Saltair Community Society continues to successfully operate the community centre. Income is generated from monthly rental fees received from anchor tenant Inquiring Little Minds Daycare. The Daycare also covers a good portion of utility expenses such as electricity and heating. ILM daycare was already in operation prior to the purchase of the property by the CVRD and have single handedly kept the interior of the classrooms and common areas in good repair. Economically, they employ up to nine staff and provide sought after daycare space for up to 60 children. Daycare is an important service to our Community.
Saltair Gathers to View Sesquicentennial Quilt
Saltair is such a small hamlet that it isn’t on most maps, but there are many significant places with a rich history in this little unincorporated town. We marvel at our surroundings. The beauty of the ever-changing water, meadows and mountains is breath taking.

In the fall of 2016 some members of the Saltair Community Society suggested that it would be nice to do something special for Canada’s Sesquicentennial Celebration. Among other ideas, someone asked me if I would head such a project and create a quilt that would portray the area and celebrate this special occasion.

It had been a dream of mine for several years to create a quilt that would help represent this small community in a worthy manner and let people know about a unique way of life by those of us who have come from far and wide to live in this pristine setting. I have been a part of this community since 1975 and love how people interact and celebrate each significant holiday with each other.
Our newly created Community Centre became the perfect place for a small group of quilters to meet every week. They agreed to contribute their talents to this massive project. We called ourselves “The Saltair Quilters”. The work began in November 2016 and that is how my dream became a reality.

After putting this wonderful art project together I spent a total of 64 hours quilting it. I want to make special mention of Mary Chudy from the Crofton Quilters who created and contributed the organza leaves. Then my friend Bronwen Cossey serged the quilt panels and the borders. The Saltair Quilters spent a happy day attaching the leaves in a way that represents the falling leaves of autumn and the passing of time.

Did you find the Big Rock and Stocking Creek Falls? Look for the Old Plantation and the Station House. What about the Saltair Pub and Porter’s Dairy? There is the entrance to Diana Park and not to forget the Coastal Messenger, the ship that has been sailing these seas for many years, bringing the Good News wherever it docked. Then there is the Davis Lagoon Bridge, without which it would be impossible to access Saltair from the north end.

To those of you who have lived in this unique community for many years and also to those of you who have found this hamlet more recently and decided to call it “home”, we are thrilled to present this quilt.
Christa Stegemann
Saltair Centre – Impromptu Gathering a Success!
SALTAIR CENTRE NEWS:
Tim’s Impromptu Social Gathering was a Success!
23 folks attended a coffee & donut social gathering last Sunday, between 1:00 and 3:00 pm , April 23rd,2017 at the Saltair Community Centre. Social gathering information was posted on Facebook’s “Saltair Community Page (All Things Saltair)
It was a great way to mingle with friends, new neighbours and build excitement for future get together’s at the centre.
Tim Godau kindly hosted the “social” to help bring attention to the importance of building community spirit, having a designated place to do it in and getting to know your neighbours in Saltair.

Lets keep the momentum going, Anyone can host and organize a social. Classroom rates are $15.00 for two hours.
Contact: Saltair Community Society: bcleary [at] shaw [dot] ca
Photo credits: Ed Nicholson
The Saltair Song by Terry Boyle
THE SALTAIR SONG Terry Boyle 03/11/15
Well look what they miss on the highway
When they’re hurrying from here to there
They may get where they’re going without ever knowing
The beautiful place called Saltair.
Well it’s neither a town nor a city
But it’s rather a home that we share
With its forest and trails as we walk by the rails
Beside Stocking Creek Park in Saltair.
When the warm summer breezes are blowing
And the sunshine has banished all care
To the sand at the big rock the happy kids flock
To Boulder Point here in Saltair
Our water is some of the purest
That’s something incredibly rare
All credit we’ll take for our fine Stocking Lake
As its nectar flows down to Saltair.
The people of Saltair are friendly
With a helping hand always to spare
The community centre’s a brand new adventure
For the volunteers here in Saltair.
We have a safe, tropical climate
The palm trees grow tall in the parks
Owls, eagles and deer can have grub through the year
And we can stroll in Saltair after dark.
The Lagoon is a wonderful feature
With flora and fauna so rare
Keep your eyes on the road as the log barge unloads
Or you’ll end up in the drink in Saltair.
We may wander the world in our travels
To Istanbul, Duncan or Rome
We may not be as famous as downtown Chemainus
But it’s Saltair we love to call home.
www.terryboylemusic.com Facebook: Terry Boyle Music terryboyle9294 [at] gmail [dot] com
Available for house concerts, festivals and special occasions
TERRY WILL BE PERFORMING HIS SONG AT THIS SATURDAY, FEB 06TH, 2016, AT THE SALTAIR COMMUNITY CENTRE