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The Rayners are happy to have their health and the help of their community this week as they continue clean up at their home on Ocean Beach Esplanade, which was hit by a mudslide during the recent heavy rains.

The recent meeting to discuss the province's invitation to the District of Sechelt to apply for a community forest licence brought up a multitude of questions for which officials have no answers yet.

The next meeting of the Sunshine Coast Natural History Society takes place on Friday, Feb. 4, at 7:30 p.m. at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt. The topic is Bald Eagles on a Dangerous Flight Path, featuring guest speaker Dawn Laing.

The Sunshine Coast Regional District has rejected three proposals from private companies for a new recycling contract. Instead, in a closed-door meeting Jan. 20, the SCRD board decided to continue running its recycling program in-house.

The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Sunshine Coast, Whistler and Squamish has a new health plan in mind - one that involves not running.

Royal Canadian Legion Roberts Creek Branch #219 has been recognized for achieving the highest membership increase in 2004 of all Legion branches in British Columbia. Membership increased some 45 members in one year.

Editor's note: This is the third of a three-part series on drugs, alcohol and youth on the Sunshine Coast. Last week we asked what's missing in our support for youth with alcohol and drug problems and what can we as a community do.

Floods and mudslides swept the Coast this week, leaving at least one family temporarily without a home.

Almost 50 people spent last Sunday afternoon learning about the Adopt-a-Village tsunami relief initiative spearheaded on the Sunshine Coast by Angela Pressburger, Michael Siddall and Natasha Rosewood.

The lack of affordable housing is a growing crisis on the Sunshine Coast, but there are ways for the community to tackle the problem. That was the consensus at last Saturday's forum on affordable housing, entitled Looking for Home.