GOLDEN BOY
A Coquitlam pianist is golden after clinching the top score in B.C. for a Royal Conservatory of Music exam. Gabriel Kennedy received the gold medal for his Preparatory B test at a ceremony at the Chan Centre last week. Kennedy's piano teacher is Sherry Bateman.
QUEEN'S AWARD
Fifteen Scouts from Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam will be honoured this week in Victoria. The teens will be presented with the Queen's Venturer Scout accolades for "acquiring competence and skills that are of considerable use to them, their Venturer Scout company and their community," according to a Scouts Canada press release. The recipients are: Annabelle Chen, Jamil Devsi, Stephanie Fribance, Chia-Hung Jeffrey Ho, Po-Ting Ho, Yu-Chuan Peter Hsu, Alan Lun-Li Kuang, Peng Wen Kuo, Yi-Te Yin, Kristi Roots, Hsiang-Ting Sung, Melvin Chan, Stuart James Knight, David Lee and Sarah Novicki.
BEARY GOOD
Students from Coquitlam's Summit middle school recently presented the Eagle Ridge Hospital auxiliary with $200 to buy trauma bears for patients in the Port Moody emergency ward. Auxiliary spokesperson Vivian Fraser also said the teens made inspirational cards to attach to the stuffed animals. The donation is part of the April 26 Pay It Forward Day. Meanwhile, Summit has also been celebrating the achievements of students in the Greater Vancouver Regional Science Fair at UBC. Last week, the participants won a bronze (Nicholas Wee), two silvers (Andy Kim and Azim Ahmed, and Emma Field) and two golds (Janice Pang, and Carol He and Bennett Tan) in the competition. The latter students will travel to PEI next month to compete in the national science fair, said vice-principal Devon Ross.
THIRST QUENCHED
Last month's spring break saw a team of students, parents and teachers from Port Coquitlam's BC Christian Academy travel to Costa Rica to help build a drinking-water system for the locals. The 10-day mission involved constructing an aqueduct from a spring in the hills of the jungle to the nearby schools and two public buildings, about 1.5 km away.
TRES BIEN
A Coquitlam realty group that regularly donates money to charity is at it again. Team Léo of RE/MAX All Points Realty is trying to reach its $100,000 goal for BC Children's Hospital by May 12, and anyone who donates will have their name put into a draw to win a vintage signed Canucks stick and jersey. Leo Bruneau and his friend Dave McCloskey will also be shaving their heads and donating their hair for wigs for sick children.
