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May 13, 2011ISSUE 499

Cape Mudge Village, one gorgeous spring day!

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Proud to Support Our Community

Please be advised that certain electronic services at Coastal Community Credit Union will be unavailable during a scheduled upgrade to our systems.

From the evening of Friday, May 20th until the evening of Saturday, May 21st, Member Link Telephone Banking, Member Direct Online Banking, Mobile Web and MemberDirect Alerts will not be available.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you and thank you for your patience as we work to improve our services to you.

Upcoming Service Interruption

250-285-3327www.cccu.ca

Teresa Tate representing the Quadra Island Food Bank accepted a cheque for $742.28 from Ruth Rombough at the Quadra Branch of CCCU. The donated monies come from Fundraising Fridays and the sale proceeds of the Coastal Community Cookbook, an initiative by the Working on Wellness Committee ( made up of volunteer employees dedicated to Working at Wellness at Coastal Community).

Funds will be used by the food bank to assist ongoing operations to support the less fortunate within the community.

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NEXT DEADLINE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2010

MONDAYParent & Tots, QCC, 9:30 am - 12 pmLow Impact, 8:30 am, QCCYoga with Josephine, Room 3, QCC, 10 am -12 noonKarate, 4 pm, QCCSing for Pure Joy! Room 3, QCC, 3 - 4:30 pm, All welcome.Alcoholics Anonymous, Quadra Children’s Centre 7 pm Movie Night at the HBI (unless there’s a Canucks game!) FREE1st Monday - Quadra writers group, 7 - 9 pm 285-3656

TUESDAYIntermediate Yoga Flow with Megan, Vitalis 9-11 am & 5 -6:30 pmQuadra Children’s Song Circle, Room 3, QCC3 - 4 pm Caregivers Support Group 10 am QCCIntermediate Yoga Flow with Megan, Vitalis 5:00 pm - 6:30 pmAl-Anon Meeting, Quadra Children’s Centre, 7:30 pm Folkdancing, QCC, 7:30 pm, Sept 21-Apr 26 Vinyl Night with Mo at the HBI Pub 7 - 9 pm

WEDNESDAYYoga with Carol Foort 9:30 am, QCC Parent and Babes 11 am QCC Climbing Wall Teens 4:00 pm QCCYoga with Carol Foort 6:15 pm, QCC “The Pack Ride” Moderate to Vigorous bike ride 6:15pm Yak ShackClimbing Wall Family 6:30 p. QCC U of Q! HBI Pub, 7 pm, freeHand-drum Circle, Upper Realm, 7:45 - 9:15 pm1st & 3rd Wednesday Food Bank,QCC 1 - 2 pmLifedrawing sessions, Firesign Studio, 7 - 9:30 pm Nancy, 285-3390

THURSDAYGentle Yoga Flow with Marnie, Vitalis 9 am - 11 amParents & Tots, QCC, 9:30 am - 12 pm Karate 4:00 pm QCC Climbing Wall Kids 2:30 pm QCCIntermediate Yoga Flow with Megan, Vitalis 5:00 pm - 6:30 pmPrayer Meeting, Quadra Island Bible Church, 7 pmDrop in games and wing night, Legion, 7:00 pm. Karaoke with Big Bad Blake HBI 9:00pm. It’s free!

FRIDAYAlcoholics Anonymous, 8 pm Quadra Children’s Centre Fridays – dance bands in the HBI Pub 9:00pm

SATURDAY“Fun Ride” Easy to Moderate bike ride 10:30 am Aroma Cafe Legion Meat Draw 5pm, Steak Dinner 6:30 pmOpen Mic with Mo, HBI, 9 pm

SUNDAYCentre for Spiritual Living Celebration, Willow Point Hall, 10:30 amFamily Service, Quadra Island Bible Church, 10:30 amQuadra Sunday Painters, 11 am - 2 pm, 285-3390United Church-11 am, first Sun. of month-12 noon, 285-3163.Buddhist meditation, Upper Realm, 10 am. Country Music Jam with Steve Trayler in the HBI Pub 3:00 pm

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Friday, May 13 – Duffy Live at the HBI PUB, n\c, 9:00 pm

Saturday, May 14 - - Legion Roast Beef Dinner Prepared by Page

- Skampidia RETURNS! ska/reggae band. Tickets $10.00 available at Loka or $15.00 at the door. Sunday, May 15 - Sixth Annual Broomsweep, at Rebecca Spit 10 am - noon

Friday, May 20 - Sydney Williams CD Release, Quadra Legion 9 pm, tickets $10

- Howlin Dogs at the HBI Pub, n\c, 9:00pm

Saturday, May 21 - For the Ball Dance, The Propellers, a fabulous Campbell River classic rock band coming st 9:00-1:00 $10.00 at the door.

Saturday, May 28 - MAY DAY!!!!!! Parade starts at 10 am. See page 6-7 for full schedule

- Cortes Rocks/Track Pantz Quadra Legion $10.00 cover at the door.

Wednesday, June 29 - Quadra Island Seniors Housing Society AGM, 7pm QCC

Sunday, May 22 - Geshe YongDong Speaks on Meditation, Upper Realm, 11 am.

Monday, May 30 - Transition Health & Education Action Committee, Upper Realm, 7:30 pm.

Friday, May 27 – Duffy Live at the HBI PUB, n\c, 9:00pm

Saturday, June 11 – Valdy dinner show in Herons. $50.00+tx Res 285-3322

Sunday, June 12 - Second Annual Lusciously Loka Fashion Show and dinner in Herons.$35.00+tx

NEXT DEADLINE: MONDAY, MAY 23RD, 2011


Copyright 2011

ISSUE 499May 13, 2011

MONDAY, MAY 23

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Regular ‘ol mail with a stamp to Box 280 in the

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Please be concise

As we head into the Cortes Community Radio Society’s 7th Annual

General Meeting, we thought we’d take the time to let the community know some of what has been accomplished in 2010. This has been another busy year with some major advancements.We’ve had a number of new shows and new disc jockeys this year. Just to highlight a few, “The Doin’ Me Good show” on Friday afternoons , “Girl Crush” on Wednesday afternoons, and the Sunday afternoon classical music show “Allegro” have really upped the content level; lets keep it coming! There are still many, many things that members of the community can do to get involved in with the radio, please contact us if you have any ideas you’d like to put into practice, or if you’d like to volunteer.As always, fundraising has been a big piece of the Board’s ongoing work. We held two Lip Sync talent show nights in 2010, a good one in August, and a wonderful event in February. The Lip Syncs are a throwback to the Variety Nights this island held in the 70’s and 80’s, and have proven to be great nights of family entertainment; Cortes Island excels at silly! Start thinking about your acts now as another Lip Sync is scheduled for early August 2011.We didn’t have a Drive-In movie in 2010, but we are hoping to continue with this fun family friendly fundraiser soon.The Spirit points from the Heriot Bay Store and now from Quadra Foods have been a big boost to

Cortes Radio, in the form of raffle prizes, concession items, and gift cards of appreciation for valued volunteers. Once again we’d like to thank the Tru-Value Stores and all islanders who have given their points to Cortes Radio.Sponsorships have recently become a major contributor to the stations ongoing finances. This year we finally got a system in place to track the sponsorships and to make sure things are rolling smoothly. Once again we thank everyone who has agreed to sponsor a show. If you yourself, or your business would like to sponsor a show, please contact the radio and let us know, and we will do our best to find a suitable match.Also on the fundraising front, we received a Grant- In-Aid from the Regional District again this year. This grant is allocated to our “big move”. This summer we will be moving into half of the upstairs room in the Manson’s Hall, NOT the library side. It’s really exciting to look forward to a space set-up, and specifically designed for Cortes Community Radio. Once the basic renovation is done, we will need built-in desks, new shelving, old shelving re-figured, and much more. Any carpenters interested in contributing some work, please speak to Howie.We also applied for and received a grant from The Coastal Community Credit Union to be used to run a “Camp Radio” for kids. We hustled and tried to run it during this Spring Break, but didn’t receive enough registrations. We hope to run it this summer with a little more time for planning and organization.

The tower that we installed in 2009 is functioning well. We still need to solve the generator/power failure situation, and have been saving up to purchase a generator and the pieces that are involved in setting up an automatic switch over.Finally, after eight years of planning and a year and half of serious work our license application is in the hands of the CRTC and Industry Canada. We believe that it has passed the first “Deficiencies” stage, and next will be presented at an upcoming CRTC Board hearing for (hopefully!) approval. This application is a two pronged application with documents going to both the CRTC and to Industry Canada. Industry Canada requires a Technical Engineers report, which has cost us $6,000.00. A copy of our application is available for perusal in the Vancouver Island Regional Library – Cortes Island Branch, in Manson’s Hall. We thank all of you for your continued support and participation of the work we are doing, and for continuing to believe in the little radio station that could! We hope to see many of you at our upcoming AGM, Sunday May 15th, 7:00pm in the Manson’s Hall Pioneer room.From the Board of Directors - Cortes Community Radio Society - 89.5fmBox 211 Manson’s Landing, B.C. V0P 1K0, (250) - 935-0200, [email protected] and cortesisland.com

Finishing up the year at Cortes Community Radio


ISLAND FORUMDear Chairperson of the Library BoardRecently I became aware of the decision to move our library in Heriot Bay to the Cove.Subsequently it has become apparent to me that many people are not happy with the decision, but it is the manner in which this decision was made that is of concern to me.It would be helpful and appreciated if you would outline who first brought up the idea; what measures were taken to gather public input; what timelines were involved; if public tenders for alternate facilities were considered and what the cost of the move will be?It seems to me that if there is a process in place which was strictly followed then there is a flaw which needs to be changed. People need to be given adequate notice of major changes in their community and every effort needs to be made to listen to everyone who wants a chance to be heard.What’s the big rush? Maybe a mistake has been made. Is it not possible to give more time to allow the people who live here to make a few more proposals or to suggest alternatives?Dorian North


Schedule of Events

May DaySaturday May 28, 2011

“Gardens of Delight” is the

theme of May Day 2011.

Join your friends and

neighbours in a big

community picnic at Rebecca

Spit, Saturday May 28, 2011.

Celebrate the coming of

Spring and Summer with

colour, costumes, floats,

music – the more zany and

bizarre the better! Let your

imaginations soar as you

interpret the theme using

fantasy, irony, humour etc.

What creatures and plants

inhabit the garden? From

fairies to scary predators,

let the imagination reign.

What stories, myths, music

come to mind? What kinds of

gardens are there?

8:30 am Gates open for parade entries.

9:00–10:00 am Free shuttle from Heriot Bay Inn to the Spit.

10:00 am Parade starts from beginning of the Spit to the parking lot.

10:30 am Face painting starts. Concession.

11:00 am Official ceremonies.

12:00 -ish Box Lunch auction.

12:30 -ish Afternoon entertainment begins.

12:30-2:30 pm “Beach structure” building.

1:15 -ish Foot races begin.

1:30 pm Dinghy race begins at boat ramp. No large sailboat race this year.

2:00–3:00 pm Shuttle back to H.B.I.

PLEASE LEAVE YOUR DOGS AT HOME

Let’s keep May Day happy and safe for everyone by being aware of any potential dangers and acting accordingly. Parents: we need your help on this!

May Day is a volunteer-powered, non-commercial, traditional community event, first held on Quadra in 1898. The Recreation Society Board of Directors thanks the many dozens of people who contribute to the event in big and little ways and wish everyone a happy, joy filled, sunny day!


POSTERS: See more details on posters by Lesley Matthews.

PARKING: On arriving at Rebecca Spit, please do not park beyond the park gate as the parade floats, etc. need room to set up. All floats will end up in the parking lot after the parade so please don’t expect to follow the parade up to the parking lot! It will already be full. Thank you Paul Ryan and Larry Waddell for gate control.

PARADE: Get your neighbourhood, business, or group together and challenge other groups to out-do your float! There are the Credit Union Trophy for best float; prize money for costumes, bike, walkers. [Many say the best fun of May Day is in the parade line up...so come on and get involved!] Thank you judges anonymous and parade marshals, Jeanie Stoppard, Linda Jefferey-Pillon, and friends.

GREASE POLE: Doug and Gretchen Peters grease the pole and monitor the contestants. No pyramids please. Note at the top tells the winner to collect $50 from Doug Peters.

GRADE 6 PICNIC: May Day is a time to honour the Grade 6 class which will be leaving for Campbell River next year. Check out the last picnic table with the balloons. Thanks Karen Lakberg and Grade 6 parents for organizing this.

M.C.: We are happy to have our Regional District Director Jim Abram hosting the ceremonies.

QUEEN AND COURT: Speech contestants in Grade 6 deliver a speech at the Community Centre 2 weeks before May Day. The winner is the May Queen and runners up are in the court. This is done in the spirit of honouring the Grade Sixes’ transition to high school next year and having the whole age group be “special” at May Day. Thanks Robin Beaton for guiding this process. Former May Queens are the speech contest judges.

STAGE: Thanks to Mel Doak for supplying and setting up the stage; and grade 6 parents for decorating it. Thanks Mel, also for the donating the porta-potties!

MAY DAY DEDICATION: Each year a citizen or group who has given positive service to the community over a lengthy period of time is honoured.

SOUND: Jim Thievin is supplying the sound equipment.

MAY POLE DANCERS: Barrie Calverley and Linda McClusky prepare the Grade 3 dancers for the traditional May Pole dance. Thank you also to the staff of Quadra Elementary. Bravo!

BOX LUNCH AUCTION: Please support all the local businesses who donate magnificent “box” lunches each May Day. This is a big fund-raiser for next year’s May Day. Get your friends together to bid and have a marvelous banquet. Our fabulous Deb Manery is organizing this. Robert Clandenning is the auctioneer.

CONCESSION: Want to volunteer for a spell? Phone QCC at 285 3243. Thanks to Steve Swanson and support crew for supplying the tent and go-getter, Nancy Essig for master-minding the whole concession, and Sue Swanson for assistance, and thanks to the dozens of volunteers who do a shift or two.

RACES: Thank you to Helen Lee the organizer and the teachers for volunteering their time. What would we do without your professional touch!

ENTERTAINMENT: After the box lunch auction, stay tuned. There could be some action on the stage lead by the belly dancers.

SAILING DINGHY RACES: If dinghy sailing is your sport, call John Barclay at 285 3897. Start time is 1:30 for the dinghies. (Sorry no race this year for the bigger boats.)

FACE PAINTING: Rebecca Young organizes local artists, teens and adults, to paint faces. Some four hundred faces are decorated by the end of the day! It’s free and starting at 10:30 a.m.

“BEACH STRUCTURES”: Create structures from driftwood and anything else found on the beach. Barb Mindell organizes this for 6 to 20 year olds from 12:30 to 2:30 on the Drew Harbour side of the Spit. Teams of 2 or more members register with Barb before beginning. First, second and third prize money goes to the best creations. Audience can buy a flag for a dollar and vote by putting your flag at the creation you like.

VOLLEYBALL: Karn Mann will start you off.

CREDIT UNION DISPLAY WINDOW: Check out the theme based display at the credit union in the weeks before May Day created by artist, Jolar Maru. PHOTOGRAPHER: We would like you to be the official photographer! If you get some good shots, send them to [email protected] or burn us a cd and be part of our archives. EQUIPMENT GUARDIANS: Thanks Ross Doak for care-taking over night. Thanks also to Ron Armstrong for trucking tables to the Spit. He needs help taking them back at 4:30 ish. Want to help? Phone 285 3243.

MAY DAY DANCE: Not happening this year at the QCC. Want to organize one next year? CLEAN UP AND RECYCLING. Help keep the park clean. Please pick up litter when you see it. Viann and Ken from Viken Waste Management are setting up the recycling section. Have a great May Day and thanks to all who made suggestions for themes and put them in the theme suggestion boxes, and of course, big appreciations to all the volunteers.

See you in the “Gardens of Delight”!Sandra SpearingCoordinator 285 3243 (M-F 8-2pm)


At the Good

‘Ol HBIUofQ: Expand your brain. HBI Pub. May 18: Garden and soil management – tales from a long-time landscaper with Randy Dunn. School of endless possibilities. Wednesdays 7 pm. Come out, join the band or the audience!! Thursdays; Karaoke fun with Big Bad Blake. Saturdays; Open mike with Mo 9:00pm to midnight. Sundays; Country jam with Steve Trayler 3:00 to 6:00pm. Music abounds in the HBI Pub. We’re watching hockey on the HBI’s 8’ screen and 3 tv’s. Beef or veggie burger, fries AND a beer $9.95 for Canuck game nights in May. Canucks Hockey Games supersede HBI events. Events may be a little late or early.Dinner concert with Valdy in Herons at the HBI. Saturday June 11. Join Valdy in this intimate setting with a delicious three course set menu. $50.00+tx. 6:00pm seating. Reservations only. 250-285-3322. Seats are over half reserved, call now.Friday May 13; Quadra’s own Duffy Live to play the HBI Pub. Friday May 20; Howl with the Howlin Dogs. Classic rock and blues to keep you laughing and dancing all night long. Heriot Bay Inn Photo Contest: Three categories; 1.Inside the Inn. 2.Outside the Inn. 3.Any of the works of May in house artist Cherie Hemmingsen, I blew it studio. Prizes for under 12 years and 13 up. Drop 8x10’s at HBI. Closing date May 31.Bike to work week May 30 to June 5. The Heriot Bay Inn Team challenges all Quadra Islanders to get up and go! wwwbiketoworkweek.ca to register.Lusciously Loka Fashion Show Sunday June 12. In Herons at the Heriot Bay Inn. 6:00 seating, 6:30 serving 7:30ish show. $34.00+tax includes a fabulous buffet dinner. Mark this not to be missed second annual on your calendar now! Reserve 285-3322.

Quadra Singers will visit a number of Campbell River care homes on May 14, performing highlights from their Sing into Spring concert. Many of the songs feature a water theme, and some include vocal solos.Quadra Singers extends thanks to the generous audience and all the people on the island and in Campbell River for their support of the choir’s May 1 concert and silent auction. The concert drew more than 100 people to the Quadra Community Centre, and the choir raised approximately $1,800 through the silent auction of items donated by choir members.“Quadra Singers extend congratulations and thanks to all the donors for providing items that generated so much interest, and to all the winners for their support,” says Quadra Singers Society president Darcy Mitchell. The choir values the promotional support of Lesley Matthews’ artwork, Don Mottershead’s

photography, the Discovery Islander, the Gumboot, the Hungry Eye, the Coastal Community Credit Union as well as the Mirror and Courier-Islander newspapers, the Eagle, the River and Cortes Radio, Book Bonanza, Hummingbird Office and Art Supply, Quadra Crafts and Castle Printing. Quadra Singers also greatly appreciates the ongoing support of spirit points through Tru Value Foods, and the loan of plants for the May concert from On Root Greenhouse.“We send a huge round of applause to the volunteers who assisted with the concert front of house, decorating and concession (Stella Duffey, Maureen Dunne, the Quadra Feral Cat Group), and to Chris Thompson and John Douglas for running lights and sound and for producing a video recording of the concert,” Mitchell says. “And, of course, a giant thank-you to our piano accompanists Joyce Baker and Annabelle Cameron as well as Gwenn

Puddy on flute, and to our musical director, Linda Cannon.”As part of its spring session, Quadra Singers performed at a fundraiser for North Island Survivors Healing Society and at Quadra Elementary.The choir’s annual general meeting will be held 6 p.m. on June 10 at Seascape Resort, and the choir’s first day of the fall session will be September 8.People can follow Quadra Singers news on Facebook or receive a copy of Notes, the Quadra Singers newsletter via email by contacting [email protected].

Quadra Singers share gift of song May 14, thanks for May 1 concert & silent auction fundraiser results


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Alcoholic Anonymous ~ Quadra Island Chapter has moved their 8 pm friday meeting from Cape Mudge United Church to Quadra Children’s Center. Everyone Welcome. call 250-285-3152

Discover Quadra 2011It’s “Open House” for Quadra Island! Put June 11 and 12 on your calendar, to visit tourism and hospitality businesses on the island. Accommodation, dining, and tour businesses will open their doors for visitors, and show you what they have to offer. It’s a great chance to celebrate island hospitality and see what is available for you and your guests.

Buddhist Meditation

Meditation is the art of getting to know yourself better by cultivating self-awareness in silence. Buddhist Meditation is just watching the breath & the five senses & the thoughts in the mind as they pass on by. One becomes witness, an observer of oneself, like looking in a mirror. Come meditate with us for 30 minutes on Sundays at 10 a.m. in Spirit Books at the Upper Realm in Q. Cove. Just 10 minutes of collective reading & chanting are followed by a half hour meditation. Then we have tea & cookies and finally a reading and discussion group on the “Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness.” We finish before noon. Call Steve Moore or Danielle Girard at 285-3323 for more information.

Newcomers to Quadra Island Welcome

New to Quadra? The Discovery Islands Chamber of Commerce and local businesses welcome you with a gift bag. Please contact Judy at 285-2150.

6th Annual Broomsweep

at Rebecca Spit. Sunday, May 15, 10a.m. - noon. Meet at the boat launch. Bring clippers and gloves.It’s spring, however late, however slow, and the Spit can use a little of our care and attention again. The big, mature plants are long gone but seeds dropped over many years are still sprouting. Broom seeds are viable for many years, unfortunately.However, thanks to the efforts of a band of volunteers, seed drop has been prevented in recent years.So please come on out and lend a hand with these younger plants which would love to grow and bloom and.......make more seeds!!!!Hope to see you there.Riki 2640

ScholarshipQuadra Legion Ladies AuxiliaryIs accepting applications for the Kay Dubois Memorial ScholarshipFrom veterans descendants entering post-secondary education.An award will be based on academic & citizenship criteria. First year students.Mail to Box 149, Heriot Bay, BC V0P 1H0Applications close May 31

Tsa-Kwa-Luten NewsContrary to what you may have read or heard in recent weeks, Tsa-Kwa-Luten only serves wild sockeye salmon. We are also proud to support local business and local seafood producers. Thank you for your continued patronage.

Geshe Yong Dong Speaks

Geshe YongDong is coming to Quadra Island. He will be speaking on Sherab Chamma Meditation & Healing practice. In Sherab Chamma Meditation the practitioner connects with his or her innate wisdom and its radiance of love and compassion. This practice is available to everyone and provides comfort, guidance & healing. A transmission will also be given.Everyone is invited. The time is 11 a.m. on Sunday, May 22 in the Upper Realm at Q. Cove (please note the new location). Please be on time for the beginning meditation. The suggested donation is $10 but pay what you can. Call Steve or Danielle for more information at 285-3323

Play Ball??How about coming out and playing ball? Little or no experience needed! We need gals!!! Slo-Pitch is fun. Call Marie 250-285-3591


Urgent Ferry Action Request

I would like to first thank the people who did send in letters due to my request to write to the Minister, Blair Lekstrom, regarding taking the ferries back into the Ministry of Transportation. I would have liked to have seen many, many more letters since we are all effected by the ferries. I hope people will not stop the letter writing campaign. A NEW REQUEST: Please address all letters to the Minister [email protected], but also to the Premier Designate, Christy Clark [email protected], and also please copy me. The Premier needs to have a clear picture of how these fares effect families and how they effect job creation. Please work those points into your letters... maybe even into the title so she will pick up on it as the emails come in.The reason I ask these things of you is that I went to Victoria last Wednesday and Thursday to meet with the Minister. We had a great meeting. I presented copies of all of the emails that I had received along with a brief that I wrote explaining what I want him to do and why. We met for 30 minutes with his staff present and then he asked them to leave and we had 20 minutes of private one on one conversation. I have had a long association with Blair as he used to be in local government (Mayor of Dawson Creek and on UBCM Executive with me). So we had a really open discussion and it all boiled down to him saying that he felt having the ferries under Highways makes perfect sense and he supports that. His challenge is convincing the Cabinet that the experiment with BCFS has failed for the minor routes and it is time to fix it.So, that is our task, folks! We must convince the Premier and the Cabinet members to support Blair in his capacity as Minister of Highways. So, if there are any other Cabinet members that you know or any other MLA’s (Liberals) that you know, now is the time to contact them and give them your pitch. I will be doing the same. You can go to the BC Government web page and get all of the names of the Executive and their emails: http://www.gov.bc.ca/premier/cabinet_ministers/. Flood them with input on “how this effects families and job creation”. Those are the Premier’s priorities. - Jim Abram

Classical Guitar Concert on May 29th at Gorge Hall Cortes IslandIn concert Patrick Bashford who studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama under Adèle Kramer (the first academic guitar professor in Britain) for four years after being much inspired by the music of Spain, especially the gypsy guitarists, during his year in Granada.After a further year of study at the Mannes School of Music in New York and with the great Cuban guitarist Rey de la Torre, and another year in Spain to consolidate his technique and repertoire, his performing career took off in Europe (including Scotland), and led him to North America, Australia and appearances on television, and radio.In 1972 he was invited to a professorship at the Royal College of Music that continued for over twenty-five years. He also taught at St. Paul’s School, Cobham Hall, City of London School and others. In the last five years he has been active in resuming his performing careerHe will play music by Bach, Scarlatti, , Villa Lobos, Ponce, Lauro, Sanz and Albeniz, Barrios (Angel and Agustin), and Tarrega. Concert starts at 7:30 pm. Ticket sales at the door for 10 dollars - doors open at 6:30. 15 and under free

Computers for LiteracyQuadra Literacy has a new program in the works. In the fall of 2011, refurbished computers, along with individual tutoring, will be available to Quadra residents who have never had a computer.Quadra Literacy has been approved for the Microsoft Registered Refurbisher Program and we already have a couple of donated computers. Please keep us in mind if you are updating your computer and would like to donate your old PC to the program. We are also looking for volunteers with some computer technical experience who would like to join the technical refurbishment team. Next fall there will be a workshop to train volunteer tutors for various literacy programs. If you are interested in any of these opportunities or would like more information, please contact Robin at [email protected]


Cortes Museum:Spring is bursting out all over on beautiful Mitlenatch Island -- cruise aboard MISTY ISLES to this wildlife sanctuary in the middle of the Salish Sea. Walk meadows ablaze with Death Camas, Columbia and Chocolate Lilies plus Sea Blush, Monkey Flowers & Field Chickweed. Search for owl pellets as you hike the trails in this marine park. Watch territorial & nesting activities of many gulls, cormorants, pigeon guillemots & oyster catchers (black birds with pink gumboots & carrot beaks). Ride a zodiac around Mitlenatch to experience noisy seabird cliff rookeries, impressive Steller & California sea lions. Keep a lookout for eagles, river otters, dolphins & orcas. Skipper/naturalist Mike Moore and wife Samantha have a wealth of information & stories about this gem in the gulf. Sponsored by CORTES MUSEUM, this day trip leaves Cortes Bay at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, May 14, returning about 5:00 p.m. Cost is $115, taxes included. Quadra residents can catch the 9:05 ferry from Heriot Bay to Cortes. Shuttle service both ways is available between the ferry & Cortes Bay. Pack your lunch, binoculars & an extra pair of shoes. Dress for the weather (hat, sunscreen & wind breaker jacket). Home made cookies & tea served on board MISTY ISLES. For details & registration phone Lynne (250-935-6472) or e-mail Cortes Museum at: [email protected]

Quadra Island Farmers Market

& Bazaarwelcomes everyone to this years community market. The market is located behind the Credit Union in Quathiaski Cove and takes place every Saturday (rain or shine) between 10am and 2pm from May 7th to Sept. 10th.We would like to welcome all our regular vendors as well as any new ones who would like to join in. We would especially like to see more locally grown produce. But keep all your arts and crafts coming. Tourists and locals love them.We will continue on with a first come first serve basis and the gate will open at 8am for set up. Market parking is accessed from Green Road. Please note the main Credit Union parking lot is available for Credit Union customers only.To set up a table is still only $5.00. Children under 16 it is $1.00 a table. They must sell their own articles though. Local community and charitable organizations will not be charged. Visitors welcome! Come and enjoy our local market. This is where it’s happening on Saturdays on Quadra Island. Arts, crafts, food, produce, music, entertainers, and souvenirs galore!We strongly discourage dogs at the market. If you have no choice make sure it is on a leash and of course pick up after your pet and don’t let them too near the booths. Thanks for your interest and cooperation. Contacts are:Stella 250-285-3184 -- Naomi 250-285-2979 -- [email protected]

Soil Transformation

Workshop - Saturday May 14th, 2011,

10am to 1pmHorticulturists Ryan Nassichuk and Jessica Hammersmark will be leading demonstrations and discussions of practical techniques for transforming weeds and lawn into productive vegetable gardens. Register by calling 250-202-2326, or e-mail [email protected]

Transition Health & Education Group

The Health & Education Action Committee of the Transition Island Group is meeting at Spirit Books in the Upper Realm at Q. Cove on Monday, May 30th 7:30 pm. There has been a lot of talk and lots of educational workshops coming up but getting ready for peak oil and climate change requires concrete actions to help our island survive and hopefully thrive. Our future social well-being requires local community health care and community alternative education. We will break down into two groups: A community health group and an alternative education group. Both groups will discuss how we can insure social well being through improved community health care and alternative community education. Several nurses and teachers are a part of the groups but everyone is invited to attend and put our ideas into action. Call Steve at 285-3323 or Sheldon at 285-3626 for more information.

Do you like the idea of a new name for Highway 19A? If so, help re-name the route!The City of Campbell River is considering changing the name of the coastal highway (Hwy 19A) within City boundaries. Council wants to know if people support the idea to change the name and is asking for new name suggestions from people who support the idea.People can indicate their support for a name change and submit their name suggestions through an online form. They can also mail in their suggestions to City Hall.All name suggestions will be entered in a random draw for prizes.“We’re looking forward to hearing people’s suggestions for names that represent this unique roadway and create a distinct image for this part of Campbell River, names like Oceanview Road or Marine Drive,” says Mayor Charlie Cornfield.Deadline for suggestions is May 25.Name suggestions will be compiled and presented to Council in June, and Council will make the final decision on a possible name change for this route.The electronic form will be available for use on the City’s website at www.campbellriver.ca under What’s New after May 11. There is an option on the form for people to indicate that they do not support the name change.

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Columbia III Historic Boat Trips Explore a little known part of the BC coast aboard the historic Columbia III to see the many islands and inlets between Desolation Sound and Bute Inlet. Your guides, historian Jeanette Taylor and the crew of Mothership Adventures, will take you into a wild and beautiful seascape with a storied past.The four-day tour, offered by the Museum at Campbell River, runs from the evening of June 3 to the afternoon of June 7. A special feature of the trip is the many shore excursions aboard the Columbia III’s zodiac for hikes to old homesteads and archaeological sites. For those who wish, there will also be an opportunity to try some kayaking.“This stretch of coast used to be dotted throughout with Native villages and later by homesteads and little communities based on logging and fishing,” says Taylor. “Now it’s largely a forgotten place, noted for its snow covered mountains, waterfalls and wildlife.” With no roads to the area, says Taylor, the only way to see it is by boat.Taylor’s recent book, Tidal Passages, documents the people and settlements of these islands and inlets, from the age of European exploration to contemporary times. “The Columbia III,” says Taylor, “brought medical aid and religion to the people of these islands from 1905 to the 1950s. It’s like a homecoming to revisit places like the Surge Narrows post office aboard the Columbia III.”The tour starts in Campbell River and makes a circuitous route through the islands, including the bird sanctuary at Mitlenatch Island, Desolation Sound Marine Park, Read, Maurelle and Sonora Islands, Bute Inlet and Seymour Narrows.Tour participants will get a taste of the present too, with stops at little communities that have weathered isolation and economic change at places like Refuge Cove, at the mouth of Desolation Sound. And they’ll visit a contemporary homestead on Sonora Island, where the Columbia III’s crew live.Taylor will spice up the travels throughout with tales of the many flamboyant characters who once lived among the islands. And the crew of the Columbia III, famous for their gourmet fare, will share a wealth of information about the birds, plants and sealife of the region.This tour is restricted to ten guests aboard the 68-foot Columbia III, at an all inclusive price of $ 1500 per person. For further information check the Mothership Adventures website www.mothershipadventures.com or the Museums at www.crmuseum.ca or call 1-888-833-8887.

Oil and Water. Navigate the Facts

Presented by Living Oceans Society The Museum at Campbell River will host a presentation by Katie Terhune of Living Oceans Society on Thursday, May 26, at 7 pm. Entitled ‘Oil and Water: Navigate the Facts’, this presentation will examine the impact of introducing oil tankers to the North and Central Coast. British Columbia’s coast is a truly incredible part of the planet. It’s rich with life, resources and natural beauty. It has sustained First Nations’ for millennia and coastal communities for generations. Its waters are world renowned for their fishing and tourism opportunities. All of that is now threatened by Enbridge Inc., a transnational pipeline company.Enbridge wants to run twin pipelines from the tar sands to the coast. If it’s allowed to proceed, the Northern Gateway Project will bring 220 crude oil tankers per year to the waters washing against the shore of the Great Bear Rainforest. These supertankers will carrying up to 2 million barrels of crude oil – nearly eight times more than the infamous Exxon Valdez spilled in Alaska – from a proposed marine terminal in Kitimat to markets in Asia. It is a project that benefits Big Oil corporations at the cost of coastal communities.Living Oceans Society is working to ensure B.C.’s North and Central Coast remain tanker free forever. We’ve created a Google Earth map, called Oil and Water. Navigate the Facts, an interactive map where you can explore what’s at stake if oil tankers come to the coast. Google Earth lets you zoom in close to the coast so you can explore nature’s riches with photos and facts about features like salmon streams and eel grass beds, orca habitat and herring runs. Other layers show the human presence on the coast, the places we live, work and play.Join Katie Terhune of Living Oceans Society for a presentation navigating the wonders of our coast, and witness the true threat that is Northern Gateway. There is no charge for this event at the Museum.

Quadra Island Seniors- Br. 91-B.C.O.A.P.O.

Our last meeting on May 4th was very informative, under the direction of Jeannie Schweitzer, with the updating of the C.P.R Program, and the help of Susie. Thanks again to Jeannie.’ Judy Hagen displayed to us her Chamber of Commerce Volunteer of the Year Award, and her Medal, which was presented to her by the Legislature in Victoria. Congratulations Judy.’ We had a lively meeting with a delicious Pot-Luck Lunch, with Salads breads chicken wings,Baked Beans,and two soups, with great dessert. Two of our members will be attending, the B.C.O.A.P.O. Annual General Meeting in Agassiz June 12th to 14th. At this conference, delegates vote on Resolutions which improve living conditions for Seniors, People with Disabilities and many others.The voted on, resolutions are then sent to Provincial & Federal Govts, also to Council of Senior Citizens Org. & National Pensioners Org. who work on Resolutions as well, to help all who are in need. Our membership are now working in the Tourist Information Centre daily, welcoming Visitors to our very quiet and beautiful Island. If you would like to become a member of our group, and help us to work in the Tourist Booth call Chris Dyson @2207 or Ruth @3801 or contact us @ [email protected], We have a no age policy in our branch, and if you join to help us make improvements in our branch it does not necessarily make a person older, in fact it probably makes one younger and happier. to be able to contribute to society. At our next General meeting on Wed.June 1st/11 at 10:30 a:m we are hoping to have as a speaker Anna Guthrie Border Collie Trainer she will bring her dogs and show us how smart they are by performing with direction.Other Wednesdays at 10:00 a:m Ann Lawrence puts us through our paces with Armchair Aerobics, at 11:00 a:m we hope to have Carpet bowling, Cards or Pool, bring snacks or a sandwich to have with Coffee or Tea. Also Join Peter Gregg on Sundays at 11:00 a:m meet at the launch ramp to walk the famous Rebecca spit. If you need a ride to our meetings we have a driving committee, call Ruth @3801


Buzz, buzz, buzz - with our golf course due to open for play next summer, there is lots

of talk going around about the Quadra Golf Club. While many experienced golfers are familiar with the concept of a golf club (the group, not the tool), there is a bit of head scratching going on among the uninitiated. With the aim of keeping everyone abreast of our progress and maybe piquing the interest of the novice or future golfer, this will be the first in a series of informative articles.As you may have heard, we’re currently holding a Founding Members drive. Why would you want to be a “founding” member (i.e., one of the first 100 memberships)? A), the first 100 memberships sold will be at a considerable discount over the later rates and B), the fortunate first 100 will have their names memorialized on a plaque in the future club house. (In answer to the obvious query, no, we don’t know yet if that will be a gold, bronze or hand-quilted plaque, and no, you cannot have your golfing nickname included, Par Boy.) Imagine the historical significance of having your name listed as a founding member: “Gee, Grampa, this golf course has been here since you were young?! No wonder these trees are so big!”“What exactly is a membership and what does it get me?” Excellent question. It is a one-time only payment of $1,120 ($1,000 + $120 hst) for a single person or $1,680 $1,500 + $180 hst) for a couple that entitles you to be a member of the Quadra Golf Club for life - for life, people! (There are other more economical options for intermediates and juniors, but we’ll go into that later.) Among the many advantages of membership, it gives you the opportunity to buy an Annual Greens Fee Pass for unlimited play. If you are not that familiar with the noble game of golf, at this point you are asking, “What the heck are greens fees and why do I want to buy an annual pass?” Stay with me, background info coming up.

Golf Clubs 101Ours will be a public golf course; that is, open to anyone to play, as opposed to a private, members-only club. There will be a set fee for a round of golf for anyone that wishes to play. This fee is called the “greens fee”. At this point, that fee will be $28 ($25 + $3 hst) for nine holes, or $40.32 ($36 + $4.32 hst) for eighteen holes. Any golf course you play anywhere, public or private, will have a greens fee for each time you play...UNLESS you have become a member and utilized your option to purchase an Annual Greens Fee Pass. Pay attention, this is the good part.Paying at the regular greens fees rate, for approximately $800 a person could play eighteen holes once a week for 22 weeks, say from the beginning of May to the end of September. But, an FM (Founding Member) who has purchased an AGFP (Annual Greens Fee Pass) can play unlimited golf for the year for the same amount of money! That means you could play every day, all year long, for your $800. Heck, you could play twice a day. Perhaps you’re wondering why there is a membership fee AND greens fees. You know how you have to buy a membership to shop at Costco, which then allows you to buy goods at a discounted price? It’s like that. You could shop at another store and not pay a membership fee, but you’d be paying a higher price for your groceries. You can still golf and pay the regular greens fees without becoming a member of the golf club, but, as the saying goes, membership confers privilege. You can only purchase an annual greens fee pass for unlimited golf for a year if you are a member. And just like Costco, this is a membership only. You are not purchasing equity in the golf course. We didn’t make this up; this is standard practice at any golf course that sells memberships.Too difficult to pay for a membership all at once? To alleviate your hesitant murmurs, you should know that there are payment options available allowing you to purchase a single or couple

membership for 5 equal payments over 5 months. (Greens fees will not be paid until the course opens.)For young adults, age 19 through 23, the intermediate membership fee is also $1,120 including hst, for a single, but with a very affordable catch. They can pay their fee at the rate of $224 per year over 5 years. Can’t get more reasonable than that. Greens fees or the option to buy an AGFP still apply.Living with juniors (under 19)? We have a smoking deal (not that kind of smoking). In order to promote a youth program, the fee for the first year of operation is $224 ($200 + $24 hst). That’s it. Unlimited golf. Two hundred twenty-four dollars. Do not

pass go, do not pay greens fees. Impressive, eh?And where, you excitedly ask, can you obtain an application for this limited Founding Membership offer? Well, Virginia, at the Heriot Bay Inn front desk, Peoples Drug Mart,Discovery Islands Realty or Quadra Building Supply, of course. All info pertaining to membership can also be found at our constantly updated website, quadraislandgolf.ca. We are approaching the 50% mark of our 100 FM’s, so don’t tarry. And if you have more questions, you can call Ronnie at 285-3258 or Kelly at 285-3428.See you next issue. Q.I.G.C. Membership Committee


Quathiaski Cove Road and Rudder Road

IntersectionOver the last few months the Detachment has received complaints from various community members regarding motorists and cysclists failing to stop at the stop sign located at the bottom of Quathiaski Cove Road leading to the Ferry terminal. Due to the amount of heavy traffic at ferry arrival and departure times, this intersection has the potential to be the scene of a serious crash. The risk of a serious crash increases considerably when vehicles and cyclists are failing to stop at the intersection. The Detachment would like to remind all drivers and cyclists of the requirement to come to a complete stop at the stop sign and to proceed only when safe to do so. While Detachment Members do not want to be fining any drivers or cyclists, everyone is reminded that provisions of the Motor Vehicle Act prescribe a fine of $167.00 for failing to stop at a stop sign. Should anyone have any questions or concerns please contact or come by the Detachment.

Spirit Board SupportFeeling the pull of the garden or a creative burst of energy? Hurrah for spring! The Fall Fair committee is planning for fall already, and we are super happy that the Quadra Island Fall Fair has been added to the Tru Valu Spirit Board list. When shopping locally, please consider donating your points to the Fall Fair. (#297)

Photography ExhibitsDid you know there is a Photography Exhibit in the Fall Fair? There sure is, with several adult and youth categories. Watch for the complete catalogue of exhibits and categories to enter, it will be in your mailbox in less than a month.

Growing ResourcesPlanning on growing some prize winning entries? Perhaps wondering about optimum planting time? This year’s fair theme is “local is focal”...keep it local at On Root Greenhouse, a great source of seeds, supplies, information and inspiration. Some helpful online resources are available at West Coast Seeds. Check out the planting guide and “how to grow” section online at www.westcoastseeds.com/gardenresources. See you September 4 on the grounds of the Community Centre.

Growing More Food on Quadra. Sheep wanted!

There has been a great response to the request for pasture for sheep so much so that we now need more sheep! There are several offers of garden plots in return for a share of the produce grown, and a strawberry patch and fruit trees, but so far no takers. Thank you very much to all who responded.If you are interested in using someone’s garden to grow food please contact Mary at 25285 3084. There are also 2 plots available again at the Community Garden.

Seniors Housing NewsThe Yukon BC Command of the Royal Canadian Legion delivered a cheque for $3000 to the Seniors Housing Project on April 16th. Local Legion Branch 154 executive Tom Vaniderstine, Carol Ann Terreberry, and Leonard Lamb presented the grant cheque to Ken Duncan on stage at the coffee house. Many thanks for this donation and for the local Legion’s assistance in applying for the grant. These funds are much appreciated.We are grateful to Amped on Nutrition for their donation to the Silent Auction at the Coffee House. Our apologies for leaving your name off the list of supporters published in the last edition.Also thanks to Blaine Smith for his help moving topsoil with his Bobcat. Thanks to the Garden Club for the donation of plants and the dozen volunteers who arrived on a beautiful morning in April to complete the planting. The Garden Club are also donating the balance of the fencing for the vegetable garden. Is there anyone in the community with carpentry skills, who would be willing to install 6 - 4x4 posts in concrete, to help complete the garden construction? Please contact Val 285 2841 if you can help with the fencing posts.Quadra Seniors Housing AGM will be on Wednesday June 29th at the community centre 7pm in the main hall. The Board will have financial statements prepared for review by Society members. Also, at the AGM, the Board of Directors would like to formally thank the corporate donors who have supported the project over the last few years. Most of the funding for this project was raised in our community, with local and outside help from several agencies. We would like to acknowledge these very important donations.

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Sailing Season Is Coming Soon!

Quadra Sailblazers Club has a number of sailboats, from Lasers to a 17’ DaySailer and a 20’ Ranger which sail out of Taku Resort. It offers a very affordable annual family membership which gives members shared use of the boats with no additional usage fee.We are unable to offer beginner sailing courses this year due to lack of volunteer instructors; however, for people who already have the basics of sailing theory, Sailblazers can arrange additional instruction one weekday afternoon or evening each week for four weeks; details to be decided when people have responded. Numbers will be limited; please call Frank or Shirley Wallace at 285-2297.Last year a number of young people made good use of the Club’s Laser dinghies, which will again be available under the guidance of John Barclay. If you are interested in sailing these lively boats, please call John at 285-3897. We regret that the Club has not been able to offer a children’s course for a number of years; however, if any sailing families would like to involve their kids or grandchildren in dinghy sailing, we encourage them to join the Club since we have dinghies available at the waterfront and can offer assistance in planning sailing sessions.A reminder to past Sailblazers members: membership renewals are now due!

The Campbell Rivers Arts Council is pleased to announce that Executive Director Ken Blackburn has been given a Provincial Arts Champion Award. Only 3 awards were given in the province this year by the BC Assembly of Arts Councils. Ken was noted for constantly working to have the arts be recognized as a central community resource in addressing a wide range of community social issues, alongside advocating for the arts as a leading economic driver. Blackburn has been the Executive Director of the Campbell River Arts Council since 2006.

Community Garden News

Warm weather has been slow arriving this spring but the Old Farm Community Garden has been busy all the same. We began the garden just two years ago and the growth is phenomenal. Community response has been very positive and as we go into our third gardening season we have now expanded to 67 beds and 76 members. There are only 2 beds still available. If you are interested please contact Susan at 285-3632.Thanks to Jim Abram the garden received a Grant-in-Aid through the Strathcona Regional District again this year. These funds are being used to enclose, re-roof, and paint our garden shed, as well as interior shelving and tubs for storage. The grant will also cover the materials to build another compost bin for the west side of the garden. Thank you to Jim Abram and to the garden members who have been doing the shed work. It is looking wonderful. This year several of the community garden members are organizing the vegetable category for the upcoming Quadra Fall Fair. See the April 15 issue of the DI for a list of vegetable varieties or watch for the Fall Fair Catalogue at the end of May. There are lots of great categories including a People’s Choice award for a Horn of Plenty. As well as each member’s individual bed we now have many berry plants, apple trees and our latest addition, grapes. The compost committee has done a great job and is able to provide all the gardeners with buckets of compost periodically. Last fall a new bridge was installed over the swale and we continue to upgrade the herb and flower gardens as well as the paths. For the second year our resident Violet-Green Swallows have returned to the nest boxes and the Robins are happily eating bugs, worms and an occasional unprotected pea sprout. Thank you to Sorenson MacDonald Enterprise and G. Roy Dahlnas Excavating for picking up and delivering fish compost on their return trips from the beach cleanup. The garden is a work in progress and well worth a visit. If you haven’t visited the

garden recently, please feel free to take a walk through during daylight hours and see what a community can do. You can visit us online on thegumboot.ca link to The Old Farm Community Garden.


Free Firewood Spring is here. We’re all out of dry firewood for now. However, if you want some very wet wood to chop up for next year, give us a call. We also need community volunteers to chop up free firewood for the winter of 2011/2012. Come join us every Wednesday from 10 a.m. to noon behind the Quadra Community Centre. Together, we can help keep all Quadra Islanders warm and cozy next winter and work up an appetite for the noon Community Lunch. Bring an axe or we can provide one. Call Steve Moore for more information at 285-3323. P.S. Many thanks to Von and his brother & luke & Alan & Paul & Tom & Leon Trotsky for their help last week.

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Hand Drum Jam There is a hand-drum jam happening every Wednesday night at 7:45 p.m. in the Upper Realm in Q. Cove. Beginners are welcome. This is a drum jam designed to take the drummers into a blissful stream of “ONE DRUM” consciousness. Some basic instruction is also offered to beginners. First time attenders are free. Otherwise a $5 donation is requested to help pay for rent & tea & sometimes cookies, etc. Call Steve Moore at 285-3323 for more information.

Glow (CD. Release)May 20th at the Quadra Legion, Sydney Williams releases her second full length album (Glow). Doors are open at 9 pm, and starting off the entertainment is Cameron Gunn.Tickets are available for $10 at Humming Bird, Quadra Crafts and The Music Plant in Campbell River. Tickets can also be bought at the door.Sydney’s new CD can be purchased at the show. Come have a good time, dance a little, and enjoy a great show.

Things Found In Recycling This

MonthDue to popular demand, here is another exciting issue of recycling made easy on Quadra Island. With the return of the hummingbirds and the occasional warm day, gardening is back in full swing. Many rusted, old garden implements are turning up in the can bin and the plastics bin is flooded with plant containers which do not have the recycling triangle. The usual, entertaining mix of other garbage – much of which has spent the winter outdoors, is also turning up at the depot.As well, someone doing a complete bathroom remodel was bitten by the recycling bug and much of the old bathroom ended up in each of the bins at the depot. None of the plumbing, decorating, medicine cabinet or many mirrored parts had a recycling triangle embossed on them and needed to be removed from the bins and sent to the landfill in town. As usual, only items which cannot be recycled on Quadra (or possibly anywhere for that matter) are listed. Lovely selection of cooking implementsBlack running shoesFoot tall, red M&M guy!Large water pistols, Hot tub plumbingBreadmaker parts, Electric keyboardComcast cable modem, Fire extinguisherTable lamp, Fish tankMany large plastic container lidsOld golf ballsBlender (separated into different bins)Paint cansPressurized containers of various sortsMany children’s toysOur commentary this month is with cardboard recycling. Clean cardboard which is either corrugated or of single thickness such as found with cereal boxes is acceptable. All plastic wrap, liners or windows need to be removed. These boxes should be pulled apart so that they lay flat as crushed boxes tend to have a memory and expand once put in the bins. They then take up a great deal of space – filling the bins very quickly. Soiled cardboard is not acceptable. If it has been out in the rain and moulded, use it as compost. Pizza boxes, coffee cups, cardboard milk containers and non-fruit tetra-paks should be disposed of in the garbage.

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Watercolour &Whimsy with Alex Fong

Take the time for whimsy in this 5-day watercolour workshop June 6-10 with Kelowna artist Alex Fong at Firesign Studio. Capture the kaleidoscope of light and colour, simplicity and power in watercolour techniques. Learn with a small group of 5-7 students, includes lunches. Locals may be able to attend at a daily rate, please inquire. 250-285-3390. Check out the full workshop calendar at: www.firesignartanddesign.com/workshops.htm

Kids for Kids with Cancer Mini Adventure Race Janine Annett and Mairi Marlow would like to thank every-one who came out to the Kids for Kids for Cancer race to make it such a success this year. We raised over 3000 dollars for the Make-a-wish® Foundation of B.C. and Yukon. It was raining hard on Saturday morning but that didn’t scare our brave racers. Every-one who came with a bike got it checked over with a quick tune up if needed from Jack Mar of Quadra Cycle and Dave Oldroyd. There was a quick warm up before the first group headed off with a three legged race. Then hopped on their bikes and rode the trails. Trail marshals Coleen, Dave, John, Rory, James and Alvin cheered them along the way. Back on the field the racers had a short mystery event to entertain the bystanders. Then they were back on the trails again for a run before crossing the finish line and receiving a “Go for the Gold” chocolate medal. Congratulations to the “Awesome Alligators” and the Tyrannosaurus Trashers who won team speed awards. The “Rocking Rabbits” and the “Race Ferries” were winners of the team spirit awards. All of the racers were well looked after on Saturday morning with both our local fire volunteers and an ambulance crew in attendance. Dr. Erica Kellerhals did the sweep of the trail and Eamon and Nick rode their bikes around with the competitors ready to give assistance if it was needed. Amanda and her crew of Volunteers Riley, Emma, Arissa and Brittany ran a busy concession stand. Katrina and Alysha manned the registration table. Liah had games ready inside to keep every-one occupied while we waited for the congratulations and for the prizes to be handed out. The Kellerhalls and the Younger’s won the team sport awards for collecting the most pledges. Big Thank you to our many donators. Tru-Value Foods and the spirit board program provided a great contribution to the concession and card sales. Prizes for the racers were donated by, Quadra Cycle, Quadra Island Builders, Coho Books, Gypsy Vibrations, Quadra Crafts, On Root, Something special, Humming Bird, By the sea, Book Bonanza and the BC Cancer Agency. Thanks for all your contributions and support. We hope to see out there again next year!

Quadra Legion NewsThe Quadra Legion has a busy month in May for live entertainment. Starting with Skampidia a ska/reggae band appearing for their second time. Saturday May 14th advance tickets $10.00 available at Loka or $15.00 at the door. On Friday May 20th Sydney Williams CD release 9:00pm tickets $10.00. For the Ball Dance, The Propellers, a fabulous Campbell River classic rock band coming Saturday May 21st 9:00-1:00 $10.00 at the door. On Saturday May 28th 9:00-1:00 it’s Cortes Rocks/Track Pantz $10.00 cover charge at the door. The stage renovations are close to being completed with the wonderful donation from Ed Fisher not only for his carpentry talents but also for supplying all the materials. Huge thank you to Ed! It is a much needed and greatly appreciated improvement and we plan to put it to good use. So come by and check it out. Something for everyone!


Anti-Growth Activists Are Too NegativeIntroductionThe future is much brighter than you think. Your problem is that you lack faith, faith in a Higher Power---your local Planning Department. What we have here, you see, is a failure to communicate. It is time those opposed to growth drop the histrionics and listened to reason. If they took the time to actually get down on their knees and in total humility surrendered themselves to the Great Planning Authority (GPA) in heaven they could hear His voice and be happily be resigned to their pre-ordained role as subordinate agents of His will. The GPA knows best. Before Him, there was no city. And then behold, He created it and overnight it was a sprawling megalopolis. Face it, when you lived in a quiet, stable environment, you were lonely. The Creator at City Hall realized that domesticated animals alone could not suffice as adequate company. He knew that you needed 6.9 billion other humans to jam into the area and take your mind off yourself. And He was right. You hardly have time to think now that you are so busy scrambling to pay for your housing costs. So let urban planners be your guide and your rock. DismayedAs an urban planner, I am dismayed at the negativity found in a myriad of other doom-saying blogs. I must believe---we must believe----that the future of our civilization lies in growing cities. In fact cities are the cradle of civilization---of art, science, music and literature, and the more citizens we pack into them the more vibrant and creative they become. Malthusian logic suffers from inconsistency and its prognostications lack an empirical foundation. Most of all, their gloom and doom verbiage is, at closer scrutiny, an exercise in deliberate obfuscation. People, our greatest resourceI believe in people. People are our

the more humans there are, the more geniuses who will be born. We will worry about feeding and educating them later. Use of languageLet me elaborate with more precision. We can inculcate end-to-end morphologies, re-tool ruderal users and reintermediate next generation podcasts. If we monetize peer-to-peer networking we can repurpose next-generation synergies and enhance out-of-the-box action items by targeting open-source partnerships and maximizing ubiquitous deliverables. Only by capturing turn-key metrics and synthesizing seamless channels can we expedite vertical ecologies. If successful, we will have delivered 24/7 platforms and revolutionized viral e-commerce. Getting AgreementIn short, if we communicate with clarity then the omniscient vision that is exclusive to the planning profession can be imparted to the voting public who are ill-equipped to grasp the opportunities that await us in the broad, sunlit uplands of our cornucopian future. Let’s dispense with the clichés and speak plainly. If there is no hope, do not despair---we can manufacture it with the same ease that we can build the hundreds of nuclear reactors necessary to power the hundreds of desalination plants that will substitute for our dry river beds and reservoirs, as well as energize the solyent-green biscuit factories that will replace the farmland that lies beneath our sprawling suburbs. You see, the future is not as bad as you thought. Just leave it to us.B. Rees-Nable,President,Urban Planning InstituteTim Murray, Vice President.

greatest resource. The more the merrier. We need more people to make our transportation system more efficient, our production runs longer and our costs-per-unit smaller. We need the collective brainpower that more people can give us so that we may solve the problems generated by population growth. We need more cultural diversity and less biological diversity. With more diverse people we can have more choices in our cuisine, and we can always enjoy the film-footage of extinct and endangered species threatened by the encroaching subdivisions built to accommodate our growing population as we eat from a buffet of Thai, Indian, African, Afghani and Spanish food. It is best to enjoy wildlife vicariously---no one wants to suffer the discomfort of off-road trekking and camping. More dim-sum, less undomesticated animals---sounds like a good bargain to me. Growing the bottom lineAbove all, we need more people to pay for the health and pension benefits of our growing aged population. And when these new people are finished their working careers paying for our growing aged population, we can import an even large base of people to support the people we brought here to pay for those aged people. Ad infinitum. To maintain our age structure, according to a C.D. Howe report, all we need do is increase immigration to 28 times its present level and achieve a population of 167 million Canadians by 2050---a 490% increase.No Gain without PainYes, admittedly, there are growing pains involved in growing our population. But those can be infinitely mitigated by the greatest panacea known to man---“planning”. Now, it used to be that planning was understood as something both pro-active and pre-emptive. A government decided what its urban boundaries would be and how many people would live within it, and planned

accordingly. But of course, that antiquated notion gave way to the enlightened concept of laissez-faire growth. Urban planners and demographers now look at what the population is projected to be and then counsel government s to “plan” for it---as if a given growth rate or trend is something that cannot be challenged. Which of course it can be, but to do so would be racist, xenophobic and selfish. Those who attempt to control population growth are playing God—when the truth is God wants us to go forth and multiply, especially if some rival tribe, religious community or nation threatens to out-breed ours. Well, no worries. Governments now have the good sense to believe that growth is inevitable, so the only option is to channel it out of harm’s way. Now we can have “green” buildings, “green” development and “smart” growth. Growth without ecological impacts. (Stay tuned for ice cream consumption without weight again and thirst-quenching without fluid). It is time that Malthusians got smart too. It is time they shut up and left it to the experts. Public Education a mustThe problem, I feel, is in lack of communication. Emotive language must surrender to dispassionate discussion. Malthusians must chill out. They must understand that there are positive alternatives to a sustainable steady state society that lives within the means and absorptive capacity of the environment. We can grow the limits. Think a water shortage will stop us? Then think Las Vegas---we can truck in all the water we need. No more oil? No more metals or minerals to enable our industrial economy? No more fish? Eroded mined-out soils unable to feed us? Then you forgot what Mr.Micawber said in David Copperfield, “Something will turn up.” Human ingenuity cannot be underestimated---especially in The Planning Department. And


Quadra Slo-Pitch

2011Hopefully the weather will feel more like ‘warm’ sunny ball playing for the five teams in our league. Quadra Rowdies, The Islanders, Cougar Bait, Offshoots and Guns and Hoses, making up our schedule this year.Ross Doak, our Great President for the last five years has stepped down. He gave his all to our league - spending countless hours at Blenkin Park improving things. We really appreciate all that he did. Plus, what a super person! We miss you ‘Rosey’.Mitch and Melanie Zylstra have stepped in as Board members along with Thomas Billy, Breanna Williams and Marie Ewen.Our Annual Invitational Slo-Pitch Tournament is currently in full swing. Preparations are underway for a thirty-six team roster. Thirty-two of them from off-island, Victoria, Sooke, Nanaimo, Gold River, Port McNeill and Campbell River will be headed our way. So-o-o...! BE WARNED ferry traffic will be affected starting May 19th. Friday, May 20th will probably be the busiest coming from Campbell River, then again returning from Q-Cove on Monday, May 23rd.The Island will be jumping with extra traffic as games are taking place at two diamonds at Blenkin Park and two diamonds at Cape Mudge.The Quadra Children’s Centre will again have a concession by the beverage garden. The yummy food will have a great pancake breaky on Sunday and Monday mornings, as well as burgers, hot dogs on Saturday, Sunday and Monday.Come and enjoy (don’t bother cooking) and watch some fabulous ball playing. Root for our four Quadra teams!There will hopefully be a Bounce-A-Rama at the Park too!

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