In the Community

Sechelt Legion Branch 140 president Bill McLean and Anders Petersen hold up Petersen’s winning Vancouver Canucks Elias Pettersson jersey. The Sechelt Legion and Coors Molson partnered for the promotional draw.

Representatives from various Sunshine Coast organizations met Aug. 6 with Sechelt Mayor Darnelda Siegers and Geoff Craig, president, and Dave Lasser, operations manager of the Sunshine Coast Community Forest, to receive cheques from the Legacy Fund.

Jeff Barringer and Danise Lofstrom of Bruinwood Estate Distillers present a $5,000 donation to the Sunshine Coast Botanical Garden from sales of their special Botanical Garden Gin.

Shíshálh professional weaver and artist Jessica Silvey (pictured left) has gifted a wool blanket to the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) “in commitment to the journey we are weaving together, towards reconciliation.

Sunshine Coast Knights of Columbus financial secretary Ken Huffman presents a $500 cheque on behalf of the club to Norm Blair for the Sechelt Food Bank.

These days, I am reminded of a quote: “Canada is a community of communities.” Joe Clark said that. Some of us might remember him. He was broadly ridiculed for that statement – and also for his transparent and awkward decency.

The Sunshine Coast Community Foundation recently awarded a grant of $850 to the Pender Harbour & District Marine Rescue Society.

Hi everyone! Hope you are enjoying the summer. We had some awesome days with warm temperatures and of course some cooler ones with much needed rain. We are in Stage 3 water restrictions. For all the details, go to the SCRD website: www://scrd.ca.

Hermann Ziltener, professor emeritus, Department of Pathology UBC, guest writes this week’s column about Reed Road Forest.

Last week my model 302 rang and when I picked it up, a disembodied voice informed me of a text to land line message and I could hear it by pushing 1. The 302 is also known as the “I Love Lucy” phone, used in the TV show.