The Pender Harbour grad class had a very successful bottle drive last weekend. Thank you to all who contributed.
Grads would also like to remind the community that there is an open grad account at GRIPS if you would like to donate your recycling proceeds to them, it would be much appreciated.
Stay tuned for the next bottle drive in early January.
The coffeehouse at the School of Music presents, Nancy Enns and Beth Jones, folksongs, Bonar Harris, guitarist, and ShBoom, a men’s quartet, tonight, Friday, Nov. 14. Doors open at 7 p.m.
The very popular prime rib night returns to the Legion this Saturday, Nov. 15. Reservations are recommended by calling 604-883-2235.
The Lagoon Society welcomes folks to help winterize the native plant nursery as well as learn how to propagate some local native species and plant native bulbs, this Saturday, Nov. 15. They would like to arrange carpooling to the centre as well as have a potluck lunch, so please RSVP by emailing [email protected].
This Sunday, Nov. 16, Pender Harbour's Frank White, who turned 100 years old earlier this year, will launch the second volume of his memoirs, That Went By Fast: My First Hundred Years at the School of Music from 2 to 4 p.m.
For more information about the event, please call Harbour Publishing at 604-883-2730 or the EarthFair Store at 604-883-9006.
There is drop-in floor hockey at the high school every Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. Also on Monday’s the boxing for ladies class runs from 5 to 6 p.m. at the Pender Harbour pool. This class is for ages 12 and up and there is a $8 drop-in fee.
Come join Coach Barry Krangle and the ladies as they learn the basics of boxing fun and fitness.
Put your best foot forward and take in the magnificent beauty of our Coast Mondays and Wednesdays with the Pender Harbour hiking club. Call 604-883-9760 to join them.
On Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 7 p.m., the Pender Harbour Wildlife Society will meet at the high school. Guest speaker is well-known coastal guide and consultant, John Dafoe.
Dafoe will lead in a discussion of our place in the natural world of the Sunshine Coast and Georgia Basin. The discussion will be accompanied by a slide show of the flora and fauna of the area. All are welcome. For more information see www. penderharbourwildlife.com.
The Pender Harbour Community School offers computer café with Karen Dyck on Nov. 18 with the first topic: file management. Nov. 25 is photo management. Cost is $10 per session.
Find help obtaining your class 4 drivers licence with a study group on Wednesday’s Nov. 12, 19 and 25 at the Community School from 9 to 10 a.m. The course is free.
Drop-in pickleball takes place at the high school every Wednesday’s from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Find out what keeps our pool running at the Pender Harbour Aquatic Society annual general meeting on Thursday, Nov. 20 at 7 p.m.
Drop in for soccer is at the high school from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Thursday evenings.
Retired RCMP member Chuck Bertrand returns to tell his tales about Mounties and the Klondike Gold Rush at Harbourside Friendships on Thursday, Nov. 20 at 10:30 a.m. at the Community Hall.
I look forward to hearing from all of you on your upcoming events, contact me anytime with your column items by noon Mondays via email [email protected] or call 604-989-0739.
