25 years ago in the Undercurrent
- Peter Schmidt was selling the Building Centre and entering retirement. Though it was pointed out in the article that Peter likely would not be ‘lolling in an easy chair, listening to recordings and sipping tea.’ Peter and his family had started the Building Centre out of necessity for building their own home in the early 70s.
- Speaking of the Building Centre, in 1990, dog owners were being asked to pick up their yearly license in the temporary office of the Building Centre located at Pole #131 Miller rd. Owners were reminded that bringing verification of spaying and neutering would qualify them for a lower priced license for their dog.
- The Bow Mart had is second break-in less then a week. Two panes of glass were broken and packages of cigarettes stolen. The culprit was apprehended as was the person that had been involved in the previous break in.
20 years ago in the Undercurrent
- Cinnamon buns and honey proved to be the perfect bait to lure a marauding raccoon. After three unsuccessful attempts to trap the creature with eggs and pancake syrup, the raccoon was successfully on it’s way to it’s new home in the Deke Creek area, about 4kms past Lions Bay. The raccoon, which had been released on the island, was thought have made several attacks on local chickens.
5 years ago in the Undercurrent
- The 2010 Winter Olympics were about to get underway and Bowen Island had turned out a large and boisterous crowd to welcome three torch runners in the wee hours of February 10. It was estimated in fact that 1000 people (that’s a third of the island!) had turned up well before 6 a.m. to make sure they were in a good position along Bowen Trunk rd. to watch the torch make it’s way to the ferry. This left some wondering if Bowen Island may just have had the most Olympic spirit per-capita than any other community in British Columbia.
