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Tl-lE I4ASTHEADby
Jeanne Fe r r i s , Co -Ed l t o r
August ls my favorlte month. Travell lng by boat acrossBarkley Sound, the wlnds blow warrn from each leland forest andcold through the channels to the open Pacif lc. The dlstantmountatns seem to peek over the shoulders of the mountalngagalnst the shore, crowdlng towards the cool beaches. I love thestrong August sun, The thousand shades of ralnforest treen turnf la t and pspery under the l tght f rom thts lnmuder , th is Fra i r lesf loodl lght , And th lngs gron ' , Lordy how th lngs grow. Our corn isa$ htgh as a b lack- tat led deer fs eye. Fresh corn and f reshsalm,sn and b lueberr ies for desser t - -no lv that rg Augusr .
The pugnaclous ruby- thrsated buzr bombs on our c$vsr are byCarey Roblns. Carey has spent most o f h ls ?0 years ln Bamf ie lc i ,where he 's grown up to beeome a local ar t ls t as wel l as grounds-keeper for the Bar*fleld Marlne Statfon. He sketched the humming*bi rds at the Bentonrs k i tchen tab le. Carey a leo does f lne wood-carv ings, some of which are on d isp lay af cur Tour ls t In format lonC.s*ire.
'lhank you, Carey.$ur *enter fo ld nr t le t ls anot l ier y$u; lS Burnf ie lc t rnan wi t l r
[a l *nt . ' i lm Wenstob, T l rn was at the Schmidt fs k i tchen tab le whenh is v i s ion o f Ba rk ley $ound ma te r ia l f zed , and Judy wa$ k indenough t s $Bve h l s t dood l l ng t and fo rward i t t o u$ " T f rn w l l l beniov lhg a l i t t le more s lowly for the next few monfh$. recover ingf rom surgery af ter h ls fa l l f rom the T l l t ln t Ff l l ton, ' ihank you,Tlmmy, and get wel l soon!
We welcome two b'osk revlewers with thls, our fourth con$ecu-t lve August lssue. Fred Wel land ls a rev lewer wi th an u l ter iormot lve. The Vancouver Is land Reglonal L lbrary ls p lanning theremoval o f our Bamf ie ld branch l ibrary f rom the school basement ,There are over a thousand books aval lab le to anyone who n l l l takethe t lme to go over , browse and se lect . The Is land L ibrary couldremove the books, due to lack of suf f lc ient In ter*s t . Fredrev iews three of h is favor l tes--go take a look and f tnd some ofyour own. Please eal l Sharon Dunsmore for l lbrary access t tmes.
Armand Lero l enters the wor ld of local l i terat l f rom anotherperspect tve. The books he has se lected br lng the unlque lnBamf ie id to ou r a t ren t i o i l t h rough compar l son w i th the un ique l n as i r n i l a r l y l so l a ted eas te rn seaboa rd reg lon , Cape Cod . Myfavor i te is the $50, book, natunal ly , Thank you, Armand.
When Lelth Boulter tvrote, frl want to see how your wordprocessor work$,i our word proce$sor, wlth lts spell lng cheeker,came out wlth, nI want to see you your *ord processor workstr, Asyou can see, l t ls no better than l ts late nlght proof reader,And l t a lso s l ts dlepasslonately, wl th l ts 640 K of mernory pl t tedagalnst my mere 40 K, wal t lng for me to learn palnful ly, over andagaln, that unt i l you press SAVE, your work is an l l luslon.
Good luck f lshing and gardenlng,
P'ers CTFri. . (0 t"KD1 ta save a coov
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LeEter tCI the ErjitorsWho Cares?Bamfield Llbrary Book l{eviewsIn My OplnionGone FtshlngLetter to the EditorsPages from the PastNature on the LooseA Letter frsm Leith BoulterBook RevlewReglonal Distrlct ReportChurch Newstsamfleld WeatherIn Memory of Nan HuntlngBlueberry-Orange Nut BreadNo t i ce to E lec to rsCape Beale Weather.,
Ebba JennlngsAndre MartelFred WellandJarnes FerrisCecile L1'nesFred WellanciR, Bruce ScottIda Welland
Armand LerolAl Benton
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Ebba JenningsEva Brand
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I read wi th In terest John Olsents le t ter to the edi tor Inthe June lssue of the BARKLEY SOUNDER, confirming the loss of! l fe which was quest loned by Tom Chr ls t lan ln the May tssue.
For the record, the chap?s narne wa$ Loule $wansc'R. Hearr ivec l in Bamf le ld in a smal l f ish lng boat ln the lg30rs. Hetook up res idence tn Crapptrer Creek. FIe only f lshed h ls hoat fora shc ' r t t lme. He then mover i to a f ioat house whlch he bui l t oracqui redo t rocated not far f rorn the present launching rarnp" Acanoe besame h ls mode of t ran*por ts t ion. Ffe a lways pushed h iscenr le forward, poss ib ly because he could see bet ter , s lnce he hadlost an ey* in a powder acc i rJent a t Jarnes Is land pr ior to comlngto Bamf le ld .
"F ie earnecl h is I lv ing crewing on se ine boats, const ruct ioniab* r , l *ad ing and un l cad lng l umber tha t came to Bamf ie ld f ron :i r i s r t , 4 ibe rn i *n scsw$ , c le *n ing l and , d igg ing ga rdens , cu t t l ngca rd wood fo r l he Cab le $ ta t i onn mov ing coa l and do lng t ra i llv$rk. I can s t l l i see h lm wi th h l$ cro$$ cut saw cut t ing woodaround the eommuni ty ar wi th h is shovel in the potato garden"l * r , ine af the punching {punche*n} s t i l l remains a long the path thatwi r t ls through Centennla l Park to Orappler Creek. l le would keepthe brush back wl th h is machete whi le on hts wa5' to cut cordwood,
He was one cf the crew that he lped bui ld the lorv road inBarnf ie ld East that gaes f rom the l r to te l to the Mar:se. The road iss t i l l i n use . Wha t a co*ven ience th l s roa rd r ras t c a l l ccnce rned"s ince you no l onger had to c i imb up to the Pachena t ra i l nea r SeaBird [ , lacts and go a long that t r * i i l .
He helped in the construct lon of wi :a t has Lrecome the contro-vers ia ! road to Bradyrs Beach, nr :sr fac ing c losure, How wonder fu li t was to go tha t way i ns tead o f s l i pp ing and s l l d ing and t r i p -p ing the o ld way , hemmed in by t rees . The new roed enab led amother to push her baby in a buggy and enjoy the beach.
There i s someth ing i ron i c i n t he fac t t ha t we dec la re o lde rhc rmes he r i t age p laces hecause c f conse ruc f i on c r des ign , y€ t a
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paihway that served for nigh on to f l f ty year$ and drew othergbecause of l t , Just lsnt t for the people eny more! I wonder whatCharl le, . l lmmyn Loule and the other crew would th lnk CIf l t s l l .lYhere wl l l the parklng lot be so al l can dr lve the new way to rhebeach?
Loule Swansonn for the record, d id not wsnt the pub. He andthe other Grappler Creek batchelors were qul te content wl thoccaslonal t r lps to the c l ty when they could af ford l t . Theywere also happy wlth thelr smal l grone crock of home brew. Theyknew thelr shortcomlngs and that ls one of the reasons they l lvedhere. They may have had a smal l l lv lng ln the eyes of many butsorne of thern shared thelr gardens wlth one ¬her. They hadthelr crocks of sal ted herr lng, cod and salmon. They l rere the
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Loule Swanson re$ts today ln the Albernt Cemetery, a longway from hls netlve Norway. He was not tbe town drunk but a ktndand honorable man, a hard worker and was there when people neededlrlm.
He drocrnedn yes, and telltale evldence sa$ found beslde htmbut sn*:ehow the roll of money he was knovn to have had als+<i i*appeared" The quest lon st l l l remalns !n my rnlnd - d id he sl tpor ws$ he ro l led?
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The West Coast o f Vancouver ls land ls s t l l l one of Canadarswl lderness areas. I ts sa lmcn f lsh lng s tocks, v l rg ln forests andwlldl l fe, endless seashore and beaches attract f lshermen, hikers,natura l ls ts and sc lent is ts f rom al l over the wor ld . However ,wllderness ls nat ' everlastlng under pollut ion pressurer Althoughthe west coa$t of the Is land mqy st l l l be consldered wl ld andunspol led, tocal s igns of po l lu t lon and degradat lon are unfor tu*nate ly ev ldent . In the Bamf ie ld area, beer cansr pop cans, o i lcans, p last ic bot t les and r tyrofoam sre thros/n ln to the waterevery day. The resul t ls that not on ly our seashore ls deter lor -at lng, but that the young generat lon i$ betng ra lsed wi th theldea that l l t ter a t sea ls commonplace and moreover , acceptable.F loat lng l l t ter is a mlnor problem compared wl th wor ld pol lu t lon,but l t ls todayrs ch l ldren who wi l l be faced wi th our env l ron*rnenta l problem* ln the near fu ture. I f you see f loat ing I l t ter ,p lck l t up and d ispose of l t in a garbage conta lner . Bamfte ld tsbeau t l f u l ; l e t t s keep l t t ha t way .
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Fred We l l and
Th l s l s t he f l r s t o f wha t i s p l anned t o be a se r l eg o fmonth ly co lumns htghl tght lng var lous books present ly , or soon tobe, on the shelves of the Bamfleld Publlc Llbrary. ,
ln th l r , the f l rs t co lumn, we wl l l look br te f ly a t threebooks, one deal tng wt th the pol l t lea l proce$s, one a how-to-doI t , and the ghl rd a very p leasant p lece of f lc t lon that bes ldessplnnlng a capt ivat lng ta le remlnds us of the ts les end legendsthat he lped to form orr r c t r l ture"
For the pol t r lca l buf f , I recommend most thoroughly iHow
i lemcerac les Per lshn, by iee* . i ; ' rencois Revel . Monsieur Revel wasur)* i r recent ly ed i tor and d l rectar o f nLt l ixpressF, where he beganas a eo lu rnn l s t , No n *ophy re l n t he wr i t , ng geme, he has wr l t renf i r r r r ia i l ] o f the wldeiy read per lod ica ls , bes ldes author ing sev*e ra l h *s t se i l i ng and *on t rove rs la l wo rk$ .
l n sHow Demscrac les Pe r l shn , h i s l a tes t book r { tnc iden ta l l y ,e best se l ler in Europe for severa l monihsr where they havel *a rnee { as a ma t te r o f se l f -p re$e rva t l on to take the l r po l i t l css*r iq ' *s l .y) , he paints out how the very id , r :a ts that form theii : ,unr:!; , :r lsr i +f ; iemr:rcrar::y ere lhe rost *aus*s *f t t$ se*miitglyi , ie : r * r i * ib l * s ! id ts towards d* feat a t the hands * f to ta i i t * r lan isnr"$ * i f * c r i t i e i $m and the r i g l : t t o C Ipen d i ssen t , he says , e i t haughthe v*r"y { :orn*rsLc}nes of d*mocracy, lend thernseives tso e,as l ly tolh t l weakening of t l ie whole demoerat ic $ t ructure, and are con-stant iy betng userd is th is end. Bsoks such as th ls are wel lw*r th reading, i f on!3 ' to l ie lp one cope wi th ehe sen$et lonal lsms*rved up sn the te l l ie evenlng news hour . Who knows, i t may*ven g i ve you & f reeh s lan t on N ica ragua ,
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Fo r t he H$w- to -do - i t t h i s mon th , we a re l ook ing a t a top l cdear to $ iany peop le rs hea r t s , pa r t i cu la r l y so l f t he we&the r eve rwsrms up to seasonal tempersture. nHome Brewed Beers andStout*r , by C,J,J . Rerryn is a nranual that wi l l wel l serve boththe neophyte and the accompi is [ed brew*master . i t spans therange f rorn k i t brewlng to bul ld lng yCIur own f rsm the very s tar t ,i nc lud ing I \ r e ry i n fo rma t i ve $ec t i on on mak lng you r own ma l t - -wh lch l s someth ing i d idn r t knew, and t f ve been ro l l i ng my ownfo r twen ty yea rs . A l though i t d i f f e rs on a coup le o f m lno rpolnts wi th rny o ld s tandby reference dThe Ar t o f Making Beern, by$tanley F. Anderson, i t ls a very thorough work, ranglng f rom the
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ear ly or lg lns of nFloers to the le test equlpment and techniques,and as such ls a sshould-readn for evaryone rvho re l ishes a coo!beer , and would rather brew h ls swn cholce t lpp le for r . luder ,2$ abo t t l e l ns tead o f p *y !ng t he gove rnmen t .S0 f o r an i n fe r l a rproduct.
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Thls last one - the f lc t ton se lect lon of the month - gsve mequl te a b l t o f t rouble" I thought that before I wrore snyrh lngabout l t , I would Just swl f t ly g lance through l r ta re f resh mymem$ry. Af ter a l l , i t was s€vera l rnonth$ *So thst f last readI t "
Two h*urs la ter I wns $r i i l $ tuck ln there"c* f a baok.
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nl"he Cryseal Cf ive* , by h{ary Stewart , is the f * rs t o f r *ser ies * f fsur s t* r ies $et In f l f th eerurury Br l ta in , fcr t i re nrusrFer t , Mary $tesarc has gath*reef nnal ly +f the o ld ta les anel leg-ends t l ia t und*r l le fh* Br i t leh cu l ture" and wove$ s ex le ar$unclthe Hnehanter Mer l in , enei rhe unl f l *e t iCIn c f F i f th- f lentury Sr i t *a ln under the n *w ly *a r l se * K ing A r thu r . To men as we i l as he ing* spe l i *b i *d lng s t r$ ry , l t i s I t i r ne l y rem inder tha t beh ind c lu ri l resenf day * iv i l txet i *n, ws have as r leh a legncy of heroe* andu i r t i - he r ' : e *o v i c t * r i es and d * fes ts , dn*6 r r !$ * i l d d rag* * *s l * ye rs *syou 'wil l f ind r*ny'whertr"
Al though the aughor hersel f adrn i t * that her work ean make noc ia im to be se r i *us h i s t o r y , muc l i r * f he r s t oHy l i ne f o l l ov r sc losely the known h ls tory of the t l rne. Even the countrys ide asdesc r l bed i n t he cou rse o f he r book i s accu ra te l y dep l c ted -Dur ing the war , i was s ts t ior ied for som* t inre ln Cornwal l , rheset t in$ for rnuch of her $tory , We were i lo t far f rom Tintag*I ,and used ta cyc le rhere o 'n occss lsns l a f t * rnoons to watc i l theA t lan t i c su r f pou l rd ing i n be low th * c l i f f e where c l i ng the rem-n f tn t s o f T ln tage l Cas t l e rs wa l l $ " The su r round lng v i l l ageno too ,are Just as she des*r fbed them - somewhat b i6g*r for the mestpar t , but wi th that Indef inable a l r o f t imele$sne$$ t r tve founclonly in the Engl ish countrys ide.. t t r s a gcod book , we l l *w r i t t en and &uaren teed ro ha ld y *u
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IN tvfY OPINIG{by
James Fe r r t s Co -Ed l t o r
One of the reagons for Ehe beeuty of th ls area ls the var ledand wonder fu l wl ld l l fe that abounds. One par t o f th ls bounty lsthe b iack besr populat lon. Once ln o whl le one of the bearsdecides to become frtendly and move lnto town, l f f lren that hap-pen$, there ls usual ly no opt ion except to de* t roy l t .
There ls ree l ly no reasoni though, to shoot them for thesheer love of k t l l lng. That wsuld seer . r to be the cane ln thek l l l ing of two bears mt t i ie dump. Tt r i *y ware no threat to Bnyone,and ' * r* re shot sne! le f t te ro t " I ; was e ter r ib le th lng to dc,l f we r l re ro th lnk * f then as dangero, :s an lmal$, we shcr" l ld p* l -h* ls c :ns ider how ihe bears m*st th lnk *sh i i : , l i r ; ts" They have a l * ti l i { . : i fo to f*ar frcm us then we har-s eo fear from tl iem.
Anyway , iE was a m ise raL ie th ing to dc , I f anyone $ee$ th l stype of th ing happenlng, th-ey sho, ; id conta* t the Dept . o f theEnvi ronmerr t a t 75S-395i . Thls ca* t re dcne ancln lmously , l f youhql .e a fear of re t r lbut lon, We s l rou ld t r ,v to $top th ls lnd is-c ; ' im lna te k i l l l ng l f we can .'$ 4t r$ {t 't} * 't} lr .i+ + .i* * *
t ' {e h*d { r i ; : }psrT} Iaet w** i<, an i l th*y h i* i i *h i ldren" Thel r son,ryho is $bout n l r ie ye*rs o ld , l tud never seen r l c lo thes i fne. Hethcught t t was $ome k lnd of ant , *nnf f .
Le l th Boul ter , tn h ls co lumn, wonders rvhy we would co-edl tt h lg l i t t l e Jou rna l . I t i s h l s op ln lon the t someone has to bedaminan t , I ean f t see how tha t cou ld be too d i f f i cu l t t o under -s tand. i know who dominates, and so does She.' * t r l * t ' . t r * * * * { ' . [ !
I took a walk out to Topal tcs Beach the other day. ! t i :s asbeeur i fu l as f tver , t lu t someone had set up hat t les and broken themw!th rocks, probably ior pract lce !n throwin6 s tones dur ing r lo tsor u,hstever . There were real ly v lc lous shards of g lass s t lck lngou[ of the ssnd. I f you cut your foot badly on Topal tos, thet r ip to the Hospl ta l could be a rea! problem for you. WouldnrrI t be n lce l f th ls type of vandel lsrn d ldnf t happen?"rr * i * * t * * * * * {. } I * * .r
I bought and read R. Bruce Sco*rs new book, BAMFIEI"DYEARS: RECOLLffTTONS . Interesting. Hls view of this coasr lsnot a lways my v iew, but l t ls obvtous that he loves l t . We
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We have not been to Expo yet , but wl l l probably go theresornet lme ln the fa l l , The sp ln-of f In bus lness to our area hasnot been notlceable. Someone, I forget who, compared Expo to ablack hole, As far as the buslnesses ln th ls area are concerned,I t *ou ld $eem that s l l the tour ls t money Just natura l ly goes lnto expo and never comes out agaln.
I t ls ln terect ing, too, that they have deelded not to re-lease the f lnancla l f lgure* et th ls t rme, t f the f lgures weregood, l t $eem$ to me that they woulc l be eager to publ lc lae them.When the mln is ter responsib le was asked why the f igures were notto h ,e re ieased un t i l a f t e r t he fa l r , he sa ld tha t he wan ted to besure that * l rery th!ng v /as belng spent ln the most responslb le sn<{eccrn$rn lca l manner . I f they were notn how vuoulEi that changeanyth lng? Ccul rJ l ' ie go bsck and change what hac i a l reac iy r r , rkenpiace? Premler Bennet t has ret l red, and the n€w premier canp lead t ha t t t i sn r t h i s f au l t l f t h i ngs d l dn r t go we t l . Godb iess 0u r p r : l i t i c i ans !+ s" * if * rF .* * "rr + * -F .i* .!t # + ll
V {e l l , enough o f Sp leen Ven t lng " The 6a rden goes we l l n andwls * rs reaping the harvest" Not !n ,$reat quf tn t i t ies, br . t t enc lushta ? :ave a n i ce *e lee t l on c r f f r esh cau l i f l ower , l e t t uce and peas .There i s rea i l y no t much economlc advan tnge , bu t t he sa t i e fac t i ono f g row ing you r own in the re , and they rea l l y do tasee be t te r .The sesweed packlngo ra lsed bed cc lnst ruct ion and weeding areforgot ten ln the p leaeure of seelng your ef for ts re \ ryarded ln suchf l ne s t y l e ,
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I th lnk pat lence ls the rnoEt lmpor tant v l r tue I gerson cBnpossess l f they choose to work ln the commerc la l f tsh ing lndus-t ry . F l rs t ly , because one wai ts I long mcnths for the sesson tobegln and ser :ondly , because even af ter l t has $tsr tedr thereseerns no end to th lngs wal ted for" Weather of course, tops thel ls t , especla l ly o f f the nor thve$t coast o f Vancouver Is landvhere $ome days are Just p ta ln ugly ! The f ish thernselves ar*nr ti { iwaj :s w} ,er* , you vrant them to be e l ther so you wal t ungl l they,chow up or go arhunt lng. Somet lmes i t ts a long va l t betweenbl tes. As my o ld Chtnese uncle used to say: na lur ,a ln the wsterls n* gt larsntee of a f tsh ln the bucket t ,
But le t fs assume a l l th ls wal t lng so far has boen rewardedand ou r boa t l s headed f o r po r t t o se l l i t s p rec lous ca rgo .Remember, there are hundreds of c ther boats f lshtng too, and whenws arr lve to unload, chances are a few of them wl l l be therenhead of us. I t tekes between 2 and 3 hours to empty eech hold,shovel or r t t i :e Ice, scrub penboards and ice b lankets, eo l lectwages and ref l l l w i th lce, so we could be t ied up for the bestpar t u f a day before our number is r :s l led" Sut therers a hotbath and a g lass of cool wlne wal t lng, so we don' t mind.
Mechanlca l fa l lure ls another cross we somet l rnes have tobear because l lke a l l machlnes, boats have psr ts that somet lmesneed repal r lng, Last year we ura l ted three weeks for an o l lcooler overhaul , 5 days for a propel ler change, and 2 days forsome englne seal or o ther ; th ls year ( touch wood) everyth lng lssh ip-shape.
JuFg l7 th 1800 hr 'g : - Wefre wal t lng for the f lsh buyer to f lx h tslce chute {w}r ich Just fe l l apar t ) so we can f l l l the hold wl thlce. l t rs ra ln lng, and has been for the past four days.
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Krtfers ts ttts ffibftnrgAs I am sure everybody In Bamfield knows by now, I am by
$$Eure & ret l r lng sor t o f tnd lv ldual who shr lnks f rorn any In-volvenrent in publlc dlscusslon. Hoerever, I feel thst severalfaetors perttnent to the ongolng debate over televlslon paymentEhave not recetved suf f lc lent s t tent ton.
A t t h l s ' lme , I shou ld c l a r l f y nny pos l t l on . Yes , l t l st ruer I do not watch te levblon. I unplugged our set tn l98 l andal l !7 Inches of g lor lous Sanyo co lour have e lnce been reposlngln sp lendld lsc !at lon In the ch i ;ken house, I e topped watchlngt l re te l l te becauss I ras hored st l f f w l th l t . Af ter a l l , I have: ;*en watr :h ing Tv. . s lnce l$Sd, when one of the ear ly $ts t lon$ wento* th* a l r ln Nor th Dakote, $CIuth of Giml l , Manl tuba, where wef tere $tat loned at the t ime. ln twent ; " ' -ssven years I ha"se seenevsrv p lo t twis t , every g lmmlck, every adver t ls lng p l tch that theagi l * mlnd of TV d l rectors can conceive, Dul lgv i l le .
A i so , i t l s n ry f l rm conv l c t l on tha t a s teady d ie t o f tV w l l lt i l rn one!s bra ins to Je l lo .
To get back to the payment lssue - 1 .e. , whether to tan" opro i : i j ' i y i * r t iv idus l ly . . lhere sre seyera! fecters to cCIns ider her* .ir+rslmr'$t is t l ie old rule *Keeg the Sovernment as fsr *way fr:c,ny ' *ur pockets as poss lb le i " Governments are notor lo** ly caval lerwi ' ren deal tng wl th o. ther people. t money - and when s l l fs sa ld anddane, thet ts the only k tnd of msnsy they have. They are a lscloach to re l lnqulsh any $ource of lncome. once they have c lapFedrhe[r s t icky l l t t le f lngers on to i t .
As I understand i t , the compeny that hae put together th lspaylTV-v ls-sate l l l te scheme enJoys a v l r tua l monopoly . I t ls myexprerlence that any comp&nlr with a rnor:+poly t+xerclses that monop-o ly , That means per lod lc lncre* .ses In the pr lce of thet r wares"
I t ls un i lke ly thet the Covernmer ' ] t w l l l went to go throughth is re ferendum bi t eech t lme the pr lce goe$ up, The refenendumwl l l therefore have to be worded ln such a mann*r ss to g ive theClovernrnenl permiss lon tCI er t ract f rom the tarpayers smff ic lentmoney$ to pay whatever fee the paylTV sompsny sets . And, oncet l i ts euthor luat lon ls in p lace, there wl l l be no way of opt tngour wi thout addi t lonal po l l ing. In other words, once the rnonay-ex t rac t l on maeh ine ry has been se t up , we ' re s tuck w t th i t "
Wh ich b r i ngs us to the add i t i ona l f ac to rs l nvo l ved"Thts ls a wor ld c f fast technologlca! change. The la test
h i "*ed of TV satet l l te now p l*nned is ca l led DF,S - Dl rect Broad-i . : . r .3 t Sr l r * l l i tes. They are deslgned t* brosetc*st te levts lsn pr$g*
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rams d l rect ly to the consurners home, where the recept lon equlp*ment wl l l be bul l t around a d lsh antenna about the s lze of ad lnner p la te, and wl l l feed d l rect ly ln to your TV set . Phl l tps,ln Hot land, had a system re*dy for market lng three years ago, butpol t t tca l const re ln ts held l t o f f the market . Governments arenot rea l ly tn love wl th the thought of another country ts te le-v ls lon program$ t le tng broadcast to the i r c l t lzens, wi th ns cen-sor lng - or even ef feet lve Jommlng - be lng poss lb le . Cl t lzenaare not $upposed to be able to watch whatever they want to -ra ther , what they watch has to be *5:proved by* some auth$r i tywl th ln the C*vernment s t ru* tsre. F lowever , i i $eems rhat some ofr i r * d l f f icu l t lens l ' rnvf , been $vrrcome * fqr* r pB$ *n l* l ! ! tes aresche' lu !** i t# So i * to operat {nn in the next few m$nth$ * oneFrench. sn* ' t r r lsh, one f ie ; ' 'n la i ' in ; in*" i I forg* t j *s t who c i i * f r : :ur t ] :i s - I t a l l an , I t h i nk .
Over sn rh i s s ide o f t he A t l an t i c , exp* r lmen ta l f i anemls -* ions have be*n going s :n for $ome r ' i$ le , u ,* ing h igh pt twer sate l -l l t e * * l r eady i n p lace , t rn ae ld i t l en , Ja lpan un t i l r o$en t l y w f f soperst lng a Dl l t$ eat"e l l i te , i - lowevern i ts t ransmtt ter fa i ied pre"rna tu r * l y , and the re w t l ! be : r sh * r f l n te rn i i s * i r l n un t l i i t $ $ rJc -ce$$0r a r r l v *s i n * rb i t ,
Ts make the f * regr : tn6 ev$n more in terest lng, t l ie rn t l i turyemploy a t *chnique where in * ignalo r r$nsml t ted f r , :n i *ne polnt onthe ea r t h r s su r f ace a re re l ayed f r s rn sa te l l i t e be f * re be lngt ransmi t ted back down to che g round , When rh l s i s app l i ed to theDBS system, wl th the nei :e$s&ry te*hnlca l ad justment to Bic tureformat lncorpotatedo yau wi l l he s l i le tc , s l t back and wetch, forexample, Huropean programs on your TV d l recr ly f rom Fra*ce - orGermany - or wherevgr,
Anyone for the Fol ies Bergere?So dont t be in too btg a hurry to le t the taxm*, i r fn to yor : r
pockets any de*per than mece$ssry. A few - very fewn is my Sue$s- year$ from now, you prob*trly wonft be watchtng much domestlc TVanyhow"
And of sourse, th ' - DBS system wl l l never be scrambled. I tis des igned to reach the greatest poss ib le nurnber of cocsumers.
Wh ich b r i ngs to m ind one more I i t t l e t i d -b i t . Consumergroups in the USA are br lng ing pressure to bear on l iB0, e t a l , rocance l t he i r sc ramb l lng . Someth ing to wa teh fhe re , t on "
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May l0 1901,
PAGflS FROfoI TF{E PASTby
R,Bruce Sco t t
f rom the Carmanah Po ln t l lgh thouse d la r les .by l f f .P.Daykln concernlng weather and general
Heard from Cape Beale they sald there had beenat the mlnes up the Sound and two men kll led.ltfay 13.
Dark but e lear . Great deal o f phosphorous In the w*ter .M*y 24.
Boys ro*k boat to Cl<l-{ iose for potatoes et{:.lr4xy 29.
Boys galng to San Juan ln whalebsat for pst&.*oes, but tere te .May Sl .
Boys s t t i l a t San Juan; uneble to leave, veather-bound.June I .
Beiys set s$t In whaleboat but had to ret$rn to San Juer : "' iq- ' t : t *{ i l lerj up an'":[ *mid $c]f tw* n:l l*.* *t i f , $f harbclr ;rnd harJ to put
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Bc"rys ret* rned f rom $an Junn in wheleboat .I i l ne ' ? "
Iorn went to Clo-oose for barrel of salrnon.Ju* * I 5 .
h{ r . Whl t t lngton, lnspector Methodis t Mlsstons, Ie f r for Clo-oose &ccompanied by Jesse.
Tcm hame help lng nre. Rob and Fhl l a t Clo-oose f lsh ing.Ju l y 12 .
6reat rnany sharks and dogf lsh aroundl a lsn great manysalmon around, tak lng hook.
Br i t lsh man-of -war two ml les southwest of f here a l l a f ter -noot wl th her boom swung out . Hols ted our ens lgn and sa luted;she answered.Ju ly 13 .
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Tom left in whaleboat forThe Eger ia st i l l surveying
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AIberni .of Barkley Sound.
got ten. Two welghed 25 lbs each,
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Vfith the Red Cross Campaign well under way, Joyce lr4ather andnysel f went bravely a long the back road to canvass our ne ighbors.I say braveiy , because the far ther a long we went the more ta leswe heard o f B ig B ru in rs escapades a long the t ra i l s and byways , asr r ye l i as a long the Boardwa lk . Un fo r tuna te l y f o r B ru in , one o f t hei "ecenr ly local bears, when he gets too brave and invades ourp r i va te re r r i t o ry , such as the f ron t po rch - o r t he back po rch: i : en he soon f i nds h imse l f i n se r i ous t rouh le w i th the humane lemen t . As he i s a heavy an ima l , i t does no t make us fee l ve rysecu re i n h i s p rese i l ce . Bu t why th i s w idesp read i nvas ion ands 'eef f i ing Iack of fear of humans?
Cou id i t be j us t p la in o ld hunger? Johnny Vanden be l i evesth i s t o be t he case , and po in ted ou t t ha t j us t a t t h i s t ime t he rea re no t t oo many be r r i es fo r t he p i ck ing . Th in i r i ng i t ove rlhe re a re no sa l rnon be r r i es now, the sa la l be r r i es a re j us t enthe ve rge o f r i pen ing i n quan t i t i e s su f f i c i en t t o f eed t hese; *n ima !s , Th in :b ie be r r i es a re no t qu i te r i pe * and the app le c ropr r e l cng way f ro rn p roc iuc lng any th ing ye t . Even the p lu rns a re; *a rce an tJ ga rdens a re no t wha t we & re used to a round he re "' ,Ve l ! , ycu rnus t ag ree tha t t he wea the r has been fa r f rom no rn ra la i l t h i s yea r . To top a l l t i i a t o f f t he fog i s n :ov ing i n i n ! a rgeq io$es . Wha teve r t he reason , hope fu l l y t hey w i l l soon - ve ry soon- wander o f f i n to the w i l de rness .'*"r*lr{.J$lt*#*{'n***ttlt+***{.*f*lftt*.t.lfJf 'X-lt****.t****{-**tt:F***lt*******+-.*Jt,{.,1.*tt
Qn a more cheer fu l no te - saw the f i r s t young rob ln th i smorn lng . Have been anx ious l y awa l t i ng th i s b lg even t and thensudden ly the re i t i s . One o f t he pa ren t b i rds has been hove r inga round c lase i y keep ing t rack o f t he s l i gh t l y e r ra t i c wander ingso f t he f l u f f y youngs te r w l t h t he mu l t i t ude o f spo t s on t heb reas t . S i zew lse i t i s a lmos t as l a rge as the adu l t and whens i t t i ng f l u f f ed up l ooks a lmos t l a rge r . We leome, l i t t l e rob in ,hope you are jo ined by others.
The Hummingbi rd populat ion has dropped drast ica l ly aroundhere, I do bel ieve they have taken of f for the migrat ion South.What , a l ready? you say. Severa l years ago I not iced i t wasusual ly wel l in to August when they le f t , but in recent years i tseems by the end of Ju ly they have most ly depar ted, About a weekago a fa i r - s i zed f l ock o f S ta r l i ngs were swoop ing h i t he r and yonin the t ree tops : l ook ing fo r a l l t he wor ld l i ke p rac t l ce runs fo r
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leaving, and now the lYl lsonrs Werblers seem to have dlsappeared,as wel l as vsr ious other Sparrows and Warblers whlch were l lv lngon The Hl l l . Wlth the $ 'eather we have had lately I donft b lamethem. Even the Ktngf ishers have quleted down thelr raucou$ cal lsas they traln the youngsters.
And have you notlced that the Mushroorns, usually not seentll l September, are already appearlng? Irm not very good atldentlf lcatlon, but dld manage to nsme a Northern Bearded Mllky -Irq_ctellal rglr.gsentaneus Brltz, a large mushroom growlng to about
crearny whltl to orenge-yiltow ind nettedwith a belgey-brown ralsed network. Donrt bother looklng forthls one for your table - t t ls polsonous. Also the Blaekleh-redRussula - Rugsur la krornbholz l i Shaffer. As the name lndlcates,thls one tsTiliT-lEdAiifr" wiTf*Elacklsh-re<! over the cen*e and isan unwh*l :some speclmen. Smal ler ln s lze, abaut 3-4 inches&crcss l l :e top, l t ls mueh more del lcate in sgructure. The capls srfioother snd dry, perclied on a long slender $ter$.
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Bob Skelly, your MLA
Reports from the
Legislature
JULY 1986
Revelatlons about the latest Socred Party fundralsing schemeThe Top 20 Club -- have caat a ehadow on the present government-srecord of pronoting econonlc development Ln Brltish Colunbta.
Thls Club ls nade up of a sel f sEyled el l te who pay a $51000uenbershlp fee for the prlvllege of being heard by the Prenler atpr lvate funct lons. I t has been operat lng stnce 1981 and has anembershlp of 58 people drawn frorn the buslness communlty of BrttlshColunbla and Alberta. It was establlshed to ral.se funds for the top 20rldings where money was requlred to win the f983 electlon and ltcontlnues wlth a broader roandate today.
Fundralslng Ls a necessary part of pol l t lcs but the not lon ofpald access to our government ls conpletely forelgn to our pol i t lcalculture. Governments are supposed to represenE all the people not Justthose who pay for membershlp ln clubs nLth restricted access.
The fundraislng nethods enployed by the pre8ent governnent mustbe dlsturblng to snall businesses that cannot afford nenbership fees lnexcluslve clubs. Thls nethod ls also troubl lng because of thepotent lal for these donat ions from men ln large corporaElons to berewarded wlth government support through loans or contract,a.
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t{ithin the nernbershlp of the Top 20 Club alnost f50 conpanlesare represented el ther because the indivldual Ls an off lcer of acompany or is a director on a range of conpany boards. Nlne of theconpanies direct ly represented ln the Top 20 Club, received governmentcont rac ts fo r a to ta l o f $4 .7 rn l l l l on ln 1984/85 a lone. Some o f theseeonpanLes have close relat ions And contracts wlth the presentgovernnent dattng back to the late I970's and earl ier.
There are other ways the present government has found to rewardmembers of the club. Out of the nernbershlp of the Top 20 Club thereare 5 people who sit on the board of the BC Developnent Corporationwhlch dlspenses publ lc money for buslness ventures. For this publtcservlce they are paid $3,000 per year and $200 per meetlng. Othermembers of the club are directors of crown corporat lons such as BCRail , BC Hydro and BC Place Ltd.
When governnents reward polttical and flnanclal Bupport wlthblatant patronage someone wlth a better ldea or a greater need Ls boundto suffer. When governments start to sel l thelr eervices to thehlghest btdder lt can only mean less rather than more enterprl.se andthe whole provLnce euffers because of restr icted econonlc development.
LEITH BOLTI-TET{
Desr Co-Edltor Jirn:
I canr t he lp but wonder at the background to the declg ionthat your month ly publ lcat ion needs two edi tors , I looked f n thedic t lonary for the def ln l t lon of eo- , . to f ind i t means Jo lnt ly ,together or rnutual ly , when used as a pref tx . I t r led to v isu-a l lze the tempor lz lng and the output o f generous fee l lng whlchmust havp emanated f rom the two of you ln the process of reachlngth is rnomentous decls lon"
ln my exper lence there ls usual ly a domlnant ico-n and Iguess unless I exerc lse the longstandlng inv l ta t lon to v is i t youI wonot f tnd out which one of you ls the overbear ing and domlnant"s * *n "
' I he re haE to l r e sne ! No two co -consp i ra to r$ a re e r re r*omp le te l y a t tuned and equa l , no ma t te r hs l v hn rd they may t r y .
Now that I have s* t is f ied nry o l ight ly embarrassed react lonto add r *ss lng you a$ nco -n , l e t us ge t down to t t !
When the i l co -s t a re a l so mar r i ed to each o the r , a l l so r t s o fr iva l r i *s ar ise" I recal l f rom my ear ly marr led per lod how Annear i iJ i used to So next door to p lay br idge. The par tners s t* r ted* f f as prr r tn t r r$ unt i l ve d iscovered the rev lew of the game af teri e i ; r i ng f * r t he n igh t , ane l t : i i e ove r t c r l t i c i $ rn o f t he p ln .V o fr i " : * , $a r ine r , l n te r fe red w l th rhe pos t - re t l r *d t cse the rnes$ , . ' i ]
"a lve i l th ts by changing par tner$ { ln the br idge garne)"A*yway, I was inspl rec l to vr l te to you af ter I resd in your
ia r ; t i ssu r i yC Iu r reac t i on to ou r FMis Jus t l f i ca t l an o f t he Mu l ro -n, t ly loc*eness wl th our msney whi le r rn tour .
I wen t back l n t ime t c my ch l l dhood , when I use r l t o r y t h i st " r 'pe of argun1ent out on my mother , "Jcets parents le t h im * tayup r :n t i l n lne * 'c lcckr I would te l l heF. And numerous others . t * f smen ts o f how the o the r f e l l owo were do lng th i s and tha t .
I t ' vas ce r ta in l y no qua f i t um le rp to p l c tu re t s r i an and JohnnyTurne r t e l l l ng the i r mc l the r$ , t he e axpays rs , how the o the r f e ! l owercted" Especla l ly s lnce Fer l lament and the press repor ts aresa tu ra ted w i th nyou r re one , t oo i l ,
So, . n iy f r lend the co-edi tor , we can see that a l though yousnay reach the h lghes t o f f i ce l n t he l and , t he ch t l d i sh hab l t sneve r l eave .
Tu rn ing eway f rom po l i t i cs s l i gh t l y , I see where you have anew bus serv i*e to and f rom Por t A lbern i " f loes th is mean theroad i s now deeen t f o r veh i c les? Or i s i t i n an t l c i pa t l on tha t
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I f u l l y i n tend , be fo re th i s beau t i f u l summer i s ove r , t o ge tup to see you , by hook o r c rook o r sh ip o r ca r o r bus . I wan t t osee fo r myse l f i f you r l oca le i s a l l you say . I a l so wan t t owa tch Jeanne make the S -ca r go , I u ' an t t o see you you r wordp rocesso r works and how i t i s p rog rammed to avo id the spe l l i nge r ro rs we f i nd i n eve r . v newspaper t1 ' pewr i t e r and t ypese t t i ngcon t rap t i on , I have neve r been ab le to f i gu re ou t why newspapermach ine ry - t ype \ r y r i t e rs , e t c . - come equ ipped w i th r vo rds i i keCroa t i on , Da lma t l on , openess , and down the l i s t ; why t hey ean t tt e l l t he d i f f e rence be tween p r i nc i p l e and p r i nc i pa l , and a mu l t i -t ude o f o the r I i t t l e f l aws .
And how a re th ings i n Nana imo , you ask? We l l , I e t me g i veyou an examp le and then I have to ge t ou t on the road i n my tax i{even a t age 8S , I have to r vo rk , you unders tand ) .
T * ' o yea rs ago th i s coming November we go t a new c i t y coun -c i l . One o f t he i r campa ign p lanks l vas a de te rn : i na t i on to removesome o r a l l o f t he red tape enve lop ing deve lope rs and bu i l de rsr r y ing to ge t t he go -ahead on p ro jec ts . They l ve re go ing tos t reaml ine p rocedure i n to a one -s top shopp ing t r i p - pe rm i t so anda l l t he o the r de ta i l t o ge t go ing "
Tha t was November , 1984 . I n th i s mon th o f ou r Lo rd , Ju l y ,1986 , I r ead tha t a task fo rce i s be iug se t up to tack le theques t i on o f e i t y ha l l r ed tape , The repo r t shou ld be ready fo rthe new counc i l , and i f t he med ia has the i r way , t he re w i l lindeed be a new one!
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I begin to wr l te th is co lumn for a var ie ty of ra ther vaguemot ives. For want of an abi l l ty to ar t icu late them, le t mes imp ly say tha t Jeanne bu l l i ed me in to i t - and l eave i t a t t ha t .
Cstenslb ly my subject is books. But I wish to perhapswarn you tha t I w i l l t a l k abou t f a r more than l i t e ra tu re . Fo r i fwe begin wi th the premise that books are s imply one means ofex tend ing ou r pe rcep t i on o f t he wor ld , t hen i r i s i nev i tab le tha tI w i l l w r i t e abou t myse l f , abou t you ( such tha t I know) , abou tBsn f i e l d .
I w i l l no t w r i t e l i t e ra r y c r i t i c i sm , wh i ch i s du l l ands tu l t i f y l ng , I w i l l r a re l y w r i t e abou t books I d i s l i ke - t he reare too many f ine books to be bothered wi th the dross. And Iw i l l c r y t o w r i t e w i t h a t hough t as t o wha t i s r e l evan t t oBamf ie lders, a l though the l ink may become a tenuous one. l t {yconce rns a re , I be l i eve , s im i l a r t o you rs , a t l eas t f undamen ta l -i y . t su t i t i s wor thwh i l e remember ing tha t I w i l l p resen r youon l y w i t h r ny v i s i on o f a l i t e ra r y f i rmamen t , and t ha t such av i s ion i s un ique to one pe rson a lone .
I n t h i s f i r s t a r t i c l e , I w i sh t u t e l l you abou t a p l ace t ha tI have neve r seen . Th ree books fo rm i t s ch ron i c le - a span o fi 5S yea rs . The f i r s t book ove rshadows the o the r two , bu t l t cando no other for the author is Heniy David ' f t is reau.
The secondbook was wr i t t en 80 yea r$ a f t e r Tho reaurs i n t he l a te I g20 tsBestonts The Outermost House. The last book was publ ished in1983 , Rober t F inch fs The P r tma l P lace , These th ree books a rebound in i ny rn ind by th i s p lace - t he g rea res t o f t he A t l an t i cCapes - Cape Cod.
Toge ihe r , t hese books a re s r i ' , 3nge and tan ta l i z i ng to me ,They o f fe r me lns lgh ts i n to th ings I a rn fam i l i a r w i th , t h ings Irecogn ize f rom th i s coas t and wh ich reca l l Bamf ie ld s t rong ly . A tthe same t ime they o f fe r t o me an env i ronmen t o f ro l l i ng su r f andbeaches (AtJant ic sur f ) and a h is tory o lder than that o f our ownWes t coas t , . . , bu t t ha t comes la te r ,
i rev iew these books because I th ink that you too wi l l seethe fam i l i a r and the fo re lgn i n t hem - and i f you have any ea rfor poetry you rv i l l hear that tCIo.
I app roach Thoreau consc ious tha t t h i s i s t he vo i ce o f aman , among the g rea tes t o f Amer i ca rs th inke rs , He i s impor tan t ,
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But what does thls have to do wlth Cape Cod? Only thathere, tn thls book, does the Thoreau who taught us how to l lve,step out, beyond the conflnes of hls own self made world atl {a lden ln to a nev wor ld , ln to the comrnunl ty .
And as the seer of Concord, of the Republlc, walks frorn theSouth of the Cape to the Nor th, he speaks ln the sarne p le ln ,mat ter -of - fect toRe so fami l lar f rom Walden The ta lk is e i f t l :ep lants and ani rna ls * f the great Cape beach, the arch l tecture, th*geogr*phy of the p la lne and dunes, the oddl t ies of the Ind lgenausCape Cod re l lg lous, the f *ces of o ld oy$terrnen and the l r wives.H ts v l s i on o f t he Cape l s i n l t l a l l y an adve rsa r l a l one , t henbared and [ 'ended arm of M**sachu$et t$. . , .box lng the Nor th Easts tot rms, end ever and anon heavlng up her At lant ie edversary f rornthe lap of the ear th - ready tc thrust f$rw'ard her other f ls towh leh keeps g *a rd wh t le upon he r b rease a t Cape An*e "n I f t h i sim*ge $seft ls overly combatativeu it ls nst withclut csrls.e * fsrrThcl reau arr ives at the Cape ss the Hngi i *h hr ig m$t Johnf t c f is ln*tegrates on &n of fshore shoal , as the bodies af the l r lsh imml*Srants l t carr led are washed aghore.
Bu t t ha t t hen i s t he s tu f f o f t h i s Cape - l l gh t t r ouses ,coastguard crews sts t loned a long the outer beaches and sn eternalsuccegsion of wrecks.
The Cape Cod beach is a powerful presence ln thls book. Twochapters are devoted expl ic i t iy to i t and l ts res idue is perva-s lve throughout . True to Thoreauts pragmat lsm, the second ofthese chapters begins wi th a descr lp t ion of how ta make ta l luwfrom bayberry - a beach p lant . And he wr l tes of the sound of seab l rds ; t he an lma ls tha t s rand * a pe lag l c f auna tn the l n te r t l -dal sueh as the sunftsh l , f oLa n Scyphomedusan jel lyf ish and thesand elsms |tacera and rtfesoderaa which he digs. I t shotrld not bethought , however , that a l l o f Thoureauts book consls ts of beechscenes. His second chapter is a v ignet te of the Cape tov/ns asseen f rom a s tage coach. I t is a $ect ton fu l l o f p i thy, eventact less but typ ica l ly Thoreauvian commentary; for Instance:
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: '* ' r , ' rq,srnery'whorn we $aw ther d'uy't**ked'exe*erl i ; lgiy p,inehed up.I "hey hed pronounced shlns and noses havlng last ths l r teeth and so-harp W would repre$e$t the l r prof l le . They were not s+ wel l$:reserved as thelr husbande; or perch*ncc they vere well pre-x*rved a$ drled speclrnens {thelr husbands, however, were ple*k l ed ) , "And so on to Chatham and Suet and Brewsteri Thoreauls eye elwaysturned to the problern of l lvlng - how to bulld houses, hon' tof lsl in how ts Srow gardens near the ocean. And ss I read Thoreeuf tn the cu i t lvat lon of f ru l t t ree$ in the sa l ty Cape a i r , I wasrem$nded delightfully of "ee.r*ls$ Sg**def esssy$ on rn*ch the sarnepr*hlen:1. l t t* a!*o only Tlroreau who, whtle crosslng the longpla i*s * f N*ussrn c f tn ensags in & f lve FaSe d l*ccunse on th*i r is r r : ry of re ! ig f *us rc [n is tens in i ] ie i lape Cod are* and th*ne,r { . r i$* the * i ive* 's is ; r wJth the ingen{*us CI t reervst i$m that * t } r * re
'{&$ n$ betgen wey to r*ml{e th* rsnc*er neali ise h*1v widg *n'$ pecx!*inr t i i i i l p* la in i *a* , sn i t hs lw Icng i f tsok gr) $r* i rer$e i t r then h3 '; *s**ra. ing these sxI r&q:e$ !n the rntdst $ f ny qarrat l \ rs*s
i th ink thsf what Th*reeu f ina l ly 6$ves u$ Is a sense er fi i f * n r t h r * ex r reme edge o f t he con f i neng" A l i Capeo , e l l hexe i -! ; : f ts is h*+e th is r l r ; - ' . r t iq*e * r {n*e i } ! i ls rC equat ins the s f r ingey
* iJgr , ' s f ' th* e*nt in*nrE wi t t r the *dge * f rea l i ty * anc i *he $v$s:* i r : l r iq a l - : * r* t * r r r *$*s, f . fh*re fs s* l r i *gh i l i$ th* t is qut* t ly, r ; i , i i ln i * *h*ur t c*n* id** t r *6 *n { }u;ear t wi f } t a wh* le ien,J $t {1$* : {si. , ; ;rs:,q. 3n
' Ih*rresir!s elnstng i lr ,res; nA stgrm in ghe fal ' i or winfe;"i * ths l i lnre to v ls i t l t I tape C*d] ; a I lSht hor :se r : r f isherrn* ln?sf ' t l :g th* t ru*e hoto i " A man rney $[&nd her* and p* t a l l Amer leaIiei':lnd hir:1" ro.
Ths sec*nd t rook in th is chnonclogy of Cape C*d ls rhe Outer-m#sg House by Best*n" Thls was fn fact the f i re t o f the threebeisk;s that I read, and that i t incf ted r f is t$ read fur ther mtghri : * *ons ldered a csmmendat ion in i ts* l f . $esronrs $tory is ajcurnal a f a yeur spent in a smal l hs luse s ; : * Cape Ccrd beach,'T 'h*re is ssme ta lk of men hene * the rnsn of Nauset l ighto aswirnmer $een, the nature of l r is s* l l tude; but the real hsoh ls aj *urna! o f the beach. . Beston keeps h in , lghx f t rmly to the seaand the dune$, t r lerhaps even to the point c f fa ls i fy ing the realf f an - r * rn i shed n& tL ! re o f h i * env i r *nmen t * i t i s d i f f i cu l t t ore l I "
Ses tc rnos b *ach i * rhe mos t ephemera l ye t pe rpe tua l o f env i -i "onmei l t$ . The beach i tse l f remnins, yet i t has the most f lu id ofr ' :pographies. The dunes a lways move; sh i f t tng sand covers andl , ' , r ienses wreckage in the $&me r f lOment . B i rdS mi6rate, $ t6p at the.I r rps,*nc move crn again l t l ' ie w;r ter !nove$. f l r is is the open coast
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Beston ls nature wr l ter - less I s tudent of man than Thoreauor F lnch. Beston is a lso f i rmly wl th tn the Amer lcan t ranscen-den ta l l s t t r ad i t l on o f na tL ! re w r l t l ng { cu r i ous l y abse* t f r omThoreauts Cape Cod) . Thls e lement of Begtonts vr l t lng ls seenmost ev ldent ly in h ls preoccupat l+r wl th the undef lnsble in thewor ld - th , ; mystery. As he wr l tes on hurnan l ! fe , , .nso of tenl i kened i s e spec tac le upon a $ t r l ge , i s more Jus t l y a r l t ua l . Theval*es of e l lgr i ty , beau ly and past ry whic l i s r ie ta i r i i t are * l 'l . ia t * rers inspi rat lon" They ar* borne of the my$ter l i anc i be i tu t l ii : f the wonld"n
The f lna l bo*k ls Rober t F inchfs The Fr lmal P laee ' Thisbook ls a rnodern *ne. Unl ike Beston, F inch d*es not geae [c s*ain crder to a l ,s i r l ,men, Ft r is book is en sss{ iy on } {ature arot :ndi ' : ' ! an . And i t i s wor thsh i i e remember ing tha t P l y rnou th Rcck i s e tthe i :Esq* of C*"*e C*d. At th ls Cu,pe, west*rn n:an.*nd t , * ,u t* ! t f i : i * )ixi lcortr i tereeJ ane {lr1{}ther for 4$0 ysatr$"
FInch v*r i tes eboLl t Brewster , forn:er ly r ** idence af a hundredret i red sea capta ins, now a towi l rap id ly becorn ing an Easr coastdorrn i tory .suburb" I t is a s t ran&e th ing f r : r rnc, a West Co*sterwi th a West Coast sen$e r r f h is tory , to re*d th is book. ie ; T, r metha t i s t he nu l l s te te o f t h ings i n my wor ld , t he p re -h i s to r i sa is , ta te is such th ings i ls v l rg ln coasta l f r : restg and unto i lchedin le t s . A l l a l t e ra t i ons to th l s co r i s t l t u te change - o r a i t e rna*t ive ly put , h ls tory . Sut my sense of h ts tory , my l { iest Constsense is a shs l low . ]ne - a huncl red years o ld - and the agt i r i t$ ofchange tha* cut f r ' ;d ls r . r r id bu i ld c i t ie$ are ones rhat have v i r tu-a l l y occu r red r v i t h in my l l f e t ime . Ane l I have a lways though t t ha tth i s recency o f change ws$ a th ing un i ve rea l t o Norgh Amer i ca .Bu t as I read F inchss book , I r ea l i ne tha t t h i s s imp ly i s no t so .The change In the town o f B rews te r i s e imp ly the l a tes t i n spopulat ion that has been f lucfuat ing for 300 years. The nul ls ra te o f t h ings i n Cape Cod i s no t w i l de rness , ra the r i t i s sma l lt owns and i oca l i nc lus t r y and a l l f o rms o f hu rnan endeavor * andthe g rea t beach . And ' th i s pe rhaps absve a l l ms rks Cape Cod asbe lng A t l a * t i c , even Eur *pean , where h i s to ry i s cen tu r i es i ns teadof decades o ld, The Cape Cod of Thnreaurs day was more Rct iveand pcpu inu$ tPs*n th * t o f Bes tcn rs and on l y s l i gh r l y l ess so t l i an
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F lnch f s book l s o l so d i f f e ren t l nso fa r t ha t l t does no tencounter the beech - the great beach that ln fused ?horeaufs 8ndBeetonfs books wl th l l fe . Non rEther F lnch ta lks of cemeter les,torrn meeting$, old houses thst l le now abandonedo development Ina smal l communl tyn.c lammlng and onee egaln, o f garden$' . .
nThls bus lness of gardens le moFe than I or lg tnal ly bar*gained for . I t has prsyen to be a mtxture of ccmpromlse andpa ln , l uc l q , and b ru ta l t t y , and l l ke l i f e l t se l f , i t s ha rves t ,bx*ept for rad lsheg ts n lwayn nncetr ta in" i l '
Wh*t then ere we tCI f tna l ly iske f rom these thr*e books?F, : r ms they f * rm & i$F"*$t ry of impress lon and r l *eo i l *c t lon - t i rnet r : r : r re f t . i r ls not o f ten th* t are have [he oppor tunicy to $ee a*3ngle p l i *ae under the Ssae of thr*e th*ug! t t fu l and arg lcu laten&turs "Nr i t f ; rs , And qrs should *onsider ourselves pr lv l leged forh*v ing ouch n chance - for a t least one sf the three wr i tere Ist ru l .y Srest s f id the other$ ht t 'e heen 8t t resst ln f luent ia l ini ' inr ih Arner i r : ; in "* lor l t ing. Fut th is tapestry of t rnpress ion - i t l5i i *e u* !qr rs tc e**h reader" For mysel f , s t rar lge ly and u i rexpec*l t i r l ly rh*se b* i ;ks r ,eq la l led t f i me n* t *n ly th is West tonst , th*s
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In v lew of some problems that have developed over the pastmonth, I shall devote thls column to a further digcussion of theEamf le ld Water System. As I ment loned ln the iast co lumn, we hadbeen experlenclng a water loss of about 20,000 gallons per dayf rom the system, A few days af ter I wrote that co lumn, we d lsco-vered where the water was golng. Don Luke had lnsta l led a $ystemfan washlng down the bot tom of h ls boat which ut l l ized s 3/4 lnchw&t$r I ine feedlng e leven Gut le ts runnlng 24 hours per day"
The lVa te r Comn i t t ee had p rev ious l y d i scussec l i ns te l i l ngwa te r me te rs o : r a l l se rv l ces supp ly ing docks , and th l s s l t ua t i onled r i rs io f tc t c ,n th is m*t ter . Don Luke now has a meler , as doa r l i e rs . I n l he ne&r fu tu r€ l we p lan to i ns ta l l me te rs on a i lse rv l ces wh ich have l i nes go ing to c f *eks , wh tch have unbur ied- : , { , 's isr t ines, and whic} r u t i l ize low pressure p ipe. The eveniuatra im w i l l be to l n$ ta l l r ne te rs on a l l se rv i ceg !n Bsmf ie ld . Theccs l , : f t hese n je te rs w i l l be cha rged to the *wner (app rox ima te l y$ iS f . l " { i 0 } , p lus a $2 ,00 pe r mcrn th ma ln te inence cha rge . The me te rsv, , i ! i he reac{ hy nur maintensnce f f ian evary three rncnths, and onyi l : ia ,g{? i r : ex**$$ nf ?4,000 gr : r l l *ns wl l l be charged at s ra te of$t . { i f i per l i " ro i . lsa i id g i l i ic ,ns"
As ehis p+l lcy rnay.sCI i lnd exc*ss ive to $olT le of you, i wsulc li i ke t c exp la in the reas r :ns fo r i f , Mak ing a l l owances fa r de -cre*secJ genera l u$sge in l08S due to the peror weat l ier th is yenr ,we ess ima le the t Don Luke used ove r ons and one hs l f m i l l l c l ng i l l lons c f water wi th h is washdarvn $ystem. Aside f rom the lossof re lent ie ts , ths system of about $300*-00 and the cost o f thet lme thar our maintenance f tan $pent !n searchlng for the wateri o *s , sn unaccep tsb le l oad was p laced on the syssem, The ex l s t -i ng sys re rn i s c *pab le o f pun ip ing *hou t ?10 ,000 ga l l ons pe r day i ft he pump { }pe ra tes s tead i l y f o r ?4 i i r : * r s , Our peak usage (1985)has exceeded I00,0CI0 gal lons per day, I f ten people were to use?*-CICIS 6al lons per c lay, and there was no increase in genera lus&ge e f t he $ys tem, we wou ld exceed the capac i t y o f t he sy$ tem.The only lvsy in whlch we could lncresse the capacl ty of the$y$ te$ r vou ld be r+ upg rade the s i ze o f t he supp ly I l ne and i n -s ta l l a second s to rage tank . A conse rva t i ve eE t ima te fo r t hecos r o f t h i s wnu id be $250 ,000 . t rn the un l i ke l y even t eha t t hefu{ ln lsery of Munic ipa l Af fa i rs a l lowed us to borrow th ls amount ,i t wou ld me f fn an l nc reaee o f abou t S t75 .00 pe r yea r t r : t he pa rce l
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Here ls the gchedule for the next two months:
Sundoy, Aug. 3rd: Serv lce at l l :00 a.m.Sunday, Aug. l0 th: No serv lceSundays , Aug . lT th ; ?4 th , and S ls t ; Se rv l ces a t I l : 00 a .m.Sunday, Sept" ? th: No serv lceS t fndays , Sep t . l 4 th ,Z ts t snd 28 th : Se rv l ces a t I l : 00 a "m.
As ln t l a ted in our Ju ly co lumn, t l ' re weddlng of SabinaLeeder an<! Dennls Me.nse took p lace on June 24th on Sal t Spr lngIs iand in Burgoyn* tJn l ted Church s t l2 :45 p. r l . ' fo l lowed by aree*pt lon at the honre of the br ldets perents, Mr. & Mrs. I -eederc f I *abe l l n Po ln t Road" t r o f f l c l a ted s r t he douh le r l ng ce re rnonyln wir ich per**nal yolv$ c*rnposed by the brlde and grcorn rvereexchangecl . One of the br ldesmalds wss Mrs. Anne Shlnn {neeBergey) , for i r rer ly o f Bamf le ld fu far lne Stat lon" Best man was James
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fu lense of Dl tmond Spr lngs, Cal l forn lan brother of the &roorn. KaLryLee-Ran of Barnf le ld acted as an usher and at tendant to the groom.I t was a beaut l fu l , sunny day for the event and ' a happy t lme fora l l concerned. Mrs. McEachern and I *ere able to at tend thereddlng recept lon and wish the happy couple good heal th and msnyJoyous years together, as I am sure thelr many fr lends at Bam-f l e ld do , a l so ,
Our, regular chureh orgonls t , Mr$. I rma Cashtn, underwentsu rge ry i n Roya l Jub l l ee Hosp l ta l , V l c to r l a ; on .Ju l y l 5 th , and weare happy to repor t that she Is comlng a lon6 f lne and the opera*t lon wss 6 $uccess" Dur tng hdr absence ln .1u ly we have beenfor tunate to have the serv lces of Mrs. Loret ta Amos at the organ,whlch we real ly apprec late. Lorer ta ls among the nevrer ar r lva lsin Eamf le id , coming f rom Er tmont*n &" l th her husband, Don, a yearor ty /o ego, and Is a r*e l asset to our f ,cmr: runi ty wl t l r her youth,w- i l l l ngness end ta lene .
Tha t t s l t f o r t h i s t ime . See you a round o r l n chu ruh" Havea gocid sumruer and Si:d hle$s.
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Ju ly is the dr iest month of the year . The average ra lnfa l li s on l y 2 .33 I nches ,
Th l s yes r we had n l ne days o f r a l n w l t h a t o ta l o f 2 .05I nches.
The t o ta l f o r 1986 t o t he end o f Ju l y t s 76 .4S l nches , I n!985 to the end of July ve had gnly ?9,64 lnches.
The mon th was ve ry easy w lnd and f *gw ! *e . I t was mos t l yove rc f r s t o r c l oudy l n t he morn lng cha r :g t ng t o $unny t n po r t I ysunr iy in the ef ternoons,
Temp*rati .res w*re {te{r ler t fu*n !ast rvsgr"* It is r*ost *maalngthat we did not have ons elay w!th a teniperature of ?*' .
Last y*ar we had 13 days with tanperatures of cver 20,"
Tle high rernperature wa$ 19"5" on July 19.The iow te*npersture was,5"on Ju ly 4,The mean maxlrnum was 16.8"The nman rninirruun was .Q"9""trhe mean was 13.35"
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The pa$s lng o f Nsn Hun t lng a t t he age o f $0 , on Ju l y ! 7 ,marked the end of an era for a l lghthouse keeplng faml ly .
Eng l i sh by b l r t h , she and he r husband Jack $pen t t he i rCanadian work lng years tendlng the l lghts &t F la lena$! Carmanahend then Pachena Folnt , where they were s tat ioned for 30 yearsbefore ret l rement to Vtc tor la .
Retlrernent brought en easler way of l l fe for her. Grocerleswere close at hand. There rs,ns no lon6*r concern for the weather,$he d ld not have to worry about ,n ,hether sr nst the tender couldl r i nd the supp l l es and rn 'ha t t o do l f l t d ldn l t , t r } ' t o make do +nwhat they had or ser :d sorn*one over the t ra l l t$ Bamf ie ld . Thefreezer took care of the surpXr i* f r * ;n ihe new garden, tnc lud ingth* s t rawherr ies whlch they gerrded successfu l ly ln both homes"Bread was avai leb le t f she chose not to bake and na lcnger wauldB+x ing Day be spen t cann ing the su rp lus ru rkey . Gone were thedays a f ke rosene l i gh ts .
trVhat never changed was rhe srnile of welcome th*t greeted otdf r lernds and someirow there was sr rmeth ing in the t in to go wi th the;i";p of t ,*a. Ti:*re rrras that f l I$ffentr,$ p,r] i lse as she pass*d the{ :L igar bawl and wa[ ted for your express ion as ysu l i f ted the spocnand saw sugar betng s l f ted back ln to the bawl . Laughter fo l lowedas the spoon wi th only a sr i rn ' was replaced by the t rpropern$poon. ' Dur lng the war years she took CIn the dut les of ap lane spot ter , A s tory about th ls was wr l t ten uF by a Vancouverpaper.
She rests today In the Alberni Cemetery beslde her husbandJack, who passed away about three years ago, and son Jack whomthey lost suddenly , ln the 40rs, f rom sptnal menlngl t ls .
O f s t u rdy s tock , she su rv i ved yea rs o f l so l a t l on andachieved 90 years as she sa ld she would. Thetr k lnd f r lends Joeand Bern lce Lynn took her ln to the l r home fo l lowlng her husbandfspasslng.The r ime f tna l ly came when I t was necessar ! for her io togo to a nurslng horne, where she passed away, she retalned thetwink le in her eye unt i l she Jo lned the fami ly she was once par tof . Dis tant re la t ives wel l remember the young g l r l who caml tocanada. lve, her canadlan f r lends, wl l l remember her Engl ishcharrn.
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terge bowl, $tir togetber dry lngredlents. In another bowl,t together eggs, mllk, margarine, orange peel and iulce, Stlr
to dry Ingredlents. Fold ln nuts and berrles,not overmlx.
ln 9xx5n lonf pan, wel l greased, for ,60 to 70 mlnutes. Coolstore ( i f possible), before s l lc lng.
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1986 Llsts of Electors ere now belng prepered for:
ELMORAL AREA NA'I (BAlvfIEtD)ELmORAL AREA nB|l {EEALTFORT)HLffiORAL AREA "C! (LOItlG BEACH)EIECfORAL AREA l?DN (SFROAT LAKE}EttrTORAL AREA '?E {BEAVM CREEX(}ELFCTORAL AREA ryN {CHERRY CR,EEK}
Every person who:
is of the fu l l age of n lneteen yearsls a Canadlan c l t lzen or Br l t lsh subject ;has res lded ln Canada for twelve month$ and in the Prov lncefor s lx month$ lmrnediate ly precedlng the date of h lsappl lcat lon for regfs t rat icn a$ sn e lector ;hes res ided for three rnonth$ in , or le the owner * f rea lproper ty ln , the e lectora l * rea in which he seeksregls t rat lon at the date of h ls maklng appl icat lon;ls the appolnted agent of an e l lg lb le corporat io i l ;l s no t d i squa l i f l ed ;
ls ent i t led to be regls tered as &n e lector .
A l l r es iden ts
who were not registered in 1985 or;heve become reeident$ - or become qual i f ied s ince I985
are urged to register as soon as possiblel c losing date forreg is t ra t lon ls August 3 ls t , l9EG
NQIE: Reglstratton forms are available and may be completedatthe REGIONAL DISTRICT OFFICE- 4586 VICTORIA QIIAYPORT ALBERNI, B. C I728.?4OI }
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For the convenience of resldents ln the BAIvIFIELD andLONG BEACH Electoral Areas, reglstratlon forms may beobta lned at the fo l lowtng Iocat ions:
ELEtrTORAL AREA I'A|' (Banfleld) - BAtu{FIELD GENERAL STORE
ELtrTORAL AI{EIq tlCN (I-ONG BEACH} ' TOFINO DISTRICTCFFICE
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These I - is ts of E lectors wl l l be used for Referendums andRegional Board and/or School Board electlons on NovernberI5 th , I 9S6 .
Completed forms must be forwarded to the Reglonal S isr r ic t Of f ieep r lo r t o Augus t 3 I s t , 1986 fo r l nc lus ion i n t he annua l e lec to rsI i s t .
Roher t M , Ke l l y ,Ass ls tan t Secret ary-Treast r rer .
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