BC CHAMPS
Port Coquitlam Mayor Greg Moore and city council recognized the PoCo Minor Baseball U15A Cardinals Team at their meeting Monday. The group defeated Burnaby 8-7 in the final to clinch the provincial title.
FISH FEST
Chum and coho salmon were the main atttraction at the 17th annual Hyde Creek Watershed Society fish festival on Sunday. Visitors to the hatchery and rec centre also saw live raptors and other animal and environmental exhibits.
RACE CASH
Organizers with the Innovative Fitness Adventure Challenge, which took place Sept. 11 in Port Moody, handed over the race proceeds to I Am Someone Ending Bullying Society and Sport For Life.
TREE WORDS
PoCo Heritage and judges of the Greatest Tree Story Ever Told honoured the winners for their words, at Monday’s city council meeting. Coun. Laura Dupont (second from left) took the adult category.
Ni HAO
Music students at Coquitlam’s Pinetree secondary school used social media this week to tweet out a photo of their group in Hangzhou, China. The choir is in Asia to “experience social and cultural aspects while entertaining their hosts,” they wrote.
TULIPS FOR 150 GARDEN
Amelie North and Arawyn Spalek joined the 13th Eagle Mountain Guides and the 10th Coquitlam Beaver and Cub Scouts at Blue Mountain Park on Nov. 6 to plant 100 red and white tulips for the Canada 150 anniversary garden. The kids, parents and city staff also painted the grass with red poppies for Remembrance Day. Alex Dymock and Ewan Philip were among the Scouts who helped out with the project.
SILVER DUKE
Two Coquitlam teens will receive their silver level Duke of Edinburgh’s Award in Victoria this weekend.
Heather Chow and Neor Tiku will be presented with their accolades by Judith Guichon, the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia. The pair are among 28 youth across the province to get the award on Saturday at Government House. “We are grateful to her honour for presenting the awards,” said Sushil Saini, executive director of the B.C. and Yukon division, in a news release. “Her presence reinforces the tremendous achievement reached by these youth. These achievers truly are the leaders of today and tomorrow.”
To earn the silver award, participants are required to complete four sections of the program over a year: service to community, development of a skill, physical recreation and an adventurous journey in nature. Besides a lapel pin and certificate, participants also earn two Grade 11 high school credits.
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