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Clockwise from top, centre: Amanda Hoy, Kara Anderson, Katrina Villadsen , Rosie Wallace, Carlee Wallace, Kelsey Mech, Megan Robinson, Fiona Munro, and Nina Fletcher at a basketball ;amboree.

Michelle Mech photo ~~ ______is_ la_n~d~~ _ne_w_s______Housing meeting looks at low-cost alternatives

by Judy Harper committee will be looking at co­ nightmare of constantly having to ly had to "make do," would guar­ land lifestyle, and could also be a At an Affordable Housing op and affordable housing models move on for one reason or anoth­ antee the sustainability of the model for all future develop­ Meeting at Salt Spring Island in other parts of B.C. , and devel­ er, and allow them to plant a gar­ project. ments. Communitv Se1vices Centre last oping a plan over the next few den, or otherwise improve their The tentative plan is for small Anyone interested in contribut­ week, Ellen Garvie listened to months in the hopes of securing a homes. This stability, generated clusters of aesthetically pleasing ing to this project is invited to call complaints and possible solutions funding proposal at the end -of by the ideal of empowering the housing which complement the Salt Spring Island Community from a dozen concerned citizens June. less fortunate who have previous- natural environment and · the Is- Services at .537-9971 . who have experienced ongoing She will be working with an ad­ problems in rental situations on visory committee made up of vol­ Salt Spring. The grievances cen­ unteers who have a had personal Iron Maiden Mark II tered primarily around severe experience in this area or have rental shortages and renters who · been involved in the past with al­ currentlv live in substandard and ternative housing research. Sever­ Cat trapper strikes yet again e,·en d <~ngerous conditions be­ al p eople who atte nded last cause thev can't afford better. week's meeting signed on as com­ by Graham MacSid.mming trap, and yet was·already in the process of construct­ The de;nographics most affect­ mittee members but more help is Salt Spring residents, particularly cat owners, are ing "Iron Maiden Mark II." He has now trapped his eel by this situation are single in­ welcome. coming to know of an extremely adamant gentleman neighbour's cat again, and she has dealt with the sit­ com e families and handicapped The 5 ..5 acre parcel of land who, in the name of trapping raccoons who damage uation accordingly. people who have no hope of ei­ which the Committee is looking his garden, is also trapping his neighbours' cats. His Salt Spring CRD animal control officer Wolfgang ther owning their own home or of at for a potential building site was homemade "Iron Maiden" trap, supposedly re­ Brunnheiser has already informed the public that if aspiring to living conditions which bequeathed to the Catholic Dio­ moved and replaced by a legal cage-type trap, has al­ cats on their property are an annoyance, their legal are taken for granted by many cese by a previous owner and has ready had its "Mark II" model constructed. responsibility is to inform their neighbours and the who do not experience the same a covenant on the property which The problem with the original trap was that the general public that they are trapping cats. He is in­ degree of financial hardship. Ex­ stipulates that it mu'st be used for man had constructed a wooden foundation for the forming cat owners that their best approach is to col­ trap with the nails used for the piece protruding up­ isting affordable housing opportu­ affordable housing. lar their cats , because this confirms immediately that nities are currently only available wards, resulting in potentially lethal spikes which The committee brainstormed a the animal is not a stray. Even better, owners can ID on Salt Spring to those over 55 number of housing models , in­ could cause deep flesh wounds or even possibly im­ tag their cats. Realizing that some cats will tear col­ vears old. cluding the possiblilty of afford­ pale the animal. Not only an inhumane trap for rac­ lars off, he suggested it is best to check up with him . Ell en Garvie is the Co-ordina­ able ownership, which would help coons, understandably this has the gentleman's tor/Researcher for the Affordable to instill a "pride of place" in all cat-owning neighbour slightly frustrated and ex­ frequently if a cat goes missing. Brunnheiser can be Housing Committee spearheaded occupants whether temporary or temely anxious. The cat owner, in response to her reached at any time at 537-9414. by Salt Spring Community Ser­ permanent. Another wish which pet's initial ordeal, dragged the trap home and Cat[lie Newman, SPCA president, recommends vices. Funded by an $18,000 re­ arose repeatedly at the meeting turned it over to SSI's CRD animal control officer. ear tattooing if pets refuse their collars. Issuing a search grant from the Ministry for was safety for everyone and secu­ The officer found this trap to be, for all intents and warning to Maliview residents, she recommends Community Development Co-op­ rity in long term occupancy, purposes, illegal, and offered the cat-trapping neigh­ neutering males, and notes that mating season erative s and Volunteerism, the which would alleviate the renters' bour a legal alternative. The man retained this legal (spring), can be offensive even to cat-lovers .

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2 T.UESDAY, MARCH 20,2001 • 'the :Un,:r:n.n,cl.e ~~ + Quality 'P --.(1....__ ' ___...,~ Y by Peggy Abrahams born ,in Scotland, grew up be a big change," he said. 'Til hard] when you have a full­ 140 Fulford Ganges A new manager will take in England, and has lived in certainly miss some aspects time job." 537-5882 the helm at North Salt various countries in Africa. of it, some aspects I won't... A Salt Spring resident for Spting Waterworks District He became a Canadian cit­ the politics, the responsibili­ 53 years, Larmour was born (NSSWD) next month, as izen almost five years ago. ty.. .it'll be a weight off. in Vancouver. He said he long time manager Mike Now, Hutton said he is "It's just a series of ongo­ started working for NSS­ Larmour prepares to resign looking forward to his new ing challenges," he added, WD part-time outside, and the end of April. Incoming position on Salt Spring. referring to some of the re­ the position grew from manager, Trevor Hutton, "It looks like quite an in­ cent water management there. Today, the NSSWD joins NSSWD April1, where teresting job, with quite a crises locally and nationally. is the largest water district he will spend a month work­ lot happening in the fu­ "You deal with one and an­ on Salt Spring, and the ing with Larmour before ture ... I'm looking forward other one pops up ... some manager is responsible for taking over on his own. -to the lifestyle as well. I like don't go away... like the wa­ operations and mainte­ Hutton is a mechanical the small town rural feel­ ter quality issue. It's just be­ nance, finances , water qual­ engineer with extensive ex­ ing," he said. coming a bigger issue. Our ity management and perience in the operation NSSWD chair Bob Braun situation for water on the communications -vvith vari­ and maintenance of water said that Hutton is well Island is not very good~I ous levels of government. and waste-water treatment qualified for the job. "We're Retiring North Salt Spring don't think so anyway-and "I learned on the job," he PLEASE SUPPORT plants. He most recently very fortunate to have him ... Waterworks District manager that is a big concern." said. Mike Larmour OUR ADVERTISERS worked for a small, private He's going to be a welcome Larmour does have plans Vancouver company as an addition to our community." He has other things he for his retirement. applications engineer. Pre­ At the same time, Braun wants to do. We're going to ''I'm going to enjoy life viously, Hutton spent 15 commented that Larmour miss him and the communi­ more. I enjoy farming and Income Tax years as water maintenance will be missed. "We're very ty's going to miss him." I've always had a dream of manager for a large region sorry Mike's going to leave, Larmour has been with having a little farm, fixing CANADIAN & AMERICAN of South Africa. Hutton was but appreciate hi? decision. NSSWD for 32 years. "It'll the place up a little bit. [It's Personal & Corporate Tax Preparation JAMES T. FOGARTY Big turnover at Beddis Waterworks Tax Acc~mntant Appointments 653-4692 by Peggy Abrahams for this to happen, very un­ hauling the system, Stevens addition to $20 every sec­ Fogarty Accounting & Tax Services Ltd. Three new trustees were desirable for four trustees said. ' ond month for a maximum elected by acclamation to to leave at once, leaving Stevens, who is also chair­ of 7,000 gallons of water. the Beddis Waterworks only one with any experi­ man of the Salt Spring Is­ The CRD proposal offered IE DO District at a meeting last ence," he said. land Water Districts three options to the Dis- Wednesday, according to Last year, the District had Association, said last year trict. The least expensive •,.;;~~,;;~=.;=;;;=~===~==: trustee Don Stevens. Peter several boil advisories due that the Island's water dis­ upgrade would cost r.l Nuk, Judith Bradley and to concern about the quali­ tricts are facing large ex­ $917,000, and the most Colin Campin join the ty of Cusheon Lake water penses to upgrade their costly option is $3.2 million. board, replacing Conrad and a problem with the The funds would have to be systems. "We're nearing a Koke, George Demery and chlorinator. Like other local borrowed by the District. crisis point on Salt Spring. former chair Jim Sharpe, waterworks districts, the The least costly option who all stepped down for Beddis District obtained a We're faced with really would hit the District's 120 personal reasons. report from the CRD, rec­ heavy e>.:penses to upgrade ratepayers with a yearly Trustee Gerry Kreutzer ommending improvements our system ... Our biggest $1,000 bill. agreed to stand again for and outlining the associated probletn is ·our lakes. They another term, and Stevens costs involved for the CRD haven't been protected," he has another year before his to upgrade and operate said. term expires. The large these systems. When the Stevens said at the time turnover creates some in­ new board of trustees con­ that the big stumbling block SALTSPRING ISLAND stability for the beleagured venes for its first meeting, it is the cost. Currently, Bed­ FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT water district, according to is expected that a decision dis ratepayers pay an annu­ Stevens. "It's very unusual will be made about over- al $230 parcel tax in ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING SALT SPRING ISLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 1.To receive the report of the Thesday, March 27, 2001 at 8:00p.m. Chairman of the Library Board Notice of FIRE HALL #1, 105 LOWER GANGES ROAD ANNUAL GENERAL 2.To receive the reports of the tary, the Treasurer & others. Agenda MEETING 3.To elect the requisite number of The Annual General Meeting of the members of the Board of 1. Minutes from last A.G.M. 5. Volunteer Fire Fighters Report Salt Spring Island management for 2001 to fill the 2. Financial Report 6. Election of Trustees cancies thereon. Public Library Association 3. Chairman's Report (two for 3 years) will be held in the downstairs hall, 4.To transact such other business Ganges United Church on as may arise. 4. Fire Chief's Report 7. 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FIRE!- comes to o The old morgue The Barnacle uses newsprint containing a minimum { building (located l-4 % recycled paper & is printed with non-toxic soy ink. i!h on the hill be­ ca ble -:g hind jackson ..0 by Sue Hiscocks 2 Avenue} was The presentations of two 0 torn down and very informative speakers i burned Monday who participated in the Cli­ mate Change Conference last spring in Victoria will Education, family values be shown March 26 at 7:00 p.m. on Salt Spring Cable, and again the following key to Sam'S campaign week. Dr. Richard Gammon, o/o by Cam e ron Smith er, Sam decided to accept Professor of Oceanography Paul Sam is a forward­ the NDP nomination be­ and Atmospheric Sciences OFF thinking man, concerned cause he wanted to "get in­ at University of Washing­ Carpet, about education and instill­ volved ." Although h e Upholstery ing the right values in acknowledged that the party ton, discusses, with charts & Vehicle today's children-"tomor­ is going through some hard and graphs, changes in tem­ perature levels in the ocean DAVE THATCHER Cleaning row's leaders." times, he said he agreed with "It's really important what tl1e party's emphasis on fam­ and atmosphere, past his­ Gulf Islands our children are going to be ily values. And rather than toric patterns and future learning," said the recently­ concentrate on the past, he predictions regarding ice nominated NDP candidate continued, he wanted to talk ages, erratic weather pat­ CARPET CARE for Saanich-North and tl1e Is­ about "today and tomorrow" terns, animal and insect mi­ lands, in an interview with the in what he said would be a grations, health, etc. Barnacle. "What kind of val­ grassroots campaign. Dr. Peter Bunyard, au­ ues about life are we teaching He said that having grown thor of The Ecologist Jour­ NDP candidate Paul Sam them? Looking in the long­ up in a fishing family, the nal in the U.K., looks at term, we have to be address­ Sam is the Chief Execu­ fishing industry and the en­ interconnecting factors in ing that value system." t ive Officer for t he vironment in general is an­ the creation of weather­ NIUfU,O Child and Fami­ other of his priorities and particularly originating at ly Services Agency, serving the state of the health care the equator, changing forest six First Nations in the Vic­ system is also of concern. and coastal regions and life­ toria area. He has worked as "The health system needs sustaining systems. a social worker/administra­ to be looked after," he said. They both offer ir­ tor for various First Nations "If we don't have a healthy refutable evidence, with in the area, with the Canada community, what's to be­ numerous examples, of how Employment and Immigra­ come of us?" weather is being altered by tion Commision for 11 A quiet, gentle man, Sam human behaviour-El THE SALT SPRING ISLAND years, and as Education Ad­ continued to emphasize, Nino is just one example. ministrator/Counselor/Co­ during the interview, his Dr. Gammon's tape (Cli­ LOCAL TRUST COMMITTEE ordinator for the Saanich concern for society's chil­ mate Change) is also avail­ announces Indian School Board and dren and their upbringing. able, free of charge, at the Institute of Indiginous He said that win or lose in "FIRST READING" Island Star Video, Patter­ Governments Programmes. the upcoming election, he son's store, and the library­ OF He also served four years will continue to work with in Ganges. Please feel free as a councillor for the the community and the to copy and circulate this vi­ BYLAW NO. 355 constituency on a "one-on­ Tsartlip First Nation. tal information to your per­ one" basis. A NEW LAND USE BYLAW . A long-time NDP support- sonal friends , relatives, and FOR THE associations here, ·and in particular, to other coun­ SALT SPRING ISLAND TRUST AREA N OF THE EARTH tries where it's difficult to learn the truth of the situa­ The Proposed Bylaw will eventually replace existing Zoning and tion. If you'd like to sponsor S11bdivision Bylaws for Salt Spring, Deadman, First Sister, Goat, tapes, or help the cause, Second Sister, and Third Sister Islands and surroul)ding islets and wa­ leave word at 653-2072. Environmental There is also a meeting ters within Electoral Area "F" of the Capital Regional District. Oth­ this week (in Whitehorse) er islands within the Salt Spring Island Trust Area will be covered by Activities and Nature Studies twith Celtic and Native to discuss climate changes a separate Bylaw. stories and.teachings. in the North. As one Native hunter said in the film Inu­ Copies of the Proposed Bylaw can be obtained from the Islands Trust it Observations , we can 't \)\\\~:.~ a\ ~\l\.\~ \'2\)() (J~a~:~ \l()\.\\\. ~C\_\l'a.~~' Gaw~,e-'2., a\\~T ~~bTuaT~ 'l: e'dU t\'\e ""'ea\.\'\e'l: \iKe we 28th. Please note the office hours are 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. It can used to ... my ancestors also be read after February 28th at the Mary Hawkins Library in moved with the seasons; the Ganges, and will be available soon on the Islands Trust Website: permafrost is melting, the ice is thinner, more drifts. www.islandstrust.bc.ca The musk ox don't know Following further public input, a formal Public Hearing will be what to do. The people feel like canaries in a coal scheduled. mine-what will happen to Please contact the Islands Trust Office at 537-9144 for further us if we can't rely on our in­ information. stincts?" They speak for us all.

4 TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 2001 • -the :Ua,:r:n.a,c:J.e ~']; ------~______is_ l_a__ n _d__ ~~ _n_e__~ _s______~------Burgoyne walking tour exposes hidden values

by Peggy Abrahams gion, including the culture of First He e>..-plained that the Ma>..well On Saturday, a walking tour or­ Nations people who lived there, brothers, early settlers, brought ganized by Nina Ragin sky and and the exploits of early immi­ the first industrial logging equip­ Ch1is Arnett under the auspices of grants who settled the area. Arnett ment to the area in 1881. The the Salt Sp1ing Trail and Nature said the First Nations people lived steam-powered machine was an Club meandered through the his­ on Salt Spring, although perhaps early version of today's feller­ tory of scenic Burgoyne Bay. Six­ not year round. "Indians lived buncher. They employed steam­ teen people joined Arnett and here. Artifacts have been found powered saws and a winch that Raginsky for an inside look at the from 4,000 years ago," he said. took out the stumps. Arnett em­ history, geography and biology of Arnett also pointed out local phasized that the resulting pastoral this heritage area. landmarks and the myths devel­ land is unlike any other park set­ The clock is ticking while Ragin­ oped by First Nations people to ting on the Island, and part of a sky continues her effort to raise e>..-plain features of the land. Indi­ valuable legacy which should be funds to covenant old growth trees cating the mountains overlooking preserved. "There are no open on two histmically and ecologically Duncan and Chemainis, visible fields on Salt Spring. We need Nina Raginsky (far right) and Chris Arnett (pointing) with walking group in valuable 100-acre lots in the Bur­ from the Burgoyne Bay Road them," he added. front of the old root cellar, buit in 190 I. goyne Bay area, owned by Texada · across Georgia Strait, Arnett ex­ Raginsky stopped to point out Land Corp. The company agreed plained that according to native botanical features of the parcels, April 2. They logged five per cent, the sea. She e>..-plained that when to halt logging until April 2 on mythology, the first people landed such as nettles, used for making but we stopped them." streams are diverted from their these lots at Raginsky's request, to from the sky from these mountain­ tea and nettle soup,· Indian plum, Later, Raginsky alluded to her natural course for human use, they allow time for 6mdraising. tops. According to legend, "all peo­ maples and the old yew tree. She larger goal, to create a national are lost to the birds and fish that As of Saturday, Raginsky said she ple are the descendants of these also showed the group a patch of park on the historically significant rely on them. had raised $35,000 toward the first people who descended from wild scented violets pee king site, embracing both cultural and At the end of the walk, the group $200,000 price tag to preserve the the sky," he said. through the grass. Several times ecological biodiversity. stopped at a spot overlooking the remaining old growth trees. Un­ In addition to the heritage of she mentioned the discovery on The group was lucky enough to Burgoyne Bay, where salicomia, or daunted at her task, Raginsky said First Nations people, dating back the property of Garry oak mead­ spot rare birds during the after­ sea asparagus, flourished in the that her ultimate vision is a world some 4,000 years, Arnett talked ows, an endangered habitat. noon walk, as we watched a beau­ water. Salicornia only grows when class heritage park that incorpo­ about more recent history. Point­ Pointing out the old growth tiful red headed sapsucker and his there is an influx of fresh water rates pastoral fields, forest, and ing out fields along the roadside trees bordering one side of the mate on a tree trunk. Raginsky also into the sea from a stream running creeks rolling down to the sea. dotted with sheep, Arnett said, road, Raginsky said: "We stopped showed the group the natural in, Raginsky said. Saturday's walking tour e m­ "This land, now agricultural, was them. All of this would have been course of a stream that came down "It's sacred. Very important for braced the rich history of the re- once heavily forested." logged, but it's been stopped 'til from Mt. Ma>..~ell emptying into birds," she added.

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I'm Cr.qc king Up Seldom have we been so moved by a film. Seldom have we bothered to watch a film a second time, let ~:::::: alone a third or fourth time. But this film is quite extraordinary, from its open­ ing scenic shots to the final, contemplative closing sequences. Ransen has it all here: great cinematog­ ~~' :::; raphy, action (even a car chase! ), tragedy, comedy, ) ;~ and his own steady, almost soothing narrative that I ties it all together. But what this film has more than anything else is raw emotion. As viewers, we are taken on an emo­ tional rollercoaster ride, as we experience the in­ tense anger and frustration of both the protesters and the loggers, the despair of the hiker standing amidst the rubble of a former forest, fear and ex­ hilaration as B. Nevill faces down the massive log­ ging truck and the cool, calculated logic of the businessmen explaining their position and the eco­ nomics of the situation. The ride ends with resigna­ tion and hope. But wait! This ride i~ not over. Indeed, this amaz­ ing film may be starting us on yet another ~ound on the rollercoaster. For if you thought that, Briony's nu"'de ride through downtown Vancouver brought a lot of attention to our Island, wait until this hits the CBC'airwaves next week. Is1anders get to view the film this weekend at Art­ Spring (don't bother to call- both screenings are filled). But next week, on March 28 and then again on April l, CBC will air the film coast-to-coast. And while there's no nudity in Ransen's film-shooting was finished long before the Vancouver ride-the emotional power of the film is going to hit hard in living rooms, the boardrooms and the newsrooms of the country. Ransen says that as he was making the film he was thinking about more than just the fact that some people bought a large chunk of Salt Spring and are logging it. He was thinking, he says, about the lack of community control that the situation exposed. He says he made the film with the hope of encour­ aging people in communities everywhere to take ' action towards retaining or regaining control over their own lives. We're not sure how well that message actually comes across in the film. But we are sure that it is going to encourage a great deal of discussion and debate and that Salt Spring and Salt Spring Is­ landers are going to be near the focus of those dis­ We encourage your submissions on any subject, but please include your name, address and Publisher Jeff Outerbridge phone number. We reserve the right to edit submissions for accuracy, brevity, clarity and legal cussions. ~u~!;r!.~Ie obligations. Please keep submissions to 300 words or less. The publisher cannot be responsible Editor Cameron Smith for unsoficited manuscripts, photographs, or artwork. All letters become the property of The We predict that it's going to be a wild summer as A publication of Barnacle Press Ltd. Bamacle. 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GAistep to teed Annual Income, (GAl ), But where the money will Sustainable Salt Spring Advi­ in last weeks' Commentary, come from is the obvious sory Committee consists of true democracy "It's not welfare, it's our question. As already indicat­ representatives of organiza­ Art Morton's article con­ light." ed, $3.5 billion already exists tions and sectors on the Is­ ct-> rning a Guaranteed Annu­ The GAl, or social credit, is in our current benefit system land that have an interest in al Wage, which appeared in a part of a comprehensive anti­ to adequately support 7.5% in the local economy. Commit­ recent Barnacle, is timely poverty strategy that will be our society who are most vul­ tee members include: Mag­ and persuasive . Such a meas­ part of the Green Party elec­ nerable. That doesn't include gie Allison, Kellie Booth, ure could point us in the di­ tion platform, about to be re­ the heavy bureaucratic cost Ruth-Ann Broad, Lynne rection of true democracy. It leased. By working with the that could be saved, that cur­ Brown, Lorna Cammaert, could be fo ll owed by elec­ Federal government, Green rently exists to provide these Russ Crouse, Jewell Eld­ toral reform and proportion­ MLAs will work toward benefits . Finding more de­ strom, Me ror Kraye noff, al representation. streamlining a fractured ar­ pends upon how we account Doug Mitchell and Tony I am d ipping my copy and ray of social assistance pro­ for the savings and benefits of Threlfall. sending it to Prime Minister g_ram s into an in co m e a more comprehensive GAl, The project, funded by Hu­ Chreti en, having made two program that will eliminate and also by taking a hard look man Resources D eve lop­ copi es to forward to Han. we lfare d ep e nde n cy and at who is benefiting from the ment Canada, is to develop a Paul Martin and Han. Gmy poverty. Poverty is one of the wealth of B.C, and claiming detailed picture of the local Lunn. Then, I am going to key determinants of health as our dividend. economy and to make recom­ phone the Raging Grannies identified by Health Canada. ANDREW LEWIS, mendations that would sup­ By eliminating poverty, we port increased employment and beg them to base one of Green Party candidate, their wonderful songs on the relieve a major financial bur­ opportunities. At the end of GAL When they are ready to den to our health care system Saanich North-Islands the project there will be a record it, we can send a disc and other social services. public meeting presenting a to eve1y member of parlia­ The gap between the rich Sustainability summary of the information ment, especially the cabinet. and the poor in our society is confusion learned, recommendations I have read the Schutz wide ning, and costs that and proposed future initia­ book that Art refers to. It is should be spread ac ross For the past 10 months I tives. logical and concise and easy society are being increasingly have been working with the ELLEN GARVIE to read. Why don't we ask the offloaded to the poor and Economic Growth for a Sus­ libnuy to buy a copy? disadvantaged. For example, tainable Salt Spring Advisory Committee, on a project to Great kids Thank you, Art. Thank you 131,000 children in British A journal as literary as the Barnacle can be found in the most Barnacle. Columbia, or one in six kids, develop an economic profile What great young people unusual places. Take, for example, Mount Bruce, near Welling· for the Island. The name of MAGGIE SCHUBART are living in pove1ty today. we are blessed with on our ton, New Zealand, known locally as Nga Mokopuno a Tone . The causes of poverty are this committee is easily con­ beautiful Island. syste mic, base d not upon fused with the Sustainable We had the pleasure of GArs time has poor choices, but upon lack Salt Spring Island Coalition, meeting with quite a number March 8. were. If they are representa­ come of choices. Addressing sys­ but the two groups are differ­ of them at the International What a well-mannered, ar­ tive of our Island kids-as I'm ticulate, sensitive group they te mic sources of injustice ent and although they may Women's Day celebration, see MAILBO~ p 8 I was delighted to read Art and pove1ty is a fundamental share some similar interests, Morton's opinion piece in aspect of building a sustain­ they are not related. this week's Barnacle. I agree able, healthy society. E conomic Growth for a [@~~/Rl[@ + Catalogue absolutely that the gum·an­ teed annual income is an idea whose time has come. When we think of the works of art and lite rature that might have been, the beauti­ ful gardens never created or woodlands never protected, th e education not achieved and the children inadequately cared for-all in the name of needing to survive financial­ ly-we can begin to under­ stand what a guaranteed HOROSCOPE FOR THE WEEK annual income would permit. Hu ndreds of maraud ing sheep will come out of the Additional benefits would in­ di stant hills th is week and make manure of many of your When placing your order, state this Bonus Offer Number: dude freedom from fear and dreams. It can't be helped. It's li fe's great lesson that freedom to choose. noth ing stays- the same and to believe otherwi se mea ns 941612 259 It is hard to imagine what th at your feet are stuck fi rmly in the mud of old habits and argument there can be fo r putting it off much longer, old ways of thinking. If life is a bird on the wing, is thi s Valid ONLY on the following Fall catalogues: particularly since prototype where you want to be? To li ghten up you should go to studies suggest that the econ­ your closets and basements and give away all those things omy becomes healthier when th at you no longer need. Oddl y, now th at you have less citizens have a little some­ things to be attached to, you have more space in your thing to spend. mind . By giving you have recei ved and now there is room Art puts it well when he de­ fo r the un ex pected, the miracle. Where you were, you're scribes a GA l as something not and where you're not, is where the Dali Lambo hides FALL & WINTER BIG SALE WOW WHAT FALL HALF PRICE that should be a birthright, as all hi s cand ies. A SALE SPECTACULAR surely as clean air, pure wa­ te r. health care and educa­ ti on. 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'the :U-.:riuoa.cl.e • TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 2001 ~ ----~------En__a __ i_l ~_b_o_~__. ______.'.IAILBOX cont'dfrom p7 here that have helped us to and the Old Age pensioners were as many as 40 different sure thev are-we would be feel happiness and added have offered their hall to sen­ showcases of musical talent proud to. take them anywhere. fulfillment in our lives. The iors groups who occasionally from Canada and around the Hugs to all our young folks. commitment to our environ­ are bumped from their regu­ world, not to mention the in­ ment is one of the qualities lar meeting time . Both numerable pe rformances LOU RUMSEY that we have most appreciat­ That's exactly your prob­ The board of directors groups declined-they would happening in every room on for the Raging Grannies ed about the residents of lem: it's not so much that you have lost all respect of the rather cancel their program six floors of the Hyatt H otel~ this beautiful island. detest nude 16-year-olds, ac­ hundreds of members that than become involved with I also had the opportunity We have bad heard much Central Hall under its pres­ Shh! Heron fishing cording to your statement, have joined over the y~ars. In to meet agents and managers about our individual respon­ but the flabby, middle-aged fact, the board no longer ent governing body. There is and talk to other Festival In just a few short years, sibility to protect this piece crones with unpredictable records membership names. so much residual bitterness Artistic Directors abou t the number of nesting pairs of paradise for our future lines and curves. That method eliminates the formed by the backroom ma­ booking some of the great of Great Blue Herons at Salt generations and ourselves. I feel sorry for your wife. need to canvas for nomina­ noeuvres of the unholy al­ talent travelling our way this Spring's McFadden Creek We have seen many acts of By the way, what have you tions .from membership; just liance of the Hall Society and summer. In the works is a he ronry (officially recog­ p e rsonal sacrifice and done to save the forest from choose those approved by Golden Hands from the past. community celebration of ni zed as one of Canada's im­ courage as residents try to clearcutting lately? the board and register at the A large donation of$15,000 music, at an outdoor loca­ portant bird sites) has grown find a way to express a deep­ Remember: our/your chil­ meetings if they vote accord­ bypassed Central Hall and tion, that \viii feature at least from L6 to 138. This is felt need to, stop the destruc­ dren will have no forest to ing to the board's program. was given to another seniors one big headliner act, family something just short of tion of that which gives our wande r in. This is what It is distressing to witness organization for that same entertainment, and a lot of miraculous since, sad to say, lives beauty and security. our/your socie ty doe s to the downfall of the Central reason three years ago. fun in the sun. their numbers are low else­ Sadly, too many of these ef­ our/your future! Hall. Rentals are at their low­ I neglected to count the Confirmed to date at Art­ where. These days, only forts focus on the short-term By the way, I am a 65-year­ est ever. There are only two Salt Spring Historical Society Spring in early July is an orig­ about 8.000 of our Pacific goal of saving our forests and old crone, blessed with a regular tenants: the cinema monthly meeting at Central inal theatre production by coast subspecies (Ardea thus lose sight of the much Hall, bringing the total of hang belly and crooked toes. and square dancers. I believe Ron Max, and a show by the herodias fanini ) can be more important goal of sav­ three regular rentals. I stood up proudly for my the hall has only been rented Salt Spring Hysteria! Society. found in their entire range ing us from the spiritual principles. twice in the past- 12 months RON H. MILTON from California to Alaska. wasteland that surrounds us. The festival is moving in a to other organizations. Other Pmt of the problem is the I applaud the courage of OLGA VIRLY new direction and we wel­ Island halls are busy with unce1taintv of their food sup­ those who felt they needed New direction come community input. community events. Fulford ply. Finding enough noUJish­ to bare their bodies to save Come to our annual gener­ SIN Hall is well booked with reg­ for festival ment to keep themselves and our forests, but I despair al meeting Thursday, March The Saltspring Island Na­ ular programs and the Save their young alive is hard, over the shortsightedness of The Salt Spring Festival of 22, at 7:30 p.m. at the Core tion (SIN) concept is not Salt Spring Campaign. Hart chancy work. It takes many, those same ones who feel the Arts is gearing up for a Inn (second .floor) and share about anti-Canadianism or _Bradley Hall is increasing its many, many little fish like gun­ that by baring all, they are new and exciting season. At­ your ideas and suggestions. even anti-Americanism for bookings as is Meaden Hall, nels, shiner perch and other saving anything of worth. tending the I nternational This is our F estival and that matter; we must come to­ and church halls, and private such small fry, their usual Surely, as a society, our first Folk Alliance Conference in everyone is welcome. gether as neighbours in order studios such as Cats Pajamas prey, to fuel birds as large as priority must be the dignity Vancouver last month was a PATRICIA NOBILE to protect our community. are all on an upward trend. herons- and provide the gro­ and spirituality of every indi­ truly inspiring ex'Perience. At The naive concept of a "one Central Hall offered free SS Festival Artistic celies for their big, grabby ba­ vidual. Sensualizing a meri­ any given time in the evening world" govemment is a dan­ time for town hall meetings Director/Co-ordinator bies hack in the nest as well. torious goal only degrades us and into the wee hours, there gerous myth- so too is ,the Great look so calm all and surely sends a de­ idea that we want independ­ and still as they stand waiting structive message to that ence just to grow marijuana. and watching in the shallows generation who are tryi ng God planted a garden for near shore. It's tempting to desperately to find an anchor Adam and Eve-secular hu­ try and get dose. But if.it's of truth in this world of lies manism has destroyed the been a had fishing day, they and false illusions. foundation for a moral socie­ may be desperately hungry. Surely let us'save our forests, ty based on law. It's- crucial not to disturb and rivers and lakes. But let us them when they are trying to put as our prime priority, one PETER RAMSEY nab their darting dinner. of saving that which is our It's a beautiful sight to see most wmth: our spiritual na­ Central Hall them take wing, but every tures. Let us become as vigi­ a mess flight burns up vital calories, hmt and dedicated to rooting the energy they need for liv­ out those despoilers of our in­ Central Hall: what ever ing- so e_very flight has to be ner worth as we are those de­ happened to the "communi­ paid for with a new intake of spoilers of our forests. ty" involvement in the man­ f'ood . And each time they LORI KEITH agement of the hall as in are f'orced off a feeding site, years past? they lose precious fishing The first time I attended an time while thev search for Facts about annual general meeting of another promis{ng spot. nude calendar the Central Community Hall You can do o ur wide­ Society was April, 1992. Over winged fri ends a great se1vice Mr. Dennis McKay, while a hundred of the community by passing on the message: you were so busy procreating attended, many joined the pl ease keep your distance in your bedroom, aiming for society; there were nomina­ from Great Blue H erons morally fit, sexually active tions from the floor to fill va­ while they are looking for and responsible offspring, cancie s on the board of food . That goes for dogs as you conve nie ntly forgot directors, even voting for the well as' people. It is especial­ about the rest of humanity. different delegates. lv critical from Mav to Au­ Let me inform you that Since then, interest has gust. when the you;1g are in while evolving from hai1y ape sagged. The last AGM of the nest or just learning the to high fashion model, nudity April, 2000 saw 15 present, trickv business of fishing for has always played a vital role. the poorest turnout ever for a themselves. but it is impor­ Were it to carve a Greek god­ Sunday afternoon AGM. Sev­ tant to respect the needs of dess in stone, portray a Rube­ en of the ten board of direc­ 11Lmpy he1:ons all year round. nesque figure on canvas, or tors, the hall manager, and a JUDI STEVENSON adorn the Catholic churches "voting block" of six from Waterbird Watch with well-shaped angels; and Golden Hands, and myself. A even Picasso had his own ex­ -similar arrangement as the ------~ Collective pression about a nude model. 1999 AGM. All ten board FLAG CONTEST ENTRY FORM Let's not forget the "kiss­ members were reshuffied to Attach this form to your entry in the flag contest, and deposit in the Flag Despoiling my-ass" ceremony per­ fill the board of directors, all Box at the Visitor Information Centre, 121 Lower Ganges Rd. the inner worth form ed by Scottish soldiers elected by acclamation follow­ facing their enemy on the ing the agenda of the meeting NAM E ______We moved to Salt Spring a b

~ TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 2001 • ~he :Un,:r:n_n,cl.e ~~ ______i_s_l_a_Il __ d_ ~~ ·_Il_e__~ __s ____ ~------~------The Uiial defence: I'm not responsible Environmental ethics workshop starts Thursday ~ _ J T f _,~.,/.7" of the ruling, the NDP for all we know, fast asleep ~ f ~v,.. • • would admit defeat and set- on the floor under the Cab- by Gail Trafford The classes will explore . ·~/J AA _ W '-11 tle. But no. Mr. Dosanjh ap- inet table. But he is notre- Bob Weeden will lead an the three streams of thought ...W~ ~ 'CN pealed the ruling (later sponsible: he didn't know, environmental ethics work- that have influenced man's claiming that he had only nobody told him. shop for four Thursdays relation to the natural world I could­ timistic" revenue forecasts. cursorily read the briefing So it appears the party is starting this week. Weeden for the last 500 years: reli­ """"'""'"---'--__.._ _, n ' t h e ] p And lest we forget, there n otes! ) a nd PrePared t 0 is a 20-year veteran teacher gion, science and capitalism. feeling, as I watched news is the Carrier Lumber fias- stretched the run on Mr. from the University of Alas- The aim of the course is to of the enqui1y into an On­ co, where the NDP was case out for an- Dosanjh's rep- ka who preceded that term help people think about tario infant's death, that I found to have illegally re- other year and a utation rro r b e- with a 30-year career as a their own beliefs and how had heard the mother's ali­ neged on timber cutting h a If-Ion g f u d d 1 e d professional scientist in they affect decision-making. bis before. She didn't know rights held by Carrier Lum- enough for Car- d Alaska. The course will limited to how to feed her baby prop­ ber in the Cariboo- rier'sownerBill isengage - Weeden taught land use 12 participants and will be erly, she said. Nobody told Chilcotin area to placate Kordyban Sr. to ment, against planning, environmental law held at ArtSpring ,starting her that infants need regu­ two native bands. They have died in the Mr. Campbell's and natural resource law. In Thursday, March 22. The lar feedings. It's not my were also found by B.C. interim. reputation as the spring ofl990, he put to- cost is $20 for Conse1vancy fault, even though I lied Supreme Court Justice The Premier's an evil puppet gether a fifteen-hour course members and $25 for non­ about his weight. I didn't Glen Parrett to have subse- response to of the corpo- on environmental ethics. For members. Call Jean Gelwicks' know any better. I'm not quently conducted "an ac- these issues is rate e I it e · A this workshop, he is modern- at 537-4859 or Bob Weeden responsible. tive and deliberate attempt invariably a tale of two izingthatcourse. at 537-5403 for information. And then it struck me­ to suppress documents and w i d e - e y e d d u m m i e s : it's the Ujjal Dosanjh de­ withhold evidence." "Who me?" ex- Mortimer Snerd, long- M or timer time companion to fense. At the time this judge- pression. A sort ventriloquist Edgar Snerd versus Mr. Dosanjh has said the ment was handed down, of affronted Bergen. Chucky. coming election is about July 1999, Mr. Dosanjh was naivete. After Few will be choices. He's right about Attorney-General. One all, h e may have b een fooled. Choices will be that. But it will not be about might have thought that, - gullible, ill-informed, dis­ made. People will choose to his desperate attempt to given the unusually strong . tracted by the lovely view of remember the late Bill pmtray Mr. Campbell as a and unambiguous language Victoria's inner harbour, or, Kordyban Sr. raving anti-abortionist, it will he about the choices . Mr. Dosanjh and the NDP have made in ten years as Alora Griffin is pleased to announce government. she is licensed to practise architecture. Where was Mr. Dosanjh SUIIDAY, .MARCH 25 ' when the decisions were Areas of interest. include residential, made to build the fast fer­ commercial and community buildings. 1o:ooam-4:00pm ries and the Sky Train ex­ tension? Where was he at Ruckle Provincial Park when Glen Clark and Tom Alora Griffin •Ploughing demonstrations by the Gunton drafted the "Fudgit Vancouver Island Draft Horse Club Budget" of 1996? The evi­ AR CHITECT •4-H farm animal display •Blacksmithing dence suggests he was •Farm skills demonstrations •Music & Food there at the cabinet table Alora S. Griffin B.A. B.Arch. MAIBC taking notes, for what is Ganges PO Box 534 Salt Spring Island BC Come and enjoy a Budget 2001, but a reprise V8K 2W2 Phone I Fax 537-1616 {oc;\ of 1996? Both are cynical day at the Park! ~~ email:[email protected] BRITISH docume nts written on a FREE ADMISSION COLUMBIA flimsy tissue of (over-) "op- ~

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B.C. has the potential to be­ Cousins, and they want the com­ co me the Saudi Arabia of the Alternative Sources Part 3: pany to "show us the technolo­ west. A f01tune lies off our coast gy-where it's at, and whether or and around our islands, a source not there are environmental im­ of power at least equivalent to plications." Something Maser ar­ conve ntional hvdroelectric and gues has already been done, many th ermal projects BC Hydro al­ Infinite energy: times over. readv has in place. It could not Cousins also pointed out BC Hy­ onlY supply our electrical re­ dro has offered "funding for re­ quirements for the future, but search on locating a site on provide a much-needed boost for harnessing the tides Vancouver Island." He is referring B.C.'s troubled economy. And to a site near Campbell River the best thing about this power by Dayle Gaetz where BEC is awaiting funding to source is that it is cqmpletely re­ place two 250 kilowatt turbines. newable and environment

MACH INERY ENCLOSU • • Moving water produces no emissions Unlike solar and wind, which are unpredictable are installed directly in the water, generally two or GENERATOR sources of energy, and unlike even hydroelectric more on top of one another (depending on water dams, which depend upon a certain height of water, depth) with a gear box and generator housed above tidal energy harnesses the power of tides and so can the surface. As long as there is five knots of current be accurately calculated far into the future. in either direction, power is being generated. The Davis Hydro Turbine (DHT) depends on mov­ BEC is experimenting with the use of hydrogen ing water, not on the height of tides, which makes it fuel cells to generate power during slack tides in or­ viable in many locations around the world, in rivers as der to keep a consistent flow of electricity feeding well as tidal channels. According to Blue Energy into the grid. This looks to be a perfect partnership Canada (BEC) engineers, tidal energy may be the because hydrogen can be produced as a byproduct WATER "largest untapped renewable energy source on the while the DHT is generating power. F L~W ~ planet. " Because seawater is 832 times as dense as air, From an ecological point of view, because the the kinetic energy from only a five knot ocean current DHT requires no containment area \mel allows the is equal to a wind velocity of 270 kilometres per hour. free flow of water and marine traffic, it creates a Which means an array of D HTs could produce ap­ small footprint wherever it is installed. Another big proximately 180 times the power of either wind or so­ plus is that there are absolutely no greenhouse gas lar technologies over a comparable area. emissions. Being a vertical axis turbine, the DHT has the ad­ BEC believes th~t once in place, the cost "vill be vantage of being "low head." It does not require the competitive with conventional energy sources. high head, or huge vertical drop, of conventional tur­ Dependable, predictable, economical, and ecolog­ Top o Davis Hydro Turb ine {DHT) bines. Therefore, no impoundmenf of water is nec­ ically acceptable, tidal energy may easily be the re­ Bottom o cross-section of the same turbine essary and no dams need to be built. The turbines newable energy wave of the future.

:1..0 TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 2001 • 'the :Ua,ri1La,c1e A!~~brate their 75th anniversary, the Emily Carr Institute will host a young artist exhibition in July and August. When the call for entries went out within B.C., two local artists decided it was worth a try. Ara Matheson and Trinity Forbes, two GISS students, had the guts and now.bask in the glory of having their work accepted to be a part of the show. Only 75 pieces were chosen out of approximately 2000 entries, and only 20 pieces were chosen in the 16-lSyr. old category. The two youths were ecstatic. "It's amazing .. . I was I shocked, actually," quipped Matheson. Forbes was way I ~ ~ Carli will be attending cool about the whole thing, and more than hinted at her' I I 1 I\ RCMP Police Camp later excitement, reporting ''I'm stoked!" ~ I I this week in Shawnigan - I l 'S' The girls' artwork and the rest of the exhibition will I Lake. After submitting her soon (sometime in May) be on the Emily Carr website, \ re~ume, and writing a 2-page ' essay, she was called for an www.eciad.bc.ca. Scope it out! I interview, and subsequently accepted into the week long training program. Congrats!

5. U2 All That You Can't Leave Tyler Morris, with a passion for golf and poised to create a career MUSIC Behind· devoted ro it, recently earned his place on the GISS golf team. T he team, consisting also ofTyee Cook, Jordan Haenen, Mike Horan, and Top 10 6. Coldplay Parachutes Brook Speed, was selected based on three tryouts to determine skill, consistency, attitude, and lowest scores. Coach Rob Griffiths' role is 7. Aerosmith just Push Play keeping them focused on giving it I I Oo/o and taking one hole at a 8. Sade Lovers Rock time, as they start to train for upcoming ro urnaments and a chance Everyday at the end of May ro compete in the provincials in Nelson. Morris will 9. The Beatles 1 be attending Camosun College after graduation ro obtain his profes­ 10. Enya A Day Without Rain sional golf course management certificate. Alright~ tee!

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Are you sure your Estate is in order? Do you know what taxes/fees may apply? Call today. Martin J. Hoogerdyk ~ Berkshire Securities Inc. 225 Connorant Crescent f)I 537-1730 e·mail: ------­'th e :Un,r:n.a,cie • TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 2001 ______en_ t_e_rt_a_inln__e_n_t ~ _a_n_d_--t_h_e_a_r_ts______Boys intellectual ·Antigues 200 1 Roadshow: F~P~ .. . Host has long-time credentials -w~J~T~ by Judy Harper Associates Museum and North Vancouver Museum Just recently, he appraised AI Bowen has been in the Estate Appraisers in Van­ and Archives in 1995. He the silver cross taken from In Curtis Hanson's new film Wonder antique appraisal business couver and the intervening has been a lecturer and the coffin of Louis Riel, Boys, Michael Douglas plays middle­ since the age of 15 when he years have taken him on consultant at the Vancouver which had been sold to a aged W1iting professor Grady Tripp. Grady's wife just left attended an auction and got some fascinating journeys. ' Museum, and has conduct­ Winnipeg book dealer by him, and his highly-anticipated second novel is at 2,600 pages the bug. Shortly after that, He was guest curator for ed appraisals for an impres­ Riel's nephew. Years of work­ with no end in sight. The same night that his editor shows up he moved to England the Vancouver M use,um's sive list of clients as widely ing in the trade have not di­ to check out the manuscript, Grady's student James acciden­ where he worked in the lOOth birthday celebration diverse as Canada Customs, minished his excitement at tally kills Sara's (Frances McDormand) dog. Worse, Sara and trade and rescued antique titled 100 years-A million The Epigraphic Society of each new find, and have Grady are having an affair, and she's pregnant. Even worse, furniture from Guy Fawkes stories in 1994, and also for Florida, and the Doukho­ added to his vast store of his­ Sara's husband is head of the English department. Grady has Day bonfires. Now, he is the Frederick Amess Art bor Village Museum at torical knowledge. With all bigger problems than just writer's block. the proprietor of Bowen & Collection exhibit at the Castlegar. that, he says, he still wishes When Wonder Boys failed to nab an Oscar nomination for his treasures could talk. Best Picture, many film buffs blamed its February release In trade lingo, "col­ date. The Oscars are often criticized for having a short Neighbour stars as sleuth lectibles" originate in the memory, rewarding only those films released in the last few 1950s and 60s, and items be­ months of the year. I don't think that's the reasoning here. Director, producer, and vative way with some acting ensemble (Season come "vintage" at age 50 and Despite the fact that it is a comedy, Wonder Boys is pretty actor Mare k Czuma (a comedic interludes. "I think 2000) and being a founding "antique" at 100 years of age. much an intellectual film. Not because it has an intellectual Galiano Island resident) is this adaptation will be a sur­ me mber of Vancouver's Bowen, who began the An­ message, but because it is about people who are intellectuals. starring as the world-fa­ prise to audience members Bard on the Beach. He has tiques Road Show in 2000, Grady is, of course, a struggling writer, but there is also mous sleuth in the Chemai­ familiar with the original worked with a number of regularly holds clinics at a James' hesitation in facing his OW11 genius, and Sara's pend­ nus Theatre's production of Conan Doyle story," said Canada's most well-known variety of venues around ing embarrassment within the university. These stories aren't Sherlock Holmes' Th e Czuma. "This version in­ theatre companies, includ­ B.C., and says that Salt the kind of thing that Hollywood favours much. Hound of the Baskeroilles cludes psychological 1:\vists ing London's Grand The­ Spring's diversity has proven The two best things about the film are its performances until April14. and turns in the characters atre, Vancouver Playhouse, to be of particular interest. If - especially Michael Douglas playing very much against Czuma is well known to that will astonish!" Czuma Theatre North West, and last year's crowd was any in­ type-and its casual, almost gentle style of comedy. When local theatre artists and pa­ added that the set and cos­ The Shaw. TV credits in­ dication, this year's Antiques James notices the massive pile of paper that is supposed to trons: he has worked exten­ tumes are impressive. clude The X-Files, Dead 2001 Roadshow should be be Grady's next great American novel, he asks, "Is all of sively with Galiano artists Czuma's professional ca­ Man's Gun, Millennium, busy, so arrive early. that single-spaced?" There's a minimum of sarcasm in over the past five years and reer in TV/film and theatre and Viper. Tickets for viewing are $5 James' voice. and you can see the sympathy on his face. is building his career in spans over 13 years. Two of For information and reser­ at the door (appraisal tickets This is the essence of Wonder Boys, a film that lets you Vancouver. His appearance his most notable theatre vations, call the Chemainus are no longer available) and both laugh at and care for its characters at the same time. in the Ghemainus produc­ credits include a member­ Theatre box office at 1-800- the show begins at 10 a.m. on Rating: 14a Running time: 1 hr 52 min tion will be under his pro­ ship in the Shaw Festival 565-7738. March 24 at Meaden Hall. fessional stage name, Mark Wiedman. Set in England, in · 1923, A Song to celebrate Woad the story involves a mysteri­ ous curse that follows the them look war-like. Baskerville family fortune: H~H~· · · There's a good line in death caused by a legendary Shaw's Caesar and phantom hound that prowls -w~H~~ Cleopatra whe n the Dartmoor. Only Holmes, We've missed St. British slave, Britannicus, with the help of his faithful is 1:\vitted about his countrymen using woad. Watson, can stop the beast Patrick's Day now, and He replies to the effect that it's a jolly good and solve the crime. we forgot all about poor cover for the body, and though their ene­ Artistic Director Jeremy St. David of Wales' feast day (March 1), so I mies may strip them of their clothes, they Tow has adapted Sir Arthur thought I'd make up for that by printing an cannot strip them of their dignity. Conan Doyle's most spine­ amusing song that goes to tl1e well-known The song is at least 80 years old, but I chilling mystery in an inno- tune of Men of Harlech. It's called Song of the Ancient Britons, and glorifies woad, the haven't been able to find out anything blue stuff they put on their bodies to make · about the whimsical author. What's the use of wearing braces, Romans came across the Channel, Hats and spats and shoes with laces, All decked up in tin and flannel; These affairs you buy in places Half a pint of Woad per man'll Down on London Road? Dress far more than these. What's the use of shirts of cotton, Saxons, do not waste your stitches Studs that always get forgotten? Building nests for bugs in britches; These affairs are simply rotten; We have nowt to clothe us, which is Better far is Woad. Not a nest for fl eas.

Woad's the stuff to show men! Romans, keep your armours! Woad's to scare your foemen! Saxons, your pyjamas! Boil it to a brilliant hue Hairy coats were made for goats, And rub it on your back and your abdomen! Gorillas, yaks, retriever dogs and llamas! March up Snowdon with your Woad on, Ancient Britons never hit on Never mind if you get rained or blowed on; Anything so fine as Woad to fit on You'll not need a button sewed on; necks or knees or where you sit on­ Tailors can be blowed. Go it, Ancient B's!

. Tues., March 20 • 8:30pm Tues., March 20 • 6:30pm YOGACLASSES ------~-.~~rn ~I- r::-t--~---~ r:;yistration Fri., March 23 • 6:30 &9:00 p.m. Sat. & Sun., Mar. 24 & 25 OPEN DROP-IN classes Mondays- 9-10:30a.m. at Salt Spring Centre (level specific) Sat. - Mon., Mar. 24-26 • 7:00 p.m. • 4:00pm • Thurdays- 6-7:30p.m. at The Bam at Tues., Mar. 27 • 6:30 & 9:00 p.m. Feature-length Disney animation about a $10.00 per class. Beginners welcome. Lane Stu­ bratty young emperor, turned into a llama dio e Ang Lee directs Chow Yun Fat and by his ambitious advisor, who befriends a Celeste Michelle Yeah in spectacular martiai­ · G peasant and seeks a return to his old life. 537-5667 [2"HRS1 arts adventure set in ancient China. The f1HRl Voices by Eartha Kitt, John Goodman ~ stunts will take your breath away! ~ and David Spade

.6 TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 2001 • t h e H a,:r:ru :a,cl.e ______e _n_ te_r_t_a_llllll_· __e_n _t ~ _a_n_d_th_e_-a_r_t_8______Raddysh patch sprouts by Gail Trafford ing for the Red Cross but horne with his own young T he Raddysh Patch is he resigned that job to ful­ children. But this summer sprouting on Salt Spring fill his dream of becoming a he plans to step up the pace and local children are invit­ full-time children's enter­ and will play at children 's ed to pick a crop of crisp, tainer. Still relatively un­ festivals on Vancouver Is­ fresh fun at the Fulford known, he was invited at land and Cranbrook. Hall on April 1, from 2:00 the last minute to replace Islanders ·are invited to to 3:15p.m. Jim Raddysh, a the ailing ·star of the bring the whole family to ten-year veteran television Mackenzie Children's Fes­ this concert. Admission is entertainer from the show tival. Jim was an instant hit $6 each and proceeds will Toon Raiders (broadcast and that song, written for go to the Fulford School from Kamloops) has put the Mackenzie festival, re­ Grade 4/5 trip to Bark­ down new roots on Salt mains his trademark. erville. Tickets are available Spring and Island children Raddysh has had the op­ at the show's sponsors, Fa­ are sure to reap the re­ portunity to work with Mr. bles Cottage, and West of wards. Dress Up, Charlotte Dia­ the Moon, where Raddysh' Raddysh promises an in­ mond, Fred Penner, and Al will give a sneak preview of teractive show with singing, Scott. He is a featured artist his performance on March dancing, juggling, magic on the Rocky Mountain 24 and 31 respectively. tricks and lots of playful ac­ Railroad Tour. For the past Tickets can also be pur­ tivity. Some children from few years Raddysh has tak­ chased at Acoustic Planet, the audience will even have en a break from the promo­ Stuff and Nonsense, and a chance to join him on tion of his career to be Fulford School. stage. The Raddysh Patch SALT SPRING ISLAND (1991), Raddysh's first al­ IS a bum, features nine original Welcome Wagon songs, all with a rock and COMMUNITY ~-;:f; ·\ ..i - -l_ roll twist. At the concert Raddysh will perform these '30·- '----0-J ~ and a new crop songs he has written for his next album. GRAVEL SALES Pe rsonal experie nce in­ 1 730A Fulford-Ganges Rd. spired songs such as Fear­ Owner: jason Fraser less Freddie the Frog, which . Mon.-Fri. 8:00am-4:30pm portrays a huge frog with a Products available Rate per yard broken leg that visited the PIT Raddysh fa.mily's neigh­ RUN 12.00 Call Marlie 3/ 4 ROAD bourhood one summer. Kelsey Hurrah! Hurrah! What a to receive MULCH 17.00 1-Y, DRAIN Wonderful Day is Rad­ your personal ROCK unwashed dysh's trademark song and welcome 20.00 Two revellers get ready for the Erotic Costume Show and Ball to be held at Mahon Hall. along with gifts, OVERSIZED the first to bring h im greetings and ROCK unwashed 11.00 renown. Raddysh wrote wa­ helpful ter safety songs while work- information Fill 6.00 Erotic ball Saturday about your new community. Prices In effect 'til Jan. 31 , 2002 by He lani Davison ular funny man Shilo as M.C. A public •Other products also available Get your most erotic duds out and strut dance will feature D Adams with Global Crombie 537-5261 .... •12 yard trucks can be arranged J •Minimum $10 charge your stuff at the Erotic Costume Show and Groove to include se nsuous Indian ~~COME.,.. • PST & GST extra Ball. Eve~yon e is encouraged to costume rhythms and a black light dancer. show up and express their individual sexual side There will be lots of sexy surprises to . ·Ws~~~N . 5:57-7797 through imagination. keep your libido dancing throughout the Starting at 7:30p.m. on Saturday, March evening, but we have to keep some things ends soon 24. a smorgasbord of titillating things will a secret for now. There are also interesting Art lovers wanting to see be happening at Mahon Hall. There will be prizes to be won in the contests and the Christine Crombie's Empty stilt-walkers, human sculpture, sensuous raffle. Chair exhibition currently massage, reiki, tea leaf readings, tarot read­ Admission is by donation, with a $5 min­ hanging at Moby's Pub have ings, and even an edible body painting con­ imum. All proceeds go to the ASA (Artists only until April 1 to do so. test! Showers are available for the paintees. of Salt Spring Association). The event is li­ Last week's Barnacle had A show will include poetry readings, a censed and catered. Call Oria at 537-6576 reported the wrong ending dance performance, and comedy with pop- for more details. date for the show.

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Violets, pur- ed apple shipp~ng ; it was colored ple, pink, aquamarine by white clamshell de­ white, and yellow, carpet old Is­ . tritus. land orchards. I am rambling over Today, I am carefully crossing land that Ashdown Green, in his the old Stevens farm to the old 1874 survey of Salt Spring Island, King homestead: blue chinadoxis, described as "Howmore's 1877 100-year-old .daffodils, fruit trees, pre-emption-rocky, poor, and a one of the mature weeping elms good cattle run." He was referring on the Island, and a walnut tree to Haumea (Homia on the Beaver planted by King. This homestead Point School Roll), the Kanaka borders the land of Stevens, and pre-emption that was forged into Haumea-Monk. King and Stevens fished with Sophie impressive orchards and rose gar­ changed their names to make life and they built 10- dens by his successor, James easier. to 12-foot rowboats. Monk. David Wood told me that The former Joseph Kandruff She helped plane Howmore was a summer spot on (King) was from Sperna, Turkey; the wood, climb the the west coast of Scotland which Stevens from Syros, a Greek Cy­ rails, and split th~ir he remembers as a child. cladic Island. Both were great cedar on the beach. Trage and Spikerman, who mariners. King came to Salt Spring She made nets for seemed to htcilitate land purchase with his pre-emption, oxen, and fishing. swaps on successive pre-emptions horticultural skills. He was father Russell Island was wav hack then, described the lands to Alex and Constantine, who went originally pre ­ to prospective owners as "ideal for empted by William down with the Triumph, a sealing growing everything." To be fair, Haumea in 1886, ship between Japanese and Russ­ thev did donate 40 acres for a after h e eyed it ian waters, circa 1904. Be <~ve r Point Park and School. from his south-end The remaining son, Leon, mar­ Early settlers brought gorse and farm. His daughter ried Sophie in 1900; she is ancestor broom to our ish1nds. But they also Mary was unhappi­ planted horticultural treasures: to Lydia. They also had daughters: ly married to "Peav­ King apples and strawberries on Hazel and Vera. The first Mrs. ine" Kahu. She died Russell Island that ripened a week King, Gladys, worked for the Erk­ in childbirth or at before anyone else's; the white ers-Akermans at Journey's Rest. his violent hands. The King house as it looked in 190 I. hawthorn, which has· left fields of My ancestor, Robe rt Porte r, She is buried in St. chance seedlings; lilacs by the worked with Joseph Akerman in Paul's churchyard. , door, tcr symbolize permanent set­ the 1850s on the Beckley farm in Mr. Pappi:mberger, next to the and her brothers ·Peter, George Point School to home during a vi­ tlement. My friend Margaret Victoria (James Bay) before Joseph Ruckle Farm, collected the fresh and Andrew are gone. cious southeast-southwest storm, Monk Bapty remembers plucking came to settle the Fulford Valley. milk every morning at dawn in his Jessie McLennan sent a poem to with trees falling around them and pears of six to seven vmieties from Early times! horse-drawn cart, returning from Joan written by Joan's mother in the boats in the bay threatened. the upper orchard while on horse­ Sophie was one of the seven the Ganges Creamery late in the 1910. The rich, native heritage Many of the pictures we have of back with sister Midgy and Ruby Purser children of the Stowell day, horses guiding their own way reaches beyond the early settlers' these times and places come from Alton. Lake farm. She married Leon, home. His wife, Mary, was a close plantings to the indigenous Calyp­ Mr. Ruckle, who photographed On hot summer days, they skin­ who logged the timber for their ftiend of Mrs. Stevens: they would so bulbosa, the ladyslipper. It is a weddings and special events. ny-dipped in the cove that facilitat- home from Cusheon Lake. He put a small sail on one of the 16- legend written by a little girl em­ The original King home and foot rowboats and be gone for days bracing the love of her surround­ barn still stand. Old Bill Haumea is navigating the Islands. ings and her ancestors. buried close by, as is Maria. Her Harry Bapty, before he left us Maybe an Indian maiden in velvet white clapboard farmhouse and last year, told me that the borders doeskin dress tower peep at us from across the between the Monk and King farms Stealing out to meet -her lover­ channel. The land on both sides is moved every year according to the 'gainst her father's wish ex­ thick with green mosses, lichens, wishes of the neighbourly owners! pressed flowerings to the sea; a Dorothy I am crossing the Stevens' old or­ Sheltering from her father's anger Perkins rose rambles on the trellis chard. The only sign of farm habi­ Her love closely press'd in Maria and Judith's garden. The tation is an old garden of crocus, Dropped her beaded rrwccasin small, white, single Monk Rose we St. John's Wort, white and purple When the arrow found her breast found in the orchard is soon to be lilac, blue iris, and gnarled and Tell me, did the gentle Eros company to La France, a floppy, twisted plum, pear and apple By love's imrrwrtal power sweet, pink rose brought to Satur­ trees. The home that burst with Change that little doeskin slipper na Island by Gerry Payne in the music, apple peels on the winter To this small and fragrant flower? 1890s. It will be planted here for hearth, happy childhoods, and the Joan remembers Lee (who was our son's maniage in July: a south­ door knob on which Mr. King left Leon's son and who was with us till end celebration for family, friends, The King sisters,date unknown chocolate for Joan Stevens Ingram 1993). He carried her from Beaver and neighbours. GANGES Congratul ILLAGE to the cast and crew of GREASE KET Your performances were outstanding and a credit Your Community Food Store to your school and community.

·~ TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 2001 • t;he Ha,rxuu~J.e Uving 11, well Workshop explores Embrace your Crone A weekend retreat for women find the wisdom • women entering the cycle that is their true essence. menopause as 1ourney of the Crone is being of­ This time of introversion fered on Salt Spring in can be painful and lonely, by Peggy Abrahams fits of post-menopausal life," she said the workshop will use the in­ April. As women enter the but the goal is to emerge as Honor Griffith, a Jungian-based added. sights of Jungian and archetypal psy­ vital time when the procre­ a woman-whole unto her­ psychotherapist, will hold a weekend Griffith stressed that menopause is a chology as a framework for this ative cycle has passed, self-who can touch the workshop entitled Menopause transi­ stage of adult development. "It's like a transitional passage. "It uses the myth there are many things to lives of others through her tion as archetypal journey this Friday, dying of the old self-something new of Inanna's descent and return as a grieve, including youthful wisdom. Saturday, and Sunday. Menopause is wanting to be born-that's why I template for helping women to deep­ bodies which are highly val­ Facilitator Leyah Bennun not a disease, noted Griffith, " ... yet called it an archetypal journey.': en the connection to their own ued in our culture. Having has organized many trans­ the culture we live in tends to treat it She compared the journey to the an­ unique journey." been fu eled by romance, fonm1tional and healing as a condition in need of a cure." cient Mesopotamian myth of Inanna, The workshop provides what Grif­ sex, mothering, and nurtur­ groups for women during \Vhen a woman complains to her queen of heaven and earth, who jour­ fith called a safe container for women ing the needs of others, the past 12 years. Her pas, doctor of symptoms like hot flashes, neyed to the undetworld to confront to explore these issues and realize women are left wondering sion for life, dance, medita­ sleeplessness, and inexplicable crying, her sister, the mistress of death. In the · they are not alone on this journey. what is · n ext . This rite tion, and ritual has been the tendency is to offer medication, undetworlds, Inanna is killed, and left With more than 20 years of eJq)eri­ of passage is meant to be inspired by many cultures. said Griffith. "What she is rarely given hanging for three days before being ence giving workshops, Griffith said, · vital and meaningfuL The workshop, which is psychological insight into the in­ brought back to life. "Like Inanna, we "It's helpful for people to do it in a . The Crone, or Lamp­ runs from April 27 to 29, evitable transformational journey .... sometimes first must confront our group." lighter, represents the time will be held at a tranquil When the goal is only the elimination own mortality and die to the old self Griffith said the workshop is for when the soul's search for lakeside retreat where of the symptoms, without the con­ before experiencing the gift of trans­ people who are ready, and want to do meaning leads women he althy vegetarian meals scious exploration of what the change formation," said Griffith. it. "It's intensive, but fun, too," she deep inside the story she will be served. For more is demanding psychologically, some Acknowledging that menopause is said. To register, contact Griffith at has woven through her life. details, call Leyah at 537- women may fail to reap the full bene- hard for women to confront; Griffith 653-9224. This workshop will help 0081 or Boat 653-4601. Cytisus scoparius: 538-1 922 Broom control essential for ecology ,. by Stan Wharry children should be warned per year for 15 years-each flower essences, presto Broom is a severe threat against eating the seed of which can remain viable logs, mulch, and so on. IMPROVEMENTS to the coastal Douglas fir pods, which can lead to for 81 years-we have an In an eco-sensitive area eco-system, to the Garry coma and death! Not with­ ecological land mine. But you must avoid soil distur­ We're Your Renovation E xp erts! oak meadows, to manzani­ standing the above, grazing case studies of spreading bance: cut the stem a max­ INTERIOR I EXTERIOR ta, to blue camus, and to a by sheep and goats will not organic matter or biosolid imum of 10 em. above Quality and Reliability Guaranteed myriad of other native achieve signifi­ soil amend- ground level, but prefer­ pbnt species, wildflowers, cant results. ments, have ably at the root. In a gar­ and the wildlife that de­ The Sooke shown success­ den or agricultural zone, pends on them. In some Watershed man­ ful results in extract the plant and root, cases, species have been agement impeding apply biosolid soil amend­ put on the endangered list (Greater Victo­ broom's ments, and revegetate. because of broom and it ria) has ex­ growth and al­ For best hmvest results, has caused the extinction pressed concern lowing more use the third and fourth of at least one species of to Dr. R. Prasad, competition quarters of the moon in a butterfly. Economically, it broom specialist­ from the plant barren sign like Leo, Aries, is interfering with refor­ for the Canadi­ communities. Gemini, Aquarius, Sagitar­ estation after harvest by 37 an Forestry Ser­ Another part ius, or Virgo. Wear eye to 55 per cent. vice, about the of the solution protection, earplugs, and In this drought-apparent number and the is with consider rubber garden summer, we know that amount of seeds portable chick­ gloves. Pile in a removal broom quickly carries the and flowers in en manage­ site, in a clear area, not un­ A forum to express yourself online: hottest, most dange rous their reservoir. ment units der the forest canopy or fires to the canopy. Broom Creating a which con­ powerline. SaltSpringForum.com overruns pastures, utility broom noxious sume th e corridors, and roadsides, weed bylaw is seeds. in c re asing the mainte­ one of the solu- - A very pro­ nance costs of these opera­ tions to infesta­ Cytisus scoparius ductive solu­ tions. The B.C. Ministry of tion. tion is in GALAXY MOTORS (1990) LTD. Highways has admitted The most sig- re-vegetation ' 1836 Island Highway Call collect (250) 4 78-7653 fault in u_sing broom as a nificant control results are through a sustainable bank stabilizer and have amazingly simple and can perennial harvest. The Victoria, B.C. V9B 1J2 Fax (250) 478-7789 discontinued this practice be incredibly productive. next step is the processing because the negative im­ Because broom starts flow­ of all the harvest into the At Galaxy Motors we have the greatest selection of pact far exceeds any gain. ering at two years, and pro­ toxic constituents, the Broom is ve1y toxic and duces up to 18,000 seeds green and yellow dyes , TOP QUALITY, RECONDITIONED has been declared an un­ pre-owned vehicles on the big Island. safe herb by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. If it's a work truck for the farm, or an Broom may produce in­ inexpensive commuting car- just pick tense allergic reactions dur­ 11 ing its flowering season, up the phone and call Farmer Drew!" and contains alkaloids that can be toxic to the heart TOSOOKE and ne1vous system, much like digitalis. Livestock, P.S. Buy a vehicle particularly horses, are also from "me" and I'll at risk. Pregnant women pay you~ ferry home! shonlcl avoid using it, and

t;he :Ua,:r:n.n,cie • TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 2001 .9 liTing; 4 well Gerry Price: A dynamo on wheels by Gail Trafford everything a person his age disabled and make a differ­ In 1995, Gerry Price, a 10- would normally do. Now he ence. He wants to work year veteran of engineering relies on technology such as within the system to bring for the Capital Region Dis­ his lift-equipped, hand-con­ about change in a natural, trict on Salt Spring, had a trolled van and his power non-disruptive way. Change, Come in for devastating fall that broke wheelchair, technological he says, is easiest and least BREAKFAST his neck In a split second, miracles available only in e>.:pensive if it comes in the or his life was irrevocably the last ten years. They give planning stages of a project. LUN CH changed. He became a him back his mobility. His Gerry has joined the Har­ quadriplegic. computer and the internet bour Authority, the B.C. Open Tuesday t\\\"\) For a year, he was a pa­ allow him equal access to Paraplegic Association, Is­ Sunday 8:30am-3JQ~~ tient in the Vancouver Hos­ worlds of information. land Pathways, and was re­ 53?_:,~;l~7 pital Acute Spinal Chord He is grateful for the ad­ cently named to the Islands unit and GF Strong, healing vantages of living in this Trust 's Design Advisory and learning how to manage age, since this technology Panel. . He attends public his new limitations. Yet, as was not available even 15 meetings when he can, al­ he tried to pick up the years ago. though the local govern­ pieces in this small, close­ But even so, Geny could ment offices, Islands Trust, IT'S GARAGE SALE knit community, he met new easily become frustrated CRD building inspection, TIME AGAIN! challenges every day. with small obstacles that and CRD director offices Gerry was only 40 years made a huge impact on his have stairs and are not ac- FREE Garage Sale old at the time of his acci­ life. Rather than accept de­ .Q cessible. Still, he talks to ail Kits at the Barnacle dent. H e wanted to do feat, he has chosen to fight { these people as well as rep­ for change. "'§ resentatives from the When he wanted to go :g Chamber of Commerce, fishing again, but could no o planners, local business, longer hold a fishing rod, he 0 and, in fact, anyone who will Cats of thel r----= Week designed a rod holder and Gerry Price exits his customized von. listen. had it manufactured. He impassible obstructions. people with walkers, and A wheelchair usef cannot has marketed this and his Knowing he is not alone, those with arthritis, MS, or go to the dentist on the Is­ other inventions-a lap Gerry has started a crusade MD who have a weakened land without being manhan­ table, an umbrella holder, to educate his community hand grasp and cannot turn dled up a set of stairs. Not and a cup holder-to share about universal access that a door knob. Our population all medical facilities are ac­ with others a chance to re­ would open the Island to a is aging and the number of cessible. Many businesses' gain at least part of their in­ significant and growing people facing mobility chal­ wheelchair accesses are so dependence and comfort. number of people who face lenges is growing. c rowde d inside that a However, things that he mobility challenges. From his years of working wh eelchair user can't get had hardly noticed before Universal access includes with the CRD, Gerry is past the front door. Gerry his accident-stairs, steps, everyone-not just wheel­ aware of the process of describes the entrances of I'm called Rugby and I have a I'm Tecal. Rugby and I are raised thresholds and door­ chair users, but also mothers change. He has determined some facilities such as A1t­ sister called Tecal. We would about 5 years old. We both knobs-have now become to become a voice for the Spring as bobsled tracks for like to go to a home together. have beautiful coats which with baby carriages, elderly we keep in great shape. wheelchair users: "Miss the turn and you can end up on the front door could easily Thumbs Up Thumbs Down the stairs." cross the garden to provide Breakwater dock: (Pic- Th e United Church It is ironic that while many access to the ramp from the tured in the Barnacle last Meadow pathway is only businesses here suffer in the fronf September) with wheel- accessible from Hereford winter's slow season, a high The adoption fee of $60 for a male and $70 for a female covers Curb cuts missing force chair access. It is also acces- Street although other users percentage of our Island the cost of spaying or neutering and a vaccination. wheelers out onto the street can walk through a parking population is retired and sible for grocery carts and at the east end of Park D1ive. lot to McPhillips Avenue. many of those people have freight dollys. Unpaved triangle be- One extra wide parking mobility challenges. Gerry - ~ --- ., Salt Spring Island Golf tween Lower Ganges Rd r------COMMUNITY WELLNESS and Country Club: Stairs spot on the east side of the notes, "They go where they I Credit Union parking lot and the west end of Park feel welcome, and thev have PROGRAMS were removed and replaced Road forces wheelers out I could be opened up for a money to spend." J Coordinator: Sharon Glover 537-4607 by an inclined plane that wheelchair path. into traffic when exiting the Gerry estimates there are I everyone uses.· ~ ~;{Oi's~ Mahon Hall is not acces- Ganges Village Marke t two dozen wheelchair users I Chamber of Commerce: Caring for ourselves ~VICES sible from the main street. mall. on Salt Sp1ing, but the num­ and o thers .. . SOC