In the Community

This Tuesday, Aug. 20, graffiti artists, muralists, youth, skateboarders, BMXers and community supporters will converge at the Sechelt Skateboard Park on Cowrie Street for Paint the Park.

What started as a warm summer August day gave rise to a great show 'n' shine last Sunday in Garden Bay. There were 73 entrants, from 1923 up to modern hot rods and some great motorcycles.

For the third year in a row, Sunshine Coast Credit Union and MarketPlace IGA are hosting a movie event! Mark your calendars for this Thursday, Aug.

It's a beautiful summer day, a few puffy white clouds over the mountains, the inflow wind kicking up wavelets, perfect for some quality time afloat. Just out of the harbour the engine falters, sputters and dies into silence.

Cadet Nirmal Sadasivuni of Sechelt is spending his summer at the regional gliding school (Pacific) on the air cadet glider pilot scholarship course. Nirmal is one of 44 air cadets selected from across B.C.

A family fair usually means fun for the kids, and the children turned out in droves at the Gambier Island fair last Saturday to dress like pirates, eat sunflower cupcakes and play games in the community hall.

This Friday, Aug. 9, marks the eighth annual International Co-working Day. Sechelt's FUSE Community Work Hub is celebrating this anniversary by throwing open its doors and inviting the community to its first "jelly" events.

It's not every day St. Mary's Hospital gets to host royalty, but this weekend was a rare exception when Betty Kiloh, this year's Gibsons' Golden Girl, received her title in her hospital room.

Former Chatelech Secondary School student Sian Slingerland came in fifth place in the Miss Teen Canada beauty pageant recently, ahead of 60 other contestants vying for the title.

Bees are the theme of this year's mandala, which a record 600 community members helped paint this past week at the end of Roberts Creek Road.