In the Community

Island Pacific School students and parents are gearing up to show two movies on Saturday, October 18th at Cates Hill Chapel. First off, for the younger set, we will show a pre-release of the animated movie, PLANES: Fire and Rescue at 3:30 pm.

Applefest is this weekend, and this year’s apple-pie contest judges are preparing their palates for the best pies Bowen Islanders have to offer, so get baking! Last year, three contestants submitted their pies to our contest, and the winner was Burle

Moored in the Union Steamship Marina for just a month, a boat called the E-Tolly manned by its owners Bill Haley and Stan Taliadouros spent last Saturday in Mannion Bay helping divers drag garbage out of the water.

The winner of this year’s Dive Against Debris, "guess how much junk divers can pull up from the depths of Mannion Bay" contest was Andrew Stone, with an estimated weight of 502 lbs.

Have your friends told you that you make them laugh? Have you ever found yourself giggling at thoughts or jokes? Have you ever wondered about doing or have you done stand-up comedy? Yes? Then we are looking for you! Come audition for the stand-up com

Free film screening at Bowen Island Yoga

FRIDAY OCTOBER 3 Dinner at the Legion Doors open 5 p.m., dinner at 6 p.m. Youth Centre drop-in 6 - 9 p.m. (Saturday, same times) Film Screening: Earth Pilgrim Bowen Island Yoga, 585 Prometheus Place in Artisan Square.

On September 17, thirty-one grade 6 and 7 Island Pacific School (IPS) students participated in the annual Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup. They collected garbage along the roadsides and the beaches near the Cove.

FRIDAY & SAT SEPTEMBER 26 Dinner at the Legion Doors open 5 p.m., dinner at 6 p.m. Youth Centre drop-in 6 - 9 p.m. (Saturday, same times) MONDAY SEPTEMBER 29 S.K.Y.

Bowen Island is home to dozens of published authors and many more writers yearning to have their words published. In the past, authors had no choice but to send their well-crafted queries to agents and publishers, and then to wait . . . and wait.