In the Community

Building on the success of its first day of listening event, the Sunshine Coast Museum and Archives is hosting a second event on Friday, Jan. 21.

As part of Family Literacy Week celebrations, the Sechelt Public Library is hosting a their annual birthday party for all babies born in 2010. Babies and their families are invited to take part in the festivities on Saturday Jan.

Is one of your new year's resolutions to lose weight? Why not leash up your pooch and take on that challenge together with daily walks and play time? Do you also plan to eat healthier in 2011? The B.C.

Atom and peewee rep hockey players scored big time thanks to the community's support of the holiday food and clothing drives. Members of the peewee team delivered coats and blankets to the First United Church to overwhelming thank yous.

A very special Sunshine Coast evening lecture on how to raise children who are calmer, happier and more, by Kim John Payne, will be held this Tuesday, Jan. 11, at 7 p.m. at the Seaside Centre in Sechelt.

Did you get a telescope for Christmas, or do you have a telescope that you don't know how to use? If so, then the Royal Astro-nomical Society - Sunshine Coast Centre invites you to bring your telescope to the first club meeting of the year on Friday,

Nearly everyone loves to travel to exotic places, and whether or not you are a gardener, it's always a pleasure to visit gardens.

The regular meeting of the Halfmoon Bay Branch of the St. Mary's Hospital/Health Care Auxiliary is Monday, Jan. 10 at 9:45 a.m. at Cooper's Green. This warm and friendly group always makes visitors and new members welcome, so feel free to join them.

Walking along Trail Bay, the biggest concern I have on my way to Sechelt's Gibvey Clinic (gibvey.com) for my first osteopathy appointment is my lack of a serious ailment.

The 32nd Sunshine Coast Christmas Bird Count for Gibsons/Sechelt was conducted on Dec. 18 while the 20th Pender Harbour/Egmont count was held on Dec. 22.