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Page Eight GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD Artery New gallery opens at Mayne Artery is a new gallery-shopstudio located on Bayview Drive near Oyster Bay on Mayne Island and will feature prints, paintings and drawings by artists Frances, Polly and Megan Faminow. There will also be a. shop area where cards, gift items and art objects will be for sale. In the near future, Artery will offer workshops in art and host some cultural events. Frances Faminow graduated in fine arts from Williamette University in Oregon and then in 1950, after receiving her MFA from the University of Oregon, moved to Canada. Exhibitions include a onewoman show at the Victoria Art Gallery in 1953 and group shows at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 1954, the Burnaby Art Gallery and with the B.C. Society of Artists from 1960 to 1965. Frances has had extensive teaching experience, has run a shop and restaurant on Lower Lonsdale in North Vancouver, received an LIP grant from the Artist's Gallery in Vancouver and was employed on a Canada Works grant to teach art in the Gulf Islands. IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS Two works were bought by the Regina Art Gallery and her prints and paintings are in many private collections in Canada and the U.S. Polly Faminow studied photography and printmaking at the Emily Carr College of Art, with an emphasis on lithography, and graduated in 1976. From 1975 to 1976 she exhibited in group shows such as 'Pacific Coast Consciousness' which toured galleries in eastern Canada, the Malaspina Print Show at the Centennial PLANT AN AD... [DRIFTWOOD I AND WATCH IT GROW! Megan Faminow with one of her paintings Museum in Vancouver, 'Graphex 4' in Brantford, Ontario, and in 1977 she received a Canada Council Projects Costs grant for a show at Presentation House in North Vancouver. Her prints and drawings are in private collections and two works were purchased by Art Bank in 1979. Polly has taught art to children in the Gulf Islands and is presently working for the Emily Carr College's Outreach Program, teaching short courses in printmaking. OPENS NOVEMBER 1 Artery opens on November 1 with watercolour paintings by Megan Faminow. The exhibition continues through the month of November. Megan studied etching, painting, drawing and art history at Capilano College, North Vancouver, in 1974 and 1975 but is basically a self-taught artist. She has exhibited in Vancouver at the Gallery Move, the Barroco Gallery and Klee Wyck House. Presently, Megan's ideas and inspiration are derived from small creatures and plants such as insects, reptiles and mushrooms which could be easily overlooked, stepped on or eaten, but on closer observation reveal a world of detailed, intricate patterns and graceful movements. The gallery hours are noon to six on Saturday and Sunday. Meet the artists on November 1 and 2 when refreshments will be provided. For the month of December a collection of prints, paintings and drawings by the three artists will be exhibited. Blue Heron Dining Room Hours: 5-9 pm weekdays & Sundays 5-10 pm Fridays & Saturdays Saturna Scene BY FLORA RATZLAFF A Thanksgiving service was held on October 7 with over 20 people in attendance, something of a record for Saturna. Reverend Powell delivered an inspiring sermon on the theme, "As long as the earth shall last, seed time and harvest shall not fail." The church itself was most beautifully decorated, thanks again to Marjorie Blaine. Thanks also to all those who contributed flowers or produce. The Saturna Senior Citizens met at dinner on October 8 for the opening meeting of their fall and winter series. There was a record attendance and the film Good Morning Miss Dove was shown and enjoyed by all. Here is the news you have been waiting for. The autograph party planned for Mrs. Dora Carney will be held on Friday, Oct. 24, 1 to 3 pm. at the Lighthouse Pub. Come and visit with Dora and see her new book, Foreign Devils Had Light Eyes. Coffee and tea will be served. Wednesday, October 22. 1980 Also at the Lighthouse Pub, on Hallowe'en night, Friday, Oct. 31, a Hallowe'en Masquerade Party will be held. Oil that rusty imagination and come in your best costume. Prizes will be given for best couple, most original costume and best individual costume. There will be a little trick awaiting those who don't have a costume, so if you choose not to wear one. be prepared. All our little ghouls dress up so why not the big ghouls! Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of B.C. Founded in 1902 by the Farmers of British Columbia GULF ISLANDS AGENTS: Render L. Taverner Salt Spring L. Larson Galiano J. Ripley Saturna G. Wick Mayne S. Somerville Come and Enjoy The Harvest Bazaar AT THE CATHOLIC PARISH HALL ON DRAKE ROAD Saturday, Oct. 25 1:30 - 4:30 pm TEAROOM HOME BAKING HANDICRAFTS PLANTS WHITE ELEPHANT RAFFLES BROWN'S Septic Tank Service Ltd. Keep B.C. Supernatural Service your tank regularly. call 478-3353 collect SEWER ROOTER SERVICE Pub Hours: 10:30 am - 12:30 am Monday - Saturday 1 ^ Lisson, McConnan, Bion O'Connor & Peterson BARRISTERS — SOLICITORS NOTARIES PUBLIC GANGES OFFICES Alan J. Peterson Tuesday/Thursday E. Alan Moyes Wednesday/Friday 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Genera/ legal practice including real estate conveyancing, mortgages, wills, estates, incorporations and commercial law. We welcome enquiries as to our services or our fees. 1 Lancer Bldg. 2nd Floor Lower Ganges Road 837 Burdett Ave Ganges, B.C Victoria V8W 1B3 537-5015 385-1383 FULFORD INN Friday, Oct. 24 PORK BARBECUE 2 sittings - 6 pm and 9 pm RESERVATIONS PLEASE. ********** Saturday & Sunday Special Steak a 1'orange New York Steak glazed with butter and Grand Marnier served with stuffed baked potato, vegetable and salad bar. Come stay with us at the Fulford Inn, at the head of Futtord Harbour. FULLY APPOINTED ROOMS ^— Call 653-4432 for dinner reservations.
Wednesday, October 22, 1980 GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD Page Nine Nefia and Wallace Lynd Anniversary is marked at Fender Island BY ELEANOR HARRISON Wallace and Nefia Lynd of Pender Island celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on the weekend of October 4. They left Pender on the one o'clock ferry on Thursday, Oct. 2 for Victoria and the Imperial Inn on Douglas Street, where their friends began gathering for the celebration. It culminated on Saturday evening with a dinner for 80 people. Mr. and Mrs. Lynd came for a holiday to Pender in the summer of Safety precaution backfires A man in Cape Town. South Africa, took some safety precautions, but was injured^, a result. Before fixing some roof tiles, he tied a rope around his waist and asked a friend to tie the other end around something solid. Suddenly, the man took off over the roof and landed in the garden as his wife drove the family car down the driveway, with the rope tied lirmlv to it. Renovations Additions Cabinets Quality Homes Villadsen Construction BUILDING CONTRACTOR 537-5412 537-5463 20 years on Salt Spring. 1941 with their two small children, Barry and Charlotte. They stayed for two months and ended their holiday by buying the property now known as Pender Lodge. At that time Mr. Lynd was a practising lawyer in Estevan, Saskatchewan. The next summer they returned to Pender, re-named their property Beauty Rest Resort and for the next 24 years operated the resort during the summer months. In those days the resort accommodated 60 overnight guests and as the years went by. became increasingly popular, with guests returning year after year. During the winter months, while Mr. Lynd practised law in Estevan, Mrs. Lynd, while bringing up their two children, taught music, both piano and voice. Recently, after their permanent retirement to Pender, Mrs. Lynd was instrumental in starting the Choral Society, serving as the director. She has now retired from this position and is busy these days as an artist. For the three-day celebrations friends came from Winnipeg, Estevan, North Dakota, Regina, Calgary, White Rock, the Pender Islands and Vancouver. Greetings were received from Hugh Curtis, Governor-General Ed Schreyer, Len Gustafson, MP Saskatchewan MLA Bob Larter, Premier Bill Bennett and Lt.-Gov. Bell-Irving, among others, and over 100 cards from friends and many telegrams. On the Saturday evening 80 friends sat down together to dinner in the banquet room at the Imperial Inn, Victoria. The M.C. was Malcolm Brodie of Vancouver, a family friend of many years. The arrangements for the celebration were all made by the Lynds' two children, Barry Lynd of Powell River and Charlotte Woodrow of Estevan. Use those falling leaves to add humus to your soil Fall is now upon us and so we are again witnessing nature's eternal cycle of death and rebirth. Nothing is ever wasted in nature, as the falling leaves and their decay provides the humus, the stuff of life, which changes this planet from a barren rock to a place teeming with life. So be you a grower of vegies or flowers or both, grab all the leaves you can find and take advantage of nature's free offering of the life-sustaining humus. Large plastic garbage bags work well for collecting leaves and taking them where they are most needed. Use them to mulch your gardens, the thicker the better. Use them on your compost pile or dig or till them into the ground and then cover the whole works with more leaves. Cabbages, carrots and turnips may be left in the ground and all will benefit greatly from a heavy leaf mulch. We had cabbages, carrots and onions fresh from the garden until just before Christmas last year. NEW VARIETY I am quite pleased with our cucumbers. This spring I planted a new variety called "Dasher" from Stokes seeds. It is a compact, heavy-bearing cucumber of excellent size and quality. It also proved to be very tough. It outgrew and outproduced all the other varieties 1 planted and was my joy and hope this spring when I planted and seeded cucumbers three or four times. I am very curious to see how it will do in a normal spring and summer. Stokes is my favorite seed catalogue as it provides complete culture information and the allimportant days to maturity. Write to them soon for the new catalogue (St. Catharine's, Ontario) so you will have ample time to plan your garden, both flower and vegie, and to study the rather complete culture requirements. You can also obtain Stokes seeds at Foxglove in Ganges as they buy seed in bulk from Stokes and the saving in costs is passed on to the customers. Their selection* of seeds is largely based on varieties which Pat Lee and his father before him have grown successfully for years on Salt Spring. This is not a commercial, it is information the public should know and can benefit from. (For those who do not know, Pat's dad used to be a market gardener on the island). AN ABUNDANCE The five varieties of tomatoes I planted, all short season varieties with a maximum maturity date of 65 days from transplanting, provided us with an abundance of green-tomatoes late in the season. My trial planting and gamble with a late frost (planted April 15) proved the best. They toppled their wire cages made from old fencing and are still hiding a couple of bushels of green tomatoes. "Spring Set.VFN" was DUTCHMAN INN 2828 Rock Bay Avenue Victoria, B.C. 386-7557 One bedroom suites, some with kitchens, colour cable TV, hot tub. DISCO UNTSFpRGULF ISLAND FM SEPTET Reservations requested. Farming and gardening With PETER WEIS Foxglove Nursery Consultant the earliest to flower and bear fruit. However, all the others soon caught up with it. I had planted two each of four varieties, for a total of eight plants. These provided half of our tomato harvest. Subsequently, I set out about 60 plants on May 15, and although larger at that date than the outside ones, having an extra month in the greenhouse, they did not amount to much in terms of growth and production with this year's cool spring and summer. Other areas might have done better, as we are about a month behind the Vesuvius area here at Weston Lake. But I noticed that tomatoes and other heat-loving vegies were poorly represented at the Fall Fair. COOL STORAGE We are now storing our green tomatoes in the "harvest house" at cool temperatures and we bring them into the kitchen to ripen at warmer temperatures, as needed. Our "Spirit" short season, medium-sized pumpkins, proved hardy and abundant this year. Again, they were the most promising thing going in the garden, growing and blooming vigorously when everything else was sort of standing still. All the cool weather vegies did well as usual. No critters, except for four cabbage worms, and no diseases. All in all, a very interesting year. If you have severe run-off problems in our rainy season, plant a cover crop such as winter rye or buckwheat, or let your garden go to the weeds. Both will anchor your soil and nutrients. Mulch in any case and apply dolornitic 1 limestone to give it lots of time to break down for next spring's planting. CARL M. SPICER, C.G.A., R i
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