Big cash mob in October The next Powell River small business cash mob will be held on Small Business Saturday, October 20. Please put this on your calendars and plan to attend. Organizers want to make this the biggest one yet. So far, there are 124 member of the Powell River Small Business Cash Mob Facebook page. A challenge has been issued for everyone to invite one person out who has never been before.
Draped in medals Powell River residents came home from the BC Senior Games draped in medals. Held in Burnaby on August 22 – 26, the Games proved a treasure trove for our athletes. You make us very proud! From the left: Nancy May Lalonde (age 75-79 group) won bronze in 25m and 100m breast stroke, 50m and 25m freestyle, and silver in 100m freestyle and 50m breast stroke in the chilly outdoor pool
John Goguen (65-69) won bronze in cycling hill climb up Burnaby Mountain Leita Fahlman (ages 75-79) won bronze in 50m back stroke Harry Thompson (ages 85-89) won gold in the 800m and 1500m runs plus silver in the 100m, 200m and 400m. Not pictured is Susan Storry (55-59), who won bronze in the 50m and 100m breast stroke and the 100m back stroke, and gold in the 4x25 medley relay.
From StatsCan...Last month Statistics Canada released some interesting information from the 2011 census. Population in the Powell River Regional District increased 1.6% (300 people) from 2006. The number of private dwellings also rose by 1.6% to 11,000. The current regional population of nearly 20,000 is almost split evenly between males and females — and their average age is roughly 50 years.
Cops for Cancer
This year’s Cops for Cancer Spaghetti Dinner was a great success with oodles of excellent silent auction items plus the fun of head/ moustache/ beard shaves! Money raised goes towards pediatric cancer research and support. This year, local RCMP Staff Sergeant Andy Brinton cycled 900 kilometres with the Cops for Cancer Tour de Coast. (That's him getting the haircut.) The Powell River leg raised a total of $17,000!
Last month’s answers: • Shot in the Arm • Ex-wife • Shoplifting
Powell River featured in Hockey Spirit Calendar Last spring Canadian Hockey Spirit artists Brian and Elizabeth Urlacher, from Red Deer, Alberta, selected Powell River as a show case Canadian landscape for the sixth annual Hockey Spirit fundraising calendar. The Urlachers teamed up with Powell River Regal alumni hockey player Tod English and students from Powell River Christian School for photo shoots at the Shinglemill Restaurant. There was boot hockey art action on the Old Barge Warf Terminal along Marine Avenue, and there are plans for our sea lions from McCrae Rock to be included in future editions of the Hockey Spirit calendar. Find out more about the Hockey Spirit Fundraising program at www. HockeySpirit.com.
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