SNAP HAPPY
Port Coquitlam youth cadet Sgt. Murray Meldrum is capturing the action as a cadet correspondent at the Comox Cadet Flying Training Centre this summer. The Riverside secondary graduate is working in the public affairs department.
PUMPED UP
Dozens of volunteers with the second annual PoCo Grand Prix were recognized by the city and BC Superweek organizers — ahead of Friday’s race — with an appreciation dinner on Monday at Hyde Creek recreation complex.
GET FIT
Kris Schjelderup and Ashlee Claydon of Innovative Fitness in Port Moody swung over $4,750 this month to Chris Wilson of KidSport Tri-Cities — money raised at its annual golf tournament.
CHARITY GOLF
Art Knapp Plantland owner Wim Vander Zalm was joined by The Tri-City News’ Arlene Grant, Bentley Yamaura and Matt Blair at last month’s Coquitlam Classic Charity Golf Tournament on the Plateau.
NEW BOARD
Robert Simons (above) was re-elected last month as president and Karen Van Gilder as treasurer of the Port Moody Foundation. Joining them on the board for a two-year term are Heidi Maddrell (vice-president), Kenn Lui and Paul Thiel. Members completing the second year of their two-year term are David Driscoll, Jennifer Lorz, Jo-Anne Parneta, Roland Mitchell (secretary) and Stirling Ward. And leaving the board are Wayne Borthwick, Salomeh Honarmand, Karen Liong and Margaret Matthews. At the annual general meeting on June 28, Simons delivered the philanthropy group’s 2016 annual report and its financial statements, showing more than $18,7000 in grants and endowment disbursements to charitable organizations supporting arts, heritage, community services, elder care and youth support sectors in the city last year. To donate, visit portmoodyfoundation.ca.
MOBILITY MAN
Coquitlam resident — and former Tri-City MLA — Iain Black is on the Mobility Pricing Independent Commission. The agency will look at how pricing could potentially solve key transportation challenges in Metro Vancouver. The independent commission, which was launched last month, will be chaired by Allan P. Seckel and former MLA Joy MacPhail as vice-chair. It will deliver recommendations to the TransLink board and the Mayors’ Council by spring 2018.
TUITION BUCKS
Coquitlam students Emma Field and Caterina Fusco are 2017 winners of RBC’s Student Leading Change scholarship. They are two of 15 students awarded $10,000 toward their post-secondary tuition. Field, a spoken word poet, will study biology at the University of Victoria this fall while Fusco, a high-risk youth helper, will pursue a bachelor of arts degree at UBC.
