In the Community

"I am a true type A personality. When we got married, my husband and I talked, planned and detailed everything from our careers and finances to our travel goals. We designed our home and shared the dream of having two children.

On Wednesday, February 20, Caring Circle will be opening a health resource centre beside the Village Baker at 997 Dorman Road. We are pleased to announce that volunteer Colleen O'Neil will be there, acting as a health navigator/co-ordinator.

"Let us be clear. All the scientific evidence points to the fact we are crossing or might have already crossed planetary system boundaries.

It is once again time for the Bowen Island Nature Club's Annual General Meeting. This year it will be held on Saturday, February 16, at the home of D.G. Blair at 621 Cates Hill Rd. (phone 947-0134 if lost). It is a potluck and starts at 5:30 p.m.

The Bowen Island Garden Club is proud to present Gary Lewis as speaker for our February meeting. Gary is owner of Phoenix Perennials in Richmond and February, without a doubt, is his busiest month.

Ruta Yawney's face takes on a serene expression when she holds the Ukrainian bandura in her arms. She gracefully plucks the strings and music begins to flow. This instrument is her anchor, she says, and it has been in her life for 35 years.

Over the past two years, the Bowen Island Fibre Arts Guild has been working on 20 small (12"by 12") squares that have been painstakingly sewn together in windowbox frames to form a queen-size quilt.

The Xenia Creative Development Centre is one of Bowen's hidden treasures. Tucked behind Killarney Lake and surrounded by Crown land, this 38-acre-property is a nature sanctuary founded by Angelyn Toth.

On January 25, Burns Night is celebrated in many parts of the world by Scots and fans of Robert Burns, who was born on that day in 1759.

If one of your New Year's resolutions is to be good to yourself, then Nia is for you. In a Nia class, you move your body to simple routines based on movement forms from the martial arts, dance arts, and healing arts.