In the Community

Earth Hour 2010 is Saturday, March 27, and once again it is time to turn out your lights for the Earth.

What's in your trunk or attic? Do you have a family treasure or unusual collectible that you would like more information on or know the value of? If so, then mark March 20 on your calendar for the ninth annual Sunshine Coast Museum and Archives Antiq

Twenty-nine First Gibsons Scouts and leaders celebrated the Olympics with a visit to Whistler on the Feb. 20/21 weekend. Without the Scouting program, many of the 11 to 14 year olds would not have been able to participate in the Olympic festivities.

International Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated March 8 every year and is globally recognized as a day of celebration of women's achievements politically, economically and socially. It is an official holiday in some countries, but not in Canada.

One Straw Society volunteers will be busy on Saturday in Roberts Creek for the Seedy Saturday event.

It is only 9:45 on a Sunday morning, but the Dakota Ridge parking lot is already bustling. Youngsters spill out of mini-vans and SUVs as their parents fumble with skis, poles and backpacks stuffed with gear.

Local robotics team RCXRM returned from Moscow, Idaho Feb. 14 with two gold medals for Canada.

If you're thinking about creating a new vegetable garden or just want a better one for less work and more yummy food, attend the talk Saturday, Feb. 27, at 3 p.m. at the Seaside Centre in Sechelt, A Year in the Vegetable Garden.

As spring nears, thoughts of gardening and food production start to sprout in the heads of many Coasters.

Fabulous. Spectacular. Just two of the words that many Coast residents used to describe last Friday's opening ceremony at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.