PNE SALUTE
Coquitlam Coun. Craig Hodge received the salute from the member-in-charge of the RCMP’s musical ride, at the opening ceremonies of its special Canada 150 tour. Hodge accepted the honour at the PNE, where he is the photographer.
AIR ONE LANDS
Port Moody Police Chief David Fleugel joined other first responders at last Friday’s show ‘n shine hosted by the Junior Mountie Academy in Coquitlam. The 96 cadets also had a visit from Air One for the event at the Poirier rink.
MUSEUM TO MOVIE
The Outlet in Port Coquitlam was decked out for two days of filming last week. PoCo Heritage’s museum became the set for a short scene in the popular television series Supernatural, starring Jensen Ackles (who plays Dean Winchester, left) and Jared Padalecki (who plays Sam Winchester, right).
SNAPPED UP
A photo series snapped at Buntzen Lake by Melissa Amber and Ashley Nicole have won the pair international prizes. Woman + Wolf took a first at Monovisions and a third at the PX3 Prix de le Photographie.
HOSPITAL MACHINE
G&F Financial’s Yvan Lomas recently gave $5,000 to Angela Azzi, manager of Eagle Ridge Hospital emergency, and ERH Foundation’s Alison Johansen and Eleanor Ryrie. The cash will fund a transport defibrillator monitor in emergency.
SOLAR ECLIPSE MAGIC
Tri-City residents like Kendra Seguin, 16, a student at Coquitlam’s Gleneagle secondary school, used cereal boxes and other homemade devices on Monday morning to view the solar eclipse.
ICONIC CASH
Port Coquitlam’s Steve Eglsaer and his Iconic Carz team — as well as the members of the 501st Legion, dressed as Stormtroopers and Darth Vadar — brought in $1,000 for the BC Children’s Hospital at Sunday’s 13th annual PoCo Car Show, organized by Coun. Dean Washington.
Eglsaer had several of his replica vehicles on display at the event, which drew tens of thousands of spectators and saw Langley resident Tom Hoeltgen win the top prize for his 1933 Ford Roadster — a first-time PoCo Car Show entrant.
Organizers also paid tribute to the late Steve Roberts, a 1974 Jensen Healey owner who was involved in past car shows.
OCTOBER TUNES
Coquitlam songwriter and music producer Peter Jaager will have two of his songs released for radio broadcast in early October.The tracks are I Love You Tons, with Brenda Leffers on vocals, and Nothing More to Say, sung by Sam Cave. Ten per cent of I Love You Tons iTunes sales will be donated to fight eating disorders.
DISTRICT-FUNDED WORKSHOPS
The Coquitlam-based Children of the Street Society received $1,200 this month from the District of North Vancouver to help with the group’s school-based prevention workshops in that municipality. Fundraising manager Maura Fitzpatrick said the district has also pledged to give a similar amount next year.
