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There are family gatherings to attend, a garden to plant and travels to be taken. But as Bob Turner looks forward to the things that retirement from politics will give him time to do, he's also very proud of what's been achieved.

Islanders looking for something different to do on September 17 might consider being part of a clean-up of Deep Bay waters taking place between 1 and 4 at Sandy Beach.

There were five options for the national park vote on the table: the dual or single vote and holding the vote before, on, or after the election.

November's municipal election race has (unofficially) begun. Nerys Poole, who first won election in 2008 as a councillor, is making a bid for mayor.

The public hearing on Tuesday, Sept. 6, was the last chance for the public to weigh in on a proposed bylaw that will allow the area at Adams/Cromie Road to be designated for civic institutional use.

There's been a changing of the guard at Bowen Youth Services. Coordinator Matt Neufeld has left to pursue studies at Langara and John Stiver is stepping into the role.

Council has officially rescinded two controversial land use bylaws steep slopes and environmentally sensitive areas which will be reviewed and brought forward by the new council after the November elections.

BC Ferries says locking the village gate at the Horseshoe Bay terminal protects passengers. But that's not holding much water for Bowen Islanders, including the chair of Bowen Island's ferry advisory committee.

The Village Square on Bowen Island is still up for sale and Island community builder Wolfgang Duntz, a co-owner with the Gunter Hahne family in Germany, said that the group is now seeking a real estate developer to handle the sale.

OneBowen has satisfied the requirements of British Columbia's Local Government Act to become Bowen Island's first legally recognized electoral organization.