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Staff at Santa Rosa Mexican Restaurant and tortilla factory had a fiesta last week at their Port Coquitlam business when a VIP stopped by. The Broadway Street company was chosen by Comunidad Mexicana en Vancouver (comunidadmexicana.ca) to host H. Mauricio Torres, the new deputy consul of Mexico in Vancouver.
FOR THE FISHIES
Sandra Niven, president of the Port Moody Ecological Society, recently caught a $1,000 cheque on behalf of her organization from David Spence, president of the Port Moody Foundation. The money came from a donation from Reed Point Marina. The society operates a coho and chum salmon hatchery as well as a water-quality lab and public awareness/community outreach programs at the mouth of the Noons Creek watershed.
LOTTA BUCKS
Share Family and Community Services, which serves the Tri-Cities, was one of 10 groups with food banks that recently split part of a $14,000 donation from Envision Financial.Other recipients included the Surrey Food Bank, Friends in Need Food Bank in Maple Ridge and Abbotsford Community Services."We value the services and assistance they provide to improve the lives of those who need a helping hand, making a positive impact in the local community and in the lives of our neighbours," said Envision president Shelley Besse in a press release.
BUZZING BEES
Five students were named W-I-N-N-E-R-S in this month's annual Tri-Cities' Spelling Bee, besting 18 other Grade 4 and 5 competitors.Anmore elementary's Nicholas Lee clinched first place while Ranch Park's Lain Nicoll and Shorya Lamba took second and third spots, respectively. Fourth and fifth places were claimed by Olivia Lane, also from Ranch Park, and Sophia Mazzocchio from Pleasantside.The spellers were awarded with medals by Port Moody Mayor Mike Clay.
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