FOOT CARE NURSE – 740-2890 RNs are on duty 8am – 4pm weekdays Sharon Gilchrist-Reed LPN • Blood tests • ECGs • Injections • Foot care nursing • Home Care • Dressings • Blood pressure • Reflexology/Kinesiology • Diabetes and Nutrition Counselling COUNSELLING SERVICES DENTISTRYY – 883-2997 Tim Hayward – Adult Mental Health – 883-2764 Dr. Robert Hynd, Dr. Lisa Virkela Karl Enright – Psychiatrist – 883-2764 Darlene Fowlie – Hygienist Siemion Altman – MD Psychiatrist – 885-6101 • Braces • Cosmetic Dentistry • Restorative Dental Care Consulting PHYSICIANS – 883-2344 • Dentures • Surgical Extractions Drs. Cairns, Farrer, Ingrey, McDowell, & Robinson. CHIROPRACTOR – 883-2764 Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm Dr. Blake Alderson, DC • General/family practice by appointment only • Chiropractic care by appointment. • Please bring your Care Card to all appointments • Walk-in patients welcome after 3 p.m. • Home visits available: (604) 885-5850 HARBOURR PHYSIOTHERAPY – 740-6728 Paul Cuppen, RPT, BSc MASSAGE THERAPY – 883-9991 • Musculoskeletal Examinations Brigit Garrett, RMT • Sports Injury Treatments • Please call to book an appointment. • Post-operative Therapy/Home Visits

PUBLIC HEALTH – 883-2764 MINISTRY OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY Laura Brackett, RN, BSN DEVELOPMENT: • Well Baby Clinic CHILD AND YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH • Child and Adult Immunizations Rhonda Jackman available for prevention/consultation **All travel immunizations done in Sechelt • Clinical Therapists: PH Clinic Tues. & Wed. afternoon • Mental Health Assessments & Therapy: Children age 0-19 FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER– 883-2764 • For more information call: Child & Youth Mental Health Kimberley MacDougall BA, MSN NP(F) SANE Intake (604) 740-8900 or (604) 886-5525 • Women and Youth Health Services

Alcoholics Anonymous meets Monday and Wednesday evenings – Everyone welcome. LOAN CUPBOARD: Crutches, walkers, wheelchairs, commodes, raised toilet seats, respiratory nebulizers etc. First-class health care for the people of the Pender Harbour area

Page 32 Harbour Spiel HARBOUR HEALTH Know before you go Compiled by Nancy Mackay, RN and Linda Szabados, RN

So there you are: the bags are all packed, pets are at the kennel, the oven is safely turned off. And you think, I wonder if there is anything special I need to do before fl ying to (insert your destination here)? Yup! There is. Well before heading off to most parts of the world, you will want to visit your local travel clinic to fi nd out what health issues should be on your radar, what vaccines you should be getting and other precautions you Before travelling here, make a visit to your local travel clinic. should consider. weeks or more prior to travel. South Fletcher Road, Gibsons (604) In fact, some destinations won’t Vaccinations are not the only 886-5625. even let you in unless you have certi- medications that may be needed. These two clinics are now li- fi cation of immunization. (But even If you are travelling to an area censed to provide health consultations if they did, would you really want to where malaria occurs, you will need with Shoreland Inc.’s Travax EnCom- take a chance with yellow fever, ma- to obtain a supply of anti-malarial pass program. laria, hepatitis or Japanese encephali- medication. Anyone who is planning a trip tis? ) With the vaccinations and other abroad will now receive the follow- If you are planning to travel pre-travel medications out of the way, ing: internationally, start out with a visit to what else should you know about • A complete travel health con- the travel clinic in your community. travelling abroad? sultation. For residents of Pender Harbour Again, the travel clinic can help • Recommended immunizations and district this means the Sechelt or with information on health and hy- (with referral to a yellow fever vacci- Gibson’s Health Unit. giene, avoiding traveller’s diarrhea nation centre if required). Not only should you be aware — not an unrelated topic — and even • A copy of a traveller’s report of special vaccinations needed for provide supplies you might need such from the Travax web site (updated travel, but your routine immunizations as mosquito nets, water purifi ers, daily with reports from WHO (World should also be up to date. repellents and more. Health Organization) and CDC (Cen- In Canada that includes dipth- Staying healthy during travel tre for Disease Control). eria, pertussis, tetanus, polio, measles, is usually a matter of common sense Travel clients should contact ei- mumps and rubella. with a bit of extra attention given to ther the Sechelt or Gibsons health unit The travel clinic will know insect, food, water and security pre- at least six to eight weeks in advance which vaccines are recommended and cautions. of departure to book their 30-minute which are mandatory for your particu- With just a few changes in life- consultation and immunization ap- lar destination. styles, your trip will be an exciting, pointment. They will also give you the time healthy and rewarding adventure. At the time of booking, clients frame for receiving a full course be- Travel Clinic services are pro- will be asked to provide their travel ginning weeks in advance of travel. vided at the Sechelt Health Unit, 5571 itinerary in order for the travel public In other words, start your travel Inlet Avenue, Sechelt (604) 885-5164) health nurses to provide their destina- planning early with a visit six to eight and the Gibsons Health Unit, 494 tion-specifi c recommendation. September 2009 Page 33 Kelly Mechanical HARBOUR ALMANAC MOOBILEBILE MAARINERINE REEPAIRPAIR AANDND FUUELEL POOLISHINGLISHING THE DAYS We handle all aspects of marine service & repair including inboard and outboard engines plus generators and chainsaws. Sept. 1: Heather Brown. Sept. 18: Charly Mclean Garfield Kelly Sept. 2: Brad Higgins and Earl Sept. 19: Patti Gaudet, Doug Offi ce: 604-883-1317  Mobile: 604-740-6705 Gudbranson. Reid, Dennis Gamble, Aldo Co- [email protected] Sept. 3: Jeff Higgs. grossi, Jesse Little and Lauryn 2299 YEARSYEARS EXPERIENCEEXPERIENCE Sept. 5: John Dafoe and Max- Young. wel Hohn. Sept. 21: Black Bill Gilkes, Sept. 6: Jack Crabb, Michael Christy King and Joey Fletcher. Parrott and Peter Wilson. Sept. 23: Helmut Haas. The Canadian How-To People Sept. 7: Ed Pazur. Sept. 24: Susan Knock and Sept. 10: Ernie Paiement, Marnie Davis. Emily Gamble, Kiri MacGreg- Sept. 26: Seig Garbers. gor, Frank Roosen Sr. and Pam Sept. 27: Dale Duncan and (604) 883-9551 Roosen. Harry Doepel. [email protected] Sept. 11: Sharon Rosel, Doris Sept. 29: Frances Lajlar. Wilkinson, Desiree De La Canal Sept. 30: Shelby Campbell, and Ashley Georgison. Irene Forsyth, Scott Minch and Sept. 12: Daniel Hardwick. Linda Baillie. Sept. 14: Robin Heiliger. Sept. 16: Theresa Baldwin and Steven Edwardson.

SEPTEMBER ASTROLOGY VIRGO: AUG. 24 – SEPT. 23 Virgos value knowledge highly. They make good teachers and advisers while avoiding positions of high power. Often shy, Virgos hide their sensitivity under a self-controlled surface, often masking deep pain and sexual deviance.

LIBRA: SEPT. 24 – OCT. 23 Libras seek perfection and harmony and passionately believe in fairness and equal- ity. They are diplomatic, charming, stylish, self-expressive, and spontaneous. That said, Libras do well at arithmetic but overcook seafood and are slovenly.

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Page 34 Harbour Spiel HARBOUR ALMANAC SSkookumchuckkookumchuck OF SEPTEMBER vviewingiewing ttimesimes AUTUMN LEAF COLOUR A green leaf is green because of the presence of a pigment known as ~ September~September~ chlorophyll. When it is abundant in the leaf’s cells, as it is during the growing season, the chlorophyll’s green colour dominates and masks the colours of any DATE/TIME SIZE (small, medium, large, extra large), other pigments that may be present in the leaf. Thus the leaves of summer are EBB , FLOOD + - Standing wave is best on large characteristically green. fl ood (ti de moving into Sechelt Inlet). Chlorophyll has a vital function: that of capturing solar rays and utiliz- Sept. 1 9:25 am -L, 4:47 pm +XL ing the resulting energy in the manufacture of the plant’s food—simple sugars Sept. 2 9:46 am -L, 5:19 +XL which are produced from water and carbon dioxide. These sugars are the basis Sept. 3 10:38 am –L, 5:42 pm +XL of the plant’s nourishment—the sole source of the carbohydrates needed for Sept. 4 11:14 am -L, 5:56 pm +L growth and development. In the food-manufacturing process, chlorophyll itself Sept. 5 11:43 am –L, 6:06 pm +L breaks down and thus is being continually “used up.” During the growing sea- Sept. 6 12:29 pm -L, 6:17 pm +L son, however, the plant replenishes the chlorophyll so that the supply remains Sept. 7 1:21 pm –M, 6:35 pm +L high and the leaves stay green. Sept. 8 2:04 pm –M, 7:01 pm +L Sept. 9 3:09 pm –M, 7:29 pm +L In late summer, the veins that carry fl uids into and out of the leaf are grad- Sept. 10 10:01 am +L, 4:08 pm -S ually closed off as a layer of special cork cells forms at the base of each leaf. Sept. 11 11:12 am +L, 5:12 pm -S As this cork layer develops, water and mineral intake into the leaf is reduced, Sept. 12 11:44 am +L, 6:21 pm –S slowly at fi rst, and then more rapidly. It is during this time that the chlorophyll Sept. 13 1:53 pm +XL, 7:41 pm –S begins to decrease. Sept. 14 2:42 pm +XL, 7:52 pm -M Often the veins will still be green after the tissues between them have Sept. 15 8:09 am -XL, 3:34 pm +XL almost completely changed colour Sept. 16 9:14 am -XL, 4:16 pm +XL ~ wikipedia.org Sept. 17 10:16 am -XL, 4:56 pm +XL Sept. 18 11:04 am -XL, 5:17 pm +XL Sept. 19 11:55 am –L, 5:37 pm +XL Sept. 20 12:45 pm –L, 6:00 pm +L SEPTEMBER WEATHER Sept. 21 1:44 pm –L, 6:29 pm +L TEMPERATURES (MERRY ISLAND) Sept. 22 2:29 pm -L, 7:02 pm +L Our average daily September high temperature is 17.6° C and our average daily low Sept. 23 3:16 pm –M, 7:39 pm +M temperature this month is 12.1° C, giving us a mean daily temperature of 14.8° C. Sept. 24 10:11 am +XL, 4:08 pm -M September averages 1.8 days with temperatures above 18.1° C. Sept. 25 11:13 am +XL, 5:17 pm -M The highest September temperature recorded is 26.6° C (Sept. 3, 1988); the lowest Sept. 26 12:30 pm +L, 6:36 pm -M September temperature recorded is 3.9° C (Sept. 27, 1972). Sept. 27 1:19 pm +L, 7:55 pm -M Sept. 28 2:16 pm +L, 8:51 pm -M PRECIPITATION (MERRY ISLAND) Sept. 29 7:28 am -L, 3:03 pm +L September averages 10 days with rainfall and a total of 63.1 mm for the month. Sept. 30 8:23 am -L, 3:41 pm +L September has an average of 212.4 hours of bright sunshine, and the highest daily rainfall recorded is 69.4 mm (Sept. 1, 1983). These are esti mates only and not intended for navigati on.

J. WAYNE ROWE LAW OFFICE 12874 Madeira Park Road CCONCRETEONCRETE — IIT’ST’S OOURUR BBUSINESS!USINESS! 4466 yyearsears sservingerving PPenderender HHarbourarbour aandnd tthehe SSunshineunshine CCoastoast Wednesdays 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. PPITIT RUNRUN • PITPIT SANDSAND • DRAINDRAIN RROCKOCK or other days by appointment aatt oourur gravelgravel pitpit inin Kleindale/MadeiraKleindale/Madeira PParkark J. Wayne Rowe B.A LL.B ((604)604) 883-1322883-1322 Lisa C. Rae B.A. LL.B (604) 885-0439 September 2009 Page 35 LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS ORGANIZATIONS DIRECTORY ~ ORGANIZATIONS ~ • P. H. Aquatic Centre Society ...... 885-6866 PENDER HARBOUR & DISTRICT WILDLIFE SOCIETY • Blues Society ...... 883-2642 • Bridge Club ...... 883-2633 The Pender Harbour and District Wildlife Society • Chamber of Commerce, P. H. & Egmont...... 883-2531 will reconvene for its fi rst meeting of the fall season on • Christ the Redeemer Church ...... 883-1371 Sept. 15 at 7.30 p.m. at Pender Harbour High School. • Coast Guard Auxiliary, Unit 61 ...... 883-2572 • Community Choir ...... 883-2283 There will be no speaker for this meeting and instead • Community Club, Egmont ...... 883-9206 there will be a report on the Federation of B.C. Naturalists • Community Club, Pender Harbour ...... 741-5840 annual fall meeting that was recently hosted by the PHD- • Community Policing ...... 883-2026 • Community School Society ...... 883-2826 WS here at the Iris Griffi th Centre. Anyone interested in • Egmont & District Volunteer Fire Department ...... 883-2555 hearing about this annual meeting is welcome to attend. • GRIPS (Recycling Society) ...... 883-1165 There is no charge and refreshments will be served. • Garden Bay Sailing Club ...... 883-2689 • Gardening Club ...... 883-0295 • P. H. Golf Club ...... 883-9541 1ST ANNUAL SUNSHINE COAST MUSHROOM FEST • Guides, Brownies, etc...... 883-2819 Celebrate the rainforest’s bounty at the fi rst annual • Harbour Artists ...... 883-2807 Sunshine Coast Mushroom Fest, October 16-18, 2009, • Harbourside Friendships (Thur. 10:30 -1 p.m.) ...... 883-2764 • Health Centre Society ...... 883-2764 featuring David Arora, acclaimed author and mushroom • Health Centre Auxiliary ...... 883-0522 expert, who will speak Saturday evening at the Pender • Hepatitis C Connection ...... 883-0010 Harbour Community Centre and lead a foray on Sunday. • InStitches (1st Monday, 11 a.m., PH Health Centre) ...883-0748 • Iris Griffi th Centre ...... 883-9201 Saturday afternoon’s free event includes mushroom dis- • Lions Club, Egmont ...... 883-9463 plays, slide presentation, dyeing and cooking demonstra- • Lions Club, Pender Harbour (1st & 3rd Tues.) ...... 883-1361 tions, and produce vendors. Look for mushroom specials • P. H. Music Society ...... 883-2689 • P. H. Paddling Society ...... 883-3678 at our local restaurants. Costs and registration: Iris Griffi th • Pender Harbour Choir (7:30 pm Tues) ...... 883-9273 Interpretive Centre, 604-883-9201. • Piecemakers (quilters, 1st & 3rd Wed. 9:30 a.m.) ...... 883-3662 • Power & Sail Squad (2nd Wed. Legion) ...... 883-0444 SERENDIPITY PRE-SCHOOL • Red Balloon Parent & Tot drop-in ...... 885-5881 • Reading Centre Society ...... 883-2983 Serendipity preschool has space in our Tuesday and • Rotary Club (noon Fri. Garden Bay Pub) ...... 883-1350 Thursday classes. People can call and leave a message at • Royal Cdn Legion 112 ...... 883-2235 (604)883-2316. • Skookumchuck Heritage Society...... 883-9994 • St. Andrew’s Anglican Church ...... 883-9927 • St. Mary’s Hospital Auxiliary (2nd Wed.,1:30 p.m.) .....883-2563 P. H. WOMEN’S CONNECTION • Seniors’ Housing Society (3rd Thur.) ...... 883-9883 Come and enjoy our Start-Lunch Tuesday Sept. 29. • Serendipity Preschool ...... 883-2316 • Suncoast Players ...... 883-9277 This will be our fi rst gathering for the 2009/2010 year and • Sunshine Coast Community Based Victim Services ...885-0322 it will take place at the School of Music in Madeira Park, • Volunteer Fire Dept (Wed. evening) ...... 883-9270 doors open at 9:30 a.m., the gathering starts at 10:00 a.m. • Wildlife Society (3rd Tues. PHSS) ...... 883-9853 Members, non-members and drop-ins are always welcome. • Women’s Cancer Support ...... 883-9708 • Women’s Connection (2nd & 4th Tue.) ...... 883-9313 • Women’s Outreach Services ...... 741-5246

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www.sunwesthomecare.com Page 36 Harbour Spiel PHOTOHISTORY - EARLS COVE, MID-1950S

Bob James postcard collection

The MV Quillayute coming into the recently built ferry terminal at Earls Cove in the mid-1950s.

Earls Cove is named after an early pioneer in the area and was linked to Saltery Bay on August 21, 1954 by Black Ball Ferry Ltd. (Canada). According to the Sunshine Coast Museum, the MV Quillayute was an all-wood vessel, built in 1927 by the Winslow Marine Railway and Shipbuilding Co. for Sound Ferry Line of Seattle, one year before the company was absorbed by the Puget Sound Navigation Company. In 1951 Black Ball Ferry’s Alexander Marshall Peabody had the ferry reconditioned and sent to BC to be part of his new ferry service. It was the first ferry to serve the Horseshoe Bay- Gibsons run and it later worked the Earls Cove-Saltery Bay route.

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September 2009 Page 37 LOCAL BOATING It’s Sept. 15... do you have your boater’s licence? Many have avoided what is now period and apply to all motor-driven 2. A Pleasure Craft Operator here. pleasure craft including personal wa- Card issued following the successful By Sept. 15 all boaters — re- tercraft like jet skis. completion of an accredited test; gardless of age — must obtain and 3. A completed rental-boat safety carry a proof of competency to legally PROOF OF COMPETENCY checklist (for power-driven rental operate a power driven pleasure craft Proof of competency includes: boats, valid for the rental period). within Canada. 1. Proof of having successfully The competency requirements completed a boating safety course in P. H. POWER AND SAIL have been phased in over a 10-year Canada prior to April 1, 1999; SQUADRON BOATING COURSE Boaters can obtain a Pleasure Craft Operator Card by taking an accredited Transport Canada boating safety test and achieving a mark of at least 75 per cent. The Boating Course offered through the local Pender Harbour Power and Sail Squadron includes an exam for the Coast Guard Pleasure Craft Operator’s Certiﬁ cate (PCOC). This course provides a general introduction to the safe handling of boats of all types, and is the prereq- uisite to all advanced and elective Canadian Power Squadron courses. For more information on upcoming courses contact Squadron Training Ofﬁ cer David Pearson at (604)883- 9313.

ONLINE PLEASURE CRAFT OPERATOR CARD A Pleasure Craft Operator Card can be also obtained online by taking the BOATsmart! Canada Challenge aa.m..m. pp.m..m. 1100 - 5 Exam. (Note: You will need to have a registered Boatsmart Canada Proctor present when writing the exam.) This test consists of 36 multiple choice questions that test your boating knowledge and skill and you must correctly answer at least 27 questions in order to pass. The exam can be taken at www. boatsmartcanada.ca/takeTheExam- Now.cfm. Once obtained, a Pleasure Craft Operator Card is good for life.

Page 38 Harbour Spiel SPORTS Team Green prepares for another run at the world cup The Harbour Spiel caught up with Team Green last month training on a local hill. Scott Smith, Sandy Charlton, Rylan English and Bricin Lyons grew up racing the scenic Garden Bay Road hill. The four are eyeing a number of high profi le international races in the coming months in the U.S. and Brazil. Smith is the defending world champion in the sport and currently sits second in the 2009 rankings. So far this year he’s fi nished fi rst, third, fi fth and 14th in races from Vernon to France. He took second place in East- Above: Team Green. l-r: Scoot, Sandman, Raggie and Striker. (Missing: Mike Roosen.) bourne, England on Aug. 23 but Below: It’s about the tuck... and drafting. Team Green bombing Garden Bay Road. remains in second place overall as he was beaten by points leader and fel- low Canadian, Mischo Erban. Neal Smith, Scott’s dad, says he’s poised to pass Erban in coming races. “Scott’s strength is on tough and twisty courses and he has a number of races like that coming up.”

Circumstances — and some new sponsors — have made it possible for Smith to attend most of the races but it’s not so for some teammates. If you’d like to help sponsor a Team Green member or the whole team contact Bricin Lyons at (604) 685-2373.

September 2009 Page 39 LOCAL MAPS Pender Harbour’s fi rst map: 1860 By Gary Little a few months after the arrival of the for the master of the Plumper, Daniel Plumper. Pender, who likely directed most of Captain In the summer of 1860, they sur- the fi eld work for the survey. George Henry veyed the Sunshine Coast and Howe The survey of the Sunshine Coast Richards of the Sound in considerable detail, the fi rst was the one of the last performed Royal Navy formal reconnaissance of the area aboard H.M.S. Plumper. arrived in the since George Vancouver’s famous She was decommissioned in late colony of Van- survey of 1792. 1860 and relieved by H.M.S. Hecate. couver Island on Nov. 9, 1857 aboard Richards prepared several hand- Richards continued his surveys H.M.S. Plumper. drawn charts of the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia waters until De- He was the Second British Com- for the Admiralty. cember 1862 when he sailed home to missioner for the San Juan Islands One of the large-scale charts he England on H.M.S. Hecate. Boundary Commission. prepared is shown here: a view of He later served as Hydrographer His mission was to conduct Pender Harbour. of the Navy from 1864 until his retire- surveys to help resolve the boundary This is the fi rst known chart to ment in 1874. dispute with the United States relating show Pender Harbour in detail — He passed away in Bath, England to the path of the international border George Vancouver passed the entrance on Nov. 14, 1896 at the age of 76. through the Gulf and San Juan islands on June 17, 1792 while on his way to A high-quality modern repro- between the mainland and Juan de the northern extremity of Jervis Inlet. duction of the 1860 chart of Pender Fuca Strait. Richards was responsible for Harbour is on display in the reception Richards and his crew were also naming several landmarks on the Sun- area of the Royal LePage Sunshine asked to survey the lower mainland shine Coast. Coast offi ce at 5485 Wharf Road in coast of the colony of British Colum- On this chart, for example, the Sechelt. bia which had been formed in 1858, names Pender Harbour, Garden Bay, Pearson I., Martin I., Charles I., Wil- Gary Little is a realtor with Royal liams I, Mary I., Skardon Is., Francis LePage Sunshine Coast and is well known for his interactive maps of the PRECISE Pt., Henry Pt., Gerrans Bay, Cecil area — real estate for sale, waterfalls, Hill, and Harbour Peak appear for the and exploration. Find out more about Painting & Plaster fi rst time. him at www.GaryLittle.ca. This article Complete Custom Painting Two other names on the chart is adapted from his “Historic Maps of All Phases of Drywall were changed later: Norman Pt. is Pender Harbour” presentation which he The Finest Finishing gave at this year’s Wooden Boat Festival Free Estimates now Daniel Pt. and Mt. Arthur is now 30 Years of Experience in Madeira Park. Journeyman Workmanship Mt. Daniel. Pender Harbour (as well as Neale Smith 883-3693 Daniel Pt. and Mt. Daniel) are named

Page 40 Harbour Spiel LOCAL MAPS

map image courtesy of Gary Little This is the first known chart to show Pender Harbour in detail. Though George Vancouver passed the entrance on June 17, 1792 while on his way to the northern extremity of Jervis Inlet, it wasn’t until 1860 that Captain George Henry Richards surveyed the area aboard HMS Plumper for the Royal Navy.

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ALTERNATIVE APPROVAL PROCESSES FOR NORTH & SOUTH PENDER HARBOUR WATER

Alternative Approval Processes for North Pender Harbour Water Initiatives Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 617, 2009 and South Pender Harbour Water Initiatives Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 619, 2009 are currently in progress.

The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) awarded the SCRD a $1.0 million grant toward the implementation of projects identiﬁ ed in the Area A Water Master Plan. The grant is contingent on the SCRD borrowing an equal amount to the grant and so requires the SCRD to approve a $1.0 million loan. Without the subject borrowing, approval of the grant will be withdrawn by FCM. In order to proceed, two separate elector approval processes must be undertaken as the grant and the loan will be split between the North Pender Harbour and South Pender Harbour Water Service areas based roughly on the population in each area.

North Pender - Bylaw No. 617 proposes to borrow, by way of debenture, $407,100 with the debt to be repaid within a twenty year period from the date of issue of the debenture. The costs and repayment of the debt will be recovered through a parcel tax in the North Pender Harbour Water Service Area. The parcel tax would amount to approximately $52 per parcel on an annual basis until the debt is retired.

South Pender - Bylaw No. 619 proposes to borrow, by way of debenture, $610,700 with the debt to be repaid within a twenty year period from the date of issue of the debenture. The costs and repayment of the debt will be recovered through a parcel tax in the South Pender Harbour Water Service Area. The parcel tax would amount to approximately $57 per parcel on an annual basis until the debt is retired.

Elector Response Forms Eligible electors who are opposed to the adoption of the bylaws may complete an Elector Response Form. Forms are available at the Sunshine Coast Regional District offi ce located at 1975 Field Road, Sechelt; the Pender Harbour Satellite Offi ce (former South Pender Harbour Water Offi ce) located at 12828 Lagoon Road, Madeira Park, BC during their regular hours and on the SCRD website at www.scrd.ca.

Forms may be submitted in person or by mail to be received by the Corporate Offi cer at the Sunshine Coast Regional District offi ce located at 1975 Field Road, Sechelt, B.C. V0N 3A1 NO LATER THAN 4:30 p.m. ON Wednesday, September 23, 2009. Elector response forms must be in the possession of the Corporate Offi cer by this time as postmarks WILL NOT be accepted as date of submission. PETITIONS MAY NOT BE RETURNED BY FAX.

More Information: More information on the AAP may be obtained by contacting Angie Legault, Manager of Legislative Services at 604-885-6825 or Selina Statnyk, Deputy Corporate Ofﬁ cer at 604-885-6813. Information on the water improvement projects may be obtained from the Infrastructure Services Department at 604-885- 6806.

NOTE: Ofﬁ cial Notices were published in the August 14th and 21st editions of the Coast Reporter.

Page 42 Harbour Spiel PENDER GOLF Campbell on winning streak By Jan Watson Aug. 4 was stroke play, 1st low hopefully the girls from the health gross was Lorne Campbell with 74 centre will be back (even if Kathy is CLUB CHAMPION- and 2nd was Rusty Ellis with 76. away) for the next one on Sept. 4. SHIPS The next stroke play was Aug. The men 11 which saw Campbell and Ellis tied MONDAY MIXED TWILIGHT played their 54 hole for low gross with 78. SCRAMBLES event Aug. 7, 8 Low net was also a tie between This event had not been rained and 9 and the 2009 Wayne Babcock and John Cameron out for several years until July 6 and champion is Lorne Campbell with a with 67. Aug. 10 when Mother Nature crossed gross score of 227. Kp on No. 3 was Andrew Barker us up. The runner-up was Don Mathe- and on No. 6, John Forward. Aug. 3 saw the BC Day son with 235. The low net winner was Scramble and the winners were Blake Brian Disney with 210. LADIES CLUB Priebe, Gerry Reiter and Kathy Need- The ladies played their event The Aug. 6 match was for low ham with 32. (also 54 holes) on Aug. 6, 12 and 13 putts and the winner was Jan Watson Second were the Reed family, and have a new cham- with 29. Bob, Diane, Duncan and Spencer, pion this year. Second was Mary with 33. Mary Carlsen FROM THE 19TH Carlsen with 30. Kps on No. 3 were Connie Mc- shot a gross score of HOLE... Gill and Bob Brooks and on No. 6, Pat 288 and runner-up was LADIES STEAK Hallborg and Blake Priebe. Reni Ducich with 292. NIGHT & SCRAMBLE The low net If you think it’s hard to On Aug. 7 there trophy went to another meet new people, try was a record turnout fi rst-time winner, Con- picking up the wrong with 37 ladies playing, nie McGill with 209. including visitors from golf ball. The ladies de- England, Washington, serve a lot of credit ~ Jack Lemmon Victoria, Vancouver, with double the par- Edmonton and Saska- The Clubhouse Restaurant ticipation of the men  toon. will be and they all braved The winners with OPEN FOR THE WINTER horrendous conditions 34 were Lorna Lycan, with torrential rain to fi nish the fi nal Mary Ball, Marianne Bekei & Mary BOOK NOW round. Hawkes (the ringer from England). for Christmas Parties, Second, after a tiebreaker, were Lunches or Dinners MEN’S CLUB Heather Cranston, Elaine Park & Unfortunately my last month’s Moni Langham with 36. (604)883-9542 news was lost in Brian’s computer As always it was a fun night and meltdown so I would like to mention a couple of items from June. One of the dreams of any MADEIRA MARINA (1980) LTD. golfer is to shoot their age or better. Sales & Service John Deere Marine Well, on June 30 Eldy Gandy did most makes Mercury Outboards just that. 40-Ton Marine Ways Mercruiser He shot a 76 which gave him Certified Mechanics Volvo Penta 2nd place in the individual stroke play 12930 MADEIRA PARK RD. Saltwater Licences Honda Outboards event. The winner with 74 was Lorne Beside Madeira Park gvmnt. float Well-stocked FAX 883-9250 2 hp thru Campbell. Marine Store CALL 883-2266 225 hp September 2009 Page 43 TRAIL OF THE MONTH The best view on the Sunshine Coast: Mt. Hallowell lookout tower Mt. Hallowell is the second highest peak in the Caren Range at 1,250 metres. The peak sits within the 3,000-hectare (7,400-acre) Spipyus Provincial Park and offers unparal- lelled views of the Strait of Georgia and Vancouver Island, Jervis Inlet and the peaks of the Tantalus Range in the east. Because of its 360-degree vantage point, the peak is the site of a former BC Forest Service lookout tower which is still intact. It’s possible to hike from the washout on the mine road near the Malaspina Substation (13 kilometre roundtrip). The former supply trail can also The view looking southwest over Pender Harbour from Mt. Hallowell. be accessed by driving up Trout Lake Road from Halfmoon Bay. Continue on Trout Lake Road for about 12 kilometres and at the junc- tion stay left. At 18 to19 kilometres look for some fl agging and a small, nonde- script pullout on your left in a grove of mature trees. (Many sources report that a red cable spool marks the trail- head but it is now invisible.) If you emerge from the trees into a clearcut, you’ve passed it by 300 metres. A two-kilometre hike passes through forests and wild blueberry scrub before meeting a steep climb to the top. The road is in decent condition but a 4x4 is recommended. Vehicle access to the Caren Range is only possible from July to October due to snow accumulation. Recent clearing of brush (2008) along the last section of the road has allowed passage without destroying your vehicle’s paint job but you still might want to leave your Escalade at home. The former forestry lookout is still intact and dry enough to spend the night. Please respect what may be the last fire lookout on the BC Coast. Page 44 Harbour Spiel JAZZ FEST PRIMER Cookin’ with Coleman By Shane McCune merly Malaspina College), as have needn’t stray far from home, but he Lister, Nordine and Buff Allen. still loves touring. And the PH Jazz Like many a kid in the 1960s, Pat “I like my job,” he said. Fest is one of his favourite stops. Coleman got hooked on music playing “It’s good ’cause they give me “It’s one of the most beautiful in a high school rock band. professional development time off so I harbours I’ve ever been in in my life.” But he fell under the spell of jazz can go and do whatever — as well as guitarists — “Lenny Breau, Joe Pass, have a steady job.” The Pat Coleman Trio plays at two Wes Montgomery, mostly,” he told the venues on Sept. 20 — the Madeira Park Between teaching in Nanaimo government wharf and the Painted Boat. Harbour Spiel — and has been mak- and frequent studio gigs, Coleman Both are ticketed events. ing his living with his mellow sound since 1970. British by birth, Coleman has been an indispensable leader and side- man in the B.C. jazz scene for so long it would be easier to list the artists he hasn’t worked with. Coleman brings his trio (Bob Murphy on organ, Darren Radke on bass) to Pender Harbour on Sept. 20 but he also tours with a quintet that features Juno-winning bassist Ken Lister (also appearing at this year’s Jazz Fest), Mike Allen on tenor sax, Nanaimo-based Monik Nordine on alto and Buff Allen (another Juno recipient) on drums. Terms such as “postbop” and “modal” frequently crop up in descrip- tions of Coleman’s style, but don’t let that intimidate you. Like the masters who inspired him, he’s a lover of melody; he can improvise with the best, but it’s never beep-and-squawk pyrotechnics. When he spoke to the Spiel recently, Coleman was mixing a live recording of the quintet and with any luck he might get it fi nished in time to bring a few copies of the CD to Ma- deira. “I might try to get, say, 50 one- offs to take with me,” he said. “It’s live and it sounds really great, and everybody’s pretty excited about it.” Coleman teaches jazz part-time at Vancouver Island University (for-

September 2009 Page 45 HOME PAGE Real estate market update

By Alan Stewart ANNUAL HOME SALES BY SUNSHINE COAST AREA

With all the Detached Gibsons Roberts Sechelt Halfmoon Pender talk of a “booming” home Creek Bay Harbour/ real estate market re- sales Egmont turning to the Lower Mainland, Pender 2007 169 36 209 40 62 Harbour home 2008 108 29 149 39 29 sellers are scratching their heads and 2009 94 25 123 32 20 wondering where all the buyers are. There are a number of factors af- Dropping sales numbers could mean good opportunities for buyers. fecting the market in Pender Harbour, ing groups since it broke away from to be sure that the worst is over before which has seen a much slower recov- its reliance on fi shing and logging to releasing any “rainy day” money that ery than other areas of the Coast. support most of the local economy. they may have available for down While there have been 58 per Because of its relatively easy payments or outright purchases. cent as many detached home sales in access to Vancouver, security, the Add to that the tightening of the Sechelt this year compared to 2007 abundance of waterfront and view credit market, particularly for second and 82 per cent as many as 2008, properties available at prices that are properties, and it suggests a relatively Pender Harbour sales have declined to dramatically lower than those in Van- slow recovery. only 32 per cent of what they were in couver, and amenities often not found 2007 and 68 per cent of 2008. in a small town (pool, clinic, music So what is selling in Pender Har- Pender Harbour real estate has school, restaurants, schools and shop- bour this summer? been attractive to two particular buy- ping) both retirees and recreational Since June 1, 2009 there have buyers have driven demand and infl u- been four home sales noted by the 883-1165 enced prices. Real Estate Board of Greater Vancou- The global economic recession ver: RECYCLING & has had a dramatic impact on both of 1. A one-bedroom cottage on a BOTTLE DEPOT these buying groups. 1+ acre view lot on Francis Peninsula ONE-STOP CONVENIENCE Many people’s plans for retire- Rd. offered at $245,000; Regular Hours: Multi-material ment have been signifi cantly set back 2. A two-bedroom, 1,000 sq. ft. Sun. 10 am-2pm Recycling & Beverage Container as their stock portfolios have declined home on 1+ acre on Beaver Island of- Mon. Tue. Thur. Refund Centre in value. fered at $309,000; Fri. / Sat. 8:30am -4pm Hwy. 101 and Recreational buyers appear to be 3. A 1,000 sq. ft. new view home Menacher Rd. Closed Wednesday sitting tight on their money, wanting on a half acre lot in Daniel Point offered at $429,000; 4. A half-acre lakefront cottage on Sakinaw Lake which was offered Something to Squirrel away? for sale at $499,000. SECURE, HEATED SELF‐STORAGE to 5x10 ft. The three homes sold on average Central Madeira Park, next to Speed Bump Alley for 97 per cent of their asking price. So, to sell, properties have to be priced sharp or reduced to meet the SQUIRREL STORAGE buyer’s expectations.

LARRY & LINDA CURTISS Please send any suggestions CALL 883-2040 for story lines to alan@sunshineco- asthomes.com. Page 46 Harbour Spiel AND ANOTHER THING... If you have nothing to hide, why object to a search? By Shane McCune sentence of Bradley Harrison, who was nabbed when On- tario Provincial Police offi cer Brian Bertoncello searched The thousands who watched Vancou- his rented van and found 35 kilograms of cocaine worth ver’s annual Celebration of Light this year between $2.5 million and $4.5 million. were being watched themselves. Scores of Trouble was, the offi cer had no good reason to pull wireless cameras peppered the West End, over the van, much less search it. Initially he turned on monitored by police from a central loca- his fl ashers because the van had no front licence plate, but tion. then he saw an Alberta plate on the back — and Alberta Do a few days of fi reworks attract enough mayhem to doesn’t require a front plate. justify such an outlay? Of course not. This was a test run He told the court he followed through because other for, you guessed it, the 2010 Winter Olympics. motorists saw him turn on his fl ashers and waving the The Vancouver Police Department set up its elec- driver on would somehow damage his “integrity.” Also, he tronic eyes and control bunker with $430,000 from Big was suspicious because the van was travelling at exactly Brother in Victoria and an undisclosed sum (the city asked the speed limit, he knew drug couriers often used rental for $2.1 million) from the Vancouver 2010 Integrated cars, and so on. Security Unit. The trial judge called Bertoncello’s testimony “con- Civic offi cials insist the closed circuit TV system will trived” and the search a “brazen and fl agrant” breach of the be dismantled after the Games, but skeptics note that the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. But the judge said acquit- control centre is a permanent structure, and the provincial ting Harrison would be an even worse affront to justice. In government has pledged $1 million for non-Olympics- a split decision the Ontario Court of Appeal agreed. related cameras in Vancouver, Surrey and Kelowna. In a 6-1 decision, the Supreme Court of Canada dis- Britain has gone gaga for CCTV, with an estimated agreed. 4.2 million cameras, or about one for every 14 Britons. “The price paid by society for an acquittal in these Yet a 2008 report by U.K. police chiefs indicated CCTV circumstances is outweighed by the importance of main- solved only three per cent of crimes. taining Charter standards,” wrote Chief Justice Beverly Micheal Vonn of the B.C. Civil Liberties Associa- McLachlin. tion says Canadian police no longer tout the cameras as a “Police offi cers are expected to adhere to higher stan- general deterrent. dards than alleged criminals.” “So what they say is it will help us catch the bad guys The decision outraged many. Nobody likes to see a after the fact, at least,” she said. “But . . . when you actual- criminal get off scot-free. But that’s necessary sometimes ly look at the collated data it doesn’t change the clearance to drive home the message that trampling personal rights is rate of crime to date.” a crime, too. Still, what harm do they do? The BCCLA noted that “The only way we can discipline the police to be while there is nothing illegal about visiting a psychiatrist, vigilant about citizens’ Charter rights — this is the only debt counsellor or weight loss clinic, not everyone would tool we’ve got,” Vonn said. want to be seen doing so. I noted that every conversation I’ve had about privacy But mostly, people just don’t like to be fi lmed. A rights inevitably boiled down to that perennial question: Toronto academic demonstrated this by pointing his own If you have nothing to hide why would you object to a camera at merchants who fi lmed their customers. He found search? that “the same people who claimed that only criminals That, Vonn said, is looking through the wrong end of were afraid of cameras had an instantly paranoid (and the telescope. sometimes violent) reaction” when the tables were turned. “I think the right lens to look at this through is: If The civil libertarians also reject the “why would you you’re not doing anything wrong, what are the police do- object” defence of search and seizure by police, and they ing peeping down your blouse, looking in your handbag, won a major victory this summer. checking your trunk, etcetera?” she said. In July the Supreme Court of Canada, in a 6-1 deci- “That is one of the tiny little nuances... that keeps the sion, threw out the traffi cking conviction and fi ve-year democratic balance that is so delicate in line.”

September 2009 Page 47 BOOKS Hoy offers rich personal stories from an unfamiliar perspective By Theresa Kishkan and studied medicine, taking ad- more about Dr. Miyazaki, I located, vanced training in osteopathy in the through the interlibrary loan system, a In July I U.S. because of Canada’s non-white small booklet called My Sixty Years in spent a night in exclusionary laws. When people of Canada which Dr. Miyazaki wrote to Lillooet and was Japanese ancestry were record not just his own charmed by the relocated to internment story but also whatever Miyazaki House. camps in 1942, Dr. else he was able to tell Keith Shaw photo Built in the Miyazaki expected to about his chosen com- late 19th century in the Second Em- go to a road camp but munity. The booklet pire mansard style by Caspar and instead was sent to the was typed and mimeo- Cerise Phair, the house was donated Bridge River-Minto graphed, obviously a to the town of Lillooet by its second area to care for the labour of love. owner, Dr. Masajiro Miyazaki. Japanese there. I began to read Dr. Miyazaki’s story is an In 1945, the Lily Hoy Price’s I Am extraordinary one. Born in Japan in Phairs’ son Artie in- Full Moon: Stories of a 1899, he came to Canada as a boy vited Dr. Miyazaki to Ninth Daughter (Brin- move into his home dle and Glass, 2009) to serve Lillooet after just after my discovery the town’s only physician died. After of the Miyazaki story. Lily Hoy Price the war, Dr. Miyazaki purchased the is the daughter of pioneer Chinese house and lived there with his fam- photographer C.D. Hoy whose photo- ily for the next 38 years until failing graphic record of early Quesnel and health took him to Kamloops where Barkerville is one of the treasures he died in 1984. of this province. (Interested read- In Lillooet, Dr. Miyazaki was ers should look for Faith Moosang’s ALEWIN instrumental in providing health care First Son: Portraits of C.D. Hoy, the TBOOKSD but also in establishing an ambulance book which accompanied a travelling service and a volunteer fi re depart- exhibit of C.D. Hoy’s photographs in “There is no better frigate like ment. He delivered babies on the out- 2000.) a book to take us lands away...” lying reserves, often walking for miles I Am Full Moon chronicles EMILY DICKINSON in snow when his car was stranded Lily Hoy Price’s girlhood in Quesnel, in winter. He never refused a call. He a town of 300 people when she was was elected to the village council in born there in 1930. There were 12 5494 TRAIL AVENUE 1950, the fi rst Japanese Canadian to children in her family; they initially SECHELT hold public offi ce. He was named Of- lived in a tiny house, nine girls shar- 604-885-2527 fi cer of the Order of Canada in 1977. ing an attic room and the boys in Because I wanted to know

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She crossed the Quesnel River crammed to the ceilings with artifacts on a railway trestle bridge, jumping and mementoes. Closer to home, Andrew Scott will be signing off the tracks onto the cement footings the Egmont Heritage Centre has fi ne copies of his new book at high above the river when she heard displays of baskets, old engines, and Blue Waters Book Company the train whistle. On Dominion Day, the tools that helped to build that com- in Madeira Park, on Lily’s older sisters rented horses from munity. Always under the threat of Saturday, September 26 from Carrier people in town from their funding reductions (or elimination en- 1:00—3:00 pm remote Reserves to participate in the tirely) in hard economic times, these rodeo. museums are important repositories of “I think of the Quesnel of my our material culture. I look forward to childhood as a Brigadoon,” writes the day when we have physical repre- Hoy Price, “a village hidden in time, sentation of our own Pender Harbour yet to be discovered.” It’s brought history, our artifacts and archives vividly to life in this lovely memoir. curated and displayed for the public. The reader shares the pleasures and Books like Lily Hoy Price’s diffi culties of young Lily as her fam- I Am Full Moon and the neglected ily experiences tragedy and success. memoir of Masajiro Miyazaki offer us There are unexpected secrets, and lots such richly personal stories told from of laughter. what is often an unfamiliar perspec- I Am Full Moon is a beautiful tive. How often we might have eaten book, illustrated with some of C.D. at a Chinese restaurant or stopped in a Hoy’s photographs as well as other grocery store in a far-fl ung communi- Hoy family photos. I thought how ty and wondered at the family behind valuable it is to have such stories the business. Or how, in Lillooet on available to us, to bring the quieter a warm summer afternoon, we might chapters of our collective history to have lingered in front of a Second life. Empire house with an unlikely name My family has always made a and yearned to know its story. habit of stopping in little museums “In terms of sheer magnitude it stands as one in small towns to see the way they of the remarkable achievements of coastal literature. But it is so much more than that... Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read. Scott brings a lifetime’s fascination with the ~ Groucho Marx province and its people to his work... In 10% off Writers Festival titles including one sense, Raincoast Place Names is a long- Lily Hoy’s I Am Full Moon overdue update of coastal toponymy. 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Crossroad Grill Rodz ’n Hogz - Crossroad Grill, 10 a.m. Sun Sept. 13...... Joe Stanton and the Precious Littles - Garden Bay Pub, 2 p.m. Mon. Sept. 14...... P. H. Food Bank pick up - P. H. Community Church, Noon Tues. Sept. 15...... Pender Harbour & District Wildlife Society meeting - PHSS, 7:30 p.m. Tues. Sept. 15...... All boaters must carry proof of competency to operate motor driven pleasure craft Fri. Sept. 18...... 13th Pender Harbour Jazz Festival - various locations, 3 days Mon. Sept. 21...... Area A Seniors Housing Healthy Meal service resumes Tues. Sept. 22...... First day of Autumn Wed. Sept. 23...... Elector response forms (N. and S. Pender water AAP) must be returned - SCRD offi ce, 4:30 p.m. Sat. Sept. 26...... Author Andrew Scott (Raincoast Place Names) - Bluewaters Books Sat. Sept. 26...... Bull kelp basket workshop with Joanne Waters - Fibreworks Studio, 10 a.m. Mon. Sept. 28...... P. H. Food Bank pick up - P. H. Community Church, Noon Tues. Sept. 29...... P. H. Women’s Connection Start/Lunch - P. H. School of Music, 10 a.m. Wed. Sept. 30...... Area A Advisory Planning Commission - P. H. School of Music, 7 p.m.

FERRY DEPARTURES Effective June 30 - September 7

Crossing time: Langdale 40 min./Earl’s Cove 50 min. Ticket sales end 10 min. before sailing for foot passengers, 5 min. before for vehicles. See www.bcferries.com for information on added sailings during peak periods. Langdale Horseshoe Bay Earl’s Cove Saltery Bay 6:20 a.m. 7:25 a.m. 8:15 a.m. 7:15 a.m. 7:55 a.m. (Sat only) 9:00 a.m. (Sat only) 8:30 a.m. 9:40 a.m. 10:35 a.m. 9:25 a.m. 10:05 a.m. (Sat only) 11:10 a.m. (Sat only) 12:50 p.m. 11:40 a.m. 10:50 a.m. 12:00 p.m. 3:10 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m. 1:35 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 2:15 p.m. (Daily except Sat) 5:35 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 1:05 p.m. (Daily except Sat) • 3:45 p.m. 7:40 p.m. 6:40 p.m. • 2:40 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 9:35 p.m. 8:35 p.m. 3:25 p.m. ♦ 5:50 p.m. ♦ 4:45 p.m. 6:35 p.m. 11:25 p.m. 10:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. ♣ 7:55 p.m. ♣ 6:55 p.m. 8:40 p.m. 7:35 p.m. 10:35 p.m. 9:40 p.m.

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