In the Community

The Royal Canadian Legion Sechelt Branch 140 was recently gifted a picnic table for its patio enclosure.

I can feel the heat of the scorcher we had Monday, very thankful for the ocean and the lakes that have cooled my body and cleansed my soul this week.

I know the tax season is done, but I haven’t had my taxes done.

A few years ago, I decided to learn more about birds but have to admit to not keeping up my “studies.” It was frustrating trying to spot songbirds that I could hear but not see.

Members of the two Rotary clubs in Sechelt got a real eye opener when they decided to check on the condition of the Sechelt Skate Park recently.

Jane McOuat Farrer, together with her personal doctor, Dr. Joerg Jaschinski, and her friend, Dr. Ron Mundy, honoured her late husband’s memory at a moving, safely distanced meeting at the Sechelt Hospital Foundation offices.

The Sunshine Coast Hospice Society has announced the appointment of Tess Huntly as its new executive director.

So far the group behind a $23-million affordable women’s housing project slated for Sechelt has raised $440,000 toward its $3-million goal.

There will be some fleeting conjunctions of planets and moons in July but with the Sun just past its most northerly point in the sky, all the planets will be to the south of it and low to the horizon.

Is a rooster a chicken? A local resident recently posted his story on Roberts Creeks Speaks Facebook page.