In the Community

City of the Arts Toastmasters Club, a public speaking club serving Port Moody and the rest of the Tri-Cities, celebrates its fifth anniversary on April 19.

TO MT. K. AND BEYOND Several seniors who are members of Coquitlam's Dogwood Pavilion were recognized at Monday's city council meeting for climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro.

Cross your fingers for sunshine, folks.

At next Tuesday's meeting of the Burke Mountain Naturalists, retired UBC professor Ken Hall will give a slide presentation on the importance of water in the desert.

If you like to keep your garden contained, Place Maillardville Community Centre is the place to be this spring.

Children five years and older are invited to share some after-school fun tomorrow (Thursday) at Coquitlam Public Library with puppet show and a craft. The Poirier branch event runs from 3:30 to 4:15 p.m. April 5.

If you're 50 or older, you can expand your cooking skills and knowledge of food with instructor Monica Hanser on Mondays this month at Coquitlam's Dogwood Pavilion.

Karen Tyrell jokingly calls herself the "dementia whisperer" but the nickname may be apt as she has as many problem-solving techniques and solutions as there are challenging behaviours.

Leadership students and staff at GOAL are presenting a clothing giveaway from 10 to 11 a.m. April 18 in the gym at Winslow Centre in Coquitlam.

Write a poem to Port Coquitlam and you could win in the My City, My Words poetry contest. PoCo residents only can celebrate in poetry why their hometown is the best place to live, work and play. They could win a Kobo e-reader and other prizes.