In the Community

On Saturday, October 27, Mark Singleton will share his view on yoga with Bowen Islanders at a library literary event held at the Gallery at Artisan Square from 7 to 9 p.m.

Many gardeners throw away fading potted plants in the fall - or worse still they leave them sadly withering and wilting by the front door! But not Nancy Ashton. She believes in waking up containers in the wintertime.

Locavores, it's your last chance to snap up some fresh Bowen produce this fall. The BowFEAST community farmers' market is Saturday, October 20, at the Bowen Island Community School from 9 a.m. to noonthe last one of this growing season.

A big congratulations to this year's winner of the Best Bowen Apple Pie Contest. That's Ben the Best Baker who was selected by this year's panel of distinguished judges: RCMP Const.

When Jean Coker went into the hospital to deliver her baby, someone gained entry to her home through a basement window that had been left open.

Every year, the Grade 9 students at Island Pacific School complete a compulsory masterworks project on a topic of personal interest to them.

The students and parent volunteers really enjoyed the time spent picking apples that was part of the BICS Outside 45 and community connections program.

Paola Reyes has just moved to Bowen but she feels so at home here, that she is already planning to invite others.

With less than three weeks to go to the auction organized by the Knick Knack Nook and The Snug Cove House Society, the Bowen Island community is enthusiastically embracing the event with a flurry of offers of help and donations of time and expertise.

Pie. It's one of the best parts of Applefest. Please enter our Best Bowen Apple Pie Contest. Bring your best baking to the Davies Heritage Orchard by 1:30 p.m. to enter this year's contest.