Teen bands hit the PCT Performance Stage at Port Moody’s Rocky Point Park last Saturday for the Wave Festival. Terumi Aberdeen, ADOB, The Bird & The Lion, The Clavinova Nights and Pistolfish played at the afternoon gig.
iWIN
Amanda Chan scored an iPad from Coquitlam Public Library director Todd Gnissios this month after completing her summer reading. Chan was one of two children to win an iPad Air for joining the club. A record number of kids signed up for the club this summer, said librarian Barbara Weston: A total of 2,058 children enrolled — up 18.3% over last year. The next summer reading medal ceremony at CPL is at the Poirier branch on Saturday, Sept. 12 at two times: 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.
SCORE!
A charity golf tournament hosted this month by the Burke Mountain Gentlemen’s Society swung in $1,500 for the BC Children’s Hospital. The Aug. 23 game at the Meadow Gardens Golf Club in Pitt Meadows rounded up 68 players and dinner guests.
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A Mexican eatery will open its first Port Coquitlam location on Saturday. Mucho Burrito will officially open its doors in Fremont Village at 10:30 a.m. Aug. 29 and will serve $5 burritos during the day. PoCo Coun. Glenn Pollock, chairperson of the city’s smart growth committee, will cut the ribbon with owner and operator Sunita Bagri, at 11 a.m. The eatery is located at 2015 Hawkins St., Port Coquitlam.
