In the Community

By Mario Bartel The Tri-City News Trudy Zonneveld has seen people react with glee, bewilderment, shock and even embarrassment to her singing. But she never thought it would help her get out of a speeding ticket.

Shortly after Dorothy Wickinhiser got a kidney and a new lease on life in January 1991, the 54-year-old kidney-disease sufferer told a Tri-City News reporter that the transplant had been nothing short of "a miracle.

By Lori Nick Shakespeare and his times are mentioned in the popular children's series 39 Clues and Septimus Heap. A reader of both series, my daughter was intrigued by Early Modern English speech.

TODAY: Friday, Jan. 28 CSI: COQUITLAM Roman Danylo, star of the CTV show Comedy Inc., returns to Coquitlam with his hit live sketch show.

Teens who like working with younger kids and need community service hours should consider joining the winter session of Reading Buddies at Coquitlam Public Library.

Before J. Peachy reinvented himself, people knew him as Geoffrey and he seemed the very image of success.

You can celebrate Family Literacy Day at the City Centre branch of Coquitlam Public Library on Thursday, Jan. 27. From 3:30 to 5 p.m.

Real estate has long been thought of as a solid investment.

Coquitlam's annual French affair is looking for some helpers. Festival du Bois is scheduled for the weekend of March 5 and 6, and organizers are looking for volunteers for those days as well as for set-up and take-down on March 4 and 7 respectively.

Family Literacy Day is a national initiative that takes place every year on Jan. 27 to encourage families to spend 15 minutes a day to read or practise a literacy activity together.