Serving the communities of
Qualicum Beach, Dashwood, Qualicum Bay, Bowser, Deep Bay & Fanny Bay
January 2008 - Vol 5 No. 01 

 

© EyesOnBC 2006-2008

A Little About Us

Our company, EyesOnBC Publishing, is dedicated to promoting and celebrating people living and doing business in the smaller, growing communities of central Vancouver Island through its magazines, The Beacon and The Baynes Sound Current.

We strive to publish high-quality editorial content that:

  • acknowledges the connectedness of community
  • encourages positive discussion and debate about future growth and development
  • honours the diversity of opinion and peoples
  • celebrates individual and collective contributions to our past and future development
  • presents a balanced view of issues that impact our communities
  • chronicles and preserves our legacy for future generations

How It All Started

EyesOnBC Publishing's flagship publication, The Beacon, hit the streets in May of 2004 after only three weeks of brainstorming and production. Starting out as an 8-page newsletter, simply photocopied and folded by hand by co-publishers Linda Tenney and Sharon Waugh, The Beacon has grown to become a 56-page monthly magazine in just three years.

Production quickly jumped from The Beacon's first printing of 500 copies in 2004 to its current distribution of 7,000, covering the communities of Qualicum Beach, Qualicum Bay, Bowser, Deep Bay and Fanny Bay. Our second publication, The Baynes Sound Current, extends our reach, quarterly, beyond Fanny Bay to include an additional 2,500 residents in the communities of Union Bay and Royston.

The Beacon Team

In the office
 Linda Tenney& Sharon Waugh, co-Publishers
Frank Hladik, Advertising Representative
Deanna Johnson, Associate Art Designer
Jeanette Timms, Customer Service Representative
Cathy Balogh, Volunteer
Bob Tenney, Distribution
In the Field

Our readers enjoy amazing editorial content created by notable freelance writers, a media-acclaimed cartoonist, an internationally-read astrologer, and professional medical and financial contributors.

We applaud and promote the talents of our writers:

Lisa Verbicky, Carol Plaisier, Lotar Maurer, Dr. Tara Macart, Darcy O'Toole, Nancy Whelan, Anke Braatz, Brenda Timbers, Claud Buchanan, Rita Levitz, Dave Bartram, Bob Loblaw, Georgia Nicols, Wendy Maurer, Graham Harrop, Marilyn Dawson, Miriam Shell, David Morrison, Wendyanna Enge, Warren Munroe, Phyllis Edwards, Susan Urie.

EyesOnBC Publishing was awarded the 2005 Best New Business of the Year
by the Qualicum Beach Chamber of Commerce.

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