In the Community

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.

Extra weight can be the source of stress and frustration and many struggle to lose some extra pounds.

We have lots of exciting changes in store for this year's Visible Verse Festival! The date has been moved from November to Saturday, October 13, directly following the Vancouver International Film Festival.

Last Saturday morning, mothers and babies made up almost all of the patrons of MIKSA restaurant.

Yet another fun filled movie day is presented by IPS. The movie Brave will be shown on Saturday, October 13, at 3:30 p.m. at Cates Hill Chapel. A concession of popcorn, cupcakes and juice will be provided for additional money.

The Bowen harvest has peaked and there are just two more BowFEAST community farmers markets this season: Sunday, October 7 with Bowen Heritage's Applefest and Saturday, October 20 at BICS.

When James Watson and Francis Crick suddenly completed the structure of DNA, the double helix, they realized that it was so "pretty," it couldn't be wrong. They charged off to the Eagle Pub where they usually lunched in Cambridge, England.

On Sunday, September 30, or on Sunday, October 7, from noon to 2, Bowen Island children aged 5 to 12 are invited to join a free workshop to learn how to make a windowsill garden.

Applefest is a free family-friendly event, sponsored by Bowen Heritage. It welcomes islanders and visitors to the Davies Heritage Orchard from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.