Opinion

The residentsof Area E have serious concerns regarding a transition house on Pratt Road, as witnessed by thepacked Elphinstone Electors Association meeting June 10.

I was born in Iran and have lived in Canada for decades. One of the reasons I left was the systematic persecution my family and I were subjected to because we are Baha'is.

It's that time of year again - the time when all the Grade 12 girls drag the far more reluctant boys to buy their suits and a tie the exact shade of her dress; the dress she bought months ago in anticipation of the big night - graduation.

Re: Hearts of Hope (Coast Reporter, May 29). The Wilson family have done a wonderful job with three children. They are at school with my grandchildren and I admire Erin and Richard for their delightful family.

Two summers ago, residents up and down the Coast protested to protect it and blocked roads to fight for it. Governments including the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) formed a local board of health and went to court for control of it.

Huge semis pulling three open-top trailers full of Pender Harbour garbage could soon be lumbering through the streets of Sechelt if the regional district gets its way at a meeting in Madeira Park Saturday.

For many years I've been a member of Toastmasters International. All the literature they hand out nails public speaking as the number one fear of Joe or Jill Q. Public.

Residents of the Sunshine Coast are fortunate to live near forested mountain slopes drained by numerous creeks and streams. Many of us enjoy hiking in this forestland for exercise and an opportunity to connect with nature.

I beg to differ with the good people writing opposed to the recovery house on Pratt Road. I am a proud, single father, sober eight years. I went through a detox centre in 1997. Unfortunately, I did not have access to a recovery house.

I was under the impression that residents in a transition house were well on the way to turning their life around. It seems to me they have already come a long way up from the bottom.