FLOOD THE FLOOR
Six decades of Coquitlam senior Adanacs players, volunteers, parents and fans donned team gear for a Flood the Floor photo at the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex floor last Saturday during its game with Nanaimo.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
The family of Alice Charboneau was at Coquitlam’s All Saints Parish Church last month to celebrate her 100th year. Relatives and friends travelled from around B.C., Alberta and the United States to wish the new centenarian well. A North Dakota native, Charboneau moved to Vancouver in 1938 to marry Wilf, who has since passed. Today, she calls Christmas Manor home. Her birthday is June 1.
GOOD SERVICE
Two Tri-City pharmacists scooped awards this month from the BC Pharmacy Association. David Wang (pictured) took the Voice of Pharmacy Award while Ajit Johal, a clinical services co-ordinator at Wilson Pharmacy in Port Coquitlam, received the 2016 New Practitioner Award
JAPAN GAME
Chris Turpin, at left, a teacher and rugby coach at Coquitlam’s Gleneagle secondary, won a private suite at BC Place on Saturday to watch the rugby game between Canada and Japan. Ross Davidson, at right, a retired School District 43 principal who hired Turpin in 1997, presented the prize on behalf of Rugby Canada. Over the years, Turpin and colleagues like Stevi Schnoor, Simon Quinto, Tony Whitham and others have led the high school team to provincial championships.
HOSPITAL HELP
Utility service provider Corix plugged in $10,000 with the Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation in support of its Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The New Westminster hospital, which also serves the Tri-Cities, also recently received $7,500 from the FortisBC employee-run charitable group Warm Hearts Charitable Foundation to help RCH upgrade equipment.
SCOUTS HONOUR
Tri-City Scouts Nikolai Isakov, Adam Matthews-Kott, Cassie Bopkof, Zach Bopkof, Kaleb Habetler and Kevin Yuze Zhou were at the Fraser Valley Council’s Chief Scout’s Award Ceremony last Saturday.
THANKS FOR SHARE-ING
People Who Give a Damn Tri-Cities gave $3,500 to the Share Family and Community Services at its second event this spring, held June 1 at Moody Ales. Its first donation of $1,600 went to Tri-City Transitions.
LIONS CASH
Maura Fitzpatrick of the Children of the Street Society in Coquitlam took in $500 from the Burnaby Lougheed Lions Club after its annual BBQ on June 2. The donation will be used for school workshops.
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