In the Community

SKY has invited Barbara Wahler to be the speaker of the week on Monday March 11, at 11 a.m. Barbara is an interior designer practicing out of her studio on Bowen Island.

Congratulations to last cipher contest's winner, Beth Legacy-Cole. Tanya Voormeij-de Zwart came in as a close second. The first person to submit the correct solution to this week's Cipher Contest will receive a gift certificate for Cocoa West.

The end of an era the end of the penny no more penny candies (wait, those were gone a long time ago), no more $1.99 days. From now on, we round up or down when we buy something and the difference is absorbed by the store or the shopper.

Theirs is a winter union they met in their advanced years on Bowen Island. They were drawn to one another, yet they argued a lot. He's a scientist, she is an artist and their views seemed to clash over almost everything.

I've known Victor Chan since Audrey and I moved to Bowen nearly two decades ago when this particle physicist from Hong Kong was improbably running a restaurant in Snug Cove.

When the Nazis came to power in 1933, one of the first acts was to set up an institute to produce biographies of Alexander von Humboldt. He was beautifully blonde and blue-eyed, the ideal Aryan.

It is obvious that Seaside Cottage has gotten a new lease on life. There is a new porch out back, the inside walls are painted and the cabinets have been repaired.

Are you looking for some fun for spring break? Bowen Island Community Recreation daycamps for ages eight to 11 will have a private tour through the Vancouver Art Gallery, a bike ride in Stanley Park, a swim in West Vancouver, play disc golf in Queen

It's the dedication of parents, early childhood educators and teachers that can make the transition into the school system a seamless flow of learning, says Sandra-Lynn Shortall, district principal of Early Learning at the West Vancouver School Distr

Bowen Island's lively young municipality is made up of more than 30 neighbourhoods. Some are fairly new and some date back to the late 1800s, but each one has made a unique contribution to the physical and community profile of the island.