Hi everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful week. We sure had some crazy weather with the wind and rain and lower than normal temperatures but still incredibly happy to live here! I’m sure we’re all looking forward to warmer summer days which will be upon us soon enough.
As the spot prawn season opens, many of us are looking to purchase some close to home and at a reasonable price. We have a location of our very own in Halfmoon Bay! They are located close to where Fawn and Southwood meet. There is no name on the sign, but they are selling one pound bags of prawns for $25. They are super friendly, and you can be sure the prawns are very fresh. Great people, excellent price, awesome quality!
Now that the schools have reopened, how are the students, teachers and staff doing? Wendy White, the Halfmoon Bay Community School coordinator, advised: “It’s great to be back in the building, seeing all the smiling faces, some with masks and some without, but everyone is very safe. Children are playing again, and it is such a joy to see them in the playground, happy to be with their friends.”
Teachers and staff are working tirelessly to make the remainder of the school year both educational and fun for the kids. Though Grade 7 graduation will look a little different this year, it will be a memorable time for everyone. Thank you to the awesome teachers and staff for their amazing efforts during this difficult and strange time.
Here’s a little story, albeit a very short one, of a deer and a dog. Our friend Kim was cautiously driving along Redrooffs, always keeping an eye out for wildlife, pedestrians and cars crossing over the centre line, when suddenly a dog came running out onto the road. The Bernese mountain dog was being chased by a deer. Then as quickly as that, they switched, and the dog took chase after the deer.
Kim said, “They both ran into a yard and when I stopped on the road to continue watching, it looked like they knew exactly what they were doing and where they were going – dog and deer being friends. How poetic for what is happening in the world these days.”
They looked to be playing and it made Kim smile. Just a little frolicking in a yard by two unlikely creatures. A reminder of how things great and small can get along and have some fun in everyday life.
Did you know? The first car ferry to depart from Gibsons Landing was on Aug. 11, 1951. She was called the MV Quillayute and could handle 48 cars and 600 passengers. The vessel from Horseshoe Bay was greeted by an RCMP Honour Guard and children singing O Canada while three bands provided musical entertainment. Black Ball Ferries pulled out all the stops to make this a very memorable day. As time went on, there were five sailings each way per day, three hours apart and the fare was $3/car and $1/person, each way. Black Ball ran ferries to the Sunshine Coast and to Vancouver Island for 10 years before the company was purchased by the B.C. government for $6.69 million on Nov. 30, 1961 (source: garylittle.ca/history/blackball).
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