In the Community

The count down has started to the event you've been waiting for: the Bowen Children's Centre 12th annual clothing sale. Yes, this is the big one.

After the long winter, our horses are ready to get out for a great and entertaining BIHORA spring games day. Our first show of the year is always exciting as we have fresh, energetic horses and happy riders.

Last year, Bowen Island student James Milligan raised money through a weekly Spot the Ball contest in the Undercurrent. He planned to purchase soccer balls and send them to underprivileged children.

Congratulations to the winner of the last cipher contest, David Demner, and to Louis Belluk who came in second by 10 minutes.

The first meeting of the Bowen Island Garden Club's monthly program of visiting presenters in 2013 will take place at 1 p.m. in the Gallery at Artisan Square on Monday, March 18. Our presenter is Alan Whitehead, a Bowen resident since 1988.

It's that time again: a new session of partner dance classes is starting up next month on Bowen Island, and everyone is invited. As usual, there are two dance genres on offer. This time they are Country two-step and West-Coast Swing.

The need to have new class sets of musical instruments belonging to BICS was identified at the start of the school year, and the cost for the wish list put together by music teacher Steve Karagianis, a.k.a. Mr. K, was going to be over $9,000.

In real life, the saddle-back bush cricket stands maybe two centimetres tall, taking into account the bend of its legs. In Tristan Deggan's photo displayed at the Undercurrent office, the insect is nearly 10 times that size.

Last week, a group of Grade 6 and 7 Bowen students spent a snowy winter night camping on Hollyburn Mountain, snowshoeing, conducting avalanche search and rescue training and building snow shelters.

The Bowen Island Nature Club began the year in style with a traditional AGM potluck and an excellent presentation by UBC marine mammal expert Andrew Trites, explaining why B.C.