In the Community

It's an unlikely combination: a 20-year-old musician with dreadlocks, J.J.

Editor's note: The Gibsons Paddle Club (GPC) celebrates its 10th anniversary on Aug. 23 with activities from 10 a.m. to noon at Porpoise Bay.

Although Nancy and Edwin Cahill didn't quite make it back to Canada in time for this years' Sea Cavalcade parade, several of the local board members joined many other organizations and businesses at the annual spectator-friendly event.

The Coast's own Canadian Idol finalist Sarah Loverock will be a guest artist on a recording by America's Hot Musicians.

Editor's note: The Gibsons Paddle Club (GPC) celebrates its 10th anniversary on Aug. 23 with a celebration from 10 a.m. to noon at Porpoise Bay.

The replica wooden handliner rowboat, built in 2005 as a project of the Sunshine Coast Museum, was rowed and sailed from Davis Bay at Mission Point to Pilot Bay on Gabriola Island on June 20.

One of the best things that will happen in this, the Howe Sound Pulp and Paper (HSPP) centennial year, is the celebration of 10 years as sponsor of the Gibsons Landing Fibre Arts Festival.

On day 75 of his 6,680-km cross-Canada cycling trip, Gibsons-raised Chris Dempster, 26, is about done with his bike.

To say Phyllis Hursch-man is tickled pink by all the Golden Girl fuss being accorded her is a massive understatement. From start to finish, this past weekend's Sea Cavalcade is one she'll remember for a long time.

Dr. Bob Burlin delivered hundreds of Sunshine Coast babies during his 29 years of service on the Coast. And all the house calls he made to check on patients? Not unique, just part of the job.