Coquitlam resident Tetyana Golota won the title of Mrs. BC last week at a provincial pageant in Fort Langley. Miss BC is Gloren Guelos of White Rock while Miss Teen BC is Alisha Kalia of Vancouver.
SLAM DUNK
KidSport Tri-Cities’ Chris Wilson was given $5,390 from president Todd Purves and executive director Ross Tomlinson of the Tri-City Basketball Association. The money is two years’ worth of parent donations, for 18 KidSport grants.
SWOOP IN
Cheryl Acton (centre) of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Maple Ridge 2831, delivered a $1,100 donation to Diane Sowden and Maureen Fitzpatrick of the Coquitlam-based Children of the Street Society for workshops. The John Hardie Mitchell family foundation also gave $5,000 for the society’s school-based prevention workshops.
GOOD BREKKIE
Port Moody firefighters flipped pancakes July 2 and 3 at the Ioco Road firehall, bringing in a record $26,000 for the Crossroads Hospice Society and Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation for the 39th year.
COLLEGE DEAN
John Fleming is the new dean for the faculty of humanities and social sciences at Douglas College, which has campuses in Coquitlam and New Westminster. He joined the college 25 years ago and has been interim faculty dean since last fall.
FOR TUITION
Two Tri-City high school students have earned CIBC Youthvision scholarships. Cassandra Bernard from Coquitlam and Paulina Martin, a Port Moody resident, were among 30 Grade 10 students from across Canada — and eight in B.C. — to win the awards for their post-secondary schooling. Supported by the YMCA, Big Brothers and Big Sisters, the accolades also include annual paid summer internships and mentorships.
FISH GROUP
Robbin Whachell is the new president of the Hoy-Scott Watershed Society. The non-profit group held its annual general meeting in May at the Coquitlam Public Library and also selected Rodney Lee as the vice president, Emily Rossi as secretary and directors Nathen Blower, Chris Hamming and Shannon Kyne to the executive. Kyle Uno will remain as treasurer.
501 STAR WARS
501st Legion stormtroopers invaded the City Centre branch of the Coquitlam Public Library during Free Comic Book Day on May 7. Librarian Chris Miller was interrogated while participants got free comics from Hourglass Comics in Port Moody. The Legion was also at Como Lake middle school in April to support Taylor Hamelin, a Grade 6 student and Coquitlam Little Leaguer who was recently cleared of acute myeloid leukaemia.
HANDS FOR HOSPICE
A Port Moody music group donated $1,150 from its inaugural year-end show to the Crossroads Hospice Society. Yarilo Contemporary Music Society offered the cash raised at its classical concert, Symphonies for Two Pianos, held at the Old Orchard Hall. Works composed by Brahms and Rachmaninov were performed on Fazioli pianos — on loan by Showcase Pianos — by Anna Levy and Rosemary O’Connor.
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