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David Koeplin grew up in West Berlin with Mohammed Ali fanatics for parents. "They would get all of us up in the middle of the night to watch Ali fight," says Koeplin, "even my grandmother got up at two in the morning to see Ali vs. Fraser.

On Saturday, January 11th brought a rain and wind warning, but that didn't deter 56 of Bowen Island's most hearty golfers from competing in the Bowen Island Golf Club's 9th Annual Snowman Scramble.

The Bowen Island Football Club, like most non-profit organizations, relies on the dedication of volunteers for success. Giving back to the club their skills, talent and time are two local high school students, Peter Goumeniouk and Devon Thomson.

Since the beginning of December, the Gym at Artisan Square has been open every day from 6am to 10pm and owner Fawn Gill says the experiment in this new operating method has been such a success that it is here to stay.

Getting dropped off high up on a mountain slope by a helicopter to face an expansive run of powder and a terrain that offers countless opportunities for jumps and tricks was part of the World Heli Challenge ( http://worldhelichallenge.

With the end of summer drawing near, it was time once again to crown the men's, ladies, and junior club champions at the Bowen Island Golf Club.

Despite many misgivings about the weather, August 24 proved to be an excellent day for both our community run and for Bowfest. We had a record number of enthusiastic young runners, from two-year-old Amadea Sarra up.

Another year, another epic tournament! On Monday I decided to stop by the ballpark in Snug Cove, which only the day before had been packed full of fans and ballers, heroes and hecklers watching the action unfold at the most exciting Bowen Island Men'

If you are amongst the first 30 nine-and-under to sign up for the Rotary Run for Rwanda on Bowfest day, you will get a free ticket to Bowfest! Your registration costs only $10 and one of your parents gets to run or walk the 1.

It has become a tradition to start Bowfest day with a run for a good cause. At 8:30 a.m.