GRAMMY GIFTS
Coquitlam’s Scentuals Natural & Organic Skin Care will offer its goods at the Grammys on Feb. 12. The company was founded by Mai Mowrey (above) after her brother was diagnosed with cancer.
CARIBBEAN AWAITS
Maple Ridge resident Martin Holt will be cruising the Caribbean after he won the Crossroads Hospice Society raffle last month. Holt’s wife, Michele (right), bought the ticket for him as a Christmas stocking stuffer.
$100K FOR NICU
Two dozen neonatal nursing chairs and two incubators will be bought for the Royal Columbian Hospital neonatal intensive care unit thanks to a $100,000 gift from Sarah and Riley Senft, whose daughter was born 10 weeks premature last year.
PET RESCUE
Port Moody’s Brian Borsoff (right) donated two pet oxygen masks to the PoMo fire department this week. Each kit has animal masks in three sizes to treat pets suffering from smoke inhalation.
UBC TO DOUGLAS
Douglas College has a new executive director to oversee its foundation and alumni relations.
The college, which has a campus in Coquitlam, this week named Leanne Poon to replace Hazel Postma, who retired last month. Poon was most recently the associate director of student awards and development at UBC, where she worked in a number of roles for nearly 30 years. “We are so fortunate and excited to have Leanne joining Douglas College,” said Dave Taylor, associate vice president of public affairs, in a news release. “Her experience with UBC will be invaluable in helping us grow the foundation, giving even more students access to the financial awards and bursaries that will help them meet their educational goals.”
LEGION OF HONOUR
Coquitlam resident and WWII vet Bill Berrow was last month awarded with France’s highest award for military service.
Berrow received the Legion of Honour medal thanks to Port Moody historian Guy Black, who has helped three other Canadian veterans achieve the medal for their efforts in the liberation of France in 1944. Berrow was featured in The Tri-City News last Remembrance Day, when he spoke about landing on Juno Beach on D-Day. In Europe, he was a convoy escort, riding a Harley Davidson ahead to signal to his platoon to move the supply trucks closer to the front lines.
Black said many veterans have received the Legion of Honour but many still don’t know it exists or have not yet applied for it.
The award is available to veterans who served in France between June 6, 1944, and Aug. 30, 1944. Email korea19501953@yahoo.com for more details.
BEST TEACHER
VADA Studios, a Vancouver/Los Angeles film and television acting school, this week named Gleneagle secondary’s Amy Clausen as the winner of its BC High School Drama Teacher of the Year award. Nicole Roberge of Riverside secondary in Port Coquitlam was also announced as the runner-up.
