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July 22, 2011 ISSUE ISSUE 504 July 22, 2011 Change is in the works for Heriot Bay public wharf Core Quadra Island Services! 1.6 Commercially Zoned acres & income producing 11,070sqft NEW PRICE $1,125,000 2-level plaza with a mix of great tenants, 4 residential suites, 511ft of road frontage & 3-phase underground electrical. The self-serve Petro Canada is the only gas station on the island! Potential for expansion! $1,125,000 Quadra Island, Valpy Rd 3 forested acreages with a diverse topography minutes from Rebecca Spit Provincial Park & the amenities of Heriot Bay. Protective covenants are in place to preserve the natural integrity of these properties. DL24: 11.29 acres $295,000 Lot B: 10.45 acres $249,900 Lot C: 11.07 acres $229,900 2 Discovery Islander #504 July 22nd, 2011 Submit your news or event info, editorial runs free: email: [email protected] drop off 701 Cape Mudge Rd. or at Hummingbird MONDAY Friday, July 22 Parent & Tots, QCC, 9:30 am - 12 pm – 1066 - Celtic music with attitude! 9 pm at the HBI pub Low Impact, 8:30 am, QCC Saturday, July 23 Yoga with Josephine, Room 3, QCC, 10 am -12 noon Caregivers Support Group 9:30 am - 12 pm QCC -Sidney Williams at the Quadra Farmers Market, 10:30 am Karate, 4 pm, QCC Sunday, July 24 Sing for Pure Joy! Room 3, QCC, 3 - 4:30 pm, All welcome. – Jazzberry Jam dinner jazz at Herons at the HBI 6 to 9 pm Alcoholics Anonymous, Quadra Children’s Centre 7 pm 1st Monday - Quadra writers group, 7 - 9 pm 285-3656 Wednesday, July 27 – Late Nite with Julie - comedy with Bobby Jane Valiant HBI pub 9 pm TUESDAY - Pantomime Auditions 7:00 pm at the Quadra Community Centre. Intermediate Yoga Flow with Megan, Vitalis 9-11 am & 5 -6:30 pm Quadra Children’s Song Circle, Room 3, QCC3 - 4 pm Friday, July 29 Intermediate Yoga Flow with Megan, Vitalis 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm – Outdoor Family Movie Night, Blenkin Park Al-Anon Meeting, Quadra Children’s Centre, 7:30 pm Saturday, July 30 Folkdancing, QCC, 7:30 pm, Sept 21-Apr 26 - Community Sing 1 to 4 pm Quadra Community Centre Vinyl Night with Mo at the HBI Pub 7 - 9 pm Monday, August 1 WEDNESDAY – Deadline Day for the Discovery Islander - new material in by 7 pm Parent and Babes 11 am QCC [email protected] For guidelines & ad rates: www.discoveryislander.ca Climbing Wall Teens 4:00 pm QCC ST “The Pack Ride” Moderate to Vigorous bike ride 6:15pm Yak Shack NEXT Deadline: Monday, AUGUST 1 , 2011 Climbing Wall Family 6:30 p. QCC U of Q! HBI Pub, 7 pm, free BC FERRIES PHASES OUT PREPAID PAPER TICKETS ON Hand-drum Circle, Upper Realm, 7:45 - 9:15 pm HORNBY ISLAND 1st & 3rd Wednesday Food Bank,QCC 1 - 2 pm AND CORTES ISLAND ROUTES Lifedrawing sessions, Firesign Studio, 7 - 9:30 pm Nancy, 285-3390 Prepaid paper tickets valid for payment until December 31, 2010 THURSDAY Gentle Yoga Flow with Marnie, Vitalis 9 am - 11 am Parents & Tots, QCC, 9:30 am - 12 pm Karate 4:00 pm QCC Climbing Wall Kids 2:30 pm QCC Intermediate Yoga Flow with Megan, Vitalis 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Prayer Meeting, Quadra Island Bible Church, 7 pm Drop in games and wing night, Legion, 7:00 pm. Karaoke with Big Bad Blake HBI 9:00pm. It’s free! FRIDAY Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 pm Quadra Children’s Centre Fridays – dance bands in the HBI Pub 9:00pm SATURDAY Quadra Farmers’ Market 10 am to 2 pm behind Credit Union, Q Cove “Fun Ride” Easy to Moderate bike ride 10:30 am Aroma Cafe Gypsy Moma sessions by donation 1-4pm Studio 6, Upper Realm, Q Cove Legion Meat Draw 5pm, Steak Dinner 6:30 pm Open Mic with Mo, HBI, 9 pm SUNDAY Centre for Spiritual Living Celebration, Willow Point Hall, 10:30 am Family Service, Quadra Island Bible Church, 10:30 am Quadra Sunday Painters, 11 am - 2 pm, 285-3390 UnitedNEXT Church-11 DEADLINE am, first MONDAY, Sun. of month-12 NOVEMBER noon, 285-3163. 29, 2010 Buddhist meditation, Upper Realm, 10 am. Live Music at The Landing 4 to 7 pm Featuring The Blue Kats Discovery Islander #504 July 22nd, 2011 3 ISSUE 504 July 22, 2011 (More...) Thoughts about our Library Dear Editor, Dear Editor, I live half-way between Heriot boat. In fact they will probably Regarding the possible relocation Bay and Quathiaski Cove so I combine a trip to Campbell River of the Quadra Island Library I feel am not impacted by the library’s and its library instead, so depriving very strongly that finding a new location. However, I did ask Quadra of their patronage. This location in Heriot Bay is essential myself the following questions. could be detrimental to Heriot unless of course the focus is on • What problems have become Bay. Quathiaski Cove becoming the apparent in the process of • How will the change affect main centre of the Island. Right changing the library location? residents of Granite Bay and Bold now the Cove has the medical Point? clinic, the pharmacy, the credit There was no representation on the union, the building supply and V.I.R.L. board from someone who It will mean an extra distance to numerous stores and restaurants - lives on Quadra Island, therefore, travel over an already much longer must you also have the library? the board were misinformed trip than other Quadra islanders, as to our special needs and especially as the roads are not What impact will it have on the circumstances, for example, paved for much of the way. Using little community of Heriot Bay if V.I.R.L. claimed that we had the cut-off to West Road could the library is taken away? I think public transport on Quadra. There also mean they will leave out it will not only affect the ease of was not sufficient notice given to Heriot Bay. access for many library users from allow for competing bids. Notice Heriot Bay, the areas north of • What is the financial impact of of an intended change of location there and of course the folks from this change? should have been given two years the outer islands, but change all earlier according to V.I.R.L. policy The rent at the new location is of Heriot Bay? So let’s see if there document, paragraph 6.4.5. to rise from $600 per month to is another option for a location in $3000 a month – hence we will Heriot Bay! • How will high school children pay $1.46 extra on our property use the library? Vibeke Pedersen tax bill. This does not sound V.I.R.L. claim children will get much, but the cost is to be spread off the bus to use the library among all V.I.R.L. customers and on the way home from school. V.I.R.L. intend to upgrade three Have an opinion to share? However, I think most will not libraries a year – to me that sounds Submit your letter because they will need transport like compounding problem so that to the DI by email: home afterwards, which may be a in the end we could be paying up [email protected] challenge especially for those from to $60 a year. the north end of Quadra. PREFERRED Taking all this into consideration, • How will the change affect outer what should we do about this Regular ‘ol mail with a islanders who at present use the library change? stamp to Box 280 in the Heriot Bay location? Yours sincerely, Cove or fax it in to They will need to have a vehicle on Eve Phillips 250-285-2236 Quadra instead of using only their Copyright 2011 MONDAY, AUGUST 1 4 Discovery Islander #504 July 22nd, 2011 to provide sufficient infilling that reflects the best responsible process? It breaches all aspects Letter to the Editor opportunities through vacant island consensus.” of the OCP and displays total residential lots, as well as provide We are aware Cortes people have contempt for the wishes of the Dear Mr. Stone, opportunities to fulfil the the benefit of priority boarding majority of the local community, demand for the anticipated future the protection and conservation It is puzzling why Strathcona on specific BC Ferry crossings, residential growth of the plan but it is puzzling as to why the of the environment, rural Regional District (SRD) area over the life of the plan thus atmosphere and community planning staff and most directors Cortes OCP could be given minimising any need for future higher ranking to that applied lifestyle. are conspicuously shepherding creation of residential areas.” the Gowlland Point subdivision to the framing of the OCP for Certainly there are likely proposal through the approval It would be a brave bureaucrat Quadra Island, which barely people with a vested interest or process. Having been engaged who would claim demand survived the date of adoption colleagues of the developer who in similar events elsewhere, it for residential real estate on by the SRD board. It may now visualise a revenue source. There has become evident the static Quadra Island has surged since be July 2011, but the Schellinck is no trick to making a lot of participants in such issues are the February 2008, necessitating the proposal for Gowlland Point was money if all you want to do is bureaucrats and the developers development of other designated tabled at the Strathcona Regional make a lot of money.
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