A22 November 21, 2012 The Richmond News
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Kathy Kent (left), from the Richmond Women’s Resource Centre, receives a cheque for $600 from Dorothea Hankin, senior counsellor, Branch 284 of the United Commercial Travellers.
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Sonja Gaudet (left to right), Mike Munro, Dennis Thiessen and Jim Armstrong won gold at the 6th Annual International Wheelchair Curling Bonspiel. Mayor Malcolm Brodie presents the team with a cheque of $1,000, gold medals and a Bonspiel Trophy, and stands beside Richmond Centre for Disability executive director Ella Huang (far right). MC Joe Krapeic, behind.
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Dr. Kanwal Inder Singh Neel was awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal by MP Alice Wong. Kanwal has been an exemplary math educator. He has also been a committed volunteer in the community for more than 40 years as a technical official in track and field and race walking from local to international events. He has also served on the Jury of Appeal for the Vancouver Sun Run and the Vancouver International Marathon for a number of years.
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Mayor Malcolm Brodie read to children at the Brighouse branch of the Richmond Public Library Tuesday morning to launch the National Reading campaign. The campaign goal is to make reading a national priority, brought on by a coalition of librarians, educators, publishers, readers, and writers. PHOTO SUBMITTED
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The Minoru Park’s children’s playground received new swing sets funded by the Richmond Sunset Rotary Club. On hand to cut the ribbon, were Rotary assistant governor James Westmacott (left to right), Rotary district governor Rebecca Macpherson, Mayor Malcolm Brodie and Richmond Sunset Rotary Club president David Roger.
KidSport Richmond Chair Terry Kehoe received a donation of $15,000 from Jill Schnarr, VP Community Affairs at Telus, representing the Vancouver Community Investment Board. The donation will go directly to benefit children and families, in financial need, and to offer them the opportunity to participate in their sport of choice.