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This Week in Egmont

by Heather in BC

This Week in EGMONT

18-24 March 2012

Quote of the week: We are like tenant farmers, chopping down the fence around our house for fuel, when we should be using Nature’s inexhaustible sources of energy – sun, wind and tide. I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of Power!! I hope we don’t have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that.

~Thomas Alva Edison 1931

Egmont Community Club Annual General Meeting will take place on Sunday, March 25, 2012 at the Egmont Community Hall beginning at 1:00 in the afternoon. We will hold our annual election of the board and of officers, receive a reports on the state of our finances, progress of our projects, and accomplishments of the past year, and have a presentation on the state of Senior Housing at the north end of the Sechelt Peninsula. Ed and Gwen Hawkins will give us an informative talk on the Habitat for Humanity program on the Sunshine Coast.

Senior’s Initiative. Harbourside Friendships, a part of the Senior Initiative (55+), meets every Thursday at 10:30 at the Music School in Madeira Park. Usually, there is a program, a quiz or game, and a hot luncheon ($5). This past Thursday the program celebrated February, which is Heart month. Our speaker was a nurse from Gibsons, who gave us an informative talk on heart disease, strokes, and risk factors, as well as a demonstration of CPR. Future Themes are as follows;
March 22nd: Pender Harbour Acquatic Center; Move Strong, Move Fit for Seniors with Gwen (Lunch to follow at PHSM)
March 29th: Paula Howley presents her award winning Toastmaster speech.
For more information, contact Cathy Anderson (604) 883-9766
We are organizing a carpool from Egmont, Earl’s Cove, and Ruby Lake for the drive down to Madeira Park. Afterwards, there will be a stop at the shopping center (approximately 1 hour) so that people can visit the Grocery stores, Credit Union, and Pharmacy. Remember to bring your gold card…. the IGA offers a 10% discount to seniors on the first Thursday of each month, and the Pharmacy offers a 15% discount to Seniors on the first Thursday of each month. Both the Bargain Barn and the Library will open on Thursday afternoons as well. Come and enjoy yourselves. If you need a ride, call Linda at (604) 883-0251 , Pia at 604 883-2299 or Doug at (604) 883-0416 . They will coordinate so that everyone has a ride.

Thrift Store Our Egmont Thrift Store has just completed best year in a decade. Let’s keep up the momentum and support our Local Community endeavor. If we don’t have what you are looking for, just ask. Linda will keep you in mind and she can find dang near anything! We have a lot of gently used quality items. And, as a Bonus, until the end of February, you will get to select a free beautiful toque with a $5 (or more) purchase. Open Wednesday and Saturday from Noon ’til Three. And if you can’t make it in those hours, please call Linda at 883-0251, and we will set up something.

The John W. West memorial will take place at the West Resort on Maple Road on June 9th, 2012. This would have been Mr West’s 99th Birthday! It will be a wonderful time for the celebration of a good life, well lived!! The entire community, as well as the many coastal residents who knew him well, will be invited. There will be a BBQ, Fishing, Games, and an appreciation of the Life that Mr. West lived, the contributions to the community that he made and the natural beauty of the region where he chose to build his house, raise his family, do his business, live his life, and leave his legacy. Mark your calendars! This promises to be an extremely enjoyable day!!

Fire Practice Wednesday evening at 7:00 pm is practice for the Egmont and District Volunteer Fire Department. We are looking for new members with community spirit. Get involved and join the team! Your community needs you and you will be glad you did.

Notice: The Volunteer Fire Department is trained in First Aid and Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation. They carry an Automatic External Defibulator. For Heart Attacks, Strokes, Falls, Accidents, and Serious Injuries, Please call 9-1-1. Ask them to send both the paramedics and the Fire Department. The Volunteer Fire Department can respond to any emergency on the north end of the Sechelt Peninsula much faster than the Paramedics and Ambulance.

Garden Club We are still looking for Volunteers to start the Egmont Garden Club and the Community Garden. We have received a grant from the Sunshine Coast Foundation to help finance materials for this purpose. Look at the community garden in the area behind the hall.

Recycle Volunteer. The Egmont Community Club is seeking a volunteer to handle recycling for the community of Egmont. Believe it or not – the recycling earns our club more than $1,000 per year. We need this money to help pay expenses. Please contact the Egmont Community Club via email tomdawnecc@gmail.com

Coastal Events: Pender Harbour Hiking Club meets Monday and Wednesday mornings for a hike in the North Sunshine coast area. Most hikes are approximately 1.5 hours, and easy to moderate difficulty. The hikes for next week are as follows:

Monday, March 19 Clear cut bike trail off Menacher Road. This is not a ‘pretty’ hike as we are out in the open through the clear cut for the first half; however, it is a great cardio workout climbing up the hill for the view. Meet at the horse trail sign on Menacher Road at 8:30 and we will hike from there.

Wednesday, March 21 Trailfest Wagon Road. This is a NEW hike described as “a really nice route with lots of variety of trails: some logging road, rolling trail, downhill and, of course, uphill climbs!”. It is also about 8 or 9 Km long. We will meet at the Health Centre at 8:00 to drive down to the Roberts Creek Forest Service Road which is right around the Sunshine Coast Golf Course and Cliff Gilker Park. This is a loop trail so no worries about leaving cars at either end or having to return the same way we went. Bear in mind it will be a longer hike given our drive to Roberts Creek and a 9 Km hike (and with our ‘new’ hikes, we always seem to add a bit when we mis-read the trail directions!

REMEMBER TO CHECK YOUR EMAIL AT 7:30 A.M. HIKE DAY TO SEE IF THE HIKE(S) ARE CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER.

Coast Salish Weaving Workshop with Jessica Casey, presented by the Sunshine Coast Museum and Archives, 716 Winn Road, Gibson’s, March 23rd – 25th. Registration Fee of $300 (includes all supplies to weave a shawl.) Learn the traditional art of Coast Salish Wool Weaving with local Coast Salish Weaver Jessica Casey. Over the course of two and a half days, you will be inspired and encouraged as you learn the basic skills and weave a beautiful shawl to take home with you!

“With every beat of my heart, my fingers dance and stir memories almost lost. Grandmothers and Aunts whisper their knowledge to my soul. Their weaving is in me – with every warp and weft, they tell me so.” ~Jessica Casey

For Details, call the museum at 886-8232, or go to www.sunshinecoastmuseum.ca

Green Film Series Announces Spring Films The Green Film Series has announced their spring line-up of films. The fall series was very popular and the The Gibsons Green Team and Sustainable Coast Magazine in collaboration with the Sunshine Coast Film Society are continuing the Green Film Series to be shown at the Gibsons Heritage Playhouse. This special series features environmental-themed films, discussions to engage the audience and door prizes. The next three films are scheduled for the months of March and April. The films will be shown on Mondays, alternating with the SCFS’s regular schedule of films.
Monday, April 23, 2012 at the Gibsons Heritage Playhouse

doors open 7 pm film 7:30pm

cost $8 or $5 for SCFS members

Revenge of the Electric Car

Panel discussion to follow with local electric car enthusiasts, electric cars and trucks on display in parking lot

Behind the closed doors of Nissan, GM, and Tesla Motors, this film tells the story of the global resurgence of electric cars by following the major car makers jumping to produce new electric models and to be the first, the best, and to win over the public. By the director of Who Killed the Electric Car USA, 2011, documentary, 90min. Directed by Chris Paine, written by Paine and P.G. Morgan.

By 2006, thousands of new electric cars were purposely destroyed by the same car companies that built them. Today, less than 5 years later, the electric car is back… with a vengeance.

In Revenge of the Electric Car, director Chris Paine takes his film crew behind the closed doors of Nissan, GM, and the Silicon Valley start-up Tesla Motors to chronicle the story of the global resurgence of electric cars. Without using a single drop of foreign oil, this new generation of car is America’s future: fast, furious, and cleaner than ever.

With almost every major car maker now jumping to produce new electric models, Revenge follows the race to be the first, the best, and to win the hearts and minds of the public around the world. It’s not just the next generation of green cars that’s on the line. It’s the future of the automobile itself.

Revenge of the Electric Car is narrated by Tim Robbins. The primary cast includes CEO and President of Renault and Nissan Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Tesla Motors Elon Musk, Former Vice Chairman of GM Bob Lutz and EV do-it-yourselfer Greg “Gadget” Abbott.

For more information on the web go to:greenfilms.ca or scfs.ca.

Disclaimer: Anyone wishing to add, correct, clarify, update or delete something in this column, please contact me. And, as usual, anyone wishing to NOT be included in future issues of this email, please let me know and I will be happy to remove you from all future mailings.

Best regards, Doug Elliott

Elliott_D@msn.com

(604) 883-0416

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This Week in Egmont

by Heather in BC

This Week in EGMONT

25 September-1 October 2011

Quote of the week: Often, a mighty man is the humblest of creatures and a humble man is the mightiest of creatures. ~Arab Proverb.

We announce the loss of a member of our community. Mr. Rob Murray passed peacefully on Wednesday, September 21st. Rob was a marine engineer, working first in the Northwest Territories, and then moving logs all along the Pacific Coast.

He had been a long time resident of Egmont, coming to the Sunshine Coast approximately 30 years ago. For many years, he operated a Water Taxi service in the area. He was a fire warden for the BC Fire Service, and organized a Fire Response on North Lake. He founded RK Services, Ltd., and developed Water Systems, as well as repaired motors and chain saws. He created A Lakeside Retreat on North Lake, providing relaxing accommodation services for tourists from many places.

Rob was a private person who kept his own counsel. He was dependable and reliable. He saw what needed to be done in his area, and he did it. He was a man of quiet ambitions—when he saw opportunities, he acted on them; when he saw problems, he took responsibility and solved them.

Should people wish, donations may be sent to the St Mary’s Hospital Foundation.

Thrift Store has a major shipment of new stock. So we are having a Bag Sale – $5 per bag, clothing only. Lots of books and clothing and various items you cannot live another moment without. Open every Wednesday and Saturday from Noon until 3:00 pm. Contact Linda Baillie. (604) 883-0251.

Fire Practice Tuesday evening at 7:00 pm is practice for the Egmont and District Volunteer Fire Department. We are looking for new members with community spirit. Get involved and join the team! Your community needs you and you will be glad you did.

Fire Ban: All fires, with the exception of small cooking fires are banned on the sunshine Coast from the 15th of April until the 15th of October.

Movie Night Friday Night is normally Movie Night at the Egmont Community Hall. On September 30th, the early movie will be Steven Spielberg’s heartwarming masterpiece of love between a young boy and a visitor from another planet. Filled with unparalleled magic and imagination that made audiences around the world laugh and cry, “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial” follows the moving story of a lost little alien who befriends a 10 year old boy named Elliott. While E.T. learns about life on earth, Elliott learns that friendship knows no earthly bounds. E.T invites everyone to share the thrill of its magic touch. It’s more than a movie– it’s an experience you’ll never forget. Rated PG, this film runs 1 hour 55 minutes.

After a short intermission, we will screen “The Shawshank Redemption”. Seeing his beautiful wife in the arms of another man is more than Andy Dufresne can stand, but what happens next is even more shocking. Andy is convicted of her murder and sent to Shawshank Prison – for life. The seasoned convicts there, headed by Red, make bets he won’t last the first night. But Andy is full of surprises. Forming an unlikely friendship with Red, Andy proves his resourcefulness, winning favors from the warden. But as the years go by, Andy and Red never give up the dream of freedom, and together they turn hope and friendship into an uplifting bond no prison can ever take away. Rated “R”, this film runs 142 minutes.

On October 2nd, the early movie will be “Wind in the Willows”, an enchanting tale about the world along the Riverbank that has delighted readers for nearly a century. In a constantly changing world lies a magical place by the ever-flowing River. Life is pretty peaceful here – too peaceful for practical Rat, impetuous Mole, cranky Badger and reckless but lovable Toad.

Every now and then, one of these fast friends feels the need to embark on an unpredictable, fun loving journey down the River and into the mysterious Wide World. But there are great twists and turns along the eternal River that teach all of them lessons about the cycles of life… About responsibility and justice…and about the forgiving nature of true friendship. This film runs 74 minutes.

After a short intermission, we will screen “Cinderella Man” Based on a true story of One man’s extraordinary fight to save the family he loved. In a time when America needed a champion, an unlikely hero would arise, proving how hard a man would fight to win a second chance for his family and himself. Suddenly thrust into the national spotlight, boxer Jim Braddock would defy the odds against him and stun the world with one of the greatest comebacks in history. Driven by love for his family, he willed an impossible dream to come true. Rated PG-13, this film runs 1 hr, 25 min.

Work Day at the Hall On Sunday, October 2nd, we will have a work day at the Egmont Community Hall. The goal is to construct a deck and wheel chair ramp on the south side of the hall, similar to the front porch. Bring a hammer, a strong arm, and a good friend or neighbor. We would like to get this done before the Homesteader’s dinner.

Recycle Volunteer. The Egmont Community Club is seeking a volunteer to handle recycling for the community of Egmont. Believe it or not – the recycling earns our club about $1,000 per year. We need this money to help pay expenses. Please contact the Egmont Community Club via email tomdawnecc@gmail.com

On the Coast: Rogue Used Books & Music is now located in the Copper Sky Gallery, inside the Copper Sky Cafe, in Madeira Park. Kim Foster, a local Egmonster, is very excited about moving into the Gallery. The books get to hang out with great art and the hours are fantastic: open 7 days a week, 10:00am to 5:00pm. Please let Kim know if there is a specific book you are looking for. If she doesn’t have a copy on hand it will be her very great pleasure to find one for you. So, come on by for a visit. And stay, curled up for a lovely read with a scrumptious nibble at your elbow. Support our locals in their business endeavors—especially when they improve our lives like this.

Upcoming events:

Homesteader’s Harvest Dinner & Festival in Egmont to celebrate the traditions that helped to make Egmont into a community….

Before the road, when we were water access only, the Homesteaders would harvest their corn, beans and squash. Then the supply ship would come in with dry goods so the residents could stock up for the winter. A community dinner of Salmon, game, vegetables, pastries & canned goods would celebrate the harvest and the year’s accomplishments. This year, we will celebrate at the Egmont Community Hall on Saturday, October 8th, at 6:00 PM. Come and join us in a fundraising dinner of Harvest, Thanksgiving and Appreciation of all those who have worked so hard over the years to make Egmont the community that it is. $12.00

Saloon Night: Mark your calendars for the upcoming Egmont Saloon Night. Saturday, November 12th Only 100 tickets to be sold. $25 each. More details later.

Boat Building Seminar A Boat Building Seminar will be conducted at the Egmont Community Hall this winter. Tom Silvey will coordinate the tools, workspace availability, setup and cleanup, and arrange for guest instructors. Goal: To build a boat that will be sold by either raffle or auction in the spring.

Participants will learn each of the steps of boat building, both in a classroom setting and through hands-on construction. Classes will take place on Thursday evenings and Saturday afternoons throughout this winter, from October through March. Costs will be nominal. Subjects will include molds, framework, covering, and finishing. By the end of the winter, we should have a boat of clear cedar to be sold. The funds will be used to finance a capital expenditure project at the Hall.

All participants should learn enough to take on a small boat building project themselves during the following winter. We would like to attract both boys and girls, as well as young and old participants to pass down tool and wood working skills for another generation. It is also hoped that this could become an annual winter project for the community.

Best regards,

Doug Elliott

Elliott_D@msn.com

(604) 883-0416

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This Week in Egmont

September 28, 2011

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