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On July 31 I received an email from Peter Curtis of Port McNeill. It said, “The fritillaries are flying at Fort Rupert.” It was the message I
had been anxiouslywaiting anxiouslyfor all month. I quicklyloggedinto the weather chan-nel and grabbed my calen-
dar. I was free on Saturday, Aug. 3, and the forecast was for cloud and sun. When my wife arrived home on Friday from a five day hiking trip in Manning Park, I announced that we were going to Fort Rupert tomorrow. As tired and exhausted as she was, she knew there was no point in arguing.
We left Nanoose Bay at 7 a.m. under cloudy skies, and it was still overcast when we pulled into Fort Rupert at 11:30 a.m. It was cool when we strolled around the ball field and school grounds, but the clouds were thinning, and it was warming up. I wasn’t too dis-appointed when we didn’t find any fritillaries as it was still early, and I was prepared to wait all day if I had to. After quiet lunch down at the peaceful beach we returned to the school and checked the playground. EUREKA! I immediately saw two orange and black butterflies flutter-ing around the dandelions like fly-ing tiger lilies. They were the Fort Rupert fritillaries
See Yip on page 8.
Finding Fort Rupert treasure
Island BirdsMike Yip
Photo by Mike YipThe Zerene Fritillary at Fort Rupert is a rare and endangered species found only in two locations in BC.
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Regrettably, it would appear that all hope of recreational opportunity around the south coast to retain Fraser sockeye this year is now past. Last Friday came news that food fish-ing by First Nations for these fish would be ending so until these fisheries are underway once again, unlikely at best under present cir-cumstances, the commercial and recreational sectors have no cause to be optimistic for a sockeye fishery.
After an encouraging start to the Fraser sockeye season in which both the first two run-timing components, the Early Stuart and Early Summers, exceeded the mid-point pre-season forecast, the Summer run fish have to date returned well below the same bench-mark. It was this run-timing group which were expected to provide the bulk of any fish-ing opportunity.
Why this difference in abundance between run-timing groups is a mystery and is similar to what has occurred this summer on the north BC coast, where sockeye returning to the Nass River came in at a much higher abundance than expected while not so far away the sockeye return to the Skeena River has been unexpectedly poor.
Beyond the actual run size, an additional factor has come into play, the relentless hot weather. The Fraser River is now flowing about 20 per cent lower than average for this time of year but more importantly it is the elevated temperature that is caus-ing considerable concern. The following paragraph is from the Fraser sockeye update released by DFO last Friday.
“The temperature of the Fraser River at Qualark Creek on August 8, 2013 was 21.3 C, which is 3.5 C higher than average as well as a record temperature for this date. Sustained exposure of sockeye to Fraser River water temperatures in this range has been shown to slow their migration and cause elevated levels of en-route and pre-spawn mortality. Fraser River water temperatures are forecast to remain at this level over the next few days.”
Thus DFO is now trying to get every avail-able sockeye into the river in order to offset to the extent possible the inevitable losses once they get there. One might also wonder about
the implications of the high water temperatures for other salmon species, notably chinook, which are also migrating up the Fraser River at the same time.
There’s no point in me going on a rant about the climate, espe-cially as my family is on their annual week at the beach at Kye Bay so I’m not allowed to pray for rain just yet, and I know that memories of “Junuary” as some called it have barely receded, all the same some rain across south-
ern BC sooner than later would be good to restore the balance.
This disappointing news aside, it would appear that the return of pink salmon broadly across the southern coast has been strong to date. Stock composition analysis done on behalf of the Pacific Salmon Commission con-tinues to show that Fraser River pinks are a small minority of the run to date, which isn’t unexpected. However what this fact indicates is that Canadian non-Fraser fish and especial-ly pinks returning to Puget Sound rivers have done well at sea. If the Fraser return is of
comparable strength we’ll be awash in pink salmon later this month!
More locally, some good news from Tyee Pool in Campbell River where the Tyee Club season is off to a fine start. At the time of writing (10/08) nine tyees have been regis-tered as having been caught under club rules, a good number by recent year standards. By way of comparison, in 1985 I caught the first fish of the club season on Aug. 13.
The first tyee of the year is always a wel-come event but this year especially so as it was guided by Randy Killoran. Randy was badly hurt in the helicopter accident up at the head of Bute Inlet this spring, so to see him recovered and back on his usual form is very good news indeed. Partnered with veteran tyee fisherman Fred Gerl on the rod, their fish weighed 34.5 pounds and was captured on Aug. 1 – congratulations to both!
And once again 2013 is quickly turning into the season of the rookie angler, as all five of the successful anglers after Fred have become new club members. Well done to one and all, anglers and rowers alike!
Elsewhere, fishing remains generally goodSee Ardent Angler on page 4.
Good news for pinks, not so for sockeyeArdent AnglerJeremy Maynard
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This year marks the 100th anniversary of the first performance of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring. The event in Paris on May 29, 1913, was a watershed moment for classical music, an evening of seemingly cacophonous noise that redefined our human character, presaged the barbarous decades to come, and reshaped our understanding of nature. Indeed, the performance — first presented as a bal-let — was so pivotal in the history of Western culture and thought that everyone with even a modest interest in personal insight and cultural awareness should hear and feel the transformational power of its music.
The Rite of Spring was certainly a surprise for its first audience. They were expecting something elegant, refined, traditional, mel-odic, sonorous and civilized. Instead they got the opposite. The dancers moved like automatons and insects, gyrating and jerking, twisting and pouncing like primitive creatures possessed by atavistic urges. The music was often visceral and penetrating, a piercing stac-cato of dissonance that seemed alien. But it also seemed uncomfortably familiar, as if it were speaking to an unacknowledged self or awakening a suppressed awareness that even
our deepest honesty was afraid to reveal.
Accounts of the audience’s reaction varied widely, possibly because the chaos and confu-sion were just too much to rec-ord as a coherent description. By general agreement, the first performance provoked a nearriot. Booing and shouting nearly drowned the sound of the huge orchestra, forcing the choreog-rapher to rush on stage to beat the tempo so the dancers could continue. Throwable objects rained down on the performers. One man in the audience was reported to be using his fists to beat the rhythm on the head of the gentleman in front of him. The police were called. One Parisian critic called it “a wreckage of the past, crawl-ing with and eaten away by familiar and mon-strous forms of life.” So the first performance of The Rite of Spring struggled to its conclu-sion and into the annals of cultural history.
Indeed, The Rite of Spring was revolu-tionary. Granted, other composers had been experimenting with similar atonality before
Stravinsky’s creation. A year later, after the shock of the pre-mier had subsided and a more accepting audience attended the next performance, it was received with great applause and cheers. Stravinsky then spent another 34 years editing the score into an orchestral piece, the form in which it is now performed for audiences who are more accepting of its declaration and prescience.
And The Rite of Spring was prescient. The First World War broke out a year after its premier. Then a series of inter-national crises that followed for the next half century, underscoring the dark brutality lurk-ing just beneath humanity’s facade of respect-ability. Perhaps Stravinsky was part of an art-istic awareness that the Canadian media guru Marshall McLuhan referred to as an “Early Warning System”.
If Stravinsky revealed something of our previously unacknowledged character, he also revealed something about nature. It is not, as the Romantic poets and philosophers thought,
a wise, maternalistic and benign force that is worthy of worship. Instead, it is primitive, wild, powerful, impersonal and amoral. It is also impartial and dispassionate. The declara-tion in The Rite of Spring is that we are as much a part of it as it is a part of us. We are not necessarily considerate, rational or pre-dictable. The rules of our co-existence with nature are unequivocal and unforgiving. We either live by them or we risk the retribution of consequences that are issued with the cool and simple indifference of a cause having an effect. In the dance of life, other creatures from microbes and virus to elephants and whales must also follow the same steps to survive.
This is the grande ballet, the biggest and most complicated dance on the planet. It is a rite not just of spring but of every sea-son, whether it be hot or cold, wet or dry. Everything is choreographed in incredible detail, and all the dancers are required to know the movements or they perish in the induced frenzy, trampled by the gyrations, jerks, twists and pounces of the others. The steps are intricate and demanding.
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Ardent Angler from page 2.around the inner south coast, especially considering the relatively large number of both chinook and coho that have been caught in the Strait of Georgia earlier this summer. Inevitably the frequency of hatch-ery coho encounters has declined as many of these fish have been caught already but there’s still a pretty decent ratio of marked to unmarked fish at times.
There has been much speculation about the river origin of all the coho present in the Strait of Georgia this season. Hatchery stocks and their contribution will be identi-fied over time as any coded wire tags found in returned heads are decoded, however as anglers aren’t able to keep unmarked wild coho in the Strait of Georgia an important part of the overall abundance is not repre-sented by that analytical tool.
Anglers may remember seeing a large red
DFO research vessel slowly working its way around parts of the Strait of Georgia several times a summer – this is the W.E. Ricker, doing its usual surveys of juvenile salmon abundance in the strait at various times.
In early June 138 age-three coho were sampled from around the strait and the stock composition of these fish is likely representative of those fish encountered by anglers. Nearly half originated from the lower Fraser River area, with east coast Vancouver Island rivers contributing nearly another quarter of the total.
Lesser shares came mostly from the mainland side of the strait and north Puget Sound rivers; importantly three of the sampled coho originated from various parts of the Thompson River, a component of the Interior Fraser coho stock of concern. No real surprises but interesting to know and I look forward to the July trawl survey data.
Grigg from page 3.The punishment is swift and uncaring.
Such a view of nature is sobering. But it is also realistic — perhaps honest to the point of being painful. The Rite of Spring in Stravinsky’s rendition is not the Divine Garden given to humanity for our domin-ion and use. It is not a hierarchy of lower to higher or inferior to superior, a decreed order where some are designed to serve and others are designed to be served. Instead, it is a place of species equality where each plays its role in a great and sustaining sys-tem that requires all the multiplicity of its components to function well. Every part is subject to the same rules of physics, chem-istry and biology. The sound may seem discordant, the tonality grating. But the chaos is order, the cacophony is harmony, and the primitive is sophisticated. Remove parts, tamper with the design, and the great
semblance of order merely reorganizes itself without hesitation, without caring for con-sequences.
As Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring was attempting to illustrate in music and ballet 100 years ago, nature is neither humane nor sympathetic. We should know this in our bones because — since our inception as conscious and purposeful beings — we have been struggling to safeguard our interests against the impersonal threats of disease, inclemency, hardship and surprise. For the most part, we have been remarkably suc-cessful in our efforts. What is now becom-ing obvious, however, is that this success has made us important choreographers in the grande ballet of life on Earth. Our great performance on the planet’s stage now depends very much on the way we design the steps. Too many wrong moves and the result could be memorable chaos.
The Children’s Health Foundation of Vancouver Island recently gave a generous donation to Delaware Youth Internet Café, as part of the foundation’s commit-ment to supporting the health and well being of children and youth.
Thanks to the $26,800 grant, this valuable program offered by The John Howard Society of North Island (JHSNI) now has funding to remain open until the end of March 2014. This is the second grant that Children’s Health has given to Delaware.
Delaware is a drop-in program that offers young people ages 13-24 a healthy start to the morning, a nutritious breakfast, literacy and pre-employment skill building, and connections to health programs and other services.
The program is available five mornings a week and is located in JHSNI’s Activity Centre in the Campbell River Community Centre.
Laurie Fisher, Children’s Health Community Relations Representative for the North Island, said the foundation is pleased to donate to this program that helps young people who can benefit from the support.
“When I met some of the youth they told me about the importance of belonging and having a place to connect. A lot of youth have been able to reengage through this pro-gram, learn life skills, and get better connected with services that can help them,” she said.
After an initial pilot project and more than one year of solid oper-ation for Delaware, participants are reporting many successes, includ-ing a decrease in substance use and improved relationships with family and friends. Respect for each other, respect for the program space, and attending sober are project corner-stones the youth have decided on.
“This grant is an awesome gift,” said one young woman who often attends the drop in.
A young man who is also a regular attendee said he recently
resolved a difficult personal issue with the help of the program. He is now living by a quote inspired by this experience: “Commitment is a promise transformed into reality.”
Wendy Richardson, JHSNI’s Executive Director, said this grant will make a differ-ence in the lives of many youth in Campbell River.
“Delaware helps youth meet basic needs. With a nutritious meal to start the day and support with job searches and other needs, young people who attend Delaware have the opportunity to take positive steps in their lives. We are grateful to the Children’s Health Foundation for continuing to support this need-ed service.”
JHSNI operates Delaware in partnership with Campbell River Literacy Now, CampbellRiver Family
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For more information about Delaware Youth Internet Café, please contact Leanne McIntee at 250-203-3111.
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Photo submittedFrom left, Leanne McIntee, Thomas Rufus, Kayla Barriault, Cory Morin, and Stephan Renz are thrilled to accept a donation for $26,800 on behalf of JHSNI’s Delaware program from Laurie Fisher, Community Relations Representative for the Children’s Health Foundation.
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It has been an amazing summer for hiking in Strathcona Park and the guided hikes and nature pro-grams continue at the Strathcona Park Wilderness Centre at Paradise Meadows. The Centre, operated by the non-profit Strathcona Wilderness Institute (SWI), is adjacent to Mt. Washington Resort’s Raven Lodge. SWI organizes the programs and volunteers to staff the Centre every day during the summer for Park visitor and trail information, and also operates the Information Hut at Parks Headquarters at Buttle Lake.
A new program at the Wilderness Centre this year is a talk on “What Happened to the Tsolum?” by Jack Minard of the Tsolum River Restoration Society on Saturday, Aug. 17 at 1 p.m. This is a timely topic given the possibilities of increased mining in the Comox Valley area. Pre-registration is not required for this talk but be aware that there is limited space for the indoor presentation.
On Sunday, Aug. 18, Julian Brooks will guide a hike to Johnston and Panther lakes. Meet at 8 a.m. at the Wilderness Centre for this strenuous 20 km, eight hour hike. Pre-registration is required at [email protected].
Also on Aug. 18, at 1 p.m., SWI hosts the return of Mountainaire Avian Rescue Society with presentations on Whiskey Jacks and Owls. Learn about one of the mountains’ most charismatic residents, the Whiskey Jack. These inquisitive, year-round birds are fast learners and have a reputation for begging food from people. Come and learn about what makes these birds so special and how you can help them thrive.
On Saturday, Aug. 24, join a Level 2 Hike to Hairtrigger Lake. Meet at 8 a.m at the Wilderness Centre for this 18 km, eight hour outing focusing on nature and photography.
Another hike to Divers Lake is scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 25, led by Steve and Marlene Smith, co-founders of Friends of Strathcona Park and the Strathcona Wilderness Institute. Meet at the Wilderness Centre at 9 a.m. for this six hour moderate-strenuous outing. “Rossiter and Divers Lake are at the head waters of the Oyster River, added to the Park in the last decade after heavy lobbying by The Friends of Strathcona Park and several individuals,” says Marlene. “Hear the history from one of these original lobbyists, enjoy a swim and walk around the secluded meadows. This is a dog friendly hike and all dogs are expected to be well socialized and under control at all times and all situations.”
Pre-register at [email protected]. SWI nature walks and hikes will continue in
September - for the full schedule please visit the web-site at www.strathconapark.org.
For all activities: dress for the weather, wear proper footwear, bring lunch or snacks, water, bug spray and sun protection. No pets please on SWI nature walks and hikes unless otherwise noted. SWI programs are free, although a donation of $5 –10 is appreci-ated to help with the Institute’s ongoing activities. All programs start at the Wilderness Centre at Paradise Meadows.
Strathcona ParkWilderness Centreprograms for Aug.
Photos by SPWC 2013 Summer Coordinator Krista KapteinTake a guided hike to Johnston Lake, above, this Sunday, or learn all about the charismatic Whiskey Jack, below.
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Yip from page 1. – the rare butterflies that I had driven 380 km to see and photograph. I pulled out my camera, made sure the settings were correct, stalked one of the butterflies and started taking pictures when it landed on a dandelion.
A few minutes later the fritillary flew out to the road. I followed and was delighted to see more fritil-laries across the road, and just like magic, the clouds disappeared. Under blue skies and surrounded by fritil-laries, I was in butterfly heaven. For the next two and a half hours I was like a kid in a toy store enjoying the beauty of the rare fritillaries and trying to capture the perfect image. The opportunities were best beside Beaver Harbour Road where the fritillaries were nec-taring on the tall dandelions. That allowed me to lie down to take pictures with a distant and blurred back-ground. I’m sure more than a few people thought I was stoned or crazy.
By now you must be wondering where’s the treasure and what’s Mike smoking? Well, bear in mind that life isn’t all about money. As the famous poet, Keats, wrote, “A thing of beauty is a joy forever.” Beauty is timeless and one of precious intangibles that can bring joy to our lives many times after you experience it. I know I will always remember and enjoy reliving my visit with the fritillaries in Fort Rupert.
As well, the Zerene Fritillary or more specifically, Speyeria zerene bremnerii, is not just beautiful, but it is also very rare and endangered. Did you know that it can only be seen in two locations in BC? Fort Rupert is one and Mt. Tuam on Saltspring Island is the other. Being blessed with a rare butterfly won’t make anyone rich, but look at it this way. Fort Rupert and Mt. Tuam have something that money can’t buy.
Unfortunately, with only two small populations in BC and a few down south, the Zerene is an endangered spe-cies, and its extinction is a very real possibility. Natural disasters like wildfires or disease could easily destroy the required habitats and there would be little we could do. But, what we can do is make sure that extinction doesn’t occur because of man-made decisions and activities. Mt. Tuam is already a conservation area so it is protected. What about Fort Rupert? My guess is that nobody knows about them so nothing is being done.
I’m certainly no expert on butterflies or anything else for that matter, but I do know that the federal Species at Risk Act (SARA) mandates all levels of governments to provide an action plan to prevent the extinction of rare species in Canada. That means the provincial govern-ment should be concerned about the Fort Rupert fritil-laries and have provided the required studies, manage-ment strategies and support. If they haven’t, they need to be contacted.
Meanwhile, please don’t use pesticides and don’t cut the dandelions and clover around the ball fields, school yard, and roadways until the fritillaries stop flying and nectaring which should be around late August. As well, if there are any biologists, foresters, or naturalists in the area, perhaps they can try to discover where the butter-flies lay their eggs and hibernate for the winter, and make sure the areas are protected. Finally, if you live in the area, enjoy them, learn about them, and take an interest in saving them for generations to come. Don’t let it become another case of, “You don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone.”
Editor’s note: Mike Yip is the author of Vancouver Island Birds. His books are available at Graham’s Jewellers, Blue Heron Books, CR Museum, Save On Foods, Coho Books, and Book Bonanza.
Many home-built boats will join the Seventh Annual Discovery Passage Passage on Saturday, Aug. 17.
Approximately 150 pad-dlers will make the crossing to Cape Mudge Village and back to Campbell River.
Home built kayaks are the most popular but rowboats, clinker built and strip planked craft will be out there with peddle boats and stan-dup paddle boards. You may also see some of the latest designs in hi tech canoes and kayaks.
If you have a “boat project” that is ready to launch come and try it out under the watchful super-vision of the Coast Guard and the Power Squadron.
The rules for the Seventh Annual Discovery Passage are: no motors, no entry fees, no prizes and it’s not a race, just the great experience of paddling yourself across the Discovery Passage to meet our First Nations neighbors.
To register online got to www.incampbellriver.net or phone 250-830-4056.
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Photo submittedTry out your home-built boats, like the one above, at this Saturday’s Discovery Passage Passage event.
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The Legend of Sarila: Markussi, Apik and Poutulik head out on their adventure.
Fall 2013 CVAG/TIFF Film Series tickets and passes available
Although there’s plenty of Summer left to enjoy, it’s not too early to start thinking about the great new Fall Film Series presented by the Comox Valley Art Gallery and the Toronto International Film Festival - Film Circuit.
The series will begin in September and tickets and passes are now available at the CVAG Gift Shop at 580 Duncan Avenue, Downtown Courtenay. Tickets are $12 for CVAG members, $13 for non-members, passes are $55 for CVAG members, $60 for non-members, which include 5 films.
Including some of the best films from the Toronto International Film Fest, this seasons films include comedy’s, drama’s, documentaries and a special pre-sentation from TIFF Kids for children of all ages.
The upcoming films are:MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING - Sunday, September
8 at 5:00pmDirector: Joss Whedon, Cast: Amy Acker, Alexis
Denisof, Nathan Fillion, Rated: PG-13, Genre: Comedy
This new adaptation of Ado is a devilishly sharp celebration of banter & flirtation, unruly plots & unlikely romance. Fans of the Shakespearean master-work will find all the pleasures of the original, while audiences of all stripes will enjoy this fresh spin on a high comedy that delivers an inventive, modern-day version of one of the Bard’s most beloved plays.
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The Legend of Sarila Tickets: 13 years & under $10; 14 years & over $12 CVAG Members, $13 Non-Members
THE LEGEND OF SARILA (in 3D) - Sunday, Sept 15 at 3:00pm
Director: Nancy Florence Savard, Cast: Christopher Plummer, Rachelle Lefevre, Geneviève Bujold, Rated: Unrated, Genre: Animation, Adventure
Canada’s first 3D animated feature production is a film that will speak to audiences of all ages. Their usual hunting grounds depleted after their shaman begins practicing the dark arts, a starving encamp-ment of Inuit nomads dispatches 3 brave adventurers to locate a hidden promised land of legend.
20 FEET FROM STARDOM - Sunday, September 22 at 5:00pm
Director: Morgan Neville, With: Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Judith Hill, Claudia Lennear, Rated: PG-13, Genre: Documentary
Award-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville shines a spotlight on the backup singers behind some of the greatest musical legends of the late 20th century, tak-ing an unprecedented look at the moving personal journeys of these normally uncelebrated artists & pay-ing tribute to their indelible role in popular music.
BLUE JASMINE - Sunday, October 6 at 5:00pmDirector: Woody Allen, Cast: Cate Blanchett, Alec
Baldwin, Sally Hawkins, Louis C.K., Andrew Dice Clay, Peter Sarsgaard, Rated: PG-13, Genre: Comedy/Drama
Combining the writer-director’s characteristic humour & ongoing fascination with love, desire, & fate with a timely & resonant examination of contem-porary morality, Blue Jasmine is propelled by an extraordinary performance from Blanchett, & features surprising turns by comedians Louis C.K. & Andrew Dice Clay.
Film To Be Announced - Sunday, October 20 at 5:00pm
This film has not been confirmed. Please check our website or call for updates.
WATERMARK - Sunday, November 3 at 5:00pmDirector: Jennifer Baichwal, With: Edward
Burtynsky, Rated: Unrated Genre: DocumentaryFollowing the tremendous success of her 2006
documentary Manufactured Landscapes, critically acclaimed & award-winning Canadian filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal reunites with celebrated landscape photographer Edward Burtynsky for Watermark, a visually arresting and enlightening film documenting our engineered manipulation of water & the far-reaching repercussions of abusing this valuable resource.
For updates and more information on the film selections visit www.comoxvalleyartgallery.com or call (250) 338-6211.
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One of the works from ‘Sea and Shore’ opening this week at the Pearl Ellis Gallery
Born in Scotland in 1918, Ruth Dickson has always found creative art deeply attractive. Encouraged by her artist mother, she occasionally won drawing competitions for young people. She wished to paint, but supplies were difficult to find during her teenage years in the 1930s.
In 1949, alone with a young fam-ily in a remote logging camp, she began to paint greeting cards in watercolours, and then to use oil paints and pastels received as gifts. She received her first commission of three compatible watercolours there, then in 1952, she won first prize in Duncan for an oil painting.
By 1958, she was a serious artist, had joined The Crofton Art Group, painting in oils weekly with Arnold Burrel and other well-known artists, and was showing regularly. She then took an 18 month art course with Jack Wilkingson, then of Victoria. The class finished in the instructor’s studio. In the 70s, she participated in a month of daily art classes and chose to work in batik.
By 1975, now able to pass on her art expertise, Ruth taught two day workshops for 12 students. Her work sold well and, combined with her teaching earnings, she was able to enroll in the University of Victoria’s Fine Arts program during 1979-80, taking 2nd & 3rd year drawing, painting, printmaking, and poetry.
Her artwork hangs in homes, offices, and collections in Canada, USA, New Zealand. She has created special calendar art and museum backdrops, and has participated in numerous shows, in Comox at the Pearl Ellis Gallery and the Filberg Park and Lodge, as well as in Cowichan and Nanaimo.
Ruth loves to express her love of her environment, but has not restricted herself to any particular subject or style, although she enjoys the realist style. She is proficient in a variety of mediums, including oil, acrylic, soft pastel, ink, watercolour, batik, charcoal and pencil. She has also made collages from tissue/masa paper and sea shells.
Ruth has also written four books, a three part autobiography and a young adult novel based on her fam-ily’s experiences as lighthouse keep-ers on Pine Island.
Slowing down somewhat now,
Ruth finds she must reduce her output and equipment. Colour, movement and life still excite her, though, and she hopes her upcoming August show at the Pearl Ellis Gallery, SEA & SHORE, will express this love.
The gallery is located in Comox at 1729 Comox Avenue. FMI or a virtual tour of the gallery please visit our web site at www.pearlellisgallery.com or our Facebook page
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Set your sails for art, bargains, fun and food Saturday August 17th in TinTown when the TinTown Artists host their Summer Sale Event. Held in the TinTown Plaza (outside the coffee shop) from 11am to 5pm, this is a late summer opportunity to admire the varied talents of this creative crew, take home a unique art bargain, sip, snack and even express or discover your own creativity.
You’ll find Robert Moon’s finely crafted jew-ellery and paintings, Nancy Morrison’s illumi-nating stained glass pieces, Colleen Hussey’s whimsical sculptures and assemblages, Barb Hutson’s originally-styled paintings including her smaller collection, Roberta Meilleur’s RustWorks crystal window designs and jewel-lery (many pieces at 30% off), Gwen Hendrickson’s colour-popping paintings, Gordon Ross’ photo art cards plus made in TinTown T-shirts - all together in one area of
the neighbourhood.The TinTown Tacos cart will be on-site from
1pm selling gourmet tacos. The Rewind Coffee Shop anchors it all with fair trade coffee, lunches and treats.
You’re invited to help design a giant chalk mandala as a plaza centrepiece or create a wearable art piece from reclaimed treasures to add your own thumbprint to the day.
For another right brain, fill-up-with-art-and-fun day courtesy of the TinTown Artists, plan to visit TinTown (Rosewall Crescent in Courtenay) Saturday August 17th between 11am to 5pm.
Bring family, friends and out-of-town guests to experience and participate in the artistic offerings of this unique Comox Valley neigh-bourhood. Only in TinTown!
For more info, check out the TinTown Artists Facebook page.
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In conjunction with transience + permanence, an exhibit of art-works by Catherine Lavelle and the late Douglas Senft taking place this September 2013, the Comox Valley Art Gallery presents an exhibition titled Legacy which pays tribute to the memory of Douglas Senft.
Douglas Senft practiced sculp-ture since 1972, when he graduated with honours from the Vancouver School of Art. He has had numer-ous public commissions in Canada, the United States and Europe, as well as exhibiting his work in both public and private galleries. He is the recipient of several Canada Council grants, and his art is found in many private and public collec-tions including The City of Vancouver Municipal Collection, The Art Bank of Canada and Washington State Arts Public Place Collection. From 1999 until 2012, he taught Sculpture at North Island College in the Comox Valley. The last project Douglas installed was signal in Lethbridge, AB in June of 2012 and locate was his last public project, completed in loving mem-ory by Catherine Lavelle in 2013.
Artists who were students of, or mentored by Douglas Senft are
invited to submit artworks. Both of these exhibitions take place at the Comox Valley Art Gallery in the Community Gallery from September 28 - November 2, 2013. All mediums will be accepted, though an emphasis on sculpture is encouraged. All artwork submitted must be your own original work (and not in response to transience + permanence). Please be aware that due to the space restriction of the gallery, CVAG suggests submitting smaller works. For com-plete details about the exhibit and instructions on how to submit art to Legacy, please email Anh Le [email protected]. Completed submission packages must be sent by email to the Curator by Wednesday September 11 at 5pm. Submissions will be accepted on a first come basis dependant on available space.
Call for entry from former studentsof Douglas Senft for ‘Legacy’ show
Leaf, Douglas Senft, large leaf 24, forged bronze, 21” x 50 5/8” x 5 1/8”, 2009
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The Comox Valley Nursing Centre is pleased to host Dr. Tom Diamond for a one hour session on Health Meditating for pain reduction, scheduled for August 20, 1:30-2:30pm.
Dr. Diamond’s approach to meditation highlights sci-ence, accessibility and health benefits for stress-related issues such as pain, anxiety and depression, and other chronic conditions that resist medical treatment. Through meditation, people can increase mental focus and conscious control of their own physiological pro-cesses, including pain and stress levels.
Stress is a serious roadblock to health and healing, and is related to 60-80% of all disease, including heart disease, cancer and chronic pain.
“Stress reduction and meditation are excellent compli-mentary techniques that can improve the effectiveness of medicine and other traditional treatments,” says Diamond, who teaches people how to reach deep calm quickly and create a low stress lifestyle during his 24 class series called The Healing Zone Stress Reduction Program.
Diamond, a Comox Valley resident, developed his unique Health Meditating techniques, based on his thirty-five years of experience as a meditator and his professional background as a clinical and organizational psychology practitioner, researcher and university pro-fessor.
Health Meditating is designed for the western mind and teaches a wide variety of meditation and mind-body connection techniques for overall stress reduction as well as specific outcomes, such as improved sleep, weight loss, and pain management. It can be learned in a group format or in private sessions for people with specific therapeutic goals.
For more information on Health Meditating, please call 250-941-5596 or visit www.healthmeditating.com.
Health meditating for pain relief session at CV Nursing Centre
On August 14 the Little Red Church in Comox will be rockin’ to drumming rhythms in two introductory classes facilitated by local drum circle and African drumming/Drums Alive! instructor Monica Hofer.
Get into the groove in the African Drumming and Rhythm Intro from 6-6:45 pm where you will get to know your hand drum and savour the taste of drum-ming in community. This class is designed as an intro-duction to drumming for those new to the djembe and who are interested in getting a taste of what will be offered in regular classes in the fall - try it once and you’ll be hooked! If you do not have your own drum, djembes can be requested upon pre-registering.
Then join Monica 7 - 8 pm for an introduction to the magic of Drums Alive! where we will use rhythm as the source of inspiration to discover a new group fitness experience - it’s the most fun you will ever have combin-ing light aerobic exercise/dance and drumming!
Drums Alive! combines the benefits of traditional physical fitness program elements with the benefits to the brain of music and rhythm.
This program, which has participants drumming on large exercise balls while getting aerobic exercise, fos-ters a healthy balance physically, mentally, emotionally and socially! Join a class and experience how it provides an element of fun and creative expression - it is perfect training for the whole body.
It improves memory and brainpower by using cross-coordinated movements and integration of memory-enhancing exercises, and it’s a great combination of movement-therapy with music, sound and dance which will challenge your body in various ways.
This class is open to all levels of fitness and ability and will serve as an introduction to the fun of the Drums Alive! program that will be offered in the fall.
Participants must bring their own fitness ball (min 55cm) or arrange to purchase one from instructor(request when pre-registering)..
Pre-registration is necessary - please email Monica at [email protected].
DRUMS ALIVE! WEDNESDAY NIGHT
LIVING WITH CHRONIC PAIN SUPPORT GROUP • Comox Valley Nursing Centre. Meets the first and third Tuesday of each month at 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM, 615 10th Street, Courtenay. FMI: 250-331-8504 Extension 38115.PEARL ELLIS GALLERY • Pearl Ellis Gallery in Comox presents: Ruth Dickson Show & Sale, Aug 13th-Aug 25th. Open Tues - Sat from 10 am - 4 pm, Sun 1 - 4 pm, Closed Monday. Free Admission. Located at 1729 Comox Avenue. FMI see www.pearlellis-gallery.com or see our virtual gallery on our web site or our Facebook pageCOMOX VALLEY STROKE RECOVERY CLUB• Meets every first and third Wednesday at Comox United Church at 10:00 A.M.LOST FAMILIES FOUND • Volunteers avail-able to help you with family tree research. Library located in the Maritime Heritage Centre. Mon. 7-9, Tues. 10-3, Wed. 1:30-4. More info - Janice 250-203-0585 C.R. Genealogy Society.
COMOX GLACIER WANDERERS • Join the Wanderers every Tues. to Fri at the South East end of the Comox Mall, near Travel Agent. Walk starts at 9 a.m. sharp. Experience the picturesque Filberg Park, Mac Laing woods, beach town of Comox etc. FMI: Karen Fraser 250-890-0608DROP-IN, ONE HOUR MEDITATION • “Drop-In meditation, every Tuesday 7PM sharp, Ocean Resort in Oyster Bay, $$donations to CV and CR food banks, 250 792-3165.ROYAL PURPLE DROP-IN BINGO • Every Tuesday night, 7 p.m., at the Elks Home on Sixth St.COMOX VALLEY WOOD CARVERS • If you are interested in any type of wood carving please join us at the Royston Community Hall every Tuesday from 9:30 AM to 3 PM for a day of carving and learning about carving. No experience necessary. FMI call Al at 250-331-0156 or Jim at 250-339-5350.CUMBERLAND LEGION BINGO • Every Tuesday night, guaranteed 22 games per night. Doors open 6 p.m., first game 7 p.m. Come out and support your com-munity.DUPLICATE BRIDGE • Every Tuesday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 1 p.m., Comox Seniors Centre.
LETZ SING TOGETHER • Sing songs, chants and rounds from a diversity of sources and inspiration taught in the oral tradition of call and response. Come and create some harmony with song leader Tina Filippino. 7:30, Wednesday August 14th, 579 5th St (the hall of the St John the Divine Church), $10/sliding scale if need-ed.WINERY DINNER AND LIVE MUSIC BY LUKE GUTHRIE • Aug. 14, 21 - 5pm-9pm. at Coastal Black Estate Winery, 2186 B Endall Road, Black Creek. To celebrate the start of the berry harvest season, Coastal Black Estate Winery is hosting winery din-ners with live music being performed by local musician, Luke Blu Guthrie. For more details, questions or to make your reservation, please contact the winery at 250-337-8325. [email protected] Katrinna Roth www.coastalblack.caCOMOX VALLEY NEEDLEARTS GUILD • Meets at Berwick Comox Valley Retirement Residence, 1700 Comox Avenue, 7:00-9:00pm, every Wednesday. New members are welcome; we do crossstitch, canvas-work, Hardanger, Huck embroidery, etc., bring your stitchery! Call FMI 250-334-0935.
FUN DARTS • 1 p.m. on Wednesdays at the Courtenay Legion. More players always welcome (members and their guests).DROP-IN DARTS • Switches to Wednesday nights for the summer. Friday night darts will resume in the fall. Comox Legion. Register up to 7.20 p.m., toe line 7.30 p.m. blind draw doubles, $2.25 per player. FMI 339-9592.
THERAPEUTIC RELAXATION PROGRAM FOR PERSONS WITH CANCER IN THEIR LIVES • Thursdays, 3-4 p.m., Nursing Centre, 615 10th St., Courtenay. Free. Sponsored by BC Cancer Foundation, BC Cancer Agency, Pacific Therapy and Consulting. FMI: Diane Davies 250-338-2700.THERAPEUTIC RELAXATION PROGRAM FOR PERSONS EXPERIENCING CHRONIC PAIN OR ILLNESS • Thursdays, 1:15-2:30 p.m., Nursing Centre, 615 10th St. Free. Sponsored by the Nursing Centre. FMI: Diane Davie 250-338-2700.COMOX VALLEY SCHOOLHOUSE QUILTERS GUILD • Meets every Thursday, from 9 A.M. till 9 P.M. at the Cumberland Cultural Centre (Buchanan Hall). For further infor-mation please contact - Carol 871-6671 or Nerissa 941-1809.
NEWCOMERS WALK AND TALK • Walk at the Courtenay Airpark. Meet at the south parking lot near the RV sales. Aug. 16, 8:50 a.m. - 11 a.m. Mansfield Ave., Courtenay. FMI: Ruth Collison, 250-339-4584, [email protected] CLUB “AT THE MOVIES” • 12:30 pm, Friday, Aug. 16 in the Rotary Hall, Filberg Centre. Please come early as the movie starts on time. Admission is a loonie. For information call 250-338-1000 or visit the website at www.evergreense-niorsclub.orgEVERGREEN CLUB FRIDAY NIGHT DANCE •With music provided by AMIGOS 7:30 pm in the Rotary Hall, Filberg Centre. Members $5, or non members $7 at the door. For information call 250-338-1000 or visit the website at www.evergreenseniorsclub.orgCOURTENAY LEGION • Meat draws every Friday, 5-7 pm.COMOX LEGION • Meat draws every Friday, 3 p.m. Open to all Legion members and
signed in guests.CYCLING GROUP • Come join us on our Friday ride. We are a ROAD cycling group of active adults and members of the Cross Canada Cycle Tour Society (CCCTS) www.cccts.org. At 9:00 am we meet in the Filberg Centre’s parking lot, 411 Anderton Courtenay, before setting off on a bike ride in the Comox Valley area and neighbouring regions. We cycle at a medium pace of 20 kph for a 40 to 80 km ride. During the ride there is a planned break for refreshments. Dora 250.338.9751
NUYUMBALEES CULTURAL CENTRE • Aug. 17, 4pm-8pm. This family-themed event will feature storytelling, singing, dancing and drumming, kids’ activities, a carving demonstration, guided museum tours, and BBQ-salmon dinner. Adults: $25 Children 12 & Under: $10. Purchase tickets at Nuyumbalees Cultural Centre or We Wai Kai Campground on Quadra Island, or by calling 250-285-3733. All proceeds sup-port Nuyumbalees Cultural Centre. Complimentary shuttle service, upon advanced reservation, will be provided from BC Ferries, We Wai Kai Campground, Tsa Kwa Luten Lodge, and most Quadra Resorts. Whether you’re looking to learn more about Northwest-Coast First Nations culture or you just really love salmon, join the Nuyumbalees Cultural Centre for this family-themed event! Nuyumbalees Cultural Centre, 34 Weway Rd, Quadra Island. FMI: [email protected] Stephanie, 250-285-3733 http://nuyumba-lees.comAFTERNOON JAM • With Gord Kruger and “The Amigos”. Enjoy a lively afternoon of dancing and relaxing with Gord Kreuger and his band every Saturday, 2pm to 6pm in the Courtenay Legion Lounge. 367 Cliffe Ave., Courtenay. [email protected] Maureen Watson, 250-334-4322COMOX VALLEY FARMERS MARKET • 9-12 every Saturday, Comox Valley exhibition grounds on Headquarters Road. Come for the freshness, stay for the fun! FMI: Mkt. Mgr. Vickey 250.218-0321 or or www.comoxvalleyfarmersmarket.com & keep in touch on Facebook.COURTENAY LEGION • Meat draws every Saturday 2-5 p.m. in the lounge.COMOX LEGION • Meat draws are held every Saturday 3 p.m. plus Ace of Spades draw.
COMOX VALLEY ART GALLERY • Wacky Wardrobe Best Ball Golf Tournament 1pm - 4pm. 250-338-6211 to register your team.KIDNEY WALK 2013 • Be a Hero - Aug. 18, 10am-2pm Simms Park. The Kidney Foundation of Canada, BC Branch is holding its annual Kidney Walk to raise funds and awareness of organ donation that will help support the work of The Kidney Foundation. Everyone can be a hero. Join in, sponsor a walker, volunteer and/or register to be an organ donor. FMI: Barbara Valentine, [email protected], 604.736.9775 Ext 228 comoxvalleykidneywalk.ca
EVERGREEN CLUB WHIST • 7:30 pm, Monday, Aug. 19 in the Rotary Hall, Filberg Centre. Evergreen membership required to participate. 20 hands of play, winners priz-es, door prizes and refreshments all for $2.00. Evergreen membership required to participate. For information call 250-338-1000 or visit the website at www.ever-greenseniorsclub.orgTHE WOOLGATHERERS • A Guild of Spinners, Weavers & Knitters. Preserving and Promoting Weaving and Spinning in the Comox Valley. Meetings at Fallen Alders Hall, Royston, 11:00 am - 3:00 pm every Monday except Stat holidays. Business meetings: 2nd Monday. We invite you to join us. FMI: Jery Lowe, 250-337-5496/ Carole Redfern 334-4284.LADIES AUXILIARY DROP-IN BINGO • Comox Legion Ladies Auxiliary Drop-in Bingo, upper hall. Doors open 6 pm, bingo 7 p.m. All money goes to charities. Free coffee and tea.
VANCOUVER ISLAND BRAZILIAN EMBROIDERY STITCHERS • Meet every Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Black Creek Community Hall. Please bring a bag lunch. FMI: Darlene 897-1345.BABY TALK • Courtenay Lewis Centre, Tuesdays, 10-11:30 a.m. All families with infants aged newborn to six months wel-come. Socializing, support, refreshments, guest speakers and resource library. Free drop-in, no registration required.
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Labyrinth Societymeeting in Parksville,sponsoring tours
The community is invited to join international del-egates of the 15th Annual Gathering of The Labyrinth Society anytime between September 16-22nd. Our post-conference tours are not to be missed. Held for the first time outside the United States, this year’s Labyrinth Society Gathering is taking place in Parksville.
On the afternoon of Saturday Sept 21, join interna-tional delegates on a unique Vancouver Island Labyrinth Peace Pilgrimage.
Beginning at the famous Coombs “Goats on the Roof” market, the tour moves to the flourishing Sales Organic Blueberry Farm, where participants will learn Universal Dances of Peace and walk the Carpe Diem Labyrinth. Across the road is the Buddhist Temple, which offers an opportunity to connect with the Golden Buddha, a 15-foot statue that is one of 25 strategically-located statues around the world with the intent of bringing about global peace and balanc-ing the energy of our planet (www.kathokcentre.ca).
Transportation is planned through Pacific Rainforest Adventure Tours.
Deadline to register for the post-gathering tours is August 15th.
To check out other events open to the public, visit www.labyrinthsociety.org/annual-gathering .
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