THE NEWSLETTER OF THE BOWNESS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION MYBOWNESS.COM JULY/AUGUST 2020 VITAL SIGNS P. 2 HORSESHOES P. 8 LEWIS’ WOODPECKER P. 15 CONTENTS ON THE COVER- A Boy and His Dog Photo Credit: Verle Arndt 2 Vital Signs 3 MLA Report 5 Bowtanical Gardens 7 Stampede 2020 8 Horseshoes 10 Pioneers 10 We Love His Music! 11 Historical Society 13 Business Directory 13 Dale Hodges Park 14 BCA Directory 14 Community Directory 15 Lewis’ Woodpecker HAPPENINGS • Check https://www.mybowness.com/ programs for what’s happening virtually in Bowness every week • Follow us on facebook and instagram @ mybowness for updates on events and program VITAL SIGNS Throughout the month of April, Bowness Community This year the survey looks a little different and we hope that Association (BCA) staff had the opportunity to call our this new format helps you do the survey quickly but still gives members to see how they were doing. The purpose of our call you the opportunity to give the feedback that is important to was simple, we just wanted to check in and offer support if any you. When we tried the survey it took us about 15 minutes support was needed. We anticipated that some needs might be to complete. Please take that bit of time to check in and help food, help applying for provincial and federal supports, feeling build the road map for Bowness. The survey is open now and isolated or lonely, struggling with working from home while closes on September 15th. balancing parenting demands. There was no way to know for sure if this would be what people needed until we started We don’t know exactly what these next few months will mean calling. for gathering together and in person conversations. The health and wellness of our neighbours is our most important Vital Signs is very similar, only so much bigger and it happens consideration and so for now the survey is available on our every three years. Leading up to Vital Signs the BCA along website (mybowness.com) under Happenings and then Vital with other partner organizations try to organize questions to Signs. Through partner organizations in Bowness we are also ask everyone living in Bowness (not just BCA members) to help reaching out to those who normally don’t have internet access us check in. The purpose is also pretty similar, we all want to have as many voices as possible included. If you need to see how Bowness is doing. The check in from Vital Signs assistance accessing the survey please call Lee-Ann at the BCA will help design the road map for the next three years that 403-288-8300 ext. 130 – your voice is important. Bownesians and organizations like the BCA and our co-located partners can work on. 2 I JULY/AUG 2020 I THE BOWEST’NER JULY/AUGUST 2020 The Bowest’ner is published bimonthly by the Bowness Community Association. 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I want lots of healthy flowering plants, but some usually be controlled with a spray from the garden hose or an days I am not willing to work for it. Many years ago I found a application of dish soap and water in a spray bottle. partial answer to this dilemma in a selection of well mannered, dependable perennials that offer years of pleasure without There are a number of less well known long-livers that I would years of fuss and attention. In fact, most of these plants rebel encourage you to try. The first is Dictamnus, often called when divided or moved. My aching back immediately fell in Gas Plant. Dictamnus grows about two to three feet tall and love. produces tall spikes of flowers which give off a strong lemon scent. Wonderful on a summer evening. Flower colours are If you are looking for some additions to your garden that white, pink or mauve and, once established, this plant will be are undemanding and will perform, in some instances for with you for a decade or more. Dictamnus hates to be moved decades with no intervention from you, the following are a and will sulk for years if uprooted, so site selection is critical. few suggestions. All of these plants have grown in my Bowness garden undisturbed for 10 plus years. The only caution with If you have a shade garden, Aruncus, or Goat’s Beard, is a respect to all these plants is that you must take extra care good choice.