Port Moody Air Cadet Sydney Ko of the 754 Phoenix squadron won the title of top cadet in 31 Platoon in the first intake of the three-week basic drill and ceremonial course at Vernon Cadet Training Centre this summer.
FIRE GIRLS
Fire departments in Coquitlam, Port Moody and Sasamat sponsored a girl each to attend this summer’s Camp Ignite, a youth firefighter mentorship program for teenage girls in grades 11 and 12.
BANK HELP
RBC Coquitlam Town Centre gave $1,000 to the Crossroads Hospice Society as part of the staff participation in this year’s Coquitlam Teddy Bear parade. Employees walked alongside the Tri-City charity during the June event.
CREEK RESCUE
Members of the Hyde Creek Watershed Society rescued coho fry, trout and freshwater eels from a natural pond near Coast Meridian Road in Port Coquitlam last week after a city dredging project.
$18K for KIDSPORT
KidSport Tri-Cities’ used sporting goods sale in Coquitlam last Saturday saw some crazy deals on athletic gear at the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex.
And the biannual event drew plenty of shoppers wanting to suit up themselves and their kids for the next season, executive director Chris Wilson said.
The sale brought in more than 1,100 visitors and generated $18,000 for the non-profit organization — translating to at least 65 grants to pay for sporting registration fees for children under 18. “On top of that, we sent two truck loads of equipment to northern communities, provided some equipment to three refugee families and kept tons of used equipment out of the landfill,” Wilson, a Coquitlam city councillor, told The Tri-City News.
As well, the group yielded 273 pounds of non-perishable items for the Share Family and Community Services’ food bank. Nearly 100 volunteers helped to organize the event over two days, Wilson said.
PNE PARTY
Coquitlam dancer Carley Ishii is in Hit the Deck at The Fair at the PNE, a free nightly show that celebrates Canadian music and summertime fun. Also on stage with her this summer is Mikhaila Abdou of Coquitlam and Mariesa Crouse of Port Coquitlam. The Fair runs until Labour Day at the east Vancouver grounds.
FLYING HIGH
Three Tri-City cadets received their glider pilot wings at the Comox Cadet Flying Training Centre this month. Sgt. Debon Lee of the 777 Neptune squadron in Port Coquitlam as well as Sgt. Maryam Shamsi and F/Sg.t Ricky Wang of the754 Phoenix squadron in Port Moody flew a Schweizer 2-33A glider in order to get their wings and Transport Canada’s glider pilots licences, a centre spokesperson said.
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