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The Sunshine Coast was the first stop for Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie to showcase her hopeful new report, “Se-niors’ Housing in B.C.—Afford-able, Appropriate, Available.”
Mackenzie talked to about 200 people May 23 at the Sech-elt Seniors Activity Centre at a gathering sponsored by the Community Resource Centre and its Seniors Planning Table.
The report makes several recommendations to broaden availability and improve con-ditions for seniors who need
assisted-living or residential care. But the report’s most far-reaching and innovative rec-ommendation could affect the 80 per cent of B.C. seniors who are living in homes they own, and three-quarters of whom are mortgage-free.
The “overwhelming major-ity” of that group—including those on the Sunshine Coast—will never have to transition to assisted living or residen-tial care, Mackenzie said. But, while they are house-rich, their annual income tends to
be low: half of B.C seniors live on $24,000 gross income or less, and many struggle to pay their bills.
Mackenzie’s answer is what she calls a Homeowner Ex-pense Deferral Account, a kind of inexpensive reverse-mort-gage program.
The program would make money available from the provincial government—at a suggested 1.5 percent simple interest rate—for low-income people 65 and over. The ac-count would be settled with the government when the home is sold.
Mackenzie’s report esti-mates that in areas like the Coast, participants in a defer-ral account program would use up less than one quarter of their home equity after 10 years, and still have just over half their equity intact after 20 years.
“There is a role for govern-ment to play in supporting se-niors to access this equity that is locked up in their house,” Mackenzie told the gathering.
Bank reverse mortgages are not the answer, she said because, “you’re going to be shocked how much of your equity is going to be used to pay the compounded interest charges.”
Mackenzie believes it makes financial sense for the province to adopt the expense deferral idea.
“If I have to sell my house and I go into residential care or assisted living, the government is going to be subsidizing me,” she said, which is much more expensive than simply provid-
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Sechelt’s Sue Jackel, who sits on the Seniors Advocate’s Advisory Council, said she was delighted with the big turnout at the May 23 event, and noted that a number of developers’ representatives also attended.
Jackel said their presence might be a good sign for the future of residential care or assisted living facilities on the Coast.
“I’m hoping that one of them comes up with the win-ning numbers to convince the developers that we’re a good place to build,” she said.
Mackenzie’s full housing report can be downloaded in PDF form from her website at http://www.seniorsadvo-catebc.ca. Rik Jespersen
B.C. Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie, speaking in Sechelt May 23, says she has sent 18 housing recommendations to the provincial government. RIK JESPERSEN PHOTO
Live and Learn is looking for people who jar their own jam, bake bread, raise chickens in the backyard or sharpen their own knives.
After an amazing five and half years of success, the Live and Learn program is ready for a few new mentors. Do you know someone in our commu-nity with unique and/or amaz-ing food-related skills? Skills such as gathering, growing, processing, repairing equip-ment or anything food and nature-related? We may be able to invite them to receive training and support in shar-ing their skills with others in our community by becoming a Live and Learn Mentor. Live and Learn provides training to develop classes, demonstra-
tions and workshops based on the Mentors' skills. We find venues for the classes, adver-tise for participants and sup-port them during the actual events. Mentors also receive a $100 honorarium per class for giving classes.
Everyone is welcome! Live and Learn prioritizes skilled residents of the lower Sun-shine Coast who are elders, single parents, people with dis-abilities, or under-employed adults for mentor training. To date we have over 65 mentors. We only need 6 more this year and we need your help!Send your suggestions [email protected]. You can reach us by calling Justin at 604-741-2347.
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Editorial Opinion
Letters to the Editor – Opinions‘Doing our homework’
Art Olson’s perception of the recent Gibsons Council meeting regarding the George (‘Get on with it’, the Local, May 21) includes contradictions I can explain. He accuses three councillors of being disorga-nized in concert. I’ll concede disorganization, which is be-cause we weren’t in concert.
The meeting ended after 10 p.m., but took 2.5 hours before the bylaw came before council. Mr. Olson accuses councillors of attempting to derail the by-law… yet after eventually pass-ing a unanimous amendment, first reading also passed unan-imously. It may have been late, but it was a successful if slop-py demonstration of reaching consensus—admittedly, a far different dynamic from the previous council. It took about 25 minutes: a bit long, but I’ve seen worse.
Mr. Olson seems frustrated by due diligence, not derailing. In his list of “homework,” he missed the Levelton geotech-nical and Waterline hydrogeo-logical peer reviews, which were ordered (unanimously) by the last council in January 2014. Over this period, the peer reviewers and devel-oper’s team have been com-municating, and yet as of this month Levelton still could not recommend moving forward.
Although second reading is conditional upon this conflict being addressed, such a situ-ation warrants questions, not rubber-stamping. Further-more, the recommendation for first reading was an ex-tensive motion with multiple conditions—legitimately rais-ing discussion, questions and consideration of amendments, which is what elected councils do. The overriding contradic-tion in Mr. Olson’s letter was that councillors aren’t doing their homework—when that is exactly what he saw in ac-tion.
I regret that as a new council we clearly were not comfort-able working together. I had an idea of where colleagues would be coming from, but ended up being surprised by
suggestions, tones and/or ac-tions from everyone. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but I’m hopeful we can work to-gether to improve the process for the next time we’re faced with a heated issue.Silas WhiteCouncillor, Town of Gibsons
‘Democratic process’Not all of us shaking our
heads in frustration after leaving the May 12 council meeting were doing so for the reasons Art Olson assumes we were. Some of us were appalled by Mayor Rowe's lecturing of dissenting coun-cilors. What Mr. Olson sees as “leadership” some of us see as bullying. What Mr. Olson calls “micro-managing” is, in fact, the democratic process in ac-tion.
What is not made clear, ei-ther in Mr. Olson's letter or in press coverage of the meeting, is that the engineer who gave the positive report at the meet-ing is from the proponent's engineering firm. There was no engineer from Levelton, the firm which did the peer report for the Town, present at the meeting to answer ques-tions about their report. This peer report has raised serious concerns about the project's possible impact on the aquifer. (The Levelton report can be read on the Town's website).
I understand that Council-lor Valeriote is, himself, an engineer. It is this report from Levelton that has raised con-cerns for him and the other dissenting councillors.
Mr. Olson accuses these councilors of not understand-ing their “proper role on coun-cil”. I believe their proper role is to represent the interests of their constituents, not those of the developer.Anne Miles, Gibsons
Three wise men?The community’s great
George debate has now gone past the merely disappointing, beyond the downright McCar-thyesque, and finally arrived at the land of the transparently
and refreshingly honest. The latest comes from Mr.
A. Olsen (previously identi-fied by the Coast Reporter as a large campaign contribu-tor to Messrs. Rowe, Lum-ley, Varliote, White and Ms. Sanjenko), in his letter to the Local. Mr. Olsen does an ex-cellent job of articulating the absolute sense of frustration and betrayal experienced by "150 residents" in the commu-nity that the "three first-term councillors" did not simply be-have like the three blind mice or three stooges, as they were clearly expected to, now that they are in office.
Instead, according to Mr. Olsen, these three councillors had the surprising and galling audacity to show up to the May 12 Gibsons Council meeting as something best described as a mix of the three amigos and the three tenors.
As they say, the first rule of politics is to get elected. Can-didates will say just about any-thing (or granted, sometimes nothing of consequence) in order to reach that goal. Once elected, its quite a different matter. This is a good remind-er to all of us that "you pays your money and you takes your chances."
Given that our three tenors are just now starting to find their voices, perhaps the fat lady has not yet sung down in Gibsons harbour after all? Who knows, our "three first-term councillors" may yet prove to be the three muske-teers, or even the three wise men!
At the very least, it should be an interesting third (and hopefully final) act to this drawn out drama.Alan Donenfeld, Gibsons
‘Something stinks’Something stinks in Sech-
elt and it's not the treatment plant! The ethics (or lack thereof) at play in Sechelt’s recent election left a rather bad taste in my mouth. The re-cent " auditors report " hasn't improved anything. I'm sick to death of innuendo and al-legations of wrongdoing, con-
flicts of interest, staff turnover, treatment plant misdeeds etc. Could we please dispense with the anti-John Henderson ven-detta and remember we live in Canada where there is sup-posed to be a presumption of innocence. Facts please...Can we define conflict of interest and show how said definition applies to the former council’s decision-making as regards the treatment plant (which is where I understand the al-legation is based)? Can we please also publish how many staff members were let go for cause, how many took job of-fers elsewhere, how many re-tired? Then we can talk intel-ligently about costs involved and the justification (or not) of those expenses.
It's my understanding that a number of current council members had their campaigns financed by a single individual who appears to have a per-sonal grudge against Mr. Hen-derson and it seems that there may be a payback required. Shall we waste some more taxpayer funds on a shameful witch hunt or could we put our time, money and energy into rewriting campaign finance laws to prevent such abuse? The burden of proof, it seems, is always on the accused.Terry Karkabe, Sechelt
What is it really like living on the Sunshine Coast? Why might someone want to move here? What opportunities are avail-able? Funded by local business with content contributions from the community and built by a local creative team, this is the coast is a non-commercial digital campaign telling the story of life on the lower Sunshine Coast, to a younger off-Coast de-mographic looking for a lifestyle change.
“A group of us came together in November last year including long timers, newcomers, business leaders and entrepreneurs, to talk about what we could do to support a positive profile of the Sunshine Coast”, said Richard Hoath, project lead and tech-nical director. “We started by asking recent Coast newcomers about their decision to relocate here and what they would tell people who are thinking about making the move. It became clear that it is about people, community, and lifestyle. So we designed a campaign based around these themes. We have tried to keep focused on telling the story of the Coast in a way that is honest and resonates with our target demographic.”
A variety of options were discussed from print advertising to billboards. But the decision was made to go with a purely digi-tal campaign so that the campaign could move forward quickly, in a cost effective and agile way where we can learn from actu-ally seeing how the campaign resonates with the target demo-graphic – in an iterative approach.
“Wouldn’t it be cool if somebody was thinking about moving here, or hadn’t even really considered the Coast, and they could talk to someone just like them who had moved here in the past 3 to 5 years?” commented Laurie McConnell, digital strategist for the project. “We also thought that the project would be best led by the ‘geeks’ for how it came out, instead of the typical way, which is usually funder-driven.”
The result was thisisthecoast.ca, a digital campaign targeted to 30-45’ish year olds, with an honest take on life here on the Coast. A mobile-responsive web site and interactive social me-dia content gives potential new residents a chance to not only read and listen to stories from real people who live and work here in the community, but invites them to reach out and talk to a real life Coaster. “’Talk to a Coastie’ is an important part of this campaign,” Hoath said. “The approach was to simply tell a story about life on the Coast in the most authentic way possible, and that includes connecting potential newcomers with people who actually live and work here.”
In addition to the real-life stories and personal connection, the site is interactive through maps, a self-assessment info-graphic, and find-my-community quiz.
One of the campaign’s messaging is around 'free range liv-ing'; as a way of describing the difference between living in the city vs. living on the Sunshine Coast. Sunshine Coasters can share what this means for them by sharing pictures of daily life on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook with the hashtags #freerangelivingSC and #thisisthecoast. This collective story will be shared on www.thisisthecoast.ca/free-range-living/ Submitted
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Complaints about the be-haviour of some homeless people in Sechelt`s Village neighbourhood are prompt-ing local politicians to con-sider taking action and exas-perating local police, who say there’s not much they can do.
Recent letters from some Village residents to District Council, made public at its May 20 meeting, complained about lewd activities by “va-grants” in local backyards and lanes, and the complain-ants have requested the cre-ation of a bylaw to deal with the situation.
“It’s something we are watching, that’s on our ra-dar,” Mayor Bruce Milne told the meeting. “But we’re not thinking of bringing in a by-law at the moment.”
The head of the Sunshine Coast RCMP Detachment, Staff Sgt. Vishal Mathura, told the Local in an interview that he also wasn’t sure a bylaw was the answer.
“You create a new bylaw and what’s going to happen? They’re going to get a fine? People who have no money?” Mathura said.
Homelessness itself is not a police matter, he said.
“It’s more of a societal is-sue. Society has to solve that,” said Mathura. “We don’t want to function as a hotel for the homeless. Maybe some peo-ple would like us to do that, because ‘out of sight, out of mind.’”
Mathura said charges could be laid if trespassing or theft
is involved but, “I let them go and they can do the same thing over and over again.”
The emergency shelter run by St. Hilda’s Church closed at the end of March and won’t reopen until cold weather re-turns.
The number of people on the
‘Vagrants’ causing concern in Sechelt VillageSunshine Coast who do not have reliable or continuous housing is not known with any certainty, but has been re-ported at more than 100. One estimate puts the number of people in downtown Sechelt currently “sleeping rough” at about a dozen. Rik Jespersen
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A CONSERVATION REVIEW OF THE ELPHINSTONE PROVINCIAL PARK
EXPANSION PROPOSALElphinstone Logging Focus (ELF) invites you to a public
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Wednesday, June 10th at 7:30pmRoberts Creek Community Hall
A scientific review by McCrory Wildlife Services has been completed documenting the ecological features of the Elphinstone Forest zone.
The author, Wayne McCrory (RPBio) is one of Canada’s senior conservation-biologists, and is well-known for his grizzly bear habitat work on B.C.’s North Coast that led to the protection of the world’s first grizzly bear sanctuary. He has 40 years of professional experience in ecosystem based land use planning.
McCrory has conducted field studies and compiled existing data into a break-through report on our Elphinstone inter-urban forests. He will make a compelling case for protection of a 2,000Ha area in this public forum.
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The Elphinstone proposed park expansion area resides on shíshálh and Squamish traditional territories.
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On the SD46 Website at www.sd46.bc.ca the commu-nity can now find the draft Strategic Plan for the School District for 2015 – 2019. This draft is the result of many hours of consultation with Parent Advisory Commit-tees, teachers, principals and vice principals, support staff, students and the community over the past several months. Now is the time to review the draft and let us know what you think.
Our Mission is to enable and inspire our students to realize their full potentials as knowledgeable, caring, con-fident and contributing citi-zens in the global community.
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We believe we have the capacity to enable each of our students to excel. This in-cludes a dozen goals to focus our work in offering students the best possible opportuni-ties for a positive future.2. Our People Inspire!
We believe that we have the dedicated personnel to inspire each student to be a fully engaged and successful learner. This section includes nine goals focused on the strength of our work togeth-er and provision of safe and healthy school environments.3. We Embrace Our Community!
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Thank you from School District 46 for all the effort by partner groups to provide information. Let us know your thoughts on the draft plan. The final plan will go to the Board of Education for approval on June 9, 2015 and the senior staff will write an operations plan over the summer months. Print cop-ies of the new strategic plan will be available to commu-nity members in September through schools and the dis-trict office.
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Stargazing In the month of June we
will have a full moon on the 2nd and a new moon on the 16th. The Summer Solstice occurs at 9:38 PM on the 21st. Mercury can be seen in the morning sky from the 9th to the 30th. Venus can be seen in the evening sky and reaches greatest elonga-tion on the 6th. Venus will be within 2.5 degrees of the Beehive Cluster (M44) on the 10th and closes to within 1 degree on the 13th. Venus and Jupiter close on each other throughout the month, reaching a spectacular sepa-ration of only 0.3 degrees on the 30th. Jupiter is low in the western evening sky, moving from Cancer into Leo and set-ting near midnight. Jupiter will be within 7 degrees of Venus on the evening of the 19th with Jupiter nearby and the next day the Moon is 6 degrees below and to the left of Jupiter, with Venus nearby. Saturn is visible most of the night in Libra. Uranus is seen in the eastern morning sky in Pisces and sets late in the evening.
Ted Stroman of the Van-couver Centre of the RASC will be speaking about Lunar Geography and Features Sun-shine Coast Arts Centre at 7:30 PM on June 12. Admis-sion is by donation.
On Saturday, June 27, the Sunshine Coast Centre of the RASC will open its ob-servatory at Sechelt Airport. Check out the Sunshine Coast Centre website for more in-formation on the observa-tory opening and astronomy: www.coastastronomy.ca
Studies have revealed that dogs trained with rewards learn much faster than those trained with punishment or corrections, are more confi-dent dogs and do not experi-ence the accidental learning of unwanted behaviors that dogs trained with force often do.
Recently studies have been conducted on what types of rewards are most effective in training dogs. Praise, petting, treats and toys are rewards people often choose and knowing what is the most rewarding to the dog allows us to make the best use of our training time.
A University of Florida study by Erica Feuerbacher and Clive Wynne involving
groups of shelter dogs (shel-ter dog participants were chosen for being sociable with people), owned dogs and hand-reared wolves tested whether social in-teraction with people (con-sisting of praise and a neck scratch with the exception of one wolf who did not like be-ing touched so he got praise alone) or food rewards (“Nat-ural Balance” commercial treats for the dogs and sum-mer sausage for the wolves) were more effective rewards for the exercise the dogs and wolves did. The exercise the canids were given was a nose –touch (touching their nose to the experimenter’s hand). That exercise was chosen by the experimenters because it doesn’t require much ef-fort from the dog or wolf and because both dogs and hand reared wolves tend to offer a nose touch easily.
Studies have indicated that dogs find social inter-
actions rewarding. For ex-ample a 2003 (Odendaal and Meintjes) physiological study found that dogs petted and talked quietly to by a person for about 15 minutes showed elevated levels of hormones and neurotransmitters asso-ciated with positive feelings and bonding but the study at the University of Florida showed the social interaction was not as rewarding for the dogs and wolves as the food rewards were.
The University of Florida study showed social interac-tion with a person rewards resulted in fewer and slower responses across all three groups compared to the food rewards which got a higher number of responses and faster responses.dogsofdistinction.com
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Events on the
Sunshine CoastMay 28Launch of Junco Jan’s on-line book, “Mental Case 101:Trussed Issues”, top floor of Gibsons Cinema, 913 Gibsons Way, 6-10pmMay 29A spring concert with A Cappella Strait and Choralations Children’s Choir, Lutheran Church, Davis Bay, 7pm, adults $15, seniors and children, $12, under 12 freeMay 29Spring Fling choral concert with the Pender Harbour Choir, Bontanical Gardens, West Sechelt, 7:30-10pm, $15May 29Artesia coffee house with Kale and Molly on banjo and accordion, singer/songwriter David King, and Heavy Mellow, Arts Centre, Sechelt, 8pm, $10May 30Outdoor travel and adventure show, Mission Point Park, Davis Bay, noon-4pm, freeMay 30Roving artists show and sale, Eric Cardinal Hall, Shirley Macy Park, Gibsons, 1-5pm, freeMay 30Opening reception for exhibition with artist Jeff Barringer and two dozen woodworkers, Gibsons Public Art Gallery, 2-4pmMay 30A spring concert with A Cappella Strait and Choralations Children’s Choir, Highland Centre, near Lower Rd. & Hwy 101, 7pm, adults $15, seniors and children, $12, under 12 freeMay 30Dance with Jim Taylor, Seniors Centre, Sechelt, 7pm, members $10, non-members $15May 30Music Makers Big Night Out, with choirs and singers, Sechelt Legion, 7:30pm, $20May 30Nearly Neil, Gibsons Legion, 8pm, members $20, guests $25May 30Reading by award-winning poet and playwrite David O’Meara, Arts Centre, Sechelt, 8pm, by donation May 30Blues duo Dalannah Gail Bowen and Owen Owen Owen, Roberts Creek Legion, 9pm, members $10, guests $20May 31Mini plant sale, Botanical Gardens, West Sechelt, 2-4pmMay 31Mini Maker Faire, with exhibits, workshops and demonstrations, Dougall Park, Lower Gibsons, noon-4pm, freeMay 31Concert with the Coast Symphony Orchestra, Ravens Cry Theatre, 2pm, $15, children 12 and under $5May 31Spring Fling choral concert, Madeira Park School of Music, 2-4pm, $15June 3Grant-writing workshop with Marg Penney, Pender Harbour Community School, 1-4pm, $25June 3Launch of Raincoast Chronicles 23, the 40th anniversary edition, by Harbour Publishing, School of Music, Madeira Park, 4pmJune 3Opening reception for art show with Ursula Medley and Pete Gynd, Arts Centre, Sechelt, 7-9pm
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features a mobile 3D scanner and printer. It’s mobile be-cause Mueller, with the help of friends and family and local sponsors, repurposed an old trailer and outfitted it with the equipment to do body scans of people while they stand on a motorized turnta-ble. Mueller says seeing her-self in 3D completely changed her self-image. “It was the first time I saw ‘me’ as others see me, rather than just the glimpses we see of ourselves in mirrors or photographs.” She immediately wanted to scan everyone she knew, to share that transformative ex-perience. “I like connecting people to technology, explain-ing things and breaking down processes into digestible non-scary chunks so that everyone can walk away understanding how it works and can make it work for themselves after I drive away.” Mueller prom-ises those attending the faire will have a safe space to ex-plore new technology as well as getting a chance to help with the scanning or being scanned themselves.
There will be lots of other things to see and do at the faire: homemade robots, medieval crafts like armour making, bottle launching sta-tions, make your own draw bots and electric motors, just to name a few of the planned activities. “It really is all about fun and exploration,” says Chi-solm. “Imagine a place where high tech is your past.”
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May 31 at Dougall Park in Gibsons will be the site of the Sunshine Coast’s 1st Annual Mini Maker Faire. Coast Mak-ers, a group of about 60 local makers, applied for and re-ceived official status from the San Francisco Bay Area Maker Faire Organization. “You can have a sporting event,” says David Chisolm, lead orga-nizer. “But when you have the Olympics, people take notice.” Getting that official status has put the Sunshine Coast on the worldwide maker map, a tes-tament to the quality of mak-ers living here on the Coast.
So what, or who, is a mak-er? “We’re a really diverse group,” explains Chisolm. “All ages and genders, tech types and programmers, but its arts and crafts too.” Being a maker is “about fun and explora-tion and mashing things up and seeing what you can do.” Chisolm cites the example of someone who developed a soccer ball with a battery in it that charges while it’s kicked. “That’s huge in villages in Af-rica that have no electricity. The kids play soccer all day and that night they can use the ball (as a light source) to read.”
There will be approximate-ly 20 exhibitors at the faire, and one of them, Get Mak-ered, run by Diane Mueller,
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The continuing sinkhole mystery in Sechelt’s Sea-watch neighbourhood has prompted Council to commit another $40,000 for further geotechnical investigations.
A three-metre-deep sink-hole opened up on the hill-side in front of a home on Lot 21 on Gale Avenue North on Feb. 26, forcing the family to evacuate. Another sinkhole then occurred across the street on Lot 9.
Due to continuing concerns about underground stability in the area, the family living on Lot 21 still has not been able to return to the home and Gale Avenue North re-mains closed to through traf-fic.
The investigation is being conducted by DMT Geosci-
ences Ltd., in concert with Thurber Engineering Ltd., District CAO Bill Beamish told Council at its May 20 meeting.
“We’re at about $150,000 at this point in time,” Beamish said in answer to a question from Councillor Doug Wright about how much had been spent so far trying to figure out what’s going on under-ground in the neighbour-hood.
The $40,000 just committed would be in addition to that total, Beamish said.
“We’re working very closely with the neighbours that are directly impacted and affect-ed,” said Mayor Bruce Milne. “We’re meeting with them almost weekly.”
Two other sinkholes devel-oped in the area in the spring
Sechelt sinkholes still a quandaryof 2012 and the District took steps to fix the anomalies then. It’s not known if the
remedial work done at that time has contributed to the new problems. Rik Jespersen
A sinkhole at this house on Gale Ave. in Sechelt has kept a family out of their house since late February. The district of Sechelt has agreed – so far – to spend $190,000 trying to � nd the cause of the sinkhole, which also a� ected the lot across the street. RIK JESPERSEN PHOTO
The District of Sechelt has unveiled its 2015-2018 Stra-tegic Plan, which outlines, “the shared perspectives of Sechelt’s elected representa-tives on the direction for our community’s future and the objectives for our four-year term,” Council said in a state-ment.
The plan identifies six over-all goals. In order, they are: ef-fective governance; economic development; community de-velopment; social well-being;
building Sechelt’s identity; and engaging the community.
The plan also identifies doz-ens of specific objectives for 2015, which Mayor Bruce Milne said would be reviewed later this year in order to set “action items” for 2016 and 2017.
This year’s objectives are set out in two-month sec-tions. In May and June alone, for instance, Council has set 10 objectives, including: de-ciding the future direction of the airport; developing a business case for reuse of re-claimed water from the Water Resource Centre for industrial purposes; and initiating regu-lar joint meetings with the
To read the full plan online go to www.district.sechelt.bc.ca and follow the links.
The mission of the overall Strategic Plan, said Milne quoting the vision statement, was to “foster a creative, thriving community, sustain-ing a diverse and prosperous economy and a healthy natu-ral environment.
“If we can do that, we’ll all be happy,” the mayor said.
The role of Council, he add-ed, will be “to provide leader-ship within an engaged com-munity,” which was a major theme in Milne’s successful mayoral campaign in the fall of 2014. Rik Jespersen
The last Artesia Coffee House of the season will be held Fri-day, May 29 at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt.
It has been another eclectic series of live music and the final show will be a great way to get ready for a summer of more music and the festival season. Opening the night will be a young vocal duo with
Molly Kennedy on accordion and Kale Tivy, banjo. Second up will be singer/songwriter/playwright David King with originals, a new story song and spoken word. After the break 'Heavy Mellow' will entertain with Susann Richter, vocals/keys, Ray Fulber, bass, Steven Jack, vocals/harmonica and Mat Watson, guitar/vocals.
Artesia closes the seasonThis group is a perfect clos-ing of the 12th season of the Coast Cultural Alliance Cof-fee House season. Tickets are $10 at the door. Doors open at 7pm, show time is 8pm. Come early to get a good seat, view the current art exhibition and enjoy 'treats by Trish. More information from www.sun-coastarts.com Submitted
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Michael O’ConnerAstrologer
Tip of the Week:Communications, education,
disseminating information, neighbors, siblings and short distance travel are all themes and characteristics linked to Gemini. In the deeper respects of the sign, Gemini is symboli-cally linked to perceptions. Wo-ven within our perceptions is intrinsic levels of subjectivity. In fact, pure objectivity is actu-ally not possible.
It has even been proven that our very perceptions change what we are observing. It has also been clearly proven that all people are biased in some way and that all perceptions, even when involved in closely controlled scientific experi-ments, is selective even if only in small degrees. It may even be said that in an absolute sense objective reality is a subjective illusion we share.
The perceptual/experiential reality of planets in retrograde reveals that our perceptions are not limited to our con-scious mind. Our subconscious mind which comprises the bulk of our consciousness, as in the submerged portion of an iceberg, contributes to our perceptions as well; in fact
the influences are very strong. When interpreting a Natal Chart which hosts retrograde planets, we learn that they pro-duce a pervasive tendency in our personality.
Currently, Mercury is retro-grade. This natural phenom-enon occurs three times per year and for about 3 weeks each time. How any planetary activity ‘influences’ people, is relative. While we all share the same planet, we each experi-ence life from a significantly subjective perspective. While the interpretation of any fac-tor is not pat and the chart must ever be interpreted as a whole to gain the most accu-rate insights, the fact remains. Our unique perceptions de-fine us as the individuals that we each are. Is it any wonder people cannot completely un-derstand one another? Coming to a fuller appreciation of your own unique individual charac-ter, destiny and timing is what Astrology is all about.Aries (Mar 21 – Apr 20)
A steady stream of thoughts, ideas, communications and information exchanges are keeping you busy. A reconsid-eration of various perceptions and interpretations is fea-tured. Beyond mere curiosity, circumstances close to home are prompting your focus. You yearn for greater harmony and to create a supportive environ-ment. Change your own mind and leave the rest as it is.
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ritory. The situation calls for a multi-task approach. The chal-lenge is to overcome narrow thinking. Your ambition levels are high. Yet to succeed you must dig deeper than usual. As well, the changes that are re-quired are as much within you as linked to outer realities. For-tunately your confidence levels continue to rise.Gemini (May 21 – Jun 21)
You are experiencing a grow-ing urge to explore your op-tions. Your focus is sharp and your resolve is firm. The main challenge is to decide which direction to take. A variety of options are available. Yet, more information, education, or training may be required to pursue the best ones. Financial considerations are empha-sized.Cancer (Jun 21 – Jul 22)
Tending to matters behind the scenes continues. In some respects, this will require ex-tra effort and perhaps more courage. As well, you may feel more challenged than usual to concentrate. Yet, the urge to ex-press yourself, especially your feelings is extra strong. Taking risks to increase your overall exposure and to develop your talents feels important.Leo (Jul 22 – Aug 23)
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communicate your visions and ideals may prove helpful. Yet, you must also be willing to take a leap of faith, or two. While there may be a lot of surface activity, the deeper realities of your current situation will take longer to change. Yet the pro-cess is already underway.Virgo (Aug 23 – Sep 22)
Gaining the attention and recognition you want and feel you deserve continues. High-lighting past performances, achievements and successes will help. Overcoming fears is implied and includes directing your imagination to work for you, not against. Acknowledge and nurture important friend-ships for added inspiration.Libra (Sep 22 – Oct 22)
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You are in an extra practi-cal cycle. You are determined to get a lot done. Your facul-ties of critical analysis are on full volume. Yet, you are not
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You are in the mood for some fun and frolic. You may have to give a bit more than usual, but you are willing. With your public life expanding, op-portunities to do just that are increasingly available. These are the result of returns for past efforts. The intensity will rise and you will feel more so-ber again in a few weeks so get in some extra playtime now.Pisces (Feb 19 – Mar 20)
A good deal of sifting and sorting close to home is keep-ing you busy. This could prove very productive supporting you to get extra organized. Yet, you are also open to splicing some fun into the mix. Shar-ing quality time with someone you love is featured. Yet, focus to give more than usual for best results. Focus to manage your time well to have it all.
Thieves targeted Buck Fe-ver, the sporting goods store on North Road in Gibsons, during a break-in around 4 am on Saturday May 16. Suspects forced their way into the premises and caused extensive damage, gaining access to firearms securely stored inside. Multiple fire-arms were stolen, includ-ing both handguns and long guns.
Sunshine Coast RCMP are examining surveillance foot-age and suspect descriptions, and are taking the break-in very seriously. The fact that firearms were targeted and stolen is very concerning, and presents a real danger to public and police safety, said Cst Harrison Mohr with Sunshine Coast RCMP. When firearms are stolen, it is of-
ten for the purpose of us-ing them to commit another crime, rather than for the monetary value of the guns.
Sunshine Coast RCMP are asking for the public’s help in the investigation. Anyone who was in the area of North Road early Saturday morn-ing is asked to call police if they saw anyone or any vehi-cles that looked out of place. Additionally, if you have other information that could help police identify the sus-pects or locate the firearms, please get in touch with us. We don’t want to see anyone get hurt by these stolen fire-arms.
People with information can speak with the Sun-shine Coast RCMP’s Gen-eral Investigation Section at (604) 885-2266, or can
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Jesse Boutet, 31, formerly of Madeira Park, has been charged with Assault with a Weapon, Possession of a Weapon for a Danger-ous Purpose, and Posses-sion of a Firearm while Prohibited, after allegedly shooting at an occupied vehicle in Madeira Park on January 22. Boutet is also facing charges of Theft of Cheque, Forgery, and False Pretences. Boutet was re-leased on an undertaking to appear in court.Submitted by RCMP
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Telus offer to rural residentsThe area of service now
contemplated for the Telus Fi-bre Optic Network upgrade is from the 10800 block of High-way 101 to the 12200 block along both sides of the Sun-shine Coast Highway, plus ALL of Iska Road, Donley Drive, Middlepoint, Bryan and Bar-bara Roads.
To respond to the Telus offer online, residents need to go to www.surveymonkey.com/s/fibre and follow the easy prompts. If you do not have Internet access, you can also call Telus at 1-844-284-7852, 8am to 8pm. For more information, or to get on a mailing list contact [email protected]. Submitted
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The best medicine is local. Be a part of a greater coast community. Visit www.stmhf.org or call 604.885.8637 to learn more about your volunteer hospital foundation today. Join our vision for world-class healthcare on the Sunshine Coast.
The volunteer board of Sechelt Hospital Foundation wishes to express its sincere gratitude to all Sunshine Coast residents for your support of our hospital. Your generosity, caring and community pride has helped to build a better hospital for all of our local families. Names may change, but our shared desire for better health outcomes for all coast citizens remains. We thank you for your continued interest and involvement in working toward our goal of world class health care, right here on the coast.
Sechelt Hospital Foundation Annual General Meeting
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Monday, June 8, 2015 at 2:00pm
Sechelt Hospital, Main Boardroom
5544 Sunshine Coast Highway
Sechelt, BC
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