In the Community

IN FOURTH Dr. Charles Best secondary student Selin Jessa was last month awarded fourth place and $1,000 for her work in the International BioGENEius Challenge science competition.

Spring - with its warmer temperatures and lighter evenings - is the perfect time for a walk. Walking is great exercise and a nice way to explore your community.

Are you up for some cheap shopping? A children's swap meet will be held Sunday, May 5 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Poirier community centre and Centennial Pavilion.

Share Family and Community Services' Alcohol and Drug Program is hosting a free education series that started this week and runs through July. The program runs Wednesdays from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Share (2615 Clarke St.

The city of Coquitlam will celebrate Move for Health Day, a worldwide initiative coordinated by the World Health Organization, next Friday with activities at Dogwood and Glen Pine pavilions.

Mary Hill elementary students held an art show last week to display their paintings to parents and community members.

Just steps away from busy Ioco Road and the Port Moody Recreation Centre, a new trail built by hard-working volunteers is alive with the sound of hummingbirds and squirrels and the smell of new green leaves and skunk cabbage.

Picture yourself - and dozens of people - seated cross-legged on a yoga mat and chanting Om as the sky darkens over Rocky Point Park in Port Moody.

There's a busy weekend in store for Tri-City residents, with May Day festivities, fingerling fun and a chance to wheel - and walk - for the hospital and hospice.

Myra Antaya, Margaret Manery and Margaret Reilly of Coquitlam's Dogwood Garden Club are ready for this Saturday's spring plant sale, the group's largest fundraiser of the year.