Opinion

Are you getting excited yet? I know I am. In just 14 days, Vancouver will play host to the world, opening our hearts with the opening of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.

Re: St. Hilda's church going green (Coast Reporter, May 15).

Around June of last year, the District of Sechelt started a work task of reviewing the official community plan (OCP) by firstly hiring Susan Stratis to be the consultant to spearhead the project.

The following letter was sent to Minister of Transportation Shirley Bond and copied to Coast Reporter.

Marilyn Jares (Coast Reporter, May 15) wrote to ask school trustees to "reconsider your decision regarding libraries and their support staff cuts." Ms.

The other day while hiking in my usual spot on the back side of Mount Elphinstone, I came across a newly dumped pile of garbage. I was immediately able to find several pieces of mail with the same name andaddress on it.

I am writing to say thank you to the doctors, nurses, technicians and aides of St. Mary's Hospital. I recently had to spend five hours in the hospital undergoing a number of medical tests.

On Wednesday, May 13, I received my annual utilities invoice dated April 30. Enclosed was a clean up event coupon that expired on April 30. I had visited the dump on May 9 with my spring cleanup load.

CoastRide is Sandy Hook and East Porpoise Bay's ride-sharing through hitch-hiking programme. On May 27, CoastRide will make a presentation before the Sechelt council. CoastRide presently has 71 members.

I would like to thank everyone who was involved in my re-election campaign, and all those who became engaged in the political process. Powell River - Sunshine Coast had almost 60 per cent voter turnout.