In the Community

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.

Participants who turned Soames Hill into a mountain have raised a mountain of cash for a new School District No. 46 (SD46) scholarship.

Early August is a time of stasis in the birdlife of the Sunshine Coast as the frenetic activity of our breeding birds is over for the year while wintering species are still largely absent to the north and east.