In the Community

Nicholas Sonntag Marine Education Centre

Past and present students and friends of Dhyana Bartkow (www.InnerMoves.com) are invited to gather to celebrate her 25 years of teaching Nia.

This Friday, Oct. 12, join Search and Rescue and the Pender Harbour Aquatic Fitness Centre for fabulous fun at the fourth annual Cardboard Boat Building Challenge, 5 to 8 p.m. at the pool. All ages are welcome, regular admission.

The syiyaya Reconciliation Movement is pleased to announce a series of public events for all residents of the Sunshine Coast this month. The Weaving Reconciliation project with shíshálh weaver Shy Watters continues on Wednesday, Oct.

AppleFest/Halloween weekend is Oct. 27 and 28. Saturday is the Halloween costume dance party, with Poppa Greg and the Chillin’ Dylans plus special guests Simon Paradis and Daryle Todd. Doors at 7 p.m., music starts at 7:30 p.m. at Coopers Green Hall.

“We are losing our stilt walkers,” muses Roberts Creek resident Andy Sloss.

Our Mediterranean cruise starts with two days in the heart of old Athens. Four blocks from our hotel, a pathway takes us along a hillside through newly excavated ruins toward the Acropolis.

The Elphinstone Secondary graduating class of 1958 held their 60-year reunion at the home of Doug and Arlene Baird in Gibsons on Sept. 26. Of the original 20 grads, 13 are still alive and eight of the grads were able to make it to the reunion.

The rain held off Saturday, Sept. 29 for Sechelt’s 2018 Oktoberfest, when Cowrie Street became a pedestrian mall from Trail Avenue to Wharf Avenue and visitors could enjoy foods and beverages from a number of local and regional craft brewers.

The Sunshine Coast Society for the Hunting, Recognition and Observation of Mushrooms (SCSHROOM) is once again presenting the tenth annual mushroom festival Oct. 12 and 13, beginning Friday at 7 p.m. in the Roberts Creek Hall.