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A close-up shows a hand holding seaweed with herring eggs attached. The eggs are lost when humans pick seaweed off the beach. February and March are the spawning season for herring, and the Sunshine Coast Friends of Forage Fish is asking people not to take seaweed mulch off the beach during these months. See letter page 4. PHOTO SUBMITTED

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The causes of the collapse of a bank on a public trail along Chapman Creek could be fixed, but it would be an extensive and expensive re-pair job, an environmental consultant has told a District of Sechelt Council committee.

A constructed solution to the natural meandering of the creek would be “a difficult task to undertake, a large task to undertake and certainly a costly task to undertake,” independent senior biologist Dave Bates told a meeting of the Public Works Committee Jan. 27.

A portion of the four-me-tre-high bank collapsed Jan. 22 following days of heavy rain, taking part of the public trail by Brookman Park into the heavy flow and prompt-ing emergency closure of the

popular creek-side path that starts just north of Highway 101.

Bates noted that the lower part of the creek north of the bridge has had four major and similar events in the last 50 years, but that it’s nothing alarming as “the river is just doing what rivers do.”

“I don’t see a lot of problem in terms of the river itself,” added Bates.

He suggested that the trail simply be moved.

“It’s not going to be popu-lar,” Bates said. “But we’re faced with what ultimately would be a fairly hard-engi-neered approach to protect the remaining portions of that bank.”

Four sections of the bank have been reinforced since 1957, following damage or

Fix for Chapman Creek ‘costly’threat from similar high-water events. The part of the bank that fell into the creek Jan. 22 was one area that had not been reinforced.

Bates said normal high seasonal waters in that part of the creek flow at a rate of about 60,000 to 70,000 cu-bic metres per second (cms). Extraordinary high-water events, like the one leading up to the Jan. 22 collapse, can see flows of 150,000 to 200,000 cms, he said.

“It’s a lot of energy to dis-sipate, a lot of water to move when those events occur.”

Bates said he is preparing a report on the problems and potential remedies on the lower portion of Chapman Creek which is to be present-ed to the District later.

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A partly submerged park bench by Chapman Creek, just south of where a bank collapsed Jan. 22, shows how high the waters are fl owing following heavy rains over the past few weeks. RIK JESPERSEN PHOTO

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One of the scholarships was presented to Linden Feniak, of Sechelt, by BC’s Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Steve Thomson during the TLA’s 73rd Annual Convention & Trade Show in Vancouver.

“I commend Linden for continuing family traditions and pursuing a career in the forest industry,” said Thom-son. “Over the next few years, more jobs will continue to open up and I encourage all

young people to consider working in the woods.”

This year’s scholarship winners both plan to work in the forest industry when they graduate from the VIU in Na-naimo. They both grew up in the industry; Feniak’s dad was a tug boat operator.

The two $5,000 scholar-ships, created last year, are jointly funded by the Truck Loggers Association and Chevron Canada.

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Sechelt student wins scholarshipup and each year we invest $80,000+ in forestry educa-tion and scholarships through the TLA Forestry Education Fund, generously founded and supported by TLA members.”

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Steve Thomson, Minister of Forests, Land and Natural Resource Operations, on the left, and scholarship winner Linden Feniak. PHOTO SUBMITTED


Editorial Opinion

Letters to the Editor – Opinions

Pipeline puzzleWith the December Paris climate agreement, leaders and

experts from around the world showed they overwhelmingly accept that human-caused climate change is real and, because the world has continued to increase fossil fuel use, the need to curb and reduce emissions is urgent.

In light of this, I don’t get the current brouhaha over Kinder Morgan, Keystone XL, Northern Gateway or the Energy East pipelines. Why are politicians contemplating spending billions on pipelines when the Paris commitment means 75 to 80 per cent of known fossil fuel deposits must be left in the ground?

Didn’t our prime minister, with provincial and territorial premiers, mayors and representatives from non-profit orga-nizations, parade before the media to announce Canada now takes climate change seriously? I joined millions of Canadians who felt an oppressive weight had lifted and cheered mightily to hear that our country committed to keeping emissions at levels that would ensure the world doesn’t heat by more than 1.5 C by the end of this century. With the global average tem-perature already one degree higher than pre-industrial levels, a half a degree more leaves no room for business as usual.

Pipeline arguments are especially discouraging, with people claiming Quebec is working against the interests of Alberta and Canada because the leadership of the Montreal Metropoli-tan Community — representing 82 municipalities and nearly half the province’s population — voted overwhelmingly to re-ject the proposed Energy East pipeline project, which would carry 1.1 million barrels of oilsands bitumen and other oil products from Alberta to refineries and ports in the east. Some have thrown out the anti-democratic and, frankly, anti-Canadi-an notion that because Quebec has received equalization pay-ments it should shut up about pipeline projects.

National unity is about steering Canada onto a sustainable track and looking out for the interests of all Canadians. Con-tinuing to build fossil fuel infrastructure and locking ourselves into a future of increasing global warming isn’t the way to go about it. . Shifting to a 21st century clean-energy economy would create more jobs, unity and prosperity — across Can-ada and not just in one region — than continuing to rely on a polluting, climate-altering sunset industry.

The urgency of the need for change demands that we re-think our entire energy potential and the way we live. It makes no sense to continue acting as if we’ve got all the time in the world to get off the path that created the crisis in the first place. That’s the challenge, and for our politicians, it’s a huge task as well as a great opportunity.

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Mulch thoughtfullyThe Sunshine Coast

Friends of Forage Fish vol-unteer group would like to remind the public –especially all those gardeners - that her-ring spawn season will soon be upon us.

As a practice, mulching is great, but when one chooses seaweed as mulch, a series of thoughtful decisions should be made beforehand.

First of all, what is the time of year? February and March are herring spawning months here on the coast, and herring will often choose seaweeds as the "anchor" for their eggs. Even when the egg- laden seaweed gets bro-ken off and washed up on the beach, those eggs can quite happily survive until the next high tide. By taking seaweeds during the spawning season, there is the potential to de-stroy thousands of herring eggs. NONE should be col-lected at this time.

How much will I take, and how often? There are a lot of us in the world now, in-cluding the Sunshine Coast, and our cumulative impact is significant. That seaweed line is home to many small sea creatures and provides

shelter, shade, and moisture between the tidal periods. Do you really need seaweed for a mulch?

Is there something with less impact that I can use to mulch? Many of us throw out great mulch materials like grass clippings, compost, or sawdust. Why not use them?

If you must collect sea-weed as mulch for your gar-den, take only small amounts, and over a large area to mini-mize the impact on this spe-cial area of our world, and NOT during the months of February and March.

The Sunshine Coast Friends of Forage Fish is a local volunteer group that has been diligently sampling Sunshine Coast beaches for the presence of forage fish eggs. We have had findings of sand lance and surf smelt eggs at several of our local beaches.

For more information or to volunteer call Dianne San-ford, Volunteer Coordinator, Sunshine Coast Friends of Forage Fish, 604-885-6283, or email [email protected]. For more infor-mation about our group, visit friendsofforagefish.com

Dianne Sanford, Roberts Creek

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Through innovative pro-grams like this, the District of Sechelt is working to en-hance our urban forest and to meet the goals set in our Urban Forest Plan.

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The Vegas style casino night fundraising event will be held at the Seaside Centre Sat. Feb. 20, doors open at 7pm.

Admission is $25, which includes: $100 casino mon-ey, drink tickets, and hors d'ouevres all evening. We'll even have a signature "Nut-cracker" drink available.

There will be real gaming tables: Black Jack; Roulette; Poker; and Craps. With real dealers.

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The Gibsons Public Market has reached a critical fundrais-ing milestone, allowing it to ac-cess a pool of matching fund-ing and to go all out for the goal of opening the facility this fall.

“We’re pretty excited and confident that we’ve done this, as it’s enabled us to proceed,” Executive Director Gerry Zi-pursky said after meeting with the Market’s Board of Gover-nors Feb. 1.

The Market had set a Jan. 31 deadline to exceed $2-mil-lion in money raised, at which point it would feel confident to

proceed with approval for con-struction.

“That approval was granted at the Board meeting today,” Zipursky said.

The $2-million milestone also means up to $400,000 will be provided in matching funds from B.C.’s Island Coastal Eco-nomic Trust.

The total so far includes a $275,000 contribution—in the form of an equity investment—from the Town of Gibsons. The local Council sparked contro-versy when it voted to transfer the money from the Town’s

Gibsons Public Market hits funding goalPark Acquisition Reserve Fund to its Capital Projects Reserve Fund, but the transfer was ul-timately approved by the pro-vincial government.

The fundraising isn’t over yet. The total budget comes to more than $3 million.

“Our real focus now is this last $1 million-plus,” said Zi-pursky. “The hope is that peo-ple will realize that [the Mar-ket] is really going to happen, and now’s the time to step up and lend support.”

The expansion and make-over will see the Market’s

three-level building triple in floor area to 13,500 square feet.

Plans call for the bottom level of the Gower Point Rd. building, the former Gibsons Yacht Club, to feature a multi-vendor, quay-style shopping market; a rentable commer-

cial kitchen; plus a Commu-nity Kitchen—a fully outfitted cooking space with seating where a small audience can watch culinary demonstra-tions and shows.

The second level will offer a café with an outdoor deck; a “community amenity space”

for large meetings, weddings and other events; and what could be the Market’s key draw: a marine education centre with a mini-aquarium which will house as many as 30 live, local marine-animal exhibits.

Rik Jespersen

The Gibsons Public Market hit its $2-million-plus fundraising target by Jan. 31, assuring that matching funds will become available and bringing the Market closer to its planned Fall 2016 opening. From left to right: Bill Humphries, Chair, Gibsons Public Market Board of Governors; Pam Robertson, Chair, Market Capital Campaign Committee; and Gerry Zipursky, the Market's Executive Director. RIK JESPERSEN PHOTO

Gibsons Council is invit-ing the local community to a public meeting at Town Hall to openly discuss the Town’s strategic plan and budget.

The “special public infor-mation and engagement ses-sion on strategic planning,” is

to be held Feb. 9 at 7:00 p.m. in Council Chambers, Mayor Wayne Rowe announced at the Jan. 19 Council meeting.

“Councillor [Jeremy] Vale-riote and Councillor [Char-lene] SanJenko are going to be leading this,” Rowe said.

Public invited to special Gibsons meetingValeriote and SanJenko

met Jan. 22 with Town staff to draft a “public outreach message and an outline” for the Feb. 9 event.

Details were expected to be released when Council met again Feb. 2. Rik Jespersen

Every few months or so, several local Bernese mountain dog owners gather with their pets for a Saturday morning walk in Porpoise Bay Provincial Park. Although a dozen or more of the large, playful and aff ectionate dogs will often join the romp, just six made it out on this rainy Jan. 30 outing. You can learn more about the dogs--which their owners call Berners--and the event by contacting [email protected]. RIK JESPERSEN PHOTO


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For the first time in de-cades, in part perhaps due to the lowest level of ferry service in decades, there is no passenger bus transpor-tation between Vancouver and the Sunshine Coast. Despite the existence of two road-worthy 21-seat for-mer BC Transit buses sitting idle, the BC government has been unable to assist our community in re-establish-ing even temporary service between Langdale and Earls Cove. With patients flying to doctors’ appointments and the inconvenience involved for all other travellers, one would have hoped that when asked, the Provincial

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I have written to the Min-ister of Health, hoping to convince the Province to cover the costs of hearing aids for children over 3 ½. While our early screening system identifies children with hearing impairments earlier in their lives, and most are diagnosed before 3 ½, the cost burden for fami-lies is significant when their child needs a replacement. Currently B.C. ranks poorly in relation to other provinc-es when it comes to support citizens in the purchase of hearing aids.

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The Suncoast Racquet Club held its annual Brudermann Cup tennis tournament on Jan. 30, with 18 players in mixed doubles round robin play. In the hard-fought fi nal, (from the left) Mike Zanchetta and partner Marian Shoemaker prevailed over Karin Tigges and Friedl Brud-ermann. The cup is named after Brudermann who was chairman of the club board during the building of the two-court indoor tennis facility in Sechelt. PHOTO SUBMITTED

Christine Turner, owner of Embellish Emporium in the Gibsons Park Plaza mall, was eager to announce Jan. 27 the release of six new colours in the “Amanda For-rest Collection” of Fat Paint, a chalk-style paint for artisans. The event, with prizes and refreshments, was held at a temporary pop-up Embel-lish, which is in the Gibsons Landing location of Zócalo until Feb. 16. Turner also an-nounced she is negotiating a lease for a second perma-nent location for Embellish. VICTORIA FRODSHAM PHOTO


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Hello dedicated read-ers! I’d like to start off this month’s column by express-ing how much I appreciate the fair play attitude of Spe-cial Olympics.

This lovely approach of S.O. allows for second chanc-es, something I know all too well. The particulars of my disability can sometimes get away from me and pop up in not nice ways. Just recently my reaction to a situation caused a lot of people to feel uncomfortable but with gen-tle understanding and being able to see past my disability and temper, I was allowed back into the fold with open arms. To my coaches and fellow athletes I want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Our Curling Team had a great bonspiel in Abbotsford in early January. They won two games - first against Surrey and second against Langley. They lost the third game to the host team from Abbotsford but they still cel-ebrated Coach Bill Climie's 79th and athlete Michael Brooks’ 21st birthdays at the Spaghetti Factory.

This month, the Regional Qualifier for swimming takes place at UBC. I know all ath-letes are eagerly awaiting their time to shine. Twenty-

one athletes from our Dol-phins team will travel there and I’m sure will set the pool ablaze with lighting fast speeds.

The Basketball team from Gibsons will be going to a one-day tourney in Co-quitlam on Feb. 20, the same one they aced last season.

All tournaments and meets this season are Regional Qualifiers for all our spring sports: basketball, softball, swimming, rhythmic gym-nastics, soccer and bocce. So, best of luck to all our athletes. Let’s cheer ‘em on, eh?

As always, we look to the public for support in many ways and the public re-sponds.

Local Coordinator, Pat Stu-art, shared this information:

“The Rusty Cranks hockey team held a tournament at

the Sechelt arena on Jan. 20. They also donated a cheque for $500 to Special Olympics. Owen Gillstrome presented the cheque at the Gibsons Rec Centre on behalf of the team. They are a group of about 40 guys on the Sun-shine Coast who range in age from 60-85 years and who all enjoy keeping active and fit playing hockey.”

From one group of athletes to another, we thank you for your generosity. The love of sports can bring people to-gether no matter what their age or ability.

Coaches and athletes are mentally and physically pre-paring for upcoming meets and tourneys but the number one thing they all remember is to do one’s best and, above all, HAVE FUN!

Special Olympics athlete Bruce Stuart, left, accepts a $500 cheque from Owen Gillstrome, of the Rusty Cranks, a hockey team featuring players aged 60 and over. PAT STUART PHOTO

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“Soul to Surface”, Feb. 10 – March 13, is the upcoming exhibit at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre’s Doris Crowston Gallery, and features the works of Ginny Vail and Leif Kristian Freed.

Artist, designer and pho-tographer, Ginny Vail, grew up on the Sunshine Coast before leaving to pursue a successful career in adver-tising, in Toronto and Van-couver, finally returning to the Sunshine Coast in the 1990s. A self-taught artist she considers that her work and techniques have evolved naturally overtime. Her art contains elements of mixed media, collage and more recently, abstract painting. Ginny works intuitively, get-ting enjoyment from losing herself in the process: “(a) hunter and gatherer by na-ture, I use my travels and col-lections as inspiration for my art and photography.”

Born in Finland, Leif Kristian Freed attended art college in Helsinki before launching his career in com-mercial art in Stockholm and Helsinki and eventually Canada. He has been a resi-dent of Canada’s West Coast since the mid 80’s. Working mostly in acrylics and oils, he will occasionally include mixed media. Leif considers himself a “process painter”, whose focus has changed from pure expressionistic abstractions to glimpses of figurative, bedded into his pieces. “Exploratory art mak-ing is where I feel most alive”.

Opening night reception at the Sunshine Coast Arts Cen-tre, 5714 Medusa in Sechelt, Wednesday, February 10, 7-9pm. For further informa-tion please check out the website at www.sunshine-coastartscentre.com.

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February 4th is also an important date from the standpoint of traditional Chinese cosmology. It marks the day when a new Numerological cycle be-gins, in the Chinese system. As well, the New Moon in Aquarius coincides with Chinese New Year and the Wood Sheep/Goat/Ram hands off to the mis-chievous and exciting Fire Monkey. The New Moon in the Pacific Time Zone occurs on February 8th at 6:39 am.

By mid-month, Mer-cury and Venus both enter Aquarius on February 13 and 16, respectively. The Sun enters Pisces on the 18th at 9:34 PST.Aries (Mar 21–Apr 20)

A pioneering and revolu-tionary mood continues. Yet more than outer territory, it is the inner depths that appeal to you now. What you really want is a clear vision, something you can believe in and invest into with confidence. If you have been lead into new territory over the past weeks and even months, then you are already on the right track. The bigger question is: do you trust the process.Taurus (Apr 20–May 21)

Some measurable shifts and shakes in your public life are causing you to un-dergo a lot of sifting and sorting. The anti has gone up especially on relation-ship fronts. There is reason to say that you are feeling fairly confident in some regards, yet not entirely. A metamorphic process is un-derway and at full throttle. Focus on reinvention of your place in the world.Gemini (May 21–Jun 21)

Wave after wave of awak-ening has been rolling in on your shores for some time. Some of these have likely been quite inspiring while others yet have perhaps been outright rude. The heavy side of these refers to endings, completion and even the reality of mortality. This has been true for the past few years especially. Yet with each day you are somehow getting stronger. Focus there.

Cancer (Jun 21–Jul 22)A steady pace of change

in your public and/or pro-fessional life continues. The good news is that you are learning to see yourself and the world and in the world as with new eyes. The learning curve is steep and contains several facets chal-lenging you to adapt – that is the key word. Fortunately, you have been in a pretty sporting mood as of late. Stay sober to remain sharp for best results.Leo (Jul 22–Aug 23)

Things are steadily ex-panding on relationship fronts. Circumstances are pushing you to be more as-sertive. Practical concerns and considerations are featured. You are happy to proceed slowly, yet you also need to feel that you are ad-vancing surely. Some form of new training is likely or at least you have extra home-work to do. Fortify your foundations with attention on the details.Virgo (Aug 23–Sep 22)

You are in an inventive and engineering mood. This is serving to awaken aspects of you that have been wait-ing for their cue. This entire process is activating your desires and energy levels. The old feels less appeal-ing with each day making unchartered territory feel more and more attractive. It may feel as though you are still in a gestating phase but something is certainly fes-tering within.Libra (Sep 22–Oct 22)

A crazy, creative, pro-vocative, playful, sassy and hopefully sexy mood has taken over. It is spurring your desires and ambitions at depths seldom reached before. Your response is to get down to business, to ex-ercise your administrative core. Learning and/or shar-ing knowledge is featured. You wish you could feel more confident all the while and this is where the screw is turning.Scorpio (Oct 22–Nov 21)

Reflecting upon your sense of individuality you may wonder how you came to be such a unique crea-ture. Answers to questions aside, circumstances are de-

manding that you reply and this is leading you into new territory. Or perhaps it is just curiosity that is leading you on. Your lifestyle in gen-eral is meant to change and improvement is the main theme.Sagittarius (Nov 21–Dec 21)

A steady awakening of new perceptions thus per-spectives are keeping you interested. At best you feel inspired to new ventures and creative undertakings. Yet inner work is implied. Unless your core beliefs, at-titudes, interpretations and subsequently your methods of approach can be revised, you may feel stuck and frus-trated. Clarify your dreams and ambitions to ignite your determination to persevere.Capricorn (Dec 21–Jan 19)

Sometimes it is who you know and sometimes it is what that will make the difference. What you want, however, is not just new stuff of even skills and tools; it is to think new thoughts and to express yourself in new ways. Moving beyond relationships and patterns of relating are featured. So, a rebellious urge is stir-ring. It has a lot of torque too, so be sure to direct it in a constructive manner.Aquarius (Jan 19–Feb 19)

The Sun in your sign is activating you to new styles of approach. As if suddenly, familiar rhythms and pat-terns no longer feel as sat-isfying as they did even a short while ago. It may not yet be the time to take di-rect action, but something is brewing. Changes on relationship fronts are im-plied and the signs will be increasingly clear over the coming weeks.Pisces (Feb 19–Mar 20)

Deciphering your dreams feels extra important now. Not just the ones you have while asleep, but the ones that are actual reflections of your destiny are specifically on your mind. These are not the same as fantasies or wishful thinking or socially stimulated desires to sim-ply have things or go places. These dreams refer to the deeper purpose of your life and specifically at this time.

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